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This week kicks off a new series of "Small Bites." I will use it from time to time to offer a series of brief observations, or perhaps I should say propositions or even just questions, that are foundational to my thinking about public policy issues ranging from climate change to generational equity to state sovereignty and federalism.
Like most first principles, these are by no means incontrovertible, and certain people will doubtless disagree with some, or perhaps all, of them. Those who do will also very likely arrive at different conclusions on the derivative policy issues. I present these not so much to argue any particular point as to make my premises transparent and to inform future commentary and debate.
As a species, we have unprecedented liberty (especially in liberal democracies), wealth (although inequitably divided), leisure (including the freedom to waste it on trivial pursuits), scientific knowledge (despite know-nothing deniers), and other intellectual, cultural and financial resources that previous generations could scarcely have imagined. The world is our oyster – although, as Paul Greenberg makes clear in American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood, our oyster stocks are a pale shadow of their historical bounty.
Nowhere is this more evident than with technology. Think about the laptop or tablet computer on which you are reading this, the car or airplane by which you will travel today, the wired or wireless telephone you will use to communicate with colleagues, friends and loved ones. All of these are recent innovations, inconceivable to humans who lived a relatively short time ago, a blink of an eye in historical terms.
All that technology uses prodigious amounts of energy and a host of raw materials, many of which are exotic and rare. We have reached this point of civilization through exploitation of natural resources: oil and gas wells and mining activities. We started tens of thousands of years ago with the transformation of copper and bronze into tools and weapons, and we now use rare earth minerals in cell phones. Power consumption is everywhere and permeates everything we do, every day, even in the most remote corners of the earth.
Most of these resources, notably oil and gas, are nonrenewable in any practical sense. We can debate how long they will last, when "peak oil" will or has been reached, but not the basic point that they are finite. There is so much coal that it has the potential for lasting longer than other fossil fuel sources, but even coal is a limited resource. It also contributes disproportionately to carbon emissions.
Global CO2 and other greenhouse gases have risen to levels that are impacting the environment. This has coincided with the Industrial Revolution and other human activity in a way that is hard to ignore, but regardless of the possible causation we are now faced with the serious possibility of disruption to Holocene climate patterns that have provided stability throughout the civilized history of our species. We have never experienced anything else.
As with the finitude of fossil fuels, we can debate when the tipping point to a real climate crisis will be reached (if it hasn't been already), but we cannot responsibly doubt that there are limits to the earth's carrying capacity for greenhouse gases without severe implications for the future quality of human life on the planet.
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RWTA (SA Division) – Networking Breakfast – Tue 31st March 2015
Date: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Venue: Stamford Grand Adelaide (Ballroom 4) Moseley Square – Glenelg SA
Time: 7:00am for 7:30 am (cooked breakfast) to Finish at 9.00am
Speakers: Two entertaining speakers to listen to, and time for networking will be available.
Michael Bellstedt (Managing Director - MINUS40 Refrigeration Engineers - Designers, Consultants and Project Managers.)
Michael will not only discuss refrigeration, but solar, lighting and other energy use, and address government support and energy efficiency finance also.
Steve Parbery (Corporate Accounts Client Manager - Toyota Material Handing Australia Pty Ltd.)
Steve will address the topic of Forklift Safety, and the ongoing improvements being utilized in order to reduce accidents and fatalities.
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This charming bar-restaurant is placed at one of the most popular gastronomic streets in Tarifa´s city center: Guzmán el Bueno. Inside you will find a bar area with some tables and an outside terrace where to enjoy lovely nights and lunch at the weekends, by great weather.
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The Articles of Confederation from the period 1781 till 1789 - American Government
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The Articles of Confederation from the period 1781 till 1789 would be a period least effective of a government according to the fully oppositional Constitution that came right after the articles. The effectiveness of a government contains the factors such as economy, political, and foreign policy. Based on these, one could base a government as being worthwhile effective or an absolute mishap of such. Based on factual history, the economy of the states, under the articles of confederation, was brought down based on their lack of taxation & control of trade, and its debts. Without a united power the states themselves had to deal with exporting and the importing goods. The estimated market value of the states' exports during the time period of the articles could be compared to the population growth that continued to grow while their income on exports hindered. ...read more.
These examples of general problems during the articles also tended to create disasters on lower scales throughout the then weak country. Also to aid in judging between effectiveness would be its political organization at the time of the writing of the articles. The Constitution included the two missing branches during the articles, the executive and judicial, differences that contributed to the disaster, one power to create a "check and balance" government and the power to create laws for the country. Another problem, which would be abolished by the executive branch, happens to be the passing of changes in the government through unanimous voting making the changes almost impossible. Lastly, foreign affairs, one of the first main reasons of building a temporary government to affiliate with the French, would help shape a government in ways that would help or hinder a country. ...read more.
Its weak military control or even if any, from the states would also seem inadequate to possible allies. In conclusion, the ineffectiveness of the articles of confederation during the period of the 1780's could be proven so by evaluation of its economical, political, and foreign policy standards. Politically, the missing branches created separate sets of powers in all the states. The power lost in the lack of branches, economically, gave the country no money to pay for debts, but continued to raise the debts through internal military and similar jobs the country utilized. The negotiation with Spain, resulting in not allowing use of the Mississippi river proved that it and other nations had no respect and did not have the will to help the divided country. In a report of Lowndes' speech, he mentioned of not just fixing the articles, but about building another whole different government even before the Constitution was developed. AP US History DBQ John Pham ...read more.
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Announcing the passing of Life Trustee Martha "Marti" Hammer '66
Posted: July 12, 2018
Dear Scripps College Staff,
It is with sadness that I share with you that Scripps College Life Trustee, former Board Chair, and alumna Martha "Marti" Wehmeier Hammer '66 passed away on July 4. She was 73.
Marti joined the Board of Trustees in 1987 and served as Chair of the Board from 1991-1996, during which time she was a key leader of the College's 1995 Strategic Plan. In 1989, Marti chaired the Presidential Selection Committee that selected Nancy Bekavac to be the sixth president of Scripps College.
In addition to her service on the Board, Marti was a devoted alumna who enthusiastically supported her alma mater in a variety of roles. She was a member of the Scripps College Alumnae Council and served as president of the West Los Angeles Alumnae Chapter; she was a member of her class' 25th and 30th reunion gift committees; and she steadfastly served as a thoughtful ambassador of the College.
The Martha Wehmeier Hammer '66 Scholarship was established in 1996 to honor Marti's service to the College as Board Chair. The scholarship is awarded to an outstanding sophomore who successfully completed the three-semester Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Humanities program.
Marti graduated from Scripps in 1966 with a BA in history with honors. She leaves behind her husband of more than 50 years, Steven H. Hammer, their three children, daughter Kirsten Hammer Dueck, sons Braden H. and Michael L. Hammer, a grandchild, and many family and friends.
If you are interested in making a gift to Scripps College in Marti's memory, please contact Sandi Mero email@example.com in the Office of Advancement.
Details about a memorial service will be made available as soon as the College has confirmed with the family.
Lara Tiedens
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UK priest wanted over sex abuse claims held in Kosovo
A British former Catholic priest wanted over child sex abuse allegations has been arrested in Kosovo, local police sources say.
Lawrence Soper was being hunted over sex offences allegedly committed at St Benedict's School in Ealing where he taught in the 1970s and 80s.
He was arrested in 2010 and bailed, but failed to return to a London police station in March 2011.
A European Arrest Warrant was issued for him in 2012.
After teaching at St Benedict's, Mr Soper became abbot of Ealing Abbey, which had founded the school and supplied monks to teach there.
Police in Kosovo's capital Pristina confirmed to the BBC local reports that he had been arrested in Pec, in the west of the country, on Thursday.
A senior official, speaking anonymously, told the BBC that the extradition process was under way to return him to the UK.
'Known as Andrew'
Police in London said: "The Metropolitan Police is aware of an arrest and is currently in liaison with the relevant authorities."
A Foreign Office spokesman told the Press Association: "Our embassy is providing assistance following the arrest of a British national in Peja, Kosovo, on Wednesday 11 May."
In June 2010, a man then in his 40s made an allegation of sexual assault at St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London, that was also attended by actor Andy Serkis and comedian Julian Clary.
Mr Soper was questioned three months later. London's Metropolitan Police obtained a European Arrest Warrant in September 2012 after he failed to answer bail.
Police said at the time that they believed Mr Soper had been living in Italy.
Kosovo's Insajderi newspaper said Mr Soper had been living under the name Andrew, and had lived in Pec for several years. He is believed to be in his mid-70s.


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FILE PHOTO: Workers and U.S border patrol officers stand next to an excavator working in a section of the new wall between El Paso, Texas, in the United States and Ciudad Juarez as seen from the Mexican side of the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has yet to decide whether to support an agreement reached by congressional negotiators to avert another partial government shutdown that includes no funds for his promised U.S.-Mexican border wall.
"I have to study it. I'm not happy about it," Trump told reporters at the White House about the funding deal that would need to be passed by the Democratic-led House and Republican-controlled Senate and signed by him.
He said another partial government shutdown appeared unlikely.
Democratic and Republican negotiators hammered out a deal on Monday night on border security provisions and money to keep several government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, funded through Sept. 30, the end of the current federal fiscal year. Temporary funding for about a quarter of the government is due to expire on Friday.
Congressional Republicans have shown little appetite for another shutdown after taking heavy criticism over the prior one. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's comments on the Senate floor touting the tentative agreement reached on Monday night left little doubt that the top Republican in Congress wants Trump to support it.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer was more direct, saying, "I strongly urge the president to sign this."
The Republican president triggered the 35-day partial government shutdown – the longest in U.S. history – with his December demand for Congress to give him $5.7 billion to help build the border wall, which Democrats oppose.
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Revolving Tower of Dubai
July 22nd, 2008
July 22nd, 2008
Luxury apartments of Dubai have reached a new level of architectural innovation. Every floor independent of the rest, joined at the core powered by wind turbines is self sufficient in electricity. The building continually change shape as each floor slowly revolves.
The Dynamic Tower of Dubai are projected for 2010 costing about $700m.


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Kyle Doyle ('20) - Primary Trim
August Sturm ('20)- Secondary/ Tactician
Max Ellsworth ('21) - Mast
Garrett McQuinston ('20) - Pit
Jake Orhan ('21) - Float
On Saturday morning, the gray, rainy weather cleared up and a strong northwesterly breeze filled in. The wind was gusting up to thirty knots, so spinnakers and genoas were restricted and the mains were reefed. These restrictions were in effect for all four races that were sailed on the first day.
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This year I have decided that I would like to pay more attention to my appearance, especially at work. I always make sure that I look nice, but this year I would like to take pride and take risks in what I wear. I would like to make sure every day when I leave my room, I can look in the mirror and feel confident.
- American Apparel acid wash T shirt
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Do you have to wear a certain "look" to work? Do you take risks with what you wear every day?


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What are some things to consider for womens mens health fitness weightloss? One should definitely get started with some form of exercise program. As you consider an exercise program, will you rather join a gym or will you workout at home?
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News Video on the Ancient Treasure Ships and the Great Oman Voyage Exhibition
By Maggie Burnette Stogner on March 7, 2011
A recent news report documents the opening of Ancient Treasure Ships: From China to Arabia and the Great Oman Voyage:
Posted in Press | Tagged animation, exhibition, installation, museum, National Geographic, Press
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By Maggie Burnette Stogner on March 7, 2011
SHOOT Publicity Wire highlights the animation created by Pixeldust Studios for the exhibit Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, which opened on March 3, 2011 at the British Museum:
On behalf of client Maggie Stogner, founder of Blue Bear Films (www.bluebearfilms.com) and in association with National Geographic Missions, Posted in Press | Tagged Afghanistan, animation, Pixeldust Studios, Press, Shoot Publicity Wire
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Blue Bear Films is an independent film and media arts company, specializing in story development, film and video production, and creative consulting for broadcast, exhibits and new media. Its founder, Maggie Burnette Stogner, is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in film, video, and interactive multimedia experience. She brings creative, high-quality talent to every project, and is known for her ability to get the best results, on time and on budget.


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We're Craig + Allison- a husband and wife duo living in Southern California (+ always thinking about our next travel destination).
We recently got married (June, 2017) and have loved every minute of marriage! We are constantly reliving the memories from our wedding day, cherishing our video and photos more than we could have imagined. We have been filming weddings together since we first started dating and it has become one of our favorite things to do together! Your wedding day is full of so much emotion- laughter, tears, joy, and lots of love. Our goal is to capture it all! We strive to capture + create a film that allows you to feel the emotion and relive the best day of your life all over again (+ again. Because if you're like us- you'll watch it on repeat!).
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Fly Neighbourly Advice for the Tasman National Park
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AFAC Independent Operational Review of the 2018-19 bushfires
The full version of the Tasmanian Marine Protected Strategy - Background Report can be downloaded as a PDF File (644 Kb)
The report describes the marine ecosystems and biodiversity and the marine management systems in Tasmania and then outlines the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas which has been endorsed by all States and Territories as well as the Commonwealth.
The fundamental concept of a comprehensive, adequate and representative system of Marine Protected Areas is explored before the status of marine conservation in Tasmania is described.
The latter part of the report then identifies possible goals, outcomes and principles for a Representative Marine Protected Areas System in Australia, proposed guidelines for identifying and selecting a system and how it would be established and managed.
Reference throughout the Report is made where relevant to other State, Territory, national and international approaches and experiences.
The full version of the Tasmanian Marine Protected Areas Strategy can be downloaded as a PDF File (1100 Kb)
In recognition of the importance of the marine environment to the people of Tasmania, the Government is committed to ensuring the long-term ecological viability of the marine environment,and the protection of its biological diversity.
Under the new Marine Protected Areas Strategy, the Resource Planning and Development Commission will undertake the identification and selection of new marine protected areas following a defined 12 step process which involves extensive public consultation. The Strategy Report includes criteria for the identification, selection and management of marine protected areas.
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THIRD QUARTER: Health insurer Aetna Inc. said its third-quarter earnings rose 2 percent as lower-than-expected health care use and revenue gains helped the insurer trump Wall Street expectations. Aetna earned $499.2 million, or $1.47 per share. Adjusted earnings totaled $1.55 per share, and revenue climbed 5 percent to $8.92 billion.
THE EXPECTATONS: Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected, on average, earnings of $1.33 per share on $8.83 billion in revenue.
REFINED FORECAST: Aetna now forecasts 2012 adjusted earnings of about $5.10 per share after previously forecasting earnings of $5 to $5.10 per share. Analysts expect $5.08 per share.


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Each fall the Parents League presents two middle/high school fairs & panel discussions; this event focuses on private middle and upper day schools.
Representatives from over 150 schools will be available to speak informally with parents and provide information about their schools. The panel discussion will feature school admissions directors who will answer questions about the application process. The panel discussions are usually quite interesting and tend to give 'a peek under the hood' about school attitudes and processes.
These programs are free and open to the public, but registration is required. Programs have a limited capacity so visit www.parentsleague.org to register.
(The Parents League also offers consulting and classes at a variety of price points.)
Middle & Upper Independent Day Schools - note location change between fair and panel
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Fair: 4:30 to 6:15pm
Loyola School, 980 Park Avenue, entrance on 83rd Street
Panel Discussion: 6:30pm
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"The Indie Voice" hosted by singer, song-writer, entrepreneur, promoter and motivationalist, Wendy Hicks, is a one hour magazine show that provides information and inspiration to independent artists. A seasoned artist, Wendy is the creator and promoter for the live musical performance, Soul's Journey series that showcases the DMV indie artists. She is best known as a vocalist that blends the sexy classic R&B sound with funky soul. The creator and publisher of Soul's Journey Concert Series, SoulFusion Magazine and CEO of the W.E.N.D.Y. project, Wendy is blazing a trail in the music industry as an advocate for indie artists, providing resources and filling those gaps that distract and prevent artists from fulfilling their dreams. Wendy has found a unique way to bring a smile and encouragement to her listener with her own style of, 'that's the way it is point blank period' straight talk, probing interviews, insights into following your dreams, and 'do you remember' R&B/soul music that brings back great memories or hits of today. Drawing from her life experiences, Wendy entertains, informs and inspires, while covering a vast range of relatable topics such as: how to manage a career and follow your dreams, balance between family, friendships and relationships, the importance of networking, and much more all with her jovial, uplifting style.
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Param Pujya Bhaishree and Gurumaa's Birthday Celebration
24th Nov 2016
On Param Pujya Bhaishree's birthday over 400 mumukshus gathered in Mumbai to celebrate his divine presence in our lives, and Param Pujya Gurumaa's rare spiritual achievement.
Br. Minalben and Br. Vikrambhai, overflowing with adoration and gratitude, spoke and sang about Bhaishree and Gurumaa's pious qualities. They then asked Bhaishree to give us the gift of his precious words. He began by sharing that when he hears praises about himself he immediately thinks of his own guru Bapuji, touching us all with this humble sentiment.
Param Pujya Bhaishree spoke about the spiritual quest of the seeker that wishes to awaken to his own truth. He first reminded us that to progress on this path we must be fully motivated to know the truth about reality. If we are comfortable in our slumber then not even a powerful guru can awaken us. We are often enticed by the small pond of our existence, limiting ourselves with walls and boundaries and not looking beyond to the vast ocean that lies just ahead. Like a fish swimming obliviously in water, we may never come to understand what water is.
Borrowing from ancient Vedantic stories, as well as contemporary tales of the likes of Rabindranath Tagore and Helen Keller, Bhaishree's spared no effort to bring this point home: we must never lose strength in our quest for awakening. He ended by quoting from Shrimad Rajchandra's Letter 856 about the 5 strength: jignasha, vichar, vairagyay, dhyan, gnan (spiritual thirst, contemplation, detachment, meditation and true understanding).
This powerful discourse was followed by a dinner break, and then mumukshus returned to the hall for another treat: a play on Raja Kumarpal.
Raja Kumarpal was a Gujarati King of the 12 Century. He was a great patron of Jainism and his name is still heard today when the Mangal Divo is sung during the Aarti in Jain derasars around the world.
The play showed us how Kumarapala spent his early life in exile to avoid persecution by his elder brother and predecessor Jayasimha Siddharaja. He ascended the throne after Jayasimha's death. Kumarpal was a disciple of Shree Hemchandra Maharaj Saheb and the play recounted many inspiring stories from his life in which the teachings of Jineshwar Bhagwan guided him through his life. It was wonderful to see how Raja Kumarpala practiced dharma to become a loved ruler and humble friend to all people and animals living in his kingdom.


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Nigella Lawson is threatening to sue a London PR executive who published a blog claiming the pictures of her being grabbed by the neck by her estranged husband Charles Saatchi were staged for publicity purposes.
Lawson's law firm Schillings has written to Richard Hillgrove demanding he remove the post which, it said, include statements that she "wilfully misled the public, acquaintances and others by knowingly orchestrating an 'assault' as a cynical PR exercise".
Schillings said his blog also claims Lawson was "feigning distress" at the assault, something it added is "entirely untrue and grossly defamatory".
The Schillings letter to Hillgrove has demanded that he immediately remove the post and the tweet linking to the post.
They also demanded an "immediate publication of an apology" on his Twitter account. "Failure to act swiftly will only aggravate the damage," said Schillings.
Hillgrove, who runs his own company, Hillgrove PR, said he has no intention of removing the post and is prepared to go to court.
"I assume I'm going to be libel action, but I think it's grossly unfair the way he [Saatchi] has been treated," he said.
He has already received two letters from Lawson's lawyers but said: "Most media commentators have had lots to say and have not been asked to take it down … This is a gross over-reaction. Why should I be crushed and threatened?"
He said he has not spoken to Saatchi about the incident.
Saatchi and Lawson announced they were divorcing earlier this month, just weeks after the pictures showing him with his hand around her neck during a row outside Scott's restaurant in Mayfair appeared.
In a statement to a newspaper he said he was disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that he abhorred violence of any kind against women and that he has never abused her physically in any way.
Lawson has not issued any statements since the incident.
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David Ingham
Mark Little
Steve Caughey
Santosh Shrivastava
Within the current Web environment, hypertext links are used to glue together resources which are primarily static, read-only, and file-based (henceforth referred to as standard resources). Although, the Web has been very successful in serving such resources, it suffers from a number of shortcomings and it is questionable whether the current system will be able to scale indefinitely given the massive growth rates currently being witnessed. In particular, one highly visible problem is that of broken links between documents, caused by the lack of referential integrity within the current hypertext implementation. With the predicted growth in the number of resources, this problem will increase in significance, and the Web will become more difficult to use and manage.
The future is also likely to bring new demands on the Web in terms of the types of resources that it will be required to serve. The Web has proved its usefulness in the organization of distributed documentation, and users will wish to access other kinds of resource, with richer interfaces, within the same environment. Furthermore, service providers will wish to take advantage of the Web in order to tap the potentially huge customer base.
In this paper, we will show how the current Web implementation is object-based, with a single interface, comprising the set of HTTP [1] operations. Although extensions have been implemented to allow the incorporation of nonstandard resources, it is the opinion of the authors that the system does not exhibit the necessary extensibility characteristics that are required if the Web is to cope with the introduction of more advanced resources and services. We will show how making the change to an object-oriented system can yield an extensible infrastructure that is capable of supporting existing functionality and allows the seamless integration of more complex resources and services. We aim to use proven technical solutions from the distributed object-oriented community to show how many of the current problems with the Web can be addressed within the proposed model.
In the next section, a critique of the current Web is presented, highlighting existing problems in serving standard resources and the current approach for incorporating nonstandard resources. The section entitled "W3Objects" describes the W3Object design, its aims, object model, and system architecture. The "Illustrations" section gives an example, describing how particular Web shortcomings can be addressed within the proposed architecture. The remaining sections describe our implementation progress, plans for further work and concluding remarks.
One of the major advantages of the Web is the speed and ease by which information can be made available. In this environment Web resources are frequently created, moved, and destroyed in an ad-hoc manner, suiting the owner of the information or publishing site. These changes are usually made autonomously, with little regard for users of the information. There are three distinct problems tied together here, namely, referential integrity, migration transparency, and resource management. Quality of service, which is also affected by these issues, is also discussed.
It is impractical to maintain every resource that has ever been published on a particular server forever, this simply does not scale. Resources that are no longer of value, for whatever reason, become garbage and need to be collected. This may involve moving the resources to backing storage, or in some cases, deleting the resources entirely. Access pattern information, which is currently available through examination of server logs, is not a sufficient basis to decide whether an object is safe to garbage collect as important though rarely used references to a resource may exist. Safe garbage collection can only be performed if referencing information is available.
The consequences of deleting resources that are still referenced affects both the user and the information provider. In the Web environment deleting a resource that is referenced by another resource results in a broken hypertext link. Such broken links are the single most annoying problem faced by browsing users in the current Web. Broken links result in a tarnished reputation for the provider of the document containing the link, annoyance for the document user, and possible lost opportunity for the owner of the resource pointed to by the link.
A partial solution to this problem is provided by the use of the HTTP redirect directive, which provides a forwarding pointer to the new location, allowing clients to rebind to the resource (automatically in the case of redirection-aware browsers). However, this is only a partial solution for the following reasons: firstly, documents containing references to the old location of the resource are not automatically updated, and so future requests will continue to access the old location first. Secondly, even if there were an automatic update mechanism, the lack of referential integrity means that the redirector can never be safely removed since it is impossible to determine whether all of the links have been updated. There is also the possibility that the URL may be reallocated following the migration.
The IETF Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Working Group's [4] work on Uniform Resource Names (URNs) [5], an alternative naming scheme, based upon logical rather than locational naming attempts to address the problem of migration transparency. The mapping from logical name (URN) to locational name (URL) is stored within a name-server which is updated with the new URL when the resource moves [6]. The disadvantage of this approach is the performance penalty associated with name-server lookups, updates, and access bottlenecks. Furthermore, this scheme does not address the issue of referential integrity.
Figure 1. Disjoint interfaces to Web resources
Maintenance operations carried out by the information provider or site maintainer typically require manipulation of the resources within both domains. As described earlier in the section entitled "Migration Transparency," moving a resource within the file system has the side effect of changing its name in the Web domain. To reflect such changes, other Web resources must also be modified. Further, the internal state of the moved resource may also require modification, due to the use of relative naming [7]. At present such changes are performed manually and are prone to mistakes and inconsistencies (although tools, for example, MOMSpider [8] exist to help eventually detect some of these). This can be seen as a result of having two parallel interfaces without any support for maintaining consistency.
Technical solutions for improving QoS are fairly well understood, including caching for responsiveness, replication for availability, and migration for load balancing. Caching in the Web is reasonably common, both through the use of browser memory and disc caches, and also through the use of caching servers [9]. Effective caching is not a trivial task since there are many subtle problems that need to be addressed, including cache consistency, accounting, etc. Current caching servers use a heuristic approach for consistency management, where resources can only apply coarse-grained tuning based on expiry dates. The IETF URI working group is implementing a framework for resource replication, but appear to only be addressing the problem within the realm of read-only, static resources, where a read-from-any policy is appropriate [6]. Replicating more complex read/write resources is much more difficult due to the problems associated with maintaining consistency between concurrent users and in the presence of failures.
Unlike publishing standard resources, writing CGI scripts is not simple; the resources manipulated need no longer be read-only and the issues involved in interacting with them are much more complex. There is no support for controlled sharing of resources, and because HTTP is still the underlying communication protocol, connections between client and resource last only for each request. This forces users to adopt ad-hoc solutions to problems such as persistence, concurrency control, and sharing of resources between requests.
The result of this model and the constraints it imposes are that people may change the daemons in an ad-hoc manner. This makes migration of Web resources from modified daemons difficult because modifications need to be made to every daemon which services them. There is also no easy route for code reuse, leading to individuals implementing similar methods in different ways.
We believe that the model and implementation we shall present in this paper represent a cleaner way of addressing the issues of flexibility and extensibility in a uniform manner, and can be used to provide solutions to the problems highlighted earlier. They can also be applied to the current Web with little or no modifications to users of these resources, and minor requirements from their providers. In the following sections we will describe our model and illustrate it with an implementation which supports referential integrity and transparent object migration.
The next section introduces our object model, describing how the principles of object-orientation are applied to the Web domain. The interactions between the system components are described in the section entitled "System Architecture," which is followed by a section entitled "W3Object Properties" which classifies and describes a collection of properties applicable to different classes of W3Object.
Different classes of W3Object support different operational interfaces, which are obtained through the use of interface inheritance. Abstract classes are used to define an interface to a particular object abstraction, without specifying any particular implementation of the operations. Different classes of W3Objects may share conformance to a particular abstract interface, but may implement the operations differently, in a manner appropriate to the particular class. For example, consider a Manageable interface, including a migrate operation, for moving objects from one location to another. While the same interface is appropriate for many classes of W3Objects, the implementations may differ; for example, migration of a hypertext object may require some internal link manipulation operations in addition to the operations required by, say, a text file.
The use of interface inheritance provides polymorphism; that is, all derived classes that conform to an interface provided by some base class may be treated as instances of that base class, without regard for any other aspects of that class' behavior. Continuing with the previous example, consider a dedicated GUI-based Website management tool, providing a graphical interface for performing management-style operations on the objects; one such operation may be object migration. The management tool is able to abstract away from other features of the different objects (supported through various other interfaces) and simply address all of the different objects as instances of the Manageable interface. In addition to inheritance of interface, the model also supports behavioral inheritance, thereby supporting code reuse. For example, object properties such as persistence and concurrency control may be provided by mixinbase classes to be inherited as required. Mix-in classes are not designed to be instantiated themselves. They are used to augment the functionality of the derived class, by providing some particular behavior, usually orthogonal to the primary function of the class.
The diagram in Figure 2 illustrates the key points of our object model by showing how two example W3Object classes, Spreadsheet and Play, are composed using both interface and behavioral inheritance. The abstract class, Manageable provides the interface description for management-style operations (only a single operation, migrate, is shown). Both of the derived classes inherit this interface, providing their own implementations. In addition, both of the derived classes provide other interfaces, describing the primary operations of the classes. The Play class, representing a theatrical performance, provides a bookSeat operation, and Spreadsheet provides get and set operations for manipulating the contents of the spreadsheet cells. Further, the Spreadsheet class is concurrency controlled, having derived this property from the mixin class, ConcControllable. The operations setLock and releaseLock are used in the implementation of the get and set operations to ensure the integrity of the spreadsheet in the event of concurrent access.
Figure 2. Illustration of using the object model
Also shown in the diagram are three different clients which manipulate instances of Play and Spreadsheet. A Website management tool, previously mentioned, is solely concerned with the operations provided through the Manageable interface. The tool is able to invoke the migrate operation on instances of either derived class without knowledge of the nature of the class. Two further clients are shown, a theatre booking application and a spreadsheet tool, which manipulate instances of Play and Spreadsheet respectively. The fact that these classes also conform to the Manageable interface is of no consequence to the clients who only interact with the objects via the interfaces supporting the classes' primary function.
Figure 3. Client-object interactions
As stated earlier, W3Objects are encapsulated, meaning that they are responsible for managing their own properties (e.g., security, persistence, concurrency control etc.) rather than the application accessing the object. For example, in the case of concurrency, the object manages its own access control, based upon its internal policy, irrespective of which application method invocations originate from.
The local representation of an object, together with the available operations, may vary depending upon the particular type of client accessing it. The Web browser uses a URL to bind to the particular object in the server. The operations that are permitted on the object, via the URL, are defined by the HTTP protocol. The HTTP communication end-point of the server may perform name mapping between URL and the internal name for the object and may also map HTTP requests to appropriate method invocations on the object. Within the bespoke application, a client-stub object acts as the local representation of the remote object. From the point of view of the application, this stub object presents the illusion that the remote object is actually within the address space of the client. Like any other object, the stub presents a well-defined interface describing the supported operations. This interface has the potential to be much richer than that provided through HTTP, including application specific operations. Operation invocations on the stub are passed to the object using the remote procedure call (RPC) protocol. Client-stub objects may be automatically generated from a description of an object interface. Our implementation uses C++ as the definition language and we provide stub-generation support for creating client and server side stubs which handle operation invocation and parameter marshalling [13]. Other possible interface definition languages are possible, including CORBA IDL [14] and ILU ISL [15].
Continuing with the previous example of a Web-based theatre booking application; to support access via conventional browsers using HTTP, the theatre object would conform to an HTTP interface, supporting an operation, say, htmlGet. An HTTP GET request from the browser would be mapped to an invocation of the htmlGet method of the object. Through this limited interface, the programme of events and availability information may be available. A client-stub object for the theatre may support more advanced operations such as seat booking using atomic actions (transactions).
Although not illustrated, a number of other client implementations are possible. The common gateway interface (CGI) could be used to provide a richer client-side interface than is readily available through HTTP. Although, it has been already stated that we believe CGI to be too low-level for direct programming, CGI interfaces to remote objects can be automatically created using stub-generation tools. We have implemented a basic stub-generator, which uses an abstract definition of the remote object, and ANSA have recently released a more complete tool [16] based on CORBA IDL. Recent developments using interpreted languages within the Web, including Java [17] and SafeTcl [18] are potentially very useful for developing client-side interfaces to W3Objects. Using such languages, complex, architecture-neutral, front-ends dedicated to a particular W3Object class can be developed, supporting rich sets of operations.
Figure 4. Inter-object interactions
In addition to W3Objects, servers may contain W3Object stubs, or aliases, which are named objects that simply forward operation invocations to another object, transparently to clients. One particular use of aliases is in implementation of name-servers, since a name-server may be viewed simply as a collection of named objects which alias other objects with alternative names (server S1 in diagram). Objects may also contain stubs to other objects (shown in S2 in diagram). This feature is used in our implementation of referencing, which is described further in the "Illustrations" section.
One method of interfacing with multiple servers is to make use of an HTTP Gateway, which uses stub objects to forward object invocations through to the appropriate server. The gateway is transparent to clients accessing the objects; incoming requests are simply forwarded to the destination object, which parses the request and replies accordingly. This is illustrated in Figure 5, in which server S1 manages a number of different types of object (illustrated by different shapes) and server S2 manages objects of a single type. As the processing of operations is entirely the responsibility of the individual object, the introduction of new object types is transparent to the gateway.
Figure 5. Client-object communication through gateway
Naming: One of the fundamental concepts of the object-oriented paradigm is identity. The ability to name an object is required in order to unambiguously communicate with and about it. Context-relative naming is an essential feature of our environment so as to support interoperability and scalability. As mentioned previously, different clients may use different local representations of a remote object (URLs, client-stub objects, etc.). Since it is impractical to impose new naming conventions on existing systems, we require the ability to translate names between system-boundaries. Furthermore, for extensibility, we need to be able to incorporate new naming systems. Within our design, naming is provided via the object infrastructure. Context-relative naming is supported via the use of name-servers, implemented as collections of object aliases, as described previously.
Sharing: Implicit within the Web domain is the requirement that objects can be shared. Although the basic function of allowing multiple users to interact with objects is simple to achieve, there are a number of other associated mechanisms that require interaction with the base sharing functionality. Access control, either user and group based, or access restriction based on the location of the client, are both likely requirements. Additionally, with objects supporting a rich set of interfaces, the granularity of the control must be configurable.
Mobility: One of the lessons learned from the current Web is that support for object mobility is a necessary requirement for W3Objects. At object creation time, migration of the object may not be envisaged, but it is virtually impossible to predict the future requirements of a particular object. Mobility may be required for many reasons, including load balancing, caching, and improved performance through locality etc., with different forms of migration, including intra- or inter-host.
Referencing: In order to address what may be viewed as the primary problem with the current Web, namely referential integrity, we believe that low-level referencing support is required by all objects. A range of schemes is possible, including forward referencing [20], call-backs, and redirection through a location server (as in the URN approach). Referencing is closely related to mobility, since referencing schemes may be used to locate objects even in the event of object migration. Our approach to referencing is described in detail in the "Illustrations" section.
Replication: There is a range of replication protocols from active to passive, and strong consistency to weak consistency. There is no single replication protocol which is suitable for every object which may need to be replicated and at the same time can satisfy a user's required quality of service [22]. As such, it is our intention to implement a suitable base class for object providers, which will enable them to select the appropriate replication protocol on a per object basis. In addition object providers will also be able to select the optimum number and location of these replicas, and modify this as required [23].
Concurrency control: By enabling users to share arbitrary objects it may be necessary for these object state transitions to be managed through an appropriate concurrency control mechanism. Consider the theatre booking example earlier: if user A wishes to examine the seats which are available while user B is in the process of booking a seat, it would be desirable for B to lock the seat in order to prevent conflicting updates. There are a number of concurrency control mechanisms available, but our initial implementation will be based upon the familiar multiple reader, single writer policy.
Caching: The caching of object states, either at or close to users, can help alleviate problems of network congestion and latency. However, as with replication, there is a need for a range of caching policies based upon user requirements and object properties.
Fault tolerance: In a large-scale distributed system, fault tolerance is an important property. One way of addressing the issues of fault tolerance is by using atomic actions to control method invocations. Objects inherit necessary persistence and concurrency control characteristics, and application programmers then manipulate these objects within atomic actions which guarantee the usual ACID properties.
Our service maintains the distributed referencing graph and uses reference counting to detect unreferenced objects. Stubs, when created, perform an explicit bind operation on the object they refer to (thereby incrementing the object's reference count) and perform an unbind operation whenever the stub is deleted (thereby decrementing the count).
Figure 6. Object referencing
Reference from a root represents the service[[Otilde]]s continued interest in the object while stubs represent hypertext links from one object to another. Therefore an object is not available for deletion until (1) the service has expressed its lack of further interest in the object (by no longer referencing it from a root) and (2) there are no hypertext links from other objects. Once these conditions are met the object is marked as unreferenced and is available for deletion.
Figure 7. Referencing chains
Using the short-cutting mechanism stubs will in general point directly at their W3Object; however, there may be circumstances where the chain becomes longer than is desirable, i.e., the Object moves a number of times between invocations from a particular stub. Long chains have more points of failure and a performance cost in the necessary indirections at invocation time, and consequently there may be situations in which long chains are to be avoided. Therefore as an extension to our basic forwarding location mechanism we allow stubs to register callbacks with objects such that, whenever an object moves, the registered stubs are automatically informed of the move. These stubs may either represent hypertext links from other resources and/or belong to a location service which offers the current position of the object to any of its users. More details are given in [24].
Our use of forward references is an entirely distributed solution which scales well by not relying on centralized location services or broadcasts of moves, as is proposed by Hyper-G [25]. Hyper-G ensures that all references to all resources are (eventually) updated to reflect any movement, but this requires additional network traffic that may be appropriate for individual enterprises but does not scale to a worldwide solution. Our system also guarantees that any object movement is transparent to any reference holder and does not require the handling of object faults and subsequent rebinding. Our policy is to provide inexpensive forward referencing (which introduces no extra network traffic when an object is moved) as the default location service but to offer alternative, potentially more expensive solutions such as callback and the use of location servers for resources with specific performance or fault-tolerance requirements. Our model allows the choice of appropriate location mechanisms for an application and the ability to vary that choice at run-time as required.
The mechanisms described above offer a consistent view of referencing within the system so long as (1) neither the referenced objects or their stubs can be lost through failures and (2) the bind and unbind operations are totally reliable. We guarantee that W3Objects and stubs recover from failures by saving them on stable store i.e., a file system. The bind and unbind operations use an RPC to access the W3Object, which may be held within a remote server (optimized to a local procedure call whenever the object is held in the same server). Our remote object-invocation layer guarantees "at-most-once" semantics for the RPC; i.e., despite failures operations will eventually be performed.
In the prototype system, an additional daemon per host is used to provide the referencing service, which is administered using a GUI-based tool. This tool allows the site maintainer to browse through the entities currently being served by the HTTP daemon and to include them within the service. On being instructed to include a Web entity, the service creates a corresponding W3Object which is registered, causing it to be referenced from a root and thereby ensuring it is not immediately marked as unreferenced. The administration tool then parses the resource to identify any hypertext links it contains. If the links point to resources already included in the service, then references to their corresponding objects are created and stored within the newly created object, thereby extending the referencing graph. Links to resources not already within the service are reported back to the user who then has the option to explicitly include them if they are under his control. A deregister operation is used to express the site maintainer's lack of further interest in a resource which causes the reference count for the resource to be decremented. If the reference count reaches zero the site maintainer is informed that it is available for deletion. If the site maintainer confirms it is to be deleted then the W3Object is removed from the service and the corresponding resource removed from the file system. Deleting an object may result in the reference counts of other objects being decremented, i.e., those referenced from the deleted object.
The site maintainer may move a resource from one location to another (potentially to some remote site where the resource may come under new ownership). In addition to moving the object through the process described in the previous section, the service performs the following operations: (1) the resource is removed from the file system, (2) an HTTP redirector is inserted, (3) all relative URLs contained within the moving resource are transformed, and (4) the resource is placed in the file system at the new location.
The next stage of our development is to implement the full W3Object model as described in this paper, integrating the referencing work with other software subsystems developed locally as part of the Arjuna Project [27]. To provide the flexibility and extensibility we have described, we shall make use of the Gandiva system [28] which supports the separation of object interfaces from implementation, and enables reconfiguration of this relationship without requiring the rebuilding of objects or applications. For the common W3Object properties we will make use of the work developed for the Arjuna system [21], which provides the necessary fault-tolerance and replication support.
The W3Object model, presented in this paper, is intended to provide a flexible and extensible way of building Web applications, where Web resources are encapsulated as objects with well-defined interfaces. Objects inherit desirable characteristics, redefining operations as is appropriate; users interact with these objects in a uniform manner. We have identified three categories of object properties: core, common, and specific, and have described an implementation using the core properties which addresses what we believe to be one of the most significant problems facing the current Web--that of referential integrity. A key feature of our design is support for interoperability; for example, in addition to sophisticated clients which may use the rich object interfaces that our model provides, our implementation will also allow W3Objects to continue to be accessed using existing Web browsers.
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Since 1994, W3Objects was known as WebObjects. We have been forced to change this owing to a recent trademark application by the NeXT Computer Inc.
Department of Computing Science,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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United Kingdom
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David Ingham
David Ingham received his B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Northumbria University in 1991 and an M.Sc. in Computing Software and Systems Design from Newcastle University in 1992. He is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Computing Science at Newcastle, where he is a member of the team developing the Arjuna reliable distributed programming system. His research interests include distributed computing, reliable systems, object-oriented computing and distributed-debugging tools.
Mark Little [http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~m.c.little]
Mark C. Little received his B.Sc. in Physics and Computing Science from Newcastle University in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Computing Science in 1991. Since 1990 he has been on the research staff of the Department of Computing Science at Newcastle where he is currently a Research Associate. He is one of the principal designers and implementors of the Arjuna reliable distributed programming system. His research interests include reliable distributed computing, object-oriented programming languages, object replication, and operating systems.
Steve Caughey [http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~s.j.caughey]
Steve Caughey obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from Queen's University, Belfast, in 1979 and was employed by a number of telecommunications companies working primarily in the areas of Operating System design, integration, and testing. In 1989 he obtained an M.Sc. in Computing Systems and Software Design from Newcastle University, and has since been employed by the University as a Research Associate. His research interests include large scale distribution, object migration, fault tolerance, and naming.
Santosh Shrivastava [http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~santosh.shrivastava]
Santosh Shrivastava obtained his PhD in Computing Science from Cambridge in 1975. After several years in industry, he joined the Computing Science Department of the University of Newcastle in 1975 where his present position is Professor of Computing Science. His main area of research is in fault-tolerant distributed computing. He is currently leading Arjuna and Voltan research groups. The Arjuna group has developed the Arjuna object-oriented fault-tolerant distributed system. Arjuna is forming the basis for research on new network services in large scale distributed systems. The Voltan group is undertaking research into high integrity real-time systems, which involves investigation of agreement protocols, failure detection and reconfiguration, communication primitives, clock synchronization and real-time scheduling. He has over 70 publications in the areas of fault-tolerance and distributed computing.


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For episode 61 we pick the brain of Area General Manager and Director of Sales and Marketing at West Wood Clubs and IHRSA Board Member, Alan Leach.
Alan is a regular speaker and presenter on sales and marketing for top business organizations around the world. Listen and learn how you can invest and make a difference in your members' fitness experiences. Also, learn what good marketing and bad marketing means in our industry. Don't loose hindsight of the original principles behind marketing.
Marketing is not just advertising, it is everything you do.
Thank you Alan for bring such insightful thoughts to our listeners!
About Alan Leach
Area General Manager and Director of Sales and Marketing at West Wood Clubs, with 39,000 members at six clubs in Ireland and one in Bosnia.
Sales Trainer and International speaker on fitness business marketing.
Board of Directors of IHRSA (International Health, Racquet and Sports Association), based in Boston, USA.
Since 2010, Alan has been engaged as an international speaker and presenter on fitness business marketing. He's presented to 1000's of club managers & owners at fitness conventions in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Brazil, Mexico, Iceland, Austria, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Poland, Russia & more.
Alan Leach is also a regular speaker and presenter on sales and marketing for top business organizations around the world:
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- Russian Fitness Industry
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- Irish Marketing Institute
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In 2014, he joined the faculty of The IHRSA Institute at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina, USA, lecturing on Marketing Strategy and Sales Management.
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>Hmmm.... I didn't know the System 700 was normalled. Actually, I've never >used either a System 700 or a 100m. Are they both normalled? This seems >like such a logical way to design a modular, I'm surprised it has not been >universally adopted... The 2600 and MS 10 and 20 are normalled, though they aren't true modulars. The 700 modules have modulation input sliders on the bottom of the modules, which are fed by connections on the edge terminals. There are a few versions of the oscillator, whose only difference is the silkscreened name of what modulator should appear at these sliders (LFO, Env1, etc.) This was probably done so that the oscillators in different cabinets could take advantage of their neighboring modules in the standard 700 configuration. I don't have the 700 manual right now, but I can tell you that the 24dB lowpass filter has four input sliders: Oscillators 1, 2, and 3 plus Noise (crap, I think it's Noise; it might be Ring Mod. The VCA has a Filter and ?? input slider; I think the ?? is Ring Mod.) The Filter's Noise input slider is normallized with an interrupting jack. The other sliders don't have input jacks. Keyboard is normallized into the oscillators in my cabinet via the multipin jack on it's rear. There is a switch on each oscillator to defeat the keyboard. It would be nice if more people had used this method. It makes life easier when you find you're out of patchcords (when aren't you?) > >On another subject, can anyone tell me if there are schematics floating >around for any of the Buchla 200 series modules? I've been talking to >someone recently who'd like to have a go at cloning a few of these. Any >help/leads would be greatly appreciated. Yes, most of them are around. I played with the idea of cloning them, but never got around to getting my engineering friends to lay them out in PADS to generate new PCB artwork. I think there were four oscillator versions, and there were three envelopes, one of which had VC of the stages (I don't have that schematic). There were two versions of the Source of Uncertainty (265 and 266), but the 266 retains the 265's functions and adds a few very interesting new sections-- I can't find the schematic for that one. The sequencer would be a nightmare unless someone took the time to reduce it's design using modern parts. Also, the 100 modules sound better, since they're discrete circuits. Easier, Mike PS: Tim Smith might have a set of schemos for sale. 406-652-1564 ________________ Specifications: Transfer Function Candidate/All I wanted was a Pepsi/Halo Flamin' Lead Reality has not been Beta tested.