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Posted on 05/07/2012 8:55:11 PM PDT by quantim
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product that critics have dubbed "pink slime," a company official said Monday.
About 650 jobs will be lost when the plants close on May 25 in Amarillo, Texas; Garden City, Kansas; and Waterloo Iowa, company spokesman Rich Jochum said. A plant in South Sioux City, Neb., will remain open but run at reduced capacity.
The South Dakota-based company blamed the closures on what it said were unfounded attacks over its lean, finely textured beef. During its processing, bits of beef are heated and treated with a small amount of ammonia to kill bacteria. The filler has been used for years and meets federal food safety standards.
But the company suspended operations at the three plants in March amid public uproar over the filler. BPI has declined to discuss financial details, but has said it took a "substantial" hit after social media exploded with worry over the product and an online petition seeking its ouster from schools drew hundreds of thousands of supporters.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided that school districts may stop using it, and some retail chains have pulled products containing it from their shelves.
Company officials had hoped to recover but have since realized that doing so wasn't possible in the near future, Jochum said Monday. The company paid its workers during the suspension.
"We will continue communicating the benefits of BPI's lean beef, but that process is much more difficult than (countering) the campaign to spread misinformation that brought us to this point," Jochum said in a statement.
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If this stuff was so good it could be sold as a stand alone product.
I want to be supportive. But..Yuck! Am I supposed to feed this to my child??
This whole pink slime stuff was started by Moochelle's buddy Jaime Oliver wasn't it?
And now the federal government/schools will be their biggest customer. hhmmmm
Recently, my local independent grocer had a sale on bottom round. It cost the same as hamburger so I bought several. the problem with them is that they were cut way too small, and were way too lean. So, I bought a little beef fat on the side. I took it home, cut it up and dropped it into the auger of my electric meat grinder. Viola, hamburger that tasted good, and NO ammonia in my meat, and was as lean as I desired to make it.
I would rather have had my own cow butchered, but still...no pink slime.
Pink Slime.
Sounds delightful right? Maybe if youre talking about Nickelodeons slime park.
Pink slime, also known as lean finely textured beef or lean beef trimmings, is a product that was previously only used for pet food.
In 2001, however, the product became approved by the United States Department of Agriculture for use as an additive in various beef food products.
As of now, food can be composed of up to 15 per cent lean beef trimmings before companies are required to show it on the ingredient label.
No, the concern was always there.
We're omnivores. Protein is protein. And free markets work...
Then what is the stuff in the photo I posted? And why was it only allowed in pet food until recently?
I don't get it, seems like making mountains of of molehills
It is the product of government regulation, pure and simple.
According to this wiki...
"Pink slime, also known as lean finely textured beef (LFTB) [2] and boneless lean beef trimmings (BLBT)[3], is a beef-based food additive that may be added to ground beef and beef-based processed meats as an inexpensive filler."
Is the pic you posted of pink slime, that looks red, a beef-based food additive? It looks a lot like hamburger to me!
I've seen the pink, ice cream looking ooze (same pic as above) being reported to be McDonald's Chicken Nuggets too. Personally, I think this is a lot of hysteria created by veggie Nazis on the left that want to turn people off any kind of meat.
Several of my friends grind their own too. It is noticeably better than the store bought stuff.
The whole "Dude, it's beef" campaign flopped. The public still doesn't want this stuff. I don't care if "pink slime", aka "finely textured beef", is sold, I just want to know if it is added to the ground beef I buy. "Pink slime" is a filler and ground beef that includes it should be labeled so the consumer it at least aware of it. I consider this stuff particularly unappetizing and I prefer to avoid it. If it is as wonderful as BPI and others say, they can simply sell it as a stand alone product. I am sure they've always known if the public realized how it was produced they would avoid it.
I don't normally do people's research for them, but I dropped the image into images.google.com.
Mechanically separated chicken would be what your image is.
I believe that photo is actually of mechanically separated chicken.
I understand that the process is similar to how they produce "pink slime". The end result is a slurry.
I believe mechanically separated chicken may actually be sold as a stand alone product in the form of Chicken Nugget type foods. I could be wrong about that though.
The "pink slime", aka "finely textured beef" is a beef filler which is added to ground beef. I think it is actually too lean, among other reasons, to be sold as a stand alone product.
To answer your second question, I would guess that the concern was probably had more to do with how sensitive dogs and cats liver are to any foreign chemical.
For example many human food products use PG, propylene glycol, as a food additive. Totally safe for humans, totally safe for dogs (at certain limits), can cause death in cats.
We humans are pretty hearty in the liver department, probably because we are intelligent and probably tasted everything under the sun, meaning our genetics have been refined to have wide-spectrum livers.
Also, we can do shots of Jack Daniels all weekend long, and still not turn yellow if we layoff of it during the week.
Shoot I grew up eating bologna, vienna sausages, hot dogs, spam and still eat the stuff on occasion. Oh well, I ain't dead yet.
It is claimed the nutrition is roughly the same as 90/10 beef. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it would be better than a burger from 93/7 (which are decent, if not as tasty as say 75/25).
If it was cheaper than 93/7, and available, I would definitely try it, however, it appears BPI built their business on USDA school contracts, and recently, pet foods. I think the BPI disaster is more a lesson of why you shouldn't hitch your wagon to the government in any shape or form, unless it's the defense industry and you have very good lawyers.
I would suspect that any left over ammonia cooks off if you go for well done (I do on my burgers, unless I make them from packaged ground beef).
They are incrementally working on food now. I'm all for a safe food supply, but my biggest concern is the crap they allow in from China.
Speaking of which, I thought I read a few years back that a law was coming where the products country of origin had to be labeled. That's not always the case. Some products say "Distributed by so and so in Whatevertown, NJ" but you still don't know where the ingredients in it were made/produced.
Todd Schnitt actually had the smoking gun on this, but nobody carried it.
He looked around for the most educated person he could find on consumer beef and found a Phd that was the "go to" guy for the industry, and interviewed him on his show. In the midst of the interview the man revealed ABC had interviewed him on "pink slime", but when he wasn't giving the answers the reporter wanted, ABC hung up on him.
This is the post I made last month: "They were trying to get to the bottom of the pink slime business and they asked for the name of the best expert in the meat industry they could find. They got in touch with this guy on the phone (David Theno), and he said the reporter who was covering it for ABC had also called him, and was asking him about the product for the ABC news story."
"Halfway through the interview, the ABC reporter Jim Avila hung up on the expert. The expert called him back, and the Avila told him, the expert wasnt saying what he wanted for his story, and he the expert was just a tool of the food industry. And hung up on him AGAIN."
"So Schnitts show called Avila, and he hung up on them. I heard later Avila denied it, but when I heard Theno talking about it, I believed him - he seemed unrehearsed and astounded about it. Its an incredible story, and totally uncovered in the media. Ive been able to find very little about it, except for a few tweets."
And now this vile reporter, Avila, has destroyed an industry, and caused over 600 people to lose their jobs, AND (according to Theno) destroyed the use of a food product that actually INCREASED food safety. May he burn in the hell he has visited on many innocent people.
I know what you mean...its like the tuna, it just hasnt tasted as good since it became dolphin safe...
My mother worked in commercial insurance for many years. She said that even accidental ammonia exposure was always excluded on liability policies.
This was the beef industry's answer to mechanically separated chicken, which nobody is in an uproar over. Random screaming liberal politics killed this one. It was being used as part of retail hamburger mixes as well, and nobody had been complaining about anything but the subjective yuck factor — it didn't have any more objective danger than hamburger meat in general.
In high enough concentrations it can kill, fast.
Yet probably 1/2 the people here on FR believe the BS. Kind of lets you know the effect MSM still has, even on those who should know better.
Interesting wording. If they "may" stop using it now, does that imply that schools were required to use it before?
Sell it in the free market if you think you can, but you better put in on the label of anything you are trying to pass off as pure ground beef to let the customer decide whether they want it. And don't try to use a tricky name for it like "health" food bars listing "evaporated cane juice" to avoid putting sugar as the first item in the ingredients.
As for me, I think I'll figure out how the meat grinder attachment on my mixer works so I can make my own hamburgers. I used to have a craving for McDonald's Chickenish McNuggets until I saw the ammonia dissolved meat fluid that went into them. Ditto for supermarket hamburger since this story hit.
Unfounded my ass. Picked up some non-pink slime filler from Costco and the difference was night and day both in the way it cooks and tastes. The non-pink slime hamburger is measurably better than the pink slime crap burgers.
I like those bits of organ meat you find between the ribs of fried chicken. What are they? Kidney? They are just so good! I also love the bits of blood that cooks as it oozes from roasting meat. Often when I'm roasting a pig and I get hungry, I'll break off a chunk of ear because that is the first part to be done. Mmmmmm. Then of course there's that puss like filling you find in a steamed clam — it's all the guts and goo. It's the best part. Anyone like sardines? Sometimes the intestines kinda string out if you eat them in nibbles. I saw bulk chicken hearts at the Korean market for 90 cents a pound! I think I'm going to make something with a couple pounds of those!
BTW: that pink "soft serve" stuff is mechanically separated chicken. There is no such thing as mechanically separated beef in the US because it was entirely outlawed after the spongiform encephalitis (mad cow) scare. I think the beef product at issue is made from trimmings cut from steaks and such.
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Another item brought to my attention by my easily-fooled Facebooking kids. ("Pepsi has fetus tissue in it")
Although I was proud of them for seeing through the Kony2012 crap.
I'm thinking of opening an account so I can post stories about the evils of too much hairspray (black widow spider nests in your hair), and really need to post the warning about the creep with a hook for a hand that is bothering kids up on Lover's Lane.
Remember Good Ole Cas? LOL. A local highly controversial politician/grocer in our area up till about the early to mid 1970âs or so. Rumor has circulated for decades that embalming fluid was put in the beef. You sure didn't ever want to buy chicken from him. It looked good but as soon as it was put in the skillet the stench would run you out of the house. If you weren't in the area then ask your neighbors :>}
Ammonia is a natural component of meat, and of all other food products. Being an essential component of all protein and DNA, it's also present in your body.
In the ground meat, ammonia is added to bring the pH to a level that is inhospitable for bacterial growth. It's not like poison is being added...for laboratory use, I used to grow yeast in a solution of ammonium salts, and they loved it.
That guy who first called this "pink slime" needs to be sued for defamation.
-—That guy who first called this pink slime needs to be sued for defamation.——
Chalk up another victory for the enemedia.
BPI's product is not pink and it is not slime. The photo you posted shows packing styrofoam being poured into a box prior to fitting.
Congrats on succumbing to an internet hoax. BPI has it worse off. Oh, and I also have to pay more for ground beef.
You got suckered.
That is a picture of Mechanically Separated Chicken
'Pink Slime' in hamburgers actually made it safer - get ready for more ground beef related illnesses.
I thought I saw where the Chicken Nuggets goo was false too. I don't know what that goo is but it may be styrofoam packing like you said. I wouldn't be surprised.
The latest I saw last night on Julian Lennon's Facebook page. He posted a piece from some Natural News Blog about Reactor #4 ready to go during the next earthquake and how it will wipe everyone on Earth out. I'm not a nuclear scientist so I don't know anything about it, but you can only imagine the people on there that bought it hook, line, and sinker. I'm tired of it from all sides.
Thank you. That is the first explanation for what that photo shows that actually makes sense. Who would fill processed meat for human consumption in a plain cardboard box after all? The visible surroundings are also very much not "food industry standard."
Moved here in '86,
don't recognize story but will ask around
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On Tuesday afternoon, Haiti experienced the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on the island. Reports are still coming in, but it is clear that a quake of at least 7.0 magnitude has devastated much of the capital, Port-au-Prince. This disaster comes as a blow of immense consequences for Haiti, the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere.
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A caller today from a school outside of the Port-de-Prince area suggested to BBC World Have Your Say, that they really need care packages, which include the basic essentials, even first-aid kits. Having people throughout America and beyond putting together care packages is a formidable idea, but they need immediate humanitarian assistance and relief supplies and the care packages should be coordinated with the U.S. Department of State and the U.N. for getting them out to the Haitians.
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Please text everyone in your contact list and tell them about how to donate $10 through your cellphone carrier to help Haiti by texting "HAITI" to 90999
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Where is the Salvation Army in the list of aid recipients? Their leader was on site and recorded on NBC this evening.
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I would really like to contribute in someway to Haiti however Iam currently unemployed and hardly making ends meet. I do speak fruent spanish, and if I could be a part of a civilian group to donate my services in Haiti, I would be more than glad to help. May God Bless the people of Haiti.
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I do not have any formal training in disaster relief; however, I have unlimited time and I am willing to take orders from anyone needing my help! I can leave as soon as needed. I don't have enough money to send, but I am strong and willful. I know that under the correct supervision I will make a difference.
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I am very sad about what happened in Haiti,I pray for them.I want to contribute with something, but the only place that I trust it is the Red crooss,I am going to call them.
God bless our president Obama, he is very concern and doing the best , also mrs Clinton.
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If heavy equipment operators are needed email me and I will go.
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It is obvious that the rescue work needs to begin. The latest news reports say there are no rescue workers. People are removing debris with their bare hands.
Haiti needs shipments of portable cranes to lift debris from people trapped below, and bulldozers to clear streets so ambulances can reach victims.
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Dana E. in Connecticut writes:
So - what happens to our money..$10 to state dept, some relief org? Don't know..I have 266 families in my town ready and willing to donate to causes that directly support these families in Haiti. This is a disaster not a cause. How do I assure our donors about legitamacy of their donation and let them know what organizations benefit from their generosity??
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i am so sad an think this country needed this help a long time ago. now look at how sad it is.
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My thoughts and prayers go to the people of Haiti. Looking at the images of the devastation is a call to action - to help in whatever amount we can afford.
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as a church how can we help with food money
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I am a teacher and my students and I would like to help! Besides a monetary donation, is there a way for us to collect water, supplies, etc.. and send it over? Please respond if you can answer! Thank you.
Jessica P. in Chile writes:
First:Define clearly the steps to start the order of the system. Install a center of distribution in an open space to provide water and food.
Second: carry all the dead people, as far away as you can, to common place. Apply a dust called CAL (lime) to decelerate the human decomposition.
Third: Install tends trying to group the people in this way:
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Fourth: Install an office of worldwide communication.
Fifth: Define what kind of help is priority to continue receiving.
Sixth: organize the social community looking for the religion leader to give calm to the groups.
At the same time, the Ahiti group of men can help in all the labour described.
Finally tell around clearly what kind of help do you need to receive.
Around the world we need to know how to help clearly to let us move fast and bring the help. This is a tragedy that must make us move as fast as we can to releif the suffer
Thomas writes:
i'd like to send a 20 ft container of canned food, water, cookies, chips, towels, paper towel etc
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People should also consider giving to Save the Children. They are permanently working with families and children in Haiti and are currently in need of support for the relief effort. savethechildren.org
Michael M. in New York writes:
First I want to say I want Jessica P. from chile on my TEAM !! simply said let's give money to help with disaster, let's help our brother and sisters, I am sending my text to 90999 now. let's give and let's pray.
Rick A. in New York writes:
We are a group of performing artists in the Greater Capital District Area. We would like to oganize a "Concert for Haiti" for the victims of this horrific disaster. Can someone from the State Dept contact us ASAP?
Salena in the U.S.A. writes:
In watching the news this morning I did see certain Red Cross set ups where a person can go and put in names and information of loved ones in Haiti. If any news becomes available of said persons you would be contacted. Does anyone know exactly which locations are doing this?
Mike C. in New York writes:
would like to help people in haiti im a 45 yr old male self employed contractor with 25 yrs heavry machine ex, masonery construction and genarl contracting
thank you mike c.
George D. in New York writes:
I will like to adopt 2 children if there is some who lost their parents please help me.Few of my freinds will like to do the same.Please can you help us
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Martin C. in Colorado writes:
State really needs to take the leadership in producing a short term and longer term plan for dealing with this disaster. Use different teams to produce and administer each plan with coordination between each.
Short term would deal with saving lives - areas such as medical support, evacuation efforts, clean water, food, and establishing comunications as well as personnel and property protection.
Longer term would deal with rebuilding Haiti - homes, businesses, infrastructure and etc. Coordinating and focusing efforts of orgs such as Habitat for Humanity.
Also there is a need to establish a way to coordinate offers for assistance from individuals or orgs such as local churches that are not as connected as the Red Cross or Catholic Relief Services. Perhaps an online site.
Finally, State really needs to look at Lessons Learned from Katrina and needs to communicate that they will be using those lessons.
Jeff in California writes:
As is typical of our government I came into work this morning with credit card in hand to donate and have been to the State Dept site, drilled down to this site, I have been through 5 links and can not find a place to GIVE MY MONEY AWAY! I will now go another direction but for God's sake people......
Luz S. in Florida writes:
I live in Florida and have some
clothing that I would like to donate but don't
know where to send them or if any local organization is collecting them. Please help
Thank you.
Juliana C. in California writes:
i would like to donate cloths shoes blankets & other items to Haiti . But i dont know were to go
Richard M. in Massachusetts writes:
As an Haitian American who feel directly touched by the unfortunately situation. I am offering my assistance in the area where I might be needed which is "Translator".
Thank You for your help to the people of Haiti
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A couple of years ago, I wrote a short blog post called "There Be Treasures in them Beaches!" You may have thought, "Is he talking about buried pirate treasures?" Not quite. I was writing of the treasures found on the beaches of the Jersey Shore.
The article is written in 2010 and it was about viewing people as treasures to be desired. In other words, each person is of value in the sight of God and to others. The only real way to discover the hidden treasure is this. Go talk with them. Continue reading "Buried Treasures"


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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a long history of disputing the human impact on climate.Hudson River is an arm of the sea, subject to tides, and there will be plenty of water upon which to float the commerce of the State if not a drop of water flows into it from the Adirondack region." The chamber did not side with those views, but instead followed the advice of scientists like Charles Sprague Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard. Sargent told the chamber that "no doubt could possibly exist as to the necessity of putting a stop to the work of destruction now going on in the Adirondacks."
In an unprecedented show of dissent, corporations have renounced their membership in the U.S. chamber.energy technologies. This impetus is long overdue, as the country falls behind China and Europe in this area. In an unprecedented show of dissent, corporations such as Apple, Exelon, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, and Pacific Gas and Electric have either renounced their membership in the chamber or expressed dismay at the chamber's position. Moreover, many local chambers — including the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce — have distanced themselves from the U.S. chamber on climate change.
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Just half of Americans have more emergency savings than credit-card debt, survey finds
The Columbus Dispatch - February 18, 2014 10:39 AM
A new Bankrate.com report finds that just 51 percent of Americans have more emergency savings than credit-card debt, the lowest percentage since Bankrate.com began tracking the issue in 2011.
The report also found that 28 percent of Americans have more credit-card debt than emergency savings and 17 percent don't have emergency savings or credit-card debt.
Consumers in their prime earning years of 30 to 64 are the most likely to have more credit-card debt than emergency savings, a reflection of stagnant incomes, high unemployment rates and high household expenses, according to Bankrate.com.
Bankrate.com's financial security index fell to 99.3 in February, the lowest level since November. Bankrate.com blames the drop on the rocky performance by the stock market to begin the year and less-than-stellar economic indicators in recent weeks.


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Tech accessories have always been an integral part of our electronic devices, whether it is for adding value or personality. With the emergence of 3D printing, tech accessories lead the way for 3D printed consumer goods. The following 3D printed technological accessories are not just created for the sake of innovation; they are made to provide convenience and utility.
The Infinite Sisu iPad Stand is designed for fitness fanatics. Notice how the support stand is shaped like a human pushing the iPad to its position – a design inspired by a concept called "Sisu." Sisu is a Finnish term which means grit or determination. It exemplifies how humans can overcome hardships through determination. The Infinite Sisu iPad stand is perfect for fitness enthusiasts, or for those who want to start achieving a fit body.
IPhone 5/5s Car Holder
There are so many car holders available on the market today, but this product has a distinct feature known as the 3D printed iHook design. The 3D printed iHook design is particularly made for the iPhone 5 and 5s since it is created with similar dimensions. It is made flexible so that the hands-free calling and viewing of maps can be used with just one hand. The iHook design can also be placed right under the rearview mirror allowing for easy access.
Pod a Porter Neckband for iPod Shuffle
Manufactured from a 3D-prined polyamide, this tough product is set to resolve the problems associated with having an unruly iPod wire. Further, its lightweight feature makes it easier to carry it around for wherever you are and whatever you do. In fact, the controls are easily accessible in just a few touches. The Pod a Porter is designed for iPod 4th generation and is available in black and limited edition colors.
3D Printed Phone Case
Phone cases are made for protection and style. Currently, the owner of WittPrint 3D made an interesting product for the iPhone – the 3D iPhone case. The 3D printed phone cases currently are available with three designs: The Upper Peninsula (UP), Great Lakes and the entire Michigan state. The cases are made with with a durable material called polylactic acid (PLA). The PLA has been tested and proved to protect the iPhone from a 5-foot drop.
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Observe/Persistence Testing
This document will outline proposals for a new OOB command for fine-grained control over persistence and replication settings. This will be used to test our so-called durability operations and ensure they actually report correct status.
The problem with testing durability and persistence on a real server is the fact that the actual replication and/or persisting of a specific key depends on the physical latencies which exist in the disk and network hardware (or the CPU speed, if running in an all-ram, virtual machine environment). Thus there is a lack of certainty in determining what the expected state of the key is and what the expected OBSERVE response should be.
Injecting fine-grained commands in the mock will solve this issue as the persistence and replication status of a key will now be explicitly controlled via OOB command rather than dependent on hardware speed.
At the basic level, there are multiple concepts which need to be dealt with here. We'll list them here
Nodes and Replicas
In a normal environment, a key is first stored to the master's cache (in memory) and is then placed within a replication queue to be distributed to other replicas. Because replication is dependent on the network, and persistence dependent on disk, we may have one of the following scenarios:
- Key is cached in master, persisted in master, cached in replicas and persisted in replicas. This happens if the time to write to the master's disk is less than the time to send+persist to the replicas; so e.g.:
- Key is stored in master's RAM
- Key is placed in both master's write queue and replication queue
- Key is written to disk
- Key is sent over network to replicas
- Replicas persist item to disk
- Key is cached in master, replicated to replicas, persisted to master, persisted to replicas. This happens if the write queue for the master is slower than the network replication queue; so e.g.
- Key is stored in master's RAM
- Key is placed in both master's write queue and replication queue
- Key is sent over network to replicas
- Key is written on master's disk
- Key is written on replicas' disks.
- An even more extreme condition is where the master's disk is very slow, and the key is both persisted and replicated to the replicas before it is persisted to the master
- Key is stored in master's RAM
- Key is placed in both master's write queue and replication queue
- Key is sent over to network to replicas
- Key is written on replicas' disks
- Key is written on master's disk
Controlling Replication and Persistence status
The commands will feature options to:
- Explicitly persist a key to master. A simple command would look like:
- Command: persist
- Payload (Payload for Command):
- Key: "Some Key" (the key must exist)
- vBucket: The vBucket ID for the key. This must be provided
- CAS: (Optional) - the CAS value for the key. If not supplied, the true cas will be used
- OnMaster: Boolean. Whether the key should persist to master
- OnReplicas: Number. How many replicas should this be persisted to
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- unpersist - explicitly remove an item from persistent store
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Status of F-16 pilot unknown
November 28, 2006
The pilot of a Cannon Air Force Base F-16 fighter jet that crashed Monday in Iraq is still missing, Air Force officials said.
The pilot was not found at the crash site, the Air Force said. The Air Force has not identified the pilot nor said to which base or unit the pilot was assigned. Cannon officials said the pilot was not stationed at Cannon.
An interim safety investigation board has collected DNA samples from the crash site and will release results when the testing is done, the Air Force said.
The jet crashed at 3:30 a.m. New Mexico time Monday about 20 miles northwest of Baghdad while participating in air and ground combat operations, according to military officials.
Coalition reconnaissance and fighter aircraft were overhead when the crash occurred and confirmed insurgents were near the crash site immediately following the impact, the Air Force said. As soon as the extensive ground combat operations in the area ended Monday, ground forces secured the crash scene.
The F-16 was home-based with the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon. Cannon's 524th Fighter Squadron is deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
Cannon has more than 600 people deployed to various places, Cannon Public Information officer Capt. Rebecca Garcia said Tuesday. She said the base does not release specifics of how many people are in Iraq.
Garcia said it is common for pilots to fly with squadrons to which they are not assigned in order to maintain their flight status active.
Under such agreements, a pilot would fly aircraft belonging to the host squadron and would support the mission of that squadron, she said.
"(Squadrons) have these agreements and these are very common practices," Garcia said.
An interim safety investigation board convened by U.S. Central Command Air Forces has begun to gather evidence to determine what caused the crash, the Air Force said.
Capt. Tiffany Payette of the Central Command Air Force Public Affairs office said the primary concern of the Air Force is the safety of the coalition forces and the recovery of the pilot.
An Iraqi witness reported seeing the jet flying up and down erratically before it crashed.
Iraqi insurgents said they shot down the F-16 with a shoulder-fired Strela anti-aircraft missile.
If the F-16 was shot down, it would be the first combat loss of an Air Force Fighter since April 7, 2003, when an F-15E Strike Eagle went down near Tikrit, killing the two crew members.
Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a U.S. military spokesman, said he doubted the jet was shot down because F-16s have not encountered weapons in
Iraq that are capable of
taking them down.
Cannon has lost seven F-16s in crashes since 1997, according to newspaper records.
The last crash involving an F-16 from Cannon was Sept. 10, 2002, about 50 miles west of the base during a routine training mission. The pilot was killed.
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Nuevos Pisos paleta en una gran ubicación!
N.º máximo de huéspedes3
Cuartos de baño1
Tamaño43 m²
- Aire acondicionado
- Desayuno
- Internet/WiFi
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- Apto para familias / niños
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|Elektrik, 34430 Istanbul, Turquía
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Normas del alojamientoNormas civiles ordinarios.
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the apartment was not one of the photos. It was poorly renovated and old . there was often a bad smell from the bathroom and the front door and the bathroom door did not close properly . stairs dangerous . also we have two days without electricity and no hot water . Terrible! Good position
Nice room, comfortable and clean enough, close to the centre of Beyoglu life. Kivanc is a very good owner, gentle, willing and helpful. The apartment is exactly as you can see in profile pictures. the room is hot, except bathroom that is a bit cold because of it has no heater inside.
Clean & tastefully decorated studio in the heart of the main shopping street with very good transport links to all the popular tourist attractions that Istanbul had to offer. We dined out during our trip as there were many options for breakfast, lunch & dinner around the accommodation.
It was really nice! The room was completely clean and all the things were better than my expectation! A little problem was that it was hard to find the location as a foreigner. If there is a more specific map or clear explanation, it would be perfect place in Istanbul! :)
Well we found Kivancs appartment house almost in the last minute but it has been a great choice. We have been very satisfied with the extraordinary warm welcoming of his genitor, Mirac Bayrektar who even showed us around in Beyoglu and directed us to the best pubs & locations there. It was all in all the very best part for me and my best friend during our roadtrip. We would totally recommend Kivanc and his facility - it was a pleasure to stay with you. The appartment was extremely clean and nicely decorated. Thank you and Mirac!
Kivanc apartment is perfect: top location, clean & tidy, fully equiped. I definitely recommend it!
Kivanc was waiting for us to show the apartment. It is a nice room, with a modern and clean bathroom. There were towels available.
After we asked for some spoons and extra pillows, it was brought immediately by the janitor. The apartment is in a good location.
Note: We think the bed was too hard.
It is a beautiful appartement in one of the best cities in the world. The location resp. the appartement was as described by Kivanc.Great organisation and support by Kivanc and his friends. Whenever someone is searching for a nice place in Istanbul - here it is!
Be careful – the apartment you are booking based on the photo you see might not be the one you will get when you pay and arrive. Before we came, I personally sent two mails to Mr. Kivanc, the owner, insisting to get the apt I saw on webpage and pasted copied picture from the web page two times. But when we arrived at 2 in the morning with a small child, the man in charge took us to the neighbouring building and put us in the flat that I would never choose if a saw it on the picture. When we contacted Mr. Kivanc, he told me that he has 8 apartments in 2 buildings next to each other and "the one that he gave us is recently renovated and better than the one we chose". I will never know what is the other one like but the situation in this "better" apartment was like this: it is decorated with taste, it might look nice at the first glance but the bathroom had bed smell coming from the drainage (all the time, you have to keep doors closed), toilet bowl was dirty, toilet seat broken, bed sheet had few stains, blankets felt like they get washed maybe once a month (if that much), the stairways are extremely narrow, steep and dangerous (when I complaint about the stairways, Mr. Kivanc told me that they are the same in the other building). And on the top of it all – as few other people wrote in comments – once when you pay in advance it becomes very hard to reach the owner, he is not replying to emails and calls. I only heard from him when he guessed (well) that I will write comment that corresponds to the truth. Mr. Kivanc is a sweet talker but made us wish to run away from the apartment he rented us as soon as possible and we would (if we did not have to pay in advance). I wish Mr. Kivanc all the best in his future work but he is obviously overwhelmed with work and it made him forget that it is about the his guests feeling well, not just making money.
Perfect place close to the Subway, City centre, Bazaar you name it, we walked to all the great tourist places and back without any trouble.
The place looks great i will recommend it to all my friends and family and push them to go to Istanbul!
Just one thing, it would be great to have up to date metro, train, ferry and tram maps in the apartment because as we found out the public transport network is extremely well and has been expended so much the last year/s that all the maps we found where out of date, get a Istanbul pass and hop on hop of every where when you are tired of walking.
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Make Your Voice Heard on Career and Technical EducationPosted Saturday, November 17, 2012, at 9:13 AM
The state Board of Education approved the new standards in December 2011, after several months of public hearings. The plan is for MSIP 5 to begin in public school districts in the 2013-2014 school year. Before this happens, DESE is talking with school district officials about what they can expect.
According to DESE's website, MSIP 5 policy goals are to:
You can click here to see a comparison of current guidelines and what DESE is proposing.
The new standards were given preliminary approval by the state board on Sept. 17, 2012, and a 30-day comment period began on Nov. 1. Once the board gives final approval, the wheels will be in motion toward getting schools ready to meet MSIP 5 guidelines by next school year.
Here is how you can contact DESE:
Margie Vandeven, Assistant Commissioner
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Jackie Wieberg, Executive Assistant
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 573-751-4234
Fax: 573-751-9434
Mailing Address:
Office of Quality Schools
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
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I recently received a letter from a constituent regarding MSIP 5, who has been teaching for 35 years. He makes a good point about career and technical education requirements, which seem to be lacking in the new proposal from DESE. This is why your input is so critical. While DESE is talking to administrators, the people doing the actual work of teaching our children and grandchildren are lost in the shuffle. While I am sure MSIP 5 is well-intentioned, there are issues like technical and career education that always get forgotten.
There is still time for folks to read the plan and add their comments. I pray everybody gets a chance and their voices are heard. We are talking about the next several years of education in our state, at a time when we need every advantage we can get. Please take the time to read DESE's proposal, even if you do not have children currently in school. This issue is about everybody's future.
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Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, represented the 21st district in the Missouri Senate until January 2013, when he left after reaching established term limits. He is a life-long resident of Saline County, a farmer and small business owner. He and his wife, Sue Ellen, live on their family farm in Napton. He was the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight. He served on a number of other committees, including Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources; Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment; Financial & Governmental Organizations & Elections; Joint Interim Committee on School Accreditation; Missouri Alternative Fuels Commission; Missouri Civil Air Patrol; Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission; Missouri Senior RX Commission; Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force; Coordinating Council on Special Transportation; and Midwestern Interstate passage Rail Compact Commission.
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Oxygen - To Lung Surfactant and Beyond
Javanainen, Matti
Permanent address of the item is: http://URN.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201208211240
Publication type: Diplomityö
Issue date: 2012-08-15
University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto - Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Luonnontieteiden ja ympäristötekniikan tiedekunta – Faculty of Science and Environmental Engineering
Department: Fysiikan laitos – Department of Physics
Lung surfactant is a thin lining covering the air-water interface inside the alveoli. Its main function is to reduce the surface tension at this interface and thus prevent the alveoli from collapsing at the end of the breathing cycle. In addition to its importance in maintaining proper lung function, it is suggested that this monolayer aects the permeation of small non-electrolytes such as molecular oxygen from inhaled air towards circulation. However, the results on this topic are extremely diverse. Earlier computational studies have been inadequate in terms of monolayer composition and state, simulation conditions and force eld parametrisations and the amount of employed computational resources. They have also often considered either energetic or kinetic factors on permeability alone. On the other hand, lack of resolution has been the main issue with experimental studies on oxygen permeability. To overcome these limitations, the permeation properties of protein-free surfactant membrane systems were studied through long atomistic molecular dynamics simulations with high spatial resolution. Monolayers at dierent compression states were employed with the lipid composition and simulation conditions of the systems mimicking that of the real surfactant. In addition to the permeation properties of the monolayer, information about oxygen pathways below the interface were also discussed with the data obtained from bilayer simulations with the same composition. A new model for molecular oxygen was sought in this study and its performance was verified with multiple benchmarks. A special free energy technique, the z constraint method was employed together with the inhomogeneous solubility{diusion model to study the permeabilities of the membrane systems as it provides one with detailed information about both energetic and kinetic factors on permeation. The key values of the spatially resolved free energy and diusion coe cient pro les along the membrane normal agree with those of earlier studies yet the detailed pro les also provide new and interesting information. The calculated permeabilities of the monolayer systems are successfully linked to the other physical quantities characterizing the monolayers. The possible suggested structures lying below the surfactant monolayer are compared based on their eect on oxygen transport. Finally, thorough comparison is performed between our calculations and earlier studies.
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Lutheran gay-advocay group changes name
The Columbus Dispatch - June 12, 2012 05:42 PM
A group that has been advocating for gay rights in the Evangelical Lutheran Church since the 1970s has changed its name.
The St. Paul, Minn.-based Lutherans Concerned/North America says it will now call itself ReconcilingWorks to better represent its work. Its new logo includes a multi-colored heart and the phrase "Lutherans for Full Participation."
"The name ReconcilingWorks is a clear response to the biblical injunction to all Christians to be reconciled to God and to each other," Emily Eastwood, executive director of the group, said in a news release. "The name instantly testifies that reconciling, indeed, is successful as the means to build a fully inclusive church and society."
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted in 2009 to allow the ordination of gays in committed relationships. In 2011, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada voted to allow openly gay members to serve as clergy and to permit the legal marriage or blessing of same-sex couples.


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The Master of Science (M.S.) in Business Education online degree program is offered in the School of Education and Social Sciences.
This 30-credit online degree program is designed for those engaged in teaching business concepts and studies in public, private and corporate educational institutions.
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|The information in this chart is based off of 2010 information from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.


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This is a Yahoo pickem league against the spread, right now I have it set to pick the Yahoo default games,ones picked by Yahoo to be the most interesting. If enough interest is shown in changing that to the AP top 25, we can entertain that.
Last years was $100 entry, so that's what this will be unless we cannot garner enough interest at that entry point. We will know how many places to pay when we get the total number of players.
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Confidence Points No
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Tiebreakers Yes
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Deadline 5 minutes before each game
Games To Include Use Yahoo! default games
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Donald Penn is going to have a new teammate lined up next to him at left guard on Sunday when the Buccaneers take on the Oakland Raiders. Whoever that proves to be, Penn is going to know what he is going through…and he'll know what a wonderful opportunity it is.
The Buccaneers suffered a significant blow to their increasingly prolific offense on Tuesday when guard Carl Nicks was moved to injured reserve due to a toe ailment. Nicks and Penn had given the Buccaneers a Pro Bowl left side of the offensive line, but now the deck is being shuffled again, just like it was two months ago when Pro Bowl right guard Davin Joseph went down with a knee injury.
"Man, losing Carl is big," said Penn. "Carl is one of the best guards in the league. You cannot sit there and honestly say losing Carl is not going to hurt you. He's the best guard in the league and losing him is going to be big. But we've got to step up. The next person up has got to step up, whoever it's going to be."
That's something Penn did five years ago, in one afternoon going from obscure reserve to starter at one of the most critical positions in the game. Luke Petitgout began the 2007 season as the Buccaneers' starter at left tackle but was felled by a knee injury four games in, during a win at Carolina. Penn stepped into the lineup in the middle of that game, and next week made his first NFL start. He has started 83 consecutive games for Tampa Bay since.
"That's how I got my start," he said. "That's how a lot of these people get their starts in the league. You've got to come and step up. It's going to be hard replacing Carl just like it was hard replacing Dav. Whoever steps up, they've got to play like they are Carl."
After signing a lucrative free agency deal in March, Nicks was expected to lock down the left guard spot next to Penn after the team bounced between Keydrick Vincent, Larsen and Zuttah over the previous two seasons (Zuttah now starts at center). That plan is now gone, and the new starter could once again be Larsen or Zuttah, or it could be reserve Cody Wallace or tackle Jeremy Trueblood, making a move inside. Whoever it is, Penn will still be there in his usual spot, and that will help the replacement make a smooth transition.
"That's how it goes," said Penn. "I'm going to try to help those guys. Whoever it is, I'm going to try to help them as much as I can, try to give them whatever help I can from my experience. We're going to be alright."


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chris wrote:i had a friend who was travelling on business. big golf fan. he drove 3 and 1/2 hours to augusta just to take a picture of the sign in front of the golf course. when they spotted him, with camera, they rushed security out to escort him away from the very private club. may not be the nicest fellows in the land, but the course sure did look good on tv, didn't it?
mr h atom wrote:one must remember, that it was just a few years ago, the..uh... estimed environs at august national were...trepidatious about tiger woods as they still did not allow blacks to attend their course in a manner other than, shall we say, with a more workman-like service atitude...
as a one-time citizen of the great state of georgia, i can attest to the extreme dicotomy of it's one foot being fully in this century, and another very firmly planted, with undue amount of pride, in it's very racist past.
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as for the round: i only watched the last day: bit of a nail biter: could tiger and/or phil rally ...would the leaders lose their cool under pressure of the moment: and all that DID play out on that one afternoon !
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Good call! Yes, red pack is all over the place, probably #2 in popularity, but i still think the various Stanislaus products reign supreme.
also are you saying start with 7/11 because the ground tomatoes are less thick? therefore im not dehydrating and rehydrating?
ok so 7/11 is a product line of crushed tomatoes uncooked and not as thick as FULL RED crushed tomatoes?
Peter,I took your advice and called stanislaus and they were very helpful. On the phone they said for what I was trying to accomplish a mixture of 7/11 (crushed tomatoes unpeeled) and full red pizza sauce would give me a good base which to add my own ingredients. They suggested not using added water as it takes away from the flavor of the tomatoes. They are sending a rep out to my store to bring samples and help give advice. I strongly recommend this company to anyone.Kevin
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WINTER SOLSTICELEBRATION: TRANSFORMATION This event features dance, music, poetry and more that organizers say celebrate "the regenerative power of darkness and the redemptive grace of light." The event's creator, Amy Martin, is planning to retire after 20 years of producing live spiritual events, and participants from the past two decades are returning for her final Winter SolstiCelebration. Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. at Cathedral of Hope. 5910 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas. $17 in advance, $20 at the event; $13 in advance, $15 at the event for children and seniors. 214-261-5599. earthrhythms.org. — Dena Hill
NOT THE END OF THE WORLD PARTY The UTA Planetarium will celebrate the supposed end of the Mayan calendar with a Not the End of the World Party. The evening includes lectures on the solar system and planetarium shows covering topics such as Mayan civilization and the winter solstice. Participate in workshops, space-related arts and crafts, and even a chance for stargazing if the weather cooperates. Dec. 21 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the UTA Planetarium, 700 Planetarium Place, Arlington. $15 for event pass, $6 for individual shows. 817-272-1183. utaplanetarium.com. — Dena Hill
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Continuing my coverage of the IBM Dynamic Infrastructure Executive Summit at the Fairmont Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, we had a day full main-tent sessions. Here is a quick recap of the sessions presented in the afternoon.
- Taming the Information Explosion
Doug Balog, IBM Vice President and Disk Storage Business Line Executive, presented on the information explosion. Storage Admins are focused on managing storage growth and the related costs and complexity, proper forecasting and capacity planning, and backup administration. IBM's strategy is to help clients in the following areas:
- Storage Efficiency - getting the most use out of the resources you invest
- Service Delivery - ensuring that information gets to the right people at the right time
- Data Protection - protecting data against unethical tampering, unauthorized access, and unexpected loss and corruption
Cory Vokey, Senior Manager of IT Systems Operations at Research in Motion, Ltd., the people who bring you BlackBerry phone service, provided a client testimonial for the XIV storage system. Before the XIV, RIM suffered high storage costs and per-volume software licensing. Over the past 15 months, RIM deployed XIV as a corporate standard. With the XIV, they have had 100 percent up-time, and enjoyed 50 percent costs savings compared to their previous storage systems. They have increased capacity 300 percent, without any increase to their storage admin staff. XIV has greatly improved their procurement process, as they no longer need to "true up" their software licenses to the volume of data managed, a sore point with their previous storage vendor.
- Mainframe Innovations and Integration
Tom Rosamillia, IBM General Manager of the System z mainframe platform, presented on mainframe servers. After 40 years, IBM's mainframe remains the gold standard, able to handle hundreds of workloads on a single server, facilitating immediate growth with scalability. The key values of the System z mainframe are:
- Industry leading virtualization, management and qualities of service
- A comprehensive portfolio for business intelligence and data warehousing
- The premier platform for modernizing the enterprise
- A large and growing portfolio of leading-applications ISV support
Steve Phillips, CIO of Avnet, presented the client testimonial for their use of a System z10 mainframe. Last year, Avnet was ranked Fortune's Number One "Most admired" for Technology distribution. Avnet distributes technology from 300 suppliers to over 100,000 resellers, ISVs and end users. They have modernized their system running SAP on System z with DB2 as the database management system, using Hypersockets virtual LAN inside the server to communicate between logical partitions (LPARs). The folks at Avnet especially like the ability for on-the-fly re-assignment of capacity. This is used for end-of-quarter peak processing, and to adjust between test and development workloads. They also like the various special purpose engines available:
- z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) for DB2 workloads
- z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) for Java processing under WebSphere
- Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) for Linux applications
- Cloud Computing: Real Capabilities, Real Stories
Mike Hill, IBM Vice President of Enterprise Initiatives, presented on IBM's leadership in cloud computing. He covered three trends that are driving IT today. First, there is a consumerization and industrialization of IT interfaces. Second, a convergence of the infrastructure that is driving a new focus on standards. Third, delivering IT as a service has brought about new delivery choices. The result is cloud computing, with on-demand self-service, ubiquitous network access, location-independent resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and flexible pricing models. Government agencies and businesses in Retail, Manufacturing and Utilities are leading the charge to cloud computing.
Mike covered IBM's five cloud computing deployment models, and shared his views on which workloads might be ready for cloud, and which may not be there yet. Organizations are certainly seeing significant results: reduced labor costs, improved capital utilization, reduced provisioning cycle times, improved quality through reduced software defects, and reduced end user IT support costs.
Mitch Daniels, Director of Technology at ManTech International Corporation, presented the customer testimonial for an IBM private cloud for Development and Test. Mantech chose a private cloud as they work with US Federal agencies like Department of Defense, Homeland Security and the Intelligence community. The private cloud was built from:
- IBM Cloudburst virtualized server environment
- Tivoli Unified Process to document process and workflow
- Tivoli Service Automation Manager to request, deliver and manage IT services
- Tivoli Self-Service Portal and Service Catalog to allow developers and testers to request resources as needed
The result: Mantech saved 50 percent in labor costs, and can now provision development and test resources in minutes instead of weeks.
- The IBM Transformation Story
Leslie Gordon, IBM Vice President of Application and Infrastructure Services Management, presented IBM's own transformation story, becoming the premier "Globally Integrated Enterprise". Based on IBM's 2009 CIO study, CIOs must balance three roles with seemingly contradictory demands:
- Make innovations real, be both an insightful visionary but also an able pragmatist
- Raise the Return on Investment (ROI) of IT, determine savvy ways to create value but also be ruthless at cutting costs
- Expanding the business impact of IT, be a collaborative business leader with the other C-level executives, but also be an inspiring manager for the IT staff.
In this case, IBM drinks its own champagne, using its own solutions to help run its internal operations. In 1997, IBM used over 15,000 applications, but this has been simplified down to 4500 applications today. Thousands of servers were consolidated to Linux on System z mainframes. The applications workloads were categorized as Blue, Bronze, Silver, and Gold to help prioritize the consolidation. IBM's key lessons from all this were:
- Gather data at the business unit level, but build the business case from an enterprise view.
- Start small and monitor progress continually, run operations concurrently with transformational projects
- Address cultural and organizational changes by deploying transformation in waves
I found the client testimonials insightful. It is always good to hear that IBM's solutions work "as advertised" right out of the box.
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