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Picturing the Past 36: Old Sonic, Burger Chef disappearPosted Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at 7:16 AM
The old Burger Chef building in its final days. (T-G Photo by David Melson)
And I didn't plan on the new photos you're seeing today, but I glanced over from Lane Parkway on Sunday and noticed...
Burger Chef is coming down.
This fall's brought the downfall of the skeletons of two 1960s and 1970s drive-in restaurants.
What was left of Shelbyville's original Sonic Drive-In was demolished in October. We have two Sonics now, one within sight of the original one, but the 1970s version held a lot of memories. The gone one was known to many as Bumpers but, for those of us of a certain age, it'll always be Sonic.
Now the old Burger Chef, built in 1965 and which last housed a Mexican store, is being demolished.
The Jan Phillips-provided photo of the original Burger Chef in a previous blog brought a lot of comments. Sonic was to those of us who grew up in the 1970s what Burger Chef was from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s.
Here's a last look at Sonic from Oct. 12.
In the 1970s you hung out at Dairy Queen and Pizza Hut on Lane Parkway, side-by-side just as today, then cruised out past McDonald's (which opened, I think, in '77), made the turnaround at Sonic and headed back in the other direction. Burger Chef was still around then as well. (Was it known as Burger Ch-i-ef at one point?)
One thing the original Sonic had going for it was its manager, Marion Tackett, who had two children attending Central High at the time. Most of us knew him as "Mr. T." He got to know his customers, frequently standing outside and talking to them, and was very involved in the community.
I photographed Sonic's takedown in October, and was maybe the last person to stand inside the filthy mess that once housed the kitchen.
And I wondered if the container you see above survived the old days or was from one of the new Sonics.
Here's a final look at the inside of the old Burger Chef. Are the white tiles original? It looks quite different from the old 'Chef I remember, maybe because the furniture's missing. I'm sure it had been extensively remodeled years before.
BURGER CHEF ON THE AIR: Does anyone else remember the role Burger Chef played in what I'll call the Radio War of 1971?
For a very brief time that summer WLIJ-1580 had a Top 40 rock format. They were daytime-only then but took advantage of long summer days to program a request show directly against WHAL-1400/102.9's longtime "RC Cola At Your Request" show at 7 p.m.
In the years up till then the WHAL DJs just read lists of dedications. WLIJ began putting their calls directly on the air. WHAL soon followed suit.
Then WLIJ's staff began taking their remote truck (remember the little Metro brand truck with the large window?), to Burger Chef and taking walk-up requests.
One night a walk-up requested a gospel song. The walk-up was told they didn't program gospel music on weekday nights. The walk-up's fellow church members complained - and apparently the DJ was told to play gospel if someone requested it. Soon WLIJ was back to fulltime country.
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David, back in the 50's, WHAL-1400 also had a Sunday morning music show, based on the Billboard pop charts, called "Sunday Song Shop". It came on the air at either 9 or 10 AM, and I can't recall at this point if it was a one hour show based on the top twenty, or maybe a two hour show based on the top forty, but I'm leaning toward top twenty. Could have been a ninety minute show based on the top twenty, because I remember they played several "filler" songs on each show. Maybe leeiii, or someone else whose memory is better than mine, can tie up the loose ends for me.
Great pictures, David. Every story needs an ending to be complete.
-- Posted by ilikeoldsongs on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 7:55 AM
David, This is getting to be old hat because I say it every week, but once again thanks for the great pictures. I await every Tuesday with great anticipation to see what you are going to reveal next.
I am expecting some great blogs this week as the people of your generation chime in with their memories of both Sonic and Burger Chef as well as Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut, and many others. It is sad to see the demise of some of the establishments that your readers grew up with, but we have to face it, "time marches on".
ilikeoldsongs, It does not seem to me that Sunday morning radio listening was a priority at our house. However, it does ring a bell about a show dedicating itself to the top 20 or top 40, but I never paid much attention to it. I can remember that my Dad always tuned in on Sunday mornings to catch a show that did Gospel Quartet music. There was a song that was either titled or had a line of "Life's Evening Sun" that was his favorite.
Before WLIJ came along we only listened to WHAL or WSM. When I was in the car late at night I listened to a lot of WLS from Chicago, and a lot of times I listened to good big band and jazz music "direct from the Blue Room high atop the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans" on WWL.
-- Posted by leeiii on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 9:01 AM
In last week's blogs FlaDon had mentioned that he had worked at WHAL, and that brought to my mind that Lynn Gibson had been a DJ there in the '50s.
-- Posted by leeiii on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 9:29 AM
leeiii, There is a real nice version of the song referenced above, by Jim Reeves, at the link below, somewhat different arrangement and tempo from typical quartet rendition, but very nice, especially for those who are fans of Jim Reeves.
-- Posted by ilikeoldsongs on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 10:01 AM
I always teased my children, when they were teenagers, that I always knew where they were on Friday or Saturday nights. They could be found somewhere between the places listed above. Wonder how many miles they put on my and then their vehicles.
-- Posted by reilly on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 10:06 AM
ilikeoldsongs, Thanks, that brings back a lot of memories. I do not think that I ever knew the title was "A Beautiful Life". I have got that song among some of my Gaither music, but I always have a hard time finding it. Maybe the title is the reason I have such a hard time.
-- Posted by leeiii on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 10:22 AM
This shows how out of touch I am but where do kids hang out now?
They'd sit on the old Shelbyville Motor Company parking lot a while back or the one at Big Lots.
They show up at Wal-Mart (like most everyone else) but I'm not sure what are today's equivalents to our Sonic,Burger Chef,Pizza Hut,D Q and "Mickey D's".
I'd hate to think kids are more isolated now and I confess it seemed safer for the youth to have them clustered in a few very visible public places.
I never quite understood what trouble folks thought we could get into out in the open or while patronizing a legitimate business that couldn't be managed in a worse way elsewhere.
In the absence of a Y,teen clubs,etc.(the discos and such never went over well,here),I think the young people have done pretty well.
So,what have they improvized now-or do we have some facility or outlet for "hanging out" I'm not familiar with?
(BTW,I know the churches are far more active in being available 24/7 than they used to be.
I know of youngsters who use their church as a community center and hub for activities rather than a place reserved for brief services one to three times a week.)
As has been said before,it'll be interesting to see what places and events are remembered in years to come.
"Y'all remember how empty Madison Street was for a while?
(That was before we got the college in ought nine.)"
-- Posted by quantumcat on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 10:29 AM
The kids were slowly "encouraged" to move on from many of the hangouts. At one time Pizza Hut became a favorite, but stuff happening in the parking lot got a little too rough.
I encouraged them to come IN the building and they could hang all day or night as long as they did not run off patrons. It seemed to be a reasonable solution, but eventually they moved to other locations.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 3:11 PM
Once again, thanks for prompting me with this story to take yet another trip down memory lane. Burger Chef was indeed the place to be in the early to mid seventies. When I obtained my driver's license (1973) the very first place I drove my father's car to was that parking lot. I actually met my first wife there, although we didn't start dating until a few years afterward. When the old Sonic did open, I was one of the first grill cooks they hired. I have many fond memories of Mr. "T". However I believe the Sonic had to have opened in early 1976. I worked there until my Army enlistment date, which was on May 15th of that year.
-- Posted by Tim Lokey on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 9:37 PM
Not changing this subject of the old Burger Chef Which I personally have some great memories of..
it was our hang out and so was the Bowling Alley. I don't think I ever ate at Burger Chef but was there every weekend nor did I ever Bowl a game but spent many hours there. We were there to socialize and talk with friends the same thing the teens of today wish to do.
The teens of Shelbyville have no where to hang out.
If they cluster at the old Red Food parking lot they are run out by the police if they move to Kroger parking lot they are again run out if they go to Sonic they must be eating to stay if they go to the Bowling Alley again they must be spending money to stay.. Lord help them if they go to Wal-Mart they tend to panic when a cluster of teens come inside and loitering in the parking lot is not allowed. The Rec Center closes early..so they are left to drive up and down Madison Street and group up at each other's homes.
It is a shame there is nothing here for them, it is an even bigger shame that we thought it was okay for us to hang out but when teenagers hang out these days they are labeled trouble makers.
I have yet to understand what they are hurting in a parking lot on a Main Stretch of road where there is no businesses located.
I think this explains why so many teenagers are so glad to leave Shelbyville, it offers them nothing. I guess someday when the City looks around and sees there is nothing here but older people then maybe they will wish they had done more for the young people.
Again sorry for the change of subject it just makes me mad that we had so many places to hang out yet we feel the teenagers today should have nothing.
-- Posted by Dianatn on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 12:07 AM
leeiii, other early DJ's at WHAL included: Bud Rick, Morton Loyd, Coke Crowell, Knox Holley and Charlie Bragg ( From a History of the Station by Mr. Tim Marsh)
-- Posted by FlaDon on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 9:11 AM
FlaDon, Yes, and Charlie Christian as well. The long history of WHAL would not be complete without a large slice of it going to Tim Marsh who must have been Chief Engineer from slightly before the discovery of fire. There are a lot of good memories concerning WHAL including "Swap and Shop", "Rat Brantley" at the piano, and the noontime news sponsored by Boyd's Chevrolet and Oldsmobile that involved a ride with Lucille in my merry Oldsmobile.
-- Posted by leeiii on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 9:21 AM
Anyone remember listening to the "King Bisquit Flour Hour" on WHAL. If I'm remembering correctly, it aired nightly at 11:00pm and it was an entire hour of album music.
-- Posted by Tim Lokey on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 11:18 AM
leeiii and FlaDon....Thinking of those early announcers on WHAL...can you remember Louis Penuel and Teddy Barnes....and that merry Oldsmobile ride at noon also sponsored "Telequiz" for 15 minutes...Saturday mornings had "Youth on Parade" directly from their upstairs studio...and also that religious show for kids by Rev. Geiger from Livingston, TN.....good old WHAL...your Mutual voice of Bedford County!
-- Posted by steadyeddie on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 12:16 PM
steadyeddie, All of this brings back a lot of good memories, for instance the siren on top of the fire hall on the square blowing at exactly 12 noon each day.
-- Posted by leeiii on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 12:31 PM
Couple of notes here:
For steadyeddie, according to "Tempo" magazine distributed by the Tullahoma News, Teddy Barnes was still on the air as recently as two years ago (and may still be) mornings at WYTM-FM in Fayetteville. The story said he only plays records -- no CDs or MP3s.
For leeiii, the siren still exists behind today's fire hall. It only blows now for tornado warnings.
-- Posted by David Melson on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 1:35 PM
Thanks, David...for the update on Teddy Barnes..and for the news that the old fire siren still exists....Yes, we always heard it at noon everyday but Sunday (when the church chimes were ringing)...and the main use, of course, was to signal all the volunteer firemen to jump in their cars and head for the blaze. I also remember it being used to warn us to turn off all lights for "blackout" drill during the big WWII...and it sounded for a long, long time when word was received that we won the war in 1945!
-- Posted by steadyeddie on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 5:34 PM
Yes David, Thanks for the update on the old siren.
steadyeddie, That was one more celebration when we got news that the war was over. I can also remember car horns blowing all over town. I would like to think that all of the people would be together on an occasion like that today, but I am afraid that also is a time gone by like some of our memories.
I can remember on at least one occasion when the noontime siren and the call for volunteer firefighters was just minutes apart.
-- Posted by leeiii on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 5:42 PM
I have a Burger Chef story. For awhile if you were looking for somebody you always checked in at Burger Chef. One night a guy from Murfreesboro came by with a picture of his daughter. He was obviously desperate. One of "the baddest dudes in this town" looked at the picture and said " I know where she is, and I'll take you there". The man got his daughter back, I'll always wonder how that turned out. That bad dude was actually a pretty good man. Still is in my book.
-- Posted by MyMrMarty on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 6:42 PM
Whoa! My husband and I got engaged at Burger Chef, over 43 years ago. Not very romantice, next to a cemetary, but he couldn't wait to offer me the ring and a proposal. I remember the Rebel Maid, the Dairy Queen at the corner of Madison and Whitthorne Streets, Brantley's drug store on the square, Bud's drive in, WHAL & WLIJ, etc. What was the name of that bar-b-que place out on Tullahome highway? It was open the early-mid 60's. Hey, class of 1964!
-- Posted by jp1946 on Wed, Nov 25, 2009, at 7:06 PM
JP I think your talking about the Merry Go Round.It was a beer joint but they also had a pit on the side of the building where they made BBQ.Oh how I remember the 15 cent burgers and 15 cent fries and drinks at the Chef.I almost had a stroke when they went to a quarter.Based on the time I guess they were high when you compare what we made then to now.The dollar menu has saved us all.haha
-- Posted by mytaxesaremine on Thu, Nov 26, 2009, at 5:53 PM
mytaxesaremine....thanks for reminding me of the old Merry Go Round....Yep, I remember that pit on the side.....Now, thinking of the Tullahoma Hwy., does anyone recall the old "Villa"...the nightclub at the intersection of the Wartrace Pike and Tullahoma Highway? Our little high school dance band played out there a few times much to the chagrin of our parents. People at the Villa were known to smoke cigarettes, drinks some beers and slow dance with their dates. (Not quite like the Rebel Maid.)
-- Posted by steadyeddie on Thu, Nov 26, 2009, at 6:18 PM
steadyeddie, Speaking of the Merry Go Round, a buddy of ours, Bobby Henry, came in to the bowling alley one afternoon and his face looked as if it had been through a meat grinder. I asked him what had happened, and he said that there was a drunk at the Merry Go Round who had said I think that I will whip somebody's sitting down place, and I stood up and said why don't you try me, and that is the last I remember.
-- Posted by leeiii on Thu, Nov 26, 2009, at 6:46 PM
My wife grew up here in Shelbyville she has told me of her exploits at the Burger Chef. Tullahoma had one as well back in the day; it was across from THS where Arby's is now. I loved their burgers and the fun I had there with friends. I am sure that the Shelbyville one was the place to be as well. This was long before the golden arches populated the area.
-- Posted by docudrama on Sun, Nov 29, 2009, at 11:10 AM
I worked at the original Sonic all thru my high school years and that was the busiest place in town on a Friday night.
I also spent many a night cruising from Sonic to Burger Chef with friends. We rode for a while, parked for awhile and then rode some more. Simple nights, but boy they were fun.
I worked for Mr. Tackett from '75 thru '79.
We also sat at the Quick-o Muffler alot. Mr. Farris told us as long as we were sitting there he didn't feel a need to worry about being robbed.
I do miss those days. Thanks for the trip.
-- Posted by chuck1964 on Tue, Dec 1, 2009, at 5:34 PM
Our family is compiling a history of my deceased father's radio and TV announcing career. He was Ernie Keller who was an announcer at WLIJ sometime between 1958 and 1962. We have not been able to define his time on the air there any more accurately than that. Does anyone have any radio station WLIJ history or newspaper clippings or memories that would help us pinpoint the timeframe when he was a WLIJ announcer?
-- Posted by treehaus1 on Wed, Mar 11, 2015, at 7:47 PM
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( I cannot take credit for coining the new term "bleg". I saw this term firstused over on the [FreakonomicsBlog]. If you have not yet read the book "Freakonomics", I highly recommend it! The authors' blog is excellent as well.)
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- 125 Backup machines running idle ready for active failover in case a production machine fails
- 1250 machines for test, development and quality assurance, running at 5 percent average utilization
While [some might question, dispute or challenge thisten percent] estimate, it matches the logic used to justify VMware, XEN, Virtual Iron or other virtualization technologies. Running 10 to 20 "virtual servers" on a single physical x86 machine assumes a similar 5-10 percent utilization rate.
Note: The following paragraphs have been revised per comments received.
|Now the math. Jon, I want to make it clear I was not involved in writing the press release nor assisted with thesemath calculations. Please, don't shoot the messenger! Remember this cartoon where two scientists in white lab coats are writing mathcalculations on a chalkboard, and in the middle there is "and then a miracle happens..." to continue the rest ofthe calculations?
In this case, the miracle is the number that compares one server hardware platform to another. I am not going to bore people with details like the number of concurrent processor threads or the differencesbetween L1 and L3 cache. IBM used sophisticated tools and third party involvement that I am not allowed to talk about, and I have discussed this post with lawyers representing
Keep in mind that each processor is different, and we now have Intel, AMD, SPARC, PA-RISC and POWER (and others); 32-bit versus 64-bit; dual-core and quad-core; and different co-processor chip sets to worry about. AMD Opteron processors come in different speeds, but we are comparing against the 2.8GHz, so 1500 times 6.866 times 2.8 is 28,337. Since these would be running as Linux guestsunder z/VM, we add an additional 7 percent overhead or 2,019 MIPS. We then subtract 15 percent for "smoothing", whichis what happens when you consolidate workloads that have different peaks and valleys in workload, or 4,326 MIPS.The end is that we need a machine to do 26,530 MIPS. Thanks to advances in "Hypervisor" technological synergy between the z/VM operating system and the underlying z10 EC hardware, the mainframe can easily run 90 percent utilized when aggregating multiple workloads, so a 29,477 MIPS machine running at 90 percent utilization can handle these 26,530 MIPS.
N-way machines, from a little 2-way Sun Fire X2100 to the might 64-way z10 EC mainframe, are called "Symmetric Multiprocessors". All of the processors or cores are in play, but sometimes they have to taketurns, wait for exclusive access on a shared resource, such as cache or the bus. When your car is stopped at a red light, you are waiting for your turn to use the shared "intersection". As a result, you don't get linear improvement, but rather you get diminishing returns. This is known generically as the "SMP effect", and in IBM documentsthis as [Large System Performance Reference].While a 1-way z10 EC can handle 920 MIPS, the 64-way can only handle30,657 MIPS. The 29,477 MIPS needed for the Sun x2100 workload can be handled by a 61-way, giving you three extraprocessors to handle unexpected peaks in workload.
But are 1500 Linux guest images architecturally possible? A long time ago, David Boyes of[Sine Nomine Associates] ran 41,400 Linux guest images on a single mainframe using his [Test Plan Charlie], and IBM internallywas able to get 98,000 images, and in both cases these were on machines less powerful than the z10 EC. Neitherof these were tests ran I/O intensive workloads, but extreme limits are always worth testing. The 1500-to-1 reduction in IBM's press release is edge-of-the-envelope as well, so in production environments, several hundred guest images are probably more realistic, and still offer significant TCO savings.
The z10 EC can handle up to 60 LPARs, and each LPAR can run z/VM which acts much like VMware in allowing multipleLinux guests per z/VM instance. For 1500 Linux guests, you could have 25 guests each on 60 z/VM LPARs, or 250 guests on each of six z/VM LPARs, or 750 guests on two LPARs. with z/VM 5.3, each LPAR can support up to 256GB of memory and 32 processors, so you need at least two LPAR to use all 64 engines. Also, there are good reasons to have different guests under different z/VM LPARs, such as separating development/test from production workloads. If you had to re-IPLa specific z/VM LPAR, it could be done without impacting the workloads on other LPARs.
To access storage, IBM offers N-port ID Virtualization (NPIV). Without NPIV, two Linux guest images could not accessthe same LUN through the same FCP port because this would confuse the Host Bus Adapter (HBA), which IBM calls "FICON Express" cards. For example, Linux guest 1 asks to read LUN 587 block 32 and this is sent out a specific port, to a switch, to a disk system. Meanwhile, Linux guest 2 asks to read LUN 587 block 49. The data comes back to the z10 EC with the data, gives it to the correct z/VM LPAR, but then what? How does z/VM know which of the many Linux guests to give the data to? Both touched the same LUN, so it is unclear which made the request. To solve this, NPIV assigns a virtual "World Wide Port Name" (WWPN), up to 256 of them per physical port, so you can have up to 256 Linux guests sharing the same physical HBA port to access the same LUN.If you had 250 guests on each of six z/VM LPARs, and each LPAR had its own set of HBA ports, then all 1500 guestscould access the same LUN.
Yes, the z10 EC machines support Sysplex. The concept is confusing, but "Sysplex" in IBM terminology just means that you can have LPARs either on the same machine or on separate mainframes, all sharing the same time source, whether this be a "Sysplex Timer" or by using the "Server Time Protocol" (STP). The z10 EC can have STP over 6 Gbps Infiniband over distance. If you wantedto have all 1500 Linux guests time stamp data identically, all six z/VM LPARs need access to the shared time source. This can help in a re-do or roll-back situation for Oracle databases to complete or back-out "Units of Work" transactions. This time stamp is also used to form consistency groups in "z/OS Global Mirror", formerly called "XRC" for Extended Remote Distance Copy. Currently, the "timestamp" on I/O applies only to z/OS and Linux and not other operating systems. (The time stamp is done through the CDK driver on Linux, and contributed back to theopen source community so that it is available from both Novell SUSE and Red Hat distributions.)To have XRC have consistency between z/OS and Linux, the Linux guests would need to access native CKD volumes,rather than VM Minidisks or FCP-oriented LUNs.
Note: this is different than "Parallel Sysplex" which refers to having up to 32 z/OS images sharing a common "Coupling Facility" which acts as shared memory for applications. z/VM and Linux do not participate in"Parallel Sysplex".
As for the price, mainframes list for as little as "six figures" to as much as several million dollars, but I have no idea how much this particular model would cost. And, of course, this is just the hardware cost. I could not find the math for the $667 per server replacement you mentioned, so don't have details on that.You would need to purchase z/VM licenses, and possibly support contracts for Linux on System z to be fully comparable to all of the software license and support costs of the VMware, Solaris, Linux and/or Windows licenses you run on the x86 machines.
This is where a lot of the savings come from, as a lot of software is licensed "per processor" or "per core", and so software on 64 mainframe processors can be substantially less expensive than 1500 processors or 3000 cores.IBM does "eat its own cooking" in this case. IBM is consolidating 3900 one-application-each rack-mounted serversonto 30 mainframes, for a ratio of 130-to-1 and getting amazingly reduced TCO. The savings are in the followingareas:
- Hardware infrastructure. It's not just servers, but racks, PDUs, etc. It turns out to be less expensive to incrementally add more CPU and storage to an existing mainframe than to add or replace older rack-em-and-stack-emwith newer models of the same.
- Cables. Virtual servers can talk to each other in the same machine virtually, such as HiperSockets, eliminatingmany cables. NPIV allows many guests to share expensive cables to external devices.
- Networking ports. Both LAN and SAN networking gear can be greatly reduced because fewer ports are needed.
- Administration. We have Universities that can offer a guest image for every student without having a majorimpact to the sys-admins, as the students can do much of their administration remotely, without having physicalaccess to the machinery. Companies uses mainframe to host hundreds of virtual guests find reductions too!
- Connectivity. Consolidating distributed servers in many locations to a mainframe in one location allows youto reduce connections to the outside world. Instead of sixteen OC3 lines for sixteen different data centers, you could have one big OC48 line instead to a single data center.
- Software licenses. Licenses based on servers, cores or CPUs are reduced when you consolidate to the mainframe.
- Floorspace. Generally, floorspace is not in short supply in the USA, but in other areas it can be an issue.
- Power and Cooling. IBM has experienced significant reduction in power consumption and cooling requirementsin its own consolidation efforts.
All of the components of DFSMS (including DFP, DFHSM, DFDSS and DFRMM) were merged into a single product "DFSMS for z/OS" and is now an included element in the base z/OS operating system. As a result of these, customers typically have 80 to 90 percent utilization on their mainframe disk. For the 1500 Linux guests, however, most of the DFSMS features of z/OS do not apply. These functions were not "ported over" to z/VM nor Linux on any platform.
Note: DFSMS can backup or dump Linux on System z partitions or volumes. See this [Appendix C. HOWTO backup Linux data through z/OS] for details.
Instead, the DFSMS concepts have been re-implemented into a new product called "Scale-Out File Services" (SOFS) which would provide NAS interfaces to a blendeddisk-and-tape environment. The SOFS disk can be kept at 90 percent utilization because policies can place data, movedata and even expire files, just like DFSMS does for z/OS data sets. SOFS supports standard NAS protocols such as CIFS,NFS, FTP and HTTP, and these could be access from the 1500 Linux guests over an Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC), which IBM calls "OSA Express" cards.
Lastly, IBM z10 EC is not emulating x86 or x86-64 interfaces for any of these workloads. No doubt IBM and AMD could collaborate together to come up with an AMD Opteron emulator for the S/390 chipset, and load Windows 2003 right on top of it, but that would just result in all kinds of emulation overhead.Instead, Linux on System z guests can run comparable workloads. There are many Linux applications that are functionally equivalent or the same as their Windows counterparts. If you run Oracle on Windows, you could runOracle on Linux. If you run MS Exchange on Windows, you could run Bynari on Linux and let all of your Outlook Expressusers not even know their Exchange server had been moved! Linux guest images can be application servers, web servers, database servers, network infrastructure servers, file servers, firewall, DNS, and so on. For nearly any business workload you can assign to an x86 server in a datacenter, there is likely an option for Linux on System z.
Hope this answers all of your questions, Jon. These were estimates based on basic assumptions. This is not to imply that IBM z10 EC and VMware are the only technologies that help in this area, you can certainly find virtualization on other systems and through other software.I have asked IBM to make public the "TCO framework" that sheds more light on this.As they say, "Your mileage may vary."
For more on this series, check out the following posts:
If in your travels, Jon, you run into someone interested to see how IBM could help consolidate rack-mounted servers over to a z10 EC mainframe, have them ask IBM for a "Scorpion study". That is the name of the assessment that evaluates a specific clientsituation, and can then recommend a more accurate estimate configuration.
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Scale RulesCalculating Rules
In addition to length measurements, scale rules could be marked with aids for calculation. Perhaps the most notable rule of this type was Gunter's scale, which was similar to a sector or a slide rule. Gunter's scales are named after Edmund Gunter, a 17th-century English mathematical practitioner who figured out how to put a table of logarithms on a rule so that logarithmic calculations could be made with the aid of dividers. These instruments were especially handy for mathematicians and navigators.
The mathematics collections contain several other objects, ranging from the 18th to the 20th centuries, that were used to simplify computations for tasks including designing sundials, keeping track of calendar dates, and plotting data for aeronautical engineering. A few of these rules were designed specifically for positioning artillery.
"Scale Rules - Calculating Rules" showing 2 items.
Felsenthal Graphical Firing Table
- Description
- This two-sided wooden instrument has a white coating and a plastic indicator with wooden edges held together by six brass rivets. The rule was designed by Felsenthal Instrument Company of Chicago. According to the accession file, this rule was made around 1960 at the Fort Sill Bookstore in Oklahoma. It is used to position a 155 mm howitzer armed with high-explosive M107 shells. One side is used for charges of 4, and the other side is used for charges of 5.
- Both sides have scales for deflection correction or drift, the number of mils needed to move the explosion 100 meters, range, elevation, fuze setting, change in angle elevation needed to produce a change in range, and correction to fuze setting.
- One side is marked: HOW 155mm (/) 155AH2H3M107 (/) CHARGE 4 (/) FSN 1220-937-8282. The other side is marked: HOW 155mm (/) 155AH2H3M107 (/) CHARGE 5 (/) FSN 1220-937-8282. Compare to 2005.2071.02 and to the graphical site tables, 1977.1141.26, and 1977.1141.27. Unlike this object, all three instruments have scales on slides.
- References: U.S. Marine Corps, "Chapter 7: Firing Tables, Section II: Graphical Firing Tables," Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Manual Cannon Gunnery, Field Manual No. 6–40/MCWP 3–16.4 (Washington, D.C., 23 April 1996); Elizabeth R. Dickinson, "The Production of Firing Tables for Cannon Artillery," U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Report No. 1371 (Aberdeen (Md.) Proving Ground, November 1967), 59–65, 75–80; accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1960
- maker
- Felsenthal Instrument Co.
- ID Number
- 1977.1141.25
- catalog number
- 336409
- accession number
- 1977.1141
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Felsenthal High Angle Firing Table
- Description
- The U.S. Army used this wooden high-angle firing table when positioning 155 mm howitzer guns firing high-energy shells. The instrument has a white coating on both sides. A yellowed plastic indicator has wooden edges that are held together with brass rivets. The top edge of one side has scales for 100 yards and for range. This side also has three sets of scales for elevation, 10
MSI, drift, and TF (target firing?). The sets of scales cover the use of M1 propellant with a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2,100; M1 propellant with MV 2,800; and M1917 propellant with MV 2,370. The left end is marked: 29105 (/) FT 155-S-2 C7 RULE No. 1. The right end is marked: HIGH ANGLE (/) GUN, 155MM. SHELL, H.E., M101 (/) M1 & M1A1 FUZE, M51.
- The other side has scales for 100 yards and range along both long edges. The center of the rule has two sets of scales, both for elevation, fuze, drift, and fuze settings of M55 and M67 with M1 propellant. These sets of scales are marked with the letter N. The left end is marked: 29105 (/) FT 155-S-2 C7 RULE No 1. The right end is marked: GUN, 155 MM. SH. H.E., M101 (/) M1 & M1A1 FUZE, M51, M55, M67.
- The Felsenthal Instrument Company of Chicago made these artillery rules for distribution by the bookstore at Fort Sill, Okla., from World War II through the Vietnam War. For other instruments used to position howitzers, see 1977.1141.25, 1977.1141.26, 1977.1141.27, and 2005.0271.02. For Felsenthal company history, see 1977.1141.01 and 1977.1141.02.
- References: "Graphical Site Table," The Field Artillery Journal 35, no. 9 (September 1945): 548; accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1960
- maker
- Felsenthal Instrument Co.
- ID Number
- 1977.1141.28
- catalog number
- 336412
- accession number
- 1977.1141
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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The Rock gets pumped upPhoto courtesy: The Rock@TheRock on Twitter
By Kevin Hunsperger
@kevinhunsperger & @my123cents on Twitter
Let me start off by saying once again, I am a big fan of the Rock. I really am. Since his days in the Nation of Domination, I've always enjoyed him. But in 2013 I have a problem with him getting a shot at the WWE title. I think many on the My 1-2-3 Cents Facebook page agree, but I think the overall WWE Universe is not on the same page.
Here's my reasoning. The Rock has wrestled 3 matches since Wrestlemania 20 in 2004. Nearly 9 years ago, he and Mick Foley teamed up at that year's event. Then he came back and teamed with John Cena at the 2011 Survivor Series and then his match with John Cena at Wrestlemania 28. To me, there are more deserving guys on the roster worthy of a title match. I understand that the Rock will "put asses in seats", but that happens today. What about six months down the road? Is the brief ratings bump now worth the affects on current superstars later this year? I think he can still be used at the Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania, but why not in other matches not involving the title?
Obviously a win for CM Punk keeps his momentum going and a storyline that's been more than a year in the making. It also leaves an opening for someone still developing perhaps to be the one to step up and pin Punk and win the title. Imagine what kind of career boost that would be, not only winning the belt, but ending the longest title reign in more than 25 years. I believe that should be a rising star, not a part timer (who is obviously a legend, but still)
Punk lays out Rock & Cena at Raw 1000Photo courtesy: WWE
Having Punk retain could also lead to the Rock facing someone OTHER than Cena at Wrestlemania. I don't want this happening for several reasons. One of my biggest pet peeves is Wrestlemania rematches. I attend the event each year and expect to see some fresh content, especially from the upper card. Ideally I'd like to see the Rock in there with someone like Daniel Bryan or Dolph Ziggler and help put them over so they're ready for that next level. Cena doesn't need to beat the Rock. But someone on that upper-mid card level would benefit greatly from a pinfall victory over "The Great One" on the grandest stage of all.
Again, I'm putting the cart before the horse, but there's been so much buzz about the Rock and his return tonight, I just wanted to share a few quick thoughts. I also had an idea that would take both he and Cena out of the title hunt completely. I'm still developing how to get there in my head, so I'll wait and share that later.


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Broken movie, but entertaining
Movie: Broken City; Director: Allen Hughes; Studio: Twentieth Century Fox; Rating: R; Flint's finding: 3/5 stars.
"Broken City" will never be a critic's darling.
The film, equipped with an all-star cast headed by Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, is a beautifully shot film. It romanticizes the dirtiest aspects of life in a metropolis in ways not seen since the time when Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson chewed through plot-heavy film noirs in the 1940s. That is the type of film that "Broken City," from its straightforward name to its predictable and implausible plot, wants to be.
The trouble is that this is not the 1940s. Today, we have films built upon the structures of more than a lifetime of filmmaking. What was new back then is old hat now, and there is no way around that. "Broken City" has all the elements of the genre right but it's all been done before.
There's the broken down ex-detective, Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg), who's forced to be a private investigator for deadbeats after losing his NYPD job after shooting down a thug who walked free on a technicality. There's the corrupt politician, Mayor Hostetler (Russell Crowe with a glorious Australian version of a tough New York native accent), who has everybody on the payroll but extolls the virtues of morality and community when in public. There's the Kennedy-esque reforming opposition politician, Jack Valliant (Barry Pepper), who, in Hostetler's summation, is "a lightweight" not ready to play by the cheap political tactics that have taken the mayor so far. There's the femme fatale, the mayor's wife, Cathleen (the still-stunning Catherine Zeta-Jones). And so on and so forth.
The characters all play out exactly as one would expect. Director Allen Hughes has broken away from his brother, Albert, who he had co-directed 2006's "The Book of Eli" and 2001's "From Hell" with, is joined by writer Brian Tucker, in his first film, and the two seem to want to pack the film with all the genre trappings, so that its just not fresh.
The stylized film begins with Wahlberg, working undercover, who is sweating, breathing heavily and bearded (looking like Bill Paxton, actually). He is holding his gun straight out in the air as his undercover partner comes rushing over, and the camera shifts to show a man shot in the head.
This immediately cuts to the district courthouse where people want "justice" and they want it "now." Taggart is acquitted of murder charges but is stripped of his job by the mayor and the police commissioner due to bad publicity.
"You give them an arrest or you give them a resignation," Mayor Hostetler says later in the film about another murder, pretty much summing up the type of morality that made the old films so great.
Seven years later, while working in his nearly failing detective agency, Taggart gets a call from the mayor, who had said that "in my eyes, you're a hero" right before he fired him from the force. Hostetler is now offering Taggart $50,000 to find out who Cathleen is sleeping with.
The set-up for the scene that scene is also a wonderful example of why this film is so entertaining. Crowe and Wahlberg are both so fun to watch in these roles they embody so fully. Crowe's rich voice draws the audience in as he sets up the assignment with a story, as the camera whirls around them and the scotch flows freely.
Not as freely for Taggart, though. He apparently quit drinking the day he was fired seven years before. I guess that's an acceptable price to pay to reform oneself, but he drinks later in the film in a ridiculous and unneeded subplot where the "independent film" his girlfriend stars in turns out to be a soft-core porn movie. She then disappears from the story, but she's not the only almost unneeded character in the film – they are too numerous to list.
It turns out that the assignment Taggart was given isn't exactly what it had seemed. He's spying on the mayor's wife, but not for infidelity. This is, after all, a story of corruption in the classic sense, but it's much more "Boss Tweed" of the political machine than it is about sex and relationships. The mayor likes being "The Mayor," and he likes money, and he likes power, and all the clues are obvious. But the "street tough" ex-cop can't see that he's entering a hornet's nest even as those clues slap him in the face, figuratively, over and over, even as people like Cathleen flat-out tell him there is more to the story.
Jeffrey Wright, who is always amazing in roles as diverse as Colin Powell in 2008's "W." to a very effeminate stylist in the beautiful HBO mini-series "Angels in America," rounds out the leading cast as Police Commissioner Carl Fairbanks. Fairbanks has always known the mayor is crooked, and has been awaiting his chance to bring him down. Sure, Fairbanks can be shady in some ways, but overall he's a law-and-order type and won't have syndicate crime in his city.
Despite the cliches, which run rampant, "Broken City" was a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining film.
I'll make sure to watch "Double Indemnity," "The Maltese Falcon," and even "D.O.A." a few times to remember what the old, good film noirs were. But then I'll sneak out and rent this one to enjoy this, slick, well-acted, complete mess of a film.
(Flint McColgan is a staff writer for The Minot Daily News. His movie reviews appear periodically in Thursday's Arts &?Entertainment section.)


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Jan 13, 2012
Current State: Disgruntled and Overcharged
Databases are many things--critical, complex, expensive--and IT has long had a love-hate relationship. But lately, according to our InformationWeek 2012 State of Database Technology Survey, the pendulum is swinging toward dissatisfaction. Many of our 760 respondents, all of whom are involved with their organizations' database strategies, express a sense that vendors need to step up and earn their money by helping customers deal with problems, including larger data volumes, more fluid data relationships, integration issues--and, in some cases, barely contained chaos. "Some [survey] questions assume there is a primary database," says one respondent. "There is no primary database in our company. Databases are designed by function, with over 10,000 various instances." Adds another: "We have multiple primary database platforms and data mart platforms in our organization as a result of multiple mergers and acquisitions to add product lines. Wherever possible, we are moving from proprietary software technologies to open source; in the database area, this has meant adding MySQL and Mongo over the past year."
In short, the well-established data structures that have served us effectively for more than 40 years are showing their age. Changes to how our organizations use data, as well as the sheer amount of data we manage, have led to new hosting and structuring options, including NoSQL, semantic data stores and hosted warehouse environments. Some of these are gaining traction, while others, unfortunately, remain largely ignored. Sometimes, as with cloud or virtualization, there are good reasons for holding back, but in other cases, particularly lower-cost relational database management systems and moving to commodity hardware, we're passing on technology that could cut costs while increasing satisfaction.
Speaking of costs, just 11% say they're very satisfied with database licensing costs and terms. No surprise there. In this report, we'll discuss the results of our recent poll, including trending from our 2010 survey, and share guidance from our practice and respondents who have provided their insights and opinions regarding current practices and emerging trends. (R3950112)
Survey Name InformationWeek 2012 State of Database Technology Survey
Survey Date November 2011
Region North America
Number of Respondents 760
Purpose To determine the role of database technologies in the enterprise
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hi everyone
i just started getting into "serious" tea drinking lately and thanks to teachat forums my interest has increased with every topic. never thought a beverage could be so intriguing, delightful and enlightening(i keep adding a new word for each new tea/blend/variety i try).
im glad and thankful for so many people that take time to share their experiences and knowledge.
im originally from brazil where coffee is the national drink and tea (mostly black teabags) is regarded as a cheap and inferior alternative.
then i came across some teabags from mighty leaf tea and i was amused by watching the tea leaves open after steeped. i didnt know tea could do that. my idea of fresh tea was linked to yerba mate, which now i know its not a tea at all!
quite a few teacups after i find myself writing my first post here at teachat.com while sipping a nice cup of snowbud white tea from a chinese gaiwan (one of the few occasions i feel good when i read "made in china").
i know there are many tea sources online but somehow i wish i could get a more hands on experience. i live in boston and have been to teavana (copley and chestnut hill) and their sales people are extremely pushy and made me feel very uncomfortable. i run away home and tried to forget about the experience with a bowl of matcha.
does anyone recommend any stores around boston for high quality tea? or am i better off venturing online?


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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 278
Total Fat 17 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 513 mg
Total Carbohydrate 0.5 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 29.5 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Beef tenderloin filets 2 (5-ounce)
Salt ¼ + 1/8 teaspoon
Pepper to taste
Fresh lime juice 1 teaspoon
Olive oil 1 ½ + 2 teaspoons
Baby greens 2 cups
- Slice each filet horizontally into three equal pieces and season with ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper to taste.
- Whisk together lime juice, 1 ½ teaspoons olive oil, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Toss with the greens. Transfer salad to two plates.
- Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a medium to large skillet over medium-high heat. Add meat and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side, depending on desired degree of doneness. Serve over or along side salad.


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2BR near Central Park
尺寸980 平方尺
Floor No.2
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- 毛巾
- 适合家庭/儿童
- 厨房
- 电视机
- 洗衣机/干衣机
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Featured in the living area is a comfortable sofa bed that can sleep two people so the apartment can actually sleep up to 6 people at one time.
The living room has a sleeper sofa, along with air mattress if requested. High Definition TV's with Netflix available living room. Unlike many others apartments this great two bedroom has been appointed entirely for tourists to provide an optimal, clean, comfortable, travel experience to rival a nice hotel for a fraction of the cost.
The kitchen fully appointed with everything you need to cook a small snack or large meal.
Two double beds in each bedroom that can easily sleep two per bed, we have also included twin beds for extra guests.
Our location is simply charming. You can find the apartment building on the Madison and 5th avenue ... just one block from the subway and half block from central park.
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It was a brilliant stay. Everything was on a high level. We would come back for sure.
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A very comfortable apartment and very clean. Would have been good to have towel rail in bathroom and drawers for clothes. Easy access to Central New York although quite a distance out. A very enjoyable stay.
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A nice and cozy apartment. We (my sister, her husband, their son and my son) enjoyed the stay. The apartment have 2 bedrooms with 4 good beds, but the couch in the livingroom looks smart and is better for sitting than sleeping. There were plenty of linens and towels and everything was clean and nicely. But a advice for decor could be to put upp some creaks at the long wall in the entre. Would be nice for hanging coats and bags. Anyway we will recommend the apartment for others who wants to stay close to the subway, that takes you to Manhattans middle and down in short time.
We enjoyed very much the stay in Noah´s apartment.
The apartment was great for six people, well situated and it was clean and comfortable, with all the things you need for stay a few days.
We didn´t have any problems in our stay.
Highly recommended.
We had a fantastic stay in New York in Mr Garcia's apartment.
The car service from the airport to the apartment and return journey was faultless and very professional. It took all the stress out of travelling to your apartment when we arrived in New York on a late flight.
Mr Garcia was at the apartment to welcome us and we found him very amicable and helpful. The apartment was well presented and comfortable and suited our needs very well. Comfortable beds and seating, air conditioning, and the free wifi to keep our teenage son happy! The bathroom could do with a bit of an update but perfectly sufficient for our use.
Friendly neighbourhood with the Hudson River at the bottom of the road and the subway a 5 minute walk up the road, taking you into Times Square in about 40 minutes. Make sure you stop in at the Bus Stop Diner on your way to the subway for some great home cooked food. We would definitely come back and stay again and in our opinion the apartment was perfectly situated for our stay in New York.
Affordable apartment. Looks like the pictures. Quiet for being in Harlem , but not so during the weekends. Kind of far from every major attractions (20-39min on the sub), which is ok considering the price. We really enjoyed the barbecue and being able to sit outside.
It's a good neighborhood, full of life. The apartments in clean and looks even better than the pictures. Mr Garcia was really helpful. We totally recommend it.
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Skip to comments.Mom gunned down outside hospital (Brooklyn, New York)
Posted on 12/11/2012 3:04:08 PM PST by jimbo123
A Brooklyn mom of three was fatally gunned down this morning by a passerby as she stood right behind Brookdale Hospital -- where her 8-year-old daughter was undergoing treatment for an asthma attack.
The apparently motiveless killing stunned the family of 32-year-old victim Shalema Gaskin -- and left them demanding answers about why someone targeted her.
"This is a hospital!" said Tanya Gaskin, 50, the victim's mom. "We come here for help -- not to have our people killed right outside."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The New Normal
our people?
Need I say more?
Apparently gun control didn't prevent this murder.
Paging Bob Costas.
First thing I noticed also.
Didn't the same thing happen in Manhatten yesterday?
Unprovoked, shot to the back of the head.
Wow, she blames everthing but the perp....no cameras, no secutiry, not a single luxury....
secutiry = security, oops
"My daughter came out outside, probably to smoke a cigarette,"
New York City and Mayor Bloomberg are getting serious about their non-smoking ordinances.
No, Slovak.
She's 32 with an 18 year-old. Why is this not surprising?
Unprovoked? Possibly but from what I've read, he had plenty of enemies.
If you are really interested in the answer, visit a social ministry some time and look at the statistics of the number of single black mothers.
There is an entire generation of black kids growing up that has no idea what it is like to have a normal family life with a father as head of the household.
I believe that it is time for Michelle to say something about this dire situation, but she won't. The problem is above her pay grade.
Do the math, she had her first kid at age 14, possibly impregnated at age 13.
After a while you become rather pliable.
Don't think that the present administration is unawares. They have been breeding this environment for years. If first you add dependency then you add stress, the sheeple will cluster around you begging you to do what ever it takes at what ever the cost to make the sheep dog go away.
Hitler used the same principle with the SA and the SS. First step, a little State corn, then put up the fence, then bring in the butchers for all the little piggies in the pen.
Our government is just makin bacon.
The knockout game has consequences.
the child is EIGHT not EIGHTEEN
She had two other children: a 5 year-old and an 18 year-old.
So, the article mentions "the child's father", not the victim's husband. A very sad situation underlying an unfortunate killing.
I should have read the rest of the article first...
"...She was rushed into the hospital, but later died there. In addition to Saniyah, Gaskin left behind two other daughters — an 18-year-old and a five-year-old.
"our people" probably did it for kicks. just lost my sympathy with that inane statement
"Wow, she blames everthing but the perp....no cameras, no secutiry, not a single luxury...."
Lawsuit time, don'cha know.
I believe that the upcoming investigation will reveal that she held a 32oz soda in her right hand.
You need say no more. Sounds like a problem peculiar to a particular culture.
She worked for immigration services for a while, it said. This could have been a revenge hit from some illegal who'd been watching her.
What was my mom doing in NY?
Feminine of Schlemiel?
our people...? how about just people?
I'm guessing a gang hit on whitey. Black thug racism. They are "progressing" to white women the last couple of weeks.
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The "Nashville" heartthrob reflects on his daughter's leukemia battle, what it means to live the good life, and how he relates to his onscreen character, Deacon.
You might recognize Charles �Chip� Esten as the alcoholic, brooding guitarist Deacon Claybourne on ABC�s hit series Nashville, but aside from a shared musical talent, Esten has very little in common with his onscreen alter ego. In real life, the actor and comedian is a refreshingly down-to-earth family man who can frequently be spotted around Music City with his wife and three kids in tow. �I�m very different than Deacon in many, many ways, but there�s a lot of �there but for the grace of God go I,�� Esten explains. �He�s had it harder than I�ve probably had it, so it�s taken its toll, and he�s got his demons that he battles; and I guess everybody does, but I�m pretty different. I�m glad for it.� Like his rough-hewn TV character, Esten is no stranger to hardship. Over a decade ago, Esten�s life was turned upside down when his then 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Addie, was diagnosed with leukemia. Thankfully Addie, now 14, survived, but Esten�s life outlook was forever altered. On May 7, the actor will be performing a free concert in Washington, D.C., as part of a three day event hosted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), centered around a critical call-to-action: Leading the Way to a World without Blood Cancers.�We chatted with the Southern heartthrob to learn more about his daughter�s battle with leukemia, working on the set of Nashville�and more. Spry Living: More than�a decade ago, your daughter was diagnosed with leukemia at age 2. Can you take us back to the moment when you first heard the news? Chip Esten: I remember it quite distinctly: We were all sitting in the hospital room�my wife, Addie, and our other two other kids, [Chase and Taylor], who were 4 and 6 at the time. Addie was lying in the hospital bed, and [Chase and Taylor] were coloring in the bed with her. The doctor came in and summoned me out into the hallway. When she broke the news to me that Addie had leukemia, time stood still. I just stood there, trying to wrap my head around it, but it�s almost impossible to wrap your head around something like that. The doctor kept on talking. She told me about the available treatments and the 85% survival rate and why we had every reason to believe that Addie was going to be fine. But to me, that 15% mortality rate seemed gigantic. I thought, �What if Addie is one of the 15%?� After [the doctor] left, I went into the room and called my wife out into the hallway. I told her the news, and we immediately sort of collapsed into each other. We sat like that for what seemed like an eternity, but it was probably no more than a minute. We wiped our faces and gathered our emotions and walked back into the room, where we broke up a fight between the kids over magic markers. That was one of the blessings of having the other children throughout this experience. You�re still a parent; you still need to show up and give your kids the stability they need. It�s those normal things that are the odd little blessings, the things that keep you focused on the moment and keep you from totally sinking into despair. SL: What kind of symptoms was Addie having? CE: Looking back, I realize that she had been very pale and listless. She had what we now know was petechiae�little tiny dots on her body. We took her to Cedars-Sinai, and the doctor listed a few of the possible conditions it could be. Leukemia was on the list. Hearing that right off the bat gave us some time to mentally prepare for the worst, in a way. [caption id="attachment_119172" align="alignnone" width="493"] Chip and daughter Addie[/caption] SL: What was it like having a young child with cancer? CE: A couple of weeks before Addie�s diagnosis, we had been sitting in a hospital waiting room for an unrelated health issue. There had been a group of pediatric chemo patients sitting in the waiting room with their parents. The children had that distinct chemo �look� about them: they had lost their hair; their faces were swollen. As an actor, what struck me most, however, was that it wasn�t all morose and dramatic. The children were playing with the waiting room toys and books; the parents were casually talking to one another. I was blown away by their strength. I remember thinking, �Wow�that�s a club that nobody wants to be in.� And then a couple of weeks later, of course, after Addie was diagnosed, we found ourselves in that same club. And it�s sort of like, you know, off you go. You�ve just got to put your head down and start walking, because that�s the only thing you can do. SL: Tell us a little bit about the treatment process. CE: We were really quite fortunate in terms of Addie�s cancer treatment. She went into remission fairly quickly. Her veins were so tiny that it was difficult to get the medicine inside of her. She had to have a PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter) inserted in her arm to inject her medicines, which were so toxic that they burned her skin. To this day, Addie has scars on the inside of her elbow from the medicine, but she doesn�t even think about them�they�re sort of her battle scars. The worst of it was when Addie ended up in the ICU for a PICC line infection that went to her heart. But overall, it was unbelievable to witness her strength and energy all the way throughout. I often think that her age was a blessing. Being that young�two and a half to almost five�there was a certain amount that she didn�t have to think about. She lived in the moment, rather than worrying about what treatment she had going on the next day. SL: How has this experience changed you as a father? CE: I was surprised by all of the things that fell away so quickly. In other words, the things that I had thought were so important�those petty concerns�were suddenly meaningless in the face of my daughter�s illness. I also learned how to pray. I always thought I knew how to pray, but I never really truly prayed until Addie got sick. I prayed that I�d be able to dance with Addie at her wedding. Another one of the wonderful blessings that comes out of an experience like this is that you look at normal things completely differently. You�re so much more grateful for those everyday little moments. After Addie got better, I remember going outside in the backyard and watching her swinging on the swing set with a friend, and just the sheer joy I felt from watching that act of normalcy. Or, whenever she would get a soccer trophy in a soccer tournament, it seemed like the most beautiful trophy I�d ever seen! It�s not just this way with Addie�it�s the same with all of my kids, too. You appreciate those little moments more. SL: You relocated your family from L.A. to Nashville. How do you like Music City so far? CE: We love it! For the first year of the show, I was living in Nashville and my family was back in LA. As much as I love doing the show, it was really, really difficult having my wife and kids halfway across the country. But I instantly fell in love with the city and knew that I would bring my family to live here if ABC did a second season of Nashville. I told them, �You�re going to like it here.� And, lo and behold, they love it. We miss our L.A. friends, but we keep in touch with them. SL: How would you say that you are similar to your onscreen character, Deacon?� CE: Well, he cares. He loves the people he loves deeply. He�s always battling between the man he wants to be and the man he turns out to be. I think most people can relate to that�to wanting to lift yourself up and be that better person. This season, Deacon finds out that he has a daughter, and this discovery inspires him to become a better man. At one point on the show, Deacon sings a song that�s called, �A Life�s That Good." The song�goes: �Sitting here tonight, by the firelight, reminds me that I already have more than I should. I don�t need fame, no one to know my name. At the end of the day, Lord I pray, I have a life that�s good.� And then it goes on to say: �Two arms around me, heaven to ground me, and a family that always calls me home. Four wheels to get there, enough love to share, and a sweet, sweet song at the end of the day. Lord, I pray I have a life that�s good.� The song's message really resonated with me; before Addie's diagnosis, my idea of the "good life" would have included a lot of petty things, but now I think I have a better perspective. This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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Hanover Planning Board discusses fees, business
HANOVER – Although there was no formal action slated for the recent Hanover Planning Board meeting, the board had several topics to discuss.
At the last Hanover Town Board meeting, Highway Superintendent Steve D'Angelo mentioned clarifying the town's fence law might help with problems the town has had in the past year. D'Angelo described situations in Sunset and Hanford bays where plywood fences were put up in the town's right of way.
The town board did not formally ask the planning board to make any recommendations, but the board members discussed what they thought they might like to do.
Planning Board Chair Carol DePasquale said the board has discussed changes to the fence law in the past but feels if the fences are in violation and especially in the town right of way, the highway department or sheriff's department should have the authority to take them down, without amending the law. The board agreed, with the sentiment why add regulations when what exists just needs to be enforced.
The board had a similar sentiment when discussing the ongoing situation of a loose cow on King Road.
Board Member Ron Brennan said he doesn't think the law should be changed just because of one cow in a town of many cow farmers who keep their livestock penned.
At its last meeting the planning board sent a letter to the town board seeing if any legal action can be taken.
Also discussed at its last meeting was the issue of trailers being sold at a used car lot without a permit. It was reported the Code Enforcement Officer Thomas Gould had approached the owner and but action on the matter has yet to be taken
It was also reported Gould has visited the owners of property along Route 5/20 to ask properties be kept nice and address goods for sale on the side of the road.
Zoning Board Chairman Kevin Waterman was also present to ask about the planning board's fee schedule. He came to the board after discovering the fees for a zoning board hearing do not cover the cost of postage for a State Environmental Quality Review.
He said he believes the charges should be looked at so the applicant pays for the expense of almost $30 instead of the money coming out of the town's budget and essentially the taxpayers' pockets.
Planning Board member Peter Gibbson agreed, "It should be a burden of the applicant, not the taxpayers."
Town Councilman Kevin O'Connell asked the planning board and the zoning board to come to the town board with suggestions for updated fee prices. Currently, permit applicants who require a public hearing are charges for the hearing and the cost to post the notice in the newspaper.
The board was also presented with a subdivision application from Dana Bennett, who wishes to subdivide 2 acres of his 6-acre property on the corner of Route 39 and Hanover Road in order to give it to his brother to build a house. The planning board accepted the application and said the public hearing would be scheduled for the next meeting on March 18.
DePasquale said the status of the water park/hotel and Dunkin' Donuts projects were still unknown at the time of the meeting.


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They're Back?Posted Monday, September 29, 2008, at 2:23 PM
I'm not going to jump to conclusions and say that the Kansas City Chiefs will win their next 8-10 games and make a run at the playoffs.
I'm not even going to say that the Chiefs will "manage to win a few more games this year and finish the season as a much stronger team than last year's version." Although I actually hope I'm able to say both of those statements are true by season's end.
I'm just going to enjoy the Chief's first victory of the season for what it is -- a victory. And the Chiefs first win in nearly a year, snapping a 12-game losing streak that dated back to October 2007.
For the first time in several months, I actually enjoyed watching the Chiefs play football on Sunday in their 33-19 win over the then-undefeated Denver Broncos in Kansas City. The offense (FINALLY) made frustrated running back Larry Johnson more of a factor (LJ had 198 yards and two TDs); Damon Huard looked like a competent quarterback who could spread the ball around; the defense continued to prove its legitimacy (the defense forced four Denver turnovers); and Herm Edwards seemed like a head coach who is capable of bringing an exciting football team back to Arrowhead Stadium once again.
During his term as head coach, Edwards has maintained the "we'll beat them with field goals rather than touchdowns" defensive mentality, and it's led to some dismal, lackluster Chiefs teams that rarely find the end zone, much less win a game. The defense typically plays well, getting a fumble recovery, interception or two, but the offense can't usually capitalize on turnovers and eventually score enough points to keep the Chiefs in ball games.
Too many three and outs, screen passes that go nowhere, and dropped balls, not enough big plays on either side of the ball; the Chiefs' standard of late.
But Sunday, the Chiefs showed a spark that had been absent for so many months, and once again instilled a little bit of hope in devoted Chiefs fans (including myself) everywhere.
And when you think about it, haven't the Chiefs been notorious in history for winning the games they're not supposed to win? To go into a game the vast underdog, only to emerge victorious, or romp the teams they're not supposed to beat, and have trouble with the weaker teams that they play; the teams they are usually favored against.
With a tough schedule ahead that includes the Panthers, the Titans, the Jets, the Bucs, the Bills, and the Chargers (twice), hopefully that theory remains true and the Chiefs could be the surprise rebound team of 2008.
But then again, their first win of the season may have been a fluke. I guess only time will tell.
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Just a side note, I haven't looked at the stats, but I believe that KC's offense had just as many turnovers as Denver. However, a win is still a win. They would be 2-2 if Dwayne Bowe have caught that ball in the endzone against the Patriots. Seriously, you are a professional, do your job!
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About the Author: Undersecretary William J. Burns serves as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
I made my first visit to Liberia this past week as part of a seven-country tour in Africa. It was remarkable to see how far the country has come since it held its first free and open post-conflict election in 2005. But equally evident is that much work remains for Liberia to fully recover after years of horrific civil war. My message was a simple one: the United States will stand by Liberia as it continues to make progress towards reaching its full potential as a democratic state.
I was pleased to make this commitment a little more tangible by informing President Sirleaf that the United States will provide $19.75 million in funding to further advance Liberia National Police force training, fulfilling a promise made by Secretary Clinton during her visit last August.
Strengthening the security sector here, along with the judiciary, is key to maintaining stability and fostering democracy. President Sirleaf and her cabinet offered a thorough briefing on the progress Liberia has made through its Poverty Reduction Strategy, "Lift Liberia," and the challenges that remain to be met. We want to see Liberia succeed and contribute to a secure, prosperous continent, which is why the United States will continue to provide assistance that creates opportunities for Africans to improve their lives. Our food security and global health initiatives are just two examples of ways we are working together with our African partners to achieve the promise of a bright future.
The most common issue I was asked about during my visit was Liberia's 2011 legislative and presidential elections. I explained what America wants to see, and what the Liberian people need to see: free, fair, and transparent elections. The process is critical because a successful election run by Liberia's own National Elections Commission will help establish a firm tradition of democratic elections. I also had a chance to meet leaders from opposition parties, who are contributing to a lively debate on political issues ahead of the elections. In the end, though, a successful democracy is not only about elections or politics. It's about the strong democratic institutions that Liberia is building to withstand time and personalities and give its citizens the stable life they deserve.
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I too like President Sirleaf and her work on stablity in her country and improving the lives of the citizen there. I also like their equal gender government work. I hope things continue to improve there and she is able too, fullfill her vision for her People...:)
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In 1913, residents of Jamestown would learn with interest that various transactions in connection with the recent transfer of control of the Art Metal Construction Company of Jamestown, was likely to become a matter of court record. In fact, litigation had already been started by certain stockholders to restrain the company from certain acts which the plaintiffs regarded as unbusinesslike to say the least.
The Ashville Improvement Society would meet with Mrs. Julia Sperry on Thursday, Feb. 20. All were cordially invited. The Men's Club of Ashville entertained the general public on Tuesday evening last with a stereopticon lecture given by D.F.M. Stone. There was a good attendance. The pictures were mostly wartime pictures, the lecture was instructive and thanks were due to the club for a pleasant evening.
75 Years Ago
In 1938, the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities plan for retiring the entire bonded debt of the city over a 14-year period, by systematic payments from profits of the water and light systems in lieu of taxes, was unanimously approved by city council the previous night. The plan would greatly increase the city's revenues from municipal utility profits and establish a policy which should preclude future "raids" on utility funds by extravagant city legislative bodies and, it was hoped, killed as a political issue the question of how profits from municipal utility operations should be used.
Appointment of Marketmaster DeForest W. Peterson to another two-year term in that office was confirmed by Jamestown city council after a move by Council President Paul A. Clark and four of his conferees to block the appointment was defeated. Although the opposition of Clark and his supporters was based on a desire to consolidate the office of marketmaster with that of the sealer of weights and measures, it was actually founded in the most bitter patronage feud in which the new council had yet engaged. Certain labor groups which supported Clark and his colleagues at the last election demanded the appointment of Alfred Larson, local butcher, as marketmaster. Some of those who had voted for confirmation of Peterson were approached by persons well known in labor circles and were told: "We'll remember you two years from now."
50 Years Ago
In 1963, Frederick E. Bigelow, 80, of 287 Hunt Road, West Ellicott, president emeritus and treasurer of Bigelow's Department Store and a leader in community affairs for many years, died Feb. 14 in Jamestown General Hospital. His wife, the former Maude Harold, died just about a month ago on Jan. 18. Bigelow was one of the best-known merchants in the area, not only for his long leadership at Jamestown's largest department store but also because of his generous contribution to many civic and welfare activities in the community. He had been connected with the store since 1914 and president since 1934. History of the store went back to 1888.
Eight persons were injured, two critically, in a rash of accidents the previous day and night as a severe snowstorm with near-zero temperatures buffeted the area. The wind-whipped snow severely restricted visibility in the northern part of Chautauqua County and brought with it a warning to motorists to refrain from driving unless necessary. A state highway spokesman said visibility on the Thruway was very limited and efforts were being made to curb use of the superhighway until conditions improved.
25 Years Ago
In 1988, blizzard-like conditions Saturday caused a two-vehicle fatal accident at 11:10 a.m. on Route 394 in the Cattaraugus County town of Coldspring, police said. John W. Draves, 47, of Elm Creek Road, Randolph, was pronounced dead at the scene by Cattaraugus County Coroner Howard VanRenssalaer after his truck collided with a car being driven by Henry C. Thomas, 41, of Erie. Falconer-based state police attributed the cause of the accident to slippery, snow-covered roads and poor visibility. Police said Draves' Strohman's delivery truck, which was westbound on Route 394, slid out of control while rounding a curve and slid into the eastbound lane and into the path of the Thomas vehicle.
An estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people turned out for the opening day of the Ice Castle Extravaganza at Mayville on Sunday with an even bigger crowd expected the following Sunday, weather permitting, according to Peter Wiemer, chairman. The grand opening had been set for Saturday but blizzard-like conditions postponed festivities until Sunday which was almost spring-like. "It was a dynamite day," Wiemer said, with a shuttle bus from Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System kept busy.


text: Kenya Airways Education Infrastructure in Nyanza Kenya As part of its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, Kenya Airways invested over KES 2M by constructing a new block of classrooms in Ongora Primary school in Rongo constituency. The project, part of the airline's Corporate Social Responsibility program, will help improve the learning environment in the school leading to better performance by the students. The school is located near the border of Kenya and Tanzania in Nyanza Province. "This investment to the community targets to ensure that students access better learning facilities in a conducive school environment. It also targets quality education for the students to possess skills relevant in today's employment requirements," noted Dr. Titus Naikuni, Kenya Airways Chief Executive during the handing over of the classrooms. Rongo Member of Parliament, Hon. Dalmas Otieno, noted his appreciation on behalf of the community to the airline for the initiative to improve their education infrastructure citing that Education was key to the economic development of the country. Dr. Naikuni further committed to Kenya Airways developing more classrooms in the school in the coming future. Dr. Naikuni pointed out that Kenya Airways will continue to support education sector in the whole country because the airline also depends heavily on skilled labor which can only be achieved through proper education. After touring the school and seeing the bad condition the other classrooms were Dr. Naikuni committed to build two more classrooms. These makes Kenya airways total sponsorship for the school to be Ksh4million. Kenya Airways offers support to communities in countries that it operates; namely in the areas of education, environment, water and health as part of its contribution to the sustainable development of its destinations.


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The high-definition format war is about to begin in China, but it will not be another battle between Blu-ray disc technology and HD DVD technology as state-owned Wuhan Hi-Tech Holding Group has announced HD NVD (high-definition new versatile disc) format that will compete against Blu-ray and CBHD.
There is no secret that China is the world's largest producer of various equipment, including DVD players. The problem for the country is that it heavily relies on technologies developed abroad, which is not exactly good as pricing of solutions like a Blu-ray disc player is high even for well-developed markets. Both Blu-ray and CBHD (Chinese blue high-definition) technologies were developed in Japan to a large degree, hence, Chinese have to pay the full price for those technologies. The Blu-ray disc association demands $30 fee for every BD player, whereas DVD forum wants $12 for every HD DVD-supporting player, not including other fees as well as copyright protection licensing payments.
With that in mind, state-owned Wuhan Hi-Tech Holding Group began development of the country's own high-definition video format called HD NVD.
According to media reports HD NVD is based on red laser technology, hence, the devices can be produced using current equipment and replication factories need minor updates. The HD NVD can store 12GB of data, which is considerably less compared to Blu-ray (up to 50GB) or HD DVD/CBHD (up tom 30GB), but is more than storage space of DVD (around 8.5GB).
No actual details are available regarding the HD NVD except of the fact that the technology exists and is largely based on DVD technology. Moreover, no content providers partnering with Wuhan on HD NVD are announced. Finally, there are concerns that modern high-definition movies, especially various extended editions, will not fit onto a 12GB media.
Earlier this year Sony Pictures Home Entertainment opened up Blu-ray replication factory in China. Meanwhile, CBHD standard has not kicked off yet.
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Does anyone know where I could get hold of a digital copy (MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC etc.) of this tune from the 12" single version of Ebony and Ivory please?
I've managed to get hold of the other tracks from this release but this one is proving elusive!
Thanks for any help anyone can give....