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|Bambola Daisy doll, Antheea-Kai,
in front of a miniature replica stove from the early 1900's
Ever gone antiquing? If you're like me with a fascination for old things or you like adding those unique miniature pieces to your doll dioramas, I highly recommend it. You may not always find old stuff. Surprisingly, I saw a never-removed-from-box Pop Life Christie doll at one of the antique malls and she's only roughly three years old. However, you will find a lot of interesting things that your big box retail outlets don't and will never offer.
At the One-Of-A-Kind antique mall in Woodstock, ON, I found the cast iron stove pictured above. I'd been eyeing cast iron miniatures for years but never took the plunge. Last Thursday, towards the end of my one week vacation from work, I decided to finally purchase one. It's not perfect by any means. That's part of the charm of old things. It came with the pot, pan, round bucket, coal bucket with shovel, three stove plates and one skillet plate. I believe I am missing a stove plate with handle. The two side extenders are removable and the oven door opens and closes. All of them came in dirty conditions. The pieces had very thick coats of dust all over them that they looked grey rather than black. I used a damp cloth to wipe off the dirt, dried them, and gave all the pieces back their shine using a little bit of cooking oil on a dry cloth. Any excess grease on the pieces were wiped off with a clean cloth. And voila, they look decent again! Luckily, they weren't rusty as that would have complicated the cleaning process. I painted the embossed brand name marking on the oven door with gold paint, the way it would have originally looked like and added gold paint on the back shelves, just so it's not all black.
This sucker is a heavy toy and I love it! From what I've gathered, it has its origins from salesmen who used to do door-to-door sales and carried around miniature samples of the real products they sold. As far as I can tell, my stove and its pieces, old though they may be, are just reproductions of the salesman samples. Still cool in my books! In fact, I'm so loving these cast iron toys that I picked up two more from two different antique malls the next day: a floor coffee grinder from the 400 Market in Innisfil, ON and a water bucket with pump at Southworks Antiques in Cambridge, ON.
So, if you've never gone antiquing, try it sometime. You never know what you'll discover from ye olden days!
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Anika, Boh and Hollie to release debut album
Press Release – Sony Music
Sony Music is proud to announce the February 1st release of 'Peace of Mind' – the stunning debut album from AnikaBoh&Hollie.
Anika Moa, Boh Runga and Hollie Smith are three iconic New Zealand songwriters and artists, strong women with voices and personalities to match. Their collaboration has produced a breathtaking album that showcases beautifully crafted songs and their unique yet complementing voices.
In early 2012 the three friends were sharing a bottle of wine (or two) and musing over the possibilities of making music together. It was idle chat, but something stuck and when they met again a few weeks later they tentatively started writing. The songs, like the wine, poured forth. Boh recalls that creative process as "what being a musician is all about for me. We loved vibing off each other and exploring the dynamics of our relationship".
In October 2012 the trio took their new songs and tested the waters of performing live together on the annual Church Tour. It was a triumph, a massively successful sold-out voyage around the country, greeted by rave reviews and standing ovations. As Hollie said "we just loved sharing what we had created and seeing it come together on stage with an audience. And we had the best time being on the road together. Everything just clicked". Anika, Boh and Hollie knew that together they had something special happening.
The three artists entered the Lab recording studio in Auckland to record their new songs in November, joined by musical wunderkind Jol Mulholland (who played guitars and co-produced the album with the trio) and their long-time, trusted bandmates and friends, Tom Broome (drums), Godfrey de Grut (keyboards) and Chip Matthews (bass).
The album 'Peace of Mind' is the realisation of what these three talented and diverse artists, each very successful in their own right, created together. The songs are timeless, the three voices soar together, the harmonies are seamless and natural. Anika puts it best: "it is magic and unique and it's something we're all just really proud to put our names to."
The band name might just be the sum of their parts, but the music they have created together is something much more.
'Peace of Mind' will be available to pre-order on iTunes from January 25th and available everywhere from February 1st.
1. Sea of Dreams
2. Walk Away
3. Honest Mistake
4. Why Don't We
5. Come Hell or High Water
6. Lost
7. Beside You
8. Don't Really Care
9. Over and Over
10. After All
11. Like I Love You
12. Peace of Mind
13. Part of Me (Live)
14. Mother (Live)
15. Bathe in the River (Live)
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OK, let's be frank. We should all be so lucky.
Noted builder, philanthropist, dual board member, father, husband, rock-and-roll enthusiast, and workaholic, Frank "Pupie" Raia is a born-and-raised Hoboken institution. Yet few people know the story behind the name. I sat down with the man, the myth, and the legend at Dino & Harry's restaurant, and while I think there is a certain inherent charm that comes with all conversations with Baby Boomers, talking with Frank Raia is like reading five biographies in one sitting.
One tip: Never go somewhere crowded; this man knows everyone. You will be interrupted at least 25 times before you even order drinks.
Mother's little helper
Frank Raia's is a real-life rags-to-riches story. Born at 612 Grand St., he started his first job at the age of 8 to support his mother, a single mom with six kids. He delivered milk locally for a whopping $21 a week.
"I kept one dollar and gave my mother 20," says Raia.
From there, he began washing cars in Union City and then built his own shoeshine box, to shine shoes at bars in Hoboken. Raia was willing to take on any odd job to keep his family afloat.
So how did he go from milk trucks to a million bucks?
By high school, Raia was working in a textile factory. "I was one of the smaller kids in high school, so I couldn't play ball," he says.
That "small" fact may be what changed Raia's life. Having been "skipped three times," Raia graduated from high school at age 16. From 14 to 16, he cut samples in the textile factory to sell to international chains. "I made $1.25 an hour," he recalls.
But he wanted to do more. "I pushed to pack the orders and then I wanted an opportunity to sell to the West Coast," he says. "I told my boss, 'You pay the sales guys 3 percent, I'll take 1 percent.'"
He began calling a small 35-store chain. You may have heard of it, a little store we know today as Wal-Mart, which started as Walton's Five and Dime.
Unfortunately for little Raia, no one was returning his calls. And just like that, he approached his boss with yet another plan. This one was far bigger than his prior plans and practically unheard of for a 16-year-old.
"I told my boss I needed $4,400," Raia recalls. "I told him, 'I want to buy 400 shares of stock. If I lose I pay you back, if I make money, you keep it.'"
Yes, Walmart at the time was about $11 a share.
The second part of Frank's plan was to fly to Bentonville, Ark., the home office of Walton's Five and Dime, Wal-Mart's flagship store.
"If he didn't see me, I was going to jump on his desk," Raia says.
Raia did fly to Arkansas, with "dungarees" on. He wound up screaming in the office of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.
"A man came out and asked what the problem was. I told him, 'I've been calling this guy and he won't see me. [The company] is losing money. I can get you .50 a yard cheaper,'" Raia said. "I'm a shareholder of this company, and I want the business."
The "man" was Sam Walton. Raia got the account. And Sam Walton became Raia's mentor.
Raia became one of the most successful sales managers in the country, and he was only a teenager. He continued to promote the integrity of his brand and insist that it wasn't cut with cheaper fabric.
"The rule of thumb for success was if you can turn your inventory four times. I was turning inventory 29 times," Raia says.
Luckily, his boss was stashing his commission checks in the bank for him, and his Wal-Mart stock splits didn't hurt either.
I can't get no … satisfaction
"In life you get to the point where you are the best at what you do and you ask yourself is this it," Raia says. "I wanted to do something else."
A property soon went up for sale on Hudson Street for $92,500, and Frank and a partner each put $25,000 down. From there, Frank bought buildings—a lot of them—and later even brought ShopRite and Bow Tie Hoboken Cinemas to town.
"Then my school [The Citadel at 450 Seventh St.] went up for sale at auction," Raia says. "At the time it was the highest-priced building at a million two. Everyone thought I was crazy. I wanted to live in my school."
From then on, Raia has been paying it forward, giving back to his hometown. In 1983, former mayor Steve Cappiello needed to fill a vacancy on the board for H.O.P.E.S, a local nonprofit that provides social and educational programs. Raia is still on the board, serving as chairman. He has sponsored recreational teams, served two terms on the Board of Education, is a current board member of HoLa, the Dual Language Charter School, filled interim seats on the city council, coached Hoboken kids for a goodwill baseball tour to Russia, and served 22 years and counting on the North Hudson Sewerage Authority.
He continued reinvesting in real estate and learned what it took to build and provide affordable housing. Today, Raia has built 500 affordable-housing units in New Jersey, 115 of those in his hometown.
Raia is a husband and father, and somehow juggles it all. His all-star son, Ryan, recently graduated from Rutgers. But Ryan isn't the only child Raia has raised.
He raised his nephew, Nicholas, and two other children.
It's only rock and roll
But the absolute best thing about Frank Raia? How down to earth he is.
Notorious for stealing the mic from any band when any Rolling Stones song comes on, Raia has seen the Rolling Stones in concert 82 times.
"Music is my hobby," he says.
He belonged to New York nightclub Galaxy 21 with David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix. He frequented Studio 54 in "elephant bells, snakeskin platforms, a maxi coat, and a brim hat." He's held birthday parties yearly since 1988 in Sinatra Park with national acts. He went to Woodstock.
Raia's rock rolodex goes on for days, and he will gladly share his tales. The only thing he may not share is where the name "Pupie" comes from.—07030


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Love primers, especially eyeshadow ones and they are totally essential for me – the good ones really help keep everything stay put.
I have them in compact form, in stick form, in tube form etc…
Even if I don't specifically have a primer to hand I will use a stick, tacky cream eyeshadow or even a gel liner as a base. I never go base-less because I just feel that my eyeshadow won't last more than an hour or two.
So when I saw the NYX Eyeshadow Primers I just had to buy them!
They retail at $6 each, I believe – I paid about £16.50 for all three of them from an eBay seller.
They say:
To get the maximum brilliant color of eye shadow on your eye, an eye primer is a must! Apply eye shadow base to eyelids, then apply NYX's high-pigmented eye shadows and see the colors pop with vibrant and sparkling luster. Eye shadow base grabs and firmly holds finely milled powder so the color in the pot is what ends up on your eye – without a pinch lost.
It comes in three shades – white, pearl and skin tone.
In white –
White can be quite opaque or sheer depending on how much you apply. This works pretty well as a base, and is good for toning down veins and redness although its a little ghoulish is applied all over.
Pearl is a standard sheer, slightly sparkly white base. It looks like a lot of other cream/jelly eye shadows I have.
Skin Tone:
Is, let's face it, not everyone's skin tone! Its a warm beige, actually quite good for a warm toned gal like me (NC35), as it doesn't look too unnatural when applied all over the lid.
All three of the primers (same ingredients I believe, just a change in colour) are quite firm in the pot, but once swatched on the skin, it quickly melts and blends in.
I like this as I hate dragging anything across my eyes.
They look a bit shiny and feel a bit oily but not particularly sticky. I quite like the oily texture because I do think you can really press the eyeshadow into it.
Swatched, I prefer the skintone one the best, but there are other things to consider! Pearl settles into fine lines quite easily so if you have crepey skin around the eyes, beware!
I am testing all three primers with the first eyeshadow I can grab, in this case a Bourjois one in purple:
Whilst I am here I need to mention that these eyeshadow bases are scented – and I HATE the smell.
Its not foul, say like, dog poo or rotting meat, its more like plastic play doh. Its a really artificial, sweet smell which I personally dislike and it did put me off quite a lot.
Why does an eye primer need to be scented? Unless the product is really stinky or something? Urgh.
As a member of the sensitive eyes brigade, I really don't need perfume in my eye products. That is all.
Back to the product. Here is a comparison of the three:
White does a stellar job of bringing the colour out, as does pearl with a hint of shimmer and skintone, I think, dulls the purple. Yes, its pigmented but also really flat.
Based on these swatches I really prefer pearl becaues the slight shimmer brings the colour to life. White I can imagine, would also work for a whole lot of shades.
Which colour do you prefer?
Anyway, if you compare the swatches of the eyeshadow used with a primer compared to a swatch of it on its own, the difference is great:
See how the eyeshadow swatches with the primer make a huge huge huge difference to an eyeshadow that perhaps lacks pigment?
On that basis, I would recommend any one of these to you if you struggle with getting good colour pay off with your eyeshadows. They clearly make a big difference.
In terms of colours, my favourite is the pearl based on the lovely shimmering effect it gives. I liked skintone as it evened out my own lids but it dulls colours somewhat.
And of course, longevity!
I did see a marked improvement – my eyeshadow lasted about 5 hours and creased towards the end of the day.
I don't think this primer is as good as say, Too Faced Shadow Insurance but its a lot more affordable and will give you both a colour boost and some preservation.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mineral Oil, Microcrystalline Wax, Silica (and)
Methicone, BHT, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/
HexarosinateRicinus Communic (Castor) Seed Oil, Sorbitan Sesquioleate,
Octyldodecyl Myristate, Polyethylene, Fragrance, Butylparaben, Nylon-66,
Ceresin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Polyethylene, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).


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Henderson's South Heights Elementary Hosting 'Wear the Cape, Run the Race' 5K October 19th
Become your favorite superhero and help support the school support bully free education.
The inaugural "Wear the Cape, Run the Race" begins and ends at South Heights Elementary on Madison Street in Henderson, and encourages all participating walkers and runners to come dressed as their favorite superhero (although I would suggest wearing something a bit more comfortable than the boots most of them sport).
Registration is $25 per individual, or $20.00 per participant for teams of six or more. The fees increase to $30 per individual and $25.00 per person for teams of six or more, and can be done online or by printing an entry form and taking it to the school. Registration begins at 2:00 p.m. at South Heights on race day.
The money raised from the event will go towards bully free curriculum, having guest speakers, and to promote awareness in the community and school.


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Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere says he cannot wait to play alongside Gunners team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain at international level.
The 20-year-old made his competitive comeback in the win over QPR at Emirates Stadium on Saturday and is hoping to get his career back on track after being sidelined for 17 months since his last Premier League start.
Now he is back in the Arsenal first team, Wilshere is hoping he can develop a good understanding with fellow starlet Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has primarily used the 19-year-old signed from Southampton last summer as a wide player, but has said he expects him to eventually move to a more central role.
This would likely mean a partnership with Wilshere and the Gunners academy graduate believes this could be beneficial for both Arsenal and England.
"If we can get playing together for Arsenal then hopefully we can take it onto the international stage and it'll be great for both club and country," he is quoted as saying by The Telegraph.
Despite being only a year older, Wilshere is a far more senior player than Oxlade-Chamberlain, havigf already been an integral member of the Arsenal starting XI before he arrived at Emirates Stadium.
Wilshere was adamant that 'The Ox' was ready to take on more responsibility and move into a more central role.
"I think that Alex is already mature enough to step in at any level. You could see that at the Euros - he was just 18 but it was like he was meant to be there," he added.
Wilshere's comeback was initially pencilled in for Tuesday and the Capital One Cup fourth round clash at Reading, but this was brought forward due to Arsenal's being on a two-game losing streak and lacking in creativity ahead of last Saturday.
Wenger has said he will rest him for the game at the Madejski Stadium, as there is the small matter of a trip to Old Trafford and a clash with Manchester United early on Saturday afternoon.
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Small Business Advice
Your knowledge of finances key to business' health
"I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try." ~ Bob Newhart
After helping so many businesses over the last 20 years, I have come to recognize one absolute truth that must be followed: Every business owner must understand and maintain their financial statements.
Recently, I received a call from an entrepreneur who had been reading my columns for some time. He was having problems in his business and thought that I could mentor him and help get the company on the right path.
I met with him and, as we talked through the trouble he was having, I quickly realized he was buried in an accounting nightmare.
Not only did he have some serious reporting deficits with the various government agencies he dealt with, his accounting data was not even close to accurate. The way he determined whether he was making money was simply to look at his checkbook without any knowledge of what bills were coming due or which ones had gone unpaid. As a result, he had no real idea if he was making profits or taking losses.
His accountant was terrible, and he admitted to me that he had no idea what his financial statements meant.
Before I could step in, he would need someone to address his accounting challenges, so I asked Ken Saxon, a local CPA, to work with him. Ken is my accountant.
Running a small business requires you to understand and ensure the accuracy of your financial statements.
Now, I am not suggesting that all business owners must do their own bookkeeping, but it is critical that the business owner understands what the financial statements are saying and can ensure they are accurate. Taking a course in QuickBooks is a wonderful way to start this process.
You can do this!
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Jerry Osteryoung is a consultant to businesses - he has directly assisted over 3,000 firms. He is the Jim Moran Professor of Entrepreneurship (Emeritus) and Professor of Finance (Emeritus) at Florida State University. He was the founding Executive Director of The Jim Moran Institute and served in that position from 1995 through 2008. His newest book co-authored with Tim O'Brien, "If You Have Employees, You Really Need This Book," is an Amazon.com bestseller. He can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Why do you need a unified filesystem. Can't you just share
Seems someone ate the rest of my text. But if you do it this way, then the windows computers will se a single system with a folder for each harddisk. The only reason this might cause problems is if you really need files from different harddisks to appear as if they are in the same folder.
I have to assume they are using some clunky windows analysis program or something that lacks the ability to accept multiple directories or something.
Either way, the aufs (or whatever they use) bit seems to be the least of their worries. They bought an installed a bunch of gear and are just now looking into what to do with it, and they've decided they want it to boot in 30 seconds (protip: high end gear can take this long just doing it's self checks, which is a good thing! Fast booting and file server don't go well together).
Probably a summer student or the office "tech guy" running things. They'd be better off bringing in someone qualified.
OP here:
I left out a lot of information from the summary in order to keep the word count down. Each disk has an almost identical directory structure, and so we want to merge all the drives in such a way that when someone looks at "foo/bar/baz/" they see all the 'baz' files from all the disks in the same place. While the folders will have identical names the files will be globally unique, so there's no concern about namespace collisions at the bottom levels.
I know I'm not going to be the first person to ask this, but if I understand it the plan here was:
1 - buy lots of hardware and install
2 - think about what kind of software it will run and how it will be used
I think you got your methodology swapped around man!
Why is documentation for *nix always so bad?
You are looking for information that your average user won't care about. Things like boot time don't get documented because your average user isn't going to have some arbitrary requirement to have their _file server_ boot in 30 seconds. That's a very weird use case. Normally you reboot a file server infrequently (unless you want to be swapping disks out constantly..). I'm assuming this requirement is because you plan on doing a full shutdown to insert your drives... in which case you really should be looking into hotswap
Also mandatory: you sound horribly underqualified for the job you are doing. Fess up before you waste even more (I assume grant) money and bring in someone that knows what the hell they are doing.
I know I'm not going to be the first person to ask this, but if I understand it the plan here was:
1 - buy lots of hardware and install
2 - think about what kind of software it will run and how it will be used
I think you got your methodology swapped around man!
Why is documentation for *nix always so bad?
You are looking for information that your average user won't care about. Things like boot time don't get documented because your average user isn't going to have some arbitrary requirement to have their _file server_ boot in 30 seconds. That's a very weird use case. Normally you reboot a file server infrequently (unless you want to be swapping disks out constantly..). I'm assuming this requirement is because you plan on doing a full shutdown to insert your drives... in which case you really should be looking into hotswap
Also mandatory: you sound horribly underqualified for the job you are doing. Fess up before you waste even more (I assume grant) money and bring in someone that knows what the hell they are doing.
Wow.. I completely agree with an AC.
The OP here is in way over his head and the entire project seems to have been planned by idiots.
This will end badly.
He still hasn't told us what filesystem is on these drives they're pulling out of the field. That's the most important detail...........
Wow.. I completely agree with an AC.
The OP here is in way over his head and the entire project seems to have been planned by idiots.
This will end badly.
Like that's the first time. However, we don't know all of the circumstances and I wouldn't be surprised that the OP had this dropped into his/her lap.
Yeah. Before we can answer this person's questions, we need to know why he has:
1: Decided to cold-plug drives and reboot
2: Decided to use Linux
Better yet, tell us what you need to do - not how you think you should do it. Someone obviously needs to read data that's collected, but all the steps in between should be based on how it can be collected and how it can be accessed by the end users. Tell us those parameters first, and don't throw around words like Linux, samba, booting, which may or may not be a solution. Don't jump the gun.
As for documentation, no other OSes are as well-documented as Linux/Unix/BSD.
Not only are there huge amounts of man pages, but there are so many web sites and books that it's easy to find answers.
Unless, of course, you have questions like how fast a distro will boot, and don't have enough understanding to see that that that depends on your choice of hardware, firmware and software.
I have a nice Red Hat Enterprise Linux system here. It takes around 15 minutes to boot. And I have another Red Hat Enterprise Linux system here. It boots in less than a minute. The first one is -- by far -- the better system, but enumerating a plaided RAID of 18 drives takes time. That's also irrelevant, because it has an expected shutdown/startup frequency of once per two years.
I would further enhance the question by asking: What the hell are you collecting that each sensor stores 500GB in 24 hours - photos? Seriously, these aren't sensors - they're drive fillers.
Seriously, if "sensor units scattered across a couple square miles" means 10 sensors - that's 5 Terabytes to initialize and mount in 30 seconds. I suspect that the number is greater than 10 sensors because the rest of the requirements are so ridiculous.
And why the sneakernet? If they're in only a couple of square miles
While I'm curious as to the application, it's his data rates that ultimately count, not our opinions of if he's doing it right.
500GB may sound like a lot to us, but the LHC spews something like that with every second of operation. They have a large cluster of machines whose job it is to pre-filter that data and only record the "interesting" collisions. Perhaps the OP would consider pre-filtering as much as possible before dumping it into this server as well. If this is for a limited 12 week research project, maybe they already have all the storage they need. Or maybe they are doing the filtering on the server before committing the data to long term storage. They just dump the 500GB of raw data into a landing zone on the server, filter it, and keep only the relevant few GB.
Regarding mesh networking, they'd have to build a large custom network of expensive radios to carry that volume of data. Given the distances mentioned, it's not like they could build it out of 802.11 radios. Terrain might also be an issue, with mountains and valleys to contend with, and sensors placed near to access roads. That kind of expense would not make sense for a temporary installation.
I don't think he's an idiot. I just think he couldn't give us enough details about what he's working on.
6 Megasamples @ 8 bit take more than 500GB per day.
So that would be a pretty low-end AD converter.
Seismic data.
Radio spectrum noise level.
Accoustic data.
High frequency geomagnetic readings.
Any of various types of environmental sensors.
Any of the above, or combination thereof, would be pretty common in research projects, and could easily generate 500gb+ per day. And the only thing you thought of was photos. You're not a geek, you're some Facebook Generation fuckwit who knows jack shit about science. Go back to commenting on YouTube videos.
Op here:
1) The cold plug is not the issue, rather, the server itself needs to be booted and halted on demand (don't ask, long story).
2) Because it's better? Do I really need to justify not using windows for a server on Slashdot?
3) The shares need to be easily accessible to mac/win workstations. AFAIK samba is the most cross-platform here, but if people have a better idea I'm all ears.
> Better yet, tell us what you need to do
- Take a server that is off, and boot it remotely (via ethernet magic packet)
- Ha
The "under 30 seconds part" is not as easy as you think.
You're mounting new drives -- that means Linux will probably want to fsck them, which with such volume, is going to take way more than 30 seconds.
1) The cold plug is not the issue, rather, the server itself needs to be booted and halted on demand (don't ask, long story).
Yes, I will ask why. Like why booted, and not hibernated, for example, if part of the reason is that it has to be powered off.
If the server is single-purpose file serving of huge files once, it does not benefit from huge amounts of RAM, and can hibernate/wake in a short amount of time, depending on which peripherals have to be restarted.
2) Because it's better? Do I really need to justify not using windows for a server on Slashdot?
Yes? While Microsoft usually sucks, it can still be the least sucky choice for specific tasks. And there are more alternatives than Linux out there too.
3) The shares need to be easily accessible to mac/win workstations. AFAIK samba is the most cross-platform here, but if people have a better idea I'm all ears.
What's the format on the drives? That can be a limiting factor. And what's the specifics for "sharing"? Must files be locked (or lockable) during access, are there access restrictions on who can access what?
For what it's worth, Windows Vista/7/2008R2 all come with Interix (as "Services for Unix") NFS support. So that's also an alternative.
- Take a server that is off, and boot it remotely (via ethernet magic packet)
That you want to "wake" it does not imply that the server has to be shut off. It can be in low power mode, for example - Apple's "bonjour" (which is also available for Linux) has a way to "wake" services from low-power states.
- Have that server mount its drives in a union fashion, merging the nearly-identical directory structure across all the drives.
Why? Sharing a single directory under which all the drives are mounted would also give access to all the drives under a single mount point - no need for union unless you really need to merge directories and for some reason cannot do the equivalent with symlinks ("junctions" in MS jargon).
Unions are much harder, as you will need to decide what to do when inevitably the same file exists on two drives (even inconspicuous files like "desktop.ini" created by people browsing the file systems).
Even copying the files to a common (and preferably RAIDed) area is generally safer - that way, you also don't kill the whole share if one drive is bad, and can reject a drive that comes in faulty.
But you seem to have made the choices beforehand, so I'm not sure why I answer.
- Do all this in under 30 seconds
You really should have designed the system with the 30 seconds as a deadline then.
If I were to do this, I would first try to get rid of the sneakernet requirement. 4G modems sending the data, for example. But if sneakernetting drives is impossible to get around, I'd choose a continuously running system with hotplug bays and automount rules.
Unless the data has to be there 30 seconds from when the drive arrives (this is not clear - from the above it appears that only the client access to the system has that limit), I'd also copy the data to a RAID before letting users access it.
Sure, Linux would do, but there's no particular flavour I'd recommend. ScientificLinux is a good one, but *shrug*.
If you need support, Red Hat, but then you also should buy a system for which RHEL is certified.
1) The cold plug is not the issue, rather, the server itself needs to be booted and halted on demand (don't ask, long story).
You will never find enterprise grade hardware which will do this. You will be even harder pressed to do this on mechanical drives (for the OS) and even harder still with random new drives being attached which may need to have integrity scans performed. This requirement alone is asinine and against every rule for data center and system administration handbook for something that is serving data to other machines. If you need something that you need to halt and shutdown so you can load the drives, well, you do that on something else other than the box which is servicing the data requests to other computers, and you copy the data from that one system to the real server.
2) Because it's better? Do I really need to justify not using windows for a server on Slashdot?
No you don't need to justify it, but you do need to explain it some. For the most part it sounds like most people where you work do not have much experience with *nix systems, because if you did, you would never have had requirement (1) in the first place (as you would know the whole point of *nix is to be able to separate everything so that you don't have to bring down the system just to update/replace/remove one particular service/application/hardware, everything is compartmentalized and isolated, which means the only time you should ever need to bring down the system is due to catastrophic hardware failure or you needed to update the actual kernel, otherwise everything else should be build such a way that is is hot-swappable, redundant, and/or interchangeable on the fly).
3) The shares need to be easily accessible to mac/win workstations. AFAIK samba is the most cross-platform here, but if people have a better idea I'm all ears.
Well, SAMBA is the only thing out there that will share to Win/Mac clients from *nix, so that is the right solution.
- Take a server that is off, and boot it remotely (via ethernet magic packet)
- Have that server mount its drives in a union fashion, merging the nearly-identical directory structure across all the drives.
- Share out the unioned virtual tree in such a way that it it's easily accessible to mac/win clients
- Do all this in under 30 seconds
I don't know why people keep focusing on the "under 30 seconds" part, it's not that hard to get linux to do this.....
They are focusing on the "under 30 seconds" part because they know that it is an absurd requirement for dealing with multiple hard drives which may or may not have a working filesystem as they have not only traveled/been shipped, but have also been out in the actual field. The probability of data corruption is so astronomically higher that they know that the "under 30 seconds" is idiotic at best.
For instance, I can't even get to the BIOS in 30 seconds on anything that I have at my work. Our data storage servers take about 15-20 minutes to boot. Our compute servers take about 5-8 minutes. They spend more that 30 seconds just performing simple memory tests at POST, let alone hard drive identification and filesystem integrity checks or actually booting. This is why people are hung up on the "under 30 seconds".
If you had a specialty build system, in which you disabled all memory checks (REALLY BAD IDEA on a server though since if your memory is bad you can corrupt your storage because writes to your storage are typically from memory), used SSDs for your OS drives, had no hardware raid controllers on the system, used SAS controllers which do not have firmware integrity checks, you might, just might be able to boot the system in 30 seconds. But I sure as hell would not trust it for any kind of important data because you had to disable all the hardware tests which means you have no idea if there are hardware problems which are corrupting your data.
Well, SAMBA is the only thing out there that will share to Win/Mac clients from *nix, so that is the right solution.
There's OpenAFS.
And let's not forget NFS, since non-home versions of Windows Vista/7/2008R2 come with Interix and an NFS client. (Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Windows Features -> Services for NFS -> Client for NFS)
NFS is the least secure, but it uses the least amount of resources on the server (this seems to be old inherited hardware), and if the rsize/wsize is bumped up on the server side, it's faster too.
(I'm sharing my music collection over NFS to Windows 7, so I know it works.
Good call on the cold-plug. Hot-plugging SATA on Linux works very well, provided you have the right controller. I do it frequently for testing purposes.
Add to the fact that he doesn't really even seem to understand the problem himself, or know the tools he's got to work with.
I'm sorry, but: "UNIX has bad documentation"? Wikipedia itself is chock full of useful documentation in this regard. You can find functional "this is how it works" information on pretty much every single component and technology with ease. (You do, however, need to know what you're looking for.)
Try to do the same for Windows. The first 12 pages of search results will likely be marketin
Op here:
The gear was sourced from a similar prior project that's no longer needed, and we don't have the budget/authorization to buy more stuff. Considering that the requirements are pretty basic, we weren't expecting to have a serious issue picking the right distro.
>You are looking for information that your average user won't care about.
Granted, but I thought one of the strengths of *nix was that it's not confined to computer illiterates. Some geeks somewhere should know which distros can be stripped down to bare essentials with a minimum of fuss.
As for the 30 seconds thing, there's a lot side info I left out of the summary. This project is quirky for a number of reasons, and one of them being that the server itself spends a lot of time off, and needs to be booted (and halted) on demand. (Don't ask, it's a looooooong story).
Some geeks somewhere should know which distros can be stripped down to bare essentials with a minimum of fuss.
Debian (The Universal OS)
...know which distros can be stripped down
Debian (The Universal OS)
RHEL/CentOS/Scientific [...]
And don't forget to compile a bespoke, static kernel.
Basically all distros can be stripped down easily. However you will have most sucess if you install the server version of Ubuntu, CentOs, Red Hat or Debian since the baseinstall there is already very restricted and you would not need to strip it further, just make sure that you disable the desktop in CentOs/RedHat/Debian (no need in Ubuntu since the server is console only as default).
Instead of a unionfs you should raid the drives but since that seams to be no option(?) then you probably need something li
Sounds reasonable.
Any recent Linux distro should do... just stick with whatever you have expertise with. Scientific Linux would probably be the most suitable RHEL / CentOS clone... but it also comes with OpenAFS (which also has Windows clients) which might allow you another option to improve filesharing performance over Samba (I haven't played with it myself, though). Linux Mint is my current favorite Debian / Ubuntu distro.
Either would likely mount SATA disks that were hotplugged automatically under
Use OpenAFS with Samba's modules. Distribution doesn't matter.
Looking at the OpenAFS docs, they're copyright 2000. Has the project gone stale since then?
OpenAFS is not dead. IIRC, any Samba AFS integration probably is. This doesn't sound like a job for AFS, however.
They already bought a $20 5400rpm 80Gb drive and don't want it to be wasted.
It sounds like they inherited a bunch of hardware and don't have a budget for more stuff.
So... make do with what you have.
Why does it have to be a mechanical hard drive?
Their "couple square miles of undeveloped land" is actually a minefield, and to avoid accidental detonation (you know, magnetic triggers and all that), the situation calls for a purely mechanical hard drive - perhaps one running on water power.
Just a wild guess...
Really, singular hard drives are notoriously bad at keeping data around for long. I would make sure you have a copy of everything. So make a file server with RAIDZ2 or RAID6 and script the copying of these hard drives onto a system that has redundancy and is backed up as well.
How many times I have seen scientist come out with their 500GB portable hard drives and they are unreadable... way too much. If you fill 500GB in 24 hours, there is no way a portable hard drive will survive for longer than about a year. Most of our drives (500GB 2.5" portable drives) last a few months, once they have processed about 6TB of data full-time they are pretty much guaranteed to fail.
Most of our drives (500GB 2.5" portable drives) last a few months, once they have processed about 6TB of data full-time they are pretty much guaranteed to fail.
This is interesting. How have SSDs held up under that use?
The cheap ones fail just as fast, I ship the same OCZ Onyx drive back and forth to their RMA site it seems like, I've killed a couple of Vertexes also. The more expensive ones (SLC) are much better and the Intel 32GB SLC's have held up but they're so expensive it's really not worth it.
You should contact Other World Computing to see if they would loan you an SSD drive.
They are a small company and pay close attention to any issues with their products. I bet they would LOVE for you to stress their SSD products that quickly.
funny, I still have a 20 meg MFM drive with its original os installed on it
Scientific Linux is also a good option for similar reasons. Given its a science grant, they might like the idea that its used at labs like CERN
"Enterprise class" is a marketing slogan. In the real world, all the RH derivatives are pretty good (including Scientific Linux and Fedora as well as CentOS), and all the Debian derivatives are pretty good (including Ubuntu). Gentoo's solid too. "Enterprise class" doesn't mean much. The main thing that characterizes CentOS from Scientific Linux - which is also just a recompile of the RHEL code - is that the CentOS devs have "enterprise class" attitude. Meanwhile, RH's own devs are universally decent, humble people. Those who do less often thing more of themselves.
For a great many uses, Debian's going to be easiest. But it depends on just what you need to run on it, as different distros do better with different packages, short of compiling from source yourself. No idea what the best solution is for the task here, but "CentOS" isn't by itself much of an answer.
"Enterprise class" means that it runs the multi-million dollar crappy closed source software you bought to run on it without the vendor bugging out when you submit a support ticket.
Someone please mod this guy up.
I swear, the higher the price of the software is, the more upper management just drools all over it, and the bigger the piece of shit it is. Millions of dollars spent per year licensing some of the biggest turds I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Just so management can say that some big vendor is behind it and will "have our backs when it fails".
Guess what, the support is awful too. The vendor never has your back. You'll be left languishing with downtime while they
Redhat, with a support contract is for him.
I disagree. This guy:
Redhat, with a support contract is for him.
Well if he starts with CentOS that migration will be pretty simple.
Another "I don't know how to do my job, but will slag off OSS knowing someone will tell me what to do. Then I can claim to be l337 at work by pretending to know how to do my job".
It's call reverse physiology, don't fall for it! Maybe shitdot will go back to its roots if no one comments in junk like this and the slashvertisments?
Damn, you outed yourself there as an old loser that never "made it" in your career field. "go back to its roots"? You would obviously have told the OP how to do this, and shown off how l337 your were, if you had the slightest clue of how to do this.
Lame. Even as an AC troll.
Go eat another twinkie and play with your star wars dolls in your mom's basement.
Not sure why the 30s boot up requirement is there, so it depends on what you define as "booted" .
Spinning up 12 hard drives and making them available through Samba within 30s guarantees your costs will be 10x more than they need to be.
This isn't another example of my tax dollars at work is it?
This isn't another example of my tax dollars at work is it?
I hope not! Or my university tuition fees, or really any other spending, even other people's money.
Who cares if the server boots up in 30 seconds or 30 minutes? The OP now has up to 12 500GB drives to either copy off or access over the lan. There's hours of data access or data transfer here.
Why would you want a file server to boot in 30 secs or less? Ok, lets skip the fs check, the controller checks, the driver checks, hell lets skip everything and boot to a recovery bash shell. Why would you not network these collection devices if they are all within a couple of miles and dump to an always on server?
I really fail to see the advantage of a file server booting in under 30 seconds. Shouldn't you be able to hot swap drives?
This really sounds like a bunch of kids trying to play server admin. M
Booting in under 30 seconds is going to be a bit of a trick for anything servery. Even just putzing around in the BIOS can eat up most of that time(potentially some minutes if there is a lot of memory being self-tested, or if the system has a bunch of hairy option ROMs, as the SCSI/SAS/RAID-generally disk controllers commonly found in servers generally do...) If you really want fast, you just need to suck it up and get hot-swappable storage: even SATA supports that(well, some chipsets do, your mileage may vary, talk to your vendor and kidnap the vendor's children to ensure you get a straight answer, no warranty express or implied, etc.) and SAS damn well better, and supports SATA drives. That way, it doesn't matter how long the server takes to boot, you can just swap the disks in and either leave it running or set the BIOS wakeup schedule to have it start booting ten minutes before you expect to need it.
Slightly classier would be using
If the files from each site are assured to have unique names, you could present them in a single mount directory with unionFS; but you probably don't want to find out what happens if every site spits out identically named FOO.log files, and(unless there is a painfully crippled tool somewhere else in the chain) having a directory per mountpoint shouldn't be terribly serious business.
Thinking of what you just wrote I'd like to add a bit.
First of all I don't think they will serve the data from those disks; if only because you will probably want yesterday's data available as well, and drives are constantly being swapped out. So upon plugging in a drive, I'd have a script copy the data to a different directory on your permanent storage (which of course must be sizeable to take several times 500 GB a day - he says each sensor produces 500 GB of data - so several TB of data a day, hundreds o
500G in a 24h period sounds like it will be highly compressible data. I would recommend FreeBSD or Ubuntu with ZFS Native Stable installed. ZFS will allow you to create a very nice tree with each folder set to a custom compression level if necessary. (Don't use dedup) You can put one SSD in as a cache drive to accelerate the shared folders speed. I imagine there would be an issue with restoring the data to magnetic while people are trying to read off the SMB share. An SSD cache or SSD ZIL drive for ZFS can help a lot with that.
Some nagging questions though.
How long are you intending on storing this data? How many sensors are collecting data? Because even with 12 drive bay slots, assuming cheap SATA of 3TB a piece. (36TB total storage with no redundancy), lets say 5 sensors, thats 2.5TB a day data collection, and assuming good compression of 3x, 833GB a day. You will fill up that storage in just 43 days.
I think this project needs to be re-thought. Either you need a much bigger storage array, or data needs to be discarded very quickly. If the data will be discarded quickly, then you really need to think about more disk arrays so you can use ZFS to partition the data in such a way that each SMB share can be on its own set of drives so as to not head thrash and interfere with someone else who is "discarding" or reading data.
500G in a 24h period sounds like it will be highly compressible data
It sounds like audio and video to me which is not very compressible at all if you need to maintain audio and video quality. And good luck booting a system with that many drives in "under 30 seconds" especially on a ZFS system which needs a lot of RAM (assuming you are following industry standards of 1GB RAM per 1TB of data you are hosting) as you will never make it through RAM integrity testing during POST in under 30 seconds.
Aka: I do not want the insecurity of losing my workplace if my boss happens to learn in slashdot how clueless I am.
Seriously... could you send us the resumé that you sent to get that job?
Why is documentation for *nix always so bad?""
For starters, I'm really tired of this
As for your solution, do-not go with some installable appliance-type distro like FreeNAS; yes it's *BSD under the hood, but you're at the mercy of what that 'focused' distro is goign to provide for you. Case in point: since you're undecided, go with a full-blown distro so you have some flexibility to grow and augment the mission and purpose of this server you're hosting data on.
Since you're clearly a n00b since it's coming to picking out a *NIX solution, go with anything Linux at this point, and set up the NAS services yourself (e.g. Samba/SMB, NFS, etc.) In turn, you'll be able to go to get better community support helping you out, you'll have more flexible OS configuration and growth, and you'll probably learn something to boot.
Also, you don't need to do union filesystem. Simple udev rules and auto mounting them under your top-level structure you're sharing out with your NAS services will do you just fine.
What is the point of 30 second boot on a file server? If this is on the list of 'requirements', then the 'plan' is 1/4 baked. 1/2 baked for buying hardware without a plan, then 1/2 again for not having a clue.
unioning filesystem? what is the use scenario? how about automounting the drives on hot-plug and sharing the
Now, 500GB/day in 12 drive sleds....so 6TB a day? do the workers get a fresh drive each day or is the data only available for a few hours before it gets sent back out or are they rotated? I suspect that mounting these drives for sharing really isnt what is necessary, more like pull contents to 'local' storage. Then, why talk about unioning at all, just put the contents of each drive in a separate folder.
Is the data 100% new each day? Are you really storing 6TB a day from a sensor network? 120TB+ a month?
Are you really transporting 500GB of data by hand to local storage and expecting the disks to last? reading or writing 500GB isn't a problem, but constant power cycling and then physically moving/shaking the drives around each day to transport is going to put the MTBF of these drives in months not years.
I agree. "30 seconds boot time" is a very special and were un-server-like requirement. It is hard to achieve and typically not needed. Hence it points to a messed-up requirements analysis (or some stupid manager/professor having put that in there without any clue what it implies). This requirement alone may break everything else or make it massively less capable of doing its job.
What I don't get is why people without advanced feel they have any business setting up very special and advances system configurat
Use systems of symbolic links.
Also, why "30 seconds boot time"? This strikes me as a bizarre and unnecessary requirement. Are you sure you have done careful requirements analysis and engineering?
As to the "bad" documentation: Many things are similar or the same on many *nix systems. This is not Windows where MS feels the need to change everything every few years. On *nix you are reasonably expected to know.
Ok, lots of folks asking similar questions. In order to keep the submission word count down I left out a lot of info. I *thought* most of it would be obvious, but I guess not.
Notes, in no particular order:
- The server was sourced from a now-defunct project with similar setup. It's a custom box with non-normal design. We don't have authorization to buy more hardware. That's not a big deal because what we have already *should* be perfectly fine.
- People keep harping on the 30 seconds thing.
The system is already configured to spin up all the drives simultaneously (yes the PSU can handle that) and get through the bios all in a few seconds. I *know* you can configure most any distro to be fast, the question is how much fuss it takes to get it that way. Honestly I threw that in there as an aside, not thinking this would blow up into some huge debate. All I'm looking for are pointers along the lines of "yeah distro FOO is bloated by default, but it's not as bad as it looks because you can just use the BAR utility to turn most of that off". We have a handful of systems running winXP and linux already that boot in under 30, this isn't a big deal.
- The drives in question have a nearly identical directory structure but with globally-unique file names. We want to merge the trees because it's easier for people to deal with than dozens of identical trees. There are plenty of packages that can do this, I'm looking for a distro where I can set it up with minimal fuss (ie: apt-get or equivalent, as opposed to manual code editing and recompiling).
- The share doesn't have to be samba, it just needs to be easily accessible from windows/macs without installing extra software on them.
- No, I'm not an idiot or derpy student. I'm a sysadmin with 20 years experience (I'm aware that doesn't necessarily prove anything). I'm leaving out a lot of detail because most of it is stupid office bureaucracy and politics I can't do anything about. I'm not one of those people who intentionally makes things more complicated than they need to be as some form of job security. I believe in doing things the "right" way so those who come after me have a chance at keeping the system running. I'm trying to stick to standards when possible, as opposed to creating a monster involving homegrown shell scripts.
You have to be able to identify the disks being mounted. Since these are hot swappable, they will not be automatically identifiable.
Also note, not all disks spin up at the same speed. Disks made for desktops are not reliable either - though they tend to spin up faster. Server disks might take 5 seconds before they are failed. You also seem to have forgotten that even with all disks spun up, each must be read (one at a time) for them to be mounted.
Hot swap disks are not something automatically mounted unless they are known ahead of time - which means they have to have suitable identification.
UnionFS is not what you want. That isn't what it was designed for. Unionfs only has one drive that can be written to - the top one in the list. Operations on the other disks force it to copy it to the top disk for any modifications. Deletes don't happen to any but the top disk.
Some of what you discribe is called an HSM (hierarchical storage management), and requires a multi-level archive where some volumes may be on line, others off line, yet others in between. Boots are NOT fast, mostly due to the need to validate the archive first.
Back to the unreliability of things - if even one disk has a problem, your union filesystem will freeze - and not nicely either. The first access to a file that is inaccessable will cause a lock on the directory. That lock will lock all users out of that directory (they go into an infinite wait). Eventually, the locks accumulate to include the parent directory... which then locks all leaf directories under it. This propagates to the top level when the entire system freezes - along with all the clients. This freezing nature is one of the things that a HSM handles MUCH better. A detected media error causes the access to abort, and that releases the associated locks. If the union filesystem detects the error, then the entire filesystem goes down the tubes, not just one file on one disk.
Another problem is going to be processing the data - I/O rates are not good going through a union filesystem yet. Even though UnionFS is pretty good at it, expect the I/O rate to be 10% to 20% less than maximum. Now client I/O has to go through a network connection, so that may make it bearable. But trying to process multiple 300 GB data sets in one day is not likely to happen.
Another issue you have ignored is the original format of the data. You imply that the filesystem on the server will just "mount the disk" and use the filesystem as created/used by the sensor. This is not likely to happen - trying to do so invites multiple failures; it also means no users of the filesystem while it is getting mounted. You would do better to have a server disk farm that you copy the data to before processing. That way you get to handle the failures without affecting anyone that may be processing data, AND you don't have to stop everyone working just to reboot. You will also find that local copy rates will be more than double what the servers client systems can read anyway.
As others have mentioned, using gluster file system to accumulate the data allows multiple systems to contribute to the global, uniform, filesystem - but it does not allow for plugging in/out disks with predefined formats. It has a very high data throughput though (due to the distributed nature of the filesystem), and would allow many systems to be copying data into the filesystem without interference.
As for experience - I've managed filesystems with up to about 400TB in the past. Errors are NOT fun as they can take several days to recover from.
If UnionFS is not the answer, and OP doesn't want something more complicated, it honestly sounds like the simplest solution is to just symlink everything into another directory once it's up running.
You have to do something about failures, but if you have that in hand, making the symlinks is really easy, you can do it with three lines of bash (for each path in find -type f, create symlink). If you need a bit more control, and it's not easily doable with grep, I'd write a small Python program, you can google
The boottime problem can be solved simely by buying a small(32/64GB) ssd disk, and then install linux on that. This will cost you less then 200$. And if you don't have the budget for that, then please your story to thedailywtf.com because it sounds like some interesting fuckup happend someware in your organization.
My suggestion would be:
0. Do consider writing this yourself...a 100 line shell-script (carefully written and documented) may well be easier to debug than a complex off-the-shelf system.
1. You can easily identify the disks with eg
The first thing I thought of was loss of one of the drives during all this moving around. Seems the protection of the data would be of the utmost priority here. Keeping this in mind, I'd go with a RAID 5 or 10 [thegeekstuff.com] setup. This will eliminate having the data distributed on different "drives", so to speak, and it would appear to the system one single drive. This would increase the drive count, but loosing a drive, ether physically (oops, dropped that one in the puddle) or electronically (oops, this drive cras
What you're describing sounds like a fairly typical Sensor Net (or Sensor Web) to me, maybe with a little more data logged than is normal per platform. (I believe they call it a 'mote' in that community).
Some of the newer sensor nets use a forwarding mesh wireless system, so that you relay the data to a highly reduced number of collection points -- which might keep you from having to deal with the collection of the hard drives each night (maybe swap out a multi-TB RAID at each collection point each night instead).
I'm not 100% sure of what the correct forum is for discussion of sensor/platform design. I know they have presentations in the ESSI (Earth and Space Science Informatics) focus group of the AGU (American Geophysical Union). Many of the members of ESIPfed (Federation of Earth Science Information Partners) probably have experience in these issues, but it's more about discussing managing the data after it comes out of the field.
On the off chance that someone's already written software to do 90% of what you're looking for, I'd try contacting the folks from the Software Reuse Working Group [nasa.gov] of the Earth Science Data System community.
You might also try looking through past projects funded through NASA AISR (Adanced Information Systems Research [nasa.gov])
(and if you haven't guessed already
Since you already bought the hardware, odds are you're going to run into driver issues. Since you're not already a *nix guy my suggestion is just run windows on your server. Next buy big fat USB enclosures, the kind that can hold DVD drives and put the drive sleds in there. Now you don't have to reboot adding the drives.
Pretty much any unix like OS will do fine. Personally I use NetBSD and if linux is a requirement, Debian.
Have you ever noticed that the people who are always trying to tell you `there's a time for work and a time for play' never find the time for play?


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Bothell pitching silences Woodinville bats
- Written by Derek Johnson Sports Writer
Demonstrating impeccable control, Dohr scattered two hits over seven innings while striking out 8 to secure the win for the visiting Cougars. Bothell first baseman Saige Tyndall provided all the needed offense, going 2-for-3 with a double and 3 RBIs.
In the early stages, the game seemed destined to be a tight affair. In the top of the first inning, Tyndall's sacrifice fly scored teammate Daniel Fredrickson to stake the Cougars to a 1-0 lead. From that point forward, Woodinville's lanky right hander Ben Schetterer settled down and kept things close.
The game would remain a one-run affair until the fifth. But then Schetterer issued his fourth walk and was pulled from the contest by Falcons manager Terry Agnew.
Matthew Spencer took to the mound in a relief role and promptly issued two more walks and then waited as Saige Tyndall approached the batter's box.
Swinging early in the count, Tyndall took a vicious cut and unleashed a ringing double into the deep reaches of left-center field to knock in two runs and push Bothell's lead to 3-0.
Perhaps with a sense that time was running short, Woodinville batters seemed to tighten up.
After outfielder Drew Accimus ended the fifth inning by grounding into a double play, the Falcons closed out the game quietly by never reaching base again.
Bothell's Travis Dohr mowed down the final 8 Woodinville hitters to secure the complete game win. He capped off the occasion by striking out the side in the seventh and final inning.
The win improved Bothell to 5-6 in league play and 8-8 overall.
For Woodinville, the loss dropped them to 6-5 in conference and 9-6 overall.
"They pitched better than we hit, it's pretty simple," Woodinville's taciturn manager Terry Agnew said. "We didn't have very good success at the plate and (Dohr) attacked the plate and threw strikes. That's pretty much how it works."
While struggling offensively, there were some bright spots defensively for the Falcons. Center fielder Ian Biddle made a couple of nice plays, including one in the fifth that prevented more runs from scoring. On a fly ball hit directly at him in straightaway centerfield, Biddle initially misjudged it and turned to run toward the fence. But quickly he realized it was a fast-sinking line drive. He put on the brakes and raced back in at full speed and slid on his knees to come up with the clutch catch.
As Biddle held his glove aloft to show umpires he'd made the catch, the loudest cheer of the evening emanated from the hometown crowd gathered amid the grandstands.


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Yah they got a special book for parts like that at the dealer. When i had the lkm fire they had to pull out those books for the connectors, terminals and pins. Got em all in 3 days. amazing that every part is available.
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Thanks a lot! Special thanks for advice about tabs, I already broke them :))
That's a connector.
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Actually it is in RealOEM (m)
I could open your pic, my connector is really a 4 pin connector with only 3 wires in it. Yours is probably the same.
It's much easier to remove the headlight, four 8mm bolts, to get at the connector. Be careful if you remove the bulb holder, the 2 side tabs break REAL easy.
The p/n for the connector is 61138365356 and the pins are 61130006665.
See # 5 and 6
Does this look like your connector?
Actually it is in RealOEM (m)
See if you can open those links (m)
here is link to low beam connector. It's intact and I repaired it but not sure how long it will hold. It's got 2 pins
This is marker/turn signal connector. This one I can't repair since wires cut to the casing - can't even pull them out. There is 3 wires and tiny connectors
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Is the one on the other side OK? Look at the p/n on that connector.
God a pic of the good one? I have access to a bunch of connector p/n's and pins, not sure if yours will be there or not.
Does your connector have 2 or 3 pins?
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Need couple underhood connectors
Squirell got under hood of my 540i6 97 and chewed 2 wires off.
Left turn signal connector was cut right next to housing and I have no way to repair it. Low beam light I repaired but I'd like to get another spare with long splices.
Is there any "online" pick & pull? No places in STL allow to pick/pull and those that do don't have 5 series on a lot. Noone online will inventory parts of wire harness. Dealer said it comes as a part of $1200 harness.
Is there somebody online who's parting out E39 with non-xenon or maybe some site?
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Wet Seal SVP of Store Operations Resigns
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Foothill Ranch-based teen and contemporary retailer Wet Seal Inc. announced the resignation of its senior vice president of store operations.
Barbara Cook, who joined the company from San Francisco retailer Gap Inc. in November 2011, is leaving Wet Seal for a "new professional opportunity," the company said Monday.
Cook is expected to stay with Wet Seal until Feb. 20.
Wet Seal operates 468 of its namesake stores for teens and 62 Arden B stores geared to young women.
The company, which has been wrestling with a turnaround for several years now, announced earlier this month the resignation of former President and Chief Operating Officer Ken Seipel, along with the elimination of 35 jobs, most of those at the corporate level and some that are currently vacant.
The chief operating officer position has since been eliminated with the duties now split between Chief Executive John Goodman and Chief Financial Officer Steve Benrubi.
Wet Seal had net income of $15.1 million and sales of $620.1 million for the year ended Jan. 28, 2012.


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Throughout the 50 years that the Howard Palmetto Baseball and Softball Association (HPBSA) has played ball in South Dade, the era of Coach Frank Dodge is remembered with a special reverence and nostalgia for his reign as one of the most beloved and winningest coaches in the history of the league.
Today the third generation of Dodges — Frank Dodge's grandson and son of former HPBSA player Keith Dodge – 10-year-old Tristan, continues the legacy as the youngest player of the 2012 Dodger's Championship team.
Native Miamians husband and wife Frank and Diane Dodge and their three children — Kevin, Kelly and Keith — lived just one block from the original playing field at Suniland Park in the late 1960s. Coach Frank and sons Keith and Kevin got involved with the original Khoury League not long after the former rock pit was made into a baseball field.
"We didn't practice," said Coach Frank. "We played every day. The kids were like my adopted children and we were a family on the field. We had barbecues and picnics at Matheson Hammock. I tried to make it fun like when Tom Sawyer got the kids to help him paint the fence (in Mark Twain's classic novel); they wanted to do it. When you are educating youth, you have to be innovative and make it interesting so they want to learn."
The lifelong friendships and future coaches that grew from those formative years when Frank's sons Keith and Kevin Dodge played with their neighbor teammates shows his game plan worked.
"We built friendships in the community," said current HPBSA Coach Keith. "Many of us went to different schools at the time so if we would see each other at parties or events there was already a positive connection." When Frank's oldest son Kevin was a student at FSU in 1981 he pitched for the then number one ranked Seminoles. Kevin Dodge's sons, 12-year old Shane and 11- year-old Wyatt, now play for the Cal Ripken League in their hometown of Tallahassee.
"Dad was a great coach," said Kevin. "One of my first years out there (in the early '70s), we were so dominant, we played the all-star teams. There was even a rule at the park called 'the Dodge Rule' whereby you could only throw so many pitches per game."
The Dodge Rule is still in effect today. HPBSA Commissioner Randy Yackee was on Coach Frank's team from 1969 to 1975. He says Frank could make any situation fun.
"When we were practicing base running," said Randy, "he would have us run to first base, then to second and then almost to third and back again. He would sit on third base with his hands up in the air screaming, 'da, da, da, da, da.'"
Moments like that along with Frank Dodge's famous lemonade slushies are some of Randy's fondest memories.
Kevin Dodge recalls a county playoff game in Hialeah that his father coached. "There were lots of bad calls and we were getting robbed. It was like Custer's last stand. One of the team member's grandmothers took a tree branch and ran out to the field and attacked the umpire with it.
We lost that game."
Commissioner Randy said Coach Frank taught his players how to win and lose.
"No matter how down you might be, he showed us how to not give up and keep pushing to do your best and be happy. He started me in sports and taught me what sportsmanship is all about."
HPBSA incoming president Grant Miller echoes the sentiment.
"We made lifelong friends playing together back then as kids," Miller said. "And we hope to be able to do the same for our children and continue Frank Dodge's legacy for our children's children as well."
"My father has been one of the pillars of this league for 50 years," said Keith Dodge.
"Coach Raul Gandarillas and I had a blast coaching our sons as well as 10 other great kids this season. We hope to continue the tradition for generations to come."
Keith's wife Olga Stanham and daughter, seven-year-old Ella Diane, are Tristan's number one fans. Keith's wife Olga Stanham and daughter seven-year-old Ella Diane are Tristan's number one fans. Ella said the best part about cheering from the stands is: "I get to watch my brother play." As for Tristan Dodge's favorite part of the game: "I get to pitch, and I get to play with my friends."
"I feel so fortunate to have been a part of HPBSA," said Frank Dodge. "I've met so many wonderful people and made so many friends over the years. Now I can relax in the bleachers and watch my son coach and see my grandson play the game he loves so much."


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Film and Panel on Hunger Oct. 16
Documentary and panel of experts will address food insecurity and hunger relief solutions in honor of World Food Day
- 10-14-2013
- By Alison Nihart
One in four American children don't know where their next meal is coming from. The paradox of malnutrition in the land of plenty is a part of daily life for 50 million Americans. What would it take to ensure that those who suffer from hunger have access to nutritional food? These issues will be addressed during a documentary screening and panel discussion at UVM this Wednesday, Oct. 16, in honor of World Food Day. The event starts with a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Sugar Maple Ballroom at the Davis Center, followed by a film screening at 6 p.m. and a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m.
The film, A Place at the Table (2013), outlines the current state of hunger in America, including national trends and personal narratives to communicate the lived experience of hunger.
The film tells the story through the stories of three people suffering from food insecurity:
- Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two children;
- Rosie, a Colorado fifth-grader who often has to depend on friends and neighbors to feed her and has trouble concentrating in school; and
- Tremonica, a Mississippi second-grader whose asthma and health problems are exacerbated by the largely-empty calories her hard-working mother can afford.
The film will be introduced by Will Raap, a long-time food systems leader in the Burlington area as founder of The Intervale Center, Restoring Our Watershed and Gardener's Supply.
The event will also feature remarks by Roger Doiron, the founder of Kitchen Gardeners International, a global organization committed to empowering people to grow food to support greater food self-reliance. On the national front, Roger led a successful campaign to replant a kitchen garden at the White House, which garnered more than 100,000 signatures and international media coverage.
After the film, a panel of local experts will discuss hunger releif efforts at the state and national level. The panel will feature Tyler Doggett, associate professor of philosophy at UVM, as well as individuals from local organizations that work on food security, including Rob Meehan of the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, Jess Hyman of the Vermont Community Garden Network, Faye Conte of Hunger Free Vermont, and Rita Markley of the Committee on Temporary Shelter.
Attend the event
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 5:30 p.m.
Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center
Reception: 5:30 pm
Film: 6:00 pm
Panel discussion: 7:30 pm
The event is sponsored by the Vermont Community Garden Network, the UVM Food Systems Initiative, the Burlington Food Council, Gardener's Supply, Vermont FEED (Food Education Every Day), and UVM Extension.


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Anita Levy, 59, arrived at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2012 with severe heart failure. The mother of four, grandmother of eight and wife of 38 years, was starting to lose hope. After trying a number of therapies without success, her doctors informed her she was a candidate for a new clinical trial.She's the first Mass. General patient and first person in New England to be enrolled and to have underwent surgery as part of INOVATE-HF, a randomized study testing the safety and efficacy of CardioFit® for the treatment of patients with heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction. CardioFit® is an implantable electrical stimulation device designed to restore balance in the autonomic nervous system and improve heart function in patients with heart failure. The device activates the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system for the treatment of heart failure by stimulating the vagus nerve on the right side of the neck. Vagal nerve therapy has principally been used to help treat patients with epilepsy and depression.This therapy is for patients who haven't responded well to traditional treatments and have severe heart failure symptoms. The trial is evaluating the device's ability to reduce hospitalization and death among heart failure patients. A 32-patient, multi-center, pilot clinical study was conducted in Europe, and data showed patients experienced significant improvement across clinical measures including left ventricular function and structure, heart rate variability and resisting heart rate. Patients also showed improvement in self-reported quality of life surveys and six-minute hall walk tests.------------------------In 2010, there were approximately 5.8 million people in the United States with the diagnosis of heart failure. Each year, approximately 670,000 people are diagnosed with heart failure, and more than 290,000 deaths are associated with the disease. It is more common in people over the age of 65, and it is the number one reason why people over the age of 65 are hospitalized.------------------------For more information about heart failure, visit: http://www.massgeneral.org/heartcenter/services/treatmentprograms.aspx?id=1006 For more information about the INOVATE-HF trial, visit:http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT01303718?term=INOVATE-HF&rank...
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Joy Aileen Marley, 60
Joy Aileen Marley, 60, went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014.
She passed peacefully in her own home, surrounded by family.
She was born Nov. 8, 1953, in Weirton, W.V., the daughter of Ernest and Joyce (Cribbs) Edelman, and is survived by her husband of 40 years, Fred Marley; her two daughters, Rachel Himes and Amanda Marley; and three granddaughters, Jasmine, Ariel and Bella Himes.
She is also survived by two sisters, Gaylind Adams and Lea Lester and their children, Kelly Luikart Hess and Nathan Luikart, Geneva Lester Nagilla and Von Lester; as well as her great-nephew, Brody Hess.
Joy was the director of the We Care Pregnancy Center — a role she proudly filled and that richly blessed her life, both because of the work it allowed her to do and the relationships it allowed her to build.
Her home church was New Life Fellowship of Timblin, where she also served as treasurer.
Joy's greatest delights were her husband, her children and her grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by each one of them.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at the McCabe Funeral Home in Punxsutawney, where a funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. with the Rev. David Stonbraker of New Life Fellowship
She will be laid to rest with her parents in Blairsville.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations to We Care, P.O. Box 51, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.
Online condolences may be made at mccabefuneralhomes.com.


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The Oakland Press (http://www.theoaklandpress.com)
Friday, February 1, 2013
I agree with Tom Watkins that women can achieve leadership roles. I believe that Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman could have defeated President Obama. But the most important career for a woman is raising her children.
-- Troy
WDIV-TV (Chanel 4) reported that a bill backed by seven Republicans is trying to derail the federal regulation of guns and exempt Michigan's guns and ammunitions from fa federal gun control law. That is absurd. That proves to me what a bunch of baffoons the Republican Party is. I've known it for years. I've lived in this state since 1957, and today I would say I am ashamed to live here because a political body would take on such a dastardly deed. It is absolutely absurd that they would even think about doing this. It proves that the party does nothing good for the people.
-- Davisburg
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could bring home all our military people who are fighting in foreign countries that hate us. We should send all our useless politicians from the president on down to do the fighting. If and when they come home, have them see how it feels to be a forgotten veteran.Ā
-- Highland
One of your callers labels Republicans as "wealthy snobs." This is just like every other Democrat who teaches their family to work the system. That is to work the very least and make the most. Big government is just another part of their family. Republicans, on the other hand, teach their families how to start working at an early and earn their way through college. Be hard working and dependable but never depend on the government. Many children of Republicans have worked every day since the fifth grade, working in car washes, restaurants and factories. They find some degree of success through hard work and self-determination. I never thought success through hard work was a bad thing until listening to the jealous and twisted mindset of Democrats who want everyone to be just as lazy as they are. If hard working, self-made people are wealthy snobs, that would simply make Democrats lazy slobs. By the way, not voting for a school millage does not hurt the students. Running a school district and not knowing how to spend the money that you currently have on hand does hurt the students.
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Here's a chance to capitalize on a great idea.
Registration remains open for this week's Louisiana Entrepreneurship Fest that organizers hope will become an annual statewide gathering in Houma.
Here's a chance to capitalize on a great idea.
Registration remains open for this week's Louisiana Entrepreneurship Fest that organizers hope will become an annual statewide gathering in Houma.
Fertile business minds will receive inspiration and advice from seasoned business professionals Thursday and Friday at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center.
The goal of the Louisiana Entrepreneurship Fest: For Youth and First-Time Entrepreneurs is to give those attending the knowledge to make an idea a working business venture, said Steve Vassallo, CEO of the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority, which organized it in partnership with the Louisiana Economic Development.
"I want to hear from some attendees who say, 'I know now what I need to do to make this business idea I have a reality,' " Vassallo said.
More than 400 people had registered for the event as of Monday, said Donna Washington, TEDA's vice-president of operations. People can even register Thursday at a cost of $25 that includes lunch both days.
Vassallo said the fest is geared toward those who maybe have a business idea brewing in their mind or those who just want to learn how to use business to take advantage of their talents.
The fest was originally geared toward high school junior and seniors and college students, but Vassallo said the information will be useful to adults.
"We didn't want to limit ourselves," Vassallo said. "This information will be useful to all."
The event will feature more than 30 speakers from the local area and out-of-state. The speakers will host themed workshops covering various aspects of business development, Vassallo said.
Some speakers will seek to inspire while others will focus on giving those attending information they can immediately put to use, Vassallo said.
"A lot of people do not know what is available in terms of incentives to help new business," Vassallo said. "The reason we wanted an economic developer is to emphasize what resources are available in economic development circles."
The fest will be the first of its kind for Houma, and Vassallo said he hopes the gathering will be so successful in the eyes of state officials that it's made an annual event.
The goal is to see new businesses spring up from the festival and the event become a Houma staple.
Vassallo said state officials will be eyeing the quality of the programs, attendance and reviews.
"We want to see new business startups and also have this be an annual event in Houma where we can be known as the entrepreneurship capital of Louisiana," Vassallo said.
He added he'd like to see smaller workshops put on around the state throughout the year with the annual fest in Houma being the centerpiece.
For information and a list of speakers visit http://www.laentrefest.com.


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The easiest way to get them a bit crunchy is to just cook them a little longer or roll them a little thinner. I have a recipe at home but I bake them to a softer stage so you'd have to experiment a bit. I can post it when I get home this afternoon, if you like.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has canceled a Tuesday luncheon appearance before Chicago's business and political elite to head to Washington and begin preparing for congressional debate on possible action in Syria.
The No. 2 Senate Democrat was among the 15 members of Congress briefed last week in a call on the situation.
President Barack Obama says he'll seek congressional approval for military strikes against the Assad regime. He's trying to rally support among Americans and congressmen.
Durbin's spokeswoman didn't immediately return a Monday message seeking comment.
Durbin was to speak about sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders Tuesday before the City Club of Chicago. His office issued a notice Monday that as a member of Senate leadership and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he'll be in Washington preparing for debate instead.


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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Tyler Brown had 25 points, nine assists and four steals as Illinois State rallied late to defeat Drake 94-86 Wednesday night.
Jackie Carmichael added 23 points and John Wilkins had 18 for the Redbirds (14-10, 5-7 Missouri Valley), who have won five of their last six games after starting out 0-6 in conference play.
Richard Carter had 17 points and six assists, and Chris Hines scored 16 for Drake (11-12, 5-7), which had defeated the Redbirds 82-77 earlier this year.
Illinois State trailed by 17 points in the first half and didn't take its first lead until Jon Ekey hit a 3-pointer with 1:44 remaining to put the Redbirds ahead 85-84. That shot came amid 13 straight points by Illinois State that turned an 84-78 deficit into a 91-84 lead with 22 seconds left.
Drake led 51-40 at halftime after hitting 9 of 20 3-pointers in the opening period. The Bulldogs finished 12 of 28 beyond the arc.


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LADYSMITH—A proposal by Aqua Virginia to buy the Lake Caroline Public Water System has drawn the attention of a state legislature candidate and generated 889 letters from concerned residents to the State Corporation Commission.
House of Delegates candidate Toni Radler has asked the SCC to "either deny Aqua Virginia's request to double the water taken out of Lake Caroline for sale to other communities, or assure the residents that they will be allowed to continue using the lake for recreational purposes."
Residents are mainly concerned that Aqua's ownership of the water system will put an end to recreational activities, such as jet skis, water skiing and fishing from gasoline-powered motor boats. Ladysmith Water Company owns the water system and company representatives have turned down offers from the county government to buy the system.
Some lake communities are built around water reservoirs, such as Woodlake in Chesterfield County, where the only motorized boats allowed are those with small electric motors.
"For more than 40 years, Lake Caroline has been a recreational community with boating, water skiing, fishing and swimming on the lake," Radler said in a news release. "Homeowners buy here to enjoy the lake and make it the center of their family's recreational activities. It's been part of the amenities listed by the homeowners association and is an essential component of the way of life at Lake Caroline."
"Now the community is being threatened by the purchase of the lake by Aqua Virginia, which has signaled its plans to double the water that is now being taken from the lake," the candidate said. "We are concerned that as Aqua Virginia goes through the permitting process, the residents will be restricted from using the lake for recreational purposes."
Some residents of Lake Caroline have said in letters to the SCC that they will move away from the lake community if Aqua Virginia buys the water system because of a feared drop in property values.
An Aqua Virginia spokesperson declined an interview with The Caroline Progress, and instead supplied documents about the matter.
The water system includes a 7.5 acre sedimentation pond, raw water valves and pumps, as well as a flash mixer, water treatment plant, backwash and finished water pumps, chemical feed systems, water mains, service lines, meter boxes and an interconnection with the Caroline County water System.
Aqua Virginia is a subsidiary of Aqua America, which is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly-traded water utilities and serves almost 3 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Georgia, according to Aqua America's website, www.aquaamerica.com. During the first half of 2013, Aqua America purchased seven water and wastewater utility systems—three in Pennsylvania, three in North Carolina and one in Botetourt County, Virginia.
The filter system within the water treatment plant is in need of replacement, and is consequently offline. If the sale is approved by the SCC, Aqua "intends to refurbish the filter system in the water treatment plant and return the system to service provided from the existing water supply," according to documents provided by Aqua.
Aqua representatives stated in a meeting at the Lake Caroline clubhouse in early August that the proposal "does not require a continuous, open interconnection with the Caroline County water supply."
Aqua has said it will install meters in the community "as soon as practical." Once meters are installed, and "sufficient data is collected," a rate will be proposed that Aqua documents indicate will be "substantially similar to the current one."
In addition, in their written proposal handed out to Lake Caroline Residents, Aqua states that it "will not restrict existing recreational use of Lake Caroline," which is a major concern of homeowners. Nearly 890 letters have been sent to the SCC by homeowners of the Lake Caroline community to illustrate their concerns. There are 1,041 homes in the Lake Caroline community.
Letters sent by homeowners list conditions Aqua must meet before residents will support the sale of the system to Aqua. Some of the conditions include: Aqua must not do anything that would impede the recreational use of Lake Caroline. If Aqua activities result in a loss of primary contact recreational use in Lake Caroline, Aqua must compensate the Lake Caroline Property Owners Association and homeowners at a rate established by an independent party. Aqua must submit proposed water rates for Lake Caroline within a reasonable time after meters are installed and in use. Any rate increases proposed by Aqua must be discussed with the LCPOA prior to submission to the SCC.
The ending paragraph of a drafted letter signed by many of the homeowners in Lake Caroline reads: "I am very concerned that Aqua Virginia, upon receiving Commission approval of the sale, will take or encourage actions that will result in the prevention of recreational use of Lake Caroline either in the short or long term. This would directly and negatively impact our enjoyment of the Lake, which is a wonderful community and County asset and the reason why so many of us live in this community. It would also have a negative impact upon property values in this community."
The website www.lakecaroline.net describes the community this way: "Lake Caroline is a gated community situated on a pristine lake, surrounded by 1,500 acres. Our lake covers 277 acres. The lake is over two miles long with a depth averaging 15 feet throughout, and 32 feet at the dam. Graced by a 10 mile tree-lined shore, the lake is fed by numerous hillside springs, natural wells, and Stevens Mill Run.
"Nestled in the peaceful serenity of a lakeside community, members enjoy many amenities throughout the year. Our residents have access to a swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts, a clubhouse, and office. In addition, there are two sandy beaches and nine recreation areas, some with pavilions for parties or gatherings, providing lake access for swimming, boating and fishing. Water activities are available to all members via our two marinas."
Aqua America's website says, "We earn public trust through integrity, tenacity and the diligence with which we reliably deliver services that are basic to the quality of life we enjoy in the United States – potable water and the disposal of wastewater."
In addition, according to the website, Aqua America is committed to:
- Providing quality water and wastewater service, in a manner consistent with applicable standards for public health and environmental quality standards.
- Continuing its capital investment in system improvements, including the rehabilitation and replacement of key infrastructure and plants.
- Ensuring courteous and responsive service to customers, regulators and public officials.
- Demonstrating leadership through civic involvement in the communities we serve, acting as stewards of the environment and being proactive in the development of public policy issues crucial to the success of the water and wastewater industries.
- Being the investment of choice among utility investors based on growth in earnings, dividends and total return to shareholders.


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Mattel has launched Entrepreneur Barbie, coinciding with real-life female entrepreneurs gracing the cover of Time's Most Influential People issue and leading one-in-five start-ups. To celebrate her newest career, Barbie has partnered with a diverse group of female entrepreneurs, including the founders of Girls Who Code, Rent the Runway, One Kings Lane, Plum Alley, Genuine Insights, Sugarfina, and The TomKat Studio.
Girls and parents can explore inspirational tips, career-themed games, and activities at www.barbie.com, and purchase career dolls available at retailers nationwide.


text: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has worked for theaters, opera and dance companies, ranging from the Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Sadler's Wells in London, the Grand Theatre of Geneva to Les Ballets C. de la B. His choreographies have earned him a series of prizes including a Benois de la Danse, two Laurence Olivier Awards and two National Dance Awards. In 2008 and 2011 Tanz magazine proclaimed him 'Choreographer of the Year'. In 2010, he founded his own company. For Eastman he created Play with Shantala Shivalingappa and Babel(words) with Damien Jalet and Antony Gormley. In 2011 he set up TeZukA, a piece for 15 dancers and musicians inspired by the Japanese manga author Osamu Tezuka. In 2012 he created Puz/zle with the Corsican men's choir A Filetta, Lebanese singer Fadia Tomb El-Hage and Japanese musician Kazunari Abe. That same year he helmed the choreography for Anna Karenina, Joe Wright's movie. Michael Jackson ONE is his first collaboration with Cirque du Soleil.