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"Swan Songs"
MUSIC: Excerpt from the waltz, Act 1, of Swan Lake, from the ballet suite by Tchaikovsky, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras [Telarc CD-80151, track 8] under the following:
FLAXMAN: Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide, Fred Flaxman. The music in the background is the waltz from Act I of Swan Lake, by Tchaikovsky, and this hour is going to be devoted entirely to "Swan Songs."
MUSIC: fades out
I've devoted an hour to "The Birds and the Bees." I found so much music about birds that my theme for another Compact Discoveries hour was "Leftover Birds." When I realized how much beautiful music was inspired by swans, I decided to devote an hour entirely to "Swan Songs."
The major work will be a suite of music from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet, including, of course, the "Dance of the Swans" from Act II. We'll also hear The Swan of Tuonela by Sibelius. And we'll listen to a few arrangements for different instruments of "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns.
Let's get started right away with the suite from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. This was Tchaikovsky's first ballet score, which he began writing in 1875. It is so famous now and full of such gorgeous melodies, that it is hard to image how big a failure it was at its first performance in 1877.
It seems that the audience and the critics were put off by the bold, symphonic score after years of listening to feather-weight ballet music by composers whose names most people would not recognize today.
In this Telarc compact disc, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.
MUSIC: Tchaikovsky: ballet suite from Swan Lake , performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Charles Mackerras [Telarc CD-80151, tracks 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] [33:40]
FLAXMAN: Excerpts from a suite from the ballet Swan Lake, by Tchaikovsky. Sir Charles Mackerras conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on a Telarc compact disc.
You are listening to Compact Discoveries and I'm your guide, Fred Flaxman. This hour is devoted to "Swan Songs." Swan Lake certainly qualifies, especially the "Dance of the Swans" from Act II, which you heard as part of this suite.
Our next swan is from Tuonela, Finland, and it is by Jean Sibelius. This was composed in 1893 as the prelude to a projected opera with the not very appealing title, The Building of the Boat. The piece was revised two years later to form part of the cycle of four Legends based on passages from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
Unlike those other tone poems, The Swan of Tuonela does not tell a story. Instead, it paints a picture of the land of the dead, surrounded by a large river with black waters and a rapid current, on which the Swan of Tuonela glides majestically. The strings, and later the harp, represent the river. The swan is represented by the English horn, played in this performance by Gerhard Stempnik. The Berlin Philharmonic is conducted by Herbert von Karajan in this Deutsche Grammophon recording.
MUSIC: Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert Von Karajan conducting [DGG 413 755-2] [7:50]
You are listening to "Swan Songs'" on this hour of Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide, Fred Flaxman.
Next we turn to Camille Saint-Saëns, whose swan is part of his famous piece, The Carnival of the Animals. I think it is one of the most beautiful tunes ever written, and many musicians must agree with me, because this melody has been transcribed for piano, harp and other instruments.
We'll hear it first with the original orchestration as performed by the Nash Ensemble on a Virgin Classics compact disc; then with harpist Susan Drake; and finally in the Leopold Godowsky transcription for solo piano as performed by Wibi Soerjadi [VEE-bee SEWer-YAH-dee].
MUSIC: Saint-Saëns: "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals, with the Nash Ensemble [Virgin Classics VC 7 90751-2, track 21] [2:56]
MUSIC: Saint-Saëns: "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals, with harpist Susan Drake [Helios CDH55129, track 13] [2:17]
MUSIC: Saint-Saëns: "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals, with pianist Wibi Soerjadi [Philips 454 149-2, track 6] [2:46]
FLAXMAN: "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. First you heard the original orchestration as performed by the Nash Ensemble of London. Then we heard harpist Susan Drake performing a transcription by Hasselmans; and finally we listened to the Leopold Godowsky transcription for solo piano as performed by Wibi Soerjadi [VEE-bee SEWer-YAH-dee].
We are winding up an hour of "Swan Songs" on Compact Discoveries. Let's conclude with Earl Wild's transcription for solo piano of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Four Swans" from Swan Lake.
MUSIC: Tchaikovsky/Wild: "Dance of the Four Swans" from Swan Lake, with pianist Earl Wild [Ivory Classics 70907, track 11] [1:40]
FLAXMAN: Earl Wild performed his transcription for piano of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Four Swans" from Swan Lake. And this brings to an end this hour of Compact Discoveries, which was devoted entirely to music inspired by swans. I call the program "Swan Songs." I hope you enjoyed it.
MUSIC: opening theme again, under the following:
FLAXMAN: Compact Discoveries is produced and presented by yours truly, Fred Flaxman, who you can reach in care of this station or through the Internet at www.fredflaxman.com. That's www-dot-f-r-e-d-f-l-a-x-m-a-n-dot-c-o-m.
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Pakistan's JF-17 light fighter for example, while somewhat unremarkable in its combat capabilities, can deploy some of the world's most sophisticated long range air to air missile platforms such as the Chinese PL-12 and has the radar systems to support such a deployment. This could potentially give it an advantage over far more sophisticated platforms such as the Indian MiG-29 in beyond visual range combat should the Indian Air Force fail to equip its own platform with similarly capable missiles. Another key example was the Iraqi Air Force, which despite fielding capable combat aircraft failed to equip them with modern missiles for air to air combat and as a result suffered heavy losses against both the Iranian and U.S. Air Forces - neither of which made the same mistake. For the Su-57 too, the fighter's ability to contend with the most potent enemy air superiority platforms will depend heavily on its ability to deploy capable air to air missiles. A new highly specialised long range air to air missile has been developed for the Su-57, which is set to give it an advantage over rival platforms. The K-77, with a range of 193km, is not the longest range air to air missile Russian has developed. It is however in many ways the most sophisticated, and is the longest ranged platform ever developed for an air superiority fighter - with longer ranged platforms such as the 300km range R-33 and 400km range R-37 being developed for Russia's MiG-31 interceptors only. While longer ranged platforms are made to target enemy AWACS, aerial tankers and other large and unmanoeuvrable targets at range, the K-77 combines both a long range with the manoeuvrability and accuracy accuracy to target even small and agile targets at extreme ranges. A sophisticated radar system in the missile's nose , the active phased array antenna (APAA), is key to facilitating its accuracy and denying enemy fighters the ability to evade it. It does so by establishing an effective lock and thereby overcoming the radar's "field of view" problem. Manoeuvrable fighters such as the F-15 have long been able to exploit missile radars' limited field of view, swinging beyond the narrow scope radar's view when in close proximity to escape. The K-77's APAA system effectively addresses this issue which has long been key drawback of reliance on very long range air to air missiles - which may give it the longest 'no escape range' of any air to air missile in the world despite having half the range of the R-37 and a slightly shorter range than the European Meteor. Russia's state owned media outlet RT explained the APAA technology used by the K-77 as follows: "An active phased array antenna consists of a large number of cone-shaped cells installed under a transparent-to-radio-waves cap on the nose of the missile. Each cell receives only a part of the signal, but once digitally processed, the information from all cells is summarized into a "˜full picture,' enabling the K-77M missile to immediately respond to sharp turns of the target, making interception practically inevitable." What makes the capabilities of the K-77 particularly significant is the fact that while the platform will be in service by the end of 2018, no rival powers have shown any sign of developing similar technologies for their own missiles. The U.S. AIM-120D currently under development, while impressive in its capabilities and fielding a 180km range, retains the same weaknesses of older missiles and lacks the accuracy that APAA technologies provide the K-77. China's PL-15 meanwhile, though it has a substantial range likely set to surpass those of both U.S. and Russian equivalents and combining these with record speeds, also lacks the new Russia platform's lethal precision. European producers and Israel meanwhile have failed to develop any long range air to air missiles capable of striking adversaries over 100km away whatsoever. As a result, the K-77 could well be key to guaranteeing a significant advantage for the Su-57 in beyond visual range combat against any and all potential adversaries. Whether other Russian fighters such as the MIG-35, a light platform also set to enter service in 2018, will deploy the K-77 to enhance their own beyond visual range combat capabilities remains to be seen.


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The Ag.Registrar/CEO of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) Sir Tosan Erhabor, in his sustained commitment to encourage scholarship gave an award/cash prize in an induction ceremony at the University of Benin (UNIBEN).
The recipient of the Council's award, Mr IGUNMA AIMUAMWOSA ANDREW graduated with a First class honours degree in Medical Laboratory Science and emerged the best graduating student in the department for the 2017/2018 academic session. This feat separated him from his peers and qualified him for the coveted award donated by the MLSCN. Also in recognition of his brilliance and exemplary character, Igunma received a cash award from the Registrar of the Council as presented by the representative of the Ag.Registrar /CEO, Mr G. Aikpitanyi -Iduitua.
The Thirty Six (36) newly inducted Medical Laboratory Scientists were charged to abide by the code of conduct and ethics of the profession with the assurance that MLSCN will do everything within her powers to make their transition to the noble profession less cumbersome.
They were also informed that MLSCN had recently accredited more Laboratories in the public and private sectors as well as military formations for the training of interns with a view to getting them undergo pupillage and mentorship before entering into labour market. They were similarly informed of the efforts ongoing at the Federal Ministry of Health to harmonise and centralise the posting of interns aimed at ameliorating the hardship faced by some newly inducted Medical Laboratory Scientists while trying to secure a place for internship.
The Registrar congratulated the inductees and wish them Godspeed in their professional journey.


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Eccentric Energy: You've got the power!
6th June 2019
Our Eccentric Energy post for June 2019 focuses on two of the ways that every human can contribute to generating electricity.
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Hot – and healthier – bodies
Using body heat as a source of energy – thermoelectric generation – works because there's usually a difference in temperature between our bodies and the air around us. If a person's wearing a thermoelectric generator (TEG), it can use this difference to create energy.
North Carolina State University researchers are prototyping a new TEG that's lighter and more comfortable to wear than earlier devices while generating more power. Although they've discovered that the best location for harvesting heat was the upper arm, the team has also incorporated the TEG into T-shirts.
One of the researchers' ambitions is to develop medical devices (e.g. health monitors) that rely upon the patient's own body heat rather than on batteries. This is because the former offers a continuous source of electricity while the latter can malfunction or lose power over time.
Static moving forward
If you've ever received a small electric shock from furniture, clothing or even other people, you've experienced the triboelectric effect.
Now, the nanoscience research group at the Georgia Institute of Technology have create a stretchy, wearable device that uses this effect and human movement to generate power. Although this skin-like triboelectric nanogenerator (STENG) only generates a few watts of power per square metre at present, the scientists are optimistic about applying the principle.
That's because the triboelectric effect is universal and can apply to any two materials, including papers, silk, fibres and wood – although polymers tend to be the best. This spectrum of choice means that developers could, for example, use STENG within carpet or curtain fabric as part of a home or office security system.
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Founded by a pair of Caltech PhD chemists in 2011, MATRIX Industries is also exploring the power of thermoelectric generation – under the strapline "the people who make heat cool".
One of the team's hippest developments is the PowerWatch, a rugged-looking sports-oriented device that's powered from the heat generated by your wrist. A newer version, PowerWatch2, also has the capacity to draw power from the sun's rays and includes a power meter to record the energy the wearer produces. It also picks up the wrist's pulse and monitors time spent and calories consumed – as well as having GPS mapping – to allow users to track and compare their performances.
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Soon after actor Sunny Deol joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, speculations were rife that the party is likely to field him from either Gurdaspur or Chandigarh in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
And needless to say, there were many memes doing the rounds of social media. From taking his famous Bollywood dialogues to making GIFs from his iconic movies, Twitter users lost no time in appropriating Deol's movie scenes.
While everyone waits (or, maybe not) for the announcement of Deol's candidature, here are the tweets you need to see:
One of the most famous dialogues of Deol is 'Tareekh Pe Tareekh' from Damini, and ′Yeh dhai kilo ka haath jab kisipe padtha hai na, toh aadmin ut-tha nahi uthh jaata hai'.
Now that Urmila Matondkar is also contesting the Lok Sabha polls on a Congress ticket, this Twitter user is only "expecting Bobby Deol to join AAP any moment now".


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The final day results of the World Cup Series in France were exciting indeed for the fans to watch.
Though the final day was overcast and cloudy, it did not dampen the spirits of the final competitors. Pavlos Kontides from CYP was in the middle of the limelight as he was up for the gold position again in the Laser Medal Race. For his fans, it was a déjà vu experience of what they had witnessed in the finals of the World Cup held in Melbourne in 2016. At that time he battled with Matt Wearn of Australia for the gold while in the Hyeres event he was found battling it out with Marrai for the final position. The race was a close one and both Marrai and Kontides finishes with 63 points due to which the Medal race on the final day had to be a close and conclusive one.
The other exciting performances came from Tom Burton, who already the fame of Rio Olympics had tagged to him. The Laser Radial category for women saw Evi van Acker from Belgium hold onto her leading position.
Though she was assured of silver, she targeted gold and that is what she won at the end. There were several of whom the wins came for the first time like Alican Kaynar from Turkey. Having competed and won gold he stated that it definitely boosted his confidence and makes him look forward to the coming competitions like the European championship coming up in a week. Other notable names were that of Nicholas Heiner of NED who put in consistent performance through the week. Though the Medal races saw him finish in the ninth position he did end up with silver as a result. Others who secured gold in the final day were Will Ryan and Mat Belcher of Australia.


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Aloha all,
Sorry to add this after the fact. I know, I know, it's like the local news showing all the great things you missed out on today, instead of telling you ahead of the event.
This engaging and informative training was developed by Same Small Boat Productions, LLC, Global Rights Reserved. Written, Directed, and Produced by: Lynn B. Wilson, PhD, Sharon Taba, MEd. You can see their video, aimed at those who work with children 0-3 and their families, over on YouTube. Promoting Positive Attachment Video
Those attending included providers from PATCH, PACT, Care Hawaii, Child & Family Services and programs from around the state. What was delightful and unusual about the training was how the answers were drawn out of the participants–the people who were there to learn. It felt very empowering.
Many aspects of "PPD"came up, along side positive attachment and lack thereof. As more and more poster-sized papers were attached to the wall–with more and more descriptions of what one might see in a parent with "PPD"–the queasier my stomach felt. My co-speaker/PPD survivor and I would go on next, to talk about our own experiences. MY perception was of needing to clear away cobwebs before anyone could see us. –two individuals who experienced some aspects of some of the things people brought up. I find my reaction weird, as I normally easily volunteer my story, symptoms, my perceived causes, treatment…
I never felt tv-commercial-depressed, with that down and worn out kind of energy. I was super anxious and had little ability to sleep. My co-speaker and I both had "going to sleep anxiety" after a bit–because our sleep had been so disrupted, attempting to go to sleep tonight brought back last night's unsuccessful attempt. The night before's attempt. It was like sleep PTSD…post traumatic sleeplessness disturbance.
I didn't cry much. Didn't feel sad. I just worried. As the sleep deprivation continued, I tried to control stuff. Until my postpartum anxiety, I consider myself very competent. Instead, I became an extreme worrier, considering all the "what ifs" any new parent can imagine. The scary thoughts known as PPD w/ocd.
To hear from other parents about their experiences, check out the Postpartum Support International video, Healthy Mom, Happy Family. The Fathers Respond video comes on after the moms, and they share what it's like to support someone through this challenging period. The moms' experiences reflect mine to various degrees, and they each "ring true" from what I have heard from moms over the past 11 years, talking/replying with over a thousand moms personally.
Their experiences are well represented, as is mine, on a terrific graphic from the Pacific Post Partum Support Society, in Vancouver, BC. Titled A Multidimensional Explanation of Postpartum Depression, it was eagerly devoured at one of the recent PPD Support HI support group meetings. The parents felt the graphic captured their experiences accurately. The general categories included:
- general losses or changes
- physiological
- psychodynamic
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Under those six general categories there are 30 possibilities. A couple I see/hear frequently are having very high standards for oneself and/or some degree of perfectionism. <waves hand> Beyond those, there is a broad net cast as to "why" someone might develop a prenatal or postpartum mood challenge. While the list of 30 possibilities is not comprehensive, it's the best I've seen. It feels like it came up from a group of survivors.
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DALLAS, TX--(Marketwired - March 04, 2016) - Pinnacle, one of the nation's leading multifamily management firms, announced today that Monni Warren joined the company as a Dallas-based regional property manager. A top performer in the industry, she is initially assigned to handle the operational oversight of 1,400 apartment homes within three garden-style communities and one high-rise asset in the metro area. Warren joins the growing team of professionals reporting to Toni Rials, regional vice president presiding over Pinnacle's Texas and Arkansas regions.
"Monni will be instrumental in improving the performance of her assets for our clients and in capitalizing on new business for our Dallas/Fort Worth communities," said Rials. "She brings diverse experience with both lease-ups and value-add properties, which is a bonus for the team."
For over 15 years, Warren has worked with some of the top firms in the industry, including Greystar and AMLI Residential. She comes to Pinnacle from Alliance Residential where she was employed for the past nine years as a senior business manager. There, she took lease-ups to stabilization during the downturn of the economy and produced a significant increase in rent growth while repositioning other assets. Warren consistently exceeded budgeted NOI and surpassed budgeted occupancies within her portfolio. Throughout, she maintained a focus on training and effectively building her team.
At Alliance, Warren earned some of the firm's top awards, including the Iron Woman Award, Helping Hand Award, Top NOI Quarter over Quarter - Top 10, National Award, and Best-in-Class Award.
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Pinnacle Property Management Services, LLC, ("Pinnacle") is a privately held national real estate provider specializing in third party management of multifamily residential communities. As one of the nation's preferred property managers, Pinnacle's portfolio includes nearly 135,000 residential units and 2 million square feet of commercial assets. With the Corporate headquarters located in Dallas, Texas, Pinnacle has 3,000 employees located in 35 states and 25 major metropolitan areas. For more information, visit www.pinnacleliving.com.
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Why it's important to let go of our old (outdated) definition of success, so we can open ourselves to new possibilities.
When I was a kid I wanted to be an attorney. Actually I wanted to work hard for the general good and I thought being an attorney was the way to do that. Growing up in the shadow of Watergate will do that to a kid. My family was filled with teachers so my declaration was not well understood.
Although they did not know how to deal with my goals they were supportive.
I moved forward in my career with dogged determination. I advanced quickly in labor relations and human resources.
I had an image in my head of what defined success – recognition, rewards, the accoutrements of folks at my level.
Yet something was missing. I did not get pleasure from those rewards. I needed to throw off the old ideas I committed to so many years ago about what my life would be. It was hard and really scary. But business is good since I left go of my original impressions of what I thought I wanted for my life.
Recently my daughter and sister encountered the opportunity to redefine their paths. My sister Martha had several careers as a teacher (remember it is the family business!). When she did not get tenure as a professor she had to reinvent herself. The process has been difficult and really scary. I mean REALLY scary. But over the last year she has found another way of utilizing her skills and strengths that seems to allow her to express herself and earn a living.
My daughter Marissa had been a political operative working all over the US in political campaigns and most recently in Washington DC for a consulting firm. She decided to change careers. Her path takes her to get her MBA in St. Louis this summer. She left her position a few weeks ago. This decision was difficult and really scary. But since she left she has had three consulting gigs that will provide earnings between now and when school starts in July and maybe while she is in school.
What is happening here? Perhaps letting go of our old definitions of ourselves opens us up to new opportunities we could never imagine before. It feels like magic. Something special is happening here! I have seen it happen with clients too.
In his article, "Letting Go for the Life You Want", Hale Dwoskin shares that letting go of our emotions can free us up from long standing problems and challenges, melting stress and opening us up for new opportunities. He suggests letting go is an invitation to the possibilities that life has to offer.
The minute Martha and Marissa let go of their previous definitions of success they opened up possibilities they never imagined. Magic!


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The genetics of androgenetic alopecia are not fully understood. At one time it was believed this condition could be inherited solely from the maternal grandfather. More recent evidence contradicts this notion, however, showing strong support for father-to-son transmission in many cases. A number of genes have been identified as having a potential link to the disorder, including certain variants (polymorphisms) of the androgen receptor gene. No single genetic variant alone has yet been able to explain all cases of androgenetic alopecia, however. AGA is now believed to involve several genes (polygenic). The way these genes combine, and the level of androgens in the scalp, may ultimately work together to control the onset and severity of androgenetic alopecia. Estrogen is also known to lengthen the anagen phase, and the pathogenesis of this condition may ultimately involve genes that alter both androgen and estrogen activity.
Treatment for androgenetic alopecia in men usually involves topical minoxidil and oral finasteride, a 5-alpha reductase enzyme inhibitor. Women are typically prescribed antiandrogens and estrogen/progestin drugs. The focus in both cases is on reducing relative androgenic action in the scalp, which may (at least temporarily) stall the condition. With this in mind, many steroid users concerned with hair loss will tailor their drug intake to minimize unnecessary androgenic activity. This usually involves moderate dosing and the careful selection of drugs with high anabolic-to-androgenic ratios, such as oxandrolone, methenolone, or nandrolone. Alternatively, some may choose to use injectable testosterone esters combined with finasteride to reduce scalp DHT conversion. These strategies are met with varying degrees of success.
There has been no study on the role of genetics in baldness linked to steroid abuse. Anecdotally, individuals with existing visible androgenetic alopecia appear to be those most susceptible to the effects of anabolic/androgenic steroids on the scalp. For many of these people, the loss of hair appears significantly accelerated when taking these drugs. On the other hand, this side effect is generally a much less significant issue with individuals that have not noticed thinning beforehand. Many go on to abuse steroids for years without any visible effect at all, making it clear that there is more to this disorder than local androgen levels. It is well understood that androgens play a role in the progression of androgenetic alopecia for those genetically prone. Steroid use can, therefore, coincide with the first noticeable onset of this condition. It is unknown, however, if anabolic/androgenic steroid abuse can cause baldness in an individual that does not carry any genetic susceptibility.
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Managing a heterogeneous storage environment means juggling a hodgepodge of vendor-specific tools. Some vendors are working toward a consolidated management console, but standards are needed for single-pane storage management to become a reality.
A single console to manage heterogeneous storage is the Holy Grail of storage management for many users, but not all vendors share this vision.
It's not news that SANs have quickly grown in size, complexity and heterogeneity, and that they've become increasingly difficult to manage. A SAN serving a company with more than 10,000 employees has an average of 317 storage devices, according to IDC. Managing a large SAN from a single pane of glass--one consolidated console--would be a godsend.
Although the prospect of consolidated management isn't likely to become a reality soon, the challenges of supporting heterogeneous storage include the following:
- A rapidly expanding, immature industry with many competing technologies
- The rise of iSCSI and the emergence of new storage protocols and disk technologies
- Various approaches for storage file systems and storage virtualization
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The storage software market was traditionally separated into SRM, which deals with host-based issues such as capacity planning and file reporting, and SAN management, which focused on managing the storage infrastructure (see "Heterogeneous storage management suites" PDF). Discovery of storage components, health and performance monitoring, and reporting along the full data path from the file system, host bus adapter and SAN switch down to the array, LUN and physical spindle are requisites for a storage management suite to provide a detailed view of the entire storage landscape.
Configuration management of storage components and the ability to provision storage--from LUN creation and zoning to the presentation of storage to a host--should also be among any storage management application's capabilities. Newer features, such as the ability to model changes and the visualization of the complete data path, are also turning up in storage management suites.
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Babu Kudaravalli,
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Business: National Medical Health Card Systems Inc., Port Washington, NY
Storage environment: 85TB of storage comprising Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co.'s StorageWorks XP1024, HP StorageWorks EVA8000, HP MSA1500, IBM Corp. DAS (10% of total storage), and Cisco Systems Inc.'s MDS 9509 and 9506 switches
Storage management application: HP Storage Essentials. Kudaravalli currently uses Storage Essentials for reporting and monitoring. He plans to phase in more advanced features over time and will eventually manage all storage aspects using HP Storage Essentials.
Primary driver for deploying a storage management suite: The company quadrupled in the past four years, but Kudaravalli's team grew by only 10%. His team can be more efficient by having a single storage management application to manage all storage devices with HP's Storage Essentials.
Assessment: He finds the product very powerful but complex.
Recommendations: Kudaravalli recommends a trial period or proof of concept prior to purchasing a suite to ensure that the storage management application fits into the environment and supports all storage management needs. Furthermore, proper training is crucial for a successful project and adoption.
Vendor product support
Vendors that offer products in addition to a storage management suite have an advantage with customers using some of their other products. In addition to the existing customer vendor relationship benefit, most companies try to limit the number of vendors they use. For example, this gives Symantec Corp. a leg up with customers that already own its Veritas backup products because the products are tightly integrated. Similarly, Computer Associates (CA) International Inc.'s close integration of BrightStor with its Unicenter system management suite and ARCserve backup application, gives BrightStor an advantage in companies already using Unicenter or ARCserve. Storage management applications from EMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co. and IBM Corp. favor those vendors' own products. For example, IBM's TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC) for Replication currently supports only IBM storage and does performance reporting on IBM's SAN Volume Controller virtualization product only; similarly, EMC's ControlCenter can only discover, map and monitor its own Invista storage virtualization product.
Companies like CreekPath Systems don't have this leverage and have been struggling to compete against major storage vendors. As a result, CreekPath is in the process of rebranding itself as a "storage business analytics vendor" with a focus on storage analysis and trending. AppIQ Inc., on the other hand, was among the best for heterogeneous storage support and was acquired by HP. The AppIQ product is now sold as HP Storage Essentials. AdventNet Inc. took a different path by focusing on usability and affordability, and limiting its suite to discovery, monitoring and reporting of heterogeneous devices targeting the small- to medium-sized market.
Today's storage management applications are far from being truly heterogeneous because they work with only a limited number of devices and protocols, requiring users to look closely at qualification matrices when shopping for a storage management application. Furthermore, customers should insist on a trial period to ensure that the storage management application fits into their environment and supports all storage management needs, recommends Babu Kudaravalli, director of enterprise systems at National Medical Health Card Systems Inc. in Port Washington, NY (see "From the field").
Slow standards adoption
As with many fast evolving industries, little attention has been paid to standards, resulting in a flood of proprietary implementations. Only in the past few years has the storage industry worked together under the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) umbrella to create the Storage Management Initiative (SMI) to develop and standardize interoperable storage management technologies. But it takes time for a standard to evolve. "[The Storage Management Initiative Specification] SMI-S 1.0 was focused around discovery and basic management, but the latest version, SMI-S 1.1 ... goes beyond the basics, allowing a higher order of control," says Denis Kennelly, vice president of storage management product strategy at EMC.
In addition to slowly evolving standards, the adoption of existing standards has been hampered by incomplete implementations of SMI-S and vendors trying to protect their turfs. "One problem with SMI-S is that it can be implemented differently, and some vendors have opted for not implementing all features," says Eric Pitcher, CA's vice president of BrightStor product management.
To add insult to injury, "proprietary implementations protect vendors' investments and margins, and therefore prevent some vendors from truly supporting standards, and only supporting standards to the extent that it won't hurt them from a marketing perspective," says Brian Babineau, an analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), Milford, MA.
That's why a single application can't manage the myriad storage devices and protocols in existence today. "Storage management deals with a huge number of variables," says David Russell, research director at Gartner Inc. "A large number of vendors, devices, applications and APIs make it a very complex problem that increases exponentially in complexity with the number of combinations."
To overcome the limitations of today's standards, vendors have added proprietary support for mainstream storage devices to their suites in addition to standards-based management. By supporting standards such as SMI-S, CIM and SNMP, their management applications can manage any device adhering to these standards; however, the hooks into these devices may not be very deep. Therefore, they also support leading storage devices from vendors like Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., EMC, Emulex Corp., HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, McData Corp., Network Appliance (NetApp) Inc. and QLogic Corp. by turning to proprietary APIs and CLI commands when standards fall short. The latter method allows the management application to manage some leading storage devices at a much deeper level than by just using the present standards.
Storage management vendors are very selective when adding proprietary support for storage devices. "Proprietary device support requires testing whenever a vendor releases new firmware and software versions. Each time we release a new version of CommandCentral, we need to ensure that it works with all devices we support," says Symantec's Danny Milrad, senior product marketing manager for CommandCentral Storage. "It's very expensive and it gets more complex the more devices we support outside of standards."
"Instead of looking at heterogeneous storage management from a single pane-of-glass perspective, a better way to look at it today is from a user's pane-of-glass angle," notes Russell. It's all about the 80/20 rule: "Storage managers need to choose the tool that best matches their priorities and select a storage management suite that takes care of the top 80% of their needs," he adds. Obviously, standards are always lagging behind new technologies; as long as storage technologies evolve as rapidly as they have in the past 10 years, a heterogeneous storage management nirvana can only be approximated.
|The Aperi initiative
Last October, IBM Corp. led a consortium of storage vendors, including Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., Engenio Information Technologies Inc., Fujitsu, McData Corp., Network Appliance Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc., in announcing Aperi, an open-source community that plans to develop an open-standards-based storage management platform. If Aperi succeeds in its objective--and there's plenty of debate on whether it can--storage management vendors will be able to focus on developing higher level storage management applications that support heterogeneous storage, rather than constantly re-implementing basic storage plumbing. While SNIA's Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) provides a specification, Aperi will provide a reference implementation. The hope of Aperi's participating companies is that Aperi will accelerate the adoption of SMI-S, and storage management vendors will run their apps on top of Aperi.
But several big storage companies--EMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Symantec Corp.--are missing from the Aperi consortium list. "For the Aperi open-source initiative to gain widespread involvement and success, operating system support beyond Linux [and] a clearly defined certification process, a vendor-independent management body like SNIA and participation of other large vendors is crucial," says Laura DuBois, IDC's research director, storage software.
Heterogeneous storage management trends
Storage management vendors have been struggling to differentiate their suites from competitors and convince customers to spend money--in some cases more than $1 million--on an application that in many ways aggregates tasks otherwise performed by free tools that come with the various storage devices. To differentiate their products, storage management suite vendors are starting to move away from being just technical plumbing tools.
Mark Davis, CreekPath's president and chief executive officer, says his company is going to "stop building software that manages hardware and start building applications that provide true business value." In the next version of its suite, due in the first half of this year, CreekPath will add business analytics to its application that will help businesses better plan and forecast their storage needs. CA's BrightStor Storage Command Center, which is one of the BrightStor r11.5 components, provides similar capabilities.
In addition to closer business alignment, storage management suites are adding more advanced features, such as easier SAN management for tasks like storage provisioning and event correlation capabilities to identify problems. Wizard-based provisioning and event correlation in EMC SAN Advisor and HP Storage Essentials are examples of this trend. The Aperi reference platform (see "The Aperi initiative"), spearheaded by IBM and supported by other storage vendors, is focused on commoditizing and unifying basic element management. "Vendors shouldn't spend their time re-implementing the low-level plumbing, but should focus on higher level management like automation and ILM [information lifecycle management]," says Jamie Gruener, storage marketing manager, IBM Tivoli.
The ultimate storage management objective is the ability to react to storage events such as volumes running low on capacity or error conditions without human interaction. Although we find policy-based provisioning and process automation in Symantec's CommandCentral and EMC ControlCenter in the form of its automated resource management (ARM), ESG's Babineau believes most customers aren't ready for fully automated storage management. "In 2006, modeling will be big. Being able to model additions and changes to your storage environment but apply them manually is one step prior to full automation, for which the storage community is not ready yet," concludes Babineau.
As storage, server and network management grow closer, storage management suite vendors are extending their applications beyond storage management toward complete infrastructure management, including server and network management. For example, HP added storage management capabilities to the 5.0 release of Systems Insight Manager (SIM). Furthermore, HP's Storage Essentials and SIM are closely linked by a common security model, database of objects, as well as common monitoring and event handling. "As far as HP OpenView network management is concerned, it will stay separate for now," says Rich Escott, director, storage resource management software at HP. "Although there are interfaces between OpenView and SIM/Storage Essentials."
Along the same lines, IBM will couple storage and server management over time. EMC, on the other hand, will add network management features to ControlCenter by integrating the recently acquired SMARTS technology into ControlCenter by the end of 2006 to foster EMC's current focus on disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity. "For DR and business continuity, IP network management that's able to manage the network of connected sites is crucial," says EMC's Kennelly.
Although storage management vendors want their suites to be the center of the storage universe, managing heterogeneous storage components from a single console is only possible to a very limited extent today. For storage environments that have standardized on Fibre Channel using a minuscule number of storage elements from major storage vendors, single pane-of-glass management is well in reach. Beyond that, single pane-of-glass storage management of very heterogeneous environments is a fiction and will require storage management standards to mature before it can become a reality.


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Few people are aware that architect and designer Le Corbusier, known for his tubular metal furniture, also dabbled in wood, designing some pieces in oak and walnut in the 1950s. Now the Italian company Cassina has secured the rights to reproduce the line, Authentic Wood. WPA Chicago will introduce the work in this country, with pieces arriving around July 1. Prices will be discounted until July 21, when there's an event (5:30 to 8 p.m.) celebrating the line. WPA, 314 W. Superior St., 312-335-3855, wpachicago.com
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Fairfield Coroner Barkley Ramsey says 34 year old Michael Shane Bledsoe's body was recovered from Lake Monticello in Fairfield County at around 11:15 Tuesday morning. Recovery teams returned to the lake for the fourth to look for Bledsoe's body. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Family, friends and rescue workers are looking to recover the body of a Union County man Monday, who was reported missing on Lake Monticello.
Fairfield County Coroner Barkley Ramsey says cadaver dogs are being brought in from Charleston to assist in the search.
The man was fishing with friends at 6:30pm Saturday when he jumped off their boat into the water to cool off. Witnesses say the man went under the water and never resurfaced.
His name has not been released, but we're told he is from Union County. There was a search Saturday night that ended at 9:30pm.
Crews from Union, Fairfield and Prosperity searched the area - along with the Department of Natural Resources - for ten hours Sunday before stopping.
The coroner says the effort is in recovery mode now and will continue Tuesday.
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About the project: While this anthology is centered on "bio"-women performing gay male drag (the faux queen) it also encompasses all the diverse women who are performing drag: faux queens, bio queens, femme dragsters, high femme drag, burlesque performers, transgender women, and many others. While we have been in the drag community for quite some time, we are only just now beginning to emerge, impact, and fashion our spaces in discourses of drag, gender performance/identity, and queer consciousness. The faux queen anthology will engage with all aspects of women performing drag and highlight our diverse voices and our unique experiences within it: our personal definitions, our relationships (or lack-off) with drag queens, our lived and/or academic theories, our immaculate drag persona's, and our insatiable need to be surrounded in excess and all things rhinestone and sparkly. As well as touching upon the not-so-glamorous side by considering questions pivotal to the faux and drag community: is there something deeper that we as bio women need to understand before we proclaim, "I want to be a drag queen" and/or claim our place in drag? What does our emergence in the world of drag mean for the drag queen? Are drag queens mimicking women or performing something else entirely? Is it necessary to be a lesbian and/or queer in order to perform drag? Is there a difference between transwomen performing drag and a "bio"-female's performance of drag? Our goal is that this anthology ignites a dialogue that bridges us to one another, introduces us into discourses of gender performativity and gender identity, and ultimately deepens our connection to the fabulously flawless world of drag.
Who: We are looking for faux queens and women performers of drag including, but not limited to: bio-queens, female-female impersonators, high femme dragsters, burlesque, and transgender women. If you are a female performing as a drag queen or in "woman" drag, we want to hear from you!
What we are looking for: Everything!! From personal experiences/stories to academic theories of female performances of drag to those lived theories that you as individuals live day in and day out—anything that has impacted you in the world of drag. Some ideas could be:
- Personal stories and essays on why/how you came to drag
- Why you chose (or not) to identify as a faux queen
- Why you chose the identifier that you did to describe your performance of drag
- What does drag mean to you? How would you define the drag that you do?
- Poetry
- What does being a faux queen mean to you?
- How have you been perceived by the drag community? Do the drag queens in your area embrace what you do?
- Your experiences in the drag community
- Some of the reactions to your performances
- Funny stories: the craziest thing that's happen to you on/off stage
- Favorite performances
- Is there a difference between burlesque drag and drag queen drag?
- Is faux queen more than a performance for you, i.e., do you have to perform as a faux queen in order to identify as one?
- Who are your favorite queens? Biggest influences?
- Tips for those new to the world of the drag. To the world of the faux. Best advice?
- Has your acceptance within the drag community changed as a transwoman?
- Can/is the desire to be a drag queen for the "bio"-female a transgender space? Why or why not?
- The first time you heard, read, or saw the term faux queen used
- Do you have a drag mother? If so, how did that relationship come about?
These are all just ideas to get your creative drag juices flowing! Please don't limit yourselves with this list! We want your experiences, your creativity, and your words. We would also love pictures of your performances, your drag mother, your first time in drag . . . send it all! (But please don't forget to include your name—drag or real—and some detail about the pictures.) Please forward this call for submissions to any and every one you think would be interested.
Anthology information: Publication date will be 2013 with a to-be-determined publisher. We will keep you posted on the project status.
Submission Guidelines: Open until closed. Please include a short bio of yourself along with any pictures and/or any other fun stuff your drag heart desires! .
For inquiries: send any questions, comments, and/or ideas to
For submissions: e-mail your submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com or mail them to The Faux Queen Anthology, PO Box 195212, Dallas, TX 75219
Website: www.fauxqueens.com
This blog is no longer updated. Please instead visit Writers For Diversity for new opportunities for women/ LGBT writers and writers of color. Thank you.


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Dune Shacks of Provincetown: Photographs by Jane Paradise
On the wild back shore of Provincetown, Massachusetts, writers, artists, and families made summer homes in the early 1900's. Affectionately called the dune shacks, some were originally life-saving huts constructed in the late 1890's but most were built in the 1920's and 1930's out of debris and ship wrecked ruins.
A cluster of these original shacks exist today – some restored, some bandaged, some dilapidated – all loved. Each shack is unique with it's own personality and it's own name.


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4 things that will piss off your developer
No matter what kind of company you're running today, the use of technology is inevitable. You're either using some kind of technology product or service to run your business. Furthermore, as your business scales, the requirement to build your technology becomes more and more pressing.
Enter the awesome developer. The answer to all of your scaling problem. The wizard who can will your ideas into working products.
Every company needs this kind of developers. But developers, at the end of the day, are people. They're people with emotions and they too have limits. You often hear of companies with high attrition rates. Yes, a large part of it could be the availability of another offer. But a lot of times, developers leave companies because they are angry.
They could be angry about a host of things, from the way the company is run, to the way they're treated or because of their insensitive boss barking meaningless orders at them. Having worked with some of the brightest developers from the world, we've compiled a list of four things that will piss off your developers –
Restricting Rules
Given that we're talking about good developers who are passionate about the work that they do, and are really good at what they do, restricting rules are a definite no-no. Developers thrive on freedom and like working on their terms. Of course, there are rules and regulations that every developer adheres to, but if it gets in the way of their creativity, or their need to experiment, you're pissing your developer off.
The best retention strategy for a developer is providing them with an environment of freedom. Of course, there are constraints set by the nature of the business that you're running, but within them, you've got to give your best developers as much time as possible. Most developers are productive in spurts and some of their best work comes in short periods of time and they appreciate the freedom to work like that.
Expectation without consultation
The non-techies in an organisation look up to a developer as a magician who can will things into reality. However, as game changing as these ideas can be, non-techies often overlook the intricate details of building such a product. And often, these intricate details would actually make bringing the idea to reality a really difficult task. And if you don't consult a developer about an idea's feasibility and expect the job to be completed, you can sure well expect a pissed off the developer.
Most good developers have the uncanny ability to explain complex concepts in layman terms. Before seriously pursuing a development project, it might be a good idea to talk to your developer; be absolutely sure about what you want to build and see if it's possible in the first place, before committing developer hours to it. While this might seem quite obvious, you'd be surprised by the number of developers who actually have this complaint.
Insensitive leaders
This will piss off any good employee of a company. In the case of a good developer, the last thing you want to do is to put that person under an insensitive leader. This will weigh down on the developer and before you know it, your developer will be well on his way to another company.
Everyone needs good leaders to look up to; a leader who takes a subordinate's personal goals and aspirations into account. More companies should start factoring in attrition as a way to measure the performance of a leader. The number of employees complaining about their boss is very high and a good developer will be no different. The only way to avoid this is to make it a company mandate to get managers to understand the importance of being sensitive to their developers' personal needs and aspirations too.
Lack of a good peer group
This one is quite tough to avoid, especially if your company is not a technology company. A good developer wants to be surrounded by other developers. Birds of a feather flock together and developers yearn the same as well. Every developer wants an inner circle of colleagues who can understand their deep geek jokes. Every developer wants to see the same kind of excitement towards a technology problem in their peers' eyes as well.
If you're building a company that needs great developers to build, make sure you never compromise on the quality of the people you're hiring. Hire the absolute best and build a team of really good developers. Of course, an argument could be made that good developer are expensive, but the fact that one good developer is also as good as 10 average ones is also true. A good techie among a bunch of average ones might be good for the average ones, but the good one will leave for places that will give him/her a better peer group to work with. Never compromise on hiring.
If you're a developer, feel free to use the comments section to tell us what else pisses you off


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USCCB Migration Chairman Opposes Administration's Deportation Plans. Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, issued a statement on behalf of the Catholic bishops of the United States opposing the Administration's plans to round up and deport undocumented immigrants.
You Have Rights, Know Them! When you are approached by ICE or other law enforcement officers, it is important to know your rights. Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) has materials to help protect you and your family. Download and study the materials in a variety of languages before you need them.
Bishops Urge Administration to Increase Resettlement of Refugees. In the face of the biggest migratory crisis since World War II – 25 million refugees word-wide – the bishops of the United States are urging the United States to increase the number of refugees admissible to the country. The Presidential Determination for refugees has been set at an all-time low of 30,000 for the current fiscal year. For years, Catholic Charities Atlanta has successfully participated with the government in settling refugees in Georgia.
Housing Eligibility for Mixed Families. Justice for Immigrants is hosting a webinar next Thursday, June 27th on U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed Rulemaking which would restrict availability of housing for mixed families, that is, those where some members are lawfully present in the country and some who are not. Register for the webinar and find out more information here.
ICYMI – Learn More About Human Trafficking. The United States Department of State Council on Human Trafficking has released its 2019 annual report which is available for download here.


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Mark your calendar for the 8th Annual Summer Swing. This year the Knoxville Museum of Art plays host to everyone's favorite summer party.
Experience red-carpet photos on arrival, enjoy tunes from the amazing Frog & Toad's Dixie Quartet, feast on a sumptuous buffet while sipping on summer cocktails, beer, and wine.
Be adventurous with our cigar bar and whiskey tasting, And don't forget to vote for your favorite celebrity bartender.
Added excitement for this spectacular summer evening is a short, live auction featuring local art and special experiences.
Tickets are $125/person.
Purchase tickets here or send a check to Positively Living, 1501 E. Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917.
We are excited to share with you these great pieces of art generously donated to our live auction by these local artists. Which piece will you take home?


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Professional Cat Grooming and Its Benefits
Grooming is an integral part of the health and well being of cats. While other cat owners are satisfied in giving home care to their feline friends, taking them to professional groomers is still highly recommended. These experts have the right tools and equipment for pet grooming that is essential in the proper handling of cats. Grooming a cat professionally can solve many owner problems. This includes shedding, having dandruff, hairballs, dirty ears, scratching furniture, allergies, matting, sanitation cleanliness and many more.
Listed below are some examples of services grooming professionals offer and the reasons why these are beneficial for our cats:
- Bathing – helps to find out if your cat is infested with fleas and parasites
- Nail Trimming – helps prevent the nails from growing too long which is very uncomfortable and unhealthy for your cats. Overgrown nails can cause a tremendous amount of pain and distress. This should be done at least once a month to prevent them from being overgrown.
- Brushing – distributes natural oils that help maintain the skin and the health of the cat's coat, which in turn helps in lessening the chances of shedding. This will also be helpful in checking for abnormalities on the skin, as well as help lessen the chances of your cat's hair from getting tangled and matted
- Ear Cleaning – helps prevent wax, fluid, dirt, and debris build up in your cat's ears to lessen the chance of ear infections, ear mites or other possible ailments
The results of having your cat professionally groomed would really be very beneficial. More than the visual and physical benefits; it is a health benefit as well. A well-groomed cat can help in eliminating hairball and shedding issues, lessen allergies, improve their skin conditions, and eliminate ingrown nails and more.
There are plenty of advantages that come with getting your cats professionally groomed, and the benefits that come from keeping your fur baby healthy far outweigh the cost. Give your pur-fect cat the experience and benefits of professional grooming it deserves.


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We have a confirmed Marriott award reservation for China Hotel in Nov. Last week we got an email from the hotel stating that since they are leaving marriott after Oct 31, our award reservation would Marriott Reward Point will " no longer applicable as before in China Hotel, Guangzhou."
Our choices were:
"[ 1 ] Relocate your booking to the Four Points or Aloft in the city, or
[ 2 ] You choose to book another Marriott hotel in the city in your own arrangement."
Four Points is super fara way, and Aloft is sold out. So I called Marriott Rewards to see if they can accommodate us in a more central Marriott location (they would cost more points than China hotel, so cancelling and rebooking is not an option for me). After 2+hours on the phone with 4 different agents, I was finally told that it is Marriott's policy that China hotel has to honor our reservation. I asked the agent to email me a confirmation so I have something in my hand in case China hotel refuses to check us in, she agreed but never sent me an email.
IF we are being walked, would Marriott's ultimate reservation guarantee apply in this case? Which Category would appy to China hotel, A Marriott Hotel if this applies?


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