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Behind the scenes in SSIS, the data flow engine uses a buffer-oriented architecture to efficiently load and manipulate datasets in memory. The benefit of this in-memory processing is that you do not need to physically copy and stage data at each step of the data integration. Rather, the data flow engine manipulates data as it is transferred from source to destination.
So how many buffers does it create? How many rows fit into a single buffer? How does it impact performance?
The number of buffers created is dependent on how many rows fit into a buffer, and how many rows fit into a buffer depends on a few other factors. The first consideration is the estimated row size, which is the sum of the maximum sizes of all the columns from the incoming records. The second consideration is the DefaultBufferSize property of the data flow task. This property specifies the default maximum size of a buffer. The default value is 100MB and its upper and lower boundaries are constrained by two internal non configurable properties of SSIS which are MaxBufferSize (100MB) and MinBufferSize (64KB). It means the size of a buffer can be as small as 64KB and as large as 100MB. The third factor is DefaultBufferMaxRows which is again a property of the data flow task which specifies the default number of rows in a buffer. Its default value is 10,000.
Although SSIS does a good job in tuning for these properties in order to create an optimum number of buffers, if the size exceeds the DefaultBufferSize then it reduces the rows in the buffer. For better buffer performance you can do two things. First you can remove unwanted columns from the source and set the data type in each column appropriately, especially if your source is flat file. This will enable you to accommodate as many rows as possible in the buffer. Second, if your system has sufficient memory available, you can tune these properties to have a small number of large buffers, which could improve performance. Beware if you change the values of these properties to a point where page spooling begins, it adversely impacts performance. So before you set a value for these properties, first thoroughly test in your environment and set the values appropriately.
You can enable logging of the BufferSizeTuning event to learn how many rows a buffer contains and you can monitor the "Buffers spooled" performance counter to see if SSIS has begun page spooling.
More info:
Improving the Performance of the Data Flow
Integration Services: Performance Tuning Techniques
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When you monitor Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) operations, you may be concerned when you see topology change counters that increment in the statistics log. Topology changes are normal in STP. But, too many of them can have an impact on network performances. This document explains that the purpose of this topology is to:
Change the mechanism in per-VLAN spanning tree (PVST) and PVST+ environments.
Determine what triggers a topology change event.
Describe issues related to the topology change mechanism.
There are no specific requirements for this document.
This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
For more information on document conventions, refer to the Cisco Technical Tips Conventions.
Learning from the frames it receives, a bridge creates a table that associates to a port the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of the hosts that can be reached through this port. This table is used to forward frames directly to their destination port. Therefore, flooding is avoided.
Default aging time for this table is 300 seconds (five minutes). Only after a host has been silent for five minutes, its entry disappears from the table of the bridge. Here is an example that shows why you could want this aging to be faster:
In this network, assume that bridge B1 is blocking its link to B4. A and B are two stations that have an established connection. Traffic from A to B goes to B1, B2, B3, and then B4. The scheme shows the MAC addresses table learned by the four bridges in this situation:
Now, assume the link between B2 and B3 fails. Communication between A and B is interrupted at least until B1 puts its port to B4 in forwarding mode (a maximum of 50 seconds with default parameters). However, when A wants to send a frame to B, B1 still has an entry that leads to B2 and the packet is sent to a black hole. The same applies when B wants to reach A. Communication is lost for five minutes, until the entries for A and B MAC addresses age out.
The forwarding databases implemented by bridges are very efficient in a stable network. But, there are many situations where the five minute aging time is a problem after the topology of the network has changed. The topology change mechanism is a workaround for that kind of problem. As soon as a bridge detects a change in the topology of the network (a link that goes down or goes to forwarding), it advertises the event to the whole bridged network.
The Principle of Operation section explains how this is practically implemented. Every bridge is then notified and reduces the aging time to forward_delay (15 seconds by default) for a certain period of time (max_age + forward_delay). It is more beneficial to reduce the aging time instead of clearing the table because currently active hosts, that effectively transmit traffic, are not cleared from the table.
In this example, as soon as bridge B2 or B3 detects the link going down, it sends topology change notifications. All bridges become aware of the event and reduce their aging time to 15 seconds. As B1 does not receive any packet from B on its port leading to B2 in fifteen seconds, it ages out the entry for B on this port. The same happens to the entry for A on the port that leads to B3 on B4. Later when the link between B1 and B4 goes to forwarding, traffic is immediately flooded and re-learned on this link.
This section explains how a bridge advertises a topology change at the Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) level.
It has already been briefly explained when a bridge considers it detected a topology change. The exact definition is:
When a port that was forwarding is going down (blocking for instance).
When a port transitions to forwarding and the bridge has a designated port. (This means that the bridge is not standalone.)
The process to send a notification to all bridges in the network involves two steps:
The bridge notifies the root bridge of the spanning tree.
The root bridge "broadcasts" the information into the whole network.
In normal STP operation, a bridge keeps receiving configuration BPDUs from the root bridge on its root port. But, it never sends out a BPDU toward the root bridge. In order to achieve that, a special BPDU called the topology change notification (TCN) BPDU has been introduced. Therefore, when a bridge needs to signal a topology change, it starts to send TCNs on its root port. The designated bridge receives the TCN, acknowledges it, and generates another one for its own root port. The process continues until the TCN hits the root bridge.
The TCN is a very simple BPDU that contains absolutely no information that a bridge sends out every hello_time seconds (this is locally configured hello_time, not the hello_time specified in configuration BPDUs). The designated bridge acknowledges the TCN by immediately sending back a normal configuration BPDU with the topology change acknowledgement (TCA) bit set. The bridge that notifies the topology change does not stop sending its TCN until the designated bridge has acknowledged it. Therefore, the designated bridge answers the TCN even though it does not receive configuration BPDU from its root.
Once the root is aware that there has been a topology change event in the network, it starts to send out its configuration BPDUs with the topology change (TC) bit set. These BPDUs are relayed by every bridge in the network with this bit set. As a result all bridges become aware of the topology change situation and it can reduce its aging time to forward_delay. Bridges receive topology change BPDUs on both forwarding and blocking ports.
The TC bit is set by the root for a period of max_age + forward_delay seconds, which is 20+15=35 seconds by default.
Here are some of the problems that can be generated by TCN. It is followed by some information on how to limit topology changes and find from where they come .
The more hosts are in the network, the higher are the probabilities of getting a topology change. For instance, a directly attached host triggers a topology change when it is power cycled. In very large (and flat) networks, a point can be reached where the network is perpetually in a topology change status. This is as if the aging time is configured to fifteen seconds, which leads to a high level of flooding. Here is a worst case scenario that happened to a customer who was doing some server backup.
The aging out of the entry for the device that receives the backup was a disaster because it caused a very heavy traffic to hit all users. See the "Avoid TCN Generation with the portfast Command" section for more information on how to avoid TCN generation.
This case is more critical than the normal flooding of traffic implied by a quick aging. On the receipt of a topology change for a VLAN, a Catalyst switch has its LAN emulation (LANE) blades reconfirming their LE-arp table for the corresponding emulated LAN (ELAN). As every LANE blade in the ELAN issues at the same time the same request, it may put a high stress on the LAN Emulation Server (LES) if there are a lot of entries to reconfirm. Connectivity issues have been seen in this scenario. If the network is sensitive to a topology change, the real problem is not the topology change itself but the design of the network. It is recommended that you limit as much as possible the TCN generation to save the CPU of the LES (at least). See the "Avoid TCN Generation with the portfast Command" section for more information on how to limit TCN generation.
The portfast feature is a Cisco proprietary change in the STP implementation. The command is applied to specific ports and has two effects:
Ports that come up are put directly in the forwarding STP mode, instead of going through the learning and listening process. The STP still runs on ports with portfast.
The switch never generates a TCN when a port configured for portfast goes up or down.
Enable portfast on ports where the connected hosts are very likely to bring their link up and down (typically end stations that users frequently power cycle). This feature should not be necessary for server ports. It should definitely be avoided on ports that lead to hubs or other bridges. A port that directly transitions to forwarding state on a redundant link can cause temporary bridging loops.
Topology changes can be useful, so do not enable portfast on a port for which a link that goes up or down is a significant event for the network.
In itself, a topology change notification is not a bad thing, but as a good network administrator, it is better to know their origin in order to be sure that they are not related to a real problem. Identifying the bridge that issued the topology change is not an easy task. However, it is not technically complex.
Most bridges only count the number of TCNs they have issued or received. The Catalyst 4500/4000, 5500/5000, and 6500/6000 are able to show the port and the ID of the bridge that sent the last topology change they received. Starting from the root, it is then possible to go downstream to the initiator bridge. Refer to the show spantree statistics command for more information.
An important point to consider here is that a TCN does not start a STP recalculation. This fear comes from the fact that TCNs are often associated with unstable STP environments; TCNs are a consequence of this, not a cause. The TCN only has an impact on the aging time. It does not change the topology nor create a loop.
The number or the rate of topology changes is not an issue in itself. The problem is to know what the topology change means. A healthy network can experience a high rate of topology change. But, a topology change should ideally be related to a significant event in the network like a server that goes up or down or a link that transitions. This is achieved by enabling portfast on ports that go up and down as part of their normal operation.


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SQLAlchemy is a database library by Michael Bayer. It can be used as an ORM in TurboGears, just like SQLObject. It has some advantages over SQLObject, particularly composite keys and query efficiency. There are disadvantages too; a full comparison is in SQLObject vs SQLAlchemy.
In TurboGears 1.0, SQLObject is the default. SQLAlchemy can be used and support is solid, especially in 1.0.4 and newer. In TurboGears 1.1, SQLAlchemy is the default, and SQLObject is still supported. SQLAlchemy is recommended for new TurboGears projects. If you're converting an existing SQLObject project to SQLALchemy, see the notes at the end.
One thing to be aware of is that SA has just had a significant new release. SA 0.4 has some backwards-incompatible changes with SA 0.3. This document will focus on the SA 0.4 approach. You can check the version installed by issuing "import sqlalchemy; sqlalchemy.__version__". TurboGears 1.0.4 and newer supports both SA 0.4 and 0.3 (requiring at least 0.3.10). Older versions only support SA 0.3. There are notes about migrating existing 0.3 applications to 0.4, at the end of the document.
What works:
What doesn't work:
There are two main ways to define the model:
Plain SQLAlchemy is recommend for new projects, as it offers the full power of SQLAlchemy. Elixir often results in shorter code, however some advanced functionality can't be achieved (e.g. mapping objects to select statements, rather than tables). Elixir is recommended for users experienced with SQLAlchemy, who understand the complexity/functionality trade-off made when using it.
SQLAlchemy is automatically installed with TurboGears 1.1. For 1.0 users, you can grab the most recent release via the cheeseshop:
easy_install SQLAlchemy
You can also get it via the SQLAlchemy download page. The SqlAlchemy documentation is quite thorough.
The simplest way to get started using SQLAlchemy is to quickstart a new project with either the --sqlalchemy or --elixir switch:
tg-admin quickstart --sqlalchemy / --elixir
(Or more briefly: tg-admin quickstart -s / -e)
This switch sets up your model.py properly for using SQLAlchemy. If you said yes to the identity prompt, you'll get the identity tables as either plain SQLAlchemy or Elixir.
Now change the value of sqlalchemy.dburi to point to a valid database connection. During development, this is in dev.cfg.
To init the database schema you need to run:
tg-admin sql create
Use turbogears.database.mapper as the mapper:
from turbogears.database import metadata, mapper
from sqlalchemy import Table, Column, Integer
mytable = Table('mytable', metadata,
Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True))
class MyTable(object):
mapper(MyTable, mytable)
The mapper function from turbogears.database is identical with SQLAlchemy's contextual mapper() if you use SQLAlchemy >= 0.4, and something similar if you use SQLAlchemy < 0.4
For more information, see http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/04/session.html#unitofwork_contextual
In TurboGears <= 1.0.4b2, turbogears.database.mapper is not available; you must define it explicitly in one of the following ways:
# standard SQLAlchemy mapper
from sqlalchemy.orm import mapper
# contextual mapper (only for SQLAlchemy >= 0.4)
mapper = session.mapper
# assignmapper extension (deprecated)
from sqlalchemy.ext.assignmapper import assign_mapper
mapper = lambda *args, **kw: assign_mapper(session.context, *args, **kw)
There's a special way for the controller to access the session and data.
import turbogears as tg
from turbogears import controllers, expose, flash
from turbogears.database import session
from YOURPACKAGE import model
class Root(controllers.RootController):
def index(self):
data = {}
entries = []
data['entries'] = entries
myTable = model.MyTable()
session.save(myTable) # TurboGears handles session creation
for table in session.query(model.MyTable):
return data
# session is automatically closed for you
Then in the template you can have something like:
<span py:for="table_id in entries">${table_id}</span>
Don't use .all() in your queries. The only place where you need to use .all() is with MSSQL server 2000 which does not support offsets.
Elixir is a declarative layer on top of the SQLAlchemy library.
Using Elixir, you would define your model like that:
from elixir import Entity, Field, Unicode
class MyTable(Entity):
name = Field(Unicode(30))
In Elixir < 0.4, this new syntax is not available, you have to use the old syntax:
from elixir import Entity, has_field, Unicode
class MyTable(Entity):
has_field('name', Unicode(30))
The differences between Elixir 0.3 and 0.4 are explained here: http://elixir.ematia.de/trac/wiki/Migrate03to04
In future Elixir versions, you may need to create your mappings explicitly using:
For more information on Elixir, see the Elixir documentation.
The default dev.cfg files contains the following to configure SA logging. By default it will not log every SQL statement issued. This can be changed for debugging.:
# Set to INFO to make SQLAlchemy display SQL commands
While SQLObject uses formencode to perform Python to database conversions, SQLAlchemy performs conversions through defining its column datatypes. This section demonstrates how to use the SQLAlchemy column datatypes.
Below are two examples, one which converts a number representing the system timestamp to a Python datetime while the other converts IPv4 addresses between integer and octet notation. Keep in mind that convert_bind_param is to the database while convert_result_value is from the database.
Creating a TIMESTAMP column type:
import time
from datetime import datetime
class TIMESTAMP(Numeric):
# to the database
def convert_bind_param(self,value,engine):
return super(TIMESTAMP,self).convert_bind_param(time.mktime(value.timetuple()),engine)
# from the database
def convert_result_value(self,value,engine):
return datetime.fromtimestamp(super(TIMESTAMP,self).convert_result_value(value,engine))
Creating an IPV4 column type:
import struct
from socket import inet_aton, inet_ntoa, error as socket_error
class IPv4AddrTypeError(TypeError):
def __init__(self, addr):
self.addr = addr
def __str__(self):
return "Illegal IPv4 address '%s'" % self.addr
class IPV4(Numeric):
# to the database
def convert_bind_param(self,value,engine):
return super(IPV4,self).convert_bind_param(struct.unpack('!L',inet_aton(value))[0],engine)
except socket_error:
raise IPv4AddrTypeError(value)
# from the database
def convert_result_value(self,value,engine):
return inet_ntoa(struct.pack('!L',super(IPV4,self).convert_result_value(value,engine))
There are times when you want to load your table definitions from a preexisting database. SQLAlchemy makes it easy to do this via an argument to the Table creation function and the addition of one function call:
from turbogears.database import metadata, bind_meta_data # This function makes the metadata variable ready for us to use bind_meta_data() # Notice the autoload=True parameter. This tells SQLAlchemy # to load the table definition by introspecting the database MyTable = Table('mytable', metadata, autoload=True)
It is possible to specify parameters for create_engine in the configuration file (dev.cfg during development). The syntax looks like:
sqlalchemy.dburi = 'sqlite:///mydb'
sqlalchemy.pool_recycle = 30
In this example, pool_recycle=30 will be passed to create_engine. If multiple databases are used all create_engine calls get the same arguments.
If you are using a version of SQLAlchemy that is too old (or you did not install SQLAlchemy at all), you will receive the following error message:
Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method Server._start of <cherrypy._cpserver.Server object at 0x832ce0c>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".../site-packages/CherryPy....egg/cherrypy/_cpserver.py", line 78, in _start
File ".../site-packages/CherryPy....egg/cherrypy/_cpengine.py", line 108, in _start
File ".../site-packages/TurboGears....egg/turbogears/startup.py", line 227, in startTurboGears
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'bind_meta_data'
If this is the case, you should update to a newer version of SQLAlchemy.
Evan Rosson, as part of the Google Summer of Code 2006, was the original author of the Migrate project, which provides tools to enable controlled schema migration. Currently, migrate does not work with SQLAlchemy 0.4 but there is some work underway to revive this project.
The TurboGears database module provides the following:
With TG 1.1, multiple databases are fully supported. Multiple DBURIs can be specified in the configuration. With TG 1.0 it is possible to use multiple databases, although secondary databases must have their connection details embedded in the code.
The configuration file (dev.cfg during development) could look like:
sqlalchemy.dburi = 'mysql://maindb/myapp'
sales.dburi = 'oracle://extserver/oldapp'
To define tables in these databases using plain SA, code would look like:
from turbogears.database import get_metadata
mytbl = Table('mytbl', get_metadata(), # Creates in main db
tbl2 = Table('tbl2', get_metadata('sales'), # Creates in sales db
The equivalent TG 1.0 code would be:
from turbogears.database import metadata
sales_metadata = MetaData('oracle://extserver/oldapp')
mytbl = Table('mytbl', metadata, # Creates in main db
tbl2 = Table('tbl2', sales_metadata, # Creates in sales db
With Elixir, one option is specify the metadata for every table, with using_options(metadata=alt_metadata). Another approach (usually preferable) is to keep the table definitions for each database in separate files. In each file, set the global variable "metadata" (__metadata__ with Elixir 0.4) to the appropriate metadata.
The controller can use tables from multiple databases, being mostly unaware of the separation. Queries can only use tables from a single database.
Before starting, be warned this can be quite a major task. You'll need to be reasonably familiar with SQLAlchemy. And make sure you test your application thoroughly after the change.
To update the model, start by using AutoCode to generate SQLAlchemy code that matches your existing database. Then, by hand, move all the logic code from your old model into the new one.
You'll also need to update any other code that calls the model. The main change is that MyTable.get becomes MyTable.query.get, and .select becomes .filter.
See the SQLAlchemy docs: http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/04/intro.html#overview_migration
The most significant change is a change to query syntax that affects migrating from assign_mapper (or ActiveMapper) to the SQLAlchemy contextual mapper. The previous syntax of Object.get(id) is now Object.query.get(id), get_by() is gone, select() and select_by() are replaced by query.filter() and query.filter_by(). Elixir is affected in the same way, since it inherited its methods from assign_mapper; however the Object.get(id) and Object.get_by(id) shortcuts still remain if you are using Elixir.
There were several approaches for defining the model in SQLAlchemy 0.3, with different suggestions for migration
TurboGears projects that use req.sa_transaction will see no visible change. However, they should now use transaction controls on the turbogears.database.session object. req.sa_transaction will be removed at some point.
Also, in the TG config file, sqlalchemy.echo no longer works. There is an alternative log configuration syntax, see above.
In TG 1.0, ActiveMapper is bound to the turbogears database and session automatically. To use ActiveMapper with TG 1.1, you must add the following boiler plate to the top of your model:
from sqlalchemy.ext import activemapper
from turbogears.database import metadata, session
activemapper.objectstore = session
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Rep. Steve King Decides American Consumers Should Pay For Chinese IP Violations
from the robbing-constituent-A-to-pay-constituent-B deptIowa Congressman Steve King has had enough of China's blatant abuse of American intellectual property and has decided that something needs to be done. And that "something" is to introduce a bill that would reward American rightsholders with money taken from the wallets of other Americans:
King's legislation, H.R. 3375, directs the President to impose duties on merchandise from China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of United States intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China. Under King's bill, the revenue raised by the imposition of duties on Chinese merchandise will be proportionally distributed to provide compensation to holders of United States intellectual property rights.This is all well and good except that it's actually neither. Imposing a duty on goods just adds to the cost of the product, a cost that will be borne by Americans. China is not just going to swallow the tariff and feel chastened for its misbehavior. Targeting manufacturers who sell to the US with a "you must be a thief tax" is hardly going to improve trade relations with one of our biggest suppliers. And really, this bill is nothing more than barefaced favoritism which seeks to reward certain industries at the expense of American citizens.
Topping it all off is the fact that this tariff will be based on faulty assumptions and faultier math:
"The creative genius of Americans, protected by our copyrights, trademarks and patents, is systematically being pirated by the Chinese whose government appears to be complicit," said King. "My bill levies a duty on all Chinese imports in an amount necessary to both pay U.S. property rights holders for their stolen intellectual property and to administer the program. In short, it says to the Chinese: 'Go ahead and steal U.S. intellectual property-we will do what you have refused to do and pay American innovators their due from the duties on Chinese goods.'"Are we Americans (you know, the ones who will be ultimately paying for all of this) also invited to "go ahead and steal U.S. intellectual property?" I mean, we're being assured that the Chinese are footing the bill, or at least forwarding it to us. By King's logic, it should be open season on IP once the bill passes, because the rights holders will still be getting their cut, one way or another.
And as for the numbers? King's bill quotes a Congressional Research Report, which would seem to indicate some sort of fact-finding has occurred. But sadly, no. The report (at least what's quoted on King's site) simply regurgitates inflated numbers provided by the industries themselves:
The USITC report? Oh, you mean the one that was based on pure speculation? The IIPA? Sure, those numbers are solid if you decide to ignore the fact that the IIPA is a lobbying group composed of lobbyists for the RIAA, MPAA and the BSA (among others). And if anyone who regularly reads this site hasn't already laughed off the BSA's "contribution" to the inflated numbers, perhaps this set of posts might shed some more light on the subject.
• The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) estimates that U.S. intellectual property-intensive firms that conducted business in China lost $48.2 billion in sales, royalties, and license fees in 2009 because of IPR violations in China.
• The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) estimated that business software piracy in China alone cost U.S. firms $3.4 billion in lost trade in 2009.
• The Business Software Alliance (BSA) estimates the commercial value of illegally used software in China in 2009 was $7.6 billion, a $900 million increase over 2008 levels.
What we have here is bad legislation based on bad numbers which aims to reward certain Americans while punishing other Americans. Politicians seem to be oblivious to the fact that imposed tariffs and subsidies is just another way to take money out of your constituents' pockets and the end result will be absolutely zero change in the way China handles American intellectual property. This bill is nothing more than King offering to hold down American citizens while IIPA members go through their pockets.
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I go into this post having learned so much from my personal learning network. In the next few years I hope to keep learning and sharing with you.
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Congratulations. Keep blogging :-)ReplyDelete
We're currently developing online interactive training programmes for in-practice & trainee GPs on the subject of early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. We are doing this alongside the RCGPs. It would be interesting to share thoughts/ideas about using all technologies to educate & inform about this often neglected disease.ReplyDelete
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Hi Alan,ReplyDelete
I have every intention to keep on blogging!
And hello Ali,
Working with patient organisation and the voluntary sector is something we will be very interested in. I shall be in contact in the next few weeks.
Anne Marie
Congratulations! I know you have some innovative ideas, and I am really looking forward to hearing more about your progress. @paulbrichardsonReplyDelete
- Anonymous16 May 2011 at 20:15
Congratulations - looking forward to seeing what you all come up with !ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 May 2011 at 22:39
Hi Anne MarieReplyDelete
What an interesting and worthwhile role. I'm interested to see how the debate progresses and if I might help the discussion develop. During the last 2 years as Managing Director of onExamination (part of BMJ Learning)I lead a team working with Cardiff University on the Diabetes Diploma (an online distance Postgrad course) and also with the Welsh Deanery on a needs assessment tool for SASG doctors. So I hope I can help....and look forward with interest to the conversation.
Best Wishes
Nicola Rylett
Thank you! I will definitely be in touch.ReplyDelete
Anne MarieReplyDelete
I have found the posts and thanks for all your twitter prompting.
Congrats on the new role, and here in Edinburgh I'm involved with person-centred medical systems e.g. Patients Know Best and Cloud4Health and also with Mydex CIC, who empower individuals on the web with personal data stores
- @Elizabeth Kitsis17 July 2012 at 02:43
Anne MarieReplyDelete
Congratulations on your new role! We at Einstein in NYC are integrating social media into our curriculum in a manner than maintains medical professionalism, and promotes patient welfare. I will continue to read your posts with great interest.
Elizabeth Kitsis @elizabethkitsis
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Just minutes before Phillip Phillips won the eleventh "American Idol" title on Wednesday night, former contestants Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young got engaged on stage.
Before Ryan Seacrest named the winner of the competition between finalists Jessica Sanchez and Phillips, the longtime "Idol" MC called DeGarmo and Young to the stage and uttered one of his trademark lines: "Dim the lights."
As the elimination night theme played, Young said to DeGarmo, "This has always been home to us and I felt that this would be the perfect place to ask a simple question."
Young got down on one knee and continued his heartfelt speech: "We have conquered Broadway together. We have created our new music together. We have an amazing group of people around us. And with the help of David Webb jewelry I have a way to make this last forever. Are you ready?
"I love you to death. You're my best friend. I want to make this last forever and I will do anything in my power to have the most ... amazing life together if you will have me. Diana Nicole DeGarmo, will you marry me?"
DeGarmo, visibly moved, nodded and said yes.
"I'm so speechless right now," DeGarmo said, admiring her engagement ring. "Wow, babe, you picked a good one! My makeup's running."


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Intent Media acquired by North American publishing group NewBay Media
Intent Media, which publishes MCV and Develop, has been acquired by North American publishing group NewBay Media.
Develop headlines
Develop 2012 gets dated as 2011 event kicks off
Organiser Tandem have confirmed today that Develop 2012 will take place on July 10-12 next year in Brighton. It comes as this year's event kicks off today, with the keynote being EA Sports SVP Andrew Wilson. Further keynotes include Media Molecule, Phil Harrison and SCE WWS 3D boss Mick Hocking. Tandem's also confirmed that one-day […]
PS3 3D keynote confirmed for Develop
Develop organisers have announced this morning that a PS3 3D post-mortem will take place at the event in July.
Survey: Most UK developer staff satisfied with pay
Develop recently surveyed 528 UK developers, and found that 66 percent of employees are satisfied with their current pay scale.The average salary was found to be £30,442 ($43,087) a few thousand higher than average base pay in the UK as a whole, and that number drops £4,000 when you compare salaries between the north and […]
Develop 2009 dated
According to MCV, this year's Develop conference will take place on July 14-16 this year.This is the fourth year the event's been going, and the last one was a cracker, seeing Ken Levine, Bungie, Darkworks, Bizarre Creations, CCP and tons of others turning up in Brighton.More through the link.
"Daily Mail hate is an honour," says Rockstar boss
Sam Houser loves to be hated. He even thinks it's an honour. He told Develop so."Most of the people who hate us are people it is truly an honour to be hated by – reactionary creeps with strange agendas – and the Daily Mail," he said."Most people who know about modern pop culture know about […]


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So, we haven't heard from good ole Harold Reynolds in a while. What's he been up to? Well, according to an interview he gave with XM Radio's Charlie Steiner — speaking of people we haven't heard from in a while — he's been waiting for an upcoming meeting with ESPN at the end of the month. (Thanks to Baseball Musings for the head's up.)
Reynolds had the following points to make:
• When ESPN called him in to tell him he was fired, he had no idea why and was ultimately told nothing about the reason for his dismissal. He says the first he heard about it was through the media.
• He denied the whole Outback Steakhouse story.
• The whole "prior incidents" thing? He knows nothing of that either; says he's clueless as to what the heck they're talking about.
• He's eagerly awaiting his meeting with the network at the end of the month.
In other words, Reynolds is either completely confused as to what in the heavens this whole "sexual harassment" business is about, or he's lying. Either way, someone looks awfully strange: Him, or the network. Or, our preference, both.
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Ohio counties to add video visitation for inmates
Officials: Tech will reduce security risks, improve staff use
Jail officials in two Ohio counties plan to allow inmates to meet with their lawyers, family and friends using remote video access.
Montgomery and Warren counties in southwestern Ohio want to use the technology to reduce security risks and improve the use of jail staff, while offering a convenient alternative to face-to-face visits.
The move also could raise additional revenue, since inmates or other users would be charged for the service.
Once they begin using video visitation, the counties' jails would be among fewer than 200 jails nationwide currently using the service, the Dayton Daily News reported.
"Grandmother can sit right (at home) and talk to her grandson," Warren County Sheriff Larry Sims told Warren County's commissioners last month.
Sims' office projected that charging $10 for 20 minutes of video visitation would amount to between $30,000 and $40,000 in extra revenue annually, while reducing security risks associated with moving inmates around the jail for about 13,000 visits a year.
Commissioners directed Sims to begin seeking bids from potential providers.
Chief Deputy Rob Streck of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said that agency hopes to have the video visitation available for attorneys to meet with inmates by the end of the year.
The service would later be broadened to inmates' family and friends.
Montgomery County plans to add the service at no cost to the county through an existing contract for inmate phone services, Streck said.
The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the technology to study its effectiveness and how it affects inmates or visitors with hearing and visual disabilities.
Erik Crew, who focuses on human rights in prisons at the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, said his group supports video visitation, provided it's affordable and easy to use.
"Evidence shows that people are more successful once released from jail when they get more contact when they are in," Crew said. "Anything that helps families stay connected is positive."
But problems have arisen involving video visitation systems in Washington, D.C., the Phoenix area and in Austin, Texas, said Peter Wagner, executive director of the Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative.
He said some systems are complicated to operate and prone to breakdowns.
"That's not what Grandma needs," he said.
Some systems also are replacing face-to-face visits with friends and family who drive to jails.
Advocates also warn of the need to prevent vendors from overcharging for the service. So far, rates vary from 25 cents to $1.29 a minute, Wagner has found.
Wisconsin-based TurnKey Corrections, which offers remote video visitation at 50 jails around the country, including in Sandusky in northern Ohio, charges just under $6 for a 15-minute video call, said company President Patrick McMullan.
"It's cheaper than driving to the facility," he said.
While calling for competitive bidding before adding the service, Warren County Commissioner Dave Young said he liked the proposal because it could generate revenue.
"Again, this isn't a hotel. This is a jail," Young said. "Either you can afford to do that or you can't."


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Frederick Aiken The Attorney – Historians Weigh In
From the moment that the American Film Company released The Conspirator, questions have been raised about the films accuracy regarding the lead counsel, Frederick Aiken. Was he, as FoxNews host Bill O'Reilly would opine, a "pinhead" or a "patriot?" You be the judge.
Little has been written about Frederick Aiken. This Week in the Civil War posted some preliminary materials back in April, and they it still seems to be the only biographical material out there. You can read the biography post here.
The mystery goes even deeper than that. The owner of this blog made a records request for Aiken's personnel files from the National Archives earlier this year. Instead of receiving a packet with all the mundane details of his assignments and pay records, the most Civil War personnel files contain, the Archives sent back one sheet of paper that said, "Record not located."
The life of Frederick Aiken is still a mystery. Perhaps someday we'll know more about his story but until then, we'll dig up every rudimentary detail that we can find.
In the meantime, the Surratt House Museum website has an index of .pdf files on the trial that you can download here. It would be a great place to start your own research into the career of Frederick Aiken.
Two key books were written that details the Assassination of President Lincoln, with suitable references to the young attorney. I highly recommend you purchase a copy of each book in order to understand the context of the quotations. (For the record, I do not have any financial interest in either of these books.)
The first one is Assassin's Accomplice by Dr. Kate Clifford Larsen, from which the film, The Conspirator, was based upon.
By the close of court on May 10, the rest of the defendants were still without counsel. Mudd's lawyer, Brent, backed out, so the following day, Mudd petitioned the court for change of counsel to Frederick Stone, Herold's lawyer. Mary arrived in court with new counsel as well: Frederick Aiken and John W. Clampitt, the new associates in Reverdy Johnson's large practice in Washington. Aiken, born and raised in Massachusetts, had passed the bar in Vermont and was very active in Democratic Party politics. During the war he had worked as a correspondent for the New York Times, and had been practicing law only a short time when he was called upon to help defend Surratt. Clampitt was a Washingtonian, and had only recently begun practicing law with Aiken in Johnson's law office. He, too, was an active Democratic Party loyalist. Johnson, in the meantime, would remain Mary's lead counsel, in spite of his own heavy case load. [pg. 145]
On Friday, May 12, the court reconvened at ten o'clock in the morning. Sam Arnold had successfully retained counsel: General Thomas Ewing Jr., a Union officer and successful Washington lawyer. He would represent not only Arnold, but Ed Spangler and Samuel Mudd, too, as co-counsel with Frederick Stone. Michael O'Laughlen hired Walter S. Cox, a local attorney and professor at Columbia College, who would also assist Stone with Arnold's defense. George Atzerodt's family retained William E. Doster for him. Doster had been a former provost marshall in Washington, and would prove to be a contentious defense counsel. The court would prevail upon him to take Payne on as a client, too, after Payne's first lawyer backed out and no other was willing to represent him. [pg. 145]
Whether Johnson ultimately decided that Mary as guilty or not remains unknown. However, within a few days, Johnson rarely appeared in court, leaving Mary's defense to his inexperienced associates Clampitt and Aiken. [pp. 146-147]
After Weichmann and Lloyd's extensive testimonies, Reverdy Johnson virtually gave up on Mary's defense. His absence was duly noticed. Rumors began spreading that Johnson knew Mary was guilty and had therefore deserted her. As early as May 16, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Johnson "had abandoned cross-questioning the witnesses, and is preparing an argument to prove that the court cannot try these cases, for lack of power." Johnson's decision to not appear regularly in court as part of Mary's defense team, and to leave her in the hands of his inexperienced associates, Frederick Aiken and John Clampitt, would have tragic consequences. [pg. 154]
Almost every day, further negative testimony implicated Mary and her son John ever more deeply in Booth's plans. Reverdy Johnson's new associates, Aiken and Clampitt, now without their experienced lead counsel, seemed helpless to stem the flow of damaging evidence. [pg. 155]
Mary's co-council Frederick Aiken announced to the court that the defendants' attorneys had met privately to discuss the order of presentation. They agreed that testimony relating to Mrs. Surratt would launch the first phase of the defense of the conspirators. [pg. 156]
When cross-examined by Judge Holt, Eliza noted that Mrs. Surratt never appeared to have difficulty recognizing people by gaslight in the parlor. Aiken's efforts to bolster Mary's claim that poor eyesight and dim light had prevented her from recognizing Payne on the night of her arrest were ineffectual. The day had not gone well for Mary's defense. [pg. 158]
Mary's defense had taken a beating. By the time court adjourned that Saturday afternoon, Aiken and Clampitt had only succeeded in making the prosecution's case even stronger. Even at this early date, Mary's prospects looked bleak. Clampitt and Aiken needed to regroup. They returned to court on Monday ready to take a different tack. [pg. 169]
It would be another two days before Aiken and Clampitt would provide their own closing summation, even though Johnson knew that they were inexperienced attorneys and it could prove disastrous to leave Mary's final defense arguments in their hands. Just as he did through most of the trial, he left Mary's life – and left Mary's life in their hands. [pg. 190]
The other book is American Brutus by Michael W. Kauffman.
The defendants were still scrambling to find lawyers, and in a short time most of the accused had found someone. John Atzerodt hired William E. Doster, the former provost marshal of Washington, to represent his brother. Walter S. Cox, a law professor at Columbian College, agreed to defend O'Laughlen, and David Herold retained the services of Frederick Stone, from a distinguished Charles County famliy. Dr. Mudd and Sam Arnold would both be represented by General Thomas Ewing, Jr., former chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court and a brother-in-law of General William T. Sherman. All were fine attorneys, but there were not enough to go around. Spangler and Powell were still unrepresented and after several rejections, Mary Surratt could secure only the services of two neophytes, John W. Clampitt and Frederick A. Aiken. Neither had experience in a capital case, and Aiken was just completing his first year of practice. [pg. 340]
Many of the objections raised by Frederick Aiken, the attorney for Mary Surratt, would have been overruled in any court. Aiken was not an experienced lawyer. He did not understand the rules of evidence, and his frequent missteps played as heavily against his client as anything the commission decided. He rarely came prepared and often failed to anticipate what his own witnesses would say…Perhaps Aiken's worst blunder was calling Augustus Howell to the stand. Howell was defiant, evasive, and inordinately proud of his opposition to the Yankees. His testimony was intended to cast suspicion on Weichmann, whom he had taught to use a Confederate cipher machine but it only called attention to the fact that Howell himself knew how to use the device. [pp. 357-358]
In an exchange with Lew Wallace, Aiken admitted that the process was not at fault. The general said "I understood the object of the counsel to be, to impeach not only the witness for the government, but also the fairness of the Court." To this, Aiken replied, "No, sir; only the witness; not the fairness of the Court at all. I have no reason to complain of that. None of us have had."[pg. 358]
You be the judge. Was Aiken a "pinhead" for representing Surratt in the first place, and setting himself up for the inevitable fall that would occur if/when she was found guilty? Or was he a "patriot" for undertaking a task that he knew might be ruinous to his future career? The one thing that we know for sure is that Frederick Aiken was a victim of his own inexperience as an attorney.


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By Marlowe Hood
PARIS, Monday 21 February 2011 (AFP) – The United Nations Monday unveiled a strategy to ensure a sustainable future for the planet by investing two percent of wealth generated by the global economy, or some 1.3 trillion dollars annually, in ten key sectors.
This paradigm shift toward a "green economy" would also help alleviate chronic poverty, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report, released as more than 100 environment ministers meet in Nairobi.
Under the UN strategy, individual incomes would outstrip trajectories forecast by traditional economic models while halving humanity's per capita ecological footprint by 2050.
Reshuffling the global economic mix will challenge vested interests and disrupt employment, UNEP acknowledged.
But the plan promises to generate growth rates equal to or higher than a business-as-usual approach which — even as it stoked two centuries of breakneck industrialisation — slowly eroded Earth's capacity to cope.
"We must continue to develop and grow our economies," said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner in unveiling the study, entitled Toward a Green Economy: A Synthesis for Policy Makers.
James Cameron, Alison Brie And More Attend Global Green Pre-Oscar Party
"But this development cannot come at the expense of the very life support systems on land, in the oceans or in our atmosphere that sustain our economies and thus the lives of each and every one of us."
The report notes that long-simmering crises erupted into plain view during the first decade of the 21st century.
Accelerating climate change, the dramatic loss of biodiversity, flaring food shortages, a growing gap between demand and supply for fresh water, the destruction of life-giving tropical forests were reminders that Earth's balance and bounty cannot be taken for granted, it said.
At the same time, the financial meltdown of 2008 points to deep-seated structural problems in the global economy.
"Although the causes of these crises vary, at a fundamental level they all share a common feature: the misallocation of capital," said Pavan Sukhdev, a Deutsche Bank analyst who headed the UN's green economy initiative.
The report singles out "perverse" incentives that encourage unsustainable behaviour, including $600 billion doled out every year in fossil fuel subsidies, and 20 billion to industrial fisheries chasing dwindling stocks.
The UN called on political leaders to blaze the trail.
"Governments have a central role in changing laws and policies, and investing public money in public wealth to make the transition possible," said Sukhdev.
Action from the public sector will "unleash trillions of dollars of private capital in favour of a green economy," he added.
The report seeks to counter what it describes as "myths" about so-called green growth, starting with the idea that greater environmental sustainability meant less economic progress.
"There is now substantial evidence that the 'greening' of economies neither inhibits wealth creation nor employment opportunities," it says.
A green economy is defined as one that is "low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive."
Future investment, it argues, must shift to renewable energy, public transportation, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture and measures to protect ecosystems and biodiversity.
Energy-related investment alone would top 350 billion a year, followed by nearly 200 billion for developing and greening the transport sector, and 134 billion each for the building and tourism sectors.
More than 100 billion dollars is earmarked in the plan for both waste and water management, with another 76 billion going toward improving efficiency in industry.
The report aims to help set the agenda for "Rio+20", a global summit next year slated to take stock of Earth's environmental health two decades after the landmark Earth Summit in Brazil laid out bedrock principles for sustainable development.


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With 'Levante' the Italian designer Gino Carollo has achieved to design an extremely functional coffee table for the German manufacturer Draenert – its glass bow shape is consequent logical and full of grace. Due to the easy handling the Levante can be quickly positioned where it is needed.
Also for Draenert the German designer Stephan Veit developed the solid wooden side table series 'Figura'. With different diameters and heights the designer has converted the ideal proportion harmonic.
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'N.O.K.: Next of kin' — memorializing fallen soldiers
"N.O.K.: Next Of Kin" examines how American families memorialize their relatives killed in military conflict. Inbal Abergil traveled the U.S. to meet with relatives of fallen soldiers and to document their methods of coping through the preservation of personal effects.
Small, private monuments exist in garages, basements, and storage lockers across the U.S. Families must decide which objects to keep, what to take with them or let go of when they move or as time passes.
The interviews that accompany the series exist as further evidence of this loss. Through images and testimonials, "N.O.K." honors the dead while giving voice to a community of survivors who keep memory alive as they strive to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of loss.
Inbal Abergil is a visual artist and an educator from Jerusalem. Her photographs investigate the aesthetic and societal norms through conceptions of time, memory and place, specifically in cultures where loss is a substantial part of daily life. Her work addresses the lived experience of conflict and trauma. Her work has been exhibited in Northern Ireland, South Korea, Israel, and the U.S. Abergil's work can be found in such public collections as the Israel Museum (Jerusalem), Fisher Landau Center for Art (New York City), The American University Art Museum (Washington, D.C.) and Haaretz Collection (Tel-Aviv). Among numerous awards, she won the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Photography Grant in 2017. She was an artist in residence at Baxter St. at the Camera Club of New York (2015), where she had her solo exhibition N.O.K.: Next Of Kin (2016). Abergil is an assistant professor of photography at Pace University.
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N.O.K.: Next of Kin by Inbal Abergil book launch and signings: Nov. 9, 7 p.m. at the Bronx Documentary Center and Nov. 14, 7 p.m. at the Half King Photo Series.
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DWTS Derek Hough On "LIVE! With Kelly" Screen Caps Galore and Extended Versions!
Hey, if you haven't seen all the coverage of Derek co-hosting LIVE! With Kelly at Pure Derek Hough in the last few days, be sure you do so. Heidi has bunches of super cool screen shots of Derek and Kelly. She's posted some extended versions of the show as well. A MUST SEE for your Saturday and if you are in need of a Derek fix!


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One of my favorite places to look is CHARTS in the app store.
You can search the lists by categories. Remember to check out more than just EDUCATION. Try BUSINESS, PRODUCTIVITY, PHOTO & VIDEO..... many apps can be adapted to fit into lessons!
I also like that it breaks the apps down by ranking in both a paid and free column.
Of course there is also the FEATURED section in the app store as well (see below) which also will break apps down by categories and display them a little differently.
Changes with the new update inside the SAFARI browser added in the iCloud tabs in which you can access your same tabs by signing into your iCloud on other devices and the update added a new layout for the action button (do something button as I call it!).
You can use the "Add to Home Screen" option to mark some favorite blogs to follow to watch for good reviews on new apps. To practice, add our blog to your home screen or some other great resources that we have on our App Resource Tab at the top of the blog!


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On the Rag
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Way back in 2002 I bought myself some Luna Pads. Prior to the day I bought the reusable menstrual pads, I used facecloths. Before the facecloth period (pun unavoidable), I used tampons exclusively.
Why did I change from one system to the next? Well, there were a lot of reasons. Being green wasn't a part of that decision on any conscious level until I bought the Luna Pads, and still the decision to use cloth pads was based on economics more than it was about being green.
The reasons were relatively simple, actually.
I stopped using tampons when I found out digoxins were used in commercial pads and tampons. I was scared out of my mind of the very idea of chemicals used to bleach the cotton white were near my most intimate body part. At the time I believed what I heard though now I don't know if this is true. I did a google search and found nothing to support the claim.
The facecloth thing came about because I worked at a hospital and had "free" access to facecloths. They were however, very, very uncomfortable as you might suspect. And while I thought I was being nicer to my womanhood, the reality was I was exposed to more chemicals because Housekeeping uses a buttload to keep the whites white. (I didn't bring back the ones I used. I kept them and used them each month).
Finally I decided to bite the bullet and buy some nice, soft menstrual pads. They weren't cheap. I think I paid nearly $100 for the bunch that I got. But it was well worth the money. For a decade I've used these pads each month. They have held up well to being washed monthly, travel easily, and are very comfortable.
The best side effect of ditching the disposable pads is my moontime is not nearly as painful as it used to be. When I was in my teens I spent the days curled up in a ball until I went on the pill. After discarding hormonal birth control, my moontime resumed its painful descent from my body. But as I cleaned up my diet, as I stopped using commercial tampons and ditched the facecloths, the monthly pain eased to near non-existence.
There are many who cannot conceive the idea of reusing pads each month. There are some males who do not want their female lovers to "leave those bloody rags hanging around." I understand this can be a very contentious issue. When the topic starts getting very emotional, I like to remember what a friend's grandmother once said "we used strips of flannel when I was a girl. That's where 'on the rag' came from you know."
Though I have sea sponges I got here at the same time I got the pads but I don't use them much so I'm not going to write about them in depth. Don't get me wrong, they work fab when I want to go swimming, etc. but I'm not one to leave things in my vagina for any length of time. The Keeper is not an option for me because I'm allergic to latex* and I wasn't interested in using a similar product made out of polyurethane.* I know many women who use the Keeper and are very happy with it. Please consider these to be fantastic alternatives if using pads doesn't appeal to you.
*The material the Keeper is made from may have changed. I haven't researched Keepers in quite some time.
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1967 Chevy Camaro - Oh Deer!
Vandals, Thieves, And Even Rogue Wildlife Tried To Hold It Down, But Nothing Could Stop This Camaro's March To Greatness.
Things would have been much easier if his name was Fannie or Freddie, but Sean Gustin wasn't so lucky. He'd have to bail himself out of this mess. It's all because of a Super Sport deer that lived somewhere in the Texas wilderness, a title it earned after an impromptu branding by the "SS" grille emblem on Sean's '67 Camaro. Whack! At the risk of upsetting PETA, whose efforts we appreciate and respect with the deepest of sincerity, let's just say that it wasn't long before the vultures started circling around the poor little dude. The other victim-Sean's first-gen-has run deep 10s at the strip and dispatched its share of stoplight scum, but this wasn't the kind of street kill it was looking for. Not one to be dismayed by disfigured sheetmetal, Sean soldiered on. While crunching up the front end of a freshly restored first-gen Camaro is enough to make most people go all Britney, Sean and his Camaro have been through far worse and have valiantly prevailed every time.
The precursor to this track rat turned Pro Touring stunner is actually a pair of Camaros from Sean's youth. When he turned 13 years old, his dad bought two '67 Camaros, one for both him and his brother. Naturally, a whole lot of fun ensued. "We tore up the streets with them and took them to shows, and we've been infatuated with first-gen Camaros ever since," he says. "One had a 355 and a four-speed, and the other had a 383 and a Turbo 350. I worked at local garages while I was in school to learn how to turn a wrench, and hopped up my car as much as a young teenager could. One day my dad decided that our cars were too powerful for kids like us, and made us sell them."
It may have been the guilt, or possibly Sean's relentless badgering, but his dad bought another '67 Camaro in 1995 to build as a father-and-son project. The body was straight and rust-free overall-but with 14-inch wire wheels, a tweed interior, and chrome that was barbarically painted upon, it was far from pretty. "The car was hideous, but had a decent 327 and a four-speed in it," Sean recollects. "I put a half-assed paintjob on it after driving it around for three years just to make it look somewhat presentable. These cars weren't that valuable back then, so all I cared about was going fast."
To accomplish that goal, Sean built a stout 396 and affixed it to a Tremec T56 six-speed trans. The powerplant was equipped with a Callies rotating assembly, Brodix cylinder heads, an Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold, a Barry Grant 825-cfm carb, and a solid-lifter cam. On the chassis dyno, the combo was good for 494 hp on motor and 723 hp on a 200-shot of nitrous. Despite slipping and sliding to a 1.85-second 60-foot time, the Camaro still blitzed through the quarter in 10.21 seconds at 139 mph. With that much trap speed, squeaking into the hallowed single-digit realm was simply a matter of shaving a tenth or two off the launch. Nevertheless, even with 9s within striking distance, Sean had a change of heart. "When the car started running well, I began caring about it more and more," he says. "At the time, the car only had two seats and a rollcage in it and was far from nice. All these people were now paying crazy money for first-gen Camaros, and here I was treating my car like just any other track rat. I started feeling like the car deserved better than the neglected and stripped-down state it was in."
The first order of business was addressing the spartan interior; however, a trip to the interior shop turned out to be just one in a long series of unfortunate events. While awaiting a fresh set of guts, some thugs broke into the shop and vandalized the Camaro. "They shattered the windows and destroyed the passenger door only to realize that there wasn't anything to take," Sean recalls. "What irritated me the most is that since they didn't steal anything, they basically ruined the car for nothing. I guess you can say that was the turning point. I felt so violated by the whole experience that I decided to go all out with the car and completely restore it from the ground up."
Having already relished in prolific dragstrip accomplishments, Sean's goal this time around was to build a versatile street cruiser with handling and braking hardware to match its straight-line brawn. While tossing around the idea of dropping in a late-model EFI motor, another freak event cemented his decision. "I pulled the 396 out of the car while it was being restored, and someone broke into my garage and stole it," he explains. "That's what made me decide on an LT1. I thought about jumping on the LS1 bandwagon, but even though they make more power than an LT1, they aren't necessarily any more streetable. I like the idea of having an iron block in a street car, and I think the LT1 is a better-looking package."
Although Sean wasn't interested in making weekly excursions to the track, the factory 300hp lump wouldn't cut it. The LT1 was stroked to 383 inches with an Eagle forged crank, H-beam rods, and JE 11.0:1 pistons. Valve actuation comes courtesy of a COMP 230/234-at-.050 hydraulic roller cam, and 1.6:1 roller rockers. Up top are a set of stock head castings ported to flow 291/205 cfm by NC Performance (Mount Auburn, Illinois), which are fed by a stock intake manifold, a BBK 58mm throttle body, and an 85mm LS6 MAF sensor. Exhaust exits through custom Lemons 1 7/8-inch long-tube headers, a Hedman 3-inch X-pipe, and dual Dynomax mufflers. The new combo has yet to be dyno'd, but we'd conservatively estimate the motor's output at 500 hp. For extra insurance, a Nitrous Outlet plate system adds 100 hp of spray at will. "My old 396 made more power than this motor, no doubt, but the streetability of this new setup is a hundred times better," Sean opines. "That in itself makes it much more fun to drive on the street."
Updates to the chassis were even more substantial, as the antiquated go-straight hardware got evicted in favor of modern tubular components. Up front are DSE control arms, springs, and a sway bar, while QA1 adjustable shocks dampen each corner. Out back are DSE leafs and Calvert Racing traction bars. Competition Engineering subframe connectors keep chassis flex at bay, and Wilwood four-wheel 11-inch discs provide the whoa. Converting it all into grip are Nitto 275/40R17 meats that wrap 17x9.5-inch Fikse FM5 wheels.
After a grueling five-year restoration process, the Camaro was complete. With an upcoming PHR feature story in the bag, it seemed like luck was finally on Sean's side. That sentiment didn't last long, as the car whacked a deer just days after our photo shoot. In hearing him tell it, the serene and comforting tone in which he spoke made it quite obvious that tragedy is something he's learned to deal with. "It was a beautiful day outside, so I decided to drive 50 miles to my friend's house to help him work on his car," he explains. "The deer popped out from behind a six-foot-tall bush, and I didn't even have time to hit the brakes. Everything from the doors forward was totally ruined, but fortunately I have a very good insurance policy. After my friends found out what happened, they called me up practically crying. I was like, 'Dude it's just a hunk of metal and it can be fixed, so don't worry about it. '"
As this story is being written, Sean's Camaro has already returned home from the body shop. His wild experiences can certainly be cause for some introspection. If Sean and his Camaro can survive vandalism, theft and the now-infamous Super Sport deer, how could anyone possibly come up with excuses as to why their own projects aren't finished? Compared to Sean, we're all a bunch of slackers.
|Sean Gustin, 29 Gatesville, TX
|Chevy 383 small-block
|GM LT1 bored to 4.030
|Moroso high-volume pump
|and seven-quart pan
|Rotating assembly:
|Eagle 3.750-inch
|forged crank and steel
|6.00-inch H-beam rods;
|JE 11.0:1 pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|factory aluminum LT1 castings
|with 2.02/1. 57-inch Manley valves
|and 56cc chambers ported
|to flow 291/205 cfm
|COMP Cams 230/234-at-0.050
|hydraulic roller, .510/.540-inch lift,
|112-degree LSA
|COMP lifters, roller 1.6:1 rockers,
|valvesprings, and timing set
|stock LT1 intake manifold,
|BBK 58mm throttle body,
|and Z06 85mm MAF sensor
|MSD Digital 6 box, coil, and plug wires
|Power adders:
|Nitrous Outlet plate system
|jetted to 100 hp
|Fuel system:
|stock tank,
|Mallory external fuel pump,
|ACCEL regulator,
|and SVO 36 lb/hr injectors
|Lemons 1 7/8-inch long-tube headers,
|Hedman 3-inch X-pipe, dual Dynomax mufflers
|Meziere electric pump and stock radiator
|Built By:
|Tremec T56 trans
|with steel 3-4 shift fork
|and carbon-fiber blocker rings;
|Fidanza aluminum flywheel,
|Spec clutch, and Hurst shifter
|Rear axle:
|Ford 9-inch rearend
|narrowed two inches;
|Currie 35-spline axles,
|4.56:1 gears, and locker differential
|Front suspension:
|DSE tubular control arms,
|springs, and sway bar;
|QA1 12-way adjustable shocks
|Rear suspension:
|DSE springs,
|QA1 12-way adjustable shocks,
|Calvert Racing traction bars,
|and Competition Engineering
|subframe connectors
|Wilwood 11-inch discs
|and four-piston calipers, front;
|Wilwood 11-inch discs
|and two-piston calipers, rear
|Fikse FM/5 17x9.5, front and rear
|Nitto 275/40R17 NT555, front;
|Nitto 275/40R17 drag radials, rear


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A preacher for the gnostic religion of socialism
By Thomas E. Brewton
Naomi Klein, a Canadian and the new rock-star evangelist of secular socialism, is representative of the New Left activists who populate the Democrat/Socialist Party.
Radical-left activist doctrine ignores the historical fact that every cohesive and enduring political society must be ordered by a commonly held understanding of human nature and human morality.
The profile in the current issue of the New Yorker magazine is a long and revealing one. "Outside Agitator: Naomi Klein and the new new left" gives the reader a sympathetic view of the anti-everything orientation of the present-day progeny of early 20th century families who were thoroughly imbued with gnostic expectations of a socialist heaven on earth. Families who passionately believed in remaking human society and human nature to achieve blissful, benevolent social conditions by purely materialistic means.
The common theme of these radical activists throughout the 20th century and in today's New Left is dissatisfaction with existing conditions. See "Gnostic Education" for a more detailed description.
As the New Yorker profile tells us in lengthy detail, there is hardly any aspect of present Western culture that Naomi Klein and her followers do not regard with antagonistic disgust. What sent her into rhapsodies of pleasure was witnessing anarchic turmoil amid the disintegration of governmental authority in Argentina, a time when housewives gathered on street corners anxiously seeking some way to provide for their families' daily needs.
The unexpressed subtext is radical activism's complete divorce from the spiritual aspirations, the moral strivings that are a more real, fundamental part of human nature than the material externalities that get all of the activists' attention.
Gnostic activists like Klein, whether under the rubric of progressivism, positivism, or scientism, focus their energies upon tearing down the moral and social structure of society. The goal is to destroy what created the United States and to open the gates to the socialist welfare state, expecting tranquility, happiness, and social order magically to follow.
The ineluctable problem is that human nature does not change, Darwinian evolution not withstanding. Earliest histories, as well as archaeological research into prehistorical times, make this abundantly clear.
As Eric Voegelin wrote in The New Science of Politics:
New leftists like Naomi Klein speak in the vocabulary of hard-boiled practicality. But what they advocate is recognizable as arrant nonsense by anyone who ever has had to deal with the real wold in an executive capacity. Another of Professor Voegelin's observations is apt:
When critics are unkind enough to point out that transfiguration of society in the socialist model always results in government deficits, inflation, economic repression, shortages, and lower incomes for everyone, Naomi Klein and her followers blame their failures on someone or something other than themselves and their gnostic fantasy of a materialistic heaven on earth.
Thomas E. Brewton is a staff writer for the New Media Alliance, Inc. The New Media Alliance is a non-profit (501c3) national coalition of writers, journalists and grass-roots media outlets. His weblog is The View From 1776. Email comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.