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While it should be mostly sunny and dry in Bend today, rain and possibly snow could fall later this week.
The rain could fall Tuesday and the snow could come Wednesday, said Josh Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pendleton.
"We are not looking at really high chances," he said. "We are just looking at a chance of snow."
The high today should be 45 degrees, according to the weather service. The forecast shows the daily highs dropping lower each day through Thursday. Tuesday should be 44, Wednesday 38 and Thursday 35. Lows throughout the week should be in the low to mid-20s.
Sun is expected to return again Thursday, according to the weather service.
After the rain last week, Smith said, the weekend in Bend was dry thanks to the Cascades.
"All of the precipitation (came) out of the air as it (traveled) through the mountains," he said.
The coming weekend could offer a change, with a chance of snow in town Saturday and Sunday, according to the weather service. Highs this weekend look to be in the mid-30s, and lows will again be in the 20s.

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One The Range: Music 40 Feet Below Ground
By: Sam Nichols
Updated: October 9, 2009
Some people might say Carnegie Hall. For a group of jazz lovers in the Texas hill country, it is 40 feet below the surface of the earth.
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There is no denying that 2008 has passed with breathtaking speed. Frederick Foxtrott comes to you this year with our list of top ten releases just a few days shy of 2009. Rather than spend New Year's celebration in New York City, we are going upstate to spend time in the out doors, at the base of the Adirondacks. There is something poignant about spending what is typically observed by thousands of people crammed together with bright lights and loud sounds in the isolated cold with small but extraordinary company.
There is also no denying that this year proved to be an interesting time for music. The industry as a whole is largely tending to homogenize, with publications as banal as the Florida Times Union regularly looking to Pitchfork top ten lists to inspire their own critical hierarchies. The style generated over the last decade that has dominated the genre of independent music has become standard fare. It is blandly ubiquitous and overly diffuse. Nonetheless, while we got nothing perfect, there was plenty to listen to—plenty to listen to other than Vampire Weekend or Fleet Foxes, both of whom received the latest dose of sickeningly strange love from most indie media. Seemingly lost in the midst of the hollow recordings that dominate the suggestion pages of the taste-making press are truly great releases. So here they are—known and unknown—loved and loathed.
Top Ten 2008
1. M83- Saturdays = Youth
Expanding from shoegaze to stargaze, as his name implies, Gonzalez managed to not merely replicate a style modeled by Tears for Fears, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Flock of Seagulls, but he has retroactively contributed to the bleak genre of gothic pop in a way that is insertive rather than derivative. With modern instruments and production, Gonzalez (re)vitalized a style, giving color and texture to a genre that many feel has been muted by twenty years of impersonation and distillation, killed by retro themed knockoffs and karaoke bars alike (Read Review).
2. Conor Oberst- Conor Oberst
Even as he releases a self-titled record, suggesting biography, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band offer a personal narrative that is reflexive and acutely aware of where his lyrical perspective is anchored. Released on Merge Records rather than our beloved Saddle Creek, Conor Oberst is a record that disconnects from the iconic figure that the songwriter has become, allowing for the reclamation of personhood (Read Review).
3. Eagle Seagull- I Hate EPs (EP)
With its self-degrading title, I Hate EPs gives us a most vivid taste of what Eagle Seagull is up to. It is worthwhile to listen to every word on this EP. The lyrics are most certainly still emitted from the more noir recesses of our thought processes. They embody the violence that we inflict on one another with our thoughts, our lies, our manipulations, and the perfect memories that have since been pickled in the acerbic tension of current conditions (Read Review).
4. Sigur Rós- með suð…
Icelandic for "with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly," með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust belies Sigur Rós' self awareness that rejects the accumulation of star-power, instead favoring the humble roles of music makers with intimate attention to detail and an endless commitment to the art rather than constructed personae that sadly distract many once great contemporaries (Read Review).
5. Shugo Tokumaru- Exit
I am quite sick of the tendency for any musician who employs a whistle in their song structure to be labeled the next "Insert Nationality" Sufjan Stevens. Shugo seems to get shellacked with this honor quite often. His instrumentality relies on a menagerie of distinct sounds that have the sole intent of forming an effervescent ambience. I don't imagine such a project can be said to be unique to Mr. Stevens. Indeed, Shugo Tokumaru's Exit is one of the most original records released this year, and it is certain to endear many who listen. If you get the chance to see this guy upon his North American return, be sure to catch him at an appropriate venue, so that all the glorious array of whips and bobs don't just float away (Read Review).
6. Hypatia Lake- Angels and Demon, Space and Time
There is the band and then there is the music. It is immediately understood when listening to Angels and Demons, Space and Time that Hypatia Lake has put together a record of enormous depth. The band itself is much less a physical entity, as it is a concept. The record is diffuse and eclectic, a psychedelic feast of beautiful noise and exquisite ambiances (Read Review).
7. Peasant- On the Ground
I have said previously that Damien DeRose's voice is flawless, but his ability to bottle that beauty is remarkable. Usually such criticism is approached from the opposite angle. People rarely question what can be recorded after seeing such satisfying live performances. I have written at some length about Peasant's talent and couldn't be happier with this release. On the Ground offers 13 tracks without sounding repetitive or exhausting my patience and tolerance for sensitivity, which is rare these days. Peasant accomplishes this in part by keeping his songs under 3 minutes, making sure that the bitter moments do not overstay their welcome. I am happy to announce that Peasant will be re-issuing On the Ground in 2009 with the help of Team Love Records. If there is anyone out their with a modicum of taste, Peasant will make many more 2009 best release lists than he did this year (Read Review).
8. The Octopus Project- Hello, Avalanche
For those of you who are tired of bands that seek to reproduce the melodies of Tortoise, the sequence execution of The Album Leaf, or the gravity of Explosions in the Sky, know that Hello, Avalanche is a contribution to the modern music soundscape of unique and particular character. The Octopus Project allows the audience to dance as they marvel at a functioning collection of flesh and blood, rather simply to listen with a dissatisfied and disinterested ear. This is the balance they strike; they have a defined structure without sounding sterile or methodical. Who knew Austin…who knew (Read Review)?
9. Portishead- Third
No where on this record will you find the turntable scratching of Western Eyes or Only You. Clearly Portishead is not trying to recapture elements of their past. The lyrics are depressed and relaxed, sexy and sad, and in true form this relaxation is not brought on by contentment or happiness, rather it sounds opiate induced. It conjures the image of a dim room with the yellow haze of a poppy parlor (Read Review).
10. Magnetic Fields- Distortion
The Magnetic Fields…are extremely self-reflexively aware of Distortion's influences and have taken steps to ensure that they do not appear to take themselves too seriously. This awareness not only saves the record from obsolescence, but it is exactly what makes it so relevant to how the music industry navigates itself forward, sometimes stopping to reflect on the nostalgic moments of its past (Read Review).
Other bands have blissfully welted the ears of the interested in 2008. Delta Spirit, released their debut, Ode to Sunshine. It was soulful and courageous. I usually prefer that bands keep their "gods" and "lords" out of my CD/MP3 player, but I'll gladly make an exception for these impassioned song writers. Look for them on Jimmy Kimmel Live on January 16th. They split the rest of winter between Europe and North America, gracing the Bowery Ballroom stage on February 21st.
Canadian melody makers Wintersleep released Welcome to the Night Sky, an incredible record that offers exceptional lyrics and noisy pop riffs. Frederick Foxtrott reviewed their debut and recommends them with complete confidence. Welcome to the Night Sky is lyric driven record themed with violence and sickness. The guitars are distorted and heavy, accompanied by a barrage of cymbal crashes, but Wintersleep never fail to ebb back, allowing the listener to hear the calm after the storm, in addition to the silence before (Read Review).
Frederick Foxtrott thanks all of you for reading and visiting over the past year. We have expanded our readership greatly and only hope to continue in growth and reviews. We have some interesting things planned in the coming months so stay tuned. If you would like your record reviewed, give us an email and we will arrange something. We aim to keep you informed of not just what is happening in the world of independent music, but what should be happening.
Happy New Year,
Frederick Foxtrott


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I suffer from a bad case of nostalgia and a lack of desire to acquire electronic gizmos.
I have more money for books that way.
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Next up - American Gods. Do not let me down, Neil Gaiman.


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No seriously ... I mean an ES really doesn't need to be a good overclocking CPU. The really good CPUs we'll see after the launch ...
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HOW IT WORKS: This is a Bluetooth speaker that plays audio from a phone, MP3 player or computer. The "jam" theme runs throughout the product, including packaging in a jar with a twist-off lid and coming in a flavorful array of colors: strawberry, grape, blueberry, blackberry, apricot and apple. The internal battery, charged through a USB cable, can provide four hours of play.
HIGH POINTS: The sound, for starters. For such a small (2½ inches in every direction), portable and light speaker, this little fellow produces impressive and fairly comprehensive sound with surprisingly strong bass. I compared the speaker with another Bluetooth speaker costing nearly
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If you were at the 2013 International CES®, you likely heard the buzz about a new digital healthcare company called HealthSpot based in Dublin, Ohio. Looking to change the doctor's office similar to the way that ATMs revolutionized banking, the HealthSpot™ Station aims to reduce waiting times and create more convenient and less expensive patient healthcare. Located in the grand lobby at CES, the 10-foot enclosure looked like a space pod with its sliding doors and sleek exterior. It provides patients access to diagnosis and treatment by board-certified doctors, via high-definition videoconferencing. Read more on i3.
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From adventurous startups to industry giants, there's no greater mid-year showcase for the consumer technology industry than CE Week in New York City during June 24-28, 2013. The entire city is staged as the show floor with one central show headquarters, CE Week Line Shows and Exhibits, June 26-27, and hosts the largest concentration of CE Week attendees. Be among the tech-innovators displaying their latest developments and genius to 6,000 members of the media, retailers and industry thought leaders. Exhibits and sponsorships are available to serve every need and budget, or create your own event! Visit CEWeekNY.com for more information on all the ways you can participate in CE Week 2013!
The attendees have made their way to McCarran airport and the exhibitors have packed up their booths, but before we start looking towards #2014CES, we wanted to take a look at the incredible social media engagement resulting from the 2013 International CES. Simply Measured tracked the CES conversation on Twitter throughout the show. Discussion of Ultra High Definition TVs, digital health technology, tablets and smartphones were key trends. Celebrities also joined in on the conversation. 50cent, Ludacris, Snooki, will.i.am and Nick Cannon were among the thousands tweeting about the innovative technologies, amazing product displays and engaging events that made up the 2013 International CES. Check out Simply Measured's CES by the Numbers for more information on Twitter trends during #2013CES.
News broke fast and furiously during the past two days at the 2013 International CES with keynotes from Samsung, which featured a special appearance from President Clinton, as well as the Brand Matters keynote and a host of other sessions and discussions. Dr. Stephen Woo, president, device solutions business, Samsung Electronics, focused his Wednesday morning keynote address on the components that make mobile computing possible and unveiled Samsung's eight-core Exynos 5 Octa mobile processor. Woo brought on stage with him leaders from several partner companies and organizations, including President Bill Clinton, who discussed the importance of mobile technology to help people around the world. The Brand Matters Keynote focused on the implications of social media on marketing. Innovators from Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, YouTube and Amazon discussed how they thought brands could engage with consumers on their platforms. [Read more]
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This is a discussion on new member here within the New Member Hangout forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Hi there, I'm Rob. I always wanted a wrx .. finally got the right deal & as of last Saturday ...
Hi there, I'm Rob.
I always wanted a wrx .. finally got the right deal & as of last Saturday am the proud owner of a '03 Wrx.
I live in the Hampton Roads VA area and just wanted to see what the WRX community is all about.
Welcome to the party man!
Yellow lights mean go faster!!!
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"The Freedom of Information Act is ridiculous."
Yes, someone actually said that. Someone who works for a publicly funded institution. Someone who had the ear of a public body that performs public functions. A public body who, by the way, has the power to remove the president of one of the nation's most prestigious universities without warning and without consensus.
But this someone (Jeffrey C. Walker, chair of UVA's Council of Foundations) seems to believe that the debacle that was the ouster and reinstatement of President Teresa Sullivan was somehow brought about because FOIA prohibits more than two people to talk privately without triggering rules regarding notice and openness of a public meeting and the members of the BOV couldn't talk freely among themselves in off the record.
To which George Cohen, chair of the Faculty Senate, said, "I'm not sure that the problem that we had this summer was the result of too little discussion behind closed doors."
Amen, Brother George.
As if the whole thing would have gone over smoothly if three or more people got together to talk privately about the president's removal instead of just two at a time. Without getting too far into the weeds of the particulars of what happened, people were outraged because the decision had been made and announced without any warning. I was outraged and I don't have a dog in the UVA fight at all (proud Tar Heel grad, here). People who weren't Sullivan's cheerleaders were outraged, too. Bless Mr. Walker's heart if he still thinks it was all about the substance of the decision and not about the process.
The process is important to people. The process -- FOIA, that is -- is set up to "to promote an increased awareness by all persons of governmental activities and afford every opportunity to citizens to witness the operations of government" (that's FOIA's policy statement talking, not me).
The process is set up to inform citizens not just about the decisions that are made in their behalves but also about the reasons behind the decisions.
Mr. Walker acknowledged that "decisions" should be made public; he just thinks the conversations about the decision should be private. Why? So board members can have frank and open discussions, and so they will have an environment where people will challenge each other and, according the the Daily Progress, so members can float dumb ideas or bluntly challenge one another without facing public wrath.
Hold on, I have to sit down because this takes my breath away.
You see, FOIA does contemplate giving members some leeway to have these kinds of frank discussions. As already noted, FOIA allows members to talk to each other one on one. FOIA allows members to exchange emails with one another, though those emails are public records. FOIA also has closed meeting exemptions. There's a personnel exemption, and nothing -- NOTHING -- prevented the Board of Visitors from holding discussions about Sullivan's performance in a closed session, where conversation could have been as frank and freewheeling as anyone ever desired.
FOIA also does not require the BOV or any other public body to hold meetings under a particular order of parliamentarian procedure. A board facilitator lamented the meeting's formality, and apparently BOV member Alan Diamonstein wants to have his committee meetings separate from the full board meetings. And that's OK. Committees can meet whenever they want. Full boards and their committees can amend their rules to allow them to meet in less formal settings -- workgroups, work sessions, whatever you want to call them -- where members can have a more natural discussion instead of hewing to rigid procedures on who has the floor and when.
There also seems to be a misconception that there is some bright line between discussions and decisions. Decisions do not materialize out of thin air. They are sewn as ideas, then nurtured, weeded, pruned and watered. At some point in this process, the idea bears fruit; the people doing the talking realize that they can agree on something and that is the decision. The voting in open session is essentially the ratification of what has already been decided. That's good, but the public still wants to see that. And they should see that. It's part of what makes a democracy a democracy.
And speaking of democracy, we elect people to serve as officials and on public boards. And sometimes the public officials appoint people to other boards and commissions. All of these people serve the public. All of these people must put aside their thinking about how they would do things in their own business, or at home, or at the non-profit group they participate in and realize that service to the public requires something different. It's not easy. I get that. But where is it written that government is supposed to be easy, especially government in a representative democracy?
And where, oh WHERE, did someone who serves on a public body get the notion that they can serve without incurring public wrath? Aside from someone who we can be pretty sure does not want to run for a statewide or nationwide office, who thinks that public service is about popularity, adoration or admiration?
As the ersatz version of the quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln reminds us, "You can't please all of the people all of the time." (His actual quote is that you can't fool all of the people all of the time, which also may be apt.) As a member of a public body, you will say and do things that will rub some people the wrong way. You just will. You can't control people's reactions, you can't control their opinions, and you can't control the message.
If a member of a public body or the public body as a whole is facing public wrath, well perhaps that's the time to sit back and wonder, "Did we do the right thing?" THAT's what happened at UVA. The public's reaction was so universally negative that it forced the board to reconsider.
I've seen this idea that public bodies need more flexibility to meet out of the public's view from several other sources. Some local public bodies have the same notion. And this takes my breath away even more because the very same people who spend weeks and months talking, talking, talking to the electorate so they can win their seat suddenly become shrinking violets when it comes to talking in public about the issues they were elected to address.
It's the marketplace of ideas. And if we are going to be a country that prides itself in still being of, by and for the people (man, that Abe Lincoln was good), we have to be able to suffer the slings and arrows of participation in that marketplace.
The answer is for more public discourse, not less.
Rich Anderson
10:01 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
One of the professional satisfactions I've had as a member of the Virginia General Assembly is to know and respect Megan Rhyne. In her capacity as Executive Director of VCOG (Virginia Coalition on Open Government), she and Ginger Stanley (Executive Director of the Virginia Press Association) have been my chief "tutors" on matters regarding FOIA and open government. That's one reason that I'm proud to be a card-carrying member of VCOG. Megan's article knocks the ball out of the park by succinctly laying out the issues for her readers. In chairing the Virginia Commission on Civics Education and the General Assembly Military and Veterans Caucus, I've learned that the best business model is to do ALL deliberations in public view and to act as if every citizen is in fact a sitting member of these bodies. Megan gets it right. To learn more about open government, receive periodic email updates, or join VCOG, go to http://www.opengovva.org.
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Megan Rhyne
1:23 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I swear on my copy of FOIA that I did not put Del. Anderson up to that very thoughtful comment. Thank you!!
Megan Rhyne
1:25 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
And while I'm at it, Del. Anderson reminds us that it is the General Assembly who passes changes to FOIA. And lawmakers like Del. Anderson are willing to listen to the public when it comes to expressing their opinions on FOIA or any other matter. During the 2013 session (which starts in January) keep tabs on the issues that matter to you and make your opinions known!
Fionnuala Burk
9:50 am on Thursday, October 18, 2012
There's an example of elected officials doing their best to cut down on public discourse and public disclosure, right here in Loudoun County. FOIA requests have been submitted to the Board of Supervisors for documents related to their current investigation of Supervisor Delgaudio, and those requests have been met with "The documents you request are not subject to FOIA" and "We have no such documents." Read more at theReal Advocate PAC blog.
Just the Facts
11:48 am on Friday, October 19, 2012
Agencies are hiding behind FOIA requests. MWAA has still since May not told the public about 220 million of no-bid contracts. Why are they not saying who got these contracts? Where is the Governor and Congressional delegation ?


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I was recently (two weeks ago) lucky enough to be invited to attend an HP Storage Tech Day. It was a great opportunity to learn some great tech and network with some great people. I had every intention of getting this post out earlier (honestly!), but the day job and other engagements have kept me beyond busy. At least I got it out before PEX!
Full disclosures: I work for a VAR where we sell and implement both HP and EMC storage solutions. I should also mention that this was an all-expenses paid even. Oh, and we got a really cool jacket with our twitter handle on the back (which should make me more identifiable at PEX).
The first day started off with an introduction by each of the attendees. After that, Craig Nunes got up to give us what was supposed to be the only Marketing part of the day. He shared with us some charts that showed the explosive growth HP has seen in the last year, especially around the 3PAR and backup appliance product lines. He also introduced the HP Storage product line:
Brad Katz then gave us an overview of the P4000 line, concentrating on the following:
There is also a cool new deployment tool we were able to play with to deploy the VSA very simply and quickly. They call it "zero to VSA".
Being an iSCSI-only array, some quickly dismiss this product line for enterprise storage, but I have many happy customers running P4000 storage. Plus I know some NDA futures of this product line, and there are a lot of cool things to come this year. Some of which should definitely change this perception.
Next, Steve Johnson gave us a briefing of the StoreOnce products, concentrating on the top of the line B6200. Interesting factoid: HP's first backup customer was IBM, who OEM'd HP tapes in the 80's.
The B6200 is a combination of DL380s and P2000 hardware and StoreOnce and IBRIX software. It can provide both NAS and FC connectivity. It also provides deduplication using the StoreOnce engine, which is utilized across all the HP products offering deduplication, a 4k block size and sparse indexing. It can scale out to 512TB usable storage and max throughput of 28TB/hr.
Architecturally, it looks a lot like a general purpose SAN and contains all the redundancy you'd expect (including utilizing RAID6 - 4+2). One major downside: replication is an add-on license. I find this a major gap since this array has a strong story as a destination target for multiple StoreOnce devices in multiple locations.
James "JR" Richardson provided us the 3PAR presentation. What a great speaker. Very engaging, new his stuff well (he was one of the first 3PAR employees) and passion to spare. I have every intention of getting him to Omaha someday soon for a lunch and learn and/or a series of customer meetings.
He spent most of the time laying out the three main differentiators of the 3PAR line: Multi-tenant, Efficient & Autonomic
Since I have customers who are debating between HP EVA and 3PAR arrays, I asked JR to comment on when one would make sense over the other. He stated, with very little hesitation, that he wouldn't buy an EVA at this point. Granted, he did come to HP with the 3PAR acquisition, but I've never heard any HP employee admit the defeat of the EVA so directly, especially in such a public setting. He backed his statement up with the fact that almost all HP Storage R&D is being funneled to the P10000, P4000 and StoreOnce products.
We were then able to work through a 3PAR lab. While the 3PAR interface wasn't convoluted or difficult to navigate, they could take some lessons in simplicity from the P4000 and EVA management interfaces.
Lab Tour
We were then taken on a tour of the HP Storage team's lab environment, including seeing all the products we discussed earlier in the day and the power/cooling elements of the data center. Some very cool stuff in there, which you can see in the following pictures.
File Storage
We finished up the presentations for the day with the X-series of products, the provide file-based storage on the IBRIX platform.
Jim Hankins, product manager for IBRIX, and Chris Duffy, product manager for file storage, kicked off the presentation with an overview of the product line. This includes the X1000 (integrated), X3000 (gateway), and X5000 (integrated), all of which are Windows Storage Server based and include file and block storage, deduplication, snapshots, and file classification
Mark Tomas, IBRIX development manager, then covered the X9000, which is designed for archiving and massive scale out. The top of the line is the X9720, which can contain up to 1.2PB using 2TB MDL-SAS disks. A few of the features include:
Robert Thompson, an Architect for Windows NAS Engineering, presented the X5000, a converged network storage server. This is very cool technology and is the best example of converged infrastructure I've ever seen. Imagine a 2U device that contains a couple of BL460s and a small drawer of disks containing 16LFF disks. The blades run a Windows Storage Server cluster and direct attach to the disks in the drawer. Up to 4 HP D2000 disk shelves can be direct attached to the device allowing for a maximum of 128TB with 116 disks (16LFF + 100SFF). The possibilities for this hardware platform are very interesting (an E5000 Exchange appliance has already been released) and HP is currently listening very closely to customer feedback, so let them know your thoughts (think branch office vSphere cluster).
The second day started with a VMware integration presentation by fellow vExpert Eric Siebert and Aboubacar Diare (another guy I'd like to get to Omaha for some presentations). Currently, the only gaps in VMware integration within the current HP Storage portfolio are VAAI in the P6000 (in QA right now), VASA on the P2000, and SRM 4.1 & 5.0 support for P2000. If you want to use VASA with your HP storage, it requires the Insight Control Storage module or 3PAR Management Plug-in, which both act as the VASA provider. They will then provide vCenter the array type, LUN type, snapshot information, whether the LUN is thin provisioned, CA relationship, and replication state.
They discussed how, due to Zero detect and Write Same features in the 3PAR, Eager Zero Thick (EZT) VMDKs on a 3PAR LUN can actually be faster to create (definitely not slower) than Lazy Zero Thick (LZT) VMDKs. Of course, EZT VMDKs will provide better performance on writes to the VMDK once created. For XCOPY & Write Same operations, the 3PAR, EVA, P9500 platforms all have abilities to throttle VAAI operations so as to not harm front end IO.
We finished up the presentations with Mike Koponen who presented the BladeSystem product line, which are designed for a quick and easy implementation of the hardware for a vSphere, XenServer or Hyper-V environment. The line includes the following:
All four models include base and extended SKUs.
Overall, a great experience. I learned a bunch, and hopefully this post will help you out as well.
A big thank you to HP for putting this together and inviting me to join!
For additional coverage of the conference, check out Calvin Zito's blog for his posts and links to the other attendee's posts.
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As organizations find their server infrastructures become mostly virtualized and start virtualizing their desktops, they come to realize that vSphere alone is not enough to manage and troubleshoot this environment. That's why you see so many ISVs offering solutions in this space, and why VMware has finally jumped into the fray with vCenter Operations. I've been a big fan of vCOps ever since its release earlier this year. It does a great job of boiling down all the available data points into an easy to understand format, while still providing the ability to quickly drill down during a performance problem.
Xangati is another vendor in this space that I find really impressive. They are taking a different approach. Their approach is to not necessarily boil everything down to über-simplicity, but to give you a more holistic vision of the entire environment, along with all the relevant data points. They're doing this because of the inherent complexity of a virtualized infrastructure. There are many moving parts that are all interrelated and constantly changing, and a hiccup in one subsystem can have major ramifications in another system. They call this the "Performance Ripple Effect" (a term I found very interesting).
With their new release this week, they also now can look inside of the Windows guests using WMI and the PCoIP communications within VMware View thanks to their new partnership with Teradici.
If you have a medium or larger VMware environment, I'd highly recommend taking a look at both products. Both offer free trial periods and can be really useful if you already have a performance problem you'd like to dig into.
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Today is the day folks! At 6pm CDT (that's covers Chicago, Dallas & Kansas City, as well as Omaha, Des Moines and Bloomington, IL) the VMunderground crew will release 225 tickets for our Mother of All vBeers event at VMWorld 2011 in Las Vegas. Those of you who have been to one of the previous five editions of this party know how much fun it's been in the past, but this year will be an epic party. If you'll be at VMWorld this year in Vegas, you owe it to yourself to set the alarm on your phone for 5:55pm CDT and run to a computer.
Ticket will be made available here: wupaas2011.eventbrite.com
More detail about VMunderground and the party itself is here: www.vmunderground.com
But most importantly (because we couldn't do it without them), check out the companies willing to pay for all this awesomeness:
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I alluded to this in my previous post, but it seems that no one else has picked up on it yet, so I figured I might as well write up the first post on the subject.
People familiar with the VMware View Bundles know about a special license of vSphere that comes as part of the package, vSphere 4 for Desktops. This is a CPU-unlimited edition of vSphere 4 that is EULA bound to only running desktop infrastructures (virtual desktops and brokers). This helps to drastically drive down the price of a VDI deployment, which is one of the main hurdles to getting VDI implemented.
With the release of vSphere 5, VMware now has four enterprise editions (from the VMware website):
VMware vSphere Standard provides server consolidation and no planned downtime. VMware vSphere Enterprise provides powerful & efficient resource management. VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus provides policy-based datacenter automation. VMware vSphere Desktop provides the platform to deploy desktop virtualization offering scalability, high availability, reliability and optimal performance for all your desktop workloads. ------
The last of these is the one to take note of. Apparently the vSphere edition currently available with View 4 is going to be made available as it's own edition separate from View. What's the advantage of this?
This standalone vSphere edition does inherit one limitation from it's View parent: only desktiop infrastructures can be hosted on these hosts. One difference it has is that the version included with View is licensed per concurrent connection, whereas the standalone version is licensed per powered on desktop VM.
I think this is a significant development. I see, roughly, about half VDI implementations go XenDesktop, and a good portion of those still end up on vSphere. I have advised customers to consider buying the View Enterprise Bundle to simply get the vSphere Desktop licensing if they are going to use vSphere as the hypervisor in a XenDesktop implementation (the View Bundle EULA is written to allow this currently). A separate vSphere Desktop edition allows for a much cleaner licensing discussion.
What's that you say? "What's it going to cost?" I suppose that is an important question. The list price will be $65/VM, sold in bundles of 100 (so $6500 per 100). Much cheaper than the current View Enterprise Bundle list price of $150/concurrent user (depending on your VDI concurrency).
There is no upgrade or license conversion to this edition. It is only available as a net new license.
A bit more detail can be found on this VMware blog post (that just barely beat me to posting).
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If you hadn't noticed, VMware announced vSphere 5 on 7/12. The announcement was well handled and I enjoyed watching the first hour. The follow-up sessions weren't working in my browser, so I wasn't able to attend any of those, but I ended up spending a lot of time on Twitter and VMware's sites looking into the new features and licenses.
There are two main topics I want to cover. First I'll cover the new licensing scheme for vSphere 5, which has become a very hot topic of criticism for VMware. Then I'll talk about some of the new features of this release.
As part of the upgrade to vSphere5, customers will need to figure out a new licensing scheme. A change in the licensing shouldn't come as a surprise, since core and processor speeds have taken out a major chunk of VMware's revenue stream from their core product, not to mention VMware's history of changing licensing with every release.
The new scheme continues the tradition of one license per socket, but now allows for unlimited cores in every edition and a new memory cap. It's a lot more complicated than that though. The cap is not for the amount of physical RAM in the host, but it's a cap on a new construct they call vRAM. vRAM is the amount of RAM assigned collectively to the virtual machines. The licenses will combine their vRAM caps at the vCenter level (or multiple vCenters when using Linked Mode) to create a pool that all VMs in the infrastructure can pull from. One caveat is that different editions of vSphere (Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus) will create different pools. When architecting infrastructures, you'll need to now consider not only the number of sockets in all the hosts, but also the total amount of RAM utilized by all the VMs.
The vRAM caps layout like this:
Essentials, Essentials Plus & Standard - 24GB Enterprise - 32GB Enterprise Plus - 48GB
This cap ignited a fire storm on twitter, blogs, email lists and even the private vExpert forum over at the VMware Communities. The root of this storm is what appears to be an increase in licensing for larger environments.
I'm guilty of contributing to this storm. But as a good community member, I wanted to back up my comments, so I started contacting my customers to get a handle on what the licensing changes will mean to them. Based on my results, this will be problem for larger environments, but many of my customers don't fall into this category. Working with real world numbers and theoretical numbers it looks like the vRAM cap based licensing will increase environments using 196GB or greater per host, environments with a large cluster of 128GB or greater per host or environments heavily overcommitted. Of the customers I've pinged, only one of them is affected. But I do have customers that are building clusters right now with hosts of 196GB, and this will be a concern for them.
My concerns with this change have lessened, but have not been eliminated. The advantages of scaling up the hosts (the exact solution Cisco is betting on for UCS extended memory servers) has less advantage that it did in vSphere 4. The costs may still make sense to scale up a smaller number of hosts as opposed to buying additional hosts for a scale out solution, but those costs are way to variable for me to swing at right now. The burden on partners like myself will be greater now to architect the number of hosts/CPUs and VMware licenses to create the cheapest solution based on the known facts. In some cases, it may actually make sense to upgrade to Enterprise Plus to gain the higher vRAM cap. It is also a good push to minimize the RAM each VM is allocated. If you're worried about having to buy additional licenses, I'd start my reducing the RAM allocation of your VMs first (VMware will happily talk to you about CapacityIQ). An interesting new PowerShell script has been created to help analyze your situation. Finally, don't be surprised if us partners become more pushy to do a capacity plan before making recommendations. :)
VMware is clearly making a push to more of a cloud mentality for it's licensing ("utility" computing in VMware's words). I just don't think VMware's general customers are ready to manage their envrionment in that way. I honestly don't have many issues with licensing this way, but it's hard to wrap your mind around it and the vRAM caps are most definitely too low. It also completely underminds the overcommitment advantages VMware has touted as one of their biggest advantages over the "good enough" club (Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer).
My final thought on licensing (for this post at least) is to point out one big irony. Back when vSphere 4 was released, a firestorm was created due to VMware's planned elimination of the Enterprise tier. They introduced the Advanced tier, but it wasn't enough to justify the huge jump in cost/features that Enterprise filled. Customers and partners both screamed and convinced VMware to keep the Enterprise tier. The irony: Advanced has been removed in vSphere 5 and those licenses will be converted to Enterprise.
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Now for the good news: vSphere 5 introduces a ton of great new features (another expectation we have from VMware during each major release). Here's a quick rundown of my favorites:
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About Michele
In need of a creative outlet, I began writing novels after my second child was born. A voracious reader of romance books and a constant dreamer of romantic plots, my husband encouraged me to put my ideas to paper. I soon found out I loved it ... all of it!
I am a member of the Romance Writers of America and of the Georgia Romance Writers.
In addition to writing historical and regency romance novels, I also build large-scale HO model trains, love to do huge cross-stitching pieces, relax on our boat, and decorate everything I can during the Christmas season.
Besides romance, I am a heavy science fiction reader and try to read at least two books a month—one science fiction and the other romance even when I am writing. I guess I just secretly desire to live in another place in time!
I really am a Sinclair!! Which during my last visit to the Highlands I learned I was mispronouncing (sink' clare). As a consultant for 18 years, I have been an editor, have written numerous documents, and received various awards within my firm. I live in Atlanta, Georgia with my three favorite loves—my ever-loving and supportive husband and my two children.
Book Two, To Wed A Highlander, release date July 1, 2008
To Wed a Highlander, focuses on the second McTiernay brother, Colin, who is forced to marry his brazen, impetuous sister-in-law, Makenna, in order to protect the clan of his beloved, gentle dead wife.
Pride and unfamiliar desire guides much of their initial interactions as each wrestle with unexpected and intense feelings for the other. Conor and Laurel (from The Highlander's Bride) come back in this story and add to the lively interplay plaguing the Dunstan keep as Colin and Makenna discover the joy of their hidden, unknown passions.
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Ignites an insatiable desires…
A highlander from birth, Colin McTiernay knows the Dunstan clan dislikes him, especially the laird's youngest daughter. But he is determined to save the lowlanders from their enemies even if that means marrying the willful and impetuous Makenna. Taming the fierce tigress will be a challenge that Colin is confident he can meet by seducing Makenna—and tantalizing her with a passion that will only leave her begging for more…
Book Three, Highlander's Promise, release date Fall 2009
Set in the early 14th century Scottish Highlands, it is the story of the third McTiernay brother, Cole, who saves Ellenor Howell, an Englishwoman haunted by a horrible mistake, from a lonely life, only to realize it is she who needs to rescue him.
The Highlander's Promise, won second place in PASIC 2008 Book of Your Heart Contest
An unwanted rescue…
Ellenor Howell's perfect world unraveled in one terrifying night and she vows to piece together a new future, one that is safe and far from the reach of any man. Attempts to marry her off have failed and she is weeks away from fleeing England and her nightmares, when a hulking giant arrives, determined to take her to his brother's home. With each ploy she devises to escape her captor, the infuriating Highlander is one step ahead, and her desire to leave the safety of his arms wanes. For inexplicably, whenever the man is around, her fear of being touched disappears and she remembers what is like to be wild and carefree. She wants her freedom, but with each minute that passes in the scowling Highlander's presence, Ellenor begins to realize that what she really wants is the one thing she can't have…his heart.
Bound to a promise…
Cole has good reason to despise Ellenor Howell. She is not only English and someone he is honor bound to hate, but she is proud of it. She is also aggravating, stubborn, and enjoys challenging everything he says or does. It should have made it simple for him to stay away. Instead, he finds himself drawn to her, as she continually understands him in ways no one else does. But as he helps free her from the memories of her past, his desire for the tawny-haired beauty grows, and he rediscovers pieces of his soul he thought forever dead. As their time together draws to an end, he must make a choice…forsake a solemn promise he made long ago committing him to a solitary life, or make a new one to his sworn enemy who has the power to open his heart and heal his wounds with love.
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To Wed a Highlander - July 2008
The Highlander's Promise - Early 2009
The Highlander's Kiss- 2010
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The entire mechanism of the left has just lit up like an Independence Day light show. Arizona has just re-erected the states' rights issue… quite appropriate actually, given that the country is undergoing what may be described as a low-level, bloodless civil war.
The left is foaming at the mouth over Arizona's heroic decision to stand and be counted. Every single illegal alien supporter, from Barack Hussein Obama right down to the lowest street apparatchik in MEChA, is buzzing like a stick-stirred nest of hornets.
Obama babbled some inanity about the action being inappropriate. You bet Barry, right on, you betcha'.
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Fresh pads are almost always good, or at least better than the old ones they replaced, however, these pads are making the OEM pads look really bad. They were quiet from the start, have yet to hear a single squeek, and after the first few miles, have been absolutely silent under braking. Response, stopping power and fade are all far superior to OE, with the sense of not being able to stop virtually gone, which was my only real complaint about the vehicle since I bought it. If I would have thought that a set of pads could have made such a dramatic difference, I would have replaced them within the first month of ownership!
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text: Design by Anna Castelli Ferrieri, 1969. Componibili Lid for single compartment stacker with open top. Componibili modular units can be stacked and arranged according to one's desire. Made of ABS, the system is put together via a tongue-and-groove system for quick construction and good stability. Perfect for any home setting, in the bathroom, bedroom, kitchen or living room. Flexible, functional and practical, Componibili sliding-door storage cabinets have been in production for more than thirty years and are on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the George Pompidou Centre in Paris. Material(s): plastic Dimensions: 16.5"D X 1.2"H Models: KRT-4959 4959 Anna Castelli FerrieriBorn in Milan on Aug. 6, 1918, Anna Castelli Ferrieri was one of the first women to graduate from the prestigious Milan Polytechnic Institute, in 1943, with an architecture degree. In 1949, she and her husband, Giulio Castelli, founded Kartell, which became a leading furniture company known for high-quality plastic designs. With the success of Kartell, Ms. Castelli Ferrieri and her husband helped fuel the explosion of Italian modern design in the 60's, 70's and 80's. In 1976, she became the art director of Kartell and continued to experiment with different kinds of plastic. She passed away in 2006 at 87 years old due to complications from lung disease at her home in Milan. She is best known for her "Componobili," stackable round plastic containers, which continue to be popular to this day. KartellKartell works with renowned designers such as Ron Arad, Antonio Citterio, Michele De Lucchi, Ferruccio Laviani, Piero Lissoni, patricia Urquiola, Vico Magistretti, Enzo Mari, Alberto Meda, Paolo Rizzatto and Philippe Starck, who all appreciate the wealth of knowledge that Kartell has about plastics technology and the innovative ways in which it can be effectively applied to items for modern living. Kartell has over fifty years of experience in designing classic furniture from plastics which has made the company famous in the history of Italian and international design. Customer ReviewsI've long admired Kartell's Componibili line but the price (the Italian great design surchage) was always a bit offputting. I finally pulled the trigger when I found a couple of the modular components on sale at YLighting because they were open box. I knew I would love my Componibili as I had researched them before purchasing and they don't disappoint. I plan on using them as endtables in my bedroom. What did surprise me was how helpful and efficient (and genuinely nice) the YLighting customer service person I spoke to was. By: Greg C., Designer (New York City) You May Also Consider:View Mode: [#][=] Componibili Round- Single Standard Unit Our Price: $95.00 + Free Shipping Componibili Round - Two Unit Our Price: $120.00 + Free Shipping Componibili Round - Three Unit Our Price: $169.00 + Free Shipping Componibili Round - Single Tall Unit Our Price: $120.00 + Free Shipping Free Shipping. Price Guarantee. Easy Returns. It's good to shop at YLighting.At YLighting, we are so confident that the Componibili Round- Tray/Top will make you happy that we offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee and our 100% Price Guarantee. What's more, we also offer Free Shipping on orders over $75. |


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Craftsman portable chests sports a new, unique color in chrome blue while providing convenient organization for frequently used tools at home or on the jobsite.
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pm blockswhat do these mean?
Posted 08 December 2010 - 04:13 PM
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Posted 08 December 2010 - 06:12 PM
Posted 08 December 2010 - 06:15 PM
Posted 09 December 2010 - 02:02 AM
Pop-up with the message (like in the old software)
Counter next to the username (used to be in the menu next to the PM menu choice)
A little green box (must be turned on manually, and only appears if there are any messages.)
On the mobile app
By email
In the right column on the main page (only appears if there are any unread messages)
I never noticed that "Block" wasn't visible for all posters except Moderators and Administrators. The idea behind this is to be able to block specific people from sending PM's. On other boards there have been issues of harassment via PM, and in some software -- I haven't tested ours -- if a poster is put on "ignore", PM's are blocked as well.
It is possible to disable the PM feature from "My Settings", which is an option by clicking the down-arrow next to the sign-in name at the top of the page:
Settings (top tab)
Notification Options (left menu)
Under "Privacy Settings",
Clicking option 1 disables board email, which always sends the sender's registered email address to the receiver, but the receiver's email address is invisible to the sender. This is why a number of people disable board email.
Clicking option 2 is currently irrelevant, because we don't send email blasts.
Clicking option 3 disables PM for everyone, except Admins and Moderators, who can send PMs regardless of the state of the checkbox.
I need to poke around with this feature.
Posted 09 December 2010 - 08:57 AM
Helene, on 09 December 2010 - 02:02 AM, said:
This is primarily what I was asking Helene, thanks for that detailed response. I imagine there are some people who don't want to receive any kind of PM if they have the choice, so that's surely what it is in this case. We'll just leave it there, as it was nothing urgent, but this is rather complicated now technically. Also, the 'Block' being visible for all except mods and admins may be correct or not, considering that when I took a look at the older messages from other posters, I saw nothing of either 'Block' or 'Unblock', and this one I sent was relatively new--and in this one, only the 'as yet unread' showed, whether I clicked 'Block' or 'Unblock'.
I just looked again, just to see if I could figure it out. Some conversations I had with Cristian some months back would either show the 'Block' or not, this would sometimes have to do with whether he or I was the recipient or not. Even further back, a conversation with leonid says 'no longer available, deleted', but I never deleted it, and you can still read it. I also never have liked the user-unfriendliness of 'show/hide' things which 'Block' and 'Turn Notifications off' are: They really ought to say 'HIDDEN' or 'BLOCKED' after you've done it so you don't immediately see UNBLOCK, which can make you think it's Unblocked at first. But alas. I do agree with you that this is a needlessly messy PM system, but you answered the main question, which is that some people probably do block both their PM settings and their BT email.
Posted 09 December 2010 - 10:41 AM
papeetepatrick, on 09 December 2010 - 08:57 AM, said:
Helene, on 09 December 2010 - 02:02 AM, said:
It's also possible to ignore the counters and to miss the pop-ups, like in the old system, which might be why you're not getting an answer. That or unfamiliarity with the functionality. It takes a lot of poking around to find a way to turn off PM, which is why it wouldn't be my first guess. (On other board software, I clicked a link to a comment, accidentally closed the browser, and it took me two months to figure out that this type of comment was stored and how to retrieve it.)
Posted 09 December 2010 - 05:10 PM
the Messenger always said '0' today, well after he had responded, and there was not indication whatsoever of anything new having arrived. I ONLY discovered it because I was still trying to figure out how it worked! Not great.
Oh well, we are living with this system, and have to tinker with it. Once I told someone else to pm me about something, and a mod deleted it for some reason, so I didn't want to write it on the board that someone 'should check their pms', even though people on some of the overly informal blogs do that way too often about checking emails, but it isn't really usually that rude.
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HK traders use roof to dry thousands of shark fins
HONG KONG (AP) — Shark fin traders in Hong Kong have laid out thousands of fins on rooftops in what appears to be a move to escape public scrutiny of their industry.
Thousands of the freshly cut fins were seen blanketing the roof of an industrial building in Hong Kong this week.
Environmental campaigner Gary Stokes, who took the first photos of the drying on Jan. 1, said Friday that the traders usually dried their fins on the sidewalks. He suspected that the traders went upstairs to avoid pressure from concerned passers-by.
Hong Kong is the world center of the shark fin industry, accounting for about half of global trade. Environmental campaigners, citing government statistics, say more than 10,200 metric tons of shark fin were imported into Hong Kong last year.
Shark fins are popular in Asia where delicacies such shark's fin soup, which is mostly tasteless, are served at special occasions such as wedding banquets. However, environmentalists say overfishing is threatening shark species.
Stokes said a video he released in March showing thousands of dried shark fins laid out on the side of road drew attention to the practice. He added that he had heard the tourism board "was not too wild about it" because tourists had complained after coming across drying fins.
But Ho Siu-chai, president of the Hong Kong Sharks Fin Trade Merchants Association, denied there was pressure, saying the traders were using the roof because they probably didn't have enough space and wanted to take advantage of the cool, clear weather.
Stokes said many of the shark fins coming into Hong Kong were being shipped to mainland China.
"With the middle class becoming more affluent, the demand is definitely growing" in mainland China, Stokes said. "But in Hong Kong it's actually decreasing. I think that in Hong Kong people are starting to realize that it's not that cool."
The growing environmental concerns have prompted some five-star hotels in Hong Kong to stop offering shark's fin soup at banquets and the city's biggest airline, Cathay Pacific Airways, to stop carrying it in air cargo. Continued...
The Chinese government also said last year it was banning shark's fin soup from official banquets in an attempt to curb corruption.
Some 75 million sharks are killed for their fins only each year, according to the European Union. The sharks are typically thrown back into the sea to die after their fans are harvested, a practice that the EU banned last year. Fins can sell for as much as $700 a pound.
Shark fin trading is not regulated in Hong Kong except for three species that require permits from the countries from which they were exported.
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