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Message from the Chair
Greetings fellow SLD'ers!
we move into the Northern Hemisphere's summer and everyone goes on
vacation, it becomes more important than ever to get things out the door
as quickly as possible without sacrificing the quality for which
SLD'ers are known. Be sure to take advantage of ACC's many resources:
Legal Quick Hits; webcasts; presentations on areas of law; sample forms;
Top 10 lists; eGroups; the Contracts, Compliance, Crisis Management and
Survey portals; and the member-to-member service where you can talk to a
fellow ACC member about a specific issue you need help with (this one
has been of great help to me). Also, don't forget to take advantage of
the FREE 30 minutes of courtesy advice each year offered by the law firm members of our sponsor, Meritas.
We've had a lot of great feedback from our members about how useful,
easy, and friendly it is to talk to a Meritas attorney. Meritas members
are located throughout the world. Contact Kim Heinrich to set up your appointment (+1-612-604-0083).
you're developing a contract management system, thinking about adopting
e-signatures, or want to make sure you're in the best position to
advise top management, attend our round table webcasts on these topics.
There has been a lot of chatter on eGroups about these topics so SLD,
together with the Law Department Management and New To In-House
Committees, are co-sponsoring 3 special round tables
with ACC members talking about their experiences, and do's and don'ts
for each topic. See below for more details and registration links.
We have a lot more really great programs planned over the next few months so stay tuned.
I'd like to see how many people actually read the Chair's message. So if you're still reading, please send a quick email to email@example.com
stating in the subject line where you are going on vacation this year.
We'll announce the most popular destination during our upcoming member
meeting. And thanks for reading!
Melissa Alexander
SLD Chair
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Upcoming Programs
SLD Leadership has been working
hard to bring you timely, helpful programs that address the issues you face on
a regular basis. First, together with
the Law Department Management Committee and the New To In-House Committee, SLD
has developed three virtual roundtable discussion. On April 26, a virtual roundtable entitled Implementing
a Contract Management System was held; this
is archived for your convenience.
Below is one of the virtual roundtables scheduled for this
· June 21 at 3pm ET: Avoiding the
Dotted Line to the CEO: Why CLO Reporting Structure is Important
To register for upcoming webcasts, or to access archived webcasts
and presentations, please click on the bolded text above.
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SLD Contributions to The Docket
Are you a
subject matter expert? Then why not
share your expertise with your fellow SLD members? ACC staffers make it easy to
be an author. For more information, please contact Elyse Beidner.
Join these
SLD members who had articles published in the March, April and May ACC Docket:
Maryrose Delahunty, "The Right
Stuff" (March 2016)
Robert Falk, "Want More From Your
Outside Counsel?" (March 2016)
Art Fisher, "The Modern General
Counsel" (March 2016)
Gregory Stern, "A Paradigm Shift"
(March 2016)
Whitnie Wiley, "Progress, Not
Perfection" (March 2016)
Christina Allyn, "Managing
Restrictive Covenants in a Multistate Environment: One Size Does Not Fit All" (April 2016)
K Royal, "Finding Equality and
Balance in the Face of Legal Typecasting" (April 2016)
Gregory Stern, "Tickled" (April
Whitnie Wiley, "Unaware? Or Don't Care?" (April 2016)
Jeffrey Wheeler, "The Gentle Red
Pen" (April 2016)
Maryrose Delahunty, "Which Dog Do
You Feed?" (May 2016)
Kimberly Hillman, "Has The
Fortress Been Hacked By Consumers?" (May 2016)
David Paskach, "Advanced Text
Analytics Tools Gain Acceptance, Use in the Legal E-Discovery Process" (May
Edward Paulis III, "Preparing Your
Board Before Litigation: A Primer on
Defending Board Actions, Preserving Confidential Information, and Managing
Risk" (May 2016)
Gregory Stern, "Creating Your Own Client
Self-service Tools with Smart-Guides" (May 2016)
Whitnie Wiley, "What You Need, Not
What You Want (Part I)" (May 2016)
Mark Your Calendars!
ACC Annual Meeting, October
16-19 in San Francisco
If you've
attended the Annual Meeting in the past, you know that it's a great educational
and networking event. You say you've
never attended? Make this year your
first meeting—we promise it's worth your time and investment. Once again, SLD
will sponsor great programming with speakers from our committee:
· Allocating
Risk for Your Company: Playing the Feud
· Bankruptcy—Advanced
Skills for In-House Attorneys
· IT: Not the Scary Stephen King Novel. The Department you Need to Make Your Best
· Penalty: Holding on the Offense—Everything You Need to
Know About Legal Holds
· Antitrust
Training for Your Sales Team
Also, if
you are registered to attend, be on the watch for an invitation to the famous
(infamous?) SLD Hob Nob, to be held on Sunday, October 16. Todd Silberman and company have planned a fabulous
outing at The Presidio. Be sure to respond to the invitation as soon as it's
received—this party sells out quickly!
Want to Meet Local SLD Members?
As we all
know, being an SLD member is a great resource.
But, have you ever thought it would be great to know fellow SLD members
in your geographic area? That's the idea
behind micro-networking. We are looking for volunteers to help coordinate
introductory micro-networking events at the local chapter level. These events could be a breakfast, a lunch, a
happy hour, or even an outing to the local ball game. For more information on how you can
volunteer, please contact Gulam Zade,
the SLD Chapter Relations Chair.
On the SLD Webpage
Have you visited the SLD webpage
recently? If not, you're missing out!
The webpage is a great resource for you, with information about recent
eGroup threads (if you have a question about how to do something, chances are
someone else has already asked and answered, Counselor!), upcoming SLD Legal
Quick Hits, and resources developed by and for the SLD committee. The newest addition to the webpage is the
very timely Top
Ten Issues Regarding Guns in the US Workplace Check it
out and let us know what you think at email@example.com.
In The Spotlight
Have you
recently been promoted or changed jobs?
Have you been honored by a professional or civic organization? Do you have a blog that other members would
find interesting? Then let us know about
it—this is your time to be in the spotlight!
Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com so we can
share it with other SLD members. Please
join us in congratulating the following SLD members on recent promotions:
Steven Burres has been
promoted to from Assistant GC to Associate GC at Rotech Healthcare in Orlando,
David F. Simon was named
Chief Legal Affairs Officer of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine, a private, not-for-profit graduate college founded in 1899. David is the first person to hold this
position—being an SLD member will come in handy!
And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor (ACC Sponsor of the Year!)
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more than 175 fully vetted firms serving 235 markets in 75 countries around the
world, is pleased to be the long-time sponsor of the Small Law Department
With more than 7,000
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Meritas can connect SLD members to the right expertise anywhere in the world.
Its rigorous quality assurance program, which performs 1,100 assessments annually,
allows it to provide consistent quality to support its clients' success.
Meritas' reputation as one of
the world's leading legal alliances comes from its selection of established
independent law firms in key markets, each with years of specialized expertise
across key practice areas. Its service standards for communication, reporting,
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SLD members can work with
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Brochure & Roster to locate a lawyer by specific expertise
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Meritas offers a complimentary
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Contact Kim Heinrich at
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Let Us Hear From You!
Let us know what
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I love to run and I love to cook. Let me tell you about my adventures as I roam the web searching for new (and hopefully healthier) recipes for my family to try!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
What We're Eating for Dinner: July 5 -11
It's Menu Plan Monday at I'm an Organizing Junkie again. Be sure to stop by and check out all the other delicious menu plans at I'm an Organizing Junkie.
Here's what we will be eating this week:
Sunday - Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya, bread
Monday - Pulled Barbeque Chicken Sandwiches, pasta salad
Tuesday - Teriyaki Steak Skewers, rice, grilled veggies
Wednesday - Chicken Chilaquiles, taco salad
Thursday - Chipotle Black Bean Soup, quesadillas
Friday - Caribbean Jerk Pork Chops,
Saturday - Dinner out with friends!
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Distance : 15.396 Kms from Muscat Airport
Meknes (proper Arabic pronunciation is Mik'naas) is a Moroccan cuisine restaurant located in Al Khuwair, it is two blocks after the Oman Mobile headquarters if you are coming from Muscat – its flashy sign cannot be missed.
Meknes is a proper restaurant suitable for business dinners and special events. It's very well decorated and looks quite fancy. The place is bigger than what it looks from the outside as the upper floor spans across multiple units. The restaurant has a semi-separate sheesha joint on its other side, we did not see any smoke or smell any sheesha during our stay, but I do not know if that was because the sheesha place was well isolated or because they had no customers in it at that time. There isn't a non-smoking section in the restaurant, but the place is very spacious and did not have many actual customers when we were there, so again, we do know how it would have looked like in a busy/bad day. There are a couple of cabinet-like rooms in which people could dine in if nobody else was already in there.
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Fourth cousins? Third cousins two times removed? Figure out exactly how you're related to cousin-so-and-so in four steps.
Feel like you need a calculus equation to figure out exactly how youre related to cousin so-and-so from your moms great-grandmothers brothers line? Let us simplify things.
What kind of cousins you are depends on the most recent ancestor you share with your relative. First cousins share grandparents. Second cousins share great-grandparents, third cousins share great-great-grandparents, and so on. Add a great for each generation away from the common ancestor.
Things get trickier when youre talking about removed cousins. Each removal signifies one generation of difference between the two cousins. Your first cousins child is your first cousin once removed. Your first cousins grandchild is your first cousin twice removed. For example, Ann and Bea, who met at a genealogical society meeting, should follow these steps to determine their cousin relationship:
1. Identify the most recent ancestor. For Ann and Bea, lets say its James Eugene Harding, born in 1850.
2. Determine each cousins relationship to that ancestor. Ann and Bea determined that James is Anns great-great-grandfather and Beas fourth-great-grandfather.
3. Equalize the cousins at the level of the one closest to the common ancestor. Equalizing the cousins at Anns level would make them third cousins.
4. Add one removed for each difference in generations between the cousins. Two greats separate Ann and Beatheyre third cousins twice removed.
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Supergirl Mixtapes – Meagan Brothers
Waiting – Carol Lynch Williams
Waiting – Carol Lynch Williams
Sometimes we librarians read books that we know won't have mass appeal but may be just the right book for just the right reader at a particular time. Meagan Brothers' Supergirl Mixtapes and Carol Lynch Williams' Waiting are two such books.
Supergirl Mixtapes should be awesome, but…it's just too manufactured angst-y for me. There's a suicide attempt, drug overdose, mental breakdown…ugh, so very rock 'n' roll cliché. I do know at least two students who will like the book because of all the music references, but other than that, the story itself doesn't offer anything new or unusual. Meh.
Cool factoid – both Meagan Brothers and Carol Lynch Williams are originally from South Carolina. Home state pride, boos! You can read more about Brothers at http://us.macmillan.com/author/meaganbrothers and Lynch at http://www.carollynchwilliams.com/ .


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77 GHz waveform generator with multiple frequency shift keying modulation for multi-target detection automotive radar applications
Since the late 1990s, radar applications have been spreading far beyond military applications, especially in automotive radars. Automotive applications such as adaptive cruise control, lane change assistance and so on make the driving task more comfortable and safer. Detecting all targets in the observation area is the basic requirement of automotive radar applications. In addition, the ranges and radial velocities of the targets must be unambiguously solved simultaneously, with high accuracy and resolution. Two well-known modulation waves, linear frequency modulated continuous wave (LFMCW) and frequency shift keying (FSK), can fulfil the requirements of automotive applications, but they have limitations in multiple target cases. Due to this reason, the car needs multiple radars to detect targets. Thus, the cost can be increased significantly. The combination of LFMCW and FSK, called MFSK, is proposed to solve target parameters in multi-target case. However, this waveform exhibits a linear frequency increase but each step is FSK modulation. In this work, the hardware to generate this waveform is proposed.
Authors: Quang Nguyen, Myungryeol Park, Youngsu Kim and Franklin Bien
Title: 77 GHz waveform generator with multiple frequency shift keying modulation for multi-target detection automotive radar applications
Journal: Electronics Letters
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Publication date: April 2015


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The Blumlein technique.
Bush Days — You've got to hand it to Gavin Rossdale, because he's obviously the biggest music fan. Not only is his musical repertoire vast and diverse, but his knowledge of the industry and his ability to see the potential in people to aid him in producing his vision for music is matched only by the likes of Kanye West.
Although it only fed fuel to the fire that were Nirvana comparisons in the 1990s, one of the most brilliant moves that Rossdale ever made was hiring Steve Albini to record Razorblade Suitcase for Bush in 1996. Though Albini has produced countless records (and the man's schedule never, ever has any time off being his touring and recording gigs), it was never really fair that Bush detractors were able to close in on the fact that Albini produced In Utero; I'm sure that if that connection weren't so blatant, the media would still have Kevin Baconed their way to one, but anything meant to detract from that album admittedly saddens me.
However, if you've ever caught yourself wondering why Razorblade Suitcase is such a brill record, or wondered why it sounds so good, I have three words for you: the Blumlein technique.
Invented by Alan Blumlein, the principle behind it is the taking of two microphones and pointing them at each other on an angle. Playing live in a room, the two microphones combined will pick up the sound in a way that compliments each other, creating a complete record of the sound in a given space by working in tandem to capture sound from all angles (further techniques include pointing one upward, the other downward).
And while the technique itself is unparalleled in its ability to capture sound and create a sense of space, Albini is further genius for two other principles in his work — the fact that he insisted on recording Bush live-to-tape (though Rossdale admits there are a few overdubs in the end result), and his record-loud-to-play-loud principle. Which is to say, his preference is to record the music very loud, to ensure that its playback at loud volumes is optimal, as opposed to the music or signal breaking up when the volume is increased.
Which is why Razorblade Suitcase is chemically the strongest Bush album to date (to my mind, at least) — it's alive. To see what I mean, turn it way, way up the next time you listen to it. You can hear each silence in "Greedy Fly" crackle with the air in the room, the hum of the amplifiers. You can see the look on Nigel Pulsford's face as he blisters through the solo in "Cold Contagious", hear the pain in Rossdale voice in "Mouth", every second and every note tells another story and layers in the context of the work in dynamic ways that only become more pronounced when the volume is increased. The album breathes, and brings you right into the room with the band.
Razorblade Suitcase is a real gift of a rock and roll record, a complete capsule of time and space and energy. Not only would fans benefit from more artists producing their craft in such a way, but so the artists would, as well.


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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) July 05, 2016
Second City Works, the B2B arm of the world-renowned theatre company, The Second City, was one of two honorees at the Chicago Innovation Foundation Un-Gala on Thursday, June 23, 2016, receiving the "Chicago Reinvention Award." Chef Rick Bayless was also honored with the Chicago Innovation Foundation's Legendary Innovator Award.
"We're thrilled to receive this recognition," states Steve Johnston, President & Managing Partner of Second City Works. "In order to stay relevant, reinvention is key. We are honored to receive this recognition from the Chicago Innovation Foundation and to help support their work with the next generation of innovators."
Drawing on The Second City's 56-year legacy of engaging audiences with smart, incisive comedy, Second City Works has evolved from its early days in customized entertainment to become a leading innovator in professional development and marketing services. Second City Works has worked with hundreds of corporations, including Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Procter & Gamble Co., and provides improv-based business solutions that focus on four key business challenges: talent development, marketing and content strategy, sales effectiveness, and legal and compliance training.
About Second City Works
Second City Works (SCW) is the B2B arm of the world-renowned theater, The Second City. SCW brings the skills of improvisation and the authenticity of humor to over 600 organizations each year through events, workshops, and digital content. With expertise in audience dynamics, ensemble building, co-creation, and agility, Second City Works' mission is to create a more empowered, creative, and collaborative business culture worldwide.
About The Second City
Beginning as a small cabaret theater on Chicago's north side in 1959, The Second City has grown to become a comedy empire, building a robust $55 million business based on its core improvisational methodologies. Resident theaters in Chicago and Toronto create topical sketch comedy revues that satirize politics, culture and news of the day. Additionally, Second City performs thousands of shows each year in regional theaters, colleges and performing arts centers. Beyond its stages, The Second City created the foremost school of improvisation-based arts in the world with training facilities in Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles that currently enrolls more than 11,000 students annually. The Second City's foray into television and new media continues to produce new content and programming, including the classic, Emmy Award-winning comedy series SCTV.
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Writing is not and can't be a substitute for living.
All my frustrations go back to the original frustration: Inability to communicate with people.
I've just realized how dishonest my experience of love has been. It has demanded an insane level of communication, which is precisely, the one thing people could never give me.
Tallking to oneself is the worst humilliation. That's how one begins to write, trying to save his honor from the spiritual mediocrity of friendship.
One should best love people in silence. Language, though a blessing for me, is for most, their disgrace.
It's important to remember people don't mean what they say, even when they're telling the truth. It's not that they don't believe it, but that they don't understand the promise that words makes explicit.
I'm so terribly impatient about communication with people. I could lose my temper over an unanswered message. I'm not just impatient but merciless. The impatience can only degenerate into two things: Either the destruction of all friendships or the acute awareness that one lives in such isolation. Patience doesn't make the situation better, it only adds a futile element of denial and asceticism.
The most terrible thing there is, is writing for other people. People will never read it. If they're in love with you, they're too busy with loving your character, if they're not in love with you, they're too busy criticizing your character.
I'm a lot more idiotic in silence than I am with words. I can't handle people's silence, especially when I know it's only of the careless kind.
Friendship and love should be one and the same. It just turns out that love is the dumbest creature. That's why one prefers and ultimately stays with friends, even if they're mediocre spirits, like most people are.
There's no such a thing as intellectual love affairs. Love can't be intellectual. If there's not a minimum of sexuality, hatred and fear involved, it can be hardly called love. Intellectuals are asexual, morally neutral and cowardly, that is, they can never admit to fear.


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BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana National Guard is suffering from low morale, leadership problems and nepotism, according to a group of retired generals appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal to review the military department's operations.
The governor's office, however, has dismissed some of the suggestions made by the generals and has refused to release the report, citing executive privilege.
The disagreement between the administration and the panel of generals erupted last week when Jindal reappointed Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau as the state's adjutant general without reviewing the report by the governor's Recommendation Committee for the Adjunct General of the Army National Guard, a position that oversees the Louisiana National Guard.
The generals on the panel said they were "flabbergasted and insulted" after Jindal ignored their input, according to a letter sent Friday to the governor's office by former Louisiana Adjutant Gen. Ansel "Buddy" Stroud, the panel's chairman.
War of words escalates
Relations with the panel deteriorated further Monday when Jindal's Chief of Staff Timmy Teepell fired back a letter saying he thought Stroud was biased against Landreneau and that Stroud might have a conflict of interest because of his work for contractors that do business with the Guard.
Stroud, appointed by Jindal in January to head the recommendation committee, expressed concern about statements from the governor's office last week saying that no committee report existed. Stroud said the committee had completed its report in January and the governor's office repeatedly canceled scheduled meetings to deliver it.
"Our committee members . . . were told that the reason for our mission was to keep politics out of the process," Stroud's letter says. "Because of this statement, these committee members agreed to devote their valuable time to the project. Obviously, we were misled regarding this."
Stroud served as adjutant general for 17 years and led the Louisiana Guard during Operation Desert Storm.
The panel contacted and interviewed a number of candidates for the adjutant general job and made a recommendation that was not disclosed.
Teepell's letter says the governor had previously "interviewed and rejected the same person for a position of lesser authority." He told Stroud he "became concerned about your objectivity -- or at the appearance thereof -- as I obtained additional information about the extent of your association with contractors who do business with the Guard."
Stroud said Tuesday that he does consulting work on military issues for the Shaw Group. Other members of the panel said Stroud's work was commonly known and should have been no revelation to the governor's office.
"I just wished the governor would have approached this in a manner that was more open, and not as divisive as it has become in the last week," said retired Brig. Gen. Sam deGeneres, a member of the panel. "He has challenged Gen. Stroud's integrity, as well as ours, and that's not acceptable. Mr. Teepell owes Gen. Stroud a public apology and he owes the members of the committee a public apology."
Weighing 'corrective action'
Retired Brig. Gen. Kenneth Ross said he and his fellow panel members put in days of work only to be rudely dismissed by the governor's office. He said he hoped the panel's concerns about the Guard would reach the governor.
"I'm actually mystified," Ross said. "I thought Bobby Jindal was smarter than this."
After disputing the panel's claims about low morale and leadership troubles at the Guard, Teepell's letter said his office would look into the panel's recommendations for changes and "take corrective action where warranted."
The other members of the committee were Brig. Gen. Richard Averitt, who was the 256th Infantry Brigade and Assistant Adjutant General in the Army, and Brig. Gen. Arthur Abercrombie, former assistant adjutant general in the Army.
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IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second, pronounced eye-ops) is a common performance measurement used to benchmarkcomputer storage devices like hard disk drives (HDD), solid state drives (SSD), and storage area networks (SAN).
I had a conversation with someone this last week. And, he asked me a question. The question is that how many disks does one need if you have requirements for 15000 IOPs.
And, I am thinking it depends.
Never had a need to know. And, so this Saturday morning, I decided to take to the web; specifically Google and see if I can find anything on-line.
I am all set, as I have B.o.b playing in the background:
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Google brought up very good sites, right away:
- Calculate IOPs in a Storage Array by Scott Rowe
- Calculate IOPs (by Marco Broeken)
There are major faucets to review as you determine your IOPS needs.
- Factors
- Current Usage Model
- Maximum Throughput Storage Apparatus
The number of IOPS that one actually gets depends on a few things:
- Raid Level
- Ratio of read and write operations
- Balance of Sequential to Random access
- Number of worker threads
- The Queue Depth
- Data Block Sizes
in real world settings other factors can indirectly affect IOPS, including:
- System Setup
- Storage drivers
- OS Background operations
- Network Choice (Fiber Channel [FC] & SCSI)
- Work Load (NTFS, Database)
Raid Level
RAID (redundant array of independent disks, originally redundant array of inexpensive disks is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit. Data is distributed across the drives in one of several ways called "RAID levels", depending on the level of redundancy and performance required.
The term "RAID" was first defined by David Patterson, Garth A. Gibson, and Randy Katz at the University of California, Berkeley in 1987.
Marketers representing industry RAID manufacturers later attempted to reinvent the term to describe a redundant array of independent disks as a means of disassociating a low-cost expectation from RAID technology.
Your disk Raid level impacts your IOP counts.
Raid levels should not impact Reads. But, because writes end up being multiplexed (written out unto a few disks to increase recoverability), we pay an expected price during writes.
I am very partial to well written and easy to understand pictorials, and I exceedingly like Scott Rowe's illustration as to the price one pays for the various Raid Levels:
So from Scott Rowe's pictorial nakedly copied above, one can see that depending on how much protection you want (in terms of Raid Levels), you end up writing to N Disks or figurative N times.
Reads might actually benefits from RAIDS as multiple disks can be summoned and read from.
We all know that you do not not have straight writes nor reads. So per you calculation, you will probably be asked the ratio of Reads to Writes.
So if you are told ahead of time that you will probably have 80% reads and thus 20% writes, you can see that only 20% of you workload will suffer the consequences of your RAID choice.
So if you have an IOP figure in mind, you can look back and see how the percentile of reads & writes and RAID Level choice will impact the IOPS you will actually get:
In the example listed below:
- % of Reads is 80%
- % of Writes is 20%
- Raid Level of 1 –> Reduces Write by factor of 2
--percentile of reads: 80%
--percentile of writes: 20%
--RAID Level - Impact
--> (08.8 * 10000) + (0.2 * 10000) / 2
8000 + 1000 = 9000
so though we shot for 10000 IOPs, we will only 9000 IOPS based on expected workload and RAID Configuration.
In the example listed below:
- % of Reads is 60%
- % of Writes is 40%
- Raid Level of 5 –> Reduces Write by factor of 4
--percentile of reads: 60%
--percentile of writes: 40%
--RAID Level - Impact
--> (0.6 * 15000) + (0.4 * 15000) / 4
9000 + (6000) / 4
9000 + 1500
so though we shot for 15,000 IOPs, we will only get 10,500 IOPS based on expected workload and RAID Configuration.
Ratio of Read and Write Operations
We have already covered how reads and writes can impact IOPs. In summary, RAID Levels impacts writes; but reads are not lessened.
Balance of Sequential to Random Access
Sequential reads is much, more faster than Random Access.
The reasons are obvious, outside of SSDs, disks are more likely than not mechanical, rotational apparatus.
The more random the requests are, the more likely the disk heads have to move
- Rotational speed
- Average latency
- Average Speed time
Numerous computational techniques and algorithms have been designed to better coalesce and fetch data.
Will address more on that (in a later write-up).
Number of Worker Threads
Threads are a main-stay of high performant systems. Multi-threaded applications are written to gracefully tackle the various areas of concerns a distributed applications need to address.
Generally speaking, the more worker threads that be can gracefully managed by the system the more responsive the system will appear to be.
Having said that, threads use up resources and inter-process communications between threads have to be accounted for.
Async I/O
Most modern operating systems support Asynchronous I/O. And, how they do so depends on each Application's architecture and desire\ability to push the Technology boundaries.
Here is a good write up by Bob Dorr:
SQL Server IO Presentation http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2010/03/24/how-it-works-bob-dorr-s-sql-server-i-o-presentation.aspx
SQL Server also exposes the pending (async) I/O requests in the sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests DMV. I specifically point out that the column 'io_pending' is a key to understanding the location of the I/O request and who is responsible for it.
If the value is TRUE it indicates that HasOverlappedIOCompleted returned FALSE and the operating system or driver stack has yet to complete the I/O.
Looking at the io_pending_ms_ticks indicates how long the I/O has been pending. If the column reports FALSE for io_pending it indicates that the I/O has completed at the operating system level and SQL Server is now responsible for handling the remainder of the request.
Using Async I/O means that SQL Server will often exceed the recommended disk queue length depth of (2).
This is by design as I just described with the read ahead logic as one example. SQL Server is more concerned with the number of I/O requests and average disk seconds per transfer than the actual queue depth.
Data Block Sizes
Your data block sizes will vary depending on your Application.
- NTFS – Up to NT 4.0 maximum was 4 KB
- NTFS – Win2K and afterwards different sizes
- MS SQL Server – 8192 bytes or 8K
Combinational Storage
Aggregated storage like NetApp Filers can have disks carrying different specs – That is some of the disks will have certain rotational speeds, whereas others will have different specs and speeds).
Due to such mixings, it is best to look a bit deep when your are really concerned about disk speeds.
Review Current Usage model
If this is an existing application, review your current usage metrics.
For us it is a Database; specifically MS SQL Server.
To gather usage stats, do the following:
- Use MS Windows Performance Monitor
- Use MS SQL Server \ Management Studio – Activity Monitor – Database I/O Chart
We will use these numbers later, but as a place holder we will call them your needed\desired throughput
What is the maximum you will get from your HBA Choice?
Once HBA is mentioned we are referring to external storage sitting outside of the box.
Using Joshua Townsend's blog:
Storage Basics – Part IX: Alternate IOPS Formula
For 16 GB FC, we use the same equation:
MB/s = baud_rate * bytes-actually-used-for-data
MB/s = MB/s
8 bits equal 1 byte
We need values for the various "informants":
- What is the baud rate for 16 GB FC ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre_Channel ) = 14.025 GB
- Bytes used for data = 64
- Total Data Size = 66
MB/s = baud_rate (14025) * bytes-actually-used-for-data (62)
bytes-allocated (64)
= 14025 * 62
= 13586.71875
MB/s = MB/s
8 bits equal 1 byte
= 13586.71875
= 1698.34
That is it!
Our number of 1698.34MB/sec is very close to Joshua Townsend's number (1700 MB/sec)
What will you get from single disks
In cases where one is using internal or directly attached disks, one needs to look at individual disks capability.
Manufacturer supplies that rating through various performance metrics:
- Sustained Transfer Rate
- Rotational Speed
- Seek time
- Latency time
A combination of these numbers can be used to determine your drive's capabilities.
Sustained Transfer Rate
Sustained Transfer Rates is published MB/sec. This number probably maps to your Vendor's requirement and so hopefully you will not have to much work.
Rotational Speed
Here is data from a couple of collaborating sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS
- http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/calculate-iops-in-a-storage-array/2182
Please keep in mind these numbers are only for mechanical storage and not SSDs. The numbers for SSDs are so over the top; and they should be covered on their own.
For those curious about SSDs, please reach out to Henry Newmans's coverage per "SSD IOPS Arms race does it matter"
What is your IOPs requirements
How do you find out what your IOPs needs are?
I will rest on Joshua Townsend's once again. The specific blog that provided clarity was:
Storage Basics – Part IX: Alternate IOPS Formula
So there we have it… To determine your IOPs
- Get your average requirement for MB/sec
- Determine your block size (set at OS Level or Application Level)
How much IOPs should you ask for
Knowing that your RAID Level will impact your IOPS, the question is now how much IOPS you should ask you SAN Admin for:
Unfortunately, I really struggled with what should be a simple formulae:
After hours, took to the Internet, and Googled for "total iops performance".
Thanks goodness I did, as I found:
IOPS: Performance Capacity Planning Explained
Array IOPS = (I * r) + (I * w * f)
- r=read percentage (as a decimal point, ie 0.75)
- w=write percentage (as a decimal point, ie 0.25)
- I= Desired IOPS
- f=raid penalty
There are some tools for measuring IOPs
- IOMeter (originally developed by Intel) ( http://www.iometer.org/ )
- IOZone ( http://www.iozone.org/ )
- FIO ( http://freecode.com/projects/fio )
References – What is IOPS
References – Calculate IOPS
- Calculate IOPS in a storage array – By Scott Lowe
- Calculate IOPS
- Storage Basics – Part IX : Alternate IOPS Formula
- Calculate Back of Envelope Estimates
References – Storage Capacity Planning
- IOPS: Performance Capacity Planning Explained
References – Raid Levels
- Standard Raid Levels
References – Fibre Channel
- Fibre Channel
- 8 GB – Fibre Channel or 10gb Ethernet with fcoe
References – SSDs Performance
- SSD IOPS Arms race does it matter"
References – NetApp – Mixing Disk Types
- Rules for mixing disk types in aggregates
References – I/O Queue Depth Strategy
- IO Depth Strategy


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Sloppy Mavericks suffer ugly loss at Memphis
There was a time when the Dallas Mavericks used to brag about their ability to protect the basketball.
Those days appear to be long gone after yet another game where the Mavs tossed the ball around like a hot skillet. The result: The opportunistic Memphis Grizzlies turned 19 Dallas turnovers into 21 points and went on to defeat the Mavs 110-96 on Tuesday night at FedEx Forum.
After winning six straight and being the surprise team of the NBA, the Mavs (9-6) have taken a step back while dropping their last two contests heading into Wednesday night's game at San Antonio.
The Mavericks have committed 36 turnovers and given up 96 points in the paint in their last two games
The loss to the Grizzlies (8-7) felt like a carbon copy of Sunday's opener of this three-game road trip, when the Mavs turned the ball over 17 times in a 117-114 loss at Oklahoma City. The lack of ball security led to easy opportunities for the Grizzlies, who sped up the game while playing without the injured Zach Randolph.
"It's the same stuff that was in OKC, and that's not good enough," said Dirk Nowitzki, who finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds. "When we turn the ball over, we're in trouble.
"They're obviously without [Randolph], so they play a smaller lineup — more up-tempo, more shooting, more spreading the floor like a lot of other teams do now. We talked about it [Monday], we talked about it [Tuesday] morning how they're great at steals, how they play the passing lanes."
It's the same stuff that was in OKC, and that's not good enough. When we turn the ball over, we're in trouble.
Dirk Nowitzki
But all that talk didn't net the Mavs any measurable results.
"We didn't get it done," coach Rick Carlisle said. "We did a poor job with ball protection in the first half — 12 turnovers for [11] points. We did a better job in the second half. But we dug ourselves too big of a hole."
The Mavs trailed 46-36 at halftime, and then a 14-4 burst by the quick-handed Grizzlies increased that deficit to 82-60 after the third quarter.
And when Jeff Green (19 points, seven rebounds) opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer in front of the Mavs' bench, the Grizzlies had their biggest lead of the night at 85-60.
With 14 fourth-quarter points from Raymond Felton, the Mavs crawled within 10 twice in the final stanza. Nowitzki went to the bench for good with 6:30 to go and the Mavs trailing 89-76.
But with a game Wednesday night against the Spurs, Carlisle couldn't reasonably justify putting his superstar back in the game.
"I thought we had a run in us," Carlisle said. "We made a bit of a run with time to pull Dirk out, and I just didn't think we got close enough to merit putting him back in there.
"And I thought the small lineup with quickness and shooting and penetration was our best chance to knock some points off the deficit. It just didn't happen."
We turned the ball over left and right, and we gave them [48] points in the paint. And half of them were in transition on layups. It was a tough night.
JaVale McGee didn't play Tuesday. Neither did Devin Harris. Both players rested for the major test against the Spurs.
Chandler Parsons played a season-high 25 minutes but struggled with just six points (3-of-9 shooting) and five rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (13 points, 10 rebounds) registered his ninth double-double of the season.
J.J. Barea tallied 16 points, Wesley Matthews scored 11 and Deron Williams added 10 points and a team-high five turnovers.
When the Mavs resorted to intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooter Tony Allen, it backfired as Allen was 5-of-6 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.
It was another dark night for the Mavs, who shot 39 percent from the field and hit just 11 of 34 shots from beyond the 3-point arc.
"We turned the ball over left and right, and we gave them [48] points in the paint," Nowitzki said. "And half of them were in transition on layups. It was a tough night."
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As a career coach, I have had many experiences now to support clients to find work. The most important thing to note is that you should never give up and always take advice on board.
During my career I have worked with many people some who have been job hunting for over a year with no success.
My stand out story – Why you should never give up
A friend was barely making ends meet by substitute teaching and cleaning business buildings for a friend. I met her almost exactly a year ago at a networking event for individuals who were looking for work. I still remember the look of sheer panic and fear in her eyes. She had been told that she might meet someone who could help her find a job at this event. That was a mischaracterization of the event, and she was well and truly lost, not to mention completely overwhelmed.
Importance of embracing technology
Someone in attendance at the meeting asked her if she had a LinkedIn profile. She had never even heard of LinkedIn. She needed someone who could help her figure out what she needed to do to find her next job and to show her the importance of embracing technology in your job search. As it turns out, I needed some real world experience helping someone job search since I had just more or less hung out my shingle as a Career Transition and Job Search Coach in addition to being a Life Strategies and Stress Management Coach.
Over the course of this past year, we have met countless times. I helped her revamp her resume. I built her LinkedIn profile for her from scratch...and it is beautiful if I say so myself. She created a strategy for where she wanted to work, and she went to every event and completed every single task I suggested for her. She did everything right. And time after time, she got close...and then nothing. I have offered the moral support that I could...and together we have waited patiently. I have fretted and worried and so has she but most importantly she has never given up in her job search.
Neither of us ever gave up hope. Neither of us ever said..."Okay, that's it. We're done. No more job hunting." This is just too much rejection for one person. No. We have kept the faith and she kept plugging away.
Today, she was offered a position. It is fitting somehow that it has taken almost exactly a year (although I would have preferred that it hadn't and I am sure she feels the same way).
She has told me that she wouldn't have gotten this far without me. I know it is true that I helped her with her resume and LinkedIn profile. It is probably true that she got the first look from the recruiter who contacted her because of her profile on LinkedIn, as this is incredibly powerful tool in the modern job hunt.
3 key tips when searching for your next job:
1. Have a social resume
LinkedIn is a very powerful tool where you can develop a profile to show the whole of your professional experience and receive recommendations from previous colleagues. All of these factors can support you and your job search. It is also very important to notice that your social resume is not just LinkedIn, your Facebook, twitter and all other social media accounts should be presented in a professional manner.
2. Easier to research and find opportunities
When using the recourses online there are many job agencies and websites with new opportunities. With this being said when you have been invited to interview due to the amount of information available online it is easier than ever to research the company and get the edge over the competition.
3. Maintain connections
Social Networks and the Internet are key places to maintain connections with previous colleagues and friends, by keeping in touch you will always have more contacts in the industry you are searching for a job in.
Remember - patience pays off
What I know for sure, however, is that the "magic" that finally worked for her was her determination, her perseverance and her patience. She didn't give up. I have previously written about how job search requires one to have patience and perseverance. I knew it was true then. I have the evidence of my good friend to offer as proof positive now. The wait has paid off for her.
If you are in the midst of your own job search, it will pay off for you...but you cannot give up, even when you feel like it.
Winston Churchill said it best. "Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
Stay the course. And never, never, never, never give up your job search.
I would like to read your comments and opinions on your experince when looking for a job. Also how you believe coaching has helped you.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!


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Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance, has stated that the UAE is founded on mutual respect for all nationalities, religions and cultures.
The statement came during her participation in a ceremony at the Christ Church Jebel Ali in Dubai, where she stressed that the UAE founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and his brothers, the Founders of the UAE, were keen to make the UAE an oasis of giving, love, loyalty and tolerance.
She noted that the Emirati people have followed this methodology, as established by the Founding Fathers, in light of the wise directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Their Highnesses the Rulers of the Emirates.
"The UAE's leadership, government and people respect all communities, regardless of their race, colour, religion or social status, and this social methodology was established in the constitution, which states that all individuals are equal and have the freedom to practice their religious rituals without violating public order or public morals, so all the UAE's residents can enjoy their rights and freedoms based on international conventions," Sheikha Lubna added, while highlighting relevant national legislation that promotes respect for all religions, such as Federal Law No.02 of 2015 on anti-discrimination and hatred.
The Anglican clergy praised the UAE's leading and significant role toward its residents in promoting the culture of respect, where they live in dignity and peace, along with the harmonious interactions among all nationalities and cultures.


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I cast on my Kiri shawl yesterday:
I'm a love, love, lovin' it!!! It's sick how I can get so much pleasure and relaxation from knitting something as stressful as lace, but it's true! This is my first shawl, and I got lots of help with the cast-on from See Eunny Knit. I tried knitting while the kids were in the room...big mistake!! This darling needs total concentration! My husband asked me, "What the heck is that green thing you're making?". I didn't think he would appreciate the beauty of a shawl, so I just told him it was a scarf. Can't wait 'til the kids go to bed, so I can knit some more!


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WA Premier Rejects Central Role for Racing Industry in TAB Sale
The racing industry has been dealt a blow by Western Australian premier Colin Barnett who has said that the industry will not have a central role in the privatisation of the TAB in WA. WA Racing Representative Group was selected to represent the three racing codes – thoroughbred, harness and greyhound, but their push to have a greater role in handling the sale has been rejected.
The group expressed frustration at the slow pace of the negotiations and wants to establish some ground rules for negotiations with the government. They have completed an industry requirements report stating the needs of the WA racing industry for the future; however they want ground rules established before submitting the report.
Mr Barnett has responded that while the industry will be consulted, it will not handle the sales process.
"The industry is not going to be handling the privatisation of the TAB," he said. "Some may think they will, but the Government will handle that."
"It's a government process. It's a government asset and the government will sell it. But we will certainly involve the industry and take advice, but they will not be party to the privatisation."
Mr Barnett continued to add that the industry will be privy to what the Government will do with the proceeds of the sale and that the industry needs to set out which venues will be upgraded.
"The state government is not going to pour tens of millions of dollars into duplicate venues," he stressed. "We want the racing industry to work out exactly which venues will be maintained, and then we'll help the racing industry upgrade those venues."
Michael Grant, a spokesman for the WA Racing Representative Group said he was "staggered" by the comments from the premier.
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