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The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Saturday won the by-election to the Sattankulam assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
AIADMK's L Neelamegavarnam polled 57,385 votes while his Congress rival R Mahendran secured 41,930 votes.
The Tamil Maanila Congress, which merged with the Congress last year, had held the seat.
The election, held on February 26, was prompted by the death of sitting member Mani Nadar.
While the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had boycotted the poll, other opposition parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, preferred not to contest, leaving the AIADMK and Congress in a virtual straight battle.


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Anders staggers, disoriented; the box on his belt chimes, but his growling stomach takes precedence. He snatches a golden-skinned apple from the decrepit handcart, leaving a lump of pure silver behind. A new thread springs to life: the farmer will donate the nugget to the temple, trusting in piety and eternal rewards. A hundred years later it will be buried in the desert, part of a silver chain around the strangled neck of Pharaoh's favorite concubine. The machine struggles to decode it; the box at his belt rings, calls for attention.
Anders shoves the apple into his mouth, rips, chews, licks his lips. Relief washes through him and he moves on. A step and the box flashes. He is no longer Anders but Andrea. A step, a flash, and she drops the core in Saxon England. Two hundred years later a grove will grow here. In Cromwell's time a highwayman will be hung from one of the branches. The highwayman's children will never be born.
She reels and the threads twist, bend, come undone. Cities are built and unbuilt, wars started, fought and forgotten to never have been. Another warning chime from the box at her belt, capacity overload. Calculations go unfinished; threads disappear from the matrix. She is lost.
An indicator fades from yellow to orange to red; the drain on the device is enormous. She frowns, takes a step and stretches out his hand, plunging it into the working heart of a nuclear reactor, showering him with a lethal amount of radiation. He staggers, shoves the broken piece of rod into the receptor, the flesh of her hands burning away. In the next step she is healed but heavily pregnant, the child bursting from her distended abdomen, spraying blood from a cesarean that never happened. He curses and clutches at his wound.
A step to the side and the wound is gone. The indicator shines green, fully charged, but the threads have come undone and he is lost again, and parched. He takes a step towards the river and she bends down to drink. The water is clear, fluid and cool. For a moment everything is right, in flow yet static. Something shines at the bottom of the stream. She sinks her hand in, pulls out a small lump of silver. He stands, feeling ravenous. The matrix is far from being completed, the threads twisting and unraveling with each action, but he is weak with hunger. He takes a step, spies a cart piled with golden-hued apples and feels his mouth water.
FILIP WILTGREN is a freelance writer and game designer based in Sweden. When not fighting windmills with words he tries to herd his children, make a living, conjure up a way to turn the world into a giant, happy pizza and/or get paid. Failing that he tries to take heart in never having gotten into politics.

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The versatile defender scored either side of the half-time interval to put our youngsters into a 2-0 lead at Leyton Orient's Matchroom Stadium, before Bryn Morris pulled one back for Boro with six minutes remaining.
Connor's first goal saw him lose his marker following Harry Winks' corner kick and head powerfully into the net – and the defender admitted that's something that had been worked on ahead of the third round tie.
"We've been practising that for weeks in training so I'm happy that it came off," he insisted, before praising his team-mates after our victory. "We've got a great team here. Collectively it was a great team performance."
Connor's second goal was a sublime free-kick that sailed into the top corner – and the youngster admitted it was a great feeling to celebrate in front of the roaring Spurs fans, who were present in their numbers to support the lads on Monday.
"It's a great feeling, scoring two and winning 2-1," he went on. "It's an absolutely fantastic feeling. It was a bit of a shock to see them (the supporters) here actually – I didn't think there was going to be that many people, but it was a real confidence booster."
17 January 2018
There was an air of satisfaction among our young players after Tuesday night's FA Youth Cup victory at Bournemouth, as well as a determination to keep winning matches.
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Our Under-18s will visit AFC Bournemouth in the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup on Tuesday 16 January.
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It was a case of 'job done' for our Under-18s after Tuesday's 5-0 win over Preston North End in the FA Youth Cup.
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Rangers Blank Isles 3-0
On Christmas Eve Saturday, New Yorkers everywhere tuned in as the New York Giants faced the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. Despite getting off to an excellent start, scoring a touchdown on their opening drive, the Jets looked very much like the weaker of the two teams all game long. They could not find a big play when they needed it, and made key mistakes – none larger than Victor Cruz's 99 yard TD catch – which cost them the game.
On Monday night at Madison Square Garden two Atlantic division rivals faced off, and again New Yorkers tuned in to watch their teams compete. This time it was the New York Rangers facing the New York Islanders. And despite a few stretches of the game where the Islanders looked to control the play, the reality is that like the Jets, they played their part of weaker team to the Rangers for the majority of the game.
Rookie forward Carl Hagelin was in the right place at the right time – twice – for the home team, and a miscue by the Islanders with their net empty gave the Rangers more than enough on the scoreboard. The Islanders were shut out for the 7th time this season as they fell to the Rangers 3 – 0.
When down two goals late in a game, usual standard operating procedure is to look to pull the goalie with approximately 2 minutes remaining. Ideally, this gives the trailing team approximately 1 minute to score a goal to cut the lead in half, and then another minute to attempt to tie the game. It is generally considered unwise to have the net open for more than 1 minute, as it is extremely rare to keep sustained pressure for greater than 1 minute without turning the puck over – even up 6 skaters on 5.
For what seems like the ump-teenth time this season, Islanders coach Jack Capuano called for his goaltender to come to the bench down two goals with about 3:30 remaining. After a minute of solid pressure, the Islanders inevitably lost the puck to the Rangers, who promptly deposited it in the empty net (courtesy of Marian Gaborik, glad we could help pad his stats… ) to end any chance at a comeback.
Earlier this season, when the Islanders were struggling to get scoring from players not named John Tavares, coach Capuano was reluctant to change up his lines. He has made minor tweaks recently with the bottom six forwards, but the top 2 lines have remained unchanged despite an underwhelming amount of scoring.
According to the Islanders Twitter account, the lines were fully shaken up at practice today – featuring Kyle Okposo now flanking John Tavares, along with Matt Moulson. The changes are needed to spark chemistry amongst this young, floundering, yet still highly talented offensive group. Capuano's job is to get the most out of his players. After being one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in the second half of last season, this is surely not the start to the year the Islanders envisioned.
With each loss before the All Star Break, the Islanders are dropping lower in the standings and further out of contention from making the playoff tournament. If Capuano hopes to retain his title as a head coach in the National Hockey League, he must make the most of the upcoming month before the break. His team needs to make up some ground and have a second half similar to that of last season to even have a hope at earning a playoff berth this season.
Stars of the game in my eyes – Henrik Lundqvist, Brian Boyle, and Dan Girardi.
Lundqvist was there to make a key stop every time the Islanders even had a remotely good scoring chance. His pad save off a rebound from Frans Neilsen while the Rangers were down a man was probably his best save of the night. I was out of my seat and counting that play as a goal before Lundqvist's right pad appeared and stuffed the Islanders forward.
Brian Boyle comes to play against the New York Islanders. Period. His physical presence in the corners is simply impressive – and the Islanders have absolutely no one who can match up with his strength along the boards. Not even team hits leader Matt Martin was able to knock Boyle off the puck, despite multiple opportunities.
Dan Girardi might deserve a star every single game the Rangers win without Marc Staal. He plays big minutes against the opposing team's top line, and Tavares and co. were not able to do much when facing Girardi on D.
Honorable mention goes to the two goal man, Carl Hagelin – the Michigan Wolverine product. Hagelin did a great job getting to the slot and being in the right place at the right time, twice, and has shown a great finishing ability in the beginning of his NHL career.
The Islanders next face the Calgary Flames at home on Long Island. They could desperately use a win to stop their current three game slide. Here's hoping that there is still some magic left up coach Capuano's sleeve, and that his latest line changes can spark the offense to get on the board at the Old Barn.
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Discover how to declutter your digital life and stop feeling overwhelmed by your online activities.
Don't like how your digital devices have become a disorganized mess? Tired of wasting hours on social media sites like Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, or Twitter? Or do you simply want to live a more simplified life?
All these challenges are covered in the book 10-Minute Digital Declutter: The Simple Habit to Eliminate Technology Overload.
Best-selling authors S. J. Scott and Barrie Davenport will show you how to systematically manage all the emails, media, documents, photos, videos, and apps that consume your daily life.
This book is written for the person who is starting to recognize the danger of digital noise but doesn't know how to live in this modern world without feeling overwhelmed. It's also for those who need a system for the information they do want. Not only will you get back more time, you'll also discover core strategies for maximizing the time you spend in the digital world.
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The bottom line?
If you have a desire to live an organized, simplified digital life - and to reclaim some of the time you spend with digital devices - then you should check out 10-Minute Digital Declutter.
©2014, 2015 S.J. Scott (P)2015 S.J. Scott
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A very worthwhile listen . Good ideas . My only criticism is that the beginning spent a bit too much time on the problems of the digital addiction
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Honestly, I am surprised that the average rating for this audiobook isn't higher, because this was a well-written and extremely helpful audiobook!
If you are a fundamentally organized person- and/or a logical thinker- this audiobook will provide you with many great strategies for managing your digital devices (e.g. smartphones, laptops, tablets and computers).
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I think I'm in love.
No, I know I'm in love.
Perhaps the feeling is mutual?
You'll have a crush on these brownies once you try them, too. Back when Neil and I lived in North Carolina, one of our favorite spots was a French bakery named Amelie's. They have a salted caramel brownie there that is to-die-for, and I tried to recreate it here. This brownie recipe has low flour content, and tastes similar to a flourless chocolate torte.
Lucky little sister that I am, my big sister brought me high quality cocoa powder and fleur de sel from Paris to use in my most special baked goods. I used some of the cooca powder making a chocolate cheesecake for Neil's birthday, and I was super excited to use the fleur de sel in this Valentine's recipe. This flaky, light, potent salt is the perfect finishing salt and adds a perfect salty balance to the sweetness of the caramel. You can find fleur de sel at most speciality food stores, and certainly online.
As hokey as it might be, I like Valentine's Day. It's nice to set aside a day just to honor your sweetie, the love you share, and remember what brought you two together in the first place. Yes, I believe you should do this more often than every February 14, but still, it's nice that there is a holiday just for that. Make these for your boo this Friday and you'll fall in love all over again.
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Fleur de Sel Caramel Brownies
Prep Time: 30 min. Cook Time: 20 min.
For the Brownies:
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 cups milk chocolate chips
4 oz. semi-sweet baking chocolate, chopped
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Fleur de Sel Caramel Topping:
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cubed
2 teaspoons fleur de sel
1 teaspoon fleur de sel to sprinkle
Preheat oven to 350°. Place parchment paper in a 13×9″ glass baking pan and set aside.
In a medium sized saucepan over medium heat, melt the two sticks of butter. Once butter is completely melted, remove from heat and add the chocolate chips and baking chocolate. Stir until all chocolate is melted. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Add a little bit of the cooled chocolate to the egg mixture, and stir. Continue adding the entire chocolate mixture, whisking gently as you pour. Set aside.
Using a separate small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add this mix to the other chocolatey bowl, and stir with a wooden spoon. Once mixture is thoroughly combined, pour into the baking pan, and evenly spread with the spoon.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the brownies comes out clean. Cool completely. They will look wrinkly, and that's okay.
In a separate tall saucepan, combine sugar and water. Place over medium-high heat. Boil sugar, occasionally swirling the pot and scraping down sides with a wet pastry brush. Do not stir though, as sugar boils and reaches a dark amber color, about 12 minutes.
Once cool, transfer brownies to a cutting board and peel back the parchment. Cut into shapes and serve.
Fleur de Sel Caramel Topping Recipe Adapted From: Amelie's French Bakery


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bolivar Posts: 2,316Well, I don't think a 1/4 roof is anything 'stock'. This was added by some after-market outfit. All the 'vinyl roofs' on later model Cadillacs are after-market, these do not come as a Cadillac 'stock' item. I would guess the material is somewhat like all 'vinyl' roof material, and cleaners and 'dressings' found in auto part houses could be used.
If you are spending that much for a regulator, then you are getting jerked. I bought my drivers side regulator with motor for 36 bucks brand new on eBay over 2 years ago, took it over to pep-boys and for about $40 they installed it. So, I got everything fixed for under $100 and for the past two years I have had no problems and I use the regulator several times a day. Stay away from the dealers, unless you have a power train warranty that covers all repairs for $0. Only a fool goes to a dealer for out of pocket repairs.
This is a very sad state of affairs. Cadillac stopped making the Full Size American Luxury Car that has a V8.
The last Full Size Caddy was the 2011 DTS (Deville Touring Sadan). Now they only make these cheezy small euro looking sports trash, i.e CTS, XTS, ATS, they may say Cadillac. But, they are not Caddies, too small and they look like hell!
GM must be out of their minds to take the Deville/DTS off their lineup. The DTS was their flagship car. Now the American Dream is gone. Even Lincoln took the Towncar off their lineup.
I belong to several large Cadillac forums and 1000's upon 1000's of Caddy lovers are sick and heartbroken over the end of Cadillac as we once knew it. When you saw a Caddy driving down the street, you could see it was a Caddy a mile away. All these new cars that Cadillac is making look like every other car. How can a limo be made and feel roomy if it's an XTS, etc;?
I have an 01' Deville that I try to keep in the best condition possible, I even put a brand new tranny into it. There is nothing left that is large, plush, powerful and comfortable like a Deville...NOTHING!
So, when I'm forced to get a "new" Caddy, it will be a 2011 DTS. But after that, then what? GM made a huge mistake taking the DTS off their lineup. So, that's it folks, Cadillac threw in the towel and are just making cars, not CADDIES.
So, take good care of your DTS/Deville. Everything else they make is garbage, I'm sure millions will agree. If GM did some real research, they would find they made a horrible mistake by removing the Deville.
jaber_al Posts: 1Hi All, I bought 2003 cadilac DTS from Japan, but the info screen in the dashboard is in Japanese, how do i change to English!, the navigation screen is changed to crap one, does not work with the steering commands, like volume ,etc. I thought i can change from the navigation screen but it is not OEM, help how can i do it without it !
have a '05 deville with 95K. has always been maintained @dealer. had service (LOF) and front brake pads installed 2 wks. ago...today driving 35mph the "ser. eng. soon" light came on engine hesitated for a second, i sped up and @ 42mph. the transmission made a noticale shift. that i have never had before (tranny was always smmoth as silk). Light still on and not. shift @42mph. Taking back to dealer nxt. wk. could this big a big tranny issue??? $$?
got my answer today.two codes came up at dealership 1)TCC solenoid not working. 2)clutch pressure control solenoid not working. bottom line parts and Labor $985., orig. was $1285, spoke with ser. mgr. , review ed my history of service business with dealership and dropped price (waived 2 hrs. of labor time. I have now spend $1292. ytd on vehicle, am wondering if it is time to bail out, but I really like the vehicle?
Sarah please see my tranny issues posted 2632.
gmcustsvc Posts: 4,251Hi chrisptown1,
I know how disheartening vehicle repairs can be. It looks like the dealer handled the situation suitably, and I am happy that they did acknowledge your customer loyalty when considering your final repair costs. We are here if you have any vehicle issues or concerns in the future-- please reach out to us.
Kind Regards
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latest issue, after transmission porblem in apr. (2 solenoids repl.), have 105k on deville and noise underneath right side a clunking sound when you slow down then give it the gas, doesn't happen all the time.//new tranny issue?? driveshaft???? motor mount.??? no one wants to say!. have not taken it to deaer. :mad:
cadillacsarabi Posts: 2Hey guys,
I have a 1995 Cadillac DeVille and my a/c blower motor will not stop running. It has killed my battery 2 times. I have to keep it unplugged until I need it and it only blows cold air on high through the dash to defrost the windshield. What could this be so I can have air flowing again?


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Problem Determination Tools for Large Domino Systems
Published 02 October 2002
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Authors: Mike Ebbers
This tip describes the tools available for problem determination in a large Domino for S/390 production environment.
This tip contains suggestions on how to approach problems that may occur while running a large Domino system in a production environment on the z/OS platform, and it is based on two IBM Redbooks, Lotus Domino for S/390 Release 5: Problem Determination Guide, SG24-5599, and Debugging UNIX System Services, Lotus Domino, Novel Network Services, and other Applications on OS/390, SG24-5613. From a functional standpoint, the Domino server on z/OS--including the problem determination tools--is the same as on other platforms. In addition, z/OS offers unique problem determination capabilities relevant to Domino. In this tip, we describe functions that are not available on Windows NT.
The primary requirement for Domino on z/OS is for higher availability than on other platforms. In two specific areas, z/OS has a different approach from other platforms. One is to capture enough information on the first occurrence of a problem to diagnose the cause of the problem in order to make a fix and apply it before the problem recurs. In doing so over the years, z/OS has proven to be a very reliable operating system with high availability.
The other approach is that when a failure occurs, it is isolated to a specific piece of work. For an operating system like z/OS, which runs multiple workloads on one server, this is important. A failure of one workload will almost never affect z/OS itself or other workloads on the system. z/OS will isolate the failure to a single component, clean it up after failure, and optionally restart it. For instance, z/OS forces an abend of any program that addresses memory outside of its authorized range. A dump that points directly to the erroneous instruction is taken. Thus, the system is protected and the cause of the problem is easily diagnosed. In order to help you capture enough material for problem determination, the following sections describe information and tools that are available on z/OS.
Tools in the z/OS environment
- Syslog
- Joblog
- Operator commands
- USS commands
- Component trace
- Domino trace
- nsd script
- RMF Monitors II and III
- Console Support for Domino
- SVC dumps
- CEE dumps
- Sliptraps
- PTF checker
- Service Update Facility
- IBM problem databases
Because Domino runs under z/OS using UNIX System Services (USS), z/OS writes messages to the system log during startup and shutdown. z/OS also routes error messages to the syslog.
This option is only possible when the z/OS Console Support for Domino is installed. The only exception is RACF messages, which are in the joblog even without z/OS Console Support for Domino. All messages that Domino issues are kept in the joblog of the started task.
Operator commands
Basic commands that help in diagnosing the overall health of the system and commands regarding Domino can be very useful in problem determination. Some useful commands are listed here.
- Displaying network connection of the Domino server. All clients must be connected to a Domino server using TCP/IP in z/OS. You can see whether this connection is active or not by issuing the following command: TSO PING <ip address>
- Displaying Global Resource Serialization contention. The output of the D GRS,C command provides information about contention on the system. If a contention situation persists for an unreasonable amount of time, then a cancel of the address spaces causing the contention should be issued. For diagnosing the cause, a dump is useful. We recommend issuing the D GRS,C command at least every 15 minutes using AOC or another automation tool.
- Displaying omvs summary. The D OMVS,S command displays the status of z/OS UNIX processes, file systems, servers, and the BPXPRMxx parmlib member set by initialization or specified by the SET OMVS=xx command.
- Displaying address space ID. The D OMVS,A=ALL or D OMVS,A=xx commands enable you to display process information of the USS address spaces. Using A=ALL gives you information on all USS address spaces, but you can also specify a single address space by using A=xx.
- Displaying user ID. The D OMVS,U=<UID> command allows you to get process information for all processes associated with the specified TSO/E user ID.
- Displaying a specific process. Using the D OMVS,PID=<processid> command enables you to display thread information (in decimal numbers) for the specified process ID.
- Displaying options. If you want to list all of the options that are set in parmlib member BPXPRMxx, use the D OMVS,O command. Keep in mind that the actual status is displayed. If a previous SETOMVS or T OMVS command was given, then that information is displayed and not the contents of the BPXPRMxx member.
- Changing options. You can dynamically reconfigure USS system characteristics in the BPXPRMxx member using the SETOMVS command. For instance, SETOMVS, MAXPROCUSER=xx changes the MAXPROCUSER parameter to xx.
- Displaying file system information. The D OMVS, FILE command gives detailed file system information on currently mounted files.
USS commands
To navigate in the UNIX System Services environment, it is very helpful to have a short reference of the most common UNIX commands. For a complete list of all available commands and parameters, refer to z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide, SA22-7801. Useful commands for the Domino environment include:
- df
- env
- ps
- domps
Component trace
A CTRACE can be turned on for OMVS to gather useful information for doing root cause analysis of performance problems. See Lotus Domino for S/390 Release 5: Problem Determination Guide, SG24-5599, section 8.5.2. A CTRACE can be turned on for other components as well. In the case of difficult network problems, a CTRACE of TCP/IP should be considered.
Domino trace
It is possible to dynamically turn a DTRACE on and off. The DTRACE is a function in Domino that enables the systems programmer to follow the flow of load modules being used in USS. DTRACE is designed to collect data for highly intermittent problems which may occur on production servers. It is provided as an IBM support tool only. This tool makes it possible to record voluminous internal Domino trace records, both in memory and in a wrap HFS file with a specified maximum size, without filling up your notes.log database or console output file. This is used by IBM and Lotus for root cause analysis.
nsd script
The nsd.sh script is located in the /usr/lpp/lotus/bin/tools/diag directory. It gathers information about your Domino server, such as environmental variables, job call stack, job logs, and shared memory. See Debugging UNIX System Services, Lotus Domino, Novell Network Services and other Applications on OS/390, SG24-5613, section 2.2.1, for more details.
RMF Monitors II and III
The RMF component of z/OS provides detailed information on the utilization of resources, such as processor, I/O, and memory. RMF Monitor II provides real-time displays of resource consumption, enqueues, and more. DELTA mode allows for the displayed statistics being updated when you press Enter, to show how much resource was used since the last time the Enter key was pressed. Monitor III, the work delay monitor, can display resources that are slowing down the Domino server. For instance, if the Domino server is waiting for CPU resources because other work is consuming them, it will show you this. RMF III can also display enqueue and I/O delays.
Console support
This feature provides routing of messages to the z/OS console under SDSF.
SVC dumps
When Domino fails or abends, z/OS can automatically produce an SVC dump of the system. When necessary (for example, in case of a hang) the operations department can also manually dump the address spaces. The dump is analyzed by the IBM Support Center using IPCS. To handle a Domino-related SVC dump, the dump data sets should be 2000 MB.
A sliptrap tells z/OS to capture requested information when certain specified conditions are met. For example, you can specify that any time a specified message is produced, z/OS should take an SVC dump to an z/OS dump data set.
Because Domino is written in the C language, it runs under the z/OS Language Environment (LE). If LE encounters errors, it can trigger a CEEdump. This dump is normally placed in the /notesdata subdirectory and contains a date and time stamp and a process ID. The IBM Support Center uses these dumps for root cause analysis of server code processes. See Lotus Domino for S/390 Release 5: Problem Determination Guide, SG24-5599, section 8.6 for further details.
SMF collects data about processor, storage, and I/O consumption for address spaces in z/OS, in more detail than RMF does. For a Domino workload, the following record types are relevant:
- Record type 30: Common Address Space Work. Record type 30 contains information about CPU and storage by address space, as well as file reads and writes and data blocks transferred to disk.
- Record type 42 subtype 6: DFSMS Statistics and Configuration. This record shows the activity of all the UNIX files in each HFS data set, such as number of I/Os, average connect, disconnect, pending and control unit time, and response time.
- Record type 92 subtypes 5 and 11: UNIX File System Activity. Subtype 5 contains information about the UNIX file system. Subtype 5 contains information on the requests made to the UNIX files by the Domino address space, such as read and write calls, directory I/O blocks, blocks read and written, and bytes read and written.
- Record type 108. Starting with Release 5, the Domino server writes information into this record type. Some of the information includes:
- Current number of users
- Currently connected active users or users that have been active in the last 1,3,5,15 and 30 minutes
- Average size of Domino mail and SMTP messages delivered to local users and other servers
- Total transactions in interval
- Total number of pool threads (Server_pool_tasks)
- Number of virtual threads currently in use
- Transaction sections for each transaction type showing the number of transactions processed in the interval
- Accumulated milliseconds of response time
PTF checker
IBM offers an aggressive maintenance policy. It is crucial for the customer, as well as for IBM, to keep maintenance as up-to-date as possible. Fixes should be applied as soon as possible to avoid known problems. Some customers do not apply all the fixes that were called for, and run into problems. For the implementation of Domino, it is absolutely crucial to have all maintenance applied, whether it seems to affect Domino or not.
To help you keep up-to-date with your maintenance, you can run the PTF checker tool. This tool is an MVS batch job that you download in text format. It tells you if you are missing any needed PTFs, or you can do a manual check against the list of PTFs. For either maintenance choice, visit the following Web site:
Service Update Facility
z/OS Service Update Facility (SUF) is a Java-based z/OS software tool that makes ordering and receiving z/OS software quick and easy using the Internet. As we stated, it is very important to be as up-to-date as possible with your maintenance level. A large percentage of problems concerning Domino are caused by maintenance not being current. For details regarding prerequisites, entitlement, and how to obtain SUF, refer to the z/OS SUF homepage at:
IBM problem database
IBM maintains databases with solved and unsolved problems. The location of these databases varies from country to country. It is best to contact your local IBM Support Center to find out how to access these databases. A good starting point is to visit the following Web site:
The Lotus Support Center also has a database of Domino problems.
Other references
For additional information, also see these Redbooks:
Lotus Domino for S/390 Release 5: Problem Determination Guide, SG24-5599
Debugging UNIX System Services, Lotus Domino, Novel Network Services, and other Applications on OS/390, SG24-5613
Special Notices
This material has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is published AS IS. It has not been the subject of rigorous review. IBM assumes no responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a client responsibility and depends upon the client's ability to evaluate and integrate them into the client's operational environment.
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Wedding announcements
Compiled by Matthew S. Bajko
Web teaser: This week's announcements feature Seth Lawrence and Scot Hammond; Jeffrey Falk and Coy Stout; Molly McKay and Davina Kotulski; and Dennis Vaughn and Mark Petty
Seth Lawrence and Scot Hammond
Seth Lawrence and Scot Hammond were married on July 6 at 2:30 p.m. at their San Francisco home by Eli Nealy, an interfaith clergyman from New York.
The wedding and reception was attended by 25 guests.
Mr. Lawrence, 64, is originally from Brooklyn, New York where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, in English literature and theater-stage direction. He has a long history in the early gay rights movement, acting as president of the Gay Activists Alliance and chairman of the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee 1979, 10th anniversary of Stonewall.
He settled in San Francisco in 1980 and has been manager of two prominent travel agencies including Now, Voyager.
Mr. Hammond, 46, a Bay Area native, grew up in Albany and fled to San Francisco the day after he received his bachelor's degree in comparative literature from the University of California at Berkeley. His career has focused on AIDS research, and he has been a clinical research analyst at the University of California at San Francisco for 10 years including his present position.
Mr. Hammond was one of the original spokesmodels for HIV Stops With Me, a prevention/intervention campaign widely seen on television, newspapers and billboards.
The couple has been together 14 years. They have traveled extensively, including trips to Egypt, Thailand, Scotland, France, Italy and Greece. They are renowned in their circle of friends for having been married, civil unionized and domestic partnered five times in San Francisco, Vermont, and Amsterdam.
They have always said, "We'll keep doing 'it' until they get it right."
The couple will be honeymooning on the Big Island of Hawaii at the end of the September. Their two beloved, rescued greyhounds, Chaucer and Emma, will be vacationing with friends in San Francisco.
Defeat Prop 8!
Jeffrey Falk and Coy Stout
Jeffrey Scott Falk and Coy Albert Stout II of Moss Beach, California were married at their home along the San Mateo County coast on Sunday, July 20 at 2 p.m. before a small gathering of friends and neighbors from San Francisco, the coastal community, Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington, DC.
The Rev. Terry Plank of Moss Beach officiated. Mr. Kenneth Umbenhauer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Mr. William Johnston of Astoria, Queens, New York served as best men and escorted the couple's rescued ex-racing greyhounds, Chico and Lux.
Tropical flowers from Repetto's Greenhouse in Half Moon Bay set the casual scene in the couple's back yard. The grooms wore shirts by Ted Baker and Armani. A reception immediately followed in the couple's home, with a unique cake designed by Elegant Cheesecakes in Princeton-by-Sea that appeared to be a bottle of champagne bearing the couple's name and the vintage "1994" set in a silver chocolate bucket surrounding layers of champagne-flavored cake, chantilly cream, and fresh berries.
Mr. Falk and Mr. Stout relocated to the Bay Area from Baltimore, Maryland in 2005 after Mr. Stout, 38, received a promotion to senior director of national accounts at Gilead Sciences, located in Foster City.
Mr. Falk, 47, a social worker with an accomplished career in HIV/AIDS services and mental health, met Mr. Stout more than 14 years ago in 1994 when both men worked as HIV/AIDS case managers at the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C.
The couple vacationed in the Russian River Valley immediately before the wedding, with travel to Alabama and New York City in the month following to visit with family and friends.
Molly McKay and Davina Kotulski
Molly McKay and Davina Kotulski were married by Assemblyman Mark Leno on their twelfth anniversary before a gathering of family and friends on September 1, 2008.
The pair has been marriage equality love warriors with Marriage Equality USA for over a decade and are overjoyed that their political engagement has finally turned to legal marriage. It has been a beautiful journey and adventure so far - but we still need to work to ensure our marriages are recognized and valid nationwide. We are still denied the 1,138 federal protections of marriage so this ain't over yet!
They invite the public to come celebrate their historic steps forward coast to coast and get engaged to sustain this gain at the 5th annual Marriage Equality USA Coast to Coast Bridge walk Sunday, September 14th. Participants will meet at Crissy Field at 9:30 a.m.; and the walk across the Golden Gate Bridge starts at 10 a.m. In New York a similar walk will start across the Brooklyn Bridge at 11 a.m. Go to www.marriageequality.org for details - the event is free to participate. To donate in support of the cause go to www.firstgiving.org/davinaandmolly.
Pick up your No on 8 lawn signs, t-shirts and bumper stickers, sign up for a phone-banking shift, and bring all your friends, family and supporters. We look forward to defeating Prop 8 and all living our happily ever after together. The days of being "always the bride never the wife" are over for good! Get engaged and stay married!!
Dennis Vaughn and Mark Petty
Dennis Neal Vaughn and Mark David Petty were united in marriage in the heart of San Francisco on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at San Francisco's LGBT Center. The ceremony was officiated by long time friend of the couple, Darcy Lynn Wheeles of San Francisco and witnessed by Steven Musgrove of Colorado and Chris McCaslin of San Francisco. The couple's dog, a Patterdale Terrier named Buster "Shadow" Bear, served as ring bearer. Mr. Petty's twin nieces Ashley and Brittany served as co-hosts.
Mr. Vaughn, 49, is a former resident of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Petty, 52, is a fifth generation San Francisco native.
The couple describes their relationship as gardeners to each other and to those who surround them. Spirituality, art, and nature form the core of their lives, which was reflected in their culturally diverse wedding service.
An original Pacific Northwest Haida banner of a bear served as a backdrop for the couple while they stood on a hand painted wedding labyrinth floor cloth created by Mr. Vaughn who is a professional artist and filmmaker. They sealed their vows with traditional Gaelic Claddagh wedding rings and a Maori greeting between men known as "the sharing of a breath of life."
Following the service and reception the couple donated all of their floral wedding arrangements to the Del Martin Memorial at the LGBT Center.