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BATON ROUGE - The names of an additional 90 chronic delinquent taxpayers who owe nearly $3.5 million have been added to the CyberShame list published on the Department of Revenue's Internet web page. The new names represent 58 individuals who owe $2,680,732.09 and 32 businesses that owe $773,592.84.
In January, the Department initiated its "CyberShame" program by publishing the names of 126 chronic delinquent taxpayers that owed $9.8 million. The program is based on the premise that publication of a delinquent taxpayer''s name will shame them into paying the taxes they owe. "Our first publication was very successful," says Revenue Secretary Cynthia Bridges. "Not only did we collect $469,100.80 from taxpayers on the list, but we also collected $193,812.97 from taxpayers not on the list, but who wanted to ensure that their names would not be published in the future."
Bridges points out that anyone with access to the Internet can view the list on the Department's web page at www.rev.state.la.us. "There, the names, addresses, and amounts of tax owed by some of the state''s most chronic delinquent taxpayers, are listed for all the world to see," Bridges says.
The source of the published delinquent tax information is public record tax liens on file with the Clerk of Court in the appropriate parish. For this reason, publication of the tax information does not constitute a violation of the confidentiality provisions of Louisiana Revised Statute 47:1508 which requires that a taxpayer''s records be kept confidential.
In preparation for adding the new names, Bridges says 110 letters were mailed at the end of February to notify the taxpayers that their names would be published unless payment arrangements were made within 30 days. This original list represented 66 individuals who owe a total of $2,986,472.52 and 44 businesses that owe a total of $1,233,983.67.
The list was reduced to 102 when 8 taxpayers who owe a total of $192,744.06 contacted the Department to make payment arrangements. The list was further reduced to 90 when 12 notification letters had to be remailed after more current addresses were obtained. Bridges says those 12 accounts total $573,386.85 and are scheduled to be added to the CyberShame list by May 1. Present plans by the Department of Revenue call for additional names to be added to the CyberShame list approximately every three months.
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[Since I'm on the road, I thought I'd drag something a little different from "the vault." This post originally appeared in August 2008.
My name is Tami and I am a knitter. I have been for two years now, ever since a co-worker let me borrow a kids knitting how-to book over the weekend and I sat down with two giant needles and a ball of Wal-Mart yarn to make myself a scarf. Yeah, that's right. I like to indulge in traditional "womanly" arts. Does that put my feminist bonafides into question? Some say "yes," even as the craft has experienced a revival among hipsters and third-wavers.
In an article that appeared last year in The Guardian, Tanis Taylor writes:
Feminists are concerned that our new hobby may unpick decades of hard work fighting oppression. Germaine Greer has called it "heroic pointlessness", maintaining that for centuries "women have frittered their lives away stitching things for which there is no demand". Greer and co want us to bear in mind that for centuries, crafts, with their delicate balance of practicality and artistry, were the only acceptable creative outlet for generations of surrendered wives. In this scenario, the kids' home-stitched gingham clothing was threaded with all the oppressions and frustrations of a million muted mothers. Apparently, today's crafters are needle-pointing a similar image of conservative domesticity. Read more...
I applaud the self-determination and autonomy that doing-it-yourself upholds, but there does seem to be a serious disconnect with the everyday lives of many women when it comes to third-wave feminism and crafting.
One of the third-wave's greatest accomplishments was its success in challenging second-wave feminism's overemphasis on the experiences of middle-class white women. In second-wave feminism, the ground for challenging women's oppression was to argue that the personal is the political; but that personal tended to be that of affluent white women.
Third-wave feminism challenged this middle-class white ground and proposed the necessity to think about the multiple locations of women, poor, indigenous, black, lesbian or immigrant. Keeping this in mind, one can then ask about feminist crafting and the assumptions therein. For example, knitting, in a sense, is a middle-class hobby. It, along with much crafting, is a luxury that many women cannot afford.
And while the DIY ethic provides women with a sense of self-reliance it's also a tad self-indulgent. Read more...
I should tell all the black, lesbian and working class women I know who knit or quilt or sew to knock that shit off ASAP. Apparently, she does not know about the wool workers of Nairobi. () Or maybe I should just point out to Ms. Juschka that middle class women, who could well afford store-bought goods, were first to abandon the "womanly arts." Poor women sewed and knitted and quilted (and some still do) out of necessity.
What's Wrong With "Womanly Arts" Anyway
There is nothing wrong with the "womanly arts." What is wrong is that society does not value the work women do. What is wrong is that things like knitting are bound up in antiquated notions of gender roles. (Men knit, too! Did you know that George Washington Carver was a knitter?)
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Take a look at our little tomato plant. Notice anything different? No? Take a closer look...
Our tomato plant is practically exploding with baby green tomatoes! We look and look and look some more - they're everywhere, like tiny green bubbles ballooning on the end of every stem.
Some are no bigger than a pea; others are nearly as big as a ripe cherry tomato, and there are still yellow buds promising yet more green fruit to come.
This is a Tumbler container tomato plant - we highly recommend it. It doesn't need staking and it grows low, like a bush. But it's very sturdy, and as you can see, we expect a bumper crop of small tomatoes rather soon!
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Holy cow! I can't wait until I get a place with a back yard (or at least a patio). I yearn to garden.
Me want!!!!
i have tomato envy! tomato envy, i say!
Good work! Our tomatoes are finally starting to grow too, can't wait until they turn red (or pink or yellow) and we can taste their sweet goodness.
It's nice you don't have to stake yours, I'll have to check into that plant for next year, I look forward to more pics as they grow!
Faith, did you grow this from seed or from a seedling? I got tomato plants from the farmer's market and from Gethsemane this year. So far blossoms, but no fruit yet.
Sarah - I got a small seedling at the greenhouse. It was about 12" around when I bought it, and it's grown very steadily. I'm really happy with it; it's the best container tomato plant I've ever had. All organic too; I'm not using any fertilizer or spray.
What variety is that in the picture? I'm looking for something that will stay low like that for next year. Thanks!


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The silence of a sleepy town and the flickering light of the street lamps greet Jorge Ibanez as he leaves his home before the crack of dawn in Pozo Estrecho, in the southeastern Spanish region of Cartagena, Murcia. With his baseball hat on and a cooler in his hand, he approaches a couple of men on a corner. They exchange timid hellos and engage in conversation as they wait for the car that will drive them to a potato field ready to be harvested.
Ibanez is a 20-year-old Spanish day laborer. A pair of rotten gloves and his baseball hat are his work uniform, a group of Moroccan men his work companions. Together they set out every morning to collect thousands of pounds of potatoes that will end up in the kitchens of northern Europe.
Different fields every day, but always the same sight: row after row of round yellow potatoes waiting to be picked up. Tractors work at night unearthing the tubers so that the day laborers can start collecting them as soon as the sun rises. Extreme heat is not good for potatoes, so the workers have to rush to finish before midday, when the sun is at its peak and the heat starts becoming unbearable, both for them and the spuds.
Ibanez's hands have gotten used to moving fast. His back has also learnt to bend without breaking. Potatoes fly from the ground into his basket and then into 1,250 kilo (2,755 pound) potato sacks in no time at all. But when he sees the first truck approaching the field he knows it's time for a cigarette. Other than picking potatoes like the rest of the crew, he's also responsible for helping load the sacks onto the trucks. His youth and the fact that he's a Spaniard give him the opportunity to do this slightly less taxing job. But he won't leave the field until the last truck does, long after his working companions.
Ibanez quit school at the age of 16 to help pay the bills at home. He got a job in construction for a few months and went on to work for a truck company and a grocery store before returning to school to complete his secondary education. "I thought I would find a better job after getting my degree, but that didn't happen. I couldn't find anything, literally," Ibanez says. Two months ago he decided to become a day laborer. "I know for sure this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but this is all I can find now," he said.


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I've moved to Boulder, Colorado, for a year with the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado. I'm here to research software patents and user innovation (and no, innovative methods of trolling aren't quite what I think the Founders meant by "promote the progress of science and the useful arts.")
Boulder's a particularly good place for this study, because along with its beautiful mountains and open spaces, it has an intense entrepreneurial community, with frequent New Tech Meetups, Ignites, and informal gatherings. Plenty of innovation, how much fueled or swamped by patent?
I'm particularly interested in the cases of strategic behavior, where a patent is used not to secure limited-time exclusivity for the developer bringing a product to market, but instead as a bargaining lever, to spread FUD, or to extract value by threat. Are these indirectly promoting progress, such as by providing a market for research investment, or do they just get in the way? If you're in the area and thinking about these issues, please let me know!


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We'll end the week with continued above average temperatures. Friday and Saturday, we'll see high temperatures in the upper 80's to lower 90's. Keep in mind that the "average" high temperatures for this time of the year are in the lower 80's. Low temperatures are also running about 5 degrees or so above average.
Our next system comes through this Sunday and into Monday in the form of a cold front. We'll see the best chance for rain and a few thunderstorms on Sunday, with some of them lingering into Monday morning. The front won't cool us down a whole lot though, just a few degrees. We'll remain in the 60's for our low temperatures and the mid to upper 80's for our high temperatures until the NEXT cold front comes through- next Wed/Thu. On Thursday we'll drop into the upper 50's for lows and upper 70's for highs, much more "average" temperatures. We'll also see a slight chance for rain with the Wed/Thu front as well. For now, we'll just have to try and stay cool and hold out for some more fall weather!
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The coast south of Split is perhaps the most dramatic in the country, with some of the Adriatic's finest pebble beaches sheltering beneath the papier-mâché heights of the karst mountains, all easily accessible on the frequent coastal bus service.
Some 25km south of Split, the historical town of Omiš makes the ideal base from which to visit the rugged Cetina gorge and the strange and wonderful lakes at Imotski just inland. North of the gorge lies the Marian pilgrimage centre of Sinj, while south from Omiš stretch the celebrated beaches of the Makarska Riviera – which runs from Brela to Gradac – dramatically perched at the base of the Biokovo mountains. Beyond Makarska, the Neretva delta comprises a fascinating landscape of canals and mandarin groves, and contains at least one major archeological site in the shape of Roman Narona.Read More
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Set amid stony hills on the Hercegovinian border, IMOTSKI is famous for its Red and Blue Lakes, gawp-inducingly deep pools located on the outskirts of town. Once you've seen the lakes there's no compelling reason to stay, although the attractive string of cafés along Šetalište Stjepana Radića will ensure that you're well watered before you leave.
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Beyond the Makarska Riviera, the main road southeast to Dubrovnik ploughs across the broad, green delta of the River Neretva, which includes some of the most fertile land in the country. Standing in lush green contrast to the arid landscape of limestone and scrub that characterizes much of the Croatian coast, the delta comprises a dense patchwork of melon plantations, tangerine orchards and reedy marsh. Local farmers get to their fields by boat, navigating a shimmering grid of irrigation channels: it's not uncommon to see a row of waterside houses with a motor launch bobbing outside each one. Frogs and eels abound in the delta's waterways, and play an important role in the local cuisine.


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Black Friday by the Numbers
Published on - November 25th, 2011 (by April Dykman)
This post is from staff writer April Dykman, who baked without using flour — and liked it.
Are you reading this while standing in line at your local big box store? Or are you celebrating Buy Nothing Day and hunkering down for a relaxing day of leftovers and football?
Either way, you might be interested in a few facts about this day, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. that we call Black Friday. Here's Black Friday by the numbers:
Who's shopping
- Number of Black Friday shoppers in 2010: 212 million
- State that spends the most: Texas
- Next biggest spenders: Connecticut, Hawaii, and California
- City that spends the most: Austin, Texas
- Runners up: Scottsdale, Arizona and San Jose, California
- Typical opening hours in 2010: 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.
- Store opening the earliest in 2011: Toys R Us, at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day
- Percentage who think stores should be closed on Thanksgiving Day: 87%
- Consumers who believe retailers should give employees the day off for Thanksgiving: 61%
- Percentage who would rather do anything but shop: 26%
- Number of deaths related to Black Friday chaos and crowds: 1
How much people are spending
- Amount the average American spent in 2010: $365.34
- Projected amount to be spent today: $465.6 billion
- Total amount spent in 2010: $45 billion
- Gender that spends the most: Men, on average 3% more than women
- Age group that spends the most: 50- to 65-year-olds
How many are going mobile
- Total amount in online sales: $648 million
- Number who will shop on their smartphone: 60 million
- Number who will purchase directly from a mobile device: 21 million
What people are buying
- Most popular purchases: Jewelry (purchased by 14.3% in 2010), electronics, toys, books, and gift cards
Holiday spending per person in 2010: $718 on holiday items, including $411 on gifts for family and $75 on gifts for friends
Percentage of consumers who believe retailers offer the best deals on Black Friday: 58%
All of us here at Get Rich Slowly are still in food comas from our Thanksgiving dinners. We'll be back with more great money tips on Monday. Enjoy your weekend!
Sources: San Francisco Chronicle; National Retail Federation, Poughkeepsie Journal, PriceGrabber, CNN
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My wife is part of those numbers, but she has her plan, list and probably will spend less than $50.
Impressive. I can see why Canadian retailers are trying to borrow the tradition. A lot of the deals here have been for a few days or a week or this coming weekend, so that helps. (And it means I can observe Buy Nothing Day today too.)
I just ordered a MacBook Air for my wife for $100 off regular price, so I guess I'm participating this year. Definitely not going to stores at midnight though, that's just plain madness.
I got the freebie drugstore deals, the free after rebate OfficeMax deals and went to the craft stores to stock up on my craft supplies for the year. I did also stop by Old Navy to purchase the $1 fleece scarves to doctor up with my sewing supplies, and I got 3 new fleece shirts for myself. I did one online order from Kohl's for clothing / shoes for our family. I spent about $40 on toiletries/groceries for our family (BF deals), $80 on clothes for our family (our annual clothing budget for our family is $400 for two adults and two kids ages 1 and 5) and $100 on gifts / craft supplies that I turn into gifts (I make fleece blankets, quilts, etc).
They had a "Black Friday" copy here in Mexico last weekend… all the stores did was bring out their old plasma TVs and knock of a hundred bucks. Horrible.
I'll be going out with a friend this evening for tea at a local teahouse. There won't be any trips to any stores though.
A lot of my shopping has moved online, like a previous commenter mentioned. I don't have a vehicle, so that's generally the best way to get larger items home. Most of the shops in my area are way more expensive anyway, and not locally owned, so I don't feel particularly guilty about not buying here.
Wow, I find the 212M number a little unfathomable. Over 2/3 of the US population, the entirety of the US population age 14-65. Just seems like a lot more people stay home than that.
The number probably includes anyone who went shopping today for any reason. My son and I went to a couple of nearby stores this afternoon, so I guess we are technically "Black Friday" shoppers.
Whaaaa? Austin spends the most?! No way!
There are far too many non-consumerist hippies here to spend the most in the country. Maybe Houston or Dallas, but not Austin!
The population of Austin is also 1/3 that of Houston or Dallas. I suspect the reason Austin's numbers are so high is the san Marcos outlet. It draws from a 400-mile area and is technically in the Austin MSA.
I opted out once again this year, and instead went rock climbing. Best idea ever!
Does buying some soda count as contributing to BF?
Seriously, I have my spending planned at 2 small businesses tomorrow. Independent shops that could use the purchase.
Shop local!
NO shopping for us yesterday. we did go to the movies and ate dinner at a local(not a chain) restaurant. Not buying any electronics this year- some books at a local bookstore, making some scarves and hats but will probably buy some socks/underwear/pjs at Target
I got a new HTC Droid Incredible 2 phone for $0 with zero crowds, zero wait at 2:30 in the afternoon on Black Friday. I learned a long time ago I don't actually have to PAY for a really nice phone if I'm just patient. I also supported one small online business and purchased hair care products online at 50% off.
I'm not into extremes; I would never spent time in line at a store at midnight, or spend absurd amounts of money on stuff. I'm not staunch it either; being mindful and careful is key – for me. I spent $15 total on BF.
I must say not having family within hundreds of miles probably helped in my decisions yesterday.
I planned (and posted on this) to spend zero on Black Friday. I actually did spend $15, but it was on things that were absolutely needed…and I got them at a great deal. No lines, no confusing wants/needs, no craziness. Mostly time with family instead:)
I used to be easily sucked into the belief that I had to buy a lot of stuff during the holidays. But I realized that was brainwashing. A couple of things I have done to break out of that are to throw away the ads that come with the newspaper (looking at them makes me start to want those things), I watch very little television, and I stay out of the shopping malls. By protecting myself in this way, I find that I really do not WANT the things in the first place, and I certainly do not miss them. Life has a lot more meaning now. I also have a new-found sense of having everything that I need, already. And I've lost my desire to acquire more, more, more. My bank account is growing, as a result. However, I will say that I am older now, so I think that makes it easier. I wish very much that I had learned this lesson a long time ago — my retirement account would be a lot larger, had that been so. (and my house would not be so filled with "junk")
I tried to do online shopping on Friday to get it out of the way (the end of the school year is crazy and if we don't do it now, it won't get done until ~Dec 23rd), but Amazon was having trouble accepting my order.
So really, more of Saturday shopping.
I am in the age of intergenerational shift, so gave to my visiting daughter, who is setting up her own household, two tablecloths, a bunch of napkins, some candles, Irish coffee glasses, and a sewing machine. I guess I bought myself some space! And we had a lovely visit while going through things.


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On Black Friday, a holiday that apparently overshadowed Thanksgiving, the mall near my home opened at 12:01 a.m. so that crazed shoppers could be the first to save big by spending a lot. In sports, many wealthy shoppers are calling the Twin Cities area to make a deal for ace starter Johan Santana. For some fans, Christmas is about the giving. Away.
After writing or reading those previous two paragraphs, it's clear that fans have legitimate beef with the sports world. We could complain about many of sports' realities, groaning at the moon-scraping contracts, the prima donnas, the media machine, endless losing seasons and the truly senseless catatrosphes like Taylor's death. It's true, there are many problems in sports.
But instead of letting Black Friday steal the spotlight, why don't we reclaim Thanksgiving and some of the Christmas season's spirit of thankfulness? Let's remember the compelling and inspiring aspects of sports that always bring us back despite all of the "issues."
Luckily, there are always fresh stories and fresh stars. Though Santana appears certain to leave Minnesota, fans have enjoyed the considerable talents of Adrian Peterson. For me, even though my hometown Seattle Sonics also appear likely to vacate the premises for Oklahoma City, I find joy in the arrival of Kevin Durant, November's NBA Rookie of the Month. The opportunity to see Durant wear a jersey with "Seattle" stitched across the front already fosters anticipation for a March Target Center clash between the dreadful Sonics and the forgettable Timberwolves.
Durant is my age. Perhaps we get some vicarious thrill from imagining ourselves in the often-large sneakers of sports stars. No matter what, just when the crime blotters and ridiculous business aspects of sports overwhelm the news pages, numerous young athletes literally leap and sprint onto the scene. The talents of players like Peterson and Durant inspire spontaneous outbursts of awe.
After we watch Durant or another sports star, we can walk to Tostrud and shoot some hoops ourselves. Slap on a headband and a T-shirt that says the word "basketball" somewhere, and consider yourself a real athlete. For fans, sports are accessible at many levels.
Even watching sports can be an interactive and physical event. A few friends barely survived a recent trip to Philadelphia for the Seahawks' victory over the Eagles. They were in good enough physical condition to survive the Philadelphia fans' reputed brutality. They may have received the same rush from the win as Shaun Alexander.
On Sunday, fans and pundits across their nation enjoyed the BCS selection show. Once again, both the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country lost. On the same day, Oklahoma crushed top-ranked Missouri 38-17. Meanwhile, Ohio State and two-loss LSU benefited from the carnage to vault into the BCS' top two spots, though surely they would have each lost if the season lasted another day. Unbeaten Hawaii doesn't have a berth in the championship game.
Fans may have many reasons to complain about the BCS process, but no one can complain about the compelling bowl season ahead. Parity and upsets provide such great joy for fans, especially because football teams play just one game to determine who advances. The Super Bowl is not a series of seven games. Even the Patriots could lose sometime this season. Rankings and even the bitter BCS make upsets special. Remember Boise State's "miracle win over Oklahoma last season?
Sports fans consider themselves intimately connected with their sport and team. It can be pure, innocent fun to care about teams a little bit too much and talk about sports a little bit too much, but some moments help us realize the real implications and meaning of sports in our lives.
On Nov. 27, Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died from wounds he suffered when shot by an intruder into his Miami home. Five days later, the Redskins had to play a mere football game. Thanks to a beautiful act of love, we have proper perspective on the bitter realities of the franchise's stereotypical name and players' ridiculous salaries. On their first defensive play of the game, Washington deployed only 10 players, choosing to leave Taylor's starting spot vacant. Simple. Powerful. Though it may have cost the Redskins a 22-yard run in a game they lost, the act meant something significant to every single person in that stadium, and even to those who only witnessed it on television.
Sports are significant because they link humans who might never associate around a common cause. Unity is more important that the common cause, which is why it doesn't matter that the Redskins lost 17-16 on Sunday. Taylor's life matters more than all that money, all those problems and all the frustrations of a loss. That's the way it should be.


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Mariska Hargitay Adopts Baby Girl
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AUBURN -- The Georgia Piedmont Arts Center, a local nonprofit art organization, is hosting the annual Harvest of Arts on Saturday on the front lawn of their Auburn art cottage.
• What: Harvest of Art Festival
• When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
• Where: On the lawn of the Georgia Piedmont Arts Center, 1396 Third Ave., Auburn
• For more information: visit www.georgiapiedmo...
The outdoor tent event allows artists to showcase their works to the community and encourages the public to buy local art. There will be paintings, pottery, soaps, jewelry, textile art, candles and more ready for purchase.
This year, Michael Gibson will give demonstrations of his craft wood turning, which is shaping wood with tools at a very high speed. He hasn't quite decided what he will be creating for the crowd yet, but the idea of creating small spinning tops has been tossed around.
"I can't tell you how pleased we are that Michael and his wife Cynthia will be with us," said GPAC President Kathleen Gill. "His work is absolutely exquisite and he's been recognized all over the world."
There will be free mini art lessons for any adults interested which last 30 to 45 minutes in duration. The classes offered are in watercolor painting, pastels and cartooning. Savannah College of Art and Design student, Whitney Wheeler will be offering her expertise for cartooning in the mini lessons during the festival.
"The classes are short, but we want people to get a taste of what we offer here at GPAC," Gill said.
The free children's activity is creating bracelets from recycled items, which was suggested by Rebecca McCartt, one of the teachers at the nonprofit.
"Rebecca had just returned from a Girl Scouts camp where they did this activity and all of the girls loved it," Gill said.
Thom and Becky Tollerson of the 106 West School of Music from Winder have put together a performance for live entertainment throughout the day. The music will be played by students of the school.
While you're at the festival, help the GPAC as they work on a continuous public art project that was started in July. Purchase a ceramic tile at the event, paint it to your heart's desire and leave it behind. It will be incorporated into a tile mural designated for the children's park on Third Avenue in Auburn, directly across from the library.
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Your Guide to the Latest Windows Server Product Information
Howdy! My name is Jeffrey Snover. I am the Distinguished Engineer for Windows Server where I help drive the architectural direction and technical strategy of the product. It's possible you know me as the inventor of Windows PowerShell. As we continue to use this blog to introduce and explain the new capabilities in Windows Server "8," I will be introducing the team members and their posts. I'll also be writing some of the posts myself. Think of me as your host and guide as we help you explore Windows Server "8" with this blog. We'll start with something near and dear to my heart: Admins.
Windows Server has always distinguished and prided itself on its Administrative Experience. Our mission for Windows Server "8" was to deliver the best cloud-optimized OS. This required us to reimagine the experience, focusing on scenario-based multi-machine management from a client machine implemented on top of PowerShell and WMI. When you see and use it, I think you'll agree that it is clean, powerful, intuitive and just plain fun. The architecture ensures that everything you can do from the GUI, can also be automated from the command line. Automation drives up your server-to-admin ratio, increases the quality and repeatability of your IT operations and lets you schedule operations on the weekend while you are enjoying your time off. Ultimately the Administrative Experience is all about making people successful. This blog highlights a few of the many changes we made in Windows Server "8." Read about them here and then download the beta of Windows Server "8" and the Remote Administration Tools and try them for yourself. I think you are going to have some fun.
Erin Chapple, a Partner Group Program Manager on our Windows Server Manageability team, authored this post.
--Cheers! Jeffrey
One of Windows Server's key differentiators has always been our focus on providing an Administrative Experience that leads the industry in enabling administrators to manage their servers. Windows Server "8" takes this to a whole new level with substantial improvements in simplicity, richness and the power it provides to administrators.
Redesigned Server Manager and Integrated Experiences
Two releases ago, we introduced Server Manager. Server Manager provided a cohesive role-centric view of a single server, exposing the common management tasks administrators performed on a daily basis. When we looked at challenges facing our customers, it was clear that Server Manager was a good start, but that with Windows Server "8" we needed to reimagine the experience. And so we took on the task of redesigning Server Manager to deliver the experience needed for a cloud-optimized OS.
As we move to the cloud, one of the key shifts needed in Server Manager was from the single role-centric view to a multi-sever view of the environment. Server Manager delivers a multi-server experience enabling administrators to add the servers they are responsible for, view information (such as events, services, performance) across their servers and take action. In addition, the Administrative Experience is consistent across servers whether they are physical or virtual. Server Manager accomplishes this by leveraging the multi-machine management capabilities of WMI, Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell's new workflow capabilities. Virtually every operation done using Server Manager can also be done via Windows PowerShell. This allows admins to automate operations thereby saving time, increasing quality and consistency and improving server-to-admin ratios.
Fresh Yet Familiar Experience
With the design movement across Microsoft to Metro style, it was clear we had an opportunity to modernize the Administrative Experience. The battleship grey that server can be identified with needed to be refreshed and brought forward. And yet, we know that any new experience needed to be connected with how administrators get things done today, so as not to disrupt their work patterns. As a result, we looked at the Metro Style Design Principals and centered on three areas of focus for the new Server Manager:
· Glance-able – The administrator can understand through a quick glance the state of their environment and where they need to focus their attention.
The Server Manager dashboard provides a glance-able view of the server environment, drawing attention to the key issues needing attention.
· Actionable – The administrator can take action directly based upon the information presented to them. No need to open another tool, just a simple click resolves the issue.
From the Server Manager dashboard, the user can view the Services that are not stopped and start the service across multiple machines.
· Relevant – The administrator can to tailor the experience to their needs. The information presented should be customizable based upon their environment and responsibility to provide just what they need.
From the Manage menu in Server Manager the administrator can add a custom group to display on the dashboard.
The custom server group will appear as a tile on the dashboard and the administrator can then understand the state of this group.
Integrated Scenario-based Experiences
Server Manager provides a set of consistent tasks across servers, allowing the administrator to drill-into server-specific views to understand the state of their environment and take action. Server-centric views are only one pivot necessary for effective management. Role-centric views are equally important, and with the newly redesigned Server Manager there are several server roles that extend Server Manger to provide scenario-based experiences for managing their role.
File Services, Remote Desktop Services and IP Address Management have all delivered new Administrative Experiences that follow the Server Manger design principles outlined above. The result is a combined experience that is contextual to what the administrator is managing and both guides the user through specific tasks while also providing connected information that is helpful in troubleshooting problems.
The combination of the above scenarios and the shift to multi-machine management means a significant increase in the data exposed within Server Manager. Consuming this information requires enhanced capabilities. Throughout the new Server Manger experience you will see rich filtering and pivoting capabilities for the administrator to find, organize and act on the data provided.
Consistent through Server Manager is the ability to filter lists to easily find information, organize and take action.
Support for Previous Version of Windows Server
Our administrators live in a world where they manage multiple versions of Windows Server. To support providing one view of their server environment we have created a set of new WMI providers that allow Server Manager to collect information from Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 machines. The providers are available in the Windows Management Framework 3.0 and when installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 machine, Server Manager then collects details such as the events and services from these machines and aggregates into the dashboard.
Before we go any further, let's be clear – we believe in delivering rich GUI experiences that are tailored to administrators and help them accomplish their work easily and efficiently. GUIs are here to stay. The reimagined Server Manger and integrated tools for Windows Server "8" are best of breed for the tasks they expose.
AND the Administrative Experience isn't just about GUIs.
AND servers should be used for server-related tasks, not as an administrative desktop.
Let's dig into each of these in some detail.
Command-line Interface (CLI) is part of the Administrative Experience
A number of people have misinterpreted our investment in Windows PowerShell to indicate a transition to a CLI world. They present this is a GUI VERSES CLI issue. We've never thought in those terms. We have always viewed Windows PowerShell as additive, so we've always viewed this as a GUI AND CLI issue.
There will always be administrators who prefer to use the GUI. That said, there are tasks made more effective through the use of automation and we provide as rich a CLI experience as we do a GUI experience for these customers. More importantly, there are advantages of using an automation solution that are becoming more and more important with the move to cloud and the corresponding scale that we expect from administrators. Namely, automation removes the human factor, increasing reliability, auditability and predictability in the environment. Automation is a whole post unto itself (watch for it!) so we'll focus on the CLI experience improvements for now, namely the investments we've made in making Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) a great onboarding tool for Windows PowerShell.
Here are three of my favorite new features in Windows PowerShell ISE that are targeted at helping you discover, learn and simplify the automation of your servers.
Show Command
With over 2,300 cmdlets in Windows Server "8", the first question on your mind might be – how do I discover the cmdlet I need to get my job done? The new Show Command windows in Widows PowerShell ISE lets you easily search for cmdlets, discover the parameters and then either run the command or insert it into a script. Show Command takes advantage of the unique architecture of Windows PowerShell where each cmdlet declares its parameters and their metadata and Windows PowerShell provides a single common parser for every cmdlet. This architecture allows Show Command to search cmdlets and use the parameter metadata to generate a GUI interface for the cmdlet. You can have some fun exploring this part of the architecture by typing the following command into Windows PowerShell: (Get-Command Get-Process).ParameterSets
The Show Command window allows the administrator to search the cmdlets available, learn the syntax and either run, insert or copy the command.
Now that I'm familiar with the new cmdlets, the next question is – how do I remember the cmdlets when I'm working? The promise of Windows PowerShell has always been that the consistency of implementation allows you to Think, Type and Get what you need. Intellisense lets you take this to the next level, by exposing the syntax of the cmdlet as you type. As you build up the command, it only shows you those parameters that are consistent with the parameters that you have already selected. Intellisense can almost seem like magic. It can do this because Windows PowerShell V3 uses the .NET Dynamic Language Runtime (DRL) and exposes a public Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) which allows Intellisense to reason about the command line and the context that it is executing in.
The new Intellisense functionality in the Windows Powershell ISE helps administrators discover cmdlets and their syntax.
Intellisense doesn't just work on the syntax of cmdlets it understands the input needed, here providing insight into the file system so the administrator doesn't need to remember the path!
Now that I'm ready to put my newfound knowledge of the cmdlets into action in a script – how do I remember the syntax for common scripting tasks? Turning on snippets gives me access to common scripting patterns with the click of a mouse! Snippets are also fully extensible which means I can add my own common scripting patterns to avoid have to remember (and type) the pattern each time I write a new script.
After turning on Snippets (Ctrl + J) the administrator can choose from a set of built-in scripting patterns.
In this case the administrator chose the if-else scripting pattern and it is populated for the administrator in the script window.
Through these improvements we've significantly increased the approachability of scripting thereby exposing the power of automation to a much broader audience.
Server Core is the Preferred Deployment Option
While we love GUIs, we believe the primary place they should exist is on the administrator's desktop – not on the Server! Server resources are much more expensive than client resources and running GUIs on servers requires additional software components. Every component increases the security and serviceability exposure of that server so you should only install those components that are necessary to that server workload. Fewer things running on the server means fewer patches and more resources available to the server workload. In this release we've made several investments to help administrators succeed in choosing Server Core as the primary deployment option for Windows Server. The traditional "Server with a GUI" is still provided as a backwards compatibility option.
The number of server roles that run on Server Core has increased to 13 with support for SQL 2012, eliminating the most common reason administrators cited for not being able to run in the Server Core configuration. Firewall-friendly remote management (WinRM) and Windows PowerShell are now enabled and installed by default on all servers, removing any configuration needed before being able to manage the server remotely. Windows PowerShell's 2300+ cmdlets provide the command line coverage necessary for most admin scenarios. For the first time ever, we released a Beta version of the Remote Server Administrative Tools at the same time as the Server Beta providing a rich GUI experience to manage all Servers, including Server Core, from a Windows Client.
Perhaps most significantly however, we've added the ability to move between Server Core and "Server with a GUI" without the need to reinstall the server! This means administrators can safely start with their server deployed in the Server Core configuration and if they find they need the GUI they can add it, and also remove it as needed using the SCONFIG CLI tool, Windows PowerShell or the Add/Remove Roles and Features Wizard. Stay tuned for a future blog dedicated to Server Core that will provide you with all the benefits and details of this deployment option.
The default experience for Server Core.
And if that wasn't enough, introduced in a blog post from earlier this year, we've added a Minimal User Experience option which allows GUI tools to run on Server Core but does not install the desktop shell or Internet Explorer. Server Manager and cmd.exe launch by default when you log in and you can use these to launch the other GUI tools. This in-between option provides many of the benefits of Server Core while still having the safety-factor of being able to run GUIs should the administrator need to log into the Server directly.
From the Manage menu in Server Manager the administrator can select Remove Roles and Features to move between Server with a GUI and the Minimal User Experience or Server Core.
The Minimal User Interface provides many of the benefits of Server Core but lets administrators run GUI tools like Server Manager and MMC-based tools like Computer Manager.
Oh, heads up – Server Core is the default (and recommended) selection during installation!
Metro Style and the Local Server Experience
We can't finish a blog post on the Administrative Experience without discussing how Windows Server shares the new design language and capabilities of the Metro style interface. Early in the design of Windows Server "8" we talked to lots of administrators to understand what direction they wanted us to pursue. The feedback we received was that most administrators manage both server and client machines. As a result, consistency was extremely important. Consistency doesn't just apply to our administrators. In order to support end-users having the same desktop experience whether local, or using Remote Desktop Services, it was important to share the shell experience and adopt the new Start Screen. We have customized the default experience on the server to optimize for administrative tasks. To this end, we default to the desktop on logon. We bring up Server Manager by default. Server Manager exposes the full set of administrative tools via its Tools menu. We pin common applications like Server Manager and Windows PowerShell to the Task Bar. When you go to the Start Screen you'll similarly see common applications exposed.
By default, when logging onto the Server, Server Manager starts. Additional Administrative Tools are available from the Tools menu in Server Manager and common tasks like Windows PowerShell and Explorer are pinned to the Task Bar.
The Start Screen in Server has common administrative tools pinned by default.
Given the recommended deployment option of Server Core, and the introduction of the Minimal GUI Interface, we hope that most administrators will rarely find themselves using the Start Screen on the server, but when they do it will be easy for them to find what they need to do in a manner consistent with the client experience. As mentioned earlier, stay tuned for a future blog detailing Server Core and the Minimal GUI Interface.
In conclusion, we have invested significantly in the Administrative Experience for Windows Server "8" to ensure administrators have choices for how they complete their work and that each choice is simple and efficient. Windows Server "8" will provide the fastest, most scalable and flexible solutions for customers large and small.
Give it a try and enjoy the next generation server management experience!
Server now has Metro UI and Client now has Hyper-V. Should we be expecting more cross-over in the future?
Wow, this is quite possible the UI with the most confused look and feel I've ever seen.
While I appreciate the work that has been done to make administrating Server Core easier I haven't seen if the biggest hurdle of Server Core has been addressed; managing networks.
In a Hyper-V server - a popular role for a Core server - you have a lot of NICs, even more so if you're using iSCSI based storage. Managing these through NETSH is very cumbersome.
Perhaps new POSH cmdlets can help to some extent but more than once I've had to install third party tools in order to be able to manage NICs on server core, especially with Hyper-V and it's virtual switches.
It would be great if START orbit is restored (on clicking, it should launch Metro UI) on Taskbar. It is irritating to move the mouse to the corners, especially working on remote systems. On average, I had hit ServerMgr button twice every time I attempted for START screen. My problem aggravated because of VNC which can't transmit the WIN + keys.
Thanks for this great post. Regards from Switzerland
@Martin Edelius… Reply from Jeffrey Snover:
Install it and type: Get-Command –Module NET*
I think you'll see what you are looking for. The networking team did an awesome job with PowerShell coverage.
@Usman Masood
It is hard to tell whether a UI is going to work for without using it. Our usability studies tell is people are able to pick it up easily and are able to accomplish tasks easily. You should download the beta and try it out for yourself.
while it's nice to have a rich guiexperience wha's most important is a rock solid clean and simple engine that's not going to crash. i am surprised that MS hasn't invested in this area ( which has always been a problem area for ( MS products). I can see why you are touting powershell and more stuff coming out from there since you have a pasion for it.
however as admins we need a rock solid engine that's not going to crash and can withstand various types of attacks etc. Please think about it.
@Kevin "It is hard to tell whether a UI is going to work for without using it."
But we do know that the old one work well, that it wasn't broken, that it didn't have to be replaced, that Metro doesn't have added value and that surely the old start menu didn't have to be removed alltogether.
In previous Windows versions there was a way to revert to the UI (start menu, task bar ...) of previous versions, this is no longer the case with Windows 8.
In addition to forcing the Metro-style Windows 8 start "menu", the Metro-style is also (needlessly) applied to management tools. Metro was obviously developed for tablet use, but someone in upper management apparently figured it had to be forced on every Windows user/administrator/developer (most of whom will not be using a Windows 8 tablet anyway... let's be realistic). I'd rather see development resources being spent on essential things, not window dressing.
Finally, I wouldn't be surprised if the Metro-UI is dropped for the next best thing in Windows 9 ...
Played with Windows Server 8 for a while, same conclusion as Windows 8 Client: One of the best operating systems to ever come out of Microsoft, dressed in the most moronic user interface (Metro UI).
Are you guys seriously thinking that the tablets should share the same interface with desktops and...servers?
What can I say, your marketing department is the only one governing Microsoft nowadays and it is "infecting" everything with their incompetence.
Howdy Nalin!
If we had to choose between a rock solid OS and a great GUI, I would agree with you but that is not the situation. We invested in an engineering system for this release which allowed us to take a very rigorous approach to quality and performance at each and every stage of the release. I'm going to have an entire post dedicated to the performance and scalability work that we did in this release. That said, you just have to look at our published numbers to know that we put the pedal to the metal: support for 640 logical processors, 4 TB of ram, 64TB Vhdx files! Trust me, you don't get these results without a lot if individual and institutional passion for performance and scale.
At the end of the day Nalin, your experience is what matters so I strongly encourage you to pick up the beta and find out for yourself. It still just a beta but I think it will be immediately clear that Windows Server 8 is the release you are looking for.
I work for a company managing 417 windows servers and i'm telling you for sure, we will not be upgrading to this. Server 2008R2/Server 8 is going to be your XP to Vista moment. Powershell is great but the changes you have made to the UI especially server manager should never of been made, you should of improved R2 and nothing more. I will not be installing a tablet OS onto production servers. The only positive from this is that Microsoft have saved us many thousands in software licences. Make the client as flash as you like, i applaud it, but not the server OS. Make it boring, high performance and just an improvement over the original. This one will require complete retraining of my staff and that won't happen either. I'm guessing my view is not unique either
Andrew - We understand your thinking about retraining and we take such issues very seriously. We know that your hair is probably on fire and the last thing you want to do is to learn a new way to do something. We spent a lot of time over the years talking to people about they do and what problems they have and doing qualitative and quantitative studies of what helped them succeed. The new Server Manager is a multi-machine tool designed to make it quick and easy to understand where you need to focus your attention and optimized for you to get things done. Server Manager's design spot as a day-to-day tool is 25-30 servers. We have optimized the views and task flow for this target number of servers. We are testing Server Manager in larger-scale environments (like your environment with 417 servers) and we do know that the performance with the Beta at this scale is challenging. This is an area where we continue to improve and I believe you'll be excited with the progress when it is released. Ultimately we do believe that administrators will be using this tool from their desktop, and not the server, so the performance isn't just for the local scenario but in environment. This enables customer to remove the UI from the server, either through Server Core or Minimal User Experience. In the end, the mission to deliver a multi-machine tool required us to break from the past and ask you to relearn a few things. As you use Server Manager, what you will find is that the interface is both fresh and familiar and that we really did minimize the number of things you had to learn and leveraged the things you already know how to do. So Andrew, I hear you and totally respect where you are coming from. That said, I encourage you to carve out some time and kick the tires. I think you come to wonder why it took us so long to deliver this tool.
There were numerous studies to back up "Bob" as well. We all know how that turned out. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
It is not how easily they "re-learn," It's how easy and intuitive it is the first time. That's where some changes to Windows 8 fall down. For example, the start orb is a useful visual indicator. The charm or whatever it is in the corner of the screen is anything but. And the interface seems to suffer from split personalities. The task bar changing when in different applications or areas of the OS is another usability issue. I shouldn't have to "think" about how to get back to the start page. Due some brain mapping studies and you'll come to the same conclusion.
I've read some comments about Windows 8 being Vista 2.0 or ME 2.0. I'm inclined to agree.
I learn how to do a task on Unix 20 years ago, and it is pretty much the same thing today. I learn how to do a task on Windows Server and I have to relearn how to do it every couple of years. Same with programming environments. First VB6/C++, then .NET, and now HTML5 and JavaScript (to create an application). I know it's well intentioned, but you guys are killing us out here!


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This school absolutely sucks. The scores may be high, but that is only because the pressure us to make the high scores. They don't truly care about the students' well being, only how the school is seen on the outside. Everything is centered around sports, especially football. I am in showchoir and we have to pay every penny ourselves with no help from the school. The highschool spent 7 million dollars on a football field that was not needed whatsoever, and cut back on the budget for everything else. The gifted studies program used to extend into 8th grade and they have now cut it back to 6th because of funding issues. Many of the teachers are rude and don't care about the students. Some even target certain students because of their appearence, which definitely isn't uncommon in Petal. The principal is nice enough, but like I said before, he only really focuses on sports and how our school is seen by others. There is also a strict uniform, which of course has it's benefits, but keeps us students from expressing ourselves. I have no earthly idea how this school got a 10/10.
Petal Middle School is a public school with ALL the private school benefits. Thanks to our Principals, Teachers, Staff members and superior Volunteers, our students will be prepared to lead this country!
It's a great school with fantastic teachers and a wonderful principal. The middle school years are some of the toughest for children as they adjust to becoming more independent teens and I think our school does a great job of nurturing them as they grow into young men and women.
Petal Middle school consists of highly educated teachers that go to great lengths to see your pupil succeed. The social status appearing at this school however is not very appealing seeing that the children usually socialize in 'cliques'. But looking at the educational success, Petal is 1 of the best public schools in Mississippi and in the US. On a scale from 1-10 I give it a 9.5. If you are planning to send your child into the hands of these educaters, please inform your child that there is a possible but usually rare chance that their will be some teachers, usually occuring in most places, that will choose certain students for tasks of running errins, but they usually do not let those interferences effect your child's grades.
As far as acedemics, the school is great. However, on the social fairness of this fragile age of entering adolescents, the school can be very unfair and partial. Some students are allowed to get away with things, while others are not. The children are pre-targeted based on older siblings previous to them. Most people here have money that talks, those of us who are not upper middle class, our children do not get the same treatment all of the time, even if our childrens grades are good. I realize school is a place to learn, not socialize (per say) but its hard to learn when your child dreads going due to unfair judgement and partiallity from some of the staff as well as other students. If a child constantly feels like the don't belong, outcast,the will sometimes start to rebel just to cope.
Petal is a great school. My son was only there for 17 months and durning this time the principal and teachers made such a positive impact on his life. The teachers at this school actually enjoy their job. They all want to see each child succeed. We hated to leave this school.
I am a student at Petal Middle School, and this is my first year here. School is great here, and i enjoy gping Mon-Fri every week.
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Phone: (601) 584-6301
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I would highly suggest separating the two upgrades. First upgrading your Windows Domino server to 8. Then Installing the new server (are you looking to use the same hardware?) Then when your data is on version 8 the migration should be a lot easier.
Never ever do two components of an upgrade at the same time. You will have a really hard time finding your point of failure.
For more detailed information on the upgrades check out the Ibm Redbook site here.
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