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Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a non-nuclear weapon state party to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but has not ratified either the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) or the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Open source evidence cannot definitively confirm whether the country has any programs for the development of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. Myanmar's regime asserts the country has no such programs. [1]
Myanmar became a non-nuclear weapon state party to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1992, and signed the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty in 1995, committing not to develop nuclear weapons. The country signed a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and a Small Quantities Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1995. After President Barack Obama's visit in November 2012, Myanmar announced it would sign the Additional Protocol. Less than one year later, on 17 September 2013, Myanmar signed the agreement. [2] Myanmar has signed, but not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). [3]
Myanmar expressed an interest in nuclear energy for peaceful uses as early as 1955, when the country established an Atomic Energy Centre under the Union of Burma Applied Research Institute (UBARI). [4] It joined the IAEA in 1957, and participated in a number of IAEA technical cooperation projects in isotope applications for agriculture beginning in the 1960s. [5] In 1997, the government established the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) under the Ministry of Science and Technology; as of 2007, the DAE had 200 employees, of which roughly 25% were trainees. [6]
Myanmar's government has also undertaken some uranium exploration, though the extent and specifics of these activities are unknown. According to the Myanmar Ministry of Energy there are five areas for potential uranium mining: Magwe, Taungdwingyi, Kyaukphygon (Mogok), Kyauksin, and Paongpyin (Mogok). [7] Only Magwe has up to 0.5 percent medium-grade uranium ore while the rest have low-grade uranium ore (less than 0.1 percent). [8] Myanmar has no confirmed mining or milling facilities, despite allegations by dissident groups of the existence of sites near Mandalay. [9] Experts at the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) assert, based on independent satellite and photographic imagery analysis, that the facility in question is most likely a cement plant. [10] Most of Myanmar's uranium is a byproduct of gold mining. As Myanmar does not have a need for uranium, much is exported to China. [11]
Myanmar has consistently looked to Russia for assistance increasing its technical capabilities in the nuclear field. In 2001, Russia signed a contract to design a 10 MW research reactor in Myanmar for radioisotope production. [12] Although the deal for a research reactor ultimately fell through, a few hundred specialists from Myanmar have trained in nuclear research in Russia. [13] However, it is unclear whether the government is continuing to send scientists abroad after its decision to sign the Additional Protocol and increase its transparency regarding its nuclear program.
In May 2010, the pro-democracy dissident group Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) precipitated considerable international debate about Myanmar's nuclear program by alleging the existence of covert nuclear and missile facilities and illicit cooperation with North Korea. The testimony and photographs of former Army Major Sai Thein Win, who had recently defected from Myanmar, provided the basis for the report's allegations. [14] Former IAEA inspector Robert E. Kelley, who was a co-author on the report, stated that the photographs and documents provided by Sai Thein Win led him to conclude that Myanmar's "technology is only for nuclear weapons and not civilian use or nuclear power." [15] Kelley further argued, however, that it would be extremely difficult for Myanmar, given its limited technical and financial capabilities, to develop nuclear weapons successfully. [16] However, a number of outside experts were skeptical of the DVB's allegations and Kelley's supporting analysis. ISIS, for example, agrees that some of the equipment depicted in the report could be used in producing uranium metal, but stated it could alternatively be used for producing "rare earth metals or metals such as titanium or vanadium." [17]
The United States government expresses diminishing concerns about a possible nuclear program in Myanmar, while withholding judgment on whether the country ever undertook activities in violation of its international commitments particularly with regard to trade with North Korea. The U.S. State Department expressed concern about Burma's NPT compliance in 2011, however in its 2012 compliance report it stated that its concerns "were partially allayed" by 2012. [18] Myanmar's vice president told a visiting U.S. delegation in 2011 that his country had halted its nuclear research program because, the "international community may misunderstand Myanmar over the issue."[19] Myanmar's leaders also communicated to the IAEA that "Myanmar is in no position to consider the production and use of nuclear weapons and does not have enough economic strength to do so."[20] During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first visit to the country, Myanmar also explicitly denied any cooperation with North Korea, and committed to complying with United Nations Security Council resolutions targeting the DPRK's illicit activities.[21] Ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Myanmar (the first of any sitting U.S. president), President Thein Sein approved a measure to sign the IAEA's Additional Protocol. The measure will be reviewed by parliament before being adopted.[22] On the topic of collaboration with North Korea, President Thein Sein told President Obama in May 2013, "Actually, we don't really have the capacity to build nuclear weapons. We don't have money. We don't have technology. And nobody will come and help us made[sic] this thing...but of course we have to establish some relations with North Korea because in the past everything is under sanctions and we were in need to find somebody who could help us with our defense. So we did engage diplomatically." [23]
There is no evidence to suggest that Myanmar has a chemical weapons (CW) program, despite many decades of allegations to the contrary by Burmese dissident groups. [24] While the U.S. government voiced suspicions about a possible CW program in the 1980s and early 1990s, Burma has not been named in relevant U.S. compliance reports since 1992. [25] Myanmar is not a signatory to the 1925 Geneva Protocol, and despite signing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993, has not yet ratified it. [26] In December 2013, Myanmar announced it is preparing to submit instruments of ratification for CWC and it is awaiting parliamentary approval. [27]
In January 2014, Unity Journal, a weekly news magazine in Myanmar, alleged that the military built a chemical weapons production facility in central Magway district. [28] The Government, while acknowledging the facility is for defense purposes, denied the allegations. CWC ratification would provide the international community mechanisms to clarify issues related to remaining facilities of concern in Myanmar.
In 1997 Myanmar adopted Agenda 21, which established an official strategy for sustainable development, including environmental management of toxic industrial chemicals. [29] Myanmar possesses only a limited chemical industry, and imports all toxic industrial chemicals it consumes. As it is not a significant exporter of industrial chemicals or chemical equipment, Myanmar does not participate in or adhere to the Australia Group's guidelines. [30]
There is no evidence to suggest that Myanmar has ever pursued a biological weapons (BW) program. The country signed the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) in 1972, but has not ratified the treaty. [31] In December 2013, Myanmar announced it is awaiting parliamentary approval to ratify the BTWC. [32]
Myanmar has a limited biotechnology sector. In 2004, Myanmar established a Biotechnology Development Center at Pathein University in collaboration with the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation of Japan. [33] According to the Myanmar Department of Agricultural Planning, the public sector supports most biotechnology activities in Myanmar, including vaccine development for Newcastle disease, as well as detection of viral disease in shrimp in collaboration with the Government of Japan. [34] Myanmar has participated in the development of the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Biosafety. The country is in the process of developing its National Biosafety Framework. [35] Myanmar is not a significant biotechnology exporter, and thus does not participate in or adhere to the Australia Group's guidelines. [36]
Myanmar does not subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). [37] The country possesses a small number of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) , produced predominantly by Chinese and Russian manufacturers. According to Jane's, this inventory includes the Hong Ying-5 (红缨五号), 9K38 Igla (9K38 Игла́), and 9K310 Igla-1 (9K310 Игла́-1) man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS); as well as the British Bloodhound Mk2, 2K12 Kub (2K12 Куб), S-125 Pechora-2M (Печора-2M), and the Hongqi-2 (红旗二号) SAMs. [38]
North Korea and Myanmar officially resumed diplomatic relations in 2007 after a long period of estrangement. [39] Photographs and a trip report dated November 2008, provided by a Burmese dissident group, show Gen. Shwe Mann (then a leader in Myanmar's ruling military junta, and currently speaker of the lower house of parliament), meeting with high-ranking North Korean officials. Most notable of the officials is Jon Pyong Ho (전병호) who, until retirement in 2011, was a leading figure in North Korean nuclear and missile proliferation. [40] The photos also show the Burmese delegation visiting a number of missile-related facilities. Among these are a Korean People's Army (KPA) Air Force unit; facilities producing anti-aircraft and radar equipment; and production facilities for Igla SAMs and Scud missiles. [41] The Scud missile production facility, known as the No. 125 Factory, is linked to North Korea's missile exports. [42] The United States has confronted two North Korean ships, which it asserted were en route for Myanmar bearing missiles or missile-related equipment. In 2009, the Kang Nam I turned back after the U.S. trailed it, and in 2011 the M/V Light similarly returned to its North Korean port. In August 2012, Japan seized "50 metal pipes and 15 high-specification aluminum alloy bars" that could have been used in either a nuclear or – more likely – a missile program. The cargo was destined for a Yangon-based construction company that is alleged to be a front-company for military procurement. The material was stamped "DPRK," and transported through China's port of Dalian near the border with North Korea. [43]
Press reports widely allege that other illicit shipments have occurred but successfully evaded interdiction. [44] For example, Myanmar received a shipment of dual-use cylindrical grinders from a Japanese company called Toko Boeki in 2008. [45] Japanese authorities later prosecuted Li Gyeong Ho, founder and president of the company, for again attempting to export cylindrical grinders and a magnetometer to Myanmar in September 2008 and January 2009. The items were procured on behalf of a North Korean front company known as New East International, which is controlled by the Second Economic Committee and responsible for military procurement. [46] These items can be used to make magnets for a centrifuge-based uranium enrichment program, or for the gyroscopes of missile systems. Because of their special dual-use nature, their export is controlled under Japanese law. It is unknown if North Korea was attempting to use Myanmar as a transshipment point, or if Myanmar was using North Korea's network to solicit materials for its own use. [47] In July 2013, the U.S. levied sanctions on Lt. General Thein Htay, the head of Burma's Directorate of Defense Industries (DDI), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13619 for his involvement in the North Korean supply of arms to Myanmar. [48]
Myanmar also has a nascent domestic dual-use research capability in the form of the Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University (MAEU), established in Meiktila in 2002. [49] MAEU's research includes the design and construction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and solid propellant rockets. [50]
[1] "Myanmar Cannot Achieve Democratic Progress Overnight that US had for Over 200 Years," News Brief (Myanmar), 2 June 2011, www.mrtv3.net.mm; Rupali Karekar, "No Secret Nuclear Deals with North Korea," Straits Times, 31 January 2012, www.lexisnexis.com; for additional reading see: Sharad Joshi, "Playing Politics: How the Regional Context Impedes Confronting Myanmar's Alleged Nuclear Program," NTI Issue Brief, 4 February 2011, www.nti.org.
[2] "Myanmar to Sign New Nuclear Safeguards: Govt," Agence France-Presse, 18 November 2012; "Myanmar Signed Additional Protocol with IAEA," International Atomic Energy Agency, 17 September 2013, www.iaea.org.
[3] International Atomic Energy Agency, "Agreement of 20 April 1995 Between the Union of Myanmar and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons," INFCIRC/477, June 1995, www.iaea.org.
[4] Myanmar Ministry of Science and Technology, "Department of Atomic Energy," 13 June 2007, www.most.gov.mm.
[5] International Atomic Energy Agency, "Radioisotopes in Burmese Agricultural Research," IAEA Bulletin; International Atomic Energy Agency, "Atomic Assistance in 1961," IAEA Bulletin, 1961, www.iaea.org; International Atomic Energy Agency, "Survey in Southeast Asia" IAEA Bulletin,1959, www.iaea.org.
[6] Myanmar Ministry of Science and Technology, "Department of Atomic Energy," 13 June 2007, www.most.gov.mm.
[7] "Nuclear Energy: Uranium Ore Deposits of Myanmar," Myanmar Ministry of Energy, www.energy.gov.mm.
[8] Anton Khlopkov and Dmitry Konukhov, "Russia, Myanmar and Nuclear Technologies," Center for Energy and Security Studies, 24 June 2011, www.ceness-russia.org.
[9] "Images of Suspected Uranium Mine and Refinery in Burma," DictatorWatch, March 2007, www.dictatorwatch.org.
[10] Robert Kelley, Andrea Scheel Stricker, and Paul Brannan, "Exploring Claims about Secret Nuclear Sites in Myanmar," Institute for Science and International Security, 28 January 2010, http://isis-online.org.
[11] Anton Khlopkov and Dmitry Konukhov, "Russia, Myanmar and Nuclear Technologies," Center for Energy and Security Studies, 24 June 2011, www.ceness-russia.org.
[12] Anton Khlopkov and Dmitry Konukhov, "Russia, Myanmar and Nuclear Technologies," Center for Energy and Security Studies, 24 June 2011, www.ceness-russia.org; Mark Hibbs, "IAEA Probes Myanmar Data, Discourages New Research Reactors," Nuclear Fuel, 10 August 2009, www.carnegieendowment.org.
[13] Simon Shuster, "Why Are Burmese Scientists Studying Missile Technology in Moscow?," Time, 7 December 2011, www.content.time.com.
[14] Untitled Photos, The Irrawaddy, www.irrawaddy.org; Pascal Khu Thwe, translation, "Report of Shwe Mann's Visit to North Korea," Democratic Voice of Burma, www.dvb.no; original document at: www.irrawaddy.org.
[15] Read the full report here: Robert E. Kelley and Ali Fowle, "Nuclear Related Activities in Burma," Democratic Voice of Burma, May 2010, www.dvb.no.
[16] Robert Kelley and Allison Puccioni, "Atomic Revelation – Defector Reveals Myanmar's Nuclear Programme," Jane's Intelligence Review, 20 July 2010.
[17] David Albright and Christina Walrond, "Technical Note: Revisiting Bomb Reactors in Burma and an Alleged Burmese Nuclear Weapons Program," Institute for Science and International Security, 11 April 2011, http://isis-online.org.
[18] U.S. Department of State, "Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments," Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, August 2011, www.state.gov; U.S. Department of State, "Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments," Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, August 2012, www.state.gov.
[19] "Myanmar Cannot Achieve Democratic Progress Overnight that U.S. had for Over 200 Years," News Brief (Myanmar), 2 June 2011, www.mrtv3.net.mm.
[20] International Atomic Energy Agency, "Statement by the Leader of Myanmar Delegation H.E. U Tin Win to the 55th Annual Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference," Vienna, 19-23 September 2011, www.iaea.org.
[21] "Myanmar Vows it has No Illegal Dealings with North Korea: Clinton," Global Security Newswire, 1 December 2011, www.nti.org.
[22] "Myanmar to Sign New Nuclear Safeguards: Govt," Agence France-Presse, 18 November 2012.
[23] "Myanmar Seeks Eased Sanctions During Thein Sein Visit to U.S.," Kyodo News International, 20 May 2013.
[24] The following sources are included as an example of the persistent nature of these unconfirmed accounts. However, without further investigation it is not clear if the reports refer to agents recognized under international law as chemical weapons or to riot control agents—the latter is most likely. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, "Chronology for Karens in Burma," Minorities at Risk Project, 2004, www.unhcr.org; Jessica Le Masurier, "Myanmar 'Used Chemicals' on Rebels," 21 August 2005, CNN, http://articles.cnn.com; Pranamita Baruah, "Myanmar," Journal on Chemical and Biological Weapons, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Vol. 3 No. 3, April-June 2010, www.idsa.in; Tania Branigan, "Burma's Military Junta Accused of Torturing and Killing Ethnic Rebels," The Guardian, 18 December 2011, www.guardian.co.uk; "Burma Denies Using Chemical Weapons in Kachin," AFP and Democratic Voice of Burma, 10 January 2013, http://www.dvb.no.
[25] Gordon M. Burck and Charles C. Flowerree, International Handbook on Chemical Weapons Proliferation (New York: Greenwood Press, 1991), pp. 428-429. The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency reported that Burma (Myanmar) has, "chemical weapons and artillery for delivering chemical agents" in a 1992 survey for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. However, the same report in 1993 indicated that Burma was no longer developing chemical weapons. See: E.J. Hogendoorn, "A Chemical Weapons Atlas," The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 1997, p. 38.
[26] Office of the Legal Adviser, "Note by the Technical Secretariat: Status of Participation in the CWC as of 14 October 2013," Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 14 October 2013.
[27] Khin Maung Soe, "Myanmar Prepares to Ratify Chemical, Biological Weapons Treaties," Radio Free Asia, 11 December 2013, http://www.rfa.org.
[28] Zarni Mann, "Journalists Detained for Reporting Alleged Burmese Chemical Weapons Factory," The Irrawaddy, 2 February 2014, http://www.irrawaddy.org.
[29] United Nations, "Economic Aspects of Sustainable Development in Myanmar," www.un.org.
[30] The Australia Group, "Australia Group Participants," www.australiagroup.net.
[31] UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, "Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements," http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org.
[32] Khin Maung Soe, "Myanmar Prepares to Ratify Chemical, Biological Weapons Treaties," Radio Free Asia, 11 December 2013, http://www.rfa.org.
[33] USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, "GAIN Report #BM5018: Burma: Biotechnology: Agricultural Biotechnology: 2005," 28 July 2005.
[34] United Nations Environment Programme, "National Biosafety Framework: Myanmar," November 2006.
[35] Convention on Biological Diversity, "National Reports: Myanmar Second National Reports," 28 November 2013, www.bch.cbd.int.
[36] The Australia Group, "Australia Group Participants," www.australiagroup.net.
[37] Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCoC), "Subscribing States," updated 6 April 2011, www.hcoc.at, accessed 14 March 2012.
[38] "Inventory, Myanmar," Jane's Land-Based Air Defence, 9 February 2011.
[39] North Korea and Myanmar shared tense relations for a period between 1983 and 2007 due to the North Korean assassination attempt on South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan (전두환) during his visit to Yangon (Rangoon) in October 1983. The bombing killed both South Korean and Burmese citizens. See: Clyde Haberman, "Bomb Kills 19 Including 6 Key Koreans," The New York Times, 10 October 1983, www.nytimes.com.
[40] Untitled Photos, The Irrawaddy, www.irrawaddy.org; Pascal Khu Thwe, translation, "Report of Shwe Mann's Visit to North Korea," Democratic Voice of Burma, www.dvb.no; original document at: www.irrawaddy.org; "N.Korea Reshuffles Top Officials," Chosun Ilbo, 8 April 2011, www.chosun.com.
[41] Untitled Photos, The Irrawaddy, www.irrawaddy.org.
[42] Jeffrey Lewis, "Pyongyang Pig Factory," Arms Control Wonk, 10 February 2011, http://armscontrolwonk.com.
[43] Yoshihiro Makino, "Japan Intercepts N. Korea weapons-grade Material Bound for Myanmar," Asahi Shimbun, 24 November 2012, http://ajw.asahi.com.
[44] David E. Sanger, "U.S. Said to Turn Back North Korea Missile Shipment," The New York Times, 12 June 2011, www.nytimes.com.
[45] Stephanie Lieggi, Robert Shaw, and Masako Toki, "Taking Control: Stopping North Korean WMD-Related Procurement," The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, September/October 2010, pp. 21-34.
[46] Stephanie Lieggi, Robert Shaw, and Masako Toki, "Taking Control: Stopping North Korean WMD-Related Procurement," The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, September/October 2010, pp. 21-34.
[47] Catherine Boye, Melissa Hanham, and Robert Shaw, "North Korea and Myanmar: A Match for Nuclear Proliferation?" The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 27 September 2010, www.thebulletin.org.
[48] U.S. Department of the Treasury, "Treasury Designates Burmese LT. General Thein Htay, Chief of Directorate of Defense Industries," 2 July 2013, http://www.treasury.gov.
[49] "Research in MAEU," Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University, www.most.gov.mm.
[50] "Research in MAEU," Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University, www.most.gov.mm.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents.
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- Not a party to the BTWC, CWC or CTBT
- Concluded an Additional Protocol with the IAEA in 2013
- Alleged to participate in illicit missile commerce with North Korea


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12 CHAPTER 3 Data for Modeling Aircraft Deviations Airfield Lateral Deviation Studies � Aircraft handling characteristics � Mechanical failures During the course of study, an attempt was made to obtain data on extreme lateral aircraft deviations for runways, taxi- In the 1970s, the FAA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ways, and taxilanes. Also, information was gathered from (USACE) carried out substantial studies on lateral distribu- previous studies and lateral deviation data and models to tion of aircraft traffic on runways and taxiways (Brown and determine the best alternatives to use in the approach and the Thompson, 1973; HoSang, 1975). More recently, Cohen-Nir methodology to evaluate airfield separations. Appendix C and Marchi (2003), the FAA, and Boeing (Scholz, 2003a and provides a summary of this literature review. 2003b) performed statistical analyses of taxiway deviations for Ensuing sections of this report provide summaries of data large aircraft at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) collected in this research and describe previous studies evalu- and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC). ating the magnitude of lateral aircraft deviations during airfield operations as well as the attempts to model the probability distributions of these lateral deviations. Veer-Off Accidents and Incidents A major consideration is random lateral deviations of air- craft during runway, taxiway, and taxilane operations. The Both the FAA and ICAO address the probability of aircraft probability distribution of such deviations relative to the veer-offs in their rationale for runway/taxiway separations. centerline/guideline of runways and taxiways is crucial to ICAO (2004) emphasizes that runway separation issues are assessing the adequacy of existing separation/clearance dis- supported by local airport experience in terms of identifying tances for safe and regular operation of aircraft, both on causes and accident factors specific to the local environment. straight portions and on taxiway curves. The following fac- No less important is the enormous variety and complexity of tors may impact those deviations (Eddowes, Hancox, and accident factors for collision risk. MacInnes, 2001): One of the subtasks of this project was to carry out a func- tional hazard analysis (FHA) for aircraft veer-offs based on � Quality of aircraft nose wheel guidelines (marking and information gathered in the literature review. The objective lighting) of this subtask was to identify relevant factors associated with � Quality of signs such events to support the data collection effort for accidents � Visibility conditions and incidents. The research team collected information that � Level of light (day or night) could be used in the modeling process, particularly data on � Surface condition (dry, wet, contaminated by snow/ice, causal factors and aircraft location. Identifying the most rel- rubber, etc.) evant factors causing or contributing to such events also was � Approach speed and touchdown location part of the modeling process. � Taxi speed An FHA is a formal and systematic process for the identifi- � Pilot's attention cation of hazards associated with an activity that is typically � Pilot's technique during landing employed to support risk assessment and management. An � Stability of approach FHA is often conducted in the form of a brainstorming work- � Pilot's technique on negotiation turns shop involving a multi-disciplinary team that could include � Wind effects (cross-wind) pilots, air-traffic controllers, airside operations personnel, and


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Spaghetti and Turkey Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
The whole family will love this ultra-satisfying dish of Spaghetti and Turkey Meatballs in Tomato Sauce. We took classic spaghetti and meatballs and made it healthier by using lean turkey and adding beans to boost the Resistant Starch. The end result is as delicious as you'd expect!
Yield: Makes 5 servings (serving size: 1 cup pasta, 3 meatballs, and about 3/4 cup sauce)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 439
- Fat: 12.2g
- Saturated fat: 3.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.7g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1g
- Protein: 33g
- Carbohydrate: 55g
- Fiber: 9g
- Cholesterol: 98mg
- Iron: 0.0mg
- Sodium: 623mg
- Calcium: 0.0mg
- 1/2 pound whole-wheat spaghetti
- 1 pound ground lean turkey
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup fresh whole-wheat bread crumbs
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup minced onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (26-ounce) can low-sodium crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup canned pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Garnish: additional parsley, 1/4 cup Parmesan
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions; keep warm. Combine turkey, 1/2 cup Parmesan, 1/4 cup chopped parsley, bread crumbs, egg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Form into 15 meatballs; set aside. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook until soft (5 minutes). Add garlic; cook 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, pinto beans, 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Add meatballs; return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer over low until meatballs are cooked through and sauce has thickened (15 minutes). Divide spaghetti, meatballs, and sauce among 5 bowls. Garnish with additional parsley and 1/4 cup Parmesan.
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Social media is used to connect but concurrently serves as a disconnect from social life outside of the virtual world. In Listen and Repeat, a modified megaphone uses text to speech capabilities to recite tweets composed with the tag 'nobody listens' from the social media website Twitter. The megaphone has been installed on a mountain in Washington state and dictates tweets to an audience of trees.
Listen and repeat is an art installation by Rachel Knoll. She installed a loudspeaker on a mountainside in Washington that reads tweets containing the phrase "nobody listens" to the trees.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art sells me a 5'x5' square of gallery space. I declare the space a sovereign nation and announce this with a full-page ad in the New York Times. Every week that I am not annexed by the United States government, I institute increasingly progressive financial policies, like a repeal of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and a tax on all trades of stocks and bonds.
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Big Ten awards race tracker: Week 1Brian Bennett
As we've done around here in the past, we are going to take stock of how the major Big Ten individual awards races look each week of the season. A couple of things to note this time around: this year, all five of our Big Ten reporters are voting w...Blog | September 03, 2014
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Our preview of each position group in the Big Ten reaches its final stop on the defensive side: the secondary. The two best secondary players from last season both were drafted in the first round this spring: Michigan State's Darqueze Dennard and ...Blog | July 23, 2014
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You know it, you love it, you can't live without it. It's Wednesday mailbag time. @GeoffreyMarshal via Twitter writes: What do Wednesday's commitments say, if anything, about B1G recruiting? Is B1G recruiting too top-heavy? Brian Bennett: Ohio...Blog | July 02, 2014
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This is the time of year when recruiting starts to heat up, especially as prospects show off their stuff at various camps. With commitments pouring in, it's time to take another look at the recruiting scorecard for the 2015 class in the Big Ten. P...Blog | June 18, 2014
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So much spring-game goodness on Saturday. We're recapping all the action today, and now it's time to review the Minnesota Golden Gophers' spring fling. The team held a 70-minute scrimmage before about 5,000 fans at TCF Bank Stadium. You can find c...Blog | April 14, 2014
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Ten league squads wrap up spring practice this weekend, and we're taking a look at each spring game or scrimmage. Next up: Minnesota. When: 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday Where: TCF Bank Stadium Admission: Free. Gates open at 1:30 p.m. ET. There will...Blog | April 11, 2014
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Mrs. Pearl Lucille Stewart was honored with a surprise birthday appreciation dinner party in celebration of her 80th birthday. This event was hosted by Ronnie and Dale Thompson and given by her children. Mrs. Gloria Broom was the event coordinator and Ronnie Thompson Jr. was the event decorator and director. The theme was Fashionista as displayed by all the table settings which was adorned by pearls, scarves, jewelry and shoes and bracelets, decorated by her grandson, Ronnie Thompson Jr. Billy Glasper provided favors and printing services to help with this wonderful program.
The event took place on September 9, 2012, at the Jordan Point Country Club of Hopewell, Va. Mr. Ronnie Thompson Sr. served as the master of ceremony. Sandy Thompson, daughter-in-law, welcomed everyone. In honor of her 80th birthday, a letter was requested by her niece, Kelli Broom Gravely, to the President of the United States to issue a letter in honor of this grand occasion. Mrs. Stewart received recognition from President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama. Gloria Broom, niece, read the president's letter as well as a church statement from the Mount Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Stewart serves as head of the culinary ministry, deaconess, member of the Missionary and an active member of the Sunday school and Women's Ministry. Mrs. Stewart is famous for her culinary and catering skills and has hosted parties for hundreds. The highlights of the evening included a wonderful hors d'oeuvre shrimp ice fountain, a delicious meal and to top it all off, music was provided by the Thompson family singers and the "Make a Change" Quartet. She was presented a "bible" carrot cake prepared by her sister, Mary Reed of Lorton, Va.
Dale Thompson, Paul Stewart Jr. and Gerald Stewart gave reflections of their mother's impact on their life. Grandchildren, Brandon and Ron Jr., represented the grandkids with heartfelt statements. Shirley Howard of Alexandria, Va., reflected her sister's younger years with a touch of comedy and received much laughter. Gloria Broom presented a skit of the various roles that Pearl portrays, followed by Adrienne and Marcus Broom who presented a video of her life with clips of her past and present for all to enjoy.
The tributes were followed with remarks by the honoree thanking her many friends and family members who traveled far and near and thanking God for all of his blessings that he had bestowed upon her. She loves her family, church family and thanked each and everyone for making this surprise a great success. She extended a special thank you to all who participated and helped make this event so enjoyable. The closing blessing was given by her pastor, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Morrison.
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It really is a pity that Setesh gets skipped so regularly. I love his quotes, and I think he's a remarkably well-designed boss, in that he's functionally a DPS race but the nature of his soft enrage mechanic means that a particularly good tank and/or a particularly good healer can make up for poor DPS, or equally a particularly high DPS group can prevail despite a weak tank/healer. It's, in other words, how an encounter to be handled by wildly variable random groups should be designed.


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Wheels ready.
(via bicyclestore, anabecker)
Lisboa - Vila Franca de Xira - Montijo
Total: 81.51Km
Vel. Máx: 54.3Km/h
Vel. Média: 27.9Km/h
Tempo Total: 02:54:55
Bought this bike last week, it's a Razesa, a spanish bicycle brand. Don't know yet much details about it but I really like it.
This is the before photographs, I am now going to strip it down and clean everything to see what I need/want to buy.
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'The Selection' yet another teen book adaptation
Here are three other teen tomes we'd like to see on the small screen
By Sona Charaipotra Jan 23, 2013 3:01PM
In the frenzy of pilot greenlights this week, the CW has ordered up a take on "The Selection," an adaptation of the best-selling teen book series by Kiera Cass. Sound familiar? It should. The network is greenlighting the concept for the second year in a row, although this year's version is significantly revamped.
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The concept has been dubbed as "The Hunger Games" meets "The Bachelor" and is just the latest in teen tomes to be revamped for the small screen. Hits like "Pretty Little Liars," "The Vampire Diaries" and "Gossip Girl" also came from the burgeoning young adult genre, and "The Selection" surely won't be the last such adaptation we see.
In fact, here are a few fun concepts that we're hoping might get developed for TV some time in the near future.
"Wither" by Lauren DeStefano: The first book in DeStefano's Chemical Garden trilogy, "Wither" centers on Rhine, a long-lost twin who is kidnapped and sold as a wife to a wealthy landowner in a world where women die when they are 20 and men when they're 25, so the rich put a premium on procreation by buying worthy specimens. The book centers on the relationship Rhine develops with her sister-wives -- and with her captor/husband as she plots her escape, and, of course, falls in love with a servant boy along the way. Scandal, drama, sisterhood, the specter of death: what's not to love?
"Looking for Alaska" by John Green: John Green has long been YA's It boy, and cemented the label with his recent bestseller "The Fault In Our Stars" (a very worthy weeper, if you're looking). But he scored many early fans with his tortured and delicious "Looking for Alaska," set at a cloistered boarding school and following the travails of everykid Miles, who falls head over heels for the uber-troubled Alaska, and delves into the depths of confusion and depression when a freak accident changes their lives. The book has long been optioned for film, but a script has yet to be developed for the project. Given it's boarding school setting, quirky population and angst-y relationships, it's definitely ripe for the TV treatment.
"Delirium" by Lauren Oliver: The first book in a trilogy by Lauren Oliver, "Delirium" is set in a world where love is a disease -- quite literally -- and the masses are immunized against it via a surgery when they turn 18. But a few -- like the exceedingly average Lena -- fall prey to the virus before they can be protected. Will Lena succumb like her mother before her and escape with "invalid" Alex into the Wilds? Or will she forsake her love and follow society's rules?
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Tampa Police DUI Sgt. Ray Fernandez was fired from the department Friday, Chief Jane Castor announced at a new conference.
Castor said Fernandez was misleading, lied, and allowed a personal friend to exploit his authority in the high-profile DUI arrest of Tampa attorney Phil Campbell.
Castor said the FBI investigation into Fernandez revealed a level of deception that required her to take immediate action.
Fernandez lied about his contact with Diaco and Diaco attorney Adam Filthaut after Campbell's arrest, Castor said, noting that he told her he "accidentally" deleted more than 90 text messages after the arrest.
"Any teenager with a smartphone can tell you this isn't possible," Castor said.
Castor said the evidence showed Fernandez lost his impartiality and professionalism in dealing with the arrest.
"I can't convey the level of disappointment I felt when the FBI investigation revealed that Sgt. Fernandez's role was significantly more than he conveyed to me, the organization, and to the entire criminal justice system," Castor added.
Fernandez's attorney, Chip Purcell, fired back immediately, saying his client wants his job back while denying the former officer is corrupt.
"He's very upset. He's very disappointed," Purcell said. "There is no evidence whatsoever to support any wrongdoing on Sgt. Fernandez's part. And, quite frankly, I am here today because I'm absolutely disgusted at this outcome."
The FBI investigation is still underway, and Castor said TPD is working closely with the FBI to cooperate with it.
Castor also announced that Officer Jeanette Hevel was fired after an investigation revelead she stole $1,900 worth of money orders from the TPD evidence room that had been seized in a tax fraud investigation.
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In the three years since the Pagani Huayra made its debut, Pagani has been a little gun shy on building special-edition models of the supercar. It was a far departure from the Huarya's predecessor, the Zonda , which had its fair share of special edition models. But according to Autoblog, that's about to change because Pagani is already planning to build a roadster version of the Huayra, and its coming in the next 24 months.
It's still not a special-edition model like the ones the Zonda had, but it does give the Huayra that sort of variety it's been missing since making its debut in 2011. Pagani spokesman Luca Venturi confirmed the company's plans, and while he stopped short of spilling all the beans about the Huayra Roadster , all signs seem to point to the car receiving the same mechanical features as its coupe counterpart.
So if you're wondering, there's a good chance that the Huayra Roadster will come with the same AMG -sourced 6.0-liter, twin-turbo, V-12 engine that produces 730 horsepower. A seven-speed, sequential transmission is also expected to be part of the mechanical framework of the supercar , as is the likelihood of a folding hard-top like the one we saw on the Zonda Roadster that debuted back in 2005.
It's a welcome development for fans of the Pagani Huayra and that includes us. We still held out hope that something like a Huayra Roadster was in the pipeline even if it became apparent that Pagani wasn't in a rush to build one. But now that there's confirmation of it, we'll definitely keep an eye on its development.
We're just hoping that the two-year timeframe is accurate, because like everybody else, we've already waited for the Pagani Huayra Roadster long enough.
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It's a popular thing to do at this time of year so I thought I'd grab your attention for a few minutes and tell you why I'm super excited for VMworld this year.
This year will be my sixth VMworld US conference. Every year I get a different perspective. Obviously the technologies and products change and evolve, and as the conference matures and grows, it broadens its scope. It's easy to say things like "the talks just aren't as technical as they used to be", but I think that misses the real value of such a conference. For me the conference's greatest reward has always been about the opportunity to meet and chat with my peers. The chance to discuss upcoming cool technologies, the design challenges we're facing, what solutions we're putting together, how the products and wider markets are changing, growing, diverging and consolidating. As ever I'm looking forward to talking to as many people as possible.
This year Scott Lowe and I will be back with a vSphere Design focused session. We're looking at how the new software-defined approaches will impact, and can improve your vSphere design. As ever, Scott and I will do our best to get the discussion flowing in the room. This is always a fun session and I'm really looking forward to being there, talking about the design process and how things like SDN and SDS technologies are changing the landscape.
There are still some seats left, so add it to you session builder line-up, come over, and join us. I was pretty humbled that Duncan Epping put this session on his must see list: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2014/07/25/must-attend-vmworld-sessions-2014/. Thank Duncan!
I'm also looking forward to Andy Warfield's session (Coho's CTO) which is a panel with luminaries from Tintri, Pure, Tegile and DataGravity. I know most of the guys on the panel, and it'll be great to watch them discuss where the storage industry is at, and where it's going. Submit your questions beforehand, head along and see who's crystal ball provides the most clarity.
Solution Exchange hall
Another thing I'm excited about this year is the experience working in the solutions exchange "on booth duty". This will be my first year at VMworld that I'll be attending while working for a vendor. One of the great privileges of my job as a Technical Product Manager are the chances I get to chat to users about their infrastructure needs. There isn't a single place on the planet that's as densely-packed with as many fellow nerds, that I can chat to about the cool stuff we do at Coho. VMworld to me has always been about geeking out over awesomesauce technology. The difference this year is that I'm expected, nay employed, to gas with others who share the same passions about smoking-hot tech as me.
Come over to the Coho Data booth 835 and tell them Forbes sent you. Chances are I'll be there and I can show you some of the new stuff we'll be revealing at the show.
BTW, if you're a vExpert, sign up for some extra goodies here: http://info.cohodata.com/VMworld-2014_vExperts.html
New Coho Stuff
Which leads me on to the next thing I'm excited about at the show. Andy Warfield has already alluded to a few areas that Coho will be showcasing. We'll be presenting some sweet previews of things like our OpenStack support and our vCenter Plugin that we're in the process of building at Coho.
I think the really interesting bits are the early signs of where we're taking Coho Data in the future. We already have a fascinating story around our ability to scale-out both performance and capacity, but as we look at some new hardware options in the booth you start to understand how different our offering is to other products in the vSphere market place. We'll be able to scale performance and capacity independently from each other. We're looking at providing all-flash storage devices that use our granular auto-tiering where SAS flash is the lower performance tier! Outrageous. Imagine being able to add 4U capacity behemoths chocked full of SATA disks totalling close to ½ PB of raw disk. All managed as one device. Like Lego bricks, you add the bits you need to fit your own environment. And when your needs change, you add only the bricks required. That's part of the vision.
The second bit to this is something were calling Cascade. Having a tremendously flexible storage system is cool-an'-all, but we know how complex it can be to figure out what storage is really needed. Particularly when you're trying to predict a capacity management strategy for the next 5 years. Capacity itself is usually the easy bit, but understanding your performance needs is like milking unicorn tears. Unless you're the bravest of technical architects, you'll add in a fudge factor of muchos dolares. Cascade aims to figure this out for you. No need to wait until your users are hammering the service desk, complaining that their mega_corp_mission_critical_app is loading like molasses again, or their VDI desktop is now taking longer to boot up than it takes them to grab the first cup of morning joe – "who idea was it to replace my computer with this virtual thing?". Yep, we've all heard it before. Cascade understands your actual workload and shows you what type of bricks you need to add. It can tell how much better your life would have been last week during that monthly billing cycle run that fell over just as you were about to tuck into that delicious double-double animal-style, if you were to add another shelf of this or that. That's where we're going and you'll see previews of the hardware and the software at VMworld.
Come say hi
When I'm not in the booth, I expect I'll be flying around trying to meet as many folk as possible. There's a reasonable chance I'll be in the Hang Space by the bloggers table and the vBrownBag setup cranking out a blog post or catching up on twitter. Get in touch if you want to meet up.
When the conference doors are closed, I still hope to be soaking up as much as possible and talking technology whenever I can. Here's my plan at the moment:
Saturday night
Community kickoff at Johnny Foley's: http://twtup.com/6878fiv3e9fjrqz
Hopefully I'll be at the vBrownBags/VMunderground opening events in the afternoon: http://blog.vmunderground.com/2014/08/05/opening-acts-2014-panelists-moderators/
Then it's v0dgeball Charity Tournament where I'll gallantly display my distinct lack of hand-eye coordination for the Coho team.
Last, but certainly not least, in the evening I'll be hanging out at the VMunderground event (still tickets available!):
Monday night
I'm planning to start off socializing with my brethren from Tegile and SolidFire at their respective Monday night events (looks like I was too slow to grab a Nutanix ticket). I might compete with these guys during the day, but this is one big community where I know several friends that work for these companies. Fortunately VMworld is one of those special occasions where we can leave our nametags at the door and be respectful of each other.
Then off to the main event for the evening, the vFlipCup tournament and tweetup – should be fun.
Tuesday night
It's always a crazy busy evening on the Tuesday. First, the vExpert/VCDX party to meet some community rockstars.
Then on to VMware's Office of the CTO party in the vaults of the Old Mint Building. This event was hosted here last year and what an amazing place for a soiree. If you get invited you want to make sure you go.
After that I'll pop over to meet my Veeam buddies (a new venue this year), and finally to the vBacon session down at the Ferry Building for some hard-earned bacon refreshment.
Wednesday night
I dunno. Is there a party on Wednesday night?
Although I won't be there I want to give a shout out to Crystal Lowe's Spouseivities event. If your spouse, significant other, or buddy that's dossing in your conference hotel room while you're geeking it up during the day, is in town; then maybe they'd like to hang out with other hangers-on. It looks like another great line-up:
I've being reading about, poking, prodding and playing with CoreOS recently and thought it would good to document how to build a very basic clustered CoreOS setup in your lab. In this first post I'll describe the CoreOS building blocks and show how to deploy an instance into your vSphere environment.
What the heck is this newfangled CoreOS thingy?
CoreOS is a relatively new Linux distribution. I know, there a gazillion Linux distros out there. We need another Linux distro like a hole in head. So what's so special about CoreOS? Well, for lots of good reasons it's becoming the darling of cloud distributions at the moment. Just like the current buzz about the PaaS platform Docker, CoreOS is making waves as the basis of many cloudy infrastructures (due in to no small part to the fact that CoreOS runs Docker apps exceptionally well). It's oh so de rigueur, and I know the VMware community can't get enough of playing with the latest-and-greatest lab tools.
This isn't your father's oldsmobile
This new Linux platform is a stripped down distribution based on Google's ChromeOS toolchain. It can run as a VM (or bare metal) on your own hardware, and is also available via most of the popular cloud providers. It's initial disk footprint is around 400MB, uses less 200MB of RAM, and boots extremely quickly. It's basically a Linux kernel using systemd (the same init system already adopted by Fedora and OpenSUSE, committed for Red Hat's and Debian's next releases, and begrudgingly Ubuntu's replacement for their existing Upstart system).
CoreOS uses a dual active/passive boot image and updates by downloading a complete image into the passive partition, and activating the new version on the next reboot (Yes, just like we're used to with ESXi! – except this downloads itself). That means there's no concept of a package manager doing dependancy resolution, just a full image being dumped down. This makes patching easy, quick and provides a get-out-of-jail free rollback option if there's a problem.
Applications run within Docker containers, so all the good stuff you've heard about Docker is already included, ready to go. And the coolest bit of all this is the inherent clustering architecture. Services and applications can seamlessly and dynamically balance themselves across multiple CoreOS nodes.
The Secret Sauce. Well, not so secret as it's Open Source. Before I launch into the lab setup, here's a very quick rundown of the most interesting components that make CoreOS special.
etcd is a daemon that runs on every CoreOS instance proving a distributed key-value store. It keeps configuration data replicated across a CoreOS cluster, and handles things like the election process of members, allows new nodes, services, applications to register themselves in the cluster, and deals with failures appropriately. If your familiar with ZooKeeper or doozerd then you'll know where this sits. In a vSphere world it's analogous to the HA service that runs on each ESXi host.
Okay, this isn't unique to CoreOS, but it's so fundamental to they way CoreOS is designed I thought a 40,000ft description was important. Docker containers are based on LXC (Linux Containers) using the kernel's cgroups to isolate resources. Docker's purpose is to isolate applications, so in that respect you could compare Docker applications to VMware ThinApps in that they are completely self-contained apps that provide isolated sandboxes allowing you to run multiple versions alongside each other. But LXC is more akin to a very thin super-efficient type 2 hypervisor, as it can provide an entire Linux userspace to each app with namespace isolation. So it's more appropriate to think of Docker containers as very lightweight VMs.
Docker's virtualized containers can start almost instantaneously, no waiting for another OS to boot. Cluster serveral CoreOS instances together, where the docker apps can run on any node, store configuration information in a distributed service like etcd, and you start to see where this becomes interesting. Imagine an environment where your applications automatically load balance and failover to redundant, scaleable nodes, without application-specific awareness – it's like what we've been doing with VMs across vSphere clusters, but practically removing the Guest OS layer and giving the applications the same mobility as VMs.
Fleet is a daemon that takes the individual systemd service run on each CoreOS machine and clusters it across all the nodes. It basically provides a distributed init process manager and it's what gives the docker applications the coordinated redundancy and failover services.
Whoa, nelly!
It's a fast-moving project with new ways of doing things so it's taken a bit of trial-and-error testing to get things working. Certain components aren't as well documented as they could be. I expect that much of what I write here will also be superseded quickly so if you're reading this a few months after I publish it then you might want to check around for easier way to do things.
Time to get started
Download the latest CoreOS release with the following link: http://beta.release.core-os.net/amd64-usr/current/coreos_production_vmware_insecure.zip
At the time of writing it was only a tiny 176MB sized download. It's worth noting in the URL that I'm downloading this from the beta channel. In a future post I'll explain the update mechanism and how to switch to a different release channel.
I'm going to be installing this on an ESXi host. The instructions here: https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/vmware/ explain how you can download and use the OVF Tool from VMware to convert their Fusion/Workstation VM for ESXi use (I'm sure you could also use VMware Converter if you had a copy to hand). But I'm just going to do this by hand using the VMDK file included in the download.
I created a new VM as you would normally do in your vSphere Web Client and selected the following options through the wizard:
VM name: coreos1
In a future post I'll explain how to cluster multiple instances together, so it makes sense to append this first VM with a number.
Guest OS: Linux, Other 2.6.x Linux (64-bit)
Compatibility: I selected vSphere 5.0 and above (HW version 8), but you should be able to pick whatever is appropriate for your environment.
Hardware: Here I removed the existing hard disk and floppy drive and set the memory to 512MB (you could drop the RAM lower, but I wanted some headroom for additional apps I'll be running).
Note: For this tutorial, you'll need to initially put the VM on a subnet that has DHCP services enabled.
Next, I copied the "coreos_production_vmware_insecure.vmdk" file from the zipped download up to my ESXi host's datastore.
Now we have to manually convert the VMDK file. SSH into the ESXi host and drop into the newly created coreos1 VM's directory and run the following command:
vmkfstools -i coreos_production_vmware_insecure_image.vmdk coreos1.vmdk -d thin -a lsilogic
Go back to the newly created VM's settings to attach the "Existing Hard Drive" and BOOM, hit the power button.
When the boot process first gets to the login screen it might not have initialized the IPv4 address yet. Wait a few seconds and hit Enter in the VM's console until an IP address is displayed.
Where's my password?
To log into your newly birthed CoreOS VM, you need to go back to the downloaded zip file and retrieve the "insecure_ssh_key" file. Use the following command to use the key to remotely login in:
ssh -i <path_to_key>/insecure_ssh_key core@<your_coreos1_ip>
As this is just my home lab environment I won't replace the default certificate, but obviously this is something you want to fix if you're using this in a production setting.
The End of the Beginning
So we've finished the first step by deploying a single CoreOS VM. By itself it doesn't do anything particularly exciting, but looking forward to some forthcoming articles you can start to see where things start to become more useful and have an insight into why CoreOS is becoming a tour de force all of a sudden.
A handful of the areas I'll like to cover next are:
- digging into the update mechanism and changing release channels
- using the power of Docker to install applications
- systemd and the mysterious (and largely undocumented) cloud-config
- etcd's distributed cluster management service
- clustering Docker applications using Fleet
Stay tuned.
A reader of vReference was kind enough to translate my recent Zentyal articles, entitled A Linux-based Domain Controller for a vSphere lab – Parts 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 into Portuguese. First I'd like to introduce everyone to him.
My name is Fernando Pimenta and I'm a consultant and technical expert in Linux, Datacenter and Cloud. I do the consulting work in Brazil in heterogeneous environments, seeking the best solutions for customers.
I have a success story in Red Hat, for having developed a Linux distribution to the retail market in Brazil:http://www.redhat.com/
certification/rhce/success_ stories/stories/fpimenta.html
Besides, I like to work with Linux, including RedHat, CentOS, Zentyal, ClearOS and Ubuntu.
So without further ado, here are his translated guides:
Um controlador de domínio baseado em Linux para um laboratório vSphere – parte 1
Um controlador de domínio baseado em Linux para um laboratório vSphere – parte 2
Um controlador de domínio baseado em Linux para um laboratório vSphere – parte 3
Um controlador de domínio baseado em Linux para um laboratório vSphere – parte 4
Thanks Fernando!
I just realized I hadn't thrown up post about this. No time like the present.
Voting for VMworld 2014 sessions closes this Sunday (18th) at midnight. Be sure to get your voice heard and tell VMware which sessions you'd like to see this year.
I've submitted 4 distinct breakout sessions this year, each of which look at storage and vSphere from very different angles. Let me know which you think would be more valuable to the community by logging in and voting. Here's the line-up:
You can read the abstracts in full when you log in, but here's the pithy, less rambunctious description for each so you can cut to the chase:
2366 How Scale-Out Storage approaches can improve your vSphere Architecture
The legend, Mr Josh Atwell, and myself will deep-dive into what's meant by Scale-Out Storage and why it can dramatically impact your vSphere design.
Josh and I each work for two leading Scale-Out Storage companies (Solid Fire & Coho Data respectively), but we promise this session will be a vendor-agnostic, marketing-free, techfest – no product overviews or gartner quotes, just architecture.
2492 How the new Software-defined Paradigms will impact your vSphere Design
Scott Lowe (yes, that Scott Lowe) and I are back (hopefully) for a third year to talk and workshop vSphere Design. If you've never made it before, this is a session not to miss.
This year we're going to explain our thoughts on how these new software-defined approaches and technologies impact your real-world design challenges. We'll try to remove ourselves from the acronym game and discuss the reality of where the rubber meets the road for vSphere.
2749 Is your Storage Appropriate for Your vSphere Environment?
Matt Liebowitz (author and general BCA guru) and I are going to dive into how to look at your existing workloads honestly, and figure out what kind of storage you really need. We've all know for years that VM performance is massively reliant on storage performance, but there still isn't a one-size fits all easy approach to storage planning.
2639 3 Things you should know about vSphere Storage
Okay, hands up, you caught me. This session is a solo effort, and one where I may slip off the vendor-neutral stance to explain certain storage realities. But I promise that it won't be a marketecture slideathon. I'll be looking at 3 realizations about the storage industry and how it could change the way you think about storage in your vSphere world.
So, without further ado get yourself over here:
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It was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when filmmaking couple Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor really came to appreciate libraries. After their New Orleans home was flooded in the storm, they found themselves outside a library in Baton Rogue, where lines stretched around the block to submit disaster relief applications online.
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BOSTON, Mass. – For the first time since 2009, the UMass Lowell River Hawks have moved onto the Hockey East Championship Game. The River Hawks took the first semifinal game on Friday night, over the Providence College Friars, 2-1.
Kevin Rooney tallied his first collegiate goal and the game's first goal in the first period, giving the Friars a 1-0 lead heading into the second period. UMass Lowell would tie the game up in the third, on an A.J. White goal. Scott Wilson gave the River Hawks the lead on a Riley Wetmore pass. Wilson took the bouncing puck and fired a wrist shout between the defender's leg. The 2-1 lead was enough for the River Hawks to take the victory and advance to the Hockey East Championship.
The freshman goaltending took the spotlight of the first semifinal game. Providence College goaltender, Jon Gillies stopped 31-of-33 shots. The game-winning-goal he surrendered to Wilson, was the difference in the game and what sent the River Hawks to the finals. "I tracked [the puck] across, I saw it, I was more just kind of surprised and I didn't have my feet fully set" said Gillies on the Wilson goal, "I reacted as quick as I could, I just couldn't come up with it." After a great season, Gillies finishes his freshman campaign with a loss.
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Hellebuyck took over in net mid-season, after Doug Carr struggle for the River Hawks. This season, Hellebuyck has gone 17-2-0, including tonight's victory. Although he only played in 20 games this season, he was one of the best, if not the best goaltender in Hockey East this season. His goaltending pushed the River Hawks to a second-half run, that sees them in the Hockey East Finals on Saturday night.
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This is more marble run than maze, but as they say, "po-tay-to, po-tah-to." It's cute, easy and kids will love watching the marbles race to the bottom.
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The Sheriff's Office partnered with families that have suffered the loss of a relative or friend from the use of illicit and/or prescription drugs, to establish the NOPE Pinellas Chapter in 2009. This partnership is to educate communities about the dangerous consequences of abusing illicit and prescription drugs.
Sheriff's Office members and volunteers from the community provide powerful NOPE presentations to children and adults in schools and communities about the real life dangers of abusing drugs. The NOPE Pinellas Chapter has provided 183 presentations to 50,472 students and 4,633 adults in schools and community groups since this collaborative partnership began.
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It's been a while…
Since I've been home from work for two days with and upset stomach + fever thing, I figure I might as well do one productive thing.
For the record, I came back from a wonderful vacation in the States about 4 weeks ago and I am just getting started on one more year teaching in Japan. I am really happy to be back, but it was a bit bittersweet leaving because now I really know how long a year is. I feel blessed to get to teach English for another year at Kiritan, because there really isn't a better job out there :)
While I was in America…
I went to Gatorland.
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I went to Buffalo, NY to visit some college friends… yet, I didn't take many pictures.
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