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Lync Server 2013: Understanding the (real) System Requirements
Dec 12th 2012Desmond LeeCloud Computing & Lync Server 2013/2010, Lync for Mac/ OCS 2007 R2
With the RTM/GA release of Lync Server 2013, the system and hardware requirements have dramatically increased, prompting many questions from KMU/SMEs to large, global organizations alike.
To begin, one cannot help but wonder why the recommended hardware platform requirements to run the Lync Front-End server pool appear to be rather high, comparable to the SQL back-end database server that serves a Lync Enterprise setup. Apart from x64 capable processors, 8 CPU-cores and a minimum of 32 GB RAM memory is recommended by Microsoft. This should be equipped with RAID configured 10k mechanical disk spindles or the Solid State Drive (SSD) equivalent (72GB or more).
Lower hardware requirements apply only to the Lync Edge Server, Mediation Server and Director server roles. These can continue to exist as standalone machines or configured in a pool.
To put this into perspective, the significant system demands on the Lync 2013 Front-End Server pool could be attributed to a number of facts as listed:
- functions performed by the now de-emphasized Director server role are carried out by the Front-End and Edge server roles
- collocation of additional Lync server roles and services on Front-End
- A/V Conferencing Server role can no longer exist as a separate pool
- built-in XMPP Gateway role
- no distinct Monitoring and Archiving Server server roles, etc.
- support FE pool active pairing across geographically dispersed data centers without expensive network pipes or SAN solutions (Disaster Recovery, DR)
- real-time data store where active user information is stored in and replicated among FE pool members and SQL backend (heavy use of local SQL Server Express 2012 SP1 CMS '\RTC' database)
- integrated Lync Mobility (Mcx) and other services
- new support for Lync Web App, VDI, 1080p HD video, multi-party video streams, etc.
- support for IPv6 and network teaming recommended (new)
A Standard Edition Lync Server 2013 topology is Microsoft tested for support up to 5000 users whereas a single FE Enterprise Pool (max 12-servers supported) on-premise can easily scale up to 80′000 users per pool. As a real-world UC and System Management practitioner myself, the conventional "your mileage may vary" applies. Depending on the physical locations, network topology, workloads and concurrent user access, among others, the system requirements can realistically be adjusted to meet your specific needs backed by good planning, design and lots of testing.
If you have any item to add to the list or comments, please free feel to contribute directly to this blog post to share with all interested. Thank you for your support of the IT Pro community!
See also:
- Capacity Planning Using the User Models (link)
- Lync Server 2013 User Models (link)
Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync Phone Edition / Lync Mobile
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|Oliver Meixner, Rainer Haas, Helmut Moosbrugger, Philipp Magdits
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This was a delicious way to prepare lamb shanks. The meaty lamb shanks, the tang of olives and capers, and the fresh taste of the lemon was a very satisfying combination (and it made the house smell wonderful!). My only disappointment was that in cooking it in a shallow pan with only a tinfoil lid allowed too much of the wonderful braising liquid to cook away. I had to add extra chicken broth. Next time I will cook it on a pot with a tight-fitting lid. I made the recipe pretty much as written (I used pimento-stuffed green olives as I had them on hand), and served it with the yummy lemon couscous. I will definitely make this again, and it would be a wonderful casual company dish.
Lamb Shanks with Olives and Capers
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 676
- Calories from fat: 24%
- Protein: 75g
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated fat: 5.3g
- Carbohydrate: 49g
- Fiber: 3.6g
- Sodium: 1753mg
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- 6 lamb shanks (about 6 lb. total)
- 1 jar (4 oz.) capers, drained
- 1 1/2 cups pitted green olives in brine such as Picholine (see notes)
- 1/4 cup fresh rosemary leaves or 3 tablespoons dried rosemary
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- 1. Rinse lamb and pat dry; lay shanks side by side in a 12- by 17-inch pan about 2 inches deep. Bake in a 450° regular or convection oven, turning once, until meat is well browned all over, about 25 minutes total. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.
- 2. Meanwhile, place capers and olives in a fine strainer and rinse with cool water; drain. Mince rosemary or combine with about 1 cup of the wine in a blender and whirl until minced. Scatter capers, olives, and rosemary over lamb (or pour rosemary-wine mixture evenly over lamb) and add the wine (the rest of the wine if whirling some with rosemary); stir around shanks to scrape up browned bits. Sprinkle pepper and lemon peel over meat; add lemon juice to pan. Cover pan tightly with lid or foil.
- 3. Bake until meat is very tender when pierced and pulls easily from the bone, 3 to 3 1/4 hours.
- 4. Spoon equal portions of Lemon Couscous into wide, shallow bowls. With tongs, lift lamb shanks from pan and set one on couscous in each bowl. Skim and discard fat from juices in pan. Ladle juices with olives and capers over meat. Garnish each bowl with about 1/2 cup watercress sprigs.
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Junior (2012-13):
* Went 10-14 in singles in both the fall and spring.
* Played at both No. 3 and No. 4 singles during the year.
* Earned SEC wins against Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi State (twice).
* Helped the Tigers upset No. 22 Tennessee with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over the Lady Vols' Tiffany Tavares.
* Played 24 doubles matches at No. 1 action at with teammate Cierra Gaytan-Leach and recorded a 13-11 mark.
* Gabb and Gaytan-Leach won six of seven doubles matches to start the season.
* Also played doubles with Madison Rhyner and posted a 4-6 mark, including wins over No. 11 Vanderbilt, No. 22 Tennessee and Mississippi State.
* One of the top junior players in England and competed at elite junior tournaments worldwide, including Junior Wimbledon in 2009 and 2010.
* Reached an ITF singles ranking of No. 122.
* Made the quarterfinals in two Grade 1 ITF tournaments.
* Also made the finals and semifinals in numerous Grade 2 ITF tournaments.
* Claimed an England National Doubles Championship.
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The Classical Calendar
March 16
Valentinian III
Roman Empire
The Classical Calendar: March 16
Valentinian III is assassinated
So Valentinian was assassinated by two Hunnish followers of a rival.
At this point the Roman Empire was struggling to repel the invading Huns. Those opposed to the emperor used this as a tool in order to oust him. in particular one Petronius Maximus, who was probably the one who put the Hunnish assassins up to their task.
He did, however, get his comeuppance, when, having bought the position of emperor, and suddenly realising that he didn't have the required skills to restabilise the crumbling Empire.
A Roman mob stoned him to death.


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Thinking Right's weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic:
● State legislators have signaled an unwillingness to continue subsidizing halls of fame in cities around Georgia. County commissioners in Macon respond by increasing the hotel-motel tax by a penny to 7 percent, which would raise about $400,000 for the sports and music halls of fame and for the Douglass Theatre. When something's important to locals, they tax themselves. When it's not, they tax the unrepresented. It ought to be illegal to tax those who cannot object, including future hotel guests and drivers of rental cars. But don't want to go too far. Otherwise deficit-spending politicians who tax the unborn for current use could find their scams threatened.
● U.S. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has got to go. He allegedly found a lobbying job for the husband of his staffer mistress, was lobbied by him, and took actions to help the clients. Bye. Not 2012, when Ensign's term expires. Now.
● Headline: "Bond ruling raises worry." Not here. Not with taxpayers. At issue is a solid, unanimous Georgia state Supreme Court decision upholding a 2007 law that requires those shadow public authorities to get voter approval before issuing bonds. State Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Atlanta), concerned about the amount of debt they issue, introduced the legislation that the DeKalb Development Authority challenged. Pending legislation would clarify that it's only aimed at those that directly or indirectly involve public debt. The Jacobs bill, plus the clarifying language in pending House Bill 203, should be taken statewide.
● Can any longtime Atlantan remember a major city problem that wasn't alleged to be the state's fault or responsibility? There's even an expectation that the state should help fix the sewers and water pipes. And should we do that for Hahira and Snellville and Savannah and every other local government in Georgia with something that's broken? How provincial.
● One wonders how it is possible at this late date for anybody not to know how AIDS is transmitted despite the extensive public awareness campaigns of recent decades. And then we read that Lawrenceville Mayor Rex Millsaps had no idea that voting to give city business to a company that employed him was wrong. It's only been wrong since the beginning of time.
● Though metro Atlanta's mired in traffic gridlock, strings attached to federal stimulus money require spending 3 percent, or $27.9 million, in Georgia on related projects, such as landscaping, welcome signs, benches, sidewalks and the like. Georgia will spend about $50 million. This is why Georgians should know precisely what they're buying in terms of projects before approving a transportation tax increase. The risk is that all the interest groups will get together with the politicians and agree to fund each other's wish list. Meanwhile, we get gridlock.
● One of the great tragedies of American family life is that young men grow up to kill or die prematurely fighting over "respect," presumably never knowing of any way other than knives, guns and fists to earn it.
● Unless Atlanta and other public bodies fundamentally change their retirement systems for public employees from defined-benefit to defined contribution, they'll all go broke. It's too tempting for politicians to placate groups of disgruntled employees by giving them benefits that become due and payable on somebody else's watch. Atlanta politicians, unwilling to stare down unions and disgruntled employees, most recently in 2001 and 2005, have about bankrupted the city. Atlanta is Washington, but without the printing press. The defined-benefit model can't work in the public sector.
● Some residents of Austell blame city officials for failing to tell them that homes had been damaged in a 2005 flood. "Had we all known there was a flood before … we would have made some plans to get flood insurance," said one. Local government officials should be required to wear a badge: "It's my fault. I should have …"
October 8th, 2009
10:38 pm
So many good points here, Jim. So where to start?
How about a surprise? Get riid of U.S. Senator John Ensign (R) Now! (He's crooked!) And that from a fine Republican journalist like you, Jim! Ah, the sweet aroma of ethics, something liberals say Republicans never have.
"Can any long time Atlantan remember a major city problem that wasn't alledged to be the state's fault or responsibility?" Well, no. It's one of Atlanta's traditions. The city's featherless Phoenix rising from the State's ashes of neglect! The poor bird is about to crash! AND..a new mayor is coming. with new ideas. Uh huh…
The mayor of Lawrenceville has a bit of a memory problem. He must have forgotten 'cause he voted to give money to a company that employed him. Oh my, those memory problems. If only he had known!!! Send your donations to the Alzheimer's Association.
And talk about gridlock….a stimulus gifit of 27.9 million for Georgia's traffic must be used for "other things' Like what?
Like landscaping, signs, benches and sidewalks. Not one car will ever use such additional projects. Yep, that's a politician's idea of improving the local gridlocks. Give you something to view while sitting stalled in your motor vehicle. 27.9 MILLION!!! That's correct.
Thanks, Jim Wooten, for giving us these facts and figures we need to know, ….27.9 MILLION!!! GRIDLOCK!! And MARTA two dollars one way?? But 27.9 Million! I'm trying to get accustomed to all this foolishness.
October 9th, 2009
6:30 am
Landscaping, benches, landscaped traffic medians? What's the sense of putting obstructions in the way of all those fat, ugly, phone-obsessed people in their monstrous, top-heavy, gas-guzzling vehicles? How dare any government spend a cent on aesthetics except asphalt and concrete!
Where do you think we are, in socialist Europe?
October 9th, 2009
7:17 am
Good morning Jim,
Only elected conservatives are short on ethics.The rest understand perfectly well why Ensign has to go.
Halls of fame for playing a game.What a shame.
I know that voter approval of bonds to be issued sounds great,but voters tend to approve almost all bonds anyway,so the idea of saving the taxpayer goes out the window pretty fast.Keep the law,educate the voters,somehow.
Mayor Rex Milsap's selective memory is better than mine.I'm envious.
I'm also envious that the the people of Atlanta get to see new welcome signs and new benches and landscaping while they sit in gridlock.Here,if we ever did grid,all we would see is trees.
Young men killing themselves off due to a misdirected sense of respect and honor may be a blessing in disguise instead of a tradgedy.
The goose that laid the golden retirement has been beheaded.This is due to demand by people that don't have a clue and acquiesence by people that are even more clueless.
I live on top of a hill.I don't buy flood insurance.If I lived at the bottom of the hill I would buy flood insurance.It's that simple.
A great surprise;Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,shocking the observers.I read that it was not awarded for any concrete achievement but rather for possible results to come from his to be instituted policies.Maybe it's a carrot to get us out of Afghanistan.Hard to wage war while holding a Nobel Peace Prize in your hand.
October 9th, 2009
7:17 am
10:38 pm
The end is near I agree with you..
*****Handel 2010*****Palin McCain 2012*****
October 9th, 2009
7:57 am
President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, bringing world-wide praise to America.
Why will the republican newspaper writers and republican radio entertainers "wee wee" all over themselves in trying to minimize this wonderful news for our grand republic?
Because republican newspaper writers and republican radio entertainers care more about partisan political gain than our grand republic.
October 9th, 2009
8:05 am
Two profound notes today: Jim's observation "One of the great tragedies of American family life is that young men grow up to kill or die prematurely fighting over "respect," presumably never knowing of any way other than knives, guns and fists to earn it."
The other is in an early note by "Clyde" @ 7:17: "Only elected conservatives are short on ethics." I would substitute "officials" for "conservatives" to make it more accurate, but otherwise Clyde is on target. "Politics" is an inherently corrupt field, the substitution of one's judgment for that of the free individuals thus herded into a collective. The only cure for that constraint, of course, is to minimize the scope of the politician's capacity. E.g., abolish policitical capacity for all nondefense spending. Take away the power, and the corruption disappears like the mists of dawn..
October 9th, 2009
8:06 am
So much to say, so little time to type. Nothing that's wrong with Atlanta is Atlantas fault, didn't you know? It will take a huge disaster before something is done and by then it will cost three times as much. After all, it's been talked about for the past 10 plus years.
They are spending how much on signs, benches, grass and trees? OMG, and they can't fix pot holes or cut back the weeds that are already standing on the highways? Honestly, there are areas around my house that are so bad, I have to run in the street with the jogging stroller just to go around them. Shame.
I wonder if those in the higher ups are required to take ethics every year like most do who work in the professional arena? I mean, they mandate that we do it, but I guess it's ok for them to skip it they don't need it anyway.
It's Friday and I'm going to try and have a great day despite Oblama wining a Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing. What a great message to send to our kids. We are going to reward you for future work, but now that you have the "prize" will you still do the work required? I feel for those who have already made great strides in their life and deserved to win it and didn't. He should give it back.
October 9th, 2009
8:09 am
Read the world's newspapers.There are words like,"he was mentioned but observers were stunned by the choice".These are people who watch and know a lot more about this than you or I.This is a purely political award.It does nothing to boost America's image abroad,and may have exactly the opposite effect.
By the way,Will,I'm neither a Republican nor a newspaper writer.
October 9th, 2009
8:12 am
Dear Will @ 7:57, speaking on behalf of all reactionary mugwumps, I would be the first to affirm that our Dear Leader belongs on a list with Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, and Yassir Arafat.
October 9th, 2009
8:20 am
As a ciitizen of, and a big fan of, the United States of America, I think the Nobel for Obama is great. Good for us.
I hope an American wins it next year.
October 9th, 2009
8:23 am
I challenge anyone to show how the great great grandchildren of slaves can earn respect given their history of slavery and betrayal in America. In 1565, the process had begun to enslave Negroes for the purpose of developing the new world. Negroes were sold to Europeans by Africans for money etc. And other Negroes were outright captured or kidnapped by Europeans on the continent of Africa and transported across the Atlantic Ocean by way of ships to the Americas.
Fast forward 300 years, 1865. Negroes had been freed by Abraham Lincoln as a result of the civil war. But there was a peculiar turn of events. After freedom had been proclaimed, the house Negroes, mongrels, children as a result of the mating of Negro women and their masters, had no longer the capacity to appreciate freedom. The thought of freedom frightened them and they were often heard begging and pleading for the security of slavery, "oh masser oh masser don't worry bout us. Oh masser oh masser don't worry bout us. We gone be here whicha just like we always been". On the other hand, the field Negroes experienced the brunt of slavery. They were bred to be huers of wood and drawers of water. The field Negro wanted to separate from their captors and begin an independent self sufficient life.
One hundred years later, 1965, the masses of Negroes and white people opposed the concept of integration espoused by the federal government and the house Negro, or the so-called educated integrationist Negro mongrels. But the federal government imposed its will upon both people. And the overwhelming majority of Negroes, field Negroes, wouldn't be allowed to separate. They were to be herded into integrated schools and mis-educated, brainwashed. The concept of Negro institutions to shower Negroes with respect, dignity, and power as a people or persons would be educated out of the Negro psyche. The so-called educated integrationist Negroes had reversed Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation effectively re-enslaving the masses of Negroes in exchange for money, plush jobs, status, etc. at the behest of the federal government. Instead of chattel slavery, the new name for enslavement would be called integration.
Given the synopsis of Negro history after 1565 to the present day, there are two major competing choices that Negroes use to fight for respect, dignity, and power. The first is to be the best so-called educated boot-licking, butt-licking, buck dancing, bamboozled, half-baked and others half-fried, sissified, punkified, pasteurized, homogenized, Negrorized, integrationist. And the second is to fight for respect via knives, guns and fists. Those choices amount to a dozen rotten eggs in one hand and twelve rotten eggs in the other.
The honorable choice available for Negroes to earn respect, dignity, and power outside of their own mind that's acceptable to God Almighty and well-meaning people everywhere is through the robust building of Negro institutions. Negro institutions should be constructed for the purpose of servicing the basic needs of the humble Negro masses and hopefully others. Simultaneously and systematically, the so-called educated integrationist Negrorized mentality has to be exterminated.
Then and only then will Negroes be able to quote with new meaning words taken from an old Negro spiritual, respect at last, and dignity at last. Thank God Almighty, the great great grandchildren of former slaves would realize respect, dignity, and power at last.
October 9th, 2009
8:26 am
I supported and continue to support Barack Obama, but awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize based on what the committee hopes he will do is absurd. I will be all too happy to eat crow if in four years he lives up to this premature award, but I wouldn't issue World Series rings just yet on the basis of the Braves' potential of winning it all in 2010.
October 9th, 2009
8:28 am
Will, it has nothing to do with partisan politics. It is that they recognize there was nothing accomplished to earn the award. It would be like giving the batting title to a .250 hitter because we like your technique, or he is a great guy. What has Obama done to EARN this award? I guess shipping terror suspects off to other countries, stalling on making a decision in Afghanistan, and bad mouthing your country constitute a peace award.
October 9th, 2009
8:55 am
It's a rare Friday I agree with Wooten on pretty much everything. I had to laugh about the pensions though because I warned my far right wing, Beck loving, retired fireman father in law that he shouldn't be carrying on so much about the damn unions and GM workers bankrupting their company with their pensions because they were going to come for his pension next. I thought he was going to have a stroke he got so angry (not that people would propose such a thing but that I would equate the two). My wife said I absolutely cannot send him this column. But, Jim, isn't your pension defined benefit?
October 9th, 2009
8:58 am
The defined benefit pension itself is not the problem. The problem is failure to make said pension financially sound by using actuary data and having the money to fund it paid in up front, as opposed to putting an IOU in the drawer. The employees should also expect to pay a portion of it as well.
A defined benefit pension is a good thing for us as a society, as it increases the odds of a retiree having enough to live on rather than needing public assistance or reducing their economic activity. (much better for our economy in the long run rather than 401K's invested in the "stock market casino") The whole problem is that we want somebody else to pay for it. Having the public make a contribution toward retirement for public employees is no different from doing the same thing in a private company. We just shouldn't expect the public to pay the whole bill.
October 9th, 2009
9:09 am
Please remove Jimmy Carter.He at least tried.
October 9th, 2009
9:11 am
So, to kill or die prematurely on the streets of Chicago is a tragedy (true), but to kill or die prematurely on the streets of Baghdad is heroic (if American) or inconsequential (if an Iraqi civilian).
I love the mobility of your ethics.
October 9th, 2009
9:22 am
In the year since the government stepped in to rescue the collapsing
mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the agencies have taken $96
billion from the Treasury, and may still need more.
October 9th, 2009
9:23 am
Yohji Yamamoto, the Japanese fashion design house, said Friday it has
filed for bankruptcy protection, citing slumping sales amid a global
October 9th, 2009
9:55 am
I want to clear up what may be an inadvertent misconception on Jim's part. I taught in Georgia's schools for 31 years, 25 of them in public schools. I retired in 20006. I now enjoy a decent "defined benefits" retirement program and I EARNED it. I paid into this program during each and every one of those 25 years. In addition, I "bought back" out-of-pocket five years of my private school time to the tune of about $30,000. Please don't give the impression that my defined benefits retirement life is some kind of rip-off of the taxpayers.
October 9th, 2009
10:11 am
Well put, William Casey! And might I add, thank you for your visit from the future! How are we earthlings doing in the year 20,006?
October 9th, 2009
10:33 am
If it is a great tragedy of American family life to have young men die prematurely over a misguided concept of respect (which it is) why can we not acknowledge what a tragedy of American family life it is for young men – and women – to die in foreign wars over a misguided concept of America's interest? In the '60s when Jim and I were young men, old men sent our generation off to die in an unwinnable foreign war that we ultimately withdrew from. The communist government we so feared is now our trading partner. Our engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan are equally unwinnable in the traditional sense, and the lives lost there and families torn asunder in the aftermath can never be justified. That's an American tragedy!
October 9th, 2009
11:04 am
Wooten's blog is a GHOST TOWN. So sad.
October 9th, 2009
11:15 am
Jim, did you delete my earlier comment?
October 9th, 2009
12:03 pm
It is difficult to see Jim's blog so poorly attended.There are many good subjects here to mull over.It doesn't help that the AJC relegates Jim to the back pages so swiftly,but that's not the whole problem.I'll continue to look forward to Tuesdays and Fridays as long as Jim writes.
October 9th, 2009
1:13 pm
Well if there were ever any doubt about the joke known as the Nobel "Peace" Prize, Oslo sealed that up in a lead container and dropped it into the Mariana Trench. This latest stunt, selecting Obama, says it all about the non-relevance of the entire organization, let alone the "prize." Jimmy Carter was pretty laughable, but at least he had years behind him. Oslo had never heard of Obama, nor most anyone else outside of Chicago for that matter, prior to a couple years ago. Just ten days into Obama's presidency, the Nobel Committee selected him. And Obama is far from "humbled" to be sure even though he's saying so. But this is less about him and more about the absolute mindlessness of liberalism around the globe. No, STUPIDITY of liberalism around the globe.
It doesn't take much common sense thinking to understand 1) this was a thumb at the nose of those who voted against Obama, 2) a last jab at the former Bush administration and happiness that an American apologist is in the White House, and 3) a suckup. Let's all figure out what will be the next brilliance coming out of Oslo. How about nominating George Soros for global media blitz for liberals? Or Ronald McDonald for helping feed kids and fattening them up around the globe? Or how about Hugo Chavez? Mohamar Khaddafi? Let's all put our heads together and see what other brilliant ways the Nobel Committee can diminish the same "prize" that was awarded to MLK and George C. Marshall (you Obamabots can Google "Marshall Plan" for more info on him).
October 9th, 2009
1:15 pm
Wooten retired 6 months ago. He wrote these blogs back in February. Its mostly fill in the blank stuff he wrote ages ago.
October 9th, 2009
1:22 pm
Hmm. You're slipping, Jim. I can't find anything in this column with which to disagree. The only point I'd like to expand upon is the pensions. They would be sustainable, if governments would be responsible and pay into the pension funds at an adequate rate as they go, instead of relying on overly optimistic projections on investment returns and future tax revenue. (Yes, yes. I know. Stop snickering.)
When these pension plans were started decades ago, the trade-off for working in the public sector vs. the private sector was lower pay in exchange for job security, good benefits, and a secure pension. In the past 3-4 decades, however, most companies in the private sector have been engaged in a race to the bottome with their competitors to cut wages and benefits. (Of course, the Chamber of Commerce prefers to call it "increased productivity.") Meanwhile, public sector jobs have (mostl) continued on their merry way, getting annual cost of living wages to keep pace with inflation, and retaining their traditional retirement plans, even as the private sector has replaced theirs with 401K's. So the issue is not so much that public employees are lavishly compensated, but that everyone else has been reduced to disposable minimum-wage serfs, constantly under threat of being made redundant by technology or outsourcing.
October 9th, 2009
1:55 pm
Absolutely,Jim is the best the AJC has to offer.
October 9th, 2009
3:09 pm
"Politics" is an inherently corrupt field
Or as we say up here in the hills, "if they ain't a crook when they go in, they will be time they come out".
Ensign, Rangel, and probably a few dozen more we don't know about, need to go.
October 10th, 2009
2:59 pm
It is either thru benign neglect, willful intent or simple ignorance (all of which are inexcusable for members of an editorial board of a major newspaper) that Mr. Wooten's long term misrepresentation of 'defined benefit' pension programs continues, and is allowed to continue.
Item- Many, if not most, city, county and state employees do not pay into social security. Outside of any voluntary savings, investment or IRA involvement, the defined retirement benefit is the only source of retirement income for tens of thousands of Georgia's public servants. In his statements re: the City of Atlanta, I challenge you to find the instance where Mr. Wooten has made this simple fact a part of his continuing misinformation campaign. This would be less of concern if not for the fact that members of the Atlanta City Council and state legislature have occasionally quoted Mr. Wooten verbatim, albeit rarely with attribution.
Item- Virtually all defined benefit plans rely on the revenue generated by the investment of the funds contributed by employees and their employer in long term investments in equities, bonds and other 'safe' revenue generating entities or enterprises. Mr. Wooten seems to be unaware, or unwilling to recognize, that it was the economic policies of those 'right thinking' conservative federal policy makers and business leaders, along with lax oversight by conservative state leaders, that precipitated the problematic world wide investment scenarios which, in turn, created revenue issues for, not just public employee pension funds, but for corporate pension funds (both defined benefit and defined contribution), small business retirement funds, hundreds of financial management firms and thousands, if not millions, of individual financial professionals. Most government and corporate defined benefit pension plans, just like all the rest, would be doing just fine otherwise. Mr. Wooten needs to admit to himself, if not to anybody else, that this single fact is the major reason why Democrats deservedly occupy the White House and control Congress.
Item- It isn't just the long term financial security of those enrolled in defined contribution plans that is at stake. America's large public employee defined benefit plans are some of the most influential and (necessarily) financially conservative investor groups in the world. In fact, most defined benefit plans have internal financial and investment criteria aimed at managing risk that specifically prohibit involvement in entire arenas of otherwise broadly exercised investment activity. Advocating for the dissolution of these types of entities in favor of pension plans oriented towards shorter time horizons, shorter term gain and hands-on, day to day 'management' by huge numbers of largely unschooled, unaware and financially inexperienced individuals (you and me) only promises more large scale financial, social and economic volatility and an ever increasing lack of 'security', in all of its forms, for us all.
Item- Unlike those enrolled in defined contribution plans, who are generally allowed to walk away with all contributions free of any internally imposed penalty, and who escape IRS penalties if the proceeds are appropriately managed, most defined contribution plans impose substantial financial penalties on those who elect to collect monthly benefits or 'cash out' of the plan before a certain age (usually 62 or 65). This is in addition to any IRS penalties for early withdrawal.
Item- Mr. Wooten also doesn't mention that not long ago, that participants in the City's defined benefit plan weren't vested in the plan until their 16th year of service. In other words, one had to work for the City for 15 years and one day to collect any of their employer's contribution, which otherwise remained in the fund. This was changed during the revamping of the plan in 2005/2006.
Item- In Mr. Wooten's latest, 'Thinking Right's weekend free-for-all', he writes, 'Pick a topic:'. I assumed he was aiming that at the general reader, not the headline writer, who had their choice of nine different topics, but decided to go with 'Defined pension must go'. One can only think that this was actually aimed at the remaining members of an internal AJC audience struggling to deal with the impact of much larger economic issues on their personal financial futures in historically trying financial times.
Speaking of which, I'd be more than happy to share my FT subscription with those members of the editorial board (and the intern working as headline writer) if they'd like to bone up on some economic basics.
October 10th, 2009
8:17 pm
Jim — your bias is showing. You don't seem to mind that metro Atlanta pays more in taxes than it gets back. Why whine about gridlock in Atlanta when GDOT and the State GOP purposely siphons off tax dollars from where the people are (metro Atlanta) and spend it where the politicians live (South Georgia)?
Oh — I also bet that Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize AND the Navy naming a ship after Medgar Evers is really giving you heartburn.
And Medgar Evers was honored by a white southern male (a democrat, of course) but it still must stick in your craw. I mean after all Medgar was just another community organizer trying to overturn the traditional southern society.
Almost makes you want to retire? Hint. Hint.
October 10th, 2009
9:27 pm
Wow. First Obama gets a Nobel Prize and then the Navy names a ship after Medgar Evers.
Two african-american community organizers honored in the same week?
No wonder the GOP is so angry. I think they have the 'vapors'…what ever happened to our southern traditions.
October 13th, 2009
3:55 pm
Defined benefits NEED TO GO!!! it is going to kill our economy over time…Unions are a joke they remind me of ACRON, our companies do not put kids to work! this is not the 1920's. We are in a global economy these days, we need to be competitive otherwise the jobs will go overseas and at some point the unions will have to go after white collar workers to join their rolls since they have ran off all the manufacturing jobs in the USA. As for gov't workers no offense, but has anyone ever had to goto downtown ATL for anything that deals with Gov't??? i do not need to explain, one word LAZY, lets stop giving or gov't employees lifetime jobs and full pensions and hire people who will work hard and give a crap.
October 14th, 2009
4:26 am
Hey Woots,
Have Perdue hold another prayer meeting on Gov't property. I need this rain to stop.
Will the big G answer my prayers?
Forever yours, big woots!
Keep on prayin'!!!
October 14th, 2009
4:35 am
I gotta say this one last thing…
I've been reading your blog on and off for about 5 years, and I have never read anything that even comes close to the devils words himself, (or herself) than that of Dusty. She makes everyone else on this blog look like a genius.
She needs to step back, and ease off on the Manechevits. She makes all of your contributors look like Nobel Prize winners. Which, by the way, is a good thing in this world.
Take it sleazy, wingnuts.
October 14th, 2009
9:34 pm
Rone, honey, whatcha doing up at 4:25 in the morning? The DTs keep you awake?
Now be a good lil' lib and get some rest and rehab. Best wishes.
Here's a huggy bear just for you. Enjoy….
October 15th, 2009
9:35 am
I'll suscribe to defined contribution the day the brokers on Wall Street are honest.
It'll never happen.
Bush tried to turn Social Security into just such a plan (defined contribution) and it would have broken almost every senior citizen in this nation.
What do you have against, senior citizens, Wooten? Leave their fixed incomes alone.
November 15th, 2009
1:01 pm
You idiots at Cox/AJC have no feel for Atlanta. You have blown out so many good reporters your paper mirrors nothing of life here present or past. Jim Axel dies 30 hours ago and not a mention from you blowhards. 34 years on Atlanta television covering our lives for decades and you clowns are too busy with Souper Jenny recipes or a rapper getting tossed out of a posh hotel. This is a cool city with almost 5 million people. Your paper deserves it's fate. I laugh when I walk past your machines charging a dollar. Congrats clown team.


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The weekend's EKFT September SLAM kicked off at the Captains' meeting on Friday night, September 27th, 2013 at Brus Room in Pompano Beach, Florida. The night was full of great food and prize give-aways including a Hobie Lanai Kayak, a GoPro camera, Costa del Mar sunglasses, vacation packages, over $10,000 worth in raffle prizes and free goodies for all the registered anglers!
All week the forecast called for bad weather, luckily for Extreme it never came! 82 anglers launched from Pompano Beach just north of the pier the following Saturday morning. They were all pumped and ready to win! Amongst these fishermen many made the trip all the way from Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Orlando and Tampa to compete in the EKFT September SLAM!
The onshore festivities began not long after the anglers departed into the calm morning seas. Tents were set up all around the big stage. Free entertainment, food, drinks and games were part of the distraction as the crowd waited anxiously on the beach for the anglers to return. Brian Nelli ended up being one of the last anglers to bring his fish to the weigh in station, everyone was in shock!
Brian Nelli ended up winning biggest pelagic fish and heaviest total weight, which was 34.3 lbs. He won the coveted trophy made by Crown Trophy, $3,000 donated from main sponsor Turbo USA, a pair of Costa sunglasses, the ENGEL SUP paddle board worth $1,599 and a Guy Harvey necklace. Joe Kraatz with a total weight of 24.5lbs wins second place taking home a Hobie Mirage Outback kayak from one of EKFT's main sponsors, Nautical Ventures, a pair of Costa sunglasses, $500 and a plaque from Crown Trophy.
Taking third place was Rob Rodriguez, with a total weight of 22.1lbs, swooping up a Hobie Revo kayak from Nautical Ventures, a pair of Costa sunglasses and a plaque. Austin Collins nets fourth place with a total of 15.7lbs winning the Imagine Wizard Angler SUP Paddle Board from Adventure sports, a Penn Spinfisher V ssv6500 Reel from Blue Marlin Chronicles, Costa sunglasses and a plaque. Andy Brown took fifth with a total of 13lbs, he was happy to receive Costa Sun Glasses & a check for $200. Brad Schwartz wins Trash Can Slam with a huge Barracuda. He takes home a pair of Costa Sunglasses and a plaque!!!
Extreme had another outstanding event. The Extreme Team wants to thank all the sponsors, volunteers, help boats & the anglers for making the September SLAM a complete success!
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The camera is an item and an entity in Minecraft: Pocket Edition. The textures of this item can be found by going into the files of the game.
As of version 0.3.0 (possibly earlier), the camera is a functional object in-game, obtainable only through inventory-editing. However, both its texture and operation are slightly bugged.
In 0.9.0, the camera entity was removed, however Tomasso stated "It doesn't mean that it's dead forever, in fact I have a lot of ideas for it! I think it will be back when have shaders, sharing and redstone.[1]
To use a camera, equip it to your hand, then look in the direction you want the picture to be taken. Long-press the screen, and a camera will drop to the ground where you're standing. Step back, then press on the camera until it starts emitting smoke particles. The smoke means a picture has been taken, and the camera may disappear immediately afterward. Cameras have infinite uses.
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At the Minecraft Pocket Edition panel at MineCon 2012, as well as one of Jbernhardsson's livestreams, it was stated that future plans include trying to have a proper use for cameras, perhaps an easier way to take screenshots and share them with others.[2] In the BlockTalk Q&A, the camera was briefly mentioned as part of a broader "sharing" theme planned for MCPE in the future.[3] In 0.9.0, the camera entity was removed, however, Tomasso said that he thinks it will be back "when have shaders, sharing and redstone".
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Duchess's Sitting Room
Since her arrival in 2008, Lily, Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough, seen here lounging in the Duchess's Sitting Room, has brought a relaxed warmth into a traditionally formal residence. "The old-fashioned world … we have to get rid of," she says.
Although Blenheim's state dining room is used only once a year, for the family's Christmas dinner, its table is always formally set with crystal, china, and silver, on exhibit for public tours. Wall paintings by 18th-century French artist Louis Laguerre depict figures from around the world and include a sneakily placed self-portrait of the artist.
Third State Room
Originally the master bedroom, the Third State Room is a treasure trove of gilded moldings and masterpieces depicting the glories of the first Duke of Marlborough. Above the mantel is a painting of His Grace with his chief military engineer, and on the wall to its right is a tapestry narrative of the duke's victory over French forces.
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Nestled in the private family quarters of the East Wing, away from the cacophony of tour groups, is the Family Dining Room. The room overlooks the serenity of the Italian Garden, commissioned by the ninth Duke of Marlborough, who inherited the title in 1892.
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Much of the grandeur of the Great Hall is attributable to its soaring, 64-foot height. Flanked by tiers of marble pillars and archways to lead your gaze upward, the impressive hall epitomizes the triumphal spirit in which Blenheim Palace was built.
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Converted from a picture gallery to a library by the eighth duke, the nave-like room stretches 180 feet long and reaches 32 feet high. In 1891, the eighth duke and his wife commissioned Henry Willis & Sons, a highly regarded organ-maker of the Victorian era, to build an organ for the room. It now stands regally at the north end of the library.
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Before and after meals, the Spencer-Churchills usually gather in the Smoking Room, also known as the family sitting room, along with their yellow lab, Jerry. The room is filled with a selection of heirlooms, a tapestry from the Alexander series, and stacks of London newspapers.
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Alkaline Anodizing of Titanium
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Q. We want to anodize titanium using an alkaline anodizing bath. Who can give use the formulation of a alkaline anodizing bath. We want to get a gray coating.
Any advice would be appreciated.J.H. Pennings
TNO Institute of Industrial Technology - Netherlands
A. See AMS 2488 [link is to spec at TechStreet] - the anodizing is performed in an alkaline solution of pH >= 13. Unlike anodizing aluminum, the colour is not uniform and not controllable (almost). Depending on the alloy (and solution?!), we are getting yellow to blue through grey appearance.
captive metal finisher - Montreal, Québec, Canada
A. With titanium in a bath of trisodium phosphate you get the most beautiful color of blue imaginable. All you need to do is to immerse the part, turn on the current and voilà , bright blue. Not gray but close?Dave Fairbourn
- Sandy, Utah
A. Thanks Dave. To minimize confusion, though, we need to tell the readers that there are two general types of titanium anodizing. The "alkaline anodizing" that Max speaks of is a heavy, wear-resistant, anti-galling surface for engineering applications. The acid or neutral anodizing you are describing is a very thin very colorful diffraction coloration for decorative jewelry and similar applications.
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Pine Beach, New Jersey
A. A true grey from TSP (trisodium phosphate) is not probable.
Brown, blue, silver, yellow, purple and green are possible at voltages up to 200. There are several different shades possible for each. Precise color requires precise voltage control. It anodizes nearly instantly. Surface prep makes a significant difference in the luster or look of the product. Does not need any further protection after anodize.
From 10% to 3% solutions are recommended.James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
Q. A magazine called Xtreme R/C Cars will publish an article on titanium anodizing in an upcoming issue. Sorry I don't know what month, but issue 4.9 I think. I am interested in titanium & alum anodizing, and would like to obtain a red color. Any info is greatly appreciated.David Thomason
Glendale, Arizona
A. The color red is not possible with titanium anodizing nor is black. Apparently neither exists in the spectrum created by the oxide layer formed on the surface. The color exists only as reflected light.Dennis Rand
- Plymouth, Massachusetts
Q. I am anodizing a 6al-4v titanium medical device blue, yellow & green. These parts are subjected to 250 F steam autoclaving for sterilization. Some of the parts after two cycles of autoclaving (40 min/cycle)are beginning to change to the next color. (yellow - magenta, blue-clear). This is only happening in a few parts but I need help into why it is happening and how to stop it. If anyone has suggestions I would appreciate the help.Jim Johnson, Sr.Design Eng.
- carlsbad, California
A. We can produce and reproduce stable and controllable colors for titanium anodizing. Technology is ready for licensing.
You can see shades available on our web site. Black color can be obtained also, but this is a different technology.
Anna Berkovich
Russamer Labs
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Q. Dear Sirs,
- Delhi, India
Q. I am new to the anodizing process and am having problems anodizing titanium green. The pieces are about 2 and a half inches long and are a half inch wide. When I anodize these pieces in other colors I have very little to no problems. I was wondering if this could be environmentally affected (humidity) or is this a normal problem for larger pieces.Terry Donnalson
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Q. Alkaline Anodizing of Titanium Ti-6AL-4V. I am looking for the exact bath solution for what I have been told is a type II anodize per AMS 2488 [link is to spec at TechStreet]D.
I understand that it is >=13 pH and that the temperature is controlled to +/-2 F and that voltage is the controlled characteristic, but WHAT is the chemical?
medical device industry - Huntington, Indiana
A. Hi, Vicki. I know it's strange and you'll say "how can that be?", but ...
... even though the alkaline anodizing process is covered by AMS spec ...
... some of the details of the alkaline anodizing process are trade secrets. You have to figure out these details for yourself, or you have to retain a consultant who will give them to you; you won't find them in the literature or in a public forum. Sorry, and admittedly it makes little sense, but there it is :-)
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Pine Beach, New Jersey
May 2, 2008
Q. Dear sir,
- Bangkok, Thailand
December 7, 2008
Q. We can do titanium anodising Green, Blue, Purple, silver, etc.
titanium - Ningbo, China
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February 12, 2009
Q. Hi,
I wonder if someone could instruct me as to what solution is best to achieve an anodized silver finish on 6AL-4AV grade 5 titanium.
I would also appreciate information on setup and procedure i.e. precleaning procedure, anode/cathode ratio, suitable materials for cathode and jigs. I also need information on voltage/time and amps.
I would be very appreciate if anyone could provide this kind of information.
- Birmingham, west midlands, United Kingdom
August 17, 2009
Q. We are doing golden, blue, pink, green, and yellow -- but how to do black colour?manoj pavasiya
- Bombay, India
A. I see several comments pertaining to Grade II Titanium and obtaining green color.
Grade II in volume on racks can be vexing.
A common defect is a failure to obtain even color
Color can have a 'Ghosty" appearance when viewed inclined and under a bright light.
A coupon anodized, resulting in an uneven green color. When measured, the oxide thickness is uniform over the coupon.
Theories are, a change while anodizing of the um/Volt applied, and/or the um/second.
According to theory; these changes result in an anodized layer of mixed Titanium Oxide of TiO2, TIO3----X
Another theory is a change in cubic structure; i.e. anatase to rutile.
I call it The Grade II Blues.
- Minneapolis, MN
May 31, 2012
Q. I am doing Ti-6AL-4V type II anodizing, but a few days ago during the process, the parts got a pink color and then the type II anodizing process stops in the parts but not in the titanium racks.Tatiana Rios
medical instruments - Medellin, Colombia
A. Type II titanium anodizing will have uniform gray color. Some companies produce anodized parts covered by "fur" that require additional removal step. We produce hard anti-galling coating clean and ready for use. There is a possibility to grow the coating very thick for application where dialectic surface is required.
The color anodizing is always thin, and can serve mostly for color coding. The uniformity and consistency of color anodizing depend only on initial surface activation. This step can be conducted either electroless or under electrical current in a separate tank. Both methods are fine. As soon as the titanium surface is ready, it does not matter what anodizing solution you select for the final coloring. It can be oxalic acid or sodium wolframat or similar solutions available from the vendors. Be sure to final rinse the colored parts in diluted alkali solution, in order to prevent colors fading.
Anna Berkovich
Russamer Labs
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Why can't I achieve green titanium anodizing?September 17, 2014
Q. I am currently using sulfuric acid and sodium tungstate as my solution in my anodize tank. I get green sporadically. Need help on getting it all the time. My recifier is 0-100 volts. I was getting it at 86.5 volts but now I am all the way up into the 90 volt range and I keep losing green. Need help.Penni Higgens
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So chick-fil-a openly opposes gay marriage. So what? I like how all these people are all over them for stating an opinion, and cities like Boston (give me a break) are trying to bully them from opening a restaurant there, because of it. Bronan had the only reason you should be boycotting Chick-fil-a, or any food place, and that's because the food sucks.
So this company now fails to at the very least be silent against what appears on the surface or mainstream to be popular opinion, yet with so many states in America voting no for gay marriage, it hardly seems like it's actually popular opinion. But there you go. I have no say on the issue, I could care less, I think they should be allowed to be married, because it doesn't effect me whether they do or not, I don't care. They should also be allowed to speak up about it, and they have. But so does the other side of the coin, and whether its something you like or not, doesn't warrant whether you can talk about it or not.
I'm not going to point out the sheer hypocrisy of a city trying to discriminate against a company for it's discriminating views, that's too easy, and shows like The Colbert Report have that niche narrowed down. But I wanted to point out a bigger hypocrisy. Now can people be really that dumb, or are they all in on the secret school yard rules of, unless you openly admit something, you shall not be ridiculed, shamed, boycotted, lashed out at, insulted, etc. Meaning, are you fucking kidding me? You think this is the worst that people who run corporations think and do? People all spaz out at someone's opinion yet you let corporations rape you financially, take your jobs and manufacturing and move it into cheaper countries and sell their shit that you used to make back at you while some other shitty corporation pays you chump change while you laugh all the way to Best Buy to keep the cycle going?
Or worse yet, the corporations and people with billions of dollars spending money influencing, strike that, owning politicians and making legislative decisions on their beliefs and their desires rather than yours and ours? You don't care about that, you just care about someone saying they don't believe people of the same sex shouldn't be allowed to marry. You know what I do when someone says something I don't agree with? I ignore it.
America, get your head out of your ass. Seriously, what the fuck? How about some public outcry that does some good, over real issues for a change? No? You're right, you probably don't want to jeapordize that job you have by that other corporation that thinks things you don't believe but doesn't say anything except into the ears and wallets of the politicians running things.
Wake the fuck up America. Time to put your adult pants on and grow the fuck up.


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The Upper Holmesburg Civic Association wants to know what's happening at the former Liddonfield Homes public housing site. That is, as soon as something happens.
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GRAND RAPIDS—For the second time in four years, Grace Episcopal Church in East Grand Rapids will be the venue for an international news event as former First Lady Betty Ford is laid to rest.
Work crews put finishing touches on the church Wednesday, from watering flowers to double-checking lighting inside.
Neighbors who live near the church witnessed the dignitaries, media, blocked traffic, and motorcade when President Gerald Ford was memorialized there in 2007.
"You'll see a lot of people lined up along here, a lot of news people," said Donna Smith, who lives four doors away.
Jenine Burdon's home is right across the street from the church on Hall. She's got a media platform in her front yard.
"They involved us last time, in a nice way," said Burdon. "Almost in a way that we not be treaded on too much."
Hall Street near the church will be closed from 10 am to 4 pm, which requires some pre-planning from neighbors.
Grace Episcopal is the church where the Ford's were married in 1948 when it was located in downtown Grand Rapids.
Several neighbors placed flags along the motorcade route to honor the first lady.
"It's a minor inconvenience, but in the scheme of things, it's quite interesting to bring things like this to Grand Rapids," said Tim MacDonald. "Showcase this city for the whole country and the whole world for that matter."