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This was my second 3 day stay at this hotel and both have been exceptional. The beds are amazingly comfortable. The service was great anytime I was looking for a place to eat or directions the front desk was more than happy to help. As a hilton honors member I did get breakfast passes and the breakfast buffet was delicious. A lot of options from fruit to pancakes to bacon and sausage.
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Though our local college basketball teams – LIU-Brooklyn and St. Francis Brooklyn -- were denied the opportunity to go dancing this month in the annual NCAA Tournament, Downtown Brooklyn will soon be the setting for arguably the most prestigious conference tourney in the entire nation.
The Barclays Center and the newly reconfigured Atlantic Coast Conference announced Wednesday morning that the state-of-the-art arena on the corners of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues would host the ACC Tournament in both 2017 and 2018.
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|W. Scott Tester, Drue Merkle, Donald McKinney, Scott Ajax, William D. Gentry
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|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (22), Classifications (5), Legal Events (7)
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The present invention relates to telecommunications, and particularly, to providing provisioning and allocating media gateways, gateway controllers, and call servers.
There is a growing interest in the convergence of circuit-switched networks, such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the Internet and other inter- and intranets. The convergence of these networks requires technology that facilitates interworking in a uniform and effective manner. The next generation of unified networks will provide an open and scalable architecture to accommodate multiple vendors and protocols under a single communication scheme. At the moment, there are several obstacles to providing a scalable, unified network incorporating circuit-switched networks, Internet, cable systems, and wireless systems, among other existing and future networks.
For example, the traditional PSTN provides constant-bandwidth, media streams of information between users. These media streams typically originate and terminate over dedicated access circuits. Circuit-switched networks were originally designed for carrying voice traffic and handling calling patterns, but with the emergence of the Internet, are now handling significant amounts of data traffic. The data traffic occupies a significant amount of the bandwidth of the circuit-switched network as the data makes its way to Internet protocol (IP)-based networks. In addition, the IP-based networks are now carrying significant amounts of data that relate to voice, fax and video, in addition to conventional data. Further, advances in cable and wireless technologies are requiring cable networks and wireless networks to efficiently interact with the PSTN and the IP-based Internet.
Since packet switching networks appear to be the common thread between all of the many networks, there is a need to seamlessly interwork all networks and individual endpoints connecting to these networks. The interface between networks, as well as between a network and individual endpoints, is provided by media gateways. Media gateways require interaction with gateway controllers and call servers to provide decision-making and coordination with other media gateways.
The primary responsibility of the media gateway is to allow media of various types, including voice, fax, video, and data, to be transported in a unified network. Typically, the media must be transportable both as packets in a packet-based network and as digital or analog streams in a circuit-switched network. In such applications, the media gateway provides bi-directional communications between a circuit-switched network and media-related elements associated with packet network, such as an IP or ATM network. Media gateways generally interact with end users in telephony applications or with other media gateways to facilitate such applications. The gateway controllers cooperate with call servers to provide media gateways with instructions on interconnecting two or more telephony or IP elements in order to exchange information. For example, call servers, via gateway controllers, instruct media gateways on how to set up, handle, and terminate media flows, such as Internet connections or telephone calls.
In general, media gateways are assigned to and served by a designated gateway controller. Similarly, gateway controllers are assigned to and served by designated call servers. Typically, the media gateways, gateway controllers and call servers reside on a packet-switched network and must be manually provisioned to facilitate the various assignments. As the number of these devices increases, the difficulty provisioning and managing the assignments grows exponentially. Any time a gateway controller or call server fails, reassignment and provisioning of the affected devices are necessary. Further, as networks expand and evolve, restructuring is often necessary to provide load balancing, ensure sufficient capacity, and the like. Unfortunately, when the number of media gateways increases into the thousands, manual provisioning not only becomes cumbersome, but often results in less than optimal performance.
Accordingly, there is a need for a more efficient and flexible architecture facilitating dynamic assignment and provisioning of media gateways, gateway controllers, and call servers.
The present invention relates to a service broker capable of dynamically provisioning media gateways, gateway controllers, and call servers when adding one or more of these elements to the network, or reconfiguring the network when an element fails or to balance loads. Based on defined guidelines or rules, the service broker can select gateway controllers for media gateways, call servers for gateway controllers, and one or more backup elements for any of the above. Once selected, the service broker notifies all affected elements of their associations.
The service broker may implement a fail-over mechanism when a gateway controller or call server fails. During such failure, supported elements are reconfigured to be supported by backup elements. Further, the backup elements are configured for their new responsibilities. The service broker can also keep track of loads and capacities and provide automatic load balancing when adding new media gateways and gateway controllers, or can reconfigure the allocation of elements in light of unbalanced loads.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate the scope of the present invention and realize additional aspects thereof after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments in association with the accompanying drawing figures.
The accompanying drawing figures incorporated in and forming a part of this specification illustrate several aspects of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
The embodiments set forth below represent the necessary information to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention and illustrate the best mode of practicing the invention. Upon reading the following description in light of the accompanying drawing figures, those skilled in the art will understand the concepts of the invention and will recognize applications of these concepts not particularly addressed herein. It should be understood that these concepts and applications fall within the scope of the disclosure and the accompanying claims.
The present invention facilitates automated assignment and provisioning for media gateways, gateway controllers, and call servers, which support communications over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), enterprise networks, cable networks, wireless networks, multi-purpose packet switching networks, and the like. With reference to
The media gateways 16 are an interface between the packet-switched network 10 and the endpoints 18 and provide protocol conversion and data transformation to allow the seamless flow of data and control signaling between the endpoints 18 and the packet-switched network 10. The primary responsibility of a media gateway 16 is to allow media of various types, such as data, voice, and video, to be transported via the packet-switched network 10 from one endpoint 18 to another. Media gateways 16 are configured to allow media to be transportable, both as packets and as analog or digital streams in more traditional circuit-switched networks without loss of integrity or quality between networks and network technologies. For example, the media gateways 16 may range in functionality and size from a cable modem coupled to a cable television network to a switching device handling thousands of telephony-type endpoints 18 through various time-division multiplexed (TDM) lines and trunks.
Communications between any two or more endpoints 18 require call signaling to establish a media flow between the endpoints 18. An established media flow between any two endpoints 18 involves delivering content across an access network connecting a first endpoint 18 to a supporting media gateway 16, which will convert the content into a packet form for delivery to a second media gateway 16 supporting the second endpoint 18. The second media gateway 16 will convert the packets associated with the media flow to an appropriate format for delivery to the second endpoint 18. The first and second media gateways 16 provide all necessary content and protocol conversion for the media flow between the two endpoints 18. An exemplary voice-over-IP media session is illustrated.
Each media gateway 16 supports a number of endpoints 18, and each gateway controller 14 supports a number of media gateways 16. Continuing the hierarchical relationship, each call server 12 supports a number of gateway controllers 14. The primary responsibilities of the call servers 12 are to make decisions based on flow-related information and to provide instructions on interconnecting endpoints 18 within and throughout the networks. Call servers 12 store status information on media flows and may be used to generate administrative records for a variety of media-related activities, such as billing. Most prominently, call servers 12 provide coordination of media gateways 16 via the gateway controllers 14.
Through the gateway controllers 14, the call servers 12 direct the media gateways 16 to set up, handle and terminate individual media flows. The gateway controllers 14 provide an interface to the media gateways 16 associated with a given call server 12. The primary responsibility of the gateway controller 14 is to support protocols for interaction with media gateways 16 and messaging between itself and other gateway controllers 14 to facilitate call server functionality. As an analogy, call servers 12 implement the call control functionality that is used to control switching elements in a PSTN. The switching elements that provide the media path for the call are analogous to the media gateways 16. Notably, this disclosure anticipates the replacement of switching elements of the PSTN with media gateways 16 that are controlled by the gateway controllers 14.
Since media gateways 16 are assigned to select gateway controllers 14, and the gateway controllers 14 are assigned to select call servers 12, each of these devices must be provisioned in a manner defining and identifying these relationships. In the past, the media gateways 16, gateway controllers 14, and call servers 12 were manually provisioned to facilitate the assignments. Various types of element managers are provided to facilitate management of the elements. For example, a call server element manager (EM) 20 as an interface used to facilitate interaction and management of call server functions, such as translations, billing, and network functions. Similarly, a gateway controller element manager 22 facilitates the interaction and management of the gateway controllers 14, while a media gateway element manager 24 is used to control the interaction and management of the media gateways 16. Accordingly, these element managers 20, 22, 24 have the ability to receive and send data updates to the corresponding media gateways 16, gateway controllers 14, and call servers 12. Further, the element managers 20, 22, 24 contain the IP addresses of the associated elements and a cached copy of the data configuration information associated with the managed elements. The element managers 20, 22, 24 may also maintain a maintenance state for the corresponding elements. Prior to the present invention, the media gateways 16, gateway controllers 14, and call servers 12 were assigned and provisioned in a manual fashion directly or via their respective element managers 24, 22, and 20.
Such assignment and provisioning entails assigning a group of media gateways 16 to a gateway controller 14, and assigning the gateway controller 14 to a call server 12. The media gateways 16 must be identified to the serving gateway controller 14. Similarly, the gateway controller 14 must be identified to the media gateways 16. The gateway controller 14 must also be identified to the call server 12, and the call server 12 must be identified to the gateway controller 14. In addition to providing primary associations between the elements, backup associations between media gateways 16 and gateway controllers 14, and gateway controllers 14 and call servers 12, are often provisioned in case an element fails.
As the number of media gateways 16 and endpoints 18 increases, the difficulty in manually provisioning and managing the assignments grows exponentially. Any time a gateway controller 14 or a call server 12 fails, reassignment provisioning of the affected devices is necessary. In addition to simply providing initial and backup assignments, it is desirable to balance loads, take advantage of excess capacity, and allow ready additions and reassignments of elements to optimize network performance. Given the number of endpoints 18 and media gateways 16, the manual provisioning of the prior art has become unduly complex, and given the volumes of elements, the ability to efficiently reconfigure to optimize the network is diminished. Accordingly, the present invention introduces a new element or logical function, generally referred to as a service broker 26, which is capable of automatically assigning and provisioning the media gateways 16, gateway controllers 14, and call servers 12, according to defined rules created to control expansion, react to failures, and optimize the network.
The service broker 26 provisions the media gateways 16, gateway controllers 14, and call servers 12, directly or indirectly via the respective element managers 24, 22, 20. A database 28 is provided to keep a network view of the configurations and associations of the various elements. Preferably, the service broker 26 will access and update the database 28 during operation. Accordingly, the service broker 26 provides automated registration, allocation, and reallocation of media gateways 16, gateway controllers 14, and call servers 12. Further, the service broker 26 can monitor loads and determine capacity for the various elements to facilitate network expansion and optimization. As an example, the configuration of
An exemplary situation requiring reallocation among elements is when call server B (12) fails. Assume that the configuration described above and illustrated in
With reference to
Once the information to provision the media gateway 16 is received, the service broker 26 will determine a gateway controller 14 for the media gateway 16 (step 102). The service broker 26 may take into consideration many types of information when selecting a gateway controller 14 for the media gateway 16. For example, the service broker 26 may select a gateway controller 14 capable of matching the service type and protocol used by the media gateway 16 in addition to analyzing the maximum capacity of the media gateway 16 and the actual or normal capacity of the media gateway 16 or similarly situated media gateways 16. In addition to determining a primary gateway controller 14 for the media gateway 16, a backup gateway controller 14 may be determined (step 104). Next, the service broker 26 will assign the media gateway 16, and a backup gateway controller 14, if selected, to the primary gateway controller 14 (step 106).
Once assigned, the service broker 26 will notify all of the affected elements, which will typically include the media gateway 16, gateway controller 14, and call server 12 (step 108). In one embodiment, the service broker 26 will identify the supporting gateway controller 14 to the media gateway 16 via the element manager 24; identify the media gateway 16 to the gateway controller 14 via the element manager 22; and identify the association between the media gateway 16 and gateway controller 14 to the call server 12 via the element manager 20. The information provided with notification is sufficient to fully configure and provision the various elements to interact with one another according to the determined allocations. Further, any endpoint-related information required by the call server 12 or gateway controller 14 may be provided to those elements. Once the affected elements are notified, the service broker 26 will store the new configuration information in the database 28 (step 110).
A process for adding a gateway controller 14 is outlined in
As illustrated in
In addition to facilitating the survivability of elements as outlined above, the service broker 26 can dynamically control scaling of the network when new elements are added. As illustrated in
In essence, the service broker 26 monitors elements and network configurations, loads, capacities, and the like, and provides dynamic provisioning for new elements and the reallocation of existing elements. Whether adding a new element or reallocating associations between elements, the service broker 26 dynamically provisions all affected elements to ensure continuity of service and cooperation between the network elements.
In general, the service broker 26 provides numerous functions. The service broker 26 can automatically choose gateway controllers 14 for media gateways 16, call servers 12 for gateway controllers 14, and backups for the media gateways 16 and gateway controllers 14. The service broker 26 can automatically register media gateways 16 and support dynamic reconfiguration and provisioning when a gateway controller 14 or call server 12 fails. Additionally, the service broker 26 can provide dynamic load balancing of media gateways 16 on or among gateway controllers 14. Reallocations and reconfigurations can be provided periodically or in response to network conditions to ensure optimization. These abilities enhance the scalability of the network, in addition to enhancing network performance.
For load balancing, the service broker 26 can dynamically assign media gateways 16 to gateway controllers 14 based on actual loads and available capacity. If a certain gateway controller 14 has more available capacity, new media gateways 16 will be added to those gateway controllers 14 having more available capacity. Optionally, existing media gateways 16 can be switched over to new gateway controllers 14 if the subscriber or network providers desire. Preferably, backup and failure options are accounted for during capacity determinations during registration. The service broker 26 allows for elements to fail over to a backup element when they fail. The service broker 26 will assign a backup parent to the element. When the parent fails, the child is switched to a new parent, until the failed parent becomes operable again. In one embodiment, one gateway controller 14 can be specified as a backup for multiple gateway controllers 14 to provide "N+1" sparing. Rather than requiring a specified backup, having only one spare for an entire group saves resources. The service broker 26 will determine which, if any, media gateways 16 will be served by the spare gateway controller 14 at any given time.
Survivability of the network during failures may be enhanced using geographic redundancy. Since survivability is the ability of a system to withstand destruction of part of its components and to have the remaining ones still function, the service broker 26 can reallocate a media gateway 16 or gateway controller 14 to a new call server 12 if a call server 12 gets destroyed. Assigning backup call servers 12 at geographically disparate locations minimizes the impact of failures caused by geographic incidents. Scalability and survivability can be further enhanced by decoupling endpoints 18 from specific call servers 12. The service broker 26 allows for endpoints 18 to receive service from any assigned call server 12. Accordingly, the service broker 26 can assign each endpoint 18 to a call server 12 in a cluster of call servers 12 during registration and provisioning. Although call servers 12 in a cluster may be geographically dispersed, they each provide a similar set of endpoint services.
Those skilled in the art will recognize improvements and modifications to the preferred embodiments of the present invention. All such improvements and modifications are considered within the scope of the concepts disclosed herein and the claims that follow.
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Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? I know that this question would hit a nerve and upset a lot of people.
There is an Arab proverb that says, "Never trust a carpenter whose house's door is cracking." This proverb applies to the Ministry of Health, which reportedly refuses to offer treatment to its staff.
Among today's geopolitical risks, none is greater than the long arc of instability stretching from the Maghreb to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
This is the highest level of tension that the two neighbors, Saudi Arabia and Iran, have reached since the end of the Iraqi-Iranian war 27 years ago.
If you were transported back to Europe in 1900 and asked educated citizens to describe the ideal political arrangement, what they would outline to you is a homogeneous nation-state: France for the Fre
Arthashastra is a significant treatise, which was written by Chanakya, an Indian philosopher in ancient times.
Think of the Nobel prizes and you think of groundbreaking research bettering mankind, but the awards have also honored some quite unhumanitarian inventions such as chemical weapons, DDT and lobotomies
If an international award is instituted for hypocrisy, the BJP-ruled India would win it hands down.
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Gilt-copper decorative harness fitting
From Japan
Late Kofun period, 6th century AD
This harness fitting was excavated by the amateur archaeologist William Gowland from the Akasaka dolmen group in Mino Province. It is a fine example of the decorative metalworker's skill. The elegant shape is offset by a continuous border of silver-headed imitation rivet heads. The whole is gilded with copper using the mercury amalgam technique. A piece of the original leather strap is still attached to the hole at the top.
More information
L. Smith, V. Harris and T. Clark, Japanese art: masterpieces in (London, The British Museum Press, 1990)
Length: 21.000 cm
Length: 21.000 cm
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Asia JA OA+1253
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Cost of a new heating system in a 42-flats apartment building
I need a ballpark estimate what a new heating system for an apartment building with 42 flats would cost. It would be heated with gas. [more inside]
Are fan heaters (almost) 100% efficient?
So, most electrical heaters are extremely close to 100% efficient in terms of converting electrical power into heat. But is this true of fan heaters as well? In other words, how much energy goes into operating the fan as compared to the heating of the elements? [more inside]
Help me keep my cool...
We own a house. It's a kind of large, built-in-the-50s, added-on-to-in-the-80s, sprawly ranch-style house, but with 2 bedrooms, with vaulted ceilings, on the second floor. (Our kids' rooms.) In the summertime, they get hot, because of a.) vaulted ceilings - I've blown in insulation where I could, but there's still only 4 inches between them and the roof; b.) open stairway to downstairs - keeping the doors to the rooms closed helps a little, but kids don't really "get" that; and c.) crappy ductwork - the furnace is new, but the ducts are old, and it's a long, bendy run from the basement to the kids' rooms. I'm toying with some options for trying to improve the comfort level in our house - you are not my HVAC specialist (and I'm not opposed to talking to one), but am trying to see if my logic is sound. Special melting snowflake details inside. [more inside]
New Boiler, Old Efficiency
We replaced our 40 year old boiler this fall and were expecting to get some energy savings. We ended up using slightly more gas last month than the year before. What's going on? [more inside]
Who can tell me why my gas bill is too high?
How, in a multi-apartment setup, do I determine what gas-run appliances are serviced/connected to which apartment? I strongly suspect I am paying for appliances I am not responsible for, but I need to be able to prove it to my landlords or gas company. [more inside]
It has the word "heat" in its name, so.
What am I not understanding about my HVAC system? [more inside]
Help me keep my closet baby warm at night!
It has come to pass that the best place for our 1 year old kid to sleep is in a crib in the walk-in closet in our bedroom. Now that the cold weather is upon us, I am looking for ideas for keeping him warm overnight. We have radiator heat throughout our drafty old house, and our bedroom tends to be one of the more poorly warmed rooms. The closet has no radiator in (or near!) it, and is therefore much colder still. To complicate this issue further, we STRONGLY prefer to keep the door to the closet nearly closed while we are in the room. Baby goes to bed around 6pm, grownups are on the scene from about 10pm onwards, and everyone is awake by 7am. He already wears layered pajamas and a sleep sack. Does anyone have any suggestions? My instinct was to find a tiny space heater that we could put in the closet, but a quick google tells me that I will kill all of my loved ones and everyone we have ever met if I do that.
Large electric heating pad for my pregnant wife?
While most things are going very well, my pregnant wife's back has really been hurting and her main relief has been an electric heating pad. However the heating pad is only 12in x 24in. I am hunting for a bigger heating pad if possible. Any help appreciated.
Gas, oil, electric? Which new furnace to get in Seattle
I live in a 1911 Craftsman in Seattle. The heating situation is... pretty weird. (See the "more inside".) My 42-year-old oil furnace still works like a champ, but the oil company folks say they won't service it any more and it has to be replaced. I have been searching and searching to try to figure out the best way to deal with this before it gets cold out, but I am not finding what I need. Should I change my heating method and can people recommend whom I might call for this? [more inside]
Can I Get My Furnace Fan to Function Independently of Heating/Cooling?
We have this furnace. In the summer it would be nice if we could run only the fan (We don't have central air), but according to the manual, Fan Only Mode requires the R and G thermostat contacts be wired. As you can see, only the RC/RH and W contacts are wired. Would simply swapping the orange wire from RC/RH to RH/G create the circuit needed for sweet, sweet fan action, or will it be necessary to run a new wire from G to the control board in the furnace, therefore requiring professional help? [more inside]
Are there warm apartments in cold climates?
I live in the SF Bay area and I'm thinking about moving to colder climates at some point, but for various reasons I can't handle a cold ambient temperature inside my home, even if I bundle up. In colder areas (specifically New England and the Midwest), how easy/possible is it to find apartments that are well-heated (perhaps buildings with a whole-building radiator system?) or other situations where I can have a warm (68-70 degree) home without paying through the nose for utilities? [more inside]
Laptop maintenance and cleaning in Toronto?
I'm looking for a good, trustworthy place to have my laptop disassembled and have its fan cleaned. [more inside]
Good value in hydronic radiators
Does anyone have experience by value hydronic radiators. Basically i want a Myson-like radiator but they are out of my budget. What other brands are a good value.
How can we better insulate our garage to keep the heat inside our house?
With all the cold weather we've been having, the bedroom above our single car garage has been positively chilly. The rest of the house is nice and toasty, but that one room is several degrees cooler than anywhere else in the house. How can we make it better? [more inside]
Is Serious Furnace Cleaning Necessary?
I have an old style furnace that has been cleaned (by vacuuming) on a mostly annual basis for about 20 years. Should I pay the big bucks to get it scraped out by a professional? [more inside]
Heating a Drafty San Francisco Apartment with Electric
Please help me figure out how to heat my drafty San Francisco 1-bedroom apartment without breaking the bank. Details inside! [more inside]
Making a tealight/teracotta pot heater more efficient
I've gotten caught up in the hype about those upturned-terracotta-plant-pot-with-tealight-candles-underneath-heaters, so I've made one. It's doing the job and keeping the chill off, and what can I expect, really, from something heated by 4 tealights. I want to make it more efficient, though. [more inside]
To BCC3 Control Board, or not to BCC3 Control Board
A question regarding an impending attempt to replace the control board in our furnace myself. Extenuating circumstances: Approaching Arctic Cold Front. [more inside]
What can I do to improve my old school gas-fired floor furnaces?
Are there improvements that can be done to them to improve their efficiency and safety? Are there retrofits? Would I be able to purchase something more modern that would directly replace the existing units? [more inside]
Furnaces Suck!
Whenever I change my furnace filter (approx every 60-90 days), it's always bent inwards towards the furnace fan. It's gotten significantly worse this year, and tonight when I tried to replace it, the filter was nearly sucked into the furnace. What causes this? Do I need to call for service? [more inside]
Help with Hydronic Heating
Our new-to-us-but-very-old home needs a new boiler (and water heater). What are our best options? [more inside]
Space heaters vs turning up the heat?
I live in a drafty old farmhouse. My roommates and I are currently waging a thermostat war--one says it's cheaper to to have the heat for the whole house at 70 than it is for him to heat his room with a space heater. I maintain that its probably way more expensive to heat the entire drafty house. Who's right? We have electric heat. [more inside]
My apartment's radiators are loud and letting out steam. Is that normal?
We've just moved into a new place and it's now gotten cold enough to turn on the heat. Two of the radiators are really loud with air escaping, and often have visible steam coming out of the valve on the side. I've never seen radiators do this. Is this normal? Is this safe?
What can I do to use this heating vent under my 7" record collection?
We live in a house with central heating. There are floor vents all around the place. It sounds awesome, but we haven't been willing to turn the heat on just yet because one of the vents is right under one of my record shelves. How can we have a hot room but not melt my hot tunes? [more inside]
Heating contractor in the Twin Cities
Who is the absolute best heating contractor in the Twin Cities? [more inside]
Tell me about your frugal, toasty ways, Metafilter
Can you share all the information, products, tips, etc., about weatherstripping and all other ways of keeping my house from leaking heat--and letting in cold air--when it's cold? [more inside]
Toasty toes
Is it possible to recreate the sensation of below-floor heating in an apartment bathroom? [more inside]
What's broken: shower, tank, pump, thermostat, boiler, or all??
I live in rented accommodation in the UK. The hot water is scaldingly hot. The radiators burn to touch. The shower temperature is hugely unreliable -- scalding or freezing. The landlord is worried that a plumber will rip him off, based on bad experiences in the past, and unwilling to pay to investigate. Can you help me understand what's going on? I'd like to put my landlord's mind at rest regarding plumbers, and set his expectations regarding likely diagnoses and solutions -- and hence cost. I also suspect this situation is wasting energy and hence driving up the cost of heating bills. I'd like to persuade the landlord that fixing it might be a good idea. [more inside]
Power outages and furnaces
Hi I am house sitting and Nemo is bearing down on us. I have a oil furnace in the basement. If the power goes out, then comes back, or I use the generator, are there any specific steps I need to take with the furnace? What about water valves, etc? Thanks much!
Help keep me warm, mkay?
My electric heat pump is icing over something fierce, and the technicians don't really have a clue what's going on. There is one theory I'd like you to comment on, and if it makes no sense, I'd appreciate alternate theories. [more inside]
Central gas with new ducts or ductless heat pump.
Our home in Seattle contains a dozen or so electric heaters. We would like to get rid of these and upgrade to something more efficient/attractive/economical. It seems our two options are 1) Central gas heating or 2) ductless heat pump. To make gas heating work, we would have to install ducts. Does anyone have any experience with adding ducts to a ductless house? One possibility that has been suggested is to put the ducts on the outside of one side of the house. This would probably work in our case since all of the large rooms in our house share a common wall. What are your thoughts/experiences with installing either gas heating with new ducts or ductless heat pump heating? I'm assuming that central gas would work just fine in a Seattle winter but I'm not sure if a ductless heat pump system would be adequate in the winter ( considering that our hope is to replace - not just augment - the existing system ).
Is $3.79 Ok For Heating Oil?
I'm paying $3.79/gallon for heating oil in Westchester county, NY. Is that a reasonably ok price? If not, can anyone recommend another supplier (I'm using Castle).
How can I eliminate a draft under my front door?
Getting a draft despite having weather stripping and a door sweep. How can I fix this? [more inside]
How can I move / switch NYC apartment radiators?
Does anyone have experience with, or know how to, switch radiators between two different rooms in the same apartment (in NYC)? [more inside]
Indoor/Home Temperatures in Arctic or Very Cold Climates
At what temperature do people set their thermostats if they live in Arctic climates, such as Barrow, Alaska? My mother wants to know. [more inside]
It's cold outside - and inside too!
UKTenantFilter: My heating broke on friday at 2pm. The landlord turned up at 4 but didn't fix it then because he 'wanted daylight to work on it'. Today (saturday) he said it couldn't be fixed because it needed a new fuse and 'nowhere that was open had one' - so we have to wait until Monday. [more inside]
Can I shut my upstairs heating vents?
Why are there forced air heating vents in the second floor of my small rowhouse? Won't the hot air just head upstairs and even it all out? [more inside]
In my flat here in the UK I have four electric storage heaters that are kaput. What electric heating should I replace them with? [more inside]
How to heat our home this winter?
Is it worth it to use space heaters (instead of the built-in baseboard heaters) to keep warm this winter? If so, how? [more inside]
How much gas can a furnace use when it's 85F outside?
I haven't even turned the heat on yet and my gas bill is already as high as it was last winter. WTF? [more inside]
Boilers boilers boilers
Can you tell me how to buy a boiler? [more inside]
Thermostat to help control ventilation intelligently?
Is there a sensor device or thermostat setup that can inexpensively switch on a fan based on the difference between two temperature points (one inside, one outside)? [more inside]
Which brand of HVAC?
Different Central air conditioner and furnace brands? When it comes to HVAC, should we go with Carrier, Goodman, York, or Lennox? [more inside]
Heating an old house: Should the baseboard heating stay or go?
Heating an old house: Should the baseboard heating stay or go? [more inside]
How to cool this HOT house???
Just replaced a 50-year-old tar/gravel roof with white shingles. This is in Florida. But now the house is hothothot, heat keeps rising, air-conditioner runs constantly but can't keep up! It's just after noon and 84 degrees in here! The roof is low-hip, the attic is a crawl space insulated to about R-30, there's a turbine on the roof and three passive vents. Still hot! Depressing after writing such a big check. Capable roofer says previous thick layer of tar/gravel probably insulated a lot. But now what's my next step? 1. Would a white latex coating be more cost-effective than a solar-powered vent? 2. Any other suggestions? Whew, and thanks!
Air conditioning vent clearance
I have air conditioning vents in the floor at the side of the room. The vents can be angled in different directions. If I put a large dresser against the wall, above a vent, with clearance of a few inches, will it be substantially detrimental to heating/cooling?
Do I need to have my furnace and AC inspected once a year?
Do I really need to have my furnace and AC inspected once a year? [more inside]
Installing hydronic radiant floor heating when building a new house?
Installing hydronic radiant floor heating when building a new house? [more inside]
My house is growing cold, please hope me!
Seattle: *urgent* need for a plumbing/heating maintenance today or this weekend for the in-floor heating of my townhome. Haven't had heat since apparently Wednesday night, and the company that installed it is non-responsive to my repeated calls. [more inside]
BRRRRRRRR Momma, why ain't the heat on yet!?
What are the advantages to a newer modern gas furnace heating system vs. a 35~ year oldish pilot-light gas system? [more inside]


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Larry Gookin has been Director of Bands at Central Washington University since 1981. He has served as the Associate Chair and Coordinator of Graduate Studies. His fields of expertise include music education, wind literature, conducting, and low brass performance.
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Odds of Beckett bouncing back to last year form?
Comment by John — August 24, 2012 @ 4:57 pm
In the NL and in dodger stadium.. not bad I don't think. Certainly trust him in a playoff run more than fatface Harang As a dodger fan, adding beckett for 0 prospects is a win IMO.. adding Beckett and Agon for whatever prospects the Sox want, would make me a very happy boy
Comment by Ashman — August 24, 2012 @ 5:12 pm
maybe they claimed him for the lulz.
Comment by anon — August 24, 2012 @ 5:18 pm
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Comment by Calvin — August 24, 2012 @ 5:29 pm
6 years, $127 million left on Gonzalez's deal from age 31 through 36. From what I can tell, ZIPS would have him around 4.5 wins for 2013. Letting him go and re-allocating the resources doesn't seem like the worst decision in the world. A lot has changed in the 16 months since he signed the extension.
Comment by JoshEngleman — August 24, 2012 @ 5:30 pm
That's still somewhat of an overpay at 21/year, just for AGon, assuming he starts at 4.5 and declines as expected, but it is an upgrade in a playoff race and their current 1b production is somewhere between execrable and nonexistent.
Comment by Calvin — August 24, 2012 @ 5:38 pm
I wanted Lyle Overbay, but if the Dodgers get A-gon I would be extremely happy. I'm tired of hearing cheers at Dodger Stadium for craptastic Loney.
Comment by My echo and bunnymen — August 24, 2012 @ 6:00 pm
Beckett seems to be good every other year. He's an odd pitcher. Ha. hahahahahaha. haaaahaha. I'll show myself out
Comment by Alex — August 24, 2012 @ 6:02 pm
Assuming the Beckett claim was so they can work out a deal for AGon, what stops the Red Sox from just nixing the trade and giving them Beckett?
Comment by Brian — August 24, 2012 @ 6:07 pm
I don't understand this either. Maybe Beckett wants some cash to waive his 10-5 rights and the Dodgers would pick that up if Gonzalez were involved? That may sound far-fetched but it's the best I could come up with.
Comment by Ivan Grushenko — August 24, 2012 @ 6:09 pm
A Gonzalez, Crawford, Beckett, and Punto all going to Dodgers!?!?!??!!?!??!?!!!!!
Comment by Table — August 24, 2012 @ 6:11 pm
and you probably thought the angels taking vernon wells was the worst trade in history.
move over reagins, theres a new sheriff in town.
Comment by Sleight of Hand Pro — August 24, 2012 @ 6:17 pm
Dodgers minor leaguers in the trade talks have included Allen Webster, Zach Lee, Rubby De La Rosa, and Jerry Sands, tweets Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.
Comment by Move _____ get out the way — August 24, 2012 @ 6:20 pm
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Comment by jcxy — August 24, 2012 @ 6:29 pm
I'm guessing Loney goes east in any deal like this. If the Dodgers make the playoffs, are these guys eligible to play? I'm not really understanding why this is happening now..
Comment by fergie348 — August 24, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
They would be eligible. Crawford is done for the season either way.
Comment by john — August 24, 2012 @ 6:44 pm
I would think the Red Sox aren't held back by financial reasons as much as almost any other team, so this deal makes little sense to me. I think they have the talent to compete next year if they play their cards right. Getting rid of Beckett who has underperformed this year and is at the center of a lot of the negativity surrounding the Sox is acceptable even for a rich contender. But Gonzalez? Even Crawford who is vastly overpaid is valuable. They better hope there is a HUGE free agent market and that eveyr available player is willing to join the Red Sox because money to spend won't ensure they bring back enough talent.
Comment by Jerry — August 24, 2012 @ 7:25 pm
I was thinking the same thing. There is nothing that says that the Red Sox can't just dump Beckett on LA right now, dust the hands off.
What this suggests is that the Red Sox really wants out of the Crawford deal enough in order to dump three of their largest contracts on LA. That would leave only Lackey's contract as a big albatross on their books long-term. And that could work with LA's poor farm system, as the BoSox pick up some prospects to replace the ones they gave up for AGon in the first place. Ruby and a few position players would replace Kelly and Rizzo's places in their farm system, plus they dump two big contracts in Beckett and Crawford that don't look good right now.
And Crawford probably would be an upgrade on Victorino right now, so we could see The Flying Hawaiian being let go in some way if this trade goes through.
And per this comment, if they can't come to any agreement with LA, just dump Beckett on them, and be done with it.
Comment by obsessivegiantscompulsive — August 24, 2012 @ 7:47 pm
Source: #Dodgers have agreed to send Allen Webster, James Loney, Jerry Sands, Ivan De Jesus, and Rubby De La Rosa to #RedSox. @MLBONFOX
Comment by chri521 — August 24, 2012 @ 7:57 pm
$261 million dollars in payroll. The Dodgers are assuming $261 million in payroll obligations for a pitcher who's forgotten how to pitch, a left fielder who's been worth 0.6 total WAR in the first two years of his mega-contract, and a 1Bman who is likely to have a bounceback, but who's currently got a slugging percentage roughly equal to Derek Jeter's.
From the Red Sox perspective, this is the greatest trade in sports history, even if they get nothing at all back from the Dodgers.
Comment by JimNYC — August 24, 2012 @ 7:57 pm
All players on the 40 man by August 31 are eligible to play in the postseason.
Comment by JimNYC — August 24, 2012 @ 7:59 pm
No mention of significant money changing hands. Incredible.
Comment by NS — August 24, 2012 @ 8:07 pm
Dave–If this deal goes through, perhaps an impromptu chat, a la Vernon Wells?
Comment by Ben Hall — August 24, 2012 @ 8:09 pm
So I'm guessing what really happened is the dodgers and sox were discussing gonzalez and then they decided that including Beckett as a negative value piece would help. But rather then have Beckett clear waivers, which he probably would have, the sox informally agreed not to stick the dodgers with him alone if they claimed so they could include him in the talks.
Or the Dodgers are dumb.
Maybe the Dodgers are just dumb.
Comment by BillWallace — August 24, 2012 @ 8:19 pm
Well, we'll see if Colletti's collection of misfit toys can manage to crawl to the postseason this year. Beyond this year, they're pretty screwed..
Comment by fergie348 — August 24, 2012 @ 8:39 pm
Waiting for tomorrow's article "Someone is even crazier to take James Loney."
Comment by El Guapo — August 24, 2012 @ 8:40 pm
I'd hope so, as this deal is larger, and arguably even more unprecedented. A quarter of a billion dollars in guaranteed contracts shipped out, multiple good prospects in return (De La Rosa AND Webster? Sands' 1.131 OPS in the 2nd half/since his return to his original swing?), a white flag from a perennial contender and the rise of the NYY-Western Edition?
Comment by Sean O'Neill — August 24, 2012 @ 8:41 pm
Crawford is done for the rest of this season and Victorino is a free agent in the off-season, so that won't be an issue.
Comment by Alan — August 24, 2012 @ 8:43 pm
Are they dumb? Gonzalez represents a huge upgrade, they give up two good arms, and take on a lot of cash. But, if they have a glut of cash, wouldn't they be able to have a higher cost associated with each win than other teams? What we don't know is what the ceiling is, how much they can comfortably spend per win. They went over the top in acquiring the team…perhaps they're resetting the bar for what a team is willing to pay for a win. If the goal is winning, the move doesn't detract from the major league team (or gut the farm), and it's just cash when you have a ton….it makes sense.
Comment by fronttoback — August 24, 2012 @ 8:46 pm
the scary thing about this is that Coletti may actually win a WS. Sabean having one was already too much for me to handle.
Comment by Liberace — August 24, 2012 @ 9:02 pm
Clown trade, bro.
Comment by Bh — August 24, 2012 @ 9:19 pm
At least Sabean has a history of decent moves… 03-08 were pathetically bad but he was great before and average afterward…. Coletti is Dayton Moore without the excuse of being in Kansas City.
Comment by Jack — August 24, 2012 @ 11:02 pm
Plus, with all these contracts gone, Lackey's contract isn't so much an albatross anyways…if his struggles last year were due to the elbow problem, and the time off helps him slow down his decline a bit, he might actually be pretty solid…plus he has that extra year at minimum salary tacked on now, so that's a plus.
Comment by Dro — August 25, 2012 @ 1:19 am
The Dodgers are building value for their forthcoming TV negotiations with Fox and other cable operators, or planning on starting their own local TV network like the Yankees did with YES. They need names and a near horizon to max out their broadcast potential. Fox was going to give Frank McCourt $2 billion and the team was sucking. The guys who bought the team are money men with a plan, they know just what they are doing. They are buying relevance.
Comment by maqman — August 25, 2012 @ 10:38 am
Love this perspective.
A win is worth what people will pay for it. People are starting to pay a lot for wins.
Comment by The Foils — August 25, 2012 @ 12:12 pm
Relevance only comes with team success (especially in a market like that of LA!), and it is questionable if their acquisitions would help them make the playoffs this year. And it is certainly no guarantee that these moves will push them over the edge.
Comment by widm — August 26, 2012 @ 12:53 am
I'm pretty sure that's what happened. Crawford and Loney had already gone through waivers. The Sox put Beckett and A-Gon up at the same time, knowing the Dodgers were going to claim both of them. I'm sure this was all agreed to days ago.
Comment by John C — August 26, 2012 @ 1:00 am
Loney is a FA at the end of the season, so the Red Sox are only on the hook for five weeks. Plus, he's actually not a bad hitter away from Dodger Stadium (career OPS of .813).
Comment by John C — August 26, 2012 @ 1:02 am
Ah look, Beckett is still only so-so.
Only question is, does he really just suck since getting the huge contract?
Or is he just taking it easy because he has guaranteed money setup?
Will he suddenly find himself during the last year of his contract?
'Oh hey, I found a mechanical flaw in my delivery.'
No, you stopped eating fried chicken 5 days a week.
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