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Something about icing others drives hitmen to drink.
In 2005's "The Matador," Pierce Brosnan played a paid killer who spent much time in his cups while spiraling into a mental meltdown.
Now comes Ben Kingsley in "You Kill Me." He is Frank, a full-blown alcoholic assassin who's so bombed in Buffalo that he's sent to San Francisco to dry out. Oh, that should help.
Frank at first is contemptuous at the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings he's forced to attend, but it's either that or else. He is befriended by Tom, a gay man (Luke Wilson) who becomes Frank's sponsor and whom screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley treat as a normal human being instead of a stereotype.
Then there's Laurel (Tea Leoni), a smart-mouthed public relations type whom Frank meets through his job at a funeral parlor. (He has no problem with dead people.) Both with serious issues, Frank and Laurel fall for and learn from each other. Just imagine what Frank can teach Laurel about two in the head, not that there's anything wrong with that.
"You Kill Me" is one of those off-beat, independent little comedies that, despite having a "name" cast -- "You Kill Me" also features Bill Pullman, Philip Baker Hall and the always dependable Dennis Farina -- never find their way into Muskegon theaters.
"The Matador" took a long wait and Video Vault for many Chronicle readers to realize that Brosnan has great things ahead of him now that he's left James Bond behind; well, vice versa.
"You Kill Me," which was theatrically released in July, got the same treatment.
Director John Dahl keeps "You Kill Me" moving right along, right through the clashes between a Polish mob for which Frank is the enforcer and its Irish counterparts, led by Farina, bent on putting the Poles out of business and you know what that means. Dahl also directed "Red Rock West" and "The Last Seduction." People who saw those will know what to expect from "You Kill Me."
The film, not surprisingly, belongs to Kingsley. As Frank, Gandhi he's not, any more than he's Don Logan, the menacing psychopath of an anti-Gandhi whom Kingsley immortalized seven years ago in "Sexy Beast."
His Frank is conflicted, but accepting. He shrugs at what life throws him. He just wants to get his illness under control so he can get back to work. Frank enjoys what he does, and he's good at what he does, when he's sober. Otherwise he's conking out when he should be drawing a bead and, when he is succumbing to the temptations of an Irish wake, crashing vans into trash bins and passing out, face down, in pouring rain.
At an AA meeting, Frank confesses not only his failings and hurts, but also his occupation. Although this leaves his fellow addicts open-mouthed and silent, they don't judge him. They understand what Frank is going through because they're all in the same boat.
Some people over imbibe. Some murder. That's how it goes.


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BOSTON – What you see is what you get with Yoenis Cespedes.
The Boston Red Sox acquired him on July 31 knowing exactly what they were getting after Cespedes spent 2 ½ years with the Oakland A's. They were willing to accept his free-swinging ways that come with his power; he's one of just 25 major leaguers to hit at least 69 home runs since the beginning of 2012.
Cespedes has 11 strikeouts and one walk to go with three home runs over his first 15 games with the Red Sox.
With his aggressive approach at the plate "will come some quick outs, but at the same time the ability to impact the baseball is a result of the aggressiveness as well," manager John Farrell said. "He hasn't become more aggressive since coming over here. This is the player that we were well aware of and we pursued heavily. Fully accepting of the style of player he is."
Cespedes won't swing at everything, but he comes about as close as any major leaguer has to doing so. As of Wednesday, Cespedes was swinging at 38 percent of the pitches he's seen outside of the strike zone, fifth-highest in the American League, according to fangraphs.com. But because of his incredible hand-eye coordination, he still makes contact 82 percent of the time, which is above league-average.
And since he's already proved himself as an All-Star, with a career .782 OPS, the 28-year-old is clearly doing something right. The Red Sox coaches are there to help, but have no intentions of making Cespedes change his natural swing.
"When you're in the big leagues, it's not like they go to you and say, 'You have to do this,'" said Mike Napoli, another power hitter with a high strikeout rate. "It might be like, 'Hey, you're not hitting to your front side, you ever try this?' Changing your swing, that's more like minor league stuff."
Napoli came to Boston last year and was eager to listen to what the Red Sox coaches had to say, but he'd spent his entire life developing his swing and his approach. He doesn't swing early in counts, takes a lot of pitches and strikes out a lot, but he's still hit at least 20 homers every year since 2008.
The only change he's made since coming to the Red Sox was developing more disciplined with two strikes. The results have been noticeable – he's swinging less often and he's lowered his strikeout rate from 32 percent in 2013 to 26 percent in 2014.
Napoli believes most major leaguers have to change on their own; a new team or new coaching staff will only go so far.
"They didn't come at me with that," he said. "That was something I wanted to do a better job of, striking out less and putting the ball in play more with two strikes. That was me."
Cesepedes' breakout during his rookie campaign with the A's surprised many across baseball. He signed for just a four-year, $36 million deal – in comparison, Jose Abreu signed for six years, $68 million with the White Sox last off-season – and wasn't expected to be an instant MVP candidate.
Then he hit .292 with an .861 OPS and 23 home runs his rookie year with the A's, finishing 10th in American League MVP voting.
This is who Cespedes is, and the Red Sox are happy to have him.
"I think he's surprised everyone in the industry probably with just how quickly he made the transition to the big leagues when he signed initially," Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said. "And we've had more examples of high profile Cuban players come out since then, so maybe we're more informed now on what that transition is like. At the time I think there was an expectation of transition time and yet there really wasn't.
"So he's performed, and we've only had him for a little while but if you look at him over the three years he's been in Oakland, he's performed pretty close to what we thought his ceiling would be. It just happened quicker than probably anyone would've expected. We're obviously glad he's here. We're getting to know him still. He's getting comfortable here. We think he can make a big impact for us going into next year."
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EASTHAMPTON – Police continue to search for a suspect who allegedly broke into a Summer Street home last week and ordered his dog to attack a resident in an effort to find the location of some 2-3 ounces of medical marijuana.
The victim, seriously injured in the attack, was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for treatment of bites to his arm, shoulder and side. He has since been released and is recuperating at home, Police Chief Bruce McMahon said.
"There was quite a bit of blood loss," McMahon said of the May 6 attack. "He had some serious wounds."
McMahon said it is rare, but not unheard for a dog to be used as a weapon. "I have seen things like this in the past but it was a while ago," McMahon said.
The victim, who is in his late 40s, told police he had been in the shower at about 2 p.m. when he heard somebody inside his home. The suspect, a black male, encountered the victim and demanded that he hand over his marijuana.
The victim denied having any and an argument ensued, McMahon said, adding that the suspect then ordered his dog to attack. The suspect also hit the victim with a crowbar during the attack, he said.
The badly-injured victim then disclosed the location of the marijuana and the suspect took it and left the scene with the dog, described by the victim as a brindle-colored pit bull.
The victim did not know the suspect, McMahon said. Citing the ongoing investigation, McMahon declined to say how the suspect may have learned that medical marijuana was at that address.
"We have some ideas that we really don't want to disclose," McMahon said. "We are following up with a couple of leads that we think are going to work."
The victim had a prescription for the marijuana, McMahon said.


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With the Seattle Seahawks dominating the Denver Broncos and the commercials a mixed bag so far, the pressure was on for Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to give viewers at home something to get excited about. (Joe Namath's coat notwithstanding)
Did they deliver?
Here's a sampling of what Tweeps across Northeast Ohio had to say about the, ahem, Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show.
What did you think of Bruno Mars' halftime show? Where does it rank among Super Bowl halftime shows of the past? Post in the comments section.


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|[TowerTalk] Quick cable question on LMR 400
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I am still fixing up hurricane damage to my station. On getting my 20 meter Yagi at 150 feet down to ground level I found that the jumper coax made of about 25 feet of LMR 400 Ultra-Flex had the jacket shredded off it by some ropes banging against it...coax ruined. The Yagi is part of a stack system with four identical runs of coax. The other three antennas have identical jumpers using LMR 400 Ultra. The coax will not be used in a situation where there is much flex and since I have a roll of regular Times LMR 400 and NO Ultra Flex, I want to use the regular to replace the Ultra Flex. I want to get this antenna back up and the top Yagi at 200 down and repaired by WW...no time for ordering Flex stuff. According to the specs, the dielectric constant for both is the same. Therefore, all members of the stack will stay in symmetry. Am I correct in assuming that the Times Ultra Flex and the regular Times LMR 400 behave the same electrically and can be interchanged? Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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The Nets become the first pro sports team to inhabit Brooklyn since the Dodgers, who departed for Los Angeles 55 years ago.
The team played its final game in New Jersey last week, after 35 years in the Garden State.
It's a return of sorts to the Big Apple of sorts for the organization, whose roots can be traced to the old ABA New York Nets of Dr. J vintage.
The Nets sold Julius Erving to the Philadelphia 76ers in the fall of 1976, just ahead of the NBA-ABA merger.
The Nets -- except for that two-year blip with Jason Kidd leading them to consecutive finals in the middle part of the last decade -- haven't been the same since.
You want throwback with your logos, you got it. Looks like something out of the '40s.
Nets' officials give their reasoning behind the simple, plain logo, apparently designed by part-owner and rap mogul Jay-Z, in a story by the New York Daily News here.
All the marketing and flash in the world won't mean much in the long run if the reborn Nets don't improve upon this.
You have to scroll two-thirds the way down the list to find the Nets, which tells you everything you need to know.
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Multiple discriminant analysis (MDA) is also termed Discriminant Factor Analysis and Canonical Discriminant Analysis. It adopts a perspective similar to Principal Components Analysis, but PCA and MDA are mathematically different in what they are maximizing. MDA maximizes the difference between values of the dependent, whereas PCA maximizes the variance in all the variables accounted for by the factor.
Geometrically, the rows of the data matrix can be considered as points in a multidimensional space, as also the group mean vectors. Discriminating axes are determined in this space, in such a way that optimal separation of the predefined groups is attained. The first discriminant function maximizes the differences between the values of the dependent variable. The second function is orthogonal to it (uncorrelated with it) and maximizes the differences between values of the dependent variable, controlling for the first factor. And so on. Though mathematically different, each discriminant function is a dimension, which differentiates a case into categories of the dependent variable based on its values on the independent variables. The first function will be the most powerful differentiating dimension, but later functions may also represent additional significant dimensions of differentiation
As in the case of Principal Components Analysis, mathematically the problem is eigenreduction of a real, symmetric matrix. The eigenvalues represent the discriminating power of the associated eigenvectors. The g groups lie in a space of at most g –1 dimensions. This will be the number of discriminant axes or factors that can be obtained in a common practical situation, when n > m > g (where n is the number of rows, and m the number of columns of the input data matrix). There is one eigenvalue for each discriminant function. The ratio of the eigenvalues indicates the relative discriminating power of the discriminant functions. For example, if the ratio of two eigenvalues is 1.6, then the first discriminant function explains 60% more between-group variance in the dependent categories than does the second discriminant function.
The relative percentage of a discriminant function equals a function's eigenvalue divided by the sum of all eigenvalues of all discriminant functions in the model. Thus it is the percent of discriminating power for the model associated with a given discriminant function. Relative % is used to decide how many functions are important. Usually, the first two or three eigenvalues are important.
The procedure for discrimination of three or more groups uses not only the total covariance matrix, but also the between groups covariance matrix. The criterion for selecting the next variable is the trace of a product of these two matrices (generalization of Mahalanobis distance for two groups). After selecting the new variable to be entered, discriminant factor analysis is performed and Discran provides the overall discriminant power and the discriminant power of the first three factors. Cases are classified according to their distances from the centroids of the groups. In each step, the program calculates and prints the classification table and the percentage of correctly classified cases for both the basic and test samples.
The distance of a case x from the centers of the group g in the step q is defined as the linear function
where Tq, is the total covariance matrix (calculated for the cases from all groups) for the variables included in step q, with the elements
A case is assigned to the group for which has the smallest value (the smallest distance).
The classification table and the percentage of cases correctly classified are derived in the same way as for discrimination between two groups.
The procedure for discrimination of three or more groups uses the total covariance matrix as well as the between group covariance matrix. The criterion for variable selection is the trace of the product of these two covariance matrices (generalization of Mahalanobis' distance for two groups). After selecting the new variable to be entered, discriminant factor analysis is performed and the program provides the overall discriminant power and the discriminant power of the first three factors. Cases are classified according to their distances from the centres of Groups.
At each step, the program calculates and prints the classification table and the percentages of cases correctly classified.
The variable selected in the step q is the one which maximizes the value of the trace of the matrix , where Tq is the total covariance matrix used in step q and Bq is the matrix of covariances between groups, with the elements
The following part of analysis is performed in one of the three following circumstances:
The distances from each group are calculated using the variables retained in the step. The assignment of cases to the groups is done according to the above criterion.
The matrix is analyzed. The first two eigenvectors corresponding to the two highest eigenvalues of this matrix are the two discriminant factorial axes. The discriminant power of the factors is measured by the corresponding eigenvalues. Since the program provides the discriminant power for only the first three factors, the sum of eigenvalues allows the estimation of the level of remaining eigenvalues, i.e. those which are not printed.
For a case, the value of discriminant factor is calculated as the scalar product of the cases vector containing variables retained in the step by the eigenvector corresponding to the factor. Note that these values are not printed, but they are used in a graphical representation of cases in the space of the first two factors.
For a group mean, the value of discriminant factor is calculated in the same way replacing the case vector by the group mean vector.
The distances from each group are calculated in the same way, and assignment of cases to the groups is done following the same rules as for the basic sample.
The distances from each group are calculated in the same way and assignment of cases to the groups is done following the same rules as for the basic sample.


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mom5booklover -- you might check out the GoKaleo blog. She is basically primal/vegan. It's interesting. She does protein powder (not my fav, but you do it anyway, so. :D) and you can continue with eggs as well. It might help you get a sense of what she does, see if it might work for you.
same for you fastjane -- see if some of those ideas would work for your daughter (though protein powder makes me gag. LOL so who knows if she'll be ok with tasting it).


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Dual-Range Meter reads both lux and foot-candles on a large 1/2-inch-high display. An analog output of 0.1 millivolt per digit allows readings to be captured by a recorder. Precision selenium photovoltaic cells and microprocessor provide for a fast-response sampling rate of 0.4 seconds and an automatic zero adjustment. Display update rate may be set to 1 or 2 seconds.
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Defenders Day - The Star-Spangled Banner Weekend
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, September 11, 12 & 13
Join us for Fort McHenry's flagship event! This three-day encampment and extravaganza is celebrated with over 100 War of 1812 reenactors, parades, military bands, fireworks, a symbolic ship-to-shore bombardment and much more!
The Star-Spangled Banner Weekend honors Defenders' Day, Baltimore's oldest holiday commemorating the bombardment of Fort McHenry and the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner!" Events begin with a Friday evening ceremonial procession of War of 1812 "soldiers" from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House to the Inner Harbor, followed by a ceremony at the amphitheater. After the ceremony the reenactors will board sailing boats and return with the 30'x42' replica flag to Fort McHenry. Saturday and Sunday, activities include children's programs, historic boats, military encampments/demonstrations and a "privateer's auction" of "captured goods." Saturday evening's program, beginning at 6 p.m., features a concert, a musket firing tactical demonstration with volunteer reenactors from all over the country (narrated), a symbolic ship-to-shore bombardment and evening fireworks show.
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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
"Flags to the Fort! Ceremony" – Join the 1814 defenders of Baltimore as they march with the "Star-Spangled Banner" from the National War of 1812 Museum & Star Spangled Banner Flag House to the Inner Harbor. The march begins at 5:50 p.m.
The highlight of the Friday program is a grand ceremony in Baltimore's Inner Harbor at the amphitheater at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony involves a fife and drum concert, short talk on the importance of Defenders' Day and flag presentation. The ceremony concludes as the reenactors cast off and depart the Inner Harbor on historic sailing boats. Join them as they land at Tide Point and continue the parade up Hull Street to Fort Avenue and back to Fort McHenry.
9:00 a.m. Roll calls, inspections in camps.
10:00 a.m. Dress parade in fort, 30'X42' flag is raised.
10:30 -11:30 a.m. Defend the Battery! Ongoing cannon-firing demonstrations at the
12:00 noon "Lest We Forget" Join the Society of the War of 1812 as they lay a wreath in remembrance of the heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend the city in 1814.
12:20 p.m. "The Burning of Washington and Birth of the Anthem" – Join noted author and journalist Anthony Pitch as he relates the exciting events that led to the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner." (Armistead Plaza)
12:45 p.m. "What stirring Music!" - Fife & Drum concert in the fort.
2:00 p.m. "The Sounds of Battle!" See how land battles were fought in the War of 1812. Come and watch reenactors fire cannons and muskets and simulate battle tactics
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Defend the Battery! Ongoing cannon and musket firing demonstrations at the Water Battery
4:00 p.m. "What stirring Music!" - Fife & Drum concert in the fort – half-hour program
4:00 p.m. Troops eat dinner
Join us at 6:00 p.m. for the highlight of the weekend! The grand evening program!
Celebrate Baltimore's oldest holiday in grand style as we commemorate the 195th anniversary of the successful defense of the city from British attack and the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," our national anthem. This memorable program is free! Visitors are invited to bring coolers and lawn chairs to watch the spectacular celebration. The "big show" includes:
* Speeches by famous personalities – including Governor Martin O'Malley
* Musket and Cannon firing tactical demonstration by War of 1812 reenactors
* Concert by the Chesapeake Concert Band
* Symbolic Ship-to-Shore Bombardment – watch the cannons of the fort fire down the river as pyrotechnic "bombs" explode over the fort
* Huge 30-minute Firework Show by Zambelli!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
10:30 a.m. Flag raising and dress parade in the star fort.
10:40 a.m. – noon Defend the Battery! - ongoing cannon and musket-firing demonstrations at the Water Battery
11:30 a.m. "The Burning of Washington and Birth of the Anthem" – Join noted author and journalist Anthony Pitch as he relates the exciting events that led to the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
2:30 p.m. Military review in the fort and lowering of the 30'X42' flag.
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Despite all the gains we've made in Washington toward patent reform, the legal threat posed by patent trolls isn't going away. Trolls are still on the prowl, perhaps more so than ever before.
The patent troll model relies on small businesses and individuals not being able to afford going through a multi-million dollar lawsuit—nor, in many cases, being able to afford legal representation at all.
Because we've been a loud voice in the patent troll fight, we constantly get requests for help from those who have received their first demand letter or troll lawsuit. A handful of these come from the various demand letters that are submitted to Trolling Effects. We want to help, but as an organization we can only take certain cases.
The number of pleas for help are increasing, but we lack the resources to take on these cases ourselves. If you're a patent attorney itching to get into a patent troll fight or even take on a patent case pro bono, we need your help. So far, hundreds of attorneys have offered their services via our Cooperating Attorneys mailing list, yet only a few of them are patent lawyers.
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After a tournament of upsets, we have the final that everyone wanted—on Monday evening (yes, Monday, go ahead and get your work excuses ready), No. 1 Novak Djokovic will meet No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open final for the third time in the last four years.
It's slated to be another chapter in what has become the best rivalry in men's tennis.
This will be their 37th meeting and their fourth in 2013. Nadal leads the head-to-head 21-15 and has won two out of three of their matches this year, including their epic five-setter in the semifinals of the French Open.
They've met so often in their careers and had so many battles that even Nadal is starting to get sick of it, as he joked in his post-semifinal press conference.
Nadal on how much he enjoys playing Djokovic:"I prefer to play against another one...We have to be honest, we don't have to be stupid,no?"— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) September 8, 2013
The stakes are always high when these two meet, but there seems to be more than usual riding on Monday's meeting.
Despite the fact that Djokovic has six Grand Slams and Nadal has 12, and they've both had success on hard courts in their career, both have only won the U.S. Open once.
Additionally, they both have only one major this year—not extraordinary by their own lofty standards—and both will be trying to steal the edge in the player of the year debate. Djokovic will still be No. 1 after this tournament no matter what, but Nadal has a significant lead in the year-to-date rankings.
Tennis fans have always known that Nadal and Djokovic bring out the best in one another, but their three meetings this year have somehow elevated their already-heated rivalry to higher levels.
They first met in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters event on clay in April, and Djokovic shocked the world by taking out an on-fire Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (1) to stop Nadal's unthinkable run of eight straight Monte Carlo titles.
But it didn't take Nadal long to get revenge. The two squared off next in the semifinals of the French Open. Djokovic was up a break in the fifth set, but Nadal came back to win the match 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7(3), 9-7 in a contest that many consider to be the best of the year. The loss ended Djokovic's opportunity at a career Grand Slam (meaning at least one title at all four majors).
Then the two took their rivalry to hard courts when they faced off in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup Masters in Montreal. That time, their meeting went to a dramatic third-set tiebreaker, which Nadal ended up taking 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2).
And now, a month later, the two best players in the world meet again. This time, it's for all the marbles.
Both have had somewhat straightforward paths to get here. In fact, they've both spent almost an identical amount of time on the court leading up to Monday's final.
Rafael Nadal has spent 12 hours 59 minutes on court, to Novak Djokovic's 12 hours 55 minutes. #USOpen— Rafael Nadal Fans (@RafaelNadalFC) September 7, 2013
Djokovic, however, had the much tougher semifinal. The world No. 1 was pushed to five sets by an inspired Stanislas Wawrinka on Saturday afternoon, but he finally found a way to come through 2-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, despite the fact that he didn't play his best tennis.
This is Djokovic's fourth consecutive U.S. Open final, and the Serb will surely be motivated to improve upon his 1-3 record in those finals. To do so, he's going to have to get past the biggest test in tennis, Rafael Nadal.
"Well, it's always the biggest challenge that you can have in our sport now," Djokovic told reporters (per USOpen.com) after his semifinal. "I mean, he's the ultimate competitor out there. He's fighting for every ball and he's playing probably the best tennis that he ever played on hard courts."
Nadal, meanwhile, only needed three sets to dismiss the huge underdog Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6, 6-2. The Spaniard seems to be playing the best tennis of his career on hard courts, which is a scary thought considering he already has two Slams on what was formerly his worst surface.
The world No. 2 is actually undefeated on hard courts this year, having won 21 straight matches and three titles in 2013.
So while Djokovic leads the head-to-head over Nadal 11-6 on hard courts, this final is definitely up for grabs.
One thing is certain, though: Don't make any Monday evening plans. We're likely in for another long, epic chapter in the most entertaining matchup in tennis.


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Warning: this story contains graphic content, not suitable for all readers. I'm having a hard time writing it.
First off, let me say that I like to be active. (One has to be, when she's a stay-at-home mom with small children.) We go on bike rides, play on playgrounds, and other typical activities. We also like to do sports, but volleyball is the sport we are most involved in. That's how my husband Brian and I met. We both play in a variety of tournaments and leagues and have both coached. I've been playing competitively since I was twelve. I've had my share of ankle sprains and have even broken a bone, but nothing too serious. After all, I've been told, volleyball is a very easy sport, why even bother being in shape? If you ever see me, please do not repeat that. I've heard it way too many times, and if you believe that, then you must be one who's never played it seriously, only in the backyard for family picnics.
Anyway, I was recently playing in a tournament in Akron, Ohio on my new USAV women's Level A team. I was having a great day. We were in first place and playing our last match in pool play. Things were going well. We were well on our way to another victory when it happened. The setter set me the ball and I jumped up to hit it. In the process of landing, I somehow landed squarely on my left foot, twisting my knee in an awkward manner. I felt it and heard it. Twist! Pop! Pop! On the way to the ground, I saw my knee bend to the left (those of you anatomy buffs out there know that the knee was designed to only bend back and forth, not sideways). Upon hitting the floor, I foolishly looked at my knee, a sight I fear I will never forget. Big mistake. I saw my knee with a large dent where the knee cap is supposed to be and a strange looking boney lump poking awkwardly up. My husband, who thankfully was there watching us play, was at my side in seconds, telling me that I was going to be fine. I knew better. I'd seen it already. People from all over the two-court gym came rushing over, only to even more quickly run the other direction in horror, covering their mouths. I was grotesque.
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Upon request, Warren County Christian School volleyball coach, and still a talented recreational player herself, Casey Ferry penned a column about her tale of a dislocated kneecap while relegated to anywhere but a volleyball court.
Times Observer photo by Brian Ferry
Casey Ferry, of North Warren, is head volleyball coach at the New Penn Christian Conference's Warren County Christian School, her alma mater. She is the wife of Times Observer News Writer Brian Ferry. Here is a pre-injury picture of her playing volleyball. She will be back.
An ambulance was called (do they always take that long to get there?). When the paramedics finally arrived, I was still in the fetal position in the middle of court 2. They took my vitals, braced it as best they could without moving it too much, ignored my repeated request for narcotics, and hoisted me onto a gurney (not the most pleasant two foot journey I've made). As I rode my way out of the gym, I heard something. I was a celebrity. Just like when a pro football player gets carted off the field, I got a round of applause while the world watched, not saying anything. Wow, I thought, enjoy this moment because it's not going to be a fun evening.
My first trip in an ambulance. What can I say? I couldn't tell you what it looked like on the inside. I was too busy gripping the handle of my gurney trying to brace myself for the pot hole-filled roads and sharp bends, all of which I felt intensely.
Before even reaching the hospital door, I was greeted with a familiar pat on the shoulder from Brian, my rock through all of this. He was there through it all, even when I'm sure he'd rather not have been.
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I waited in the emergency "room" (AKA curtained-off area) for what seemed like forever. (On a side note, I'd like to thank whoever that was who bumped into my bed while walking by on the other side of my curtain. It felt great.) I kept repeating to my husband "the plan"- they can knock me out and do whatever they have to do to fix it. Whatever it was, I did not want to witness it. "Tell them, Brian. Tell them it's a good idea!" They took a couple x-rays. Finally, the doctor came. (Do they know what "emergency" rooms are for? I mean, it's not like I could relax comfortably, while reading the latest People.) The diagnosis was quickly made - patellar dislocation, or dislocated knee cap.
My knee cap had moved to the outside of my leg, instead of the front where it belongs.
I think anyone in the gym could have made that diagnosis by looking at it. He touched it a few times and then, as I was told later, tried to straighten out my leg to pop it back into place. It felt to me as if he had been stabbing me with a blade of fire. I yelled, but he must not have heard me because he continued trying to rip my leg off, or so it felt. He did eventually stop and sigh.
In his 30 years, he said, they almost always just go back in. It was one of the worst he'd seen. (Thanks, just what you want to hear.)
He then did one of the best things anyone did that day- ordered me some dilaudid , a strong painkiller. (Why didn't they listen to me before? I'd asked for it long ago.) They put in an IV and injected it. Soon I was happily dizzy and only in moderate pain. Unfortunately, it did not erase the picture I had etched in my brain of what my knee looked like and what they were going to do to it.
Then it happened fairly quickly. The doctor took a hold of my foot and pulled. I bit a washcloth and yelled. Pop! What a joyous yet utterly disgusting noise! It was then that the nurse realized that poor Brian was still there, watching the entire gory procedure. She apologized, saying that he shouldn't have had to see that. Of course, even if he had left my not-so-private curtained off area, he certainly would have heard it. A police officer wandered over, and said with a grimace, "I heard that from over there." But I didn't care. My leg looked human again and I was happily in a drug-induced stupor.
They gave me an immobilizing brace, a pair of crutches, a prescription, and an excuse to get out of work. (The latter of which does me no good. My kids can't read that well yet, and I doubt they'd accept it if they could.)
After all that, thank you, teammates, spectators, paramedics, nurses, doctors, and Brian. You were all there for me when I needed you. Even if things didn't all go according to "the plan," I know you did what you thought was best.
I'm still awaiting word on if there is any more damage. So if you see me gritting my teeth and hobbling my way through town, with two kids in tow, remember volleyball can be dangerous, but it's also the most fun of any sport. (When can I take this thing off my leg and play again?)


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Competitive exams are somewhat different from our regular academic exams and so, they need different type of preparation. Most of the competitive exams are based on the topics like General knowledge, aptitude test, reasoning questions, etc. This article gives a step by step procedure of how to prepare for a competitive exam.
1. Prepare a study plan. Before you begin preparing for the examination, you should prepare a plan. First, collect all the details of the exam including syllabus details, schedule and other details. Construct a plan such that you can cover the whole syllabus at least a month before the examination. Leave the last month for revision and fake tests for knowing how much you will score in main exam.
2. Find the resources. In the next step, you can collect the material for your studies. Either you can purchase books or you can download e-books from the internet for your examination. You can also gather study material or guides from local coaching institute.
3. Start from the basics. Competitive exams usually consist very fundamental and basic questions of mathematics. If you are not good in that, you should start working on your elementary maths with the help of 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th class maths text books.
4. Stay updated. You should be updated in current affairs like, at the national, as well as international level. Regularly read newspapers, magazines and general knowledge books. Many competitive exams include a paper of general awareness.
5. Set your goals and fulfill them. Make short term goals for your study plan and try to accomplish it within the given frame of time. Try to complete the syllabus before the time.


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As usual I have my huge link mega-rama for VMworld this year with just about every useful link about VMworld that is available all nicely categorized. It will be continually growing as new links from bloggers and other sources are published so be and sure and check back often. Click the button on the top right in the sidebar to get to them or go click on this link.
Monthly Archive: August 2010
Aug 26 2010
VMworld 2010 – The Links
Aug 26 2010
My new book Maximum vSphere is out!
My new book Maximum vSphere has been released and will be shipping Monday, the VMworld book store will also have 100's of copies if you want to pick it up there. Simon Seagrave from Techhead wrote two chapters in the book and John Troyer from VMware wrote my foreword again. One of the brightest guys I know, Ken Cline was one of the tech editors of the book and offered lots of great advice throughout the book. Vaughn Stewart & Greg Schulz tech reviewed my chapter on Storage as well. Both Simon & I are doing a book signing at the VMworld book store on Wednesday at 10:15am so come on out, say hi and if you have a copy of my book we'll sign it for you. It's also available as an eBook on all the major formats including Safari Online, Kindle and Nook.
Aug 26 2010
What I'm doing at VMworld
Here's what I'll be doing at VMworld this year:
I hit the road Friday at noon, I'm half driving/half flying to VMworld this year. The epic 2-day 2,000 mile journey last year was too much, driving to Phoenix from Denver, CO wasn't too bad but from Phoenix to San Fran was long & boring, nothing but smoke, deserts, orchards, traffic and wind farms. I'm driving to Albuquerque Friday with my two little ones, Sophia – 6, Logan – 8, and spending the night there.
Leave Albuquerque early in the morning and arrive in Scottsdale, AZ in the afternoon at my mom's house. Then off to my brother's house for a get together with my family.
I fly out of Phoenix and land in San Fran at noon. From there it's off to the Marriott Marquis to check-in, next probably over to the Moscone to pick up my badge and then meeting some good friends (Jason Boche, David Davis, Mike Foley, Edward Haletky) at the bar at the top of the Marriott around 3:00pm. After that it will be off to the WUPaaS party at the Thirsty Bear and then I'll probably stop by the Vizioncore party afterwards. After that I'll probably end up at the Marriott lobby bar like everyone else and hang out and talk.
I'm speaking along with Simon Seagrave and Simon Gallagher at Noon in Moscone West Room 2007 for our session on Building an Affordable vSphere lab (V18328), this should be a great session so come by and check it out. Right after it finishes I'm speaking in the same room at 1:30 for my Deep Dive on Virtualization session (V18268), stay for that one also, lots of good technical info. After that I'm going to see SE8378 on PCI Security in Virtual Deployments where Charu Chaubal (VMware ESXi product manager & security guru) is speaking. At 4:00pm it's off to the Solutions Exchange for the Welcome Reception which goes until 7:00pm, they have food, drink and lots of vendors to visit. I'll probably be hanging out in the blogger lounge a bit also. Afterwards is the official VMworld tweet-up which I helped organize at the B Bar & Restaurant from 9:00pm – 11:00pm, due to capacity limits you had to RSVP and we're all at the limit of 200 people. Once that is over a bunch of us are going to the Occidental Cigar club to smoke vStogies.
The big keynote from Paul & Stephen is in the morning, afterwards I have judging duties for the Best of VMworld awards, I have the Security category again this year and also will be helping Edward Haletky with the Data Protection category. In between that I hope to see Scott Drummonds EA7726 session on VMs outperforming physical machines and Chris Wolf's TA8188 session on the Competitive Hypervisor shootout. At 4:00pm we have a judging results meeting and afterwards a Tech Target party and also stop by the Hytrust party. I'll also be going to the Veeam party at the Thirsty Bear from 8:00pm – midnight.
The repeat of my V18268 Deep Dive on Virtualization session is bright and early at 9:00am in Moscone West Room 2007 again. Afterwards I have a book signing in the VMworld book store from 10:15 – 10:45 with Simon Seagrave, so pick up a copy of my new book Maximum vSphere and get it signed by us. Next I have various other session I'm going to try and see during the afternoon until the exclusive vExpert party at 5:30pm with Stephen Herrod and an all star cast. Following that its the official VMworld party with INXS playing that should be a lot of fun
Going to record a vChat episode early in the morning and then spend some time in the Solutions Exchange before heading out to the airport around noon and back to Phoenix to pick up the kids and do sthe long drive back to Denver.
Well I better get packing, I hope to meet many of you at VMworld!
Aug 25 2010
I felt a great disturbance in the force, nah its just VMworld…
If Obi Wan Ken Obi were around he would feel a great disturbance in the force as a large portion of the virtualization talent in the world converges on San Francisco next week for VMworld 2010. This promises to be one of the biggest and best years yet with an estimated 15,000 people attending, lots of great announcements, 9 tracks with 300+ sessions and 20 super sessions. If that ain't enough there are hundreds of vendors showing off their wares, dozens of great labs to attend and enough parties to keep you entertained from dusk to dawn. This is my 3rd VMworld and I wanted to offer some advice, observations and information that you might find helpful:
- The sessions, so many to choose from, so little time, you'll be lucky if you can attend more than a dozen of them. They're just so much other stuff to do there its hard to find time to go to sessions. I recommend you pick a few that you really want to see and don't sweat it if you miss some, remember they're all recorded and you have plenty of time to see them after VMworld. I usually choose based on certain people that I want to hear speak and meet after the session. After all you can always hear the session later but you can't meet the speaker after VMworld is over. This year their is no mandatory registration for sessions, anyone can show up and its first come first serve until the room is filled.
- The labs, always pretty hectic to get into them but this year they made them bigger and better. Gone are the instructor-led labs and they are are now all self-paced. They are also ran from servers in a big cloud somewhere instead of being on-site which should be better because they have much more time to setup and test everything before the event instead of trying to rapidly put it all together at Moscone.
- The parties, there are no shortage of them and trying to pick and choose which ones you want to attend can be even more challenging than picking sessions to see. There is a pretty comprehensive list of them here. Sunday is the big warm-up party at the Thirsty Bear, you have to register to get in (its already closed) but if you try going later (after 8:00pm) they may have some room for anyone to go in. Monday is the opening Welcome Reception in the Solutions Exchange, food, beer & vendors, a good way to start the evening. Afterwards we are having the official VMworld tweetup from 9:00pm – 11:00pm, space is limited so RSVP if you want to attend, this should be a real fun event. Finally on Monday evening if you are into stogies, a group of us are going to smoke them after 11:00pm at a local cigar bar, RSVP here. You can't smoke anywhere in San Fran so if you like cigars come along. Tuesday seems to be the day every vendor throws a party, so pick the ones you want to go to and hop between them. Personally I'm going to try and make it to 3-4 of them including the Veeam party which is always great. Contact your vendors if you don't have invites and they should be able to get you one. Wednesday is the big official VMworld party with INXS playing this year, don't look all over the place outside in the Yerba Buena gardens as the band doesn't play there, they play indoors in the same area as the keynotes are held.
- The networking, that's what VMworld is all about, don't be a hermit and don't be afraid to talk to people. People like Mike Laverick, Jason Boche, Scott Lowe and Duncan Epping aren't surrounded by security guards and are down to earth guys who will talk to anyone. So go say high, introduce yourself and have a conversation, you'll be very glad you did so afterwards. Don't know where to find people? Well parties are a good place to start, everyone seems to gravitate there. Do yourself a favor and get on twitter if you're not already and you'll know in real time whats going on. You can see a full list of people tweeting and blogging here and see real time feeds of tweets here, the official VMworld hashtag is #vmworld.
- Plan your trip appropriately, you're going to be on your feet a lot at VMworld, you better have comfortable shoes or you're going to have real sore feet. Pack light if you can, you might want to being an extra bag, there are lots of prize giveaways and free swag all over the place so I can almost guarantee you're going to go home with more than you came with. If you're going to walk around with a back pack don't stuff it too much, its going to get awfully heavy after wearing it a few hours. I travel light and don't want a full laptop to lug around, I bring a netbook, iPad and iPhone and choose the one I want to carry for what I need to do at the time. Don't forget power, especially for your iPhone, I carry 3 battery packs so I can charge it as needed without an outlet. Wi-fi coverage at Moscone is so-so and 3G in San Fran is always bad and will probably be even worse at VMworld due to an additional 5,000 or so iPhones/iPads all fighting for service.
- Set your priorities and expectations ahead of time, VMworld has plenty to offer and you'll get as much out of it as you put into it. Sessions are at the bottom of the priority list for me, things like networking and going through the Solutions Exchange are at the top. If you make a schedule it will be challenging to keep it as there are plenty of distractions at VMworld. Be realistic and don't try and cram your schedule so full that you stress yourself out and are rushing to get to everything. Relax, enjoy yourself and have fun.
- VMware makes a point to show off their talent at VMworld, this means those geeky developers that are normally locked up all day making the next version of vSphere are there and usually available to talk to. What better person to ask your HA question than someone who actually developed the feature. VMware has lots of other smart people there so be sure and check out the VMware booths in the Solutions Exchange to meet them. Also new this year are knowledge experts that you can schedule one-on-one facetime with. It's not just VMware that has their smartest and brightest at the show though, most of the vendors do also so go by your favorite vendors and talk them up and get your questions answered.
- The Solutions Exchange is like a Super Walmart, everything you can possibly need for VMware products all under one roof, take your time, stroll around and I guarantee you'll see many cool products that you probably never knew existed. VMware has an incredibly rich ecosystem of vendors that can help solve your pain points and enhance your environment. Do make a point of spending plenty of time there, besides learning a lot you'll leave with pockets stuffed with vendor swag.
- If this is your first time at VMworld or San Fran it can be a bit intimidating, especially when it comes to finding your way around. If you get there on Sunday try and pick up your badge then rather than fight the crowds on Monday. Walking around and trying to get your bearings can help, be sure and use the maps of the Moscone that are published on VMworld.com and in the docs you are given when you check in to see where everything is. If you need information don't hesitate to ask someone, or even better trying tweeting it and you might get a quick answer. The more social you can be at VMworld especially if its your first time will really help you out as us virtualization folks are a friendly lot that don't bite and are glad to help out a vComrade.
- See San Francisco if you can, there is lots to see in the city, know how to get around ahead of time, BART and the public transportation are great for this. Go see the sea lions at Pier 39 (watch out for the Bush Man), take a boat trip to Alcatraz, see the Muir Woods, Golden Gate or go climb Coit Tower. I have a big list of things to do in San Francisco here.
- Know where to go after the action is over, once VMworld closes each day there are plenty of parties, after the parties are over many gather at popular spots. One such spot is the lobby bar of the Marriott Marquis hotel which is 2 blocks from the Moscone. I had many great late night conversations with others there each night after all the parties ended.
VMworld is four short days and will fly by before you know it, so be sure and make the most of it and soak up the incredible amount of knowledge that will be available both formally through labs and sessions and informally through talking to others. Enjoy the show and I hope to meet many of you there.
Aug 24 2010
Vizioncore vRanger Pro 4.5 backup and recovery tutorial
Vizioncore Inc. (acquired by Quest Software Inc.) recently released version 4.5 of it virtualization backup product, vRanger Pro. Features in the new version include better integration with VMware's vStorage APIs, Changed Block Tracking (CBT), a new technology called Active Block Mapping, as well as object-level recovery for Microsoft Exchange servers. This tutorial will review the new version and provide some tips and other helpful information for using vRanger Pro 4.5.
Support for the Changed Block Tracking feature in Vizioncore vRanger Pro 4.5 was critical because many other data backup applications have supported this key feature for a while. Changed Block Tracking allows for much quicker incremental backups as the VMkernel keeps track of all the changed disk blocks so the backup application doesn't have to figure it out on its own.
The Active Block Mapping feature is unique to Vizioncore and ensures that data from deleted files inside the operating system are not backed up. All files on a Windows NTFS disk volume have entries in the Master File Table (MFT), which tracks the disk location of files. When a file is deleted, the entry for it in the MFT is given a deleted marker and the disk space that the file resides on is made available to be written on. However, the actual data for the file is still inside the operating system, and the disk block is not zeroed out. At some point, the data in those disk blocks may get overwritten by new data, but until that happens, backing up those disk blocks is a waste of time and resources. With the Active Block Mapping feature, vRanger reads the MFT from outside the virtual machine disk (VMDK) file, which tells it where deleted data, active data and white space (zeroed blocks) is located in NTFS file system. This process takes less than a second and has no overhead. Once this information is retrieved, vRanger is able to map this outside of the VMDK and create a map of only the active disk blocks so deleted and zeroed data can be skipped.
Read the full article at searchdatabackup.com…
Aug 18 2010
Best of VMworld awards judging process
With Tech Target's Best of VMworld awards once again coming up and this being my 3rd year judging it I thought I would share my insights in to the judging process from a post that I did last year:
I wanted to comment on some recent controversy concerning the Best of VMworld award winners by explaining in detail the process and how the judges decide winners for each category. I've been a judge for two years now so I know how challenging it can sometimes be to pick the winners.
Let me begin by explaining what we are not doing when judging products. We are not installing each product and testing them out to determine a winner, that's not what the awards are about. So we are not installing product A in a lab and seeing how it performs against product B to try and determine which product is better. In fact in many cases product A may do something completely different from product B and a direct comparison is not possible. In the hardware category for example the winner was the Cisco UCS and one of the finalists was the Xsigo I/O Director, two very different products that aren't directly comparable to each other.
Read the full article here…
Aug 13 2010
Announcing the Official VMworld 2010 Tweetup!
For the past few VMworld's we've tried to have a social event for the many VMware community members to get together and hang out. I've worked with VMware's Social Media team (John Troyer/Tony Dunn) each year to help organize the event. At VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas we had it at the V Bar inside the Venetian hotel, Twitter wasn't as popular back then so it was themed as more of a VMTN community gathering. Last year we had it at the B Bar & Restaurant just above the Moscone (notice the theme of one letter establishments) and it was billed as a tweetup that time. This year we are again going to have it at the B Bar & Restaurant again, its proximity to the Moscone is nice and it's an indoor/outdoor place. Last year VMware's social media team generously picked up the tab for us which everyone appreciated. Here's John Troyer giving a welcoming speech:
Lacking the budget to do it again this year I volunteered to find some sponsors to help with that. So we're pleased to announce the VMworld tweet-up will be Monday, August 30th from 9:00pm – 11:00pm at the B Bar & Restaurant above the Moscone in the Yerba Buena gardens. We have the entire place booked just for us and Xangati & Train Signal have stepped up to sponsor it and are picking up the tab. It's not going to be a fancy party, no give-aways, no food, just a big group of us who usually communicate with each other electronically most of the year getting together to meet face to face to socialize and have a good time. We timed the tweet-up to take place after the official Welcome Reception ends in the Solutions Exchange.
After the tweetup ends there is a group of us talking about going to a cigar bar a few blocks a way to enjoy some stogies (in case you hadn't heard, you can't smoke anywhere in SF) at the Occidental Cigar Club from 11:15pm – 2:00am (who sleeps at VMworld?), you can RSVP for that event here.
So all you Tweeters come join us and VMware's social media team (John Troyer & Tony Dunn) and talk to those you follow and those that follow you in more than 140 characters!
Please RSVP at Twtvite
When: Monday, August 30th 9:00pm – 11:00pm
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Aug 13 2010
Workstation 7.1.1 released today with support for vSphere 4.1 guests
Just happening to be downloading VMware Workstation today to run ESX 4.1 as a guest OS and lo and behold a new version came out today with official support for running ESX/ESXi 4.1 as virtual machines. Doesn't look like there are any other major changes to Workstation besides the added support for vSphere 4.1 and some minor bug fixes. Download here and release notes are here.
What's New
VMware Workstation 7.1.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues and adds the following new support. It is a free upgrade for all VMware Workstation 7.x users.
New Support for Guest Operating System
VMware vSphere 4.1 is now supported as a guest operating system. VMware Certified Professionals (VCPs) and virtualization experts can use VMware vSphere 4.1 to install the latest server virtualization software and experiment with server setup, conduct training, show demos, and test production configurations. Running ESX as a guest eliminates the need to have spare hardware available to run ESX natively and enables ESX to run on systems that are not listed on the ESX hardware compatibility list (HCL). For more information on the supported processors and host operating systems, see Considerations for Running an ESX Guest.
This feature is intended for educational and demonstration purposes only and should not be used in production environments. To use this feature, you must download VMware vSphere 4.1 from the VMware Web site and follow the installation documentation provided with VMware vSphere to install ESX.
Aug 13 2010
Sessions & Labs
VMworld 2010 – Storage Super-Heavyweight Challenge (TechHead)
VMworld 2010 Session – "Building an Affordable vSphere Environment for a Lab or Small Business" (TechHead)
Maritz on vCloud Datacenter (Musings of Rodos)
TA8037: vApps, OVF, and Advanced VM Templates (Scott Lowe)
DV7706: View Composer Technical Deep Dive and Best Practices (Scott Lowe)
MA6580: Bridge the ESX/ESXi Management Gap with vMA (Scott Lowe)
TA8233: Prioritizing Storage Resource Allocation Using Storage I/O Control (Scott Lowe)
EA7849 – Exchange Server 2010 on vSphere (It's Just Another Layer)
Dan Anderson is my hero! (VMworld update) (Virtual Insanity)
The Land of Milk and Bunnies: Day 1 of VMworld (vtacit.com)
VMworld session DV7907: View Reference Architecture (VM Junkie)
VMworld sesson DV7180 – ThinApp Futures (VM Junkie)
VMworld session TA7805 – Tech Preview: Storage DRS (VM Junkie)
VMworld 2010 – TA8623 "Storage Super-Heavyweight Challenge" (Virtual Geek)
VMworld 2010 – EMC Supersession (Virtual Geek)
VMworld 2010 – TA8101 (Virtual Geek)
VMworld 2010 – VCE Supersession (Virtual Geek)
VMworld 2010 – TA8051 (Virtual Geek)
VMworld 2010 – TA9820 (Virtual Geek)
VMworld 2010 – TA8133 (Virtual Geek)
Aug 13 2010
New vChat video posted
I participate in a weekly video podcast called vChat along with Simon Seagrave (techhead.co.uk) and David Davis (vmwarevideos.com). Each week we discuss certain topics related to virtualization for about 30 minutes. This weeks episode (vChat #3) we discuss home labs and give advice and our experiences with building our own home labs. So head on over there and check out the latest episode as well as past episodes, you can also subscribe via iTunes.
Aug 12 2010
Tackling esxtop for VMware performance management prowess
While the vSphere client provides performance data, the esxtop and resxtop performance utilities offer more advanced information to ease virtualization troubleshooting efforts. In this tip, we focus on using esxtop and resxtop; but the same performance statistics can be viewed from the vSphere client. Esxtop and resxtop run in a shell session, and manual coding can be intimidating. But don't let the format discourage you. Once you get used to the controls and how to interpret the data, these tools become invaluable for reading how CPUs handle the workloads of hosts and virtual machines (VMs).
Esxtop vs. resxtop
While esxtop runs only inside an ESX service console — either directly at the console or remotely using a secure shell console –resxtop is a remote version of esxtop. Resxtop is included in the Linux version of the vSphere command line interface (CLI) and is part of the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). Esxtop and resxtop function the same way and provide the same information, but resxtop supports only the interactive and batch modes and cannot be run in replay mode.
Read the full article at SearchVMware.com…
Aug 12 2010
VMworld 2010 preview video (Tech Target)
Aug 09 2010
vSphere networking features: Distributed vSwitches; private VLANs; IPv6
VMware's vSphere 4 brings a number of new vSphere networking features to the table, including tighter VM traffic management and control with the vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) , as well as support for third-party virtual switches (vSwitches). Along with that come a new high-performance virtual NIC, VMXNET3, the ability to create private VLANs and support for IPv6.
Implementation and benefits of private VLANs with a vSphere network
Private VLANs allow communication between VMs on a vSwitch to be controlled and restricted. This feature, which is normally available on physical switches, was added only to the vDS and not the standard vSwitch. Normally, traffic on the same vSwitch port group has no restrictions and any VM in that port group can see the traffic from other VMs. Private VLANs restrict this visibility and in essence act as firewalls within the VLAN. Private VLANs must first be configured on the physical switch ports of the uplink NICs on the vDS. Private VLANs are then configured by editing the settings of a vDS and selecting the Private VLANs tab.
Read the full article at searchnetworking.com…
Aug 09 2010
Virtualized infrastructure design for vSphere
If designing a physical server is similar to designing a house, designing a virtualized infrastructure is almost like designing a small city. There are lots of interrelated components, and you have to make many critical design decisions to ensure that all of the residents' needs are met properly.
If you don't properly account for water, gas and electric needs, for example, your houses won't have the resources they need for basic services and peak loads. Similarly, when designing a virtualized infrastructure for customers, solutions providers need to size the storage, network, CPU and memory resources correctly, or the virtual machines (VMs) will not have the resources they need to run applications.
Besides hardware resources, you have to make other decisions when designing a vSphere virtualized infrastructure, many of which will dictate your hardware requirements. The vSphere features you'll need are often tied to the type of server hardware you use. If you do not make the correct hardware decisions when designing your customer's virtual environment, you may find that you cannot use some of vSphere's features. Therefore, it's important to understand vSphere's requirements and limitations early on in your design phase.
Read the full article at searchsystemschannel.com…
Aug 09 2010
Assigning vSphere security access controls
Security is critical in a vSphere environment. Virtual machine (VM) architecture, access methods and management is much different from that for physical servers. Because VMs are encapsulated into a single file that resides on a shared data store, additional attack vectors need to be secured. Further, any change or operation in a virtual environment can have a ripple effect on other residing VMs because all share common infrastructure components. Consequently, having proper security access controls in place is paramount to protect hosts and their VMs.
Because they have multiple components, virtual environments are secured in layers. You can do much of the work to secure an environment through vCenter Server, which provides centralized authentication and authorization services at many different levels inside vSphere. VCenter Server features four main components:
- Privileges. A privilege enables or denies users access to perform actions in vSphere.
- Roles. A role is a set of privileges that can be assigned to a user or group.
- Users and groups. Users and groups are used in permissions to assign roles from Active Directory (AD) or local Windows users/groups.
- Permissions. A permission is assigned to an object in vSphere and is composed of users/groups and a role.
Read the full article at searchsystemschannel.com…


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Rip Off the Band-AidPosted Monday, July 16, 2012, at 3:37 PM
Odds are, your company will eventually face a PR crisis -- regardless of its size. PR crises can simply be accidental, such as an employee on your team neglecting to shred an important document that mistakenly fell into someone's hands. Or you could face the more serious negligent action: an employee sold confidential customer information to a third party, for example.
We've seen large companies with assumed PR prowess fumble the ball when faced with their own PR crisis. In all likelihood, they know what the right play is, but their temptation to control the story wins out over good sense.
Late last year, the Founder and Chairman of Best Buy, Richard Schulze, quietly learned of an inappropriate relationship between his CEO, Brian Dunn, and a female employee. An announcement was subsequently made that Dunn was leaving the company with no explanation as to why. Rumors began to develop as the public sought answers. Much time passed before Best Buy owned up to the reason for Dunn's departure, and during that time, the scandal was front and center with the media as one piece of new information was reported after another -- prolonging the inevitable and greatly increasing the negative media generated.
Let's remove that page from the playbook all-together, as the antithesis of a best practice. There are some basic rules of the road to follow to mitigate your PR exposure.
Be fully transparent. You will needlessly prolong the crisis in the media if you attempt to keep things under wraps, as it only makes the public more curious. Instead, demonstrate your brand's straightforward culture of integrity by owning up to the situation fully and early on. A new development every day begins to feel like one lengthy stream of scandal to the public. Rip off the Band-Aid quickly.
Tell the truth. It's the right thing to do, plus someone, somewhere will know if you're being anything less than honest. Take your knocks, and put it behind you.
Have a personality. If your response to bad publicity seems mechanical, you'll lose in the court of public opinion. Remember the Tiger Woods scandal and that robotic apology delivered to the media? He didn't regain any favor with the public as a result. Just search YouTube for the "R" rated, parody "Real Tiger Woods Apology," viewed by over two million people, as proof. Know what you want to say before you get in front of a reporter, but don't deliver a script. Have an authentic conversation.
Thanks to the instant-news era in which we live, gone are the days where you can just sweep bad publicity under the rug in the hope that it will go away. You must address it head-on and without a cloak of secrecy if your brand is to survive relatively unscathed.
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I got my laptop case damaged in an accident - The clip which holds the laptop screen with the keyboard is broken from both the ends.
Laptop works fine but its inconvienient to use -
Can someone suggest - How this can be fixed?
Can I get the case replaced or how can I get it fixed?
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I am having a hard time visualizing just what is broken. Does it have an actual clip/hook on the screen bezel that goes into a hole on the palmrest area? From what I am seeing the screen is held in place when the laptop is folded closed by magnets, not clips. Can you maybe post a picture? On laptops that do have the hook and clip assemblies the hook/clips are usually part of the screen bezel which is the frame around the screen.
This is your part:
I am gathering you are in India since it appears your model was only sold there. I am not finding your part on ebay India. HP appears to be out of stock:
I am not really clear on whether this is the part you need, anyway. Anything can be fixed if you are willing to spend enough time and money but we need to figure out just what is broken.
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