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The M6-SL Stretch Lightweight Gas Piston Rifles comes with a 14.7 inch or a 16.1 inch barrel. Rifle systems come standard with the LWRC stock, Magpul MOE grip and A 1.5 Style Fixed rear and A-Frame Front sights.
M6-SL Features:
A-Frame front sight/gas block. A2 style fixed rear sight
Short-Stroke piston operations offers unparalleled reliability
LWRC Enhanced Fire Control Group: LWRC investment casting are x-rayed for imperfections prior to machining and nickel-boron coated for a smooth, crisp trigger pull with positive reset
LWRCI Compact Stock with integrated sling attachment point
Magpul MOE polymer handguard
Cold hammer forged barrel. 1:7 twist rate will stabilize a wide range of bullet weights and types
Birdcage Flash Hider
Standard charging handle
Nickel-Boron coated Bolt Carrier Group for unparalleled wear resistance, corrosion resistance and permanent lubricity
Colors: Black/FDE Tan/Patriot Brown/OD Green
Rifles come standard in a black finish but can be upgraded to a Cerakote finish. Cerakote is a unique ceramic based thermoset epoxy finish that is applied over the top of the hard coat anodizing. This makes the rifle extremely durable and abrasion resistant. Cerakote colors are offered in the Olive Drab, Flat Dark Earth and Patriot Brown.
The new M6-SL is a replacement of LWRC's base model M6 rifle of old. The SL, which stands for 'stretch-lightweight', incoroprates everything a shooter needs in a quality light-weight base model rifle. Price and weight were the most important factors when developing the SL. With the M6-SL, LWRCI has brought to the market the lightest factory piston driven rifle to date.
The SL comes standard with Magpul furniture. A MOE mid-length handguard, MOE Stock, and MOE pistol grip provide excellent handling characteristics, while minimizing added weight. The SL utilizes the 'stretch' or mid-length piston system, providing a more direct recoil impulse for faster follow-up shots.
The most distinct feature of the SL is the barrel. The barrel still utilizes LWRCI's NiCorr surface conversion technology on a cold-hammer-forged barrel, but the barrel is of a smaller diameter to reduce weight.
The SL comes standard with the EXO (nickel-boron) plated Advanced Combat Bolt, one piece EXO coated carrier, and the EXO coated enhanced fire control group. The SL also comes standard with a Daniel Defense A1.5 fixed rear sight and a fixed A2 front sight post.
The SL is a great addition to the LWRCI family of rifles. It provides users with an extremely lightweight rifle that incorporates our patented short-stroke piston operating system, has all of the advanced coatings that make our rifles the best in the world, and does so at an entry level price.
LWRC rifles and carbines utilize cold hammer forged barrels made of 41V45 steel alloy (per Mil-B-11995E) and treated with NiCorr surface conversion technology. The M6A1 features the LWRC patented self-regulating short-stroke gas-piston system. Using this system, LWRC has engineered a complete solution to the deficits found in direct impingement M16/AR15/M4 family of rifles and carbines. This translates into rifles that are far more reliable and accurate with improved handling and reduced recoil.
Optional Triggers:
Geissele 2-Stage Non-adjustable
Geissele 2-Stage Adjustable
Optional Muzzle Breaks:
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OXNARD, Calif. - The San Jose Earthquakes wrapped up their Southern California stay with a 4-0 win against the Ventura County Fusion (PDL) on Tuesday at Oxnard Community College.
Sophomore winger Sam Garza tallied twice to lead the way. Dutch trialist Vincent Weijl and center mid Brad Ring accounted for the rest of the scoring while third-year goalkeeper David Bingham played 90 minutes to pick up the clean sheet.
Among the starters for San Jose was Tottenham Hotspur attacker John Bostock. The 21-year-old joined the club in Southern California over the weekend and played the first half in Tuesday's scrimmage.
San Jose is 3-2-0 in preseason play. The club will next travel to Portland for a three-game tournament. The action kicks off on Sunday at 5 p.m. PT against the Portland Timbers. All three games at the Portland Preseason Tournament will be livestreamed on sjearthquakes.com.
San Jose Earthquakes Lineup: David Bingham, Dan Gargan (^Hunter Gorskie 46), ^Nana Attakora (Jason Hernandez 46, ^Tommy Muller 70), Ty Harden (^Josh Suggs 46), Justin Morrow (^Jermano Lo Fo Sang 46), Shea Salinas (^Cordell Cato 46), Rafael Baca (Brad Ring 46), Sam Cronin (^Abu Tommy 46), Ramiro Corrales (^Vincent Weijl 46), ^John Bostock (Sam Garza 46), ^Adam Jahn (^Matt Fondy 46).
^ Indicates non-roster invitee
San Jose Earthquakes Preseason Game Schedule:
Jan. 29 – #Earthquakes 2, Houston Dynamo 0
Feb. 2 – #Earthquakes 0, Colorado Rapids 1
Feb 9 – Earthquakes 0, Chicago Fire 1 (UC Santa Barbara)
Feb. 11 – Earthquakes 2, Ventura County Fusion 1 (Oxnard Community College)
Feb. 12 – Earthquakes 4, Ventura County Fusion 0 (Oxnard Community College)
Feb. 17 – %Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers, 5 p.m. PT
Feb. 20 – %Earthquakes vs. AIK (Sweden), 5 p.m. PT
Feb. 23 – %Earthquakes vs. FC Dallas, 2:30 p.m. PT
# Desert Diamond Friendlies in Tucson, Ariz.
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BERWICK, MAINE — A Roast Beef Supper will be held at the Berwick United Methodist Church, 37 School Street in Berwick on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 4:30-6 p.m. Featuring Roast Beef, real mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, green beans, pickled beets, home made bread, strawberry Shortcake, coffee, tea, juice or milk. Cost: $9.00.
DOVER -- Mill Eats Grand Opening, Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Washington Street Mills, 1 Washington St., suite 330, Dover; Tours of the mill's artist studios, photos with Santa, refreshments & more. Free. Gretchen Nicholas, 603-516-1195, email@example.com.
KITTERY -- Christmas Tea & Fashion Show, Saturday, Dec. 8, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Second Christian Church, 33 Government St., Kittery, ME; Models will wear outfits from The Fair Tide's Thrift Store. $5 Tickets at the door. Prior registration required. Linda Baran, 207-439-8815.
ROCHESTER — $5 Take-Home Supper (pint chili or fish chowder, cornbread & cookies), Thurs, Dec 13, 4 p.m. — 6 p.m. at the First Church Congregational, 63 So Main St (next to public library) in Rochester. While there, purchase a holiday gift basket or 2 (or 3!), 10-20% off Winter Faire prices. Call ahead to order supper or for info: 332-1121.


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South Dakota Women's Basketball Schedule Released
In their first season as an eligible member of the Summit League, the South Dakota women's basketball came within one win of going to the NCAA Tournament. This season, they'll try to get there for the first time with a schedule that features four teams that did qualify for the 'big dance' last season.
The just released 2013-14 schedule features road games at Iowa State, Nebraska and Creighton, as well as two games with Summit League rival South Dakota State, the team that beat them in the league championship game in March.
The Coyotes will also play a pair of 'home' games away from Vermillion that will count as neutral site games in the computer rankings. USD will host Drake at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, November 21st, and will play South Dakota School of Mines at the Rushmore Civic Center in Rapid City, December 7th.
The season starts with a four-game road trip, November 8th - 17th, with match-ups at Cal State-Fullerton, UC Irvine, Iowa State, and North Dakota.
The home opener is November 24th against Boise State. Wyoming, Utah State, and Northern Iowa are all on the non-conference home schedule.
In Summit League play, the Coyotes and Jackrabbits play February 2nd in Brookings and March 2nd in Vermillion.
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Makes about 3 cups.
Note: Every menu needs an easy dish. From "Come One, Come All/ Easy Entertaining With Seasonal Menus," by Lee Svitak Dean.
• 1 (12 oz.) pkg. fresh cranberries
• 11/2 c. sugar, or to taste
• Zest from 1 orange or 1 lemon (or from both for extra flavor)
In a food processor or blender, coarsely chop the cranberries.
In a large bowl, toss berries and sugar together. Add zest to cranberries; stir. Refrigerate for 6 to 8 hours or overnight to let flavors blend. Stir again before serving.
Nutrition information per 1/4 cup serving:
Calories 110 Fat 0 g Sodium 1 mg
Carbohydrates 29 g Saturated fat 0 g Calcium 3 mg
Protein 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg Dietary fiber 1 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 2 other carb.
Serves 10.
Note: Serve as an appetizer, side dish or dessert. Gorgonzola is a blue cheese. From "Yankee's Best New England Recipes."
• 2 c. flour
• 3/4 c. walnut halves, finely ground
• 2/3 c. sugar, divided
• 3/4 tsp. kosher or sea salt
• 3/4 tsp. rubbed sage
• 1 c. cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-in. cubes
• 1 c. cherry or strawberry preserves
• 12-oz. bag fresh cranberries
• 2 tbsp. cherry Heering, kirsch or other cherry liqueur, optional
• 1/2 c. crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (see Note)
Heat oven to 300 degrees.
In a food processor, combine flour, ground walnuts, 1/3 cup sugar, salt and sage. Pulse to incorporate. Add butter. Pulse to form a coarse meal, 30 seconds.
With your fingers, press meal into an ungreased 10-inch springform pan or fluted pan. Bake until light golden-brown, about 55 minutes. Cool completely and release from springform pan.
In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, cook cherry preserves until melted. Add cranberries, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, and cherry liqueur. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until cranberries have lost their shape, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely, about 1 hour.
Crumble gorgonzola over tart crust in an even layer. Top with a thin layer of cranberry mixture.
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories 485 Fat 26 g Sodium 225 mg
Carbohydrates 60 g Saturated fat 13 g Calcium 62 mg
Protein 6 g Cholesterol 54 mg Dietary fiber 3 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 2 bread/starch, 2 other carb, 5 fat.
Serves 8.
From Everyday Food magazine; tested by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
• 4 lb. sweet potatoes (about 7 medium)
• 4 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
•1/4 c. pure maple syrup
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Prick potatoes all over with a fork. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until very tender when pierced with a knife, about 1 hour. When cool enough to handle, halve the potatoes. With a spoon, scoop out flesh (discard skins) and transfer to a food processor or bowl to use with hand mixer.
Add melted butter and maple syrup; process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Serve warm.
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories 200 Fat 6 g Sodium 52 mg
Carbohydrates 35 g Saturated fat 4 g Calcium 64 mg
Protein 3 g Cholesterol 15 mg Dietary fiber 5 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 2 bread/starch, 1 fat.
Serves 6 to 8.
Note: You also could add dried cranberries or sliced grapes to the salad. For traveling, cut up the cabbage and romaine ahead of time, prepare the pomegranate seeds and make the dressing, but don't cut the fruit or dress it until just before serving. From "The Earthbound Cook: 250 Recipes for Delicious Food and a Healthy Planet," by Myra Goodman with Pamela McKinstry, Sarah LaCasse and Ronni Sweet.
• 12 oz. red cabbage, cored and coarsely chopped (about 4 c.)
• 2 romaine hearts, coarsely chopped (about 6 c.), rinsed and dried if not prewashed
• 2 crisp apples, such as Fuji, Gala or Braeburn, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-in. dice (about 2 c.)
• 2 ripe but firm pears, such as Bosc or Anjou, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-in. dice (about 2 c.)
• 2 Fuyu persimmons (these are the kind you eat hard, not soft), peeled and cut into 1/4-in. dice, seeds discarded, if any
• Apple-Cider Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
• Seeds from 1 medium pomegranate, optional
• 20 fresh mint leaves, cut into thin ribbons
Place the cabbage and romaine in a large bowl and toss to combine.
Just before serving, add the apples, pears and persimmons to the cabbage-romaine mixture and toss to combine. Add half of the Apple Cider Vinaigrette and toss again, adding more dressing as desired.
Transfer the salad to a large platter and garnish with the pomegranate seeds, if using, and the mint. Serve immediately.
Nutrition information per each of 8 servings with vinaigrette:
Calories 174 Fat 7 g Sodium 53 mg
Carbohydrates 29 g Saturated fat 1 g Calcium 45 mg
Protein 2 g Cholesterol 0 mg Dietary fiber 6 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 1 1/2 fruit, 1/2 other carb, 1 1/2 fat.
Makes 3/4 cup.
Note: You could make this sweeter with an extra tbsp. of brown sugar, honey or agave syrup. The vinaigrette can be refrigerated, covered, for up to 2 weeks. Let it return to room temperature and shake vigorously before using.
• 1/2 c. apple-cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp.packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 c. extra-virgin olive oil
• Pinch of salt, or more to taste
In a glass jar, combine the vinegar, sugar, oil and salt; seal the lid tightly. Shake vigorously to combine.
Nutrition information per 1 tablespoon:
Calories 50 Fat 4 g Sodium 25 mg
Carbohydrates 2 g Saturated fat 1 g Calcium 3 mg
Protein 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg Dietary fiber 0 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 1 fat.
Serves 12.
Note: From blogger Bree Hester of bakedbree.com as seen on bettycrocker.com.
• 20 gingersnap cookies
• 2 tbsp. butter, melted
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
• 1/2 c. canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
• 1 tbsp. sour cream
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
• Whipped cream, if desired
• Caramel sauce, if desired
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 12-cup mini-cheesecake pan or muffin pan with cooking spray.
In food processor, process gingersnap cookies with on/off pulses until finely ground (about 1 cup). Add melted butter, pulse until mixed. Press crumb mixture firmly into each cheesecake cup to form crust. Bake 8 minutes.
Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin, sour cream and salt, scraping bowl frequently. Add egg, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg, beat until well blended.
Divide mixture evenly into crust-lined cups. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
Serve cheesecakes topped with whipped cream and drizzled with caramel sauce. Store in refrigerator.
Nutrition information per each cheesecake:
Calories 250 Fat 12 g Sodium 310 mg
Carbohydrates 33 g Saturated fat 6 g Calcium 60 mg
Protein 4 g Cholesterol 42 mg Dietary fiber 1 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 1 bread/starch, 1 other carb, 2 1/2 fat.
Serves 8.
Note: This savory bread pudding from Bon Appetit can be the centerpiece of a vegetarian feast or an ideal brunch dish. To simplify the preparation, roast the squash, chop the shallots and grate the cheese a day in advance. Tested by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
• 2 lb. peeled, seeded butternut squash, cut into 3/4-in. cubes
• 3 tbsp. olive oil, divided
•Kosher salt
• 7 eggs
• 21/4 c. half-and-half
• 6 tbsp. dry white wine
• 11/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
• 1 day-old baguette (do not remove crust), torn into rough 1-in. pieces
• 1 c. chopped shallots (about 4 large)
• 1 bunch kale (about 1 lb.), ribs removed, kale coarsely chopped
• 8 oz. extra-sharp Cheddar cheese, coarsely grated
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss squash with 1 tablespoon oil on rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with coarse salt; bake until squash is tender, turning with spatula occasionally, 20 to 25 minutes.
Whisk eggs in a large bowl. Add half-and-half, wine, mustard and 11/2 teaspoons coarse salt. Whisk to blend. Add baguette pieces; fold gently into egg mixture. Let soak 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add shallots and sauté until soft, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Add kale; cover and cook 2 minutes. Uncover and stir until kale is wilted but still bright green, about 5 minutes (kale will be a bit crunchy).
Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 9-by- 13-inch baking dish.
Using a slotted spoon, transfer half of bread from egg mixture to prepared baking dish, arranging to cover most of the dish. Spoon half of kale over bread. Spoon half of squash over bread and kale; sprinkle with half of cheese. Repeat with remaining bread, kale, squash and cheese. Pour remaining egg mixture evenly over bread pudding.
Cover bread pudding with foil. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil, bake uncovered until custard is set and bread feels springy to the touch, about 20 minutes longer.
Preheat broiler; broil pudding until cheese browns slightly, about 2 minutes. Cool 5 minutes or so, and serve.
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories 450 Fat 28 g Sodium 700 mg
Carbohydrates 32 g Saturated fat 13 g Calcium 346 mg
Protein 19 g Cholesterol 220 mg Dietary fiber 5 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 2 bread/starch, 2 medium-fat meat, 3 1/2 fat.
Serves 12.
Note: You can trim and blanch the green beans for this recipe up to 2 days in advance. Store them in a plastic sealable bag in the refrigerator. Adapted by the Detroit Free Press from "The Macy's Culinary Council Thanksgiving & Holiday Cookbook."
• 2 lb. green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-in. pieces
• 6 tbsp. unsalted butter, divided, plus more for the baking dish
•3/4 c. sliced shallots
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded, finely diced
• 8 to 10 oz. mixed sliced mushrooms such as shiitake (remove stems) and cremini
• Kosher salt to taste
• 2 tbsp. flour
• 1/4 c. dry sherry
• 2 c. whole milk or 2-percent milk
• 1 round (51/4 oz.) Boursin cheese (regular or light)
• 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
• Grated zest of 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp. fresh tarragon
• 3/4 c. panko bread crumbs
• 3/4c. grated or shredded Parmesan cheese
• 3/4 c. sliced almonds
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or casserole dish. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Prepare an ice water bath. Add the beans to the boiling water and cook until tender, about 3 to 5 minutes. Drain the beans, then plunge them into the ice bath to stop the cooking. When beans are chilled, drain and set aside.
In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Add shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the bell pepper and mushrooms and a pinch of salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened and the mushrooms have given up their liquid, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more. Stir in the sherry, mixing well, then add the milk while whisking constantly. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring, until thickened, about 1 minute, then cook for 3 minutes longer.
Remove from the heat and whisk in the Boursin cheese, 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, lemon zest and tarragon. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if needed. Add the reserved green beans and toss to combine. Transfer to the baking dish. (The recipe may be prepared up to this point 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
To finish: In a small bowl, stir together the panko, Parmesan and almonds. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and pour over the bread crumb mixture and toss to combine. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the green beans. Bake until the topping is golden and the bean mixture is bubbling, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
Nutrition information per serving:
Calories 250 Fat 18 g Sodium 426 mg
Carbohydrates 16 g Saturated fat 9 g Calcium 204 mg
Protein 8 g Cholesterol 39 mg Dietary fiber 4 g
Diabetic exchanges per serving: 1 vegetable, 1/2 other carb, 1 medium-fat meat, 2 1/2 fat.
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declare @From_LSN_Leadraw binary(10)
SET @From_LSN_Leadraw = sys.fn_cdc_get_min_lsn('dbo_leadraw')
merge into CDCTransactionTracking
Using (select @From_LSN_Leadraw From_LSN_Leadraw) Source
on CDCTransactionTracking.Tablename = 'LeadRaw'
when matched then update set MinLSN = Source.From_LSN_LeadRaw
when not matched then insert (TableName, MinLSN) values ('LeadRaw', Source.From_LSN_LeadRaw);
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drop table #mainpartitionstats
drop table #LOBPartitionStats
drop table #totals
object_name(object_id) name,
SUM (reserved_page_count) reserved_page_count,
SUM (used_page_count) used_page_count,
WHEN (index_id < 2) THEN (in_row_data_page_count + lob_used_page_count + row_overflow_used_page_count)
ELSE lob_used_page_count + row_overflow_used_page_count
) Pages,
WHEN (index_id < 2) THEN row_count
into #MainPartitionStats
FROM sys.dm_db_partition_stats
group by object_name(object_id)
SELECT object_name(p.object_id) name,
sum(reserved_page_count) Reserved_page_count,
sum(used_page_count) Used_page_Count
into #LOBPartitionStats
FROM sys.dm_db_partition_stats p
inner join sys.internal_tables it
on p.object_id = it.object_id
WHERE it.internal_type IN (202,204)
group by object_name(p.object_id)
select name, sum(reserved_page_count) reserved_page_Count, sum(used_page_count) used_page_Count,
sum(Pages) pages, sum(rc) rc
into #totals
from (
select name, reserved_page_count, used_page_count, pages, rc
from #mainpartitionstats
select name, reserved_page_count, used_page_count, 0 pages, 0 rc
from #LOBpartitionstats
) c
group by name
SELECT name, rc as [rows],
reserved_page_count * 8 Reserved_Space_KB,
pages * 8 Data_Space_KB,
case when used_page_count > pages then (used_page_count - pages) * 8 else 0 end as index_space_KB,
case when reserved_page_count > used_page_count then (reserved_page_count - used_page_count) * 8 end as unused_space_kb
from #totals
order by 3 desc
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One of our "packaged" software bits that accesses my servers is going through an upgrade right now. Apparently this software requires DTC to be installed on my SQL Server, and able to accept remote connections. So I look up how to do that in the knowledge base:
And immediately hit a roadblock. The DTC components aren't showing up in my Component Services console. The entire console's acting weird (well, weirder than usual) and when I go into the console and click "Options" it insists on having a timeout entered, and when I enter one, close the box, and go back, the setting's gone again and I'm required to re-enter it. Lots of weirdness, and no DTC tab. If you open the COM+ folders, you immediately get error 80070422.
After a lot of searching I was looking through the Services listing on the box (after restarting DTC for the twelfth time) and saw that "Com+ System Application" was disabled. I set it to manual, rebooted the box (test server) and everything started working.
So, if you're trying to follow those instructions and discover that the Component Services tool is acting odder than usual, make sure that service isn't disabled.
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So I got this message:
MSP Error: 28017 SQL Server Setup cannot write to removable media. To continue, specify a directory on a hard disk attached to the computer where SQL Server will be installed.
And I'm installing to locally attached storage. After about 20 minutes of cursing, rebooting, and cursing some more, I went to My Computer and disconnected all my network drives. My logon script helpfully maps network drives, I'd forgotten about them since mapping drives sucks and I don't ever use them (UNC paths for life!). So I unmapped them and suddenly it worked.
Stupid bug, bad error message, and stupid logon script.
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I just had an interesting issue with an installation I thought I'd share. I was installing SQL Server 2005 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster. The cluster validates properly (use the cluster validation tool in 2008 R2, it will save you problems) and failed over properly prior to installation. When installing SQL Server 2005, I got through putting in all the information and when it came time to actaully install the software got a "User has cancelled the installation" error, and a notification to check the logs. The logs said:
Waiting for actions from remote setup(s)
Breaking wait state and aborting package due to cancel code received: 1602
Remote setup(s) are ready
Notify package action is determined: 1602
Error Code: 0x800700e9 (233)
Windows Error Text: No process is on the other end of the pipe.
Source File Name: remotemessagelib\overlappedpipelistener.cpp
Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:51 2005
Function Name: sqls::OverlappedPipeListener::writePipe
Source Line Number: 294
The installation was failing when it attempted to attach to the other cluster node. The resolution is:
1. Make sure the task scheduler service is running on the remote cluster node. If the task scheduler service is a cluster resource, fail that resource over to the remote node (the latter was not an issue on my side, I've read questions from people asking about it though).
2. Go into your registry (insert standard "don't ever edit the registry" disclaimer here) and go to HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/LSA and change the "disabledomaincreds" from 1 to 0 on EACH CLUSTER NODE and then reboot BOTH CLUSTER NODES.
Then the install worked like a champ.
Big thanks to MS Sql PSS for getting this fixed quickly.
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At Kim Tripp's PASS session on indexing and covered indexes, she more-or-less proved that wider is better for indexes, within reason and searchability. It's better to have the index (Column1, Column2, Column3) than the index (Column1) and then a (Column1, Column2) and then a (Column1, Column2, Column3). And the first two of that set are redundant and don't provide any significant performance improvement over a wider index in most applications.
Finding cases where you have multiple indexes like that isn't a trivial problem. Here's the answer I came up with. This particular query finds cases of a (Column1, Column2....ColumnN) with a (Column1) but it could be pretty easily modified to do a multiple left side key required. It's all filtering, just add [3] and the appropriate group by/max and you're set. And once again, yes, you could do this without a temp table, but the temp table's kind of interesting on its own.
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Same vendor, different issue. How many tables in the database aren't really tables, but are actually just 2 dimensional data stores of unknown quality? Tables should have a unique index. Of some kind. If it's a formal PK, or a unique constraint or a unique index, it needs have *something* unique enforced, or it's not really a relational table, but is instead a pile of unknown quality data.
select so.name
from sys.objects so
left join sys.indexes si
on si.object_id = so.object_id
and si.is_unique = 1
where si.index_id is null
and so.type_desc = 'user_table'
order by 1
428 tables with no unique indexes. This goes with the 36 completely duplicated indexes and 50+ partially duplicated indexes.
And by the way, I checked. is_primary_key implies is_unique, and is_unique_constraint implies is_unique.
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So I wanted to start being a bit more aggressive about index management. Specifically, I want to be able to find duplicated indexes inside of one of my vendor databases. So (1) I can make fun of them even more than I do already, and (2) so I can give them a script of all their issues that they might be able to resolve them.
Here's what I came up with. Only really works if you have 19 or fewer columns per index. Why 19? I got tired of typing there. You can write this up as a code generator if you don't like it. There are better ways to do this, but the way I'm doing it you can look at the temp table and use it to find the more subtle problem of a table with two indexes which are subsets of each other, which are usually but not always redundant. Anyway, here ya go.
drop table #tablelist
select oname, index_id, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6],
[7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14],
[15], [16], [17], [18], [19]
into #TableList
from (
select object_name(object_id) oname, index_id,
key_ordinal, Column_ID from sys.index_columns) AS SourceTable
pivot (max(key_ordinal)
for column_id in ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6],
) as PivotTable
select oname, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6],
[7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13],
[14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]
from #TableList
group by oname, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6],
having count(*) > 1
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Annual Report to Congress FY 2004
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Organizational Structure
OCR is composed of a headquarters office, located in Washington, D.C., which provides overall leadership, policy development and coordination of enforcement activities, and 12 enforcement offices around the nation. The enforcement offices are responsible for the investigation and resolution of complaints of discrimination, the conduct of compliance reviews, and the provision of technical assistance. The majority of OCR's staff are assigned to the enforcement offices, which are located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia (Eastern Division); Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Dallas (Southern Division); Cleveland, Chicago, Kansas City (Midwestern Division); and Denver, San Francisco, Seattle (Western Division).
Complaint Investigations and Resolutions
One important way OCR carries out its responsibilities is by investigating and resolving complaints. Persons who believe there has been a violation of the civil rights laws enforced by OCR may file a complaint with the appropriate enforcement office. OCR's process provides a forum for resolution of complaints of discrimination alleging violations of the civil rights laws.
OCR's primary objectives are to promptly investigate the complainant's allegations
of discrimination and to accurately determine whether the civil rights laws
have been violated. OCR is committed to providing timely relief to students
who are denied equal access to educational opportunity. OCR will resolve 80
percent of resolved complaints within 180 days. In FY 2004, OCR received 5,044
complaints and resolved 4,968, some of which had been filed in previous years.
OCR resolved 91 percent of these complaints within 180 days, significantly
exceeding its goal of 80 percent. Timeliness is critical to students and parents
in the resolution of civil rights issues and a very useful measure of the efficiency
and effectiveness of our complaint resolution process.
|"The University is pleased to have been a part of the Early Complaint
Resolution process, and is equally pleased that the process had a positive
outcome. We appreciated the professional manner of the Office for Civil
Rights staff."
Aug. 27, 2004, letter from a
During FY 2004, OCR revised its Case Resolution Manual and renamed it the Case Resolution and Investigation Manual. The new name and revised content reflected a shift to an investigative approach, which stresses full investigation of complaints. If these methods fail, OCR issues violation letters and enters into negotiations to correct those violations. It is only after OCR has advised recipients of their failure to comply with the civil rights laws and has determined that compliance cannot be secured by voluntary means that, as a last resort, OCR seeks compliance through the administrative hearing process or refers cases to the U.S. Department of Justice.
As in most years, the majority of complaints OCR received in FY 2004 alleged discrimination on the basis of disability (52 percent). We also find that other egregious types of discrimination persist. For example, in FY 2004, OCR received a complaint alleging that the principal of a junior high school was placing black and white students in segregated classrooms. OCR initiated an investigation and determined that classes indeed were segregated by race. During the investigative process, OCR learned that the new district superintendent had also reviewed the situation and determined that no legitimate, nondiscriminatory educational justification existed for the segregated classrooms. The district entered into a voluntary agreement with OCR to develop and implement a race-neutral method for assigning students to classrooms.
Figure 2 shows the percentage of complaint receipts by jurisdiction.
Appendix A shows FY 2004 complaint receipts by OCR enforcement offices and Appendix B lists the contact information for each enforcement office.


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Offers a Proven Approach to Building Successful Enterprise APIs
Offers a Proven Approach to Building Successful Enterprise APIs
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 27, 2012) - SOA Software, a leading provider of Enterprise API Management and SOA Governance solutions, today announced the publication of the eBook, Building Successful APIs. The eBook, which is available for immediate free download, provides a thorough look at what it takes to succeed with APIs in a large enterprise. SOA Software wrote and published the eBook based on its experience working with global corporations that are facing a transformation of IT requirements from rapidly evolving business alliances and mobile device proliferation.
According to Paolo Malinverno, Gartner Research VP, "The use of Web APIs is increasing even more, generally supporting new sales channels through mobile applications. This has made API management more popular as a new way of informing and selling to end customers. In particular, Type A organizations keen on exploring new ways to connect with their customers increasingly equate a Web channel to a new business opportunity; for them, having good API management is initially just a way of opening a new opportunity, and evolves into an advanced way of collecting customer behavior data." [i]
The need to create new revenue streams and integrate with an ever-shifting set of partners and applications, especially in this mobile era, puts pressure on IT to create and manage APIs. Daniel Sholler, Gartner Research VP, puts the challenge in perspective: "RESTful APIs help organizations integrate with partners and suppliers, lower costs, speed execution and reach new markets. Architects and application managers must follow good designs and best practices to create effective APIs," he said. [ii]
"The eBook addresses an information gap in how to build successful APIs," said Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President, SOA Software. "While there are some resources for people developing consumer-facing APIs, enterprises require a different approach and more information to produce APIs. This book gives them much-needed information about building APIs in the enterprise context."
The eBook shares proven best practices that enable businesses to realize success from APIs and ensure appropriate security and system management or running up unsustainable costs. Taking a holistic, integrated approach, it blends technology and business-level issues that affect API development.
The eBook covers the following conceptual topics:
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Enterprises are increasingly making business applications available as APIs in order to drive business growth and expose new revenue and partnership opportunities, and ultimately to improve business effectiveness. Open APIs allow external developers to build applications that leverage core business capabilities. Enterprise APIs are offered to a more exclusive group to enable more demanding and subtle B2B or B2E (employee) applications. Both enterprise and open APIs are typically built on a foundation of enterprise SOA services. As such, they require robust governance.
The SOA Software Enterprise API Platform™ is the first solution to address enterprise requirements across the entire API lifecycle, with planning, development, runtime and community management capabilities. The Enterprise API Platform™ provides a rich set of API Management capabilities to ensure the security, performance and availability of APIs, together with a social developer community solution for promoting and supporting the APIs and driving developer adoption. It provides end-to-end management of the API lifecycle, helping you make sure that you build the right APIs, build them the right way, and make sure that they are behaving correctly. The Enterprise API Platform™ is available as an on-premise software solution, as-a-service, via an Open developer community as-a-service, or using a combination of any of these options. For example, a customer could choose to run the lifecycle management components of the solution as on-premises software, use the commercial PaaS offering to host and manage their APIs, and federate with the Open developer community to publish their public APIs to an established group of App developers.
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Livingston County Sheriff marty Meredith is hoping a meeting next week with state officials will kick-start his plan to reopen a part of the women's prison at Dwight.
The sheriff's plan is to use a portion of the prison grounds to house county jail inmates from neighboring counties and federal inmates. Meredith says up to 40 jobs could be created.
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Skip to comments.Pope: Open the door to faith
Posted on 05/25/2013 4:36:13 AM PDT by NYer
(Vatican Radio) Those who approach the Church should find the doors open and not find people who want to control the faith. This is what the Pope said this morning during Mass in the Casa Santa Marta.
The day's Gospel tells us that Jesus rebukes the disciples who seek to remove children that people bring to the Lord to bless. "Jesus embraces them, kisses them, touches them, all of them. It tires Jesus and his disciples "want it to stop. Jesus is indignant: "Jesus got angry, sometimes." And he says: "Let them come to me, do not hinder them. For the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these." "The faith of the People of God observes the Pope - is a simple faith, a faith that is perhaps without much theology, but it has an inward theology that is not wrong, because the Spirit is behind it." The Pope mentions Vatican I and Vatican II, where it is said that "the holy people of God ... cannot err in matters of belief" (Lumen Gentium). And to explain this theological formulation he adds: "If you want to know who Mary is go to the theologian and he will tell you exactly who Mary is. But if you want to know how to love Mary go to the People of God who teach it better. " The people of God - continued the Pope - "are always asking for something closer to Jesus, they are sometimes a bit 'insistent in this. But it is the insistence of those who believe ":
"I remember once, coming out of the city of Salta, on the patronal feast, there was a humble lady who asked for a priest's blessing. The priest said, 'All right, but you were at the Mass' and explained the whole theology of blessing in the church. You did well: 'Ah, thank you father, yes father,' said the woman. When the priest had gone, the woman turned to another priest: 'Give me your blessing!'. All these words did not register with her, because she had another necessity: the need to be touched by the Lord. That is the faith that we always look for , this is the faith that brings the Holy Spirit. We must facilitate it, make it grow, help it grow. "
The Pope also mentioned the story of the blind man of Jericho, who was rebuked by the disciples because he cried to the Lord, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
"The Gospel says that they didnt want him to shout, they wanted him not to shout but he wanted to shout more, why? Because he had faith in Jesus! The Holy Spirit had put faith in his heart. And they said, 'No, you cannot do this! You dont shout to the Lord. Protocol does not allow it. And 'the second Person of the Trinity! Look what you do... 'as if they were saying that, right? ".
And think about the attitude of many Christians:
"Think of the good Christians, with good will, we think about the parish secretary, a secretary of the parish ... 'Good evening, good morning, the two of us - boyfriend and girlfriend - we want to get married'. And instead of saying, 'That's great!'. They say, 'Oh, well, have a seat. If you want the Mass, it costs a lot ... '. This, instead of receiving a good welcome- It is a good thing to get married! '- But instead they get this response:' Do you have the certificate of baptism, all right ... '. And they find a closed door. When this Christian and that Christian has the ability to open a door, thanking God for this fact of a new marriage ... We are many times controllers of faith, instead of becoming facilitators of the faith of the people. "
And 'there is always a temptation - said the Pope - "try and take possession of the Lord." And he tells another story:
"Think about a single mother who goes to church, in the parish and to the secretary she says: 'I want my child baptized'. And then this Christian, this Christian says: 'No, you cannot because you're not married!'. But look, this girl who had the courage to carry her pregnancy and not to return her son to the sender, what is it? A closed door! This is not zeal! It is far from the Lord! It does not open doors! And so when we are on this street, have this attitude, we do not do good to people, the people, the People of God, but Jesus instituted the seven sacraments with this attitude and we are establishing the eighth: the sacrament of pastoral customs! ".
"Jesus is indignant when he sees these things" - said the Pope - because those who suffer are "his faithful people, the people that he loves so much"
"We think today of Jesus, who always wants us all to be closer to Him, we think of the Holy People of God, a simple people, who want to get closer to Jesus and we think of so many Christians of goodwill who are wrong and that instead of opening a door they close the door of goodwill ... So we ask the Lord that all those who come to the Church find the doors open, find the doors open, open to meet this love of Jesus. We ask this grace. " Listen to Lydia O'Kane report
Not a Catholic but I love this guy. Not too often one sees a "grass-roots" Pope who will eschew theologians and huge tomes to keep it simple for the true layman.
Amen. Pope Francis is correct. We Catholics must be more open and friendly.
Can I be added to the ping list for these Vatican Radio homilies?
This is very good.
Yes! This is very good.
He seems to be trying to jolt church members, including clergy, out of a rut! In one piece I read, he said that the Church today isn't like the Good Shepherd who left 99 sheep to look for one ... it's more like we're carefully "shepherding" one, while 99 are wandering in the wilderness.
Plus --- and this is ironic -- you sometimes find the "shepherd" does appeal for a more inclusive attitude --- toward the separated Wolvish Brethren.
Good point!
In everything I've read, Pope Francis is saying that the Church needs to go out and (viz the parable of the Wedding Feast) drag the people in ... but to give them the full message of Christ, not to leave them in paganism. "Yo, bud! Where's your wedding garment?"
If I had to summarize, I'd say his message is "Know Christ (personally). Live Christ (radically). Share Christ (boldly)." The order is important. A person can believe "these" correct doctrines and do "those" meritorious acts, but if he doesn't personally know Christ, he can still be a stumbling block to others.
The poper really needs to understand God's word, rather than posting half-correct "theology". A real "spiritual leader", he is not. Holy? Thanks for the evidence that paganism never fell far from the tree in Romanism. And a nice poper day to you and your fellow pagans.
Any comparison or contrasting of the Pope's understanding of God's word to the Truth requires that you understand both God's Word and the Pope's theology. Your comments strongly suggest you understand neither.
Pax et Bonem
I did not know about this -- I mean the difficulty the mother would run into pursuing baptism. Had never given it any thought. Although normally I'm on the "rules and correct" side, it does not seem Christian to deny baptism if that's what happens. It certainly isn't the baby's fault and its soul is in need of cleansing from original sin. I hope these innocent infants can be baptized. If not, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to send them to another Christian church, Catholic or not.
**Know Christ (personally). Live Christ (radically). Share Christ (boldly). The order is important.**
Excellent summary.
Thank you.
What a laugh and thanks for pretending you know the truth, poper is the false prophet. See, God's scripture tells me the truth about that. So, Latin boy, don't think everyone is as dumb as you are maklng your false,( as in the big false church)accusations. Practice your idolatries like a good little brainwashed boy you are and leave it at that. Mary might get mad at you and we couldn't have that. could we?
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Carlson School Undergrad Net Impact Chapter Earns Highest Ranking
The chapter is one of nine chapters to receive the "gold" designation this year.
The undergraduate chapter of Net Impact at the Carlson School was recently given a "gold" designation, ranking it as one of Net Impact's top chapters. Just nine out of the 67 undergraduate chapters received the "gold" honor this year.
Net Impact is an international nonprofit group with a mission to educate and equip students and professionals to use business skills to build a more socially and environmentally sustainable world.
Net Impact chapters receive a gold or silver designation by meeting a rigorous set of requirements based on their activities, programming, and membership reach. The designations are bestowed by Net Impact's central office in San Francisco. Net Impact recognizes gold chapters in its annual Net Impact Conference, on its website, and in its publications.
At the Carlson School, the undergraduate chapter is responsible for Carlson Goes to Work, a day in which students, staff, and business professionals conduct business-focused community service at local non-profits.


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Editor's Note: The following paper is adapted from the keynote address presented at the 1994 ASIS annual Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. Anne Wells Branscomb kicked off the meeting with fresh insights into some of the difficulties surrounding the assessment of the value of information.Information has always been a valuable asset to those who possess it. Where the fish were biting was an important piece of information to tribal societies. They shared this information because it was in the interests of the community to do so, and the catch was shared by all members of the tribe. Today where the fish are biting is a carefully guarded secret by fishermen who store the longitude and latitude in the memories of their Loran equipment on their fishing boats. Their boats are also equipped with satellite antenna in order to obtain access to the remote sensing satellite data that discloses where the schools of fish are concentrating and what prices are offered for their catch on the global markets.
The U.S. economy has been in a state of transition from an agricultural economy in the 19th century to an information economy in the 21st century. In 1790 we were largely an economy of farmers. Today we are predominantly an economy of information workers. According to U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, about 60% of our work force today is engaged in activities that are producing information products.
The United States has passed all too briefly, it seems, through an industrial economy that was the envy of the world. The agrarian economy was one in which information was most often cherished as a public resource that should be shared in order to enhance the collective performance of all agricultural components. These were highly disaggregated and could not be expected to fund their own research. An information society is also disaggregated, but one in which the primary foundation of the economy may become collecting, processing, distributing and archiving information as a primary source of income upon which the society must rely for its economic health. We are at that crossroads now.
Thus we have a thriving information industry that has been growing at some 20-25% per year for the past several decades. However, as we see the burgeoning growth and use of new information technologies, we also see an erosion of the traditional public institutions that support information processing and distribution.
An information economy is based upon the premise that information has economic value and requires an information marketplace in which such value can be exchanged. However, this economic reality runs counter to the popular historic notion that information is free.
Confusion about What We Mean
In discussing the information is free notion, we often create immediate confusion. First, we apply the terms public and private to information, but without clarification of their meanings. We may mean that the information itself is from public or private funding sources, e.g., tax-funded or from foundation grants or purchase orders. Or, we may refer to the physical spaces in which information is found, i.e., either a private place for which our entry requires permission, or a public space in which everyone is invited, such as a public library. Or, we may wish to suggest the uses to which information is put or the means by which it is distributed, e.g., a memorandum to a private group or public dissemination on television. Finally, we may mean what the economists mean when they differentiate between public and private goods.
Whatever we mean, economic costs are associated with discovering, gathering, processing, manipulating, archiving and even using information. We invest time, which is a constant and not variable. As much as I admire the volunteers of Project Gutenberg, who are busily rendering into machine-readable form all of the great works of literature, their efforts are not free. They are spending, and I use the term advisedly, their time and skills to assemble this gift that they are putting into the global information commons.
We also spend money on the resources we need to gather, process and distribute information. Most expensive of all, we deploy humans in the form of professionals skilled in producing computer software, designing search algorithms and developing more user-friendly interfaces to the world's cornucopia of knowledge.
Intellectual property is financed in basically three ways: by patronage, procurement and property. Patronage refers to the funding of information producers, processors or archivists within fully funded and budgeted institutions such as the Library of Congress, the U.S. Geological Survey or ARPA.
Procurement means the contracting out of information products by institutional mandate, as, for example, the purchase of product from independent contractors who provide the information services and deliver the completed product for a stated price. This methodology is used widely in economically advanced economies and intergovernmental institutions such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank. Such independent contractors, often telecommuting workers, are a fast-growing segment of the information economy in the private as well as the public sector.
Financing intellectual property by property rights means the undertaking of information gathering and processing by independent entrepreneurs who anticipate that they will be able to obtain compensation for their labor on an open market when their product is made available to the consuming public. Human capital must be provided with a reasonable expectation of a return on the investment of intellectual skills as well as the use of the information processing machines that support productivity. The marketplace of information depends upon informatics professionals whose financial health depends on their ability to attract customers willing to pay either from public or private coffers for their labors.
But this form of funding, unlike patronage and procurement which provide a source of income for the writer, video artist or information providers, requires legal protection of intellectual property rights for effective performance in the electronic marketplace. And as yet, we have not managed to translate our legal system for the protection of information property into a viable system for the information age.
Legal Tools for the Protection of Information
A genuine marketplace of information products cannot be sustained without the existence of a fairly sophisticated and mature legal system that guarantees proprietary rights to the producers and processors of information products and the providers of information services. The legal tools for protecting proprietary information are expensive and complicated. Let us look at the legal domain in three separate ways:
Public Information as Property. Information in the public domain, at least theoretically, belongs to the body politic, although there is some ambiguity as to which body politic the information belongs. If the information is truly public domain, in other words, belonging to the global commons, and not proprietary to any government or worldwide institution, then it may meet with what is called the tragedy of the commons: either it will be overused and misused, or nobody will take care of it. If the information is public but entrusted to a public institution, then there is the difficulty of dwindling public financial support.
An issue has arisen with respect to software products developed by the government. Unlike patents which can be licensed, software generated by the U.S. government is legally prohibited from becoming private domain under the copyright act. Where will the support come for enhancing and marketing these products?
Personal Information as Property. What disturbs many people is transaction-generated data, that which is captured from purchases of merchandise or services or from telephone calls. Such data can easily be correlated in order to produce reasonably accurate information profiles of individuals. Furthermore, there seems to be little legal control over the redistribution of this information far and wide.
One of the major inadequacies of the system of intellectual property rights is that facts are not protected. Under the U.S. Supreme Court's Feist v. Rural Telephone decision, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor made it abundantly clear that copyright was only intended to protect original expression, not factual information. But what we really seek to protect in today's computerized marketplace is autonomy over personal data about ourselves and our purchases, travels, activities, health care. We fear a personal dossier that knows everything anyone ever wanted to know about each of us, that may be packaged and sold to others without our knowledge or permission. There is no law that prohibits most of the private sector from doing just that.
What happens with a compilation or computer database is that facts are, in effect, withdrawn from the public domain by a user who enhances the value which itself becomes marketable. Although the facts may not be appropriated, and another user is free to take the facts, what is valuable is the manner in which the facts are organized by the searching methodology deployed to make access to the facts more useful. Since the Supreme Court has ruled that facts may not become the subject of copyright protection, regardless of the amount of labor involved in collecting and organizing them, there remains some doubt concerning the amount of protection databases may maintain over the content of their products. The European Community has proposed protection of databases with a compulsory license to be available so that the new provider of the factual data may be assured of compensation for the effort. A compulsory license is a legal technique for compelling a proprietor to share information by permitting a statutory charge for the sharing.
Deploying the concept of property to personal information does not necessarily mean that each of us would be entitled to payment for the use of our names and addresses, although at least one proposition has been offered that a few cents should be deposited into our social security accounts by direct mail marketers who intend to address us. There are other mechanisms, such as barter arrangements. Oftentimes user groups or professional peers exchange valuable information on a quid pro quo basis or barter arrangement. For example, scientists share their scientific data with colleagues in order to have it vetted and verified by a peer group which later releases it to the public through scientific journals. Much of this exchange takes place over electronic networks, such as the Internet, where lurkers who are non-scientists, and, indeed, may be journalists, download and use it before it has received the thorough review sought by those who are sharing the information among a private peer group.
One difficulty with the application of absolute property rights to personal information is that it would inhibit governments from taking the data without compensation and due process, possibly affecting the collection of census and other important research data needed in the aggregate to supply information both for public and private decisions. However, there is no reason why we cannot develop a theory of personal choice and control over personal data that requires a fair exchange. Indeed, a law was passed this summer in the Omnibus Crime Bill requiring state motor vehicle license bureaus to provide an opportunity for those who feel vulnerable by having their names in a public registry to "opt out," forbidding release of their records to the public.
Inhibitions and Concerns in the Electronic Marketplace
With such a rich heritage of legal concepts, why do we not find it easy to transfer the legal system which we have deployed for the agricultural and industrial economies to the electronic information marketplace?
Expense of Computerization. A primary reason is that the information technologies with which we now deal require an expenditure of funds which we are often not willing to make from public resources. We turn instead to private enterprise to provide the capital investment. This is a conscious choice within a democracy, not something which has been decreed based upon malicious or wrathful Gods. We are moving more and more into an economy based upon information processing and distribution, because most of us like white collar jobs better than we like blue collar jobs, and nationals in other countries are willing to provide the output of blue collar jobs at less pay with higher quality, so that we as consumers prefer to purchase the products of their labors rather than our own.
Whether we can sustain such an economy based upon information alone, which does not also have a substantial base in agricultural or manufacturing productivity, remains to be proven. In order to sustain such an economy, it is vital to derive value from the labors required to produce income. Thus, we are seeing much more of our information sector commercialized. We can only sustain a public information sector dedicated to the support of other primary sectors if they, and not the information section, are the primary sources of our national wealth.
The Notion That Information Wants to Be Free. Information has no desire to be free, meaning unfettered or without compensation, nor does it want to be caged, meaning contained or kept secret. Information has no persona to will either freedom or incarceration. It is inanimate, subject to the will of its users and seekers, its generators, collectors and archivists. While some data may be free, however, capturing it in machine-readable form and turning it into information which can have value usually requires at a minimum human labor and often the use of expensive equipment. For example, information about geological resources is generally in the public domain (although some countries claim legal rights to prevent the taking without compensation of data concerning their natural resources). To acquire and use the information requires the expenditure of money to fund the remote sensing satellites, the highly sensitive cameras, the computers to analyze the data and the human resources to interpret it. Thus, the information becomes valuable through the human capital and equipment invested in the effort. In this way, what was public domain information may be exploited by entrepreneurs and become a valuable commodity that can be marketed in the information marketplace.
However, if such information has been generated through the investment of public funds, maybe it should be available to all for the taking. But what of public funds that come from one nation-state intended for the benefit of its citizens? Arguably, it should be available only to citizens and companies of that nation state. Thus, one can argue that valuable information resources, to which all of the nationals of the world lay claim, should be both funded and captured by a pool of capital supplied by contributions to a central fund and then become part of the global information commons.
Inappropriateness of the Concept of Copyright. Copyright law is turned on its ears within many of the early electronic environments such as the Internet and the bulletin board systems where there has developed a presumption that what is entered is in the public domain available for downloading or retransmitting at will. This is contrary to the current presumption of the copyright law that any original expression belongs to the utterer and needs no notice to establish the proprietary right. What is needed is a recognition within the electronic environment that counter notions prevail, and electronic notices are needed to establish at the outset into which kind of electronic domain one is entering and the circumstances under which one may establish a proprietary claim to the information entered into an electronic conference.
Electronic markers need to be devised to warn users of the rules of the electronic highway regarding downloading for personal or secondary purposes and re-distribution of information within the network itself. Further development is needed to design a system capable of tracking uses which are permitted and to bill for commercial transaction on the network. More than 70% of the domains on the Internet are now commercial. No doubt such developments are on the drawing boards of all commercial information providers. Inaccurate Concept. Another major problem is the paradigm of a copyright, whose roots are embedded in the printing press and the notion that there is an artifact which can be copied. Although the legal regime has been able to expand its horizons to cover artistic and musical works of all kinds, the aspect of a copy as the right which is to be protected stems from the notion that it is copies which are marketable.
In the computerized environment it is access to organized information which is valuable and everything is copied. It is impossible to use a computer program without copying it into the memory of the computer. It is impossible to use an online database without copying the electronic signals onto your disk or video monitor. Thus the use of the term is an anomaly.
An Alternative to Copyright. A networked world will be better served by a paradigm based upon uses of information rather than sales of copies. This paradigm would acknowledge several types of uses:
Prohibited Uses - by and large bits of information which are private for individuals or secret for institutions and nation states.
Permissible Uses - for example, newsworthy events, medical records of presidential candidates, and legally mandated uses, such as compulsory licenses, patents and copyrights.
Mandated Uses - such as disclosure of one's name, address and birth date to obtain a social security card and disclosure of one's medical history to obtain an insurance policy.
Misuses - such as libel or slander or misappropriation of the commercially marketed work product of another. It may be misuse of private information to disclose the nature of the books one has been reading or the videotapes one has viewed. Remember the public reaction to the release by the press of Robert Bork's videotape rentals? Congress reacted summarily with the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988, rejecting the notion that one's viewing habits as reflected in one's rentals of videotapes could be made public knowledge.
Fair Uses - such as quoting from an academic journal or critical analysis. The law has in prior years permitted only snippets of information to be considered as "fair use," but that too is changing with acceptance of the copying of entire works, as in the case of recording television programs on videotape and the reverse engineering or decompilation of computer code for the purpose of designing interoperable software.
The paradigm would also acknowledge abuses, of which there are many. The trend today is to assume that many of the abuses can be avoided by use of the technology itself, anti-virus software for detection of infection, encryption to protect against unauthorized access and imbedded coding for the detection of infringement. However, the enactment of criminal statutes, even if not broadly applied, serves as a benchmark of what the society is unwilling to tolerate in computer abuse and encourages industry teams to work diligently to protect their rights.
A paradigm based upon the type of use, as well as abuse, seems imminently more sensible than one based upon what is or is not copied.
Economic Support of Universal Service. Yet another difficult question is how we guarantee access to this great new electronic marketplace. Worldwide statistics of who has a telephone, the instrument of first accessibility to the global grid, look dismal. The correlation between income and the number of persons having access to each telephone is almost directly linear with a rising income. If you compare Switzerland with one phone for every citizen and a per capita income of $32,680 with Chad, which has 1068 inhabitants for each telephone and an income of only $190 a year per capita, it is difficult to deny the relationship between greater accessibility to the global grid and economic status.
The constraints upon providing universal service both at home and in the world at-large are economic - the costs of installation and development of the human resources to provide both hardware and content; cultural - concerning community autonomy; and political - the more difficult questions concerning national sovereignty and complex relationships in the real world.
Technology Offers Solutions
The answers for more advanced nations are offered by the informatics technology itself. It is not necessary for all inhabitants of planet Earth to have their own computers and fiber optic cables to their homes. It is necessary that people become competent to use computer terminals, that they have access to the global grid at public places and that they have the economic capability to deploy the technology to their own needs. The technological tools being developed and deployed are the smart card, digital cash, electronic markers and audit trails.
The smart card is color blind, sex blind and religion blind, though it is not, of course, income blind. It may imbed a line of credit along with personalized information and digital cash to pay for transactions. Its greatest asset may be its ability to record transactions and leave an audit trail. You could purchase a book or have access to an online library as easily as you could use food stamps instead of a credit card. Indeed, smart cards can be used to acquire information in much the same way that they are used today to purchase fuel and food and, if there is no immediate indication of the source of the card (i.e., public subsidy or private bank account), their use would be enabled without stigma.
But who will pay for the subsidized services and where will the access be provided?
For those who can't or don't own their own equipment, there should be public terminals where one can easily plug into the information marketplace. Such terminals can be offered by public sector institutions, such as libraries or post offices, or by any number of private sector institutions.
With the explosion of information, the expansion of electronic highways and the increase of knowledge generally, there should be no information poor. Our information environment can be enriched for everyone, if we deploy the hardware and software wisely within a legal structure which is fair and just.
The world may not have the collective will to provide universal service. It will be a long time before the private sector looks upon the aborigines in Australia as an attractive market opportunity, but we have the tools to provide all inhabitants of the this planet with satellite-delivered mobile access to the global infobahn.
Some Observations about Today's Partnership Between Public and Private Domains
Today, less and less information seems to come to us from public funds and private philanthropy. More and more information is offered as a commercial product for which direct compensation must be paid by the user. In other words information is not free.
There are both advantages and disadvantages to this growing marketplace. Computerized searching permits the finding of a needle in a haystack, but such a finding - if the transaction-generated information is recorded and sold to a commercial enterprise - may unleash an avalanche of unwanted information which we don't seem able to control.
Eventually the maturing of an information economy and greater control over the technology may offer more personal options and freedom of choice. Thus each of us will be able to mix and match public and private information according to our own desires and needs. And we will be able to exercise more individual choice and control over information about ourselves and how it enters the marketplace. In other words, information is not inherently global. Some of it is and should be uniquely personal and private.
If you read between the lines of the Clinton administration's efforts to define a national information infrastructure (NII), although there is an admonition to the private sector to link schools, libraries and hospitals to the information superhighway and to offer lifeline services to the needy, the primary purpose of the NII is to assure the United States of a global competitive advantage. In other words, the dividing line between private and public domains of information is what we make it through our votes, our donations and our entrepreneurial activities.
If we wish to expand the public domain of information we, as citizens, must vote with our tax dollars or donate with our charitable dollars to the public institutions of learning and archived knowledge. Otherwise we will continue to rely, as we seem to be doing, upon our choices as consumers in the shopping malls of the global information marketplace.
In summary, information is not free. It is not inherently global. Some is uniquely personal and private. The legal line between public and private domains is not fixed. Information is a valuable asset, a treasured resource and archive of knowledge. What use we make of it is up to us to decide.
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Vegan Laksa
I really love soups and esp. watery and broth based soups..where you have veggies and protein swimming in lots of liquid....but i dare not order it when i go out...coz i am pretty sure...it is made with chicken stock. So when i saw this soup in the VEG NEWS magazine last month..i jumped up and made it....it is actually a street food in Singapore...not sure if they sell the vegan version there...seriously doubt it!...but this one was yummers.
Lovely Laksa (source: veg new magazine) (note...the name was given in the magazine..not something i made up)
8 oz dried rice noodles (i used tofu noodles)
1 cup shallots chopped (i used red-onions)
1 stalk lemon-grass, white part only-crushed (i used a zest of a lime)
2 tsp. Sambaal Oelek
2 tsp. ground coriander
2 tsp. curry powder (did not use)
1 tsp. paprika (used 2 tsp.)
1/2 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. cayenne ( used red-chilly powder instead)
1 tbls. canola oil (used coconut oil)
31/2 cups vegetable stock (used a water+ veggie bullion)
1 tbls sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. fresh ground pepper
1 14oz can of coconut milk (i used lite coconut milk)
8 oz extra firm tofu - cubed
1 cup bean sprouts, blanched (omitted by me)
3 scallions (omitted by me)
1 cucumber, peeled and diced
1 bunch cilantro (none at home! )
1 cup pineapple (no way!!)
Lime wedges to serve
I also used 2 cups of assorted frozen veggies.
1. Cook noodles as per directions.
2. Make a paste of shallots,lemongrass,sambal oelek and ginger. Add to it coriander,curry powder,turmeric,paprika and cayenne pepper and make a smooth paste.
3. In a large pot...medium heat..add the oil..then add the shallot mixture from above and cook it for about 3 minutes, stirring well...adding a little stock to it..to make sure it does not burn. Then add the frozen veggies (if using)....stir it well...and add the rest of the stock.
4. Reduce the heat...add the sugar,salt and pepper. Simmer for 20 minutes...then add the coconut milk and heat it through without letting it boil. Add the noodles and the tofu (i toasted the tofu in a pan lightly- can omit this step) and simmer for 5-7
5. To serve...add the cucumber, scallions (if using) in a bowl. Pour the laksa over it and garnish with cilantro..pineapple (if using). Plop a lime wedge or half on the side too!!
The ingredient list is long..but it is something majority of us have it at home. The process to make this is super simple...it is delicious...personally for me..i will make it without the noodles however..or use the rice noodles mentioned in the recipe.
26 comments:
- Laavanya said...
Rajitha, I can't believe you made Laksa... I've tasted the vegetarian version of it just once before in Singapore and loved it! It's very popular in Singapore (but the veg. version not easily available). I simply MUST give this a shot.
I concur with almost everything you've said on the first para.
- Thu Jul 17, 03:00:00 PM EDT
- Sreelu said...
Rajtiha, I am in the same boat I have such a hard time eating out without worring about meat in the food. Recipe looks really delish will give it a try
- Thu Jul 17, 04:03:00 PM EDT
- mitr_bayarea said...
The name itself has a nice ring to it- Vegan Laksa. I've never tried a soup adding noodles to it, thought it too much work, this looks so yummy, will try out sometime.
- Thu Jul 17, 04:52:00 PM EDT
- RJ said...
Its nice to know there's someone finicky like me. I don't like to eat at Subway and many other international cuisines for the fear of meat and by products, wait staff touching meat etc. If for some reason I have to go to these type of places, I eat salad with no dressing. My eating out is limited to Indian and occasional pizza.
- Thu Jul 17, 10:24:00 PM EDT
- Namratha said...
It looks very inviting R, I can imagine how scrumptious it must have been! I had heard of Laksa, looks yummy!
- Thu Jul 17, 10:36:00 PM EDT
- Nags said...
that looks really yummy but i havent seen it here in singapore, yet :)
- Thu Jul 17, 11:06:00 PM EDT
- Madhuram said...
That's one healthy comforting soup Rajitha. It looks very appetizing. I would love to make this, but I'm not sure about using coconut milk. Actually so far I have not used coconut milk in savory dishes. Where is tofu noodles available? It's totally new to me.
- Thu Jul 17, 11:08:00 PM EDT
- delhibelle said...
Let me first congratulate you on digging and dishing up a perfectly authentic looking Laksa, this is as close to veg laksa as one gets in Singapore/Malaysia, right down to the pineapple, which I also pick out:)
This recipe is a find!
- Thu Jul 17, 11:10:00 PM EDT
- sra said...
LOL to 1 cup pineapple (no way!!) My sentiments exactly. But in Thailand, I ate a yellow curry with pineapple in it - not too bad! Your Laksa looks really good and spicy.
- Fri Jul 18, 02:10:00 AM EDT
- Rajitha said...
laav..what a relief that it is available in singapore..i mean it stated in the book it is..but i would have no answer if anyone disputed it!!..and glad to know u feel the same about eating out....
sreelu...isn't that a kill-joy...i am forever smelling and imagining meat sauce and stock. Btw. where are you..long time no blog entry...
mitr...the rice noodles would be good here...u can omit it too if you want :)
rj...u know i used to feel i am too finicky...but i guess you will find many like us...we just need to state it out :D
nammu...it was good..i had never heard of laksa before this..u should try....
nags..when you do find it and try it outside..mine mine too and let me know if it compares to the original :)
madhuram...coconut milk is really nice in savoury dishes..just make sure it does not come to a boil. It adss creamy texture to a dish and is sorta nutty too. These tofu noodles are called 'shirtaki noodles'..they are available in health stores. i have to warn you...they are 100% vegetarian..but the broth they come in smells fishy...you have to rinse and wash them well..but it is all vegetarian for sure :)
delhibelle..thanks for saying that! i feel so happy :)..and ahh...glad u feel the same on the pineapple!!
sra..i have had pineapple in navrattan kurma and enjoy it..but i felt..noodles with pineapple would be a lil off!!
- Fri Jul 18, 07:39:00 AM EDT
- Raaga said...
looks lovely... you into health food these days kya?
- Fri Jul 18, 08:08:00 AM EDT
- Richa said...
d-lish! gotta try this, with the pineapple though ;)
i guess chicken stock is a norm when eating out, sometimes ignorance is bliss...lol
- Fri Jul 18, 10:18:00 AM EDT
- Pooja said...
this is one awesome recipe dear rajitha :)
- Fri Jul 18, 12:17:00 PM EDT
- TBC said...
Love the color of the dish. I like sambal oelek a lot and use it in so many recipes.
Never heard of this dish before. Have to go to S'pore now or come over there. ;-)
P.S.- Subway sandwiches are one of my favorite s'wiches. Whay are you spoiling it for me? I ask them to use a fresh set of gloves(I bet they think I'm weird, but who cares!) and they oblige.:D
- Fri Jul 18, 05:21:00 PM EDT
- VEGETABLE PLATTER said...
wow you make laksa .. superb .. it looks sooo mouthwatering .. I have never made it .. shall give it a try
- Sat Jul 19, 09:29:00 AM EDT
- Srivalli said...
wow..thats an yummy bowl...:)..and I can understand your sentiments on eating out..mine exactly...
- Sat Jul 19, 12:00:00 PM EDT
- Sig said...
I totally agree with you on that glove observation, it is not just mixing meat and veggies.. I have seen people handling raw and cooked meat with the same glove, and even doing some scratching, picking etc, which makes me wonder why they even bother with a glove!!!! Laksa looks lovely btw :)
- Sat Jul 19, 06:20:00 PM EDT
- zlamushka said...
Wow, Rajitha, this looks like a lot of work. Amazing job :-) I ve gotta try.
Btw. I am hosting an event dedicated to cooking from other blogs. This month, we are featuring WHat´s For Lunch Honey. SHe also has a few choco-friendly recipes, hope you can participate
- Sun Jul 20, 10:23:00 AM EDT
- Shreya said...
Laksa is something new to me, but your picture is tempting...
- Sun Jul 20, 02:17:00 PM EDT
- Rajitha said...
raaga..haan yaar...my pants were getting tight on me :D
richa..it is bliss yaar..but i have gotten gifted with knowledge ;)
tbc..actually i have a spoiler for the gloves too..but i will not ruin it for you, since you have asked me not too..see i can be nice :)
veggieplatter...do give it a go..it is nice..
srivalli...glad you feel the same!
sig..tell me about it...the gloves are a joke and i doubt anyone even washes their hands after you know what!!...and thnks :)
zlamushka..thnks...i will definately try to join in the fun this time :)
shreya..it was new to me too...try it..it is good..
- Mon Jul 21, 04:22:00 PM EDT
- raj said...
great laksa of singapore style.
Looks great to be tried immediately.
- Mon Jul 21, 08:14:00 PM EDT
- Kumudha said...
Laksa looks so tasty! I'm going to try this dish.
- Tue Jul 22, 01:27:00 PM EDT
- Padma said...
I remember such incident when we were in NYC eating chicken s/w at mc don. A lovely Indian lady approached me and asked " Is it vegetarian" showing the s/w they ordered. I saw n assured them that it is indeed a veggie burger, n you can eat it. I can see from her face she was so relieved! Such hard times we Indian-NV eaters also face, like I ask them is it red meat or pork? So I can imagine the plight for vegans here..
Nice comfy looking soup!
- Tue Jul 22, 02:47:00 PM EDT
- Swati Raman Garg said...
hey rajitha how r u ..... this pic is so so so tempting.....too good...
- Wed Jul 23, 12:14:00 PM EDT
- Sophie said...
We would like to feature this recipe on our blog. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if interested. Thanks :)
- Tue Aug 19, 08:24:00 AM EDT
- Hima said...
I never heard of it before but looking great.. may want to try it.
Hey rajitha, I am hosting an event called Sunday Snacks, would appreciate if you can send in something for that.
- Fri Aug 22, 08:08:00 AM EDT


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San Diego, CA – In the bottom of the sixth inning of Thursday's contest between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, a bench-clearing brawl broke out between both clubs.
To make matters worse for the Dodgers, starter Zack Greinke suffered a fractured left collarbone during the incident, the team announced after the contest.
Greinke, who gave up two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four batters in Los Angeles' 3-2 victory, was injured as a result of a tussle with San Diego left fielder Carlos Quentin.
Greinke threw an inside fastball that hit Quentin in the upper left back area on a 3-2 pitch. Immediately, the two began verbally arguing before both charged at each other.
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Los Angeles infielder Jerry Hairston and other San Diego players continued to argue with each other and some pushing and confrontation continued yet again.
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Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said the righty will return to Los Angeles to see Dr. Neal Elattrache Friday. The skipper was also critical of Quentin's actions.
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