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Is Your Manufacturing Plant Secure?
With the new Food Safety Act, it's time to perform a physical security checkup.
With the recent passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, a lot of attention has been focused on the purity of our foods from the perspective of accidental contamination. For the first time in the history of food legislation, the concept of food defense has been introduced. Food defense is defined as measures to protect food from deliberate tampering from criminal or terrorist sources.
With this heightened appreciation of food safety and keeping in mind the approaching 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, it's a good time for every company and every plant in the food & beverage industry to give itself a serious checkup on physical security.
Existing food guidelines from the FDA and the USDA are intended to keep our food safe and edible. But what are we doing to keep production facilities secure? Those who would do America harm will strategically target whatever they can to spread terror in the fastest and most horrific ways possible.
America's food production companies could be a target.
Consider these benchmarks
Food industry executives should be prepared to respond to increased government involvement with food defense as a result of the new regulation – the final rules and implementation of which still have to be figured out. Scientific and performance standards will be developed to connect the industry with national security processes, yet there also will be a need for conventional physical security.
For security experts, it will make our jobs even more valuable, especially for those who have food & beverage experience. The bad news is that many food industry executives have a lot on their plates and aren't familiar with the issues surrounding true food defense.
Every organization must take this opportunity to create a food defense plan with comprehensive security requirements covering every aspect of its facilities including: processing, materials handling, personnel, storage, shipping/receiving, site security, utilities connections and the use of cybersecurity.
Processors of all types of food now will be required to evaluate the hazards in their operations, implement and monitor effective measures to prevent contamination and have a plan in place to take any corrective actions that are necessary.
It makes sense for plant managers to consider some benchmarks. First and foremost, have you documented the most likely criminal or terrorist contamination scenarios that could impact your facility? Have you implemented measures to control these identified risks? If not, this can be accomplished by:
- Conducting a security risk assessment to identify security hazards.
- Using the industry concept of goal-based security.
- Adopting security industry best-practice guidance. The FDA has available Guidance for Industry – Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance.
Some other benchmarks:
- Appoint a person or committee to be responsible for the oversight of your security program.
- Implement an incident reporting procedure and investigate all actual or potential security breaches.
- Implement a background check procedure that applies to employees, contractors and temporary employees working at your facility.
- Develop a comprehensive security awareness and training program for management, personnel with security duties and all other employees and contractors.
- Implement an effective perimeter access control system to prevent unauthorized access and to channel authorized persons to appropriate checkpoints for screening.
- Establish effective internal access control measures that prevent visitors from entering the plant, as well as persons with general access from entering security sensitive areas such as laboratories, mixing rooms and computer rooms.
- Implement operational controls such as management of incoming materials, storage for raw materials, water and utilities and access to computer systems; protect finished products from tampering; manage threats by mail.
- Establish a security recordkeeping system.
- Develop a crisis management plan to cover common emergencies (e.g., contamination, threat of contamination, breach of security, recalls).
- Implement compliance and quality assurance programs to validate security effectiveness.
Qualifying consultants
With these benchmarks in mind, it is also important to be aware of the various potential pitfalls to avoid when improving physical security at your plant.
First, when any new regulation is passed, "consultants" claiming to be experts in the area come pouring out of the woodwork. It is no different in the security industry.
To avoid hiring an inexperienced or unqualified expert, you can find qualified and independent security expertise from such organizations as the International Association of Professional Security Consultants in the U.S. (www.IAPSC.org), and the Association of Security Consultants in the U.K. (www.securityconsultants.org.uk).
Expert consultants from these organizations do not sell security equipment and, therefore, do not have a conflict of interest when recommending security measures and technology for your plant. Representative consultants from security vendors may be naturally biased toward the products they offer. Keep in mind, an independent security consultant can bring more comprehensive expertise to the table – skills that focus on more than just security technology.
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Gpl On Linux
Posted Aug 04 2012 - 12:02 PM
I use windows only for GPL... and I really would like to move GPL to linux and racing online from here. I installed GPL in Archlinux (the distro I use) without problems, but I still can't execute GEM in order to adjust rasterisers and general configuration of the GPL.
Is there anybody racing in some league under linux? I would appreciate very much if somebody can give me some clues to install the needed software to race online (gem, vroc) and to improve frame rates (all, obviously using (not drinking ) wine).
Cheers, and thanks in advance.
Posted Aug 04 2012 - 06:58 PM
As for details... Google is your friend, since I think so little number of people run it on Linux that you'd only have some experiences from individuals scattered across the Net to learn from. Afaik no-one is running it in this configuration here, at the moment. Could be wrong though.
Regards, Rudy
Posted Aug 05 2012 - 05:28 AM
Posted Aug 05 2012 - 10:07 AM
twinpotter, on Aug 05 2012 - 05:28 AM, said:
Thanks all. I'll try it, twinpotter!
Posted Oct 03 2012 - 01:00 PM
GPL, IGOR works (running a dedicated server via IGOR) but GEM does not run.
I get the "initialize" window, can select the language and then its gone without any error message.
So i can not create the mod-exe.
Posted Oct 03 2012 - 01:23 PM
Posted Oct 07 2012 - 10:27 AM
I have GPL and GPLsecrets installed under Windows on second HDD (Windows drive letter G) and wanted to use these installs directly under Wine, by mounting drive G as drive G for "Windows". Gem+ crashed!
I installed GPL Secrets under wine into "Drive C" and it works!
So i started GEM from drive G and it works, too
So some dll were missing, corrected by installing.
Edited by Frank_Mueller, Oct 07 2012 - 10:28 AM.
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Posted Oct 14 2012 - 02:10 AM
Frank_Mueller, on Oct 03 2012 - 01:00 PM, said:
GPL, IGOR works (running a dedicated server via IGOR) but GEM does not run.
I get the "initialize" window, can select the language and then its gone without any error message.
So i can not create the mod-exe.
Probably too late with this but I'll post it anyway for future reference;
I had this problem too. All I needed to do was rename the GEM.ini file (i.e. GEM.txt) and launch GEM.
When it asks to "Enable Videos" answer no.
Posted Apr 20 2013 - 06:36 PM
I did not try my wheel yet...
Cheers, Marcos.
Posted Apr 03 2014 - 09:08 AM
Frank_Mueller, on Oct 03 2012 - 01:00 PM, said:
GPL, IGOR works (running a dedicated server via IGOR) but GEM does not run.
I get the "initialize" window, can select the language and then its gone without any error message.
So i can not create the mod-exe.
I know this is an old thread...
But with XP's end I have to get it working!
My sever could run it now without problems but I have another PC to test the stuff before
What I did -
Installed Kubuntu 12.04 lts
- ATI CCC for gracard HD5750
- Wine1.6
- Joystick
- tried the GEM+ install with the same frustrating result...
Then I copied my Windows folders of GPLSecrets and GPL into my home folder
NOW if I start the GEM2.exe in my old folder it works perfect after showing the path to gpl.exe!
I can drive on- and offline and all is working fine in 36 and 60fps with OGLV2
The last problem is still G25 FFB and wheel config but it should be possible to solve as they make SteamOS...
Would be nice to get some feedback or help, I will continue with reporting my progress
Edited by Cookie, Apr 03 2014 - 09:16 AM.
Posted Apr 03 2014 - 11:17 AM
if you google force feedback wine you can find a lot of resource, adding grand prix legends you can find even a dedicated page at WineHQ Grand Prix Legends 220.127.116.11.
I read that force feedback is functioning into wine so must be some problem related to the way GPL implement in game.
I would like to trash Windows but as I use to do everything at home (play music via wasapi, play DVB-S and DVB-C, making music as midi host and effect rig and so on) as the only source, I haven't find a satisfactory equivalent into linux, almost qualitatively.
I hope in the future something could change, because even Windows 8 doesn't do same good as 7
Posted Apr 03 2014 - 12:32 PM
Now I have on my machine too in double boot with win 7.
Will let you know
Posted Apr 03 2014 - 04:13 PM
How did you installed it? Just copying files from another install, or did you use the installer?
Also, and maybe more important. Are you using some dedicated video card? I guess that part of my problem with Linux and GPL is that my computed has just an integrated "card". It's a notebook and hence... not expansible...
But I'll try it again!
Posted Apr 03 2014 - 04:46 PM
I think maybe I should configure something of wine, but I don't know what. Any ideas?
I followed some instructions from here for another game: http://forums.runicg...hp?f=30&t=25303
and after discovering that it work much better with Xfce than with Gnome (at least in my computer), I have GPL almost working for full use in Linux (with solid 36 fps in full grid in all tracks I tested).
But... I said "almost" because I still didn't discovered how to configure force feedback and H-shifter of my G25.
I had a great advance and I feel close to migrate GPL to Linux
Edited by mcmirande, Apr 03 2014 - 09:44 PM.
Posted Apr 04 2014 - 05:39 AM
I tried to install GEM with its installer but it did not finish...
Just copied the gplsecrets and GPL folders of my Windows XP install into the home folder of Kubuntu
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Halloween Hues: Black and Orange Interiors
With Halloween just around the corner, it seems only appropriate to cast our eye for color to one of the most evocative combinations of the palette - black and orange. A pairing, I'll admit, about which I've always been a little leery...until now.
It takes a fine hand to combine these two colors well; with one wrong step, one can be pitched off the road of smooth sophistication into the thorny bramble of kitsch. As with most things, it's all about proportion. Done well, the results can be fantastic: black's inky drama acts as an elegant counterpoint to orange's abundant energy. However, when the two are used in equal measure and the palette is absent of another "breather" color (such as white), trouble may ensue. Instead of a striking everyday space, one's black and orange room could end up being more trick that treat...
What do you think of black and orange interiors? Have you ever used this color combination yourself? What guidelines do you think should be followed in order for it to be successful?
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I'm very eager to meet Mr Mohammad Jawad, the British reconstructive surgeon who performed pioneering treatment on the budding television presenter Katie Piper, after a jealous boyfriend arranged for a cup of acid to be thrown straight into her face. So eager, in fact, that I accidentally turn up his office a full 24 hours early one frosty morning. He expresses benign surprise at seeing me so soon, but nevertheless bustles about fixing me a warming cup of coffee, and we begin to talk.
While he's not a household name just yet, many would recognise Jawad's cuddly but commanding presence from his appearance in the Chanel 4 documentary Katie Piper: My Beautiful Face. Some 3.3 million people watched the programme tracing the early stages of the former model's recovery when it aired in 2009, and countless thousands more have watched the shocking but inspirational hour since. Now, the forthcoming Oscar-nominated documentary Saving Facetrails Jawad as he returns to Pakistan, the country of his birth, to help victims of acid violence. The film is directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, the first Pakistani to win an Oscar nod.
Acid attacks are a form of violent assault in which acid is thrown into the face and on the body of a person, typically young and female. Girls are often targeted by men after rejecting sexual advances or offers of marriage; or by their families for bringing them into perceived dishonour. Dissolved bones, vicious scarring and blindness are among the frequent consequences. Jawad, who has over 11,000 hours of operating experience, told me: "The intention is to cause grievous bodily harm, to murder or kill-except they bloody don't die. Instead they are disfigured and destroyed, when they're still young with their whole life in front of them."
The phenomenon is most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan and Southern Asia. Official figures state that there are 100 cases of acid violence in Pakistan every year, although it's been estimated that the actual figure is far, far higher. Jawad has been performing humanitarian surgery in the country since he led a team to help victims of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. I asked him what drew him back to his homeland, and how Saving Face came about:
"The feeling was good, to be doing some good in my own backyard-and it meant I had the chance to go home and annoy my mother. And then came Katie Piper: My Beautiful Face in November 2009, and I was interviewed by channels from all over the world. Daniel Junge heard the BBC World Service asking me about the Pakistan earthquake, contacted me through various routes and proposed a documentary on my acid victim work in Pakistan. We made some films and we identified a few patients and took this recording back to HBO in the US, who were very excited and funded it."
Acid attacks are said to be chronically under-reported in the country, and Jawad hopes that the exposure given to the issue by the film might address this.
He said: "This is a story of hope and courage. The real heroes of course are these two patients we feature, who've been so forthcoming in such a conservative society to take it on the neck and say: 'this cannot carry on.' In a way this was about me saving my own face, and owning up to my responsibility to the country of my origin."


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Stjerneadvokater necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 130 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
We need a font based clean, elegant, strong and professional looking logo for our legal match service based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
"Stjerneadvokater" is a matchmaking site between lawyers and internet users (individuals as well as small and medium sized companies). We're the leading service of its kind in Denmark and our lawyers offer all kinds of legal service and advice.
We seek a modern, clean, elegant and professional looking logo /corporate identity. Our current logo color is green - therefore the dominating color for the new logo and stationary should be (dark) green. Furthermore, the logo should have a second line with our website name "www.stjerneadvokater.dk". Whenever the new logo is done, we will redesign our website in the same style and colors as the logo.
Also, you should know that our name "Stjerneadvokater" means "star lawyers" ("stjerne" means a star) or "top lawyers" in English. Therefore, there should be a star or up to 5 stars in the logo. Today, we have 5 stars in our logo which symbolizes the fact that our users (the clients) are rating the lawyers on a scale from 1-5 stars. We don't necessary need 5 stars in our new logo, but think we should have one star as a minimum – the rest is up to you and your creativity!
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The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery at a Bluffton jewelry store.
Two female employees of Ultra Diamonds in the Tanger Outlet Mall reported the robbery last night after a white male pulled a gun when pressed to pay for a piece of jewelry. The man reportedly phoned the store to ask about an item, showed up in person 20 minutes later, identified himself as the caller and moved to the register to pay for a necklace after employees showed him several options.The man then allegedly pulled a handgun, demanding multiple pieces of jewelry from the display case along with all the cash in the register. He forced the two women to a back room at gun point and fled, according to the employees.
The suspect was described as a white male, approximately 6'04", 250 lbs wearing a yellow and gray "Polo" tank top. He reportedly had a distinct rash or severe acne on his chin and was wearing large diamond rings on each hand.
The Sheriff's Office is asking anyone with any information to contact either Investigator Cpl. D. Nelson at 843-255-3412 the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777.


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Ann (Shelburne) Atkins and Donald Paul Atkins, 8141 County Road 418, Hannibal, Mo., will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with a family gathering.
The couple was married on Sept. 4, 1948.
The Atkins are parents of Linda Daniels (Gary Riney), Laura Zeiger (David), Lee Atkins (Jill), Lou Doran (Sam - deceased), Lisa Ball (Carl) and Lester Atkins (deceased).
They have 13 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, with another one on the way.
Mr. Atkins is a retired dairy farmer and real estate salesman.
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China's 'New Left' Grows Louder
Followers of Bo Xilai Criticize Direction of Communist Party, Exposing Leaders to Sensitive Questions Over Mao's Legacy
BEIJING—Supporters of ousted political leader Bo Xilai are turning up the note of political discord in China with increasingly loud criticism that the policies of current Communist Party leaders are widening inequality and breeding social unrest.
The movement, known as the new left, remains relatively small and obscure, and is unlikely to have a major impact on the coming shuffle of party leadership positions. But criticism from Communist hard-liners in the era of online social media places China's leaders in a tricky position as a debate over the direction of the party and China's economic model is quickly spreading from universities and closed-door sessions into public view.
The new left—a loose collection of academics, lower-ranking government officials, writers and overseas activists—advocates a stronger hand for the state in economic planning as well as a return to the values put forth by the late Chairman Mao Zedong. The new left argues that China's economic reforms over more than 30 years have led to wide income disparity, and the movement has criticized the takedown of Mr. Bo, once its most visible leader.
Dealing with the new left requires some balancing for the party. Unlike the political activists who often oppose the party on democratic or human-rights grounds, the new leftists act as defenders of the vision Mao once laid out for China: Rejecting them outright would risk exposing party leaders to sensitive questions around the very foundation the party is built on.
Mr. Bo's takedown indicates consensus among Chinese leaders to push ahead with economic liberalization despite growing social problems, said Minqi Li, an economics professor at the University of Utah, who is aligned with new leftists in calling for more-egalitarian wealth distribution in China.
"The basic message for every layer of government official is that they try to please higher-ups and forget trying to create anything that is positive in the sense of contributing to the livelihood of local people," said Mr. Li who helps run redchinacn.net, a popular Maoist website that has been outspoken about Mr. Bo's case.
"In the next few years we could see an acceleration of the various contradictions and the problems and the economic-social crisis," he said.
Political analysts say scenes of blue-collar workers and students embracing Maoist imagery and slogans during officially tolerated anti-Japanese protests in a number of Chinese cities last month underscored leaders' fears that support for the new left could spread. Many protesters said in interviews the demonstrations were also a way to express dissatisfaction with what they see as weak party leadership and Beijing's inability to protect China's interests.
During the protests in Beijing, one of China's leading new-left thinkers, Han Deqiang, scuffled with an elderly man who Mr. Han said derided Mao. Photos of the incident and a heated discussion spread rapidly online, laying bare deep-seated public divisions over both Mao's legacy and the state's role in the economy.
While Mao's face is on China's currency and his portrait hangs in the heart of Beijing, at the gate of Forbidden City on Tiananmen Square, China's more recent leaders have been careful to draw a line between his experiments with communism, in which tens of millions of people died due to famine and political chaos, and the country's recent years of economic growth.
In the past three decades, China's economic reforms were little questioned amid double-digit growth and dramatically rising living standards. But during the global economic crisis the new leftists gained a growing voice, according to analysts who have studied the movement.
The new leftists have called attention to a widening wealth gap, government corruption and what they see as exploitation of cheap Chinese labor, raising questions about the effectiveness of current leaders and whether the party has drifted too far from its founding principles. Such questions come as the party prepares for a once-a-decade leadership transition beginning Nov. 8.
As a charismatic politician and onetime candidate for top office, Mr. Bo served as the new left's most powerful champion. From the southwestern city of Chongqing where he served as party chief from 2007 until March 2012, he launched popular social programs to help the city's poor, promoted an aggressive anticorruption campaign and restored Mao-era traditions like the singing of red songs.
Mr. Bo was removed in March from his Chongqing post and subsequently expelled from the Communist Party on Sept. 28. He is likely to face trial on charges of corruption as well as abusing his power during a murder investigation against his wife, Gu Kailai. Ms. Gu in August was convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood at a hotel in Chongqing in November.
State media have worked to sully Mr. Bo's image, painting him as a leader who lived decadently and flouted party guidelines governing officials' behavior. But his advocates maintain sway online, where many use Sina Corp.'s popular Twitter-like Weibo microblogging service. New-left activist Sima Nan, who has more than a half-million followers, uses the forum to regularly discuss Mr. Bo's case.
It is unclear how extensively popular Maoist websites have been targeted by China's censors as a result of the Bo case. The University of Utah's Mr. Li said the site he works with, redchinacn.net, was first targeted by hackers beginning in mid-March. After Mr. Bo was dismissed from the Politburo in April, leftist websites including his were shut down completely, he said. Mr. Li's site quickly relaunched overseas. Government officials haven't commented publicly about closing any websites.
On Sept. 29, a day after Mr. Bo was expelled from the party, the party-run Guangming Daily newspaper published a commentary on its website saying Mr. Bo's fall ensured the country would never experience another Cultural Revolution, a period of political and social chaos lasting from 1966 to 1976.
Mr. Han, the new-left advocate who slapped the elderly man in September, published an online essay in response a few days later. The essay—widely republished on leftist websites and apparently left alone by China's online censors—argued that the Chongqing model under Mr. Bo simply set out to fight corruption and to better entwine the party with common people. Top leaders' and state media's praise for Chongqing in the years before Mr. Bo was fired was proof that Chongqing's programs hadn't previously run afoul of the party, he wrote.
Mr. Han became the subject of national debate after his scuffle with the old man on Sept. 18 outside Japan's Embassy in Beijing where thousands had massed over the course of days to pelt the fortress-like building with eggs and plastic water bottles.
According to a statement by Mr. Han posted online, he was chatting with young protesters who carried a sheet with characters proclaiming they missed Chairman Mao. He said an old man approached and began cursing the former chairman. Mr. Han retorted the old man was a traitor, and slapped him across the face, the statement said.
Mr. Han declined to be interviewed, and the old man's identity wasn't known. Mr. Han's actions toward the old man were widely criticized in China, though Mr. Han has responded defiantly. Hearing someone bad-mouth the country's founder was more than he could bear, his statement said.
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Under Bo's Watch
The new left found a friend in the Chongqing party chief
2007—Bo Xilai becomes party chief of the southwestern city of Chongqing.
2008—The global financial crisis gives voice to those in China who advocate a greater state role in the economy.
2009—Chongqing engages in a high-profile campaign to strike at corruption and organized crime. The program won Mr. Bo popular support but drew criticism from legal experts and others.
2010—Vice President Xi Jinping, the heir-apparent to President Hu Jintao, is among leaders to visit Chongqing, a move seen as an endorsement of its policies.
2010—Chongqing leaders promote giving rural migrants access to urban welfare benefits.
2011—Henry Kissinger is one of many foreign dignitaries to visit Chongqing. Meanwhile the city's ambitious social housing program is popular among poor residents.
2012—Mr. Bo is removed from his post in Chongqing and later expelled from the party, and likely will face corruption and other criminal charges. His wife is convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood in Chongqing.
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A major FE college radically improves its level of IT support for learning, leadership and administration with the aid of Microsoft technologies, particularly Microsoft Hyper-V for server virtualisation.
South Tyneside College is a large Further Education institution on two sites in South Shields, on the North East Coast of England. It has about 11,000 students enrolled on a full range of courses. A strong and historic specialisation in Marine studies means that the college draws students from around the world as well as from the local area and across the UK.
IT at South Tyneside
In the FE environment, a high quality user experience of IT is essential for success and growth. At South Tyneside College this is recognised by the creative and forward looking deployment of a range of technologies in which Microsoft products strongly feature, including Hyper-V for server virtualisation,
The importance of that user experience is well demonstrated by the annual student enrolment process. At South Tyneside College between three and four thousand students will enrol between the last week in August and the second week in September.
Head of IT Services Craig Scott explains how this works.
'All our enrolments are entered into our student records system in real time, with the student sitting in front of a member of staff who is typing in their details, putting them on the correct courses. Obviously during this two to three week period, reliability and performance are key factors. Big delays or technical problems during enrolment can lead to students walking out the door and enrolling at another college.'
Clearly, then, the very wide range of users – administrators, managers, students, teaching staff and others, within College and beyond – expect, as of right, a level of service that's fast, unobtrusive, reliable, consistent and responsive to rapidly changing circumstances. Meeting those demands from a new data centre brought on line during the Summer of 2012, Craig Scott and his team deploy and support technologies that include Microsoft Desktop Applications which are in constant use across 2000 desktop and portable device. There are also numerous business applications fundamental to the efficient working of the College, such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL Data bases, and proprietary finance systems and student records (including pastoral records).
Most importantly, however, all the College's mission-critical business systems are provided within a private cloud, hosted by servers virtualized with Microsoft Hyper-V, chosen after initial experience with both Microsoft technology and VMWare.
The South Tyneside College Virtualisation Journey
The College's ambitious and innovative move of its IT infrastructure from a large number of single-purpose physical servers to a fully virtualised environment has been achieved over some five years by the College IT team, led by Head of IT Services Craig Scott . The aim, throughout, has been to stay ahead of growing demand and expectations with the best and most cost-effective user experience.
Craig and the team embarked on virtualisation technology in 2006/7, using two Microsoft Virtual Servers, and one VMWare server. Then a year or so later along came Windows Server 2008, which came with Hyper-V. Craig and his team installed this on a spare server and in the course of exploring its features they found it to be the best option – more efficient, easier to use. The fact that Windows 2008 and Hyper-V included Windows Failover Clustering further confirmed that Microsoft's Hyper-V route was the one to take. So within six months of the release of Windows Server 2008, Craig had migrated eight existing virtual servers, including Exchange and SQL Server, to a Windows Failover Cluster hosted on two physical servers.
From that point, there was steady progress, The upgrade in 2009 of Windows Server 2008 to 2008 R2 brought a new version of Hyper-V, which was now installed on a Windows Failover Cluster grown to five servers, to which all existing virtual servers were now migrated. The process continued through the rest of 2009 until by December the failover cluster had expanded again, to seven servers into which fifty physical servers were now migrated.
The year 2011 brought pressures on funding, and the familiar need to achieve more with less. Reliability and efficiency could not be compromised however, and by now, experience showed that Hyper-V was well up to the task, so Craig and the team decided to establish a second seven-server Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster running Hyper-V. This now gave the College a remarkably robust IT infrastructure. As Craig puts it,
'Once this second cluster was established we effectively replicated a lot of our existing application/front-end servers for business critical systems and used Windows Network Load Balancing to balance the traffic between them on the two clusters.'
The Current Picture
The position now, into the beginning of Academic Year 2012- 2013 is that both of the 'production' seven-server Hyper-V clusters are located in the new data centre – a compact installation taking up less room, using less energy than a large number of individual physical servers.
In addition, underlining the emphasis on reliability, there are also five servers, again running 2008 R2 and Hyper-V, in an auxiliary server room across the campus. These servers host 'cold' and 'warm' standby virtual machines for all critical systems. As Craig says,
'We've been able to facilitate this via Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2012 which we use to back up all the virtual machines from our production clusters and restore them in a dormant state to our standby Hyper-V servers. In the event of a serious issue with one or more of the servers in the primary data centre we can bring the cold or warm standby virtual machine hosted in the auxiliary server room into use within five to ten minutes.'
It seems that the more experience that Craig and the team have with Microsoft technologies, the more they're able to put them to work for learners and staff at the college. Their deployment of Microsoft App-V, for example, means that Microsoft desktop applications do not have to be installed on desktops, but are available to users on demand from the virtualised servers via a browser. As a result, any application is available on any PC and when there are short notice room changes, for example, the necessary software for the class is still available. It's a classic example of 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) running in a private cloud.
Then there is extensive use of Microsoft System Center as an invaluable platform for managing the network. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager is used to manage all the virtual machines, and Microsoft System Center Service Manager and System Center Orchestrator are used to streamline the work of the IT Helpdesk. In fact positive experience with System Center has led to its replacing the open source Request Tracker (RT) that had been in use for the helpdesk, enabling some issues to be handled automatically – as Craig says,
'Again helping us to deliver more with less and increase reliability and efficiency.'
Reaping the Benefits
1. Reliability
IT managers know that users want a system there when they want it, instantly, all the time, any time, The record shows that Craig Scott and his team are achieving exactly that for learners and staff at South Tyneside College. In Craig's words,
'Hyper-v and our private cloud have really helped us to deliver the levels of reliability and performance we need. The combination of Hyper-V, Windows Failover Clusters and Windows Network Load Balancing allowed us to achieve 99.95% average availability on our critical systems and services last academic year (the equivalent of 59 minutes and 57 seconds uptime out of every hour). '
Most would settle for that. But, adds Craig,
'This year we're aiming for 99.99%.'
2. Flexibility
The academic year in a further education college makes widely varying demands on the IT network , not all of them predictable. At the start there's the enrolment process already described, followed by initial assessments of new students by online testing, and later in the year will come a programme of examinations.
This is where South Tyneside College' virtualised IT environment shows its strength because of the ease with which virtualised servers can be moved around to add or reduce capacity in response to demand.
Without that level of flexibility some activities either just couldn't happen, or would have to wait for the acquisition of new physical servers.
'There are massive benefits in this,' says Craig, 'There've been times when we've been involved in collaborative projects with other colleges, only to find they've stalled because they were waiting for new hardware, where we've been able to get a new virtual server up and running in half an hour.'
And still to come?
As the future brings college expansion and growing user expectation, South Tyneside College's IT team seeks constantly to exploit developing technologies. Plans include –
Moving mail accounts currently hosted on Google, to Office 365.
It's estimated that this will be trialled in the Spring of 2013, with a full migration in July/August.
Using the cloud for disaster recovery. Craig Scott says, ,
"We've got some funding from the Association of Colleges to look into cloud based disaster recovery solutions, and will evaluate Azure as a possible option"
Developing the use of SharePoint. Craig Scott says,
'We use SharePoint for our intranet and document management solution, and plan to develop the electronic document management side of this further this academic year'
In the immediate future (before Christmas 2012) there will be trial deployments of Windows Server 2012 particularly to evaluate the enhancements to hyper-v and other new features such as data duplication. Following on, consideration will be given to upgrading one of the Hyper-V clusters from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows 2012.
More with less
Our education blogs have many examples of virtualisation with Hyper-V as a cost saver, because it can radically cut spending on servers, maintenance and energy use. In each case, however, there have also been considerable efficiency gains and it's clear from the experience at South Tyneside College that in an enterprise-scale installation what matters most isn't so much cost saving as cost-effectiveness -- the radically improved service to a large and varied population of users.
'More with less', as Craig Scott puts it.


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Oracle Tunes Java's Internal String Representation
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In an ongoing effort to improve Java performance, Oracle has announced a change in the internal representation of strings in the String class as of Java 1.7.0_06.
The change, removing two non-static fields from the underlying String implementation, was done to help prevent memory leaks.
The original String implementation is based on four non-static fields. The first is char[] value, which contains the characters comprising the String. The second is int offset which holds the index of the first character from the value array. The third is int count storing the number of characters to be used. Fourth is int hash, which holds a cached value of the String hash code.
Oracle reported that a performance issue could arise in the original implementation when a String is created using the String.substring() call. Substring() is called internally by many other API calls like Pattern.split(). When String.substring() is called, it refers to the internal char[] value from the original String characters.
The previous implementation was designed that way in order to produce a memory savings, since the substring would still refer to the original character data. In addition String.substring() would run in constant time (O (1)) unlike the new implementation that runs in linear (O(n)) time.
However the old implementation had the possibility of producing a memory leak in cases where an application would extract a small String from an originally large String and then discard the original String. In such a scenario, a live reference to the underlying original large char [] value from the original String is still retained, holding on to possibly many unused bytes of data.
To avoid this situation in earlier versions, Oracle suggests calling the new String(String) constructor on the small String. That API copies only the required section of the underlying char[] thereby unlinking the new smaller String from the original large parent String.
In the new paradigm, the String offset and count fields have been removed, so substrings no longer share the underlying char [] value.
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is that Java 1.7.0_06 or 1.7.0_60?
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The Best of Green Living in Brooklyn
Despite being one borough in a big city, Brooklyn has much to offer those who want to live green. Our Brooklyn coverage this year included a few Green Tours, a shout-out to two Brooklyn companies selling amazing wares, and a look at some inspirational outdoor spaces courtesy of our Small, Cool Outdoors contest. Brooklyn really wowed us this year.
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• 3 Jackie's Brooklyn Kitchen & Bathroom Renovation
• 4 Wallpaper Designer Kimberly Lewis' Brooklyn Alcove
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Dear Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Schapiro,
I am writing to express concern that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable are pressuring the SEC to rewrite the U.S. proxy system. These groups want companies to have greater control over proxy voting by shareholders. For example:
-- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to allow brokers and banks to vote using preexisting instructions on behalf of their clients. Unless these shareholders can choose independent recommendations from proxy advisory firms, banks and brokers may vote for management against the preferences of shareholders.
-- The Business Roundtable's "Shareholder Communications Coalition" wants to give companies more control over shareholder communications by eliminating the rules that help protect shareholders' privacy. Such a rule change would expose shareholders to proxy solicitations by management seeking their vote.
I urge you to consider the interests of shareholders before making any changes to the existing proxy system that generally works well. Any rule changes must protect the voting preferences and privacy interests of shareholders, and must create a level playing field for proxy communications by shareholders and corporate management.
Thanks for all you do
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Our Mission and Core Values
The Animal Rights Coalition works to end the suffering, abuse, and exploitation of non-human animals through information, education, and advocacy. We believe that animals matter for their own reasons and that they should not be used by human beings for profit, pleasure, amusement, or simply because it is our habit to do so.
We seek to abolish the use and exploitation of animals for human interests, rather than simply improving the conditions under which animals are used and exploited. We believe that animals are morally entitled to pursue their lives free of human violence according to the needs of their species and should be free from coerced physical and psychological suffering.
Read our Core Values here.
Our Work
The Animal Rights Coalition is the oldest and most successful animal rights organization in Minnesota, with over three decades of helping animals. ARC's membership has grown significantly over the years and it is a locally and nationally recognized voice for animal rights.
We focus on spreading the word about compassionate living and believe that positive change comes about from connection, communication, and education. We advance our goals through community outreach, strategic campaigns and investigations, media outreach, and person-to-person contact, as we strive to fundamentally change how society views and treats all sentient beings. From helping people transition to a plant-based diet to publicizing the abuse of animals in laboratories to educating the public about the exploitation of animals used in entertainment, ARC's unique and innovative education and outreach programs reach thousands of people every year.
What makes ARC so unique is that instead of expecting people to make far reaching changes in their lives based on a one-time message, we work to connect with people on a deeper level. We create lots of opportunities for people to not only learn about animal issues, but also find support and community as they process these new revelations about how animals are treated in our world. We want to remove as many barriers as we can to people making ethical choices for animals. It's vital that we help people with the "how" once they believe in the "why" and that's exactly what ARC does.
While the Animal Rights Coalition will always maintain our specific focus on ending nonhuman animal abuse, we are aware of the intersecting nature of oppression; put simply, this means the mindsets of superiority and dominance leading to poor treatment of human people also underlies animal mistreatment and exploitation. Thus, as an organization that fights for freedom from oppression, we find it appropriate to support other social justice movements that challenge domination in all its differing manifestations.
The Animal Rights Coalition also makes a commitment to reduce our environmental impact. Human activities often have harmful effects on ecological systems, the climate, and the ecosystems where other-than-human animals live. Recognizing this, we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint and promoting environmental stewardship through our organization.
Board of Directors and Staff
Shelly Bell
Shelly adopted a vegetarian diet over 20 years ago and became vegan a few years later after learning the horrors of egg and dairy farms. ARC volunteer experience includes coordinating the VegKins children's program. "I really appreciated the opportunity VegKins gave us to connect with like-minded families. The ARC programs and volunteers are amazing and make a real difference for animals and for the vegan community." Shelly lives in Minneapolis with her husband, 10 year old son, and 2 neurotic but adorable cats. She also volunteers at her son's school.
Brenda Burchfield
Brenda grew up in a southern Minnesota community with a slaughterhouse and was always deeply disturbed by the practices going on there, but never knew how to take action against it. After she became aware of ARC through attending Petland demonstrations, she transitioned into a vegan lifestyle. Brenda is committed to educating others about animal rights and abolitionism, and about how a vegan diet can impact health and help to manage illnesses such as diabetes. Being a diabetic herself, Brenda can often be spotted speaking to others about a plant-based diet and animal rights issues. Brenda and her husband, Gary are caregivers to their beloved rescued cat, Kringle.
Angie Chesney-Mattison – Vice President
Angie became vegan at age 30 after realizing that she was not living according to her own values of compassion for all animals; human and non-human alike. She is a licensed Attorney who fosters dogs through a local animal rescue and has experience volunteering in various non-profit organizations. Angie has a natural resources and environmental background and views veganism as a way to live compassionately towards all animals and reduce negative impacts on the planet we all share.
Charlotte Cozzetto – President
Charlotte is the ARC Executive Board President. Highlights of her time with ARC include working on the campaign that led to the abolition of the University of Minnesota's live dog lab for first year medical students, ARC's successful lawsuit against the University of Minnesota for previously denied access to research records, ARC's successful campaign to persuade the Animal Humane Society to discontinue use of the gas chamber for euthanasia, and working on the campaign that led to a ban on mandatory pound seizure in Minnesota. Charlotte is also a member of the Chicken Run Rescue Advisory Board.
Steve Leinen – Treasurer
Steve is a life-long Minnesota Native who has always lived in St. Paul or its close suburbs. Steve went vegetarian in 2002 when his youngest son, influenced by vegans, asked to go vegetarian. Steve became vegan in 2012 when his wife Amy stated that she needed to be vegan. Steve was introduced to ARC through his wife Amy, who had used the ARC Vegan University program during her transition to veganism. Steve's passion is promoting veganism and healthy plant-based eating through cooking classes and grocery shopping tours. He loves helping out during ARC social events, such as the waffle party, hot dish cook off, and pot lucks. Steve has been on the boards of several other organizations including Twin Cities Tai Chi Ch'uan and various Masonic Organizations. He and his wife Amy care for their cat, the cats of their children, and two semi-feral cats for Feline Rescue.
Chelsea Youngquist
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In Memoriam – Vonnie Thomasberg – President Emerita
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Optical validation data were collected using the Tethered Optical Assessment Device (TOAD), a sled equipped with underwater video camera and lights. These data are used to provide ground-truth validation for benthic habitat maps based on multibeam echosounder surveys. Camera sled deployments were conducted at night, usually between 1800 and midnight. The duration of each tow varied but averaged about 40 minutes of bottom time at a given location. The camera sled was deployed from the port J-frame mounted amidships on the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette. At each station the ship was positioned with the wind on the port side and drifted downwind; occasional light turns were applied to the ship's screws if necessary to reduce the ship's motion. The TOAD was lowered slowly to the bottom by the deck crew using a capstan. The operator monitored a live video feed from the camera and began recording data on a video tape recorder. When the camera reached bottom the deck crew was notified by radio to stop lowering. The operator continued to monitor the vehicle and provided commands to raise or lower it to keep the camera just above the bottom.
Equipment Description: The TOAD was deployed from the lower arm of the vessel's port side J-frame. The TOAD is a camera sled based on the Guildline MiniBat model 8820 tow body. The frame has been extensively modified from its original configuration and was equipped with an ROS model 54-00100-13 color underwater video camera as the primary data collection instrument. The ROS camera was mounted to point at approximately a 45 degree angle toward the seafloor. A Deep Sea Power and Light model 2050 MultiSeaCam low-light color video camera was also mounted on the sled and aimed straight ahead. The signal from this camera was fed to a second video monitor to provide warning of underwater obstructions the sled might be headed for. Illumination was provided by two 500 W DeepSea Power & Light Multi-SeaLite model 1050 underwater lights mounted on the original sled frame. The lights were located near the base and each side of the sled to provide the maximum possible horizontal distance from the ROS camera. Cable between the sled and the surface consisted of an underwater electrical cable (cable 2, black in color) with an internal Kevlar strength member to support the sled frame. The cable was led from the camera sled over a 22-inch diameter sheave hung from the J-frame, and from there around a gypsy head mounted on the alternate CTD winch, amidships on the vessel's port side. All TOAD surface components were located in the Dry Lab in an equipment rack on the after bulkhead.
Name & address of person collecting data: John Rooney NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu, HI 96818
Data Files: Video data were recorded on two video tape recorders. The position of the camera sled was recorded using Guildline MiniBat In-Tow data acquisition software.
File naming convention: Each tow is given a name consisting of a 3-letter designator for the island area, "FFS" in this case followed by a two-digit year and three-digit tow number. The first two digits indicate the last two digits of the calendar year, i.e., "03" is used for this cruise, which took place in 2003. The last three numbers indicate the consecutive number of the tow for that island and year, and start on the next hundred for subsequent cruises in that year to the same island. During OES0306 the consecutive numbers started at FFS03004. Video tape labels, the navigation files (*.glo) and paper log forms are all annotated with the tow name. Metadata were extracted from the navigation data and recorded to a file with the same name as the navigation file except that a file type of ".met" was appended; for example, "FFS03004.glo.met."
Time Correlation: All times are based on UTC. Two clocks were set manually synchronized prior to starting data collection; the clock in the video character generator that was used to annotate the video tape and the TOAD data acquisition computer clock was used to annotate the navigation (*.glo) files. These clocks were set to UTC at the beginning of each evening's operations and then compared to one another prior to (and during) each tow.
Resource Description: Digital video images that are geo-referenced to navigation files
Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 200606, CRED Optical Validation Data at French Frigate Shoals, 2003, to Support Benthic Habitat Mapping.
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Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.0001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.0001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal Degrees.
The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
Benthic Habitat Mapping Group, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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This data provides optical observations that will be correlated with bathymetry and acoustic backscatter imagery to develop a benthic habitat map of French Frigate Shoals. Refer to supplemental information for description of instrument and survey.
The horizontal position accuracy for the camera sled position is 100 meters. There are three primary sources of this error. The ship's positioning is based on GPS SPS, often called standalone or non-differential GPS positioning. SPS has a measured accuracy of under 5 meters. The position of the GPS antenna is used; no attempt is made to translocate this position to that of the tow block from which the camera is deployed. The difference between the tow block and the antenna is about 14 meters. The camera sled position is based a layback calculation that use ship's course, the amount of cable out and the camera sled depth to develop an estimate of the camera sled position. The amount of cable deployed is manually entered by the operator during a given camera tow.
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- Please acknowledge the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center as the source of this information.
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These data are not to be used for navigational purposes. NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
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|Each comma-delimited record contains year, day of year, time, latitude longitude, velocity north and east, water column depth, vehicle depth, layback, and wing angle. For this data set the fields for vehicle depth and wing angle do not contain useful data. List of navigation files: ffs03004.glo ffs03008.glo ffs03009.glo ffs03010.glo ffs03013.glo ffs03014.glo ffs03016.glo ffs03018.glo ffs03021.glo in format ASCII
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|529 still images available; poor photos were enhanced or deleted List of photo folders: FFS03005 and FFS03010: FFS_071603_150434 (147 photos) FFS03013 and FFS03014: FFS_171703_0441 (88 photos) FFS03016: FFS_071703_1603 (15 photos) FFS03018: FFS_071803_0540 (103 photos) FFS03021: FFS_071803_1458 (176 photos) in format JPG digital still photo
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Huhne resigned as a minister after being charged over an allegation that he persuaded his ex-wife Vicky Pryce to take his penalty points for a speeding offence almost a decade ago.
Mr Clegg, who beat Mr Huhne to the Liberal Democrat leadership in 2007, said the former minister was a ''big beast'' who should be in the Cabinet.
''I would like to see Chris return, if he is cleared of everything,'' Mr Clegg told a House of Commons press gallery lunch.
''I think Chris is a formidable, accomplished politician.
''He is one of the big beasts of the Liberal Democrats.
''He's an old colleague and a friend of mine and I want to see him at the top table of British politics.
''I can't predict what is going to happen in court cases nor what might happen afterwards and when, but as a starting point I think Chris is someone who belongs at the top table of British politics.''
Pressed on which Lib Dem minister would have to make way for Huhne, Mr Clegg said he wanted him back ''as a matter of principle'' but did not know ''how, where or when''.
Huhne, 58, from Dutton Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, stayed on as the Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh, after standing down from Cabinet to fight the charge.
The events which led to the charges date back to March 2003, when Huhne's car was allegedly caught by a speed camera on the motorway between Stansted Airport in Essex and London.
Accusations of impropriety emerged in 2010, after the father-of-five admitted an affair with PR adviser Carina Trimingham and ended his 26 year marriage.
It is alleged that between March 12 2003 and May 21 2003, Pryce, of Crescent Grove, Clapham, south London, falsely informed police that she was the driver of the car, thereby accepting responsibility for the offence so Huhne could avoid prosecution.


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Houston Dynamo (5-6-1, 16 points; 6th place in Western Conference) vs. Toronto FC (5-4-3, 18 points; 3rd place in Eastern Conference)
6 p.m. CT
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
All-time record: Dynamo lead 2-1-3
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What's at Stake
Toronto is still undefeated at home this season with five wins and two ties after Saturday's 0-0 stalemate against the Los Angeles Galaxy. With a win or a tie here, The Reds hope to close the gap on Eastern Conference co-leaders Columbus and New York.
Houston can move into a three-way tie in the Western Conference with a tie in Toronto, but a win will bump them to one point off the pace of third-place Colorado.
Last meeting
The two clubs battled to a 1-1 tie in their last meeting on July 18, 2009 at BMO Field in Toronto. Toronto midfielder Dwayne De Rosario opened the scoring against his old club in the 37th minute, while Dynamo defender Bobby Boswell became an unlikely hero with his only goal of the season on a rebound in the 74th minute to level the score.
Heroes & Villains
Dwayne De Rosario v. Pat Onstad - Former Dynamo and Canadian international teammates could create one of the most interesting matchups in Thursday's nationally-televised game. The veteran goalkeeper played six seasons alongside midfield wizard DeRo in San Jose and Houston and hopes to stop the Reds' midfielder, whose eight goals are second only to Edson Buddle this season. De Rosario and Onstad were also teammates with the United Soccer Leagues' Toronto Lynx way back in 1997 before eventually reuniting in California six years later.
Brad Davis v. Nick LaBrocca - Creative midfield play on both teams could go a long way to determining the outcome of Thursday's game. La Brocca, who joined the Reds from Colorado in the preseason Marvell Wynne trade, is well known for his ability to provide dangerous service into the opposition penalty area. Davis is a skillful left-sided player who leads the Dynamo in assists (6) and goals (3) this season.
Stats that make you go hmmm
Dwayne De Rosario is the only player to have scored a goal against both teams, finding a goal for Houston in a 3-1 win in 2008 and also scoring as a Red in the clubs' last meeting in July 2009.
He said it
"With the effort my teammates have put in these last two weeks to try and turn things around, for me to make a mistake like that, it's like me punching them," Houston defender Eddie Robinson commenting on a costly turnover which led to a Conor Casey goal, helping Colorado escape Robertson Stadium with a 2-2 draw on Saturday.


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TELEY TALES: Stumbling Out My Door: Berkeley's Telegraph Puzzled by Major Cop-Op
The man down was roaring like a mad man at Teley/Dwight.
He was attended to by more than ten BPD and a supervisor or two. Nine cop cars blocked the busy intersection. A crowd of twenty grew at the edge of the spectacle.
He was thin. No more than eighteen. He was wrapped in a black leg restraint and cuffed from behind. Sometimes he was quiet but then for no apparent reason he would roar gobbledygook.
"It's Meth," said a spectator. "Heroin," said another.
"They tazed him," someone said. "Berkeley Cops don't have tasers," someone corrected.
Someone mentioned Kyla Moore, who died under similar cop conditions, recently--affected by drugs and mental illness. The street blamed tasers then, too.
A Berkeley paramedic fire truck showed up to add to congestion. The crowd grew. Another paramedic truck showed up from Montclair. "They're going to take the kid to John George nuthouse," someone said.
"Why does it take all these cops standing around?"
"It shows they're being careful," said one.
"They're just grab-assing," a cynic suggested. "First they call back-up and when all the other cops show up, there's a cop convention and social hour. I've seen it before," the cynic continued.
"You have to identify yourself to me," a belligerent young woman shouted at a cop. He pointed to his shirt insignia, identifying himself.
"Asshole, leave the cops alone," someone said to the girl.
A clerk at Bows and Arrows on Teley, a trendy shoe store was no more than a few feet from the thin boy down. She had stepped out of her store. "He stopped in front of our store and had the dry heaves. When a passing cop tried to help him, he went off.
When he was detained, he fought and the officer called for help," she said.
Across the street at Berkeley Hats, "why does it take so many cops," the owner wondered.
My mind returned to an old conversation with the chief. I told him that I had been stopped in front of the pol;ice station running a red light on my Schwinn in 1970. Five cop cars converged on my as I roared my indignation.
"Why does it take five cars to give one bicycling ticket," I yelled.
"You were being obstreperous," the officer said.
When the chief stopped laughing and shaking his head over the word, obstreperous. "I've never heard that one," the chief said.
"I remember the word," I said because I was surprised a cop would use such a great word rather than the word resisting, or "giving me a bad time."
The thin kid was obstreperous, but he was mentally ill. What was my excuse?
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By: Ms Jen Cork, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 13 Feb 2012
We are very excited to announce our brand new Frogs Field Guide mobile application!
The Frogs Field Guide is the Museum's second mobile app based on both our scientific expertise and our collection resources, enabling users to discover the wonderful and fascinating world of Australian frogs while harnessing the unique attributes of mobile technologies.
Users can Browse comprehensive information about frogs, including detailed photographs, distribution maps, frog calls and fact sheets. The calls in particular are a great resource for you to identify a frog with. A fun example of using the calls can been seen in video below:
The app also enables you to locate Nearby frogs using the phone's GPS. Coupled with this is the ability to Log your own frog sightings, through tagging the frog's location and uploading images to your own phone. Another unique aspect of the app is the Explore view, allowing you to identify a frog based on body colour, belly colour, toe pad sizes, toe webbing and location.
Future releases of the app will enable you to add your frog sightings to the Museum's online collection database. We also plan to encourage you to share sightings with your friends via Facebook and Twitter.
So, download our app and try it for yourself today!
Hey blixio! Thanks for you comment. We are looking into the Android version as we speak. If you know of any developers please contact us, we would love to meet them.
In the meantime you might find the blog post 'Deciding on a platform' a useful read.
Great John, really glad you are enjoying the app!
Thnx John. The thing I'm most proud of is that it was a true Museum collaboration with science (Louise and Jodi), interps (Martyn), design (Lucy), editing (Michael and Deb) and our web extraordinaire Jen! The build was undertaken by QUT Mobile Innovation Labs who were a joy to work with: http://www.mobileinnovation-lab.com/2012/02/collaboration-with-australian-museum.html
Nice little app. I especially like the frog calls


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 17 Oct 2012
Where are we up to with developing and implementing mobile in our both our physical and online sites?
In 2010 we implemented a mobile strategy which aims to:
To date we have developed two mobile apps: DangerOz, using Sencha Touch technology, and the Frogs Field Guide, using native iOS technology.
We are now developing infrastructure and templates for delivering future non-native apps as well as NFC and QR readers (Tapit Contentum), and aligning these with physical College Street content, specifically a "treasure trail" application (Pack 'n Plunder) and a mobile labels application (Deep Oceans behind-the-scenes tour; Alexander the Great text and audio; and a conference app for INTERCOM 2012). We are also working with scientists to turn previously print-publishable material into responsive websites and/or mobile apps, as well as a potential citizen-science mobile project.
The next challenges for us are in user-testing and how we actually deliver and promote the apps before, during and after a physical Museum visit. These are the subjects of my next blog posts.
This paper, Digital @austmus, outlines more.


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There is no genre to describe the sound of the group Stereotyped, so the trio invented one that best describes what they play — "black grass." The three members of the group were friends for years before they started the band three years ago, and banjo player Matt Hendrix even has the words "black" and "grass" tattooed across his fingers.
"Black grass is a mixture of bluegrass, punk and everything else we could think to throw in there," said Hendrix.
The trio's creativity doesn't stop at coming up with their own genre of music. Even lead vocalist Julie Jankowski made her own instrument called the "Kaz-et." The Kaz-et is a kazoo attached to a trumpet.
"Kaz-et had no other name before that," said Hendrix, jokingly.
Jankowski also sings over a megaphone and plays the harp. Bassist Larry Grose carries much of the boot-stomping percussion through his bass, but is a multi-instrumentalist as are Hendrix and Jankowski.
Grose plays the guitar and the banjo, and Hendrix plays the piano, mandolin, guitar and just picked up the banjo two years ago.
"Any of our long shows you'll pretty much see us go through different instruments. Sometimes I'll even pick that thing up and ruin my fingers for the night," said Hendrix pointing at Grose's bass.
The trio plays 95 percent originals with a few cover tunes thrown in.
"Sometimes I have songs that are already written, and then they (Grose and Hendrix) just play it, and it's like, oh my god, that's my song," said Jankowski.
Since Grose, Hendrix and Jankowski had been friends for many years before starting the band, hanging out and collaborating together comes easy, they say.
Stereotyped usually has gigs every weekend, playing almost every month at Caldera Tap House in Ashland.
"We like to get our music out there. We like as many new people to hear and experience the black grass — the more the merrier," said Hendrix.
"Every time you go out and play, you have a sense of satisfaction. We always leave a piece of us with those people and that makes it worth it," said Jankowski.
Recently, Stereotyped opened up for Hillstomp, a Portland trio with a sound not dissimilar from black grass, to a packed crowd at Taroko. It was just the kind of show the trio prefers to play.
"We love an energetic crowd," said Grose.
Stereotyped returns to Taroko, at 11 p.m. Sunday, March 17, performing with Ol Mount'n Due of which Grose is also a member, and Championship, a punk, rock, roots band from Roseburg. Taroko is at 62 E. Main St. Cover is $5.
One of the highlights of their time together is when they got to join banjo player Cooper McBean from Devil Makes Three at a gig at Boone's Farm, a dairy in the Applegate Valley.
"He was doing something separate from Devil Makes Three, but it was a lot of fun," said Jankowski.
"It gets rowdy and fun. We've gone through there and had to track all of our instruments and equipment through stinky mud this deep," said Hendrix, indicating about 2 feet. "And still loved every second of it."
One of the band's favorite places to play is Johnny B's in Medford. For the Tidings Cafe, Stereotyped performed an original song Jankowski wrote about Johnny and his bar called, "The Old Outlaw Bar." Go to www.dailytidings.com/tidingscafe to view it.
"That song is just all about every time we play at Johnny B's and the afterparty and how fun it is. It's kind of a little joke about how we always get caught up in the action. When we go to play an hour-long set and we end up playing a 6-hour set," said Jankowski.
Stereotyped has three albums, one official release called "Back Porch Black Grass," one live recording from the Barter Fair and one recording they made when they first started playing together. Eventually they would like to take their van, which has their band name spray painted on the side, and tour up and down the West Coast.
"We want to go as far as we can. You're going to see us playing on the moon in 20 years," said Hendrix.
Even in 2011 when they were busking in downtown Ashland, they said the mayor came out and dubbed them the "Ashland City Street Band."
He didn't really do anything about that," said Grose.
"We got nothing out of it," said Hendrix.
Jankowski said she asked if he could put it on a plaque but never heard back.
Despite the kind gesture that only seemed to confuse the trio, they hope to return and play on the streets more when the weather allows.
There is no genre to describe the sound of the group Stereotyped, so the trio invented one that best describes what they play — "black grass." The three members of the group were friends for years before they started the band three years ago, and banjo player Matt Hendrix even has the words "black" and "grass" tattooed across his fingers.


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