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From The Files Of March 22, 1990 '90 Helen Overly, president of Overly-Raker Inc., was elected the new president of the Chicago Gift Show on February 6 at the annual
member-exhibitors' meeting. The local businesswoman has served as vice president of the show for the past three years.
Two fires in wooded areas off Mountain Road in Belfast Township last Thursday afternoon were probably set fires, according to Ray Miller, fire prevention officer for the McConnellsburg office of the state Bureau of Forestry. About 50 firefighters used water to knock down the two woods fires at the foot of Sideling Hill Mountain. One of the fires damaged about one acre of woods, while the other damaged about three acres of woods. The fires are still under investigation.
Marlin and Linda Hollinshead of Hollinshead's Store in the Penn's Village Shopping Center announced Friday that they will be opening a Radio Shack franchise as well as expanding into a furniture line. The Radio Shack will occupy the area where the present Hollinshead's Store is now located.
Snow was falling in the area on Tuesday, the first day of spring, but not in measurable amounts.
Inez Eddy, owner of Eddy's Engraving in Needmore, announced Friday that she will relocate her business to the Penn's Village Shopping Center in McConnellsburg.
Deaths: Betty Taylor, 55, Harrisonville; Bertha Ott, 93, McConnellsburg; Emmert Banzhoff Sr., Williamsport; Wilbert Peck, 97, Asheville, N.C.; Robert Strait, 85, Hustontown; Grant J. Leevy, 62, Fort Loudon; Harold Carlin, 77, Shade Gap; Sarah Sigel, 78, Piney Plains, Md.; William Shue, 70, Mapleton; Phylene Mellott, 71, McConnellsburg.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Powell of Hancock on March 13; a son to Mr. and Mrs. David Heckman of St. Thomas on March 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoffman Jr., Fort Loudon, on March 15.
Tracy Wissinger and Jeffrey Ritz were married October 14 at Emmanual Baptist Church in Johnstown. Parents of the couple are Robert and Bonnie Wissinger of Johnstown and John and Hope Ritz of Warfordsburg.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of March 20, 1980 '80 Plans for early pre-spring farm and garden work were dashed last week when more than seven inches of snow blanketed the
area on Thursday and Friday. It was the first significant snow of the winter for this area. The storm shut down schools for all three county districts last week.
The First National Bank of McConnellsburg Board of Directors named Albert Foster, retired local attorney, director emeritus, at its recent reorganization meeting.
Deaths: Fred Hendershot, Hustontown; Melvin Carter, Rock Hill, S.C.; Gladys Fletcher, Breezewood; Kenneth Hoffman, Crystal Spring; Gertha Sauter, Hancock; Orrie Pete Jones, Dudley.
Specials at the IGA: boneless half hams, $1.89 lb.; Pillsbury flour, 89 cents, 5 lbs.; ground beef, $1.39 lb.; Esskay bologna, 99 cents lb.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Halterman, Everett, on March 19; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Randy Richards of McConnellsburg on March 10; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Clark of Shade Gap on March 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Fischer of Warfordsburg on March 11; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Long, McConnellsburg, on March 11; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Doyle of Mc- Connellsburg on March 13; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sipes of McConnellsburg on March 12.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 2, 1970 '70 Richard Munson, a senior at Southern Fulton High School, received district honors when his oil painting was awarded a firstplace
blue ribbon by the judges at the Fine Arts Day in Chambersburg on March 21.
A Hyattsville, Md., man, Terrence Lawrence, is listed in satisfactory condition in Chambersburg Hospital with a fractured back and multiple cuts which he received on Monday when his tractor-trailer rig plunged over the infamous Cape Horn curve on Tuscarora Mountain. The incident marked the second time in 1970 that a rig had wrecked on the Route 30 curve.
Supt. Robert Cutchall of the state Department of Highways reported that the roads in Fulton County were kept open on Easter Sunday during the big snowstorm, except for a short period between 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the westbound lane of Route 70. Traffic was nearly back to normal on Monday with warmer temperatures and sunshine clearing most of the remaining snow from the roads.
Capt. Robert Comerer is spending a furlough with his family here after a year's tour of duty in Vietnam.
At their regular meeting on Saturday, the Fulton County Commissioners passed a resolution to purchase the Ray Koontz property at 208 North Second Street, the former Clarence Seville home, for the sum of $10,000.
News of men in service: Airman Martin H. Shimer, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hiley Shimer of McConnellsburg, has completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and has been assigned to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Miss Mona A. Seiders, stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, will celebrate her 19th birthday on April 1 and works with Air Traffic Control at Keesler.
Deaths: Jesse McClain, Waterfall; Mrs. Claire Helzel, Jeannette.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoffman of Orbisonia on March 21 at Fulton County Medical Center.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elvey recently entertained at a party in honor of the 80th birthday of Mrs. Elvey's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall.
The Hustontown correspondent reports that more than 100 wild geese were forced down by the snowstorm Friday morning of last week and landed on the farm pond of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mellott of Hustontown.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 7, 1960 '60 At a meeting of the borough of Mc- Connellsburg on Monday night, council authorized the laying of new water lines consisting
of approximately 4,900 feet of 12-inch pipe and 1,100 feet of six-inch pie to provide a proposed sprinkler system for Fulton Manufacturing Co. and increase water pressure at all the fire hydrants in town so that McConnellsburg would no longer be rated an unprotected area for fire insurance coverage.
At the same meeting the State Highway Department was authorized to lay curbing on Maple Street from Route 522 to Route 30 at a quoted price of $2.5 per lineal foot. The lowest bid for curbing received by the borough was $3.30 a foot.
Robert L. Myers, Democrat, a Lewistown newspaperman, and Douglas Elliott, Republican of Chambersburg, will be opposing candidates on the ballot at the April 26 special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Richard M. Simpson as Congressman for the 18th District.
The official board of the McConnellsburg Methodist Church voted to continue the "dial-a-devotion" program for the coming church year.
Susan Diane Mills, 13-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Mills of Mercersburg, died on Tuesday night last week as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning attributed to a faulty furnace in the home. Another child, Gary, was made ill by the fumes.
Kenneth F. Deshong of Needmore and Larry E. Keebaugh of Harrisonville have enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and are now in training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
A legal notice applying for a charter of an intended public utility corporation to be called Columbian Gas of Pennsylvania Inc. appears in this issue and includes among its purposes the intention to mine for gas in Bethel, Thompson and Union townships in Fulton County as well as several other counties in the state.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Souders, Big Cove Tannery, on March 28; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gordon of Big Cove Tannery on March 29; a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Montgomery, Three Springs, on March 30; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brown, Maddensville, on April 2; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hann, Chambersburg, on April 2.
Funeral services were held at Buck Valley Lutheran Church on Saturday for Mrs. Marie (Dorrie) Sands of Baltimore, formerly of Buck Valley.
Mrs. Galen Kling, Burnt Cabins, has returned home from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore where she underwent surgery.
Announcement is made of the opening of the North Pole Kustard Kitchen at Harrisonville.
Carl B. Mellott, gunner's mate, third class USN, of Harrisonville, left Norfolk, Va., on the guided missile cruiser US Camberra for a nine-month operational cruise around the world.
Deaths: Bessie Younker, Hancock.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 6, 1950 '50 Congressman Richard M. Simpson will be the guest speaker at the quarterly meeting of the 18th District of the American Legion,
which will be held at the local home on Monday evening.
Dolly Tritle was elected last week as president of the local high school band.
Death: Johnny Group of Dublin Mills, a polio victim.
Justin McKee Jr. and Thelma Douglas were wed April 2.
M.H. Garlock, owner and operator of the Esso Station in McConnellsburg for the past 21 years, leased the station on April 1 to the Esso Standard Oil Co. The oil company, in turn, sub-leased the station to Earl Alloway and Lyle Duffey.
Births: a daughter on March 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Branche of McConnellsburg; a daughter on April 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reed of Cito.
Carl Paylor, one of McConnellsburg's outstanding athletes, left this week to begin spring training with the Pioneer Baseball League in Columbia, S.C.
Deaths: Miss Ada Lillian Brown of Greencastle; Mrs. Allision Hamil of Knobsville; Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Gress of McConnellsburg.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 4, 1940 '40 Deaths: Mrs. Calvin Mann of Ayr Township; Mrs. Mary E. Vallance of Todd Township; John F. Correll of Belfast Township; Blair A.
Hurley of Manns Choice; Marion Steele Hess of Coles Valley; Robert T. McDonald of Chicago.
Albertus "Bert" Henry, 64, McConnellsburg, died Monday at 4:45 p.m. in Chambersburg Hospital of injuries sustained late Saturday evening when he was struck by a car driven by a Mt. Washington man, east of the intersection of Lincoln Way and First Street in Mc- Connellsburg. It was reported that Mr. Henry stepped in front of the car, was hit and thrown to the side of the street. He was taken to Chambersburg Hospital where it was discovered that, besides suffering from pain and shock, he had received internal injuries and both legs were broken.
A force of 120,000 enumerators throughout the United States began counting noses on April 2 for the 1940 census which is expected to show a population of 132,000,000 persons, an increase of about 10,000,000, since the last census in 1930.
Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Cunningham of Knobsville were hosts at a turkey dinner on Sunday, at which time they announced the marriage of their son, John, to Bea Leonard of Illinois on April 7 at her home church.
Scott E. Palmer and Hulda Mae Smith were wed March 28.
An Employment Service Department, a new venture of McConnellsburg Woman's Club, is expected to be in operation with in the next two weeks. The purpose of this service will be two-fold, to help those people who need or want work, either full or part time, and to help the women of the community who need extra help.
A kitchen shower was held April 1 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Metzler of Harrisonville in honor of the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Deshong.
More than 90 sportsmen attended a meeting on March 21 at the Fulton House when Newt Morton of the Pennsylvania Game Commission was the guest speaker.
At about midnight on Sunday, a Chevrolet sedan parked at Garlock's filling station, by an unknown operator, drifted across the highway and crashed into the door of Daniels' Garage. Estimated damage to the building was $25. The car was removed before the identity of the operator could be secured.
Fred Hamil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hamil of McConnellsburg, who is enrolled at Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C., has landed the third-base position on the varsity baseball team and, according to newspaper reports, is starting both at bat and in the field. "Irish," as he is known to his friends here, is a first-year student at Catawba, having spent one year at Mercersburg Academy after graduating from McConnellsburg. At Mercersburg, he was a member of the varsity football, baseball, soccer and track teams.
Durkee Bard and Juanita Kline were wed Friday evening.
Treated at the dispensary of the Everett Hospital were Elmer Pullman of Wells Tannery for contusions of the back and Harry W. Oakman of Harrisonville for lacerations of the back of the hand.
Miss Rose Daniels, attorney-at-law, is now associated with the legal department of the Super Highway Commission in Harrisburg.
Hollis M. Wible has resigned his position at the Greenwalt Drug Store in McConnellsburg and is now employed at the local Rexall Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Frake of Fort Littleton are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on Sunday forenoon.
80 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 3, 1930 '30 Deaths: George W. Sipe of near Hustontown; Alfred Shade Shore of Saltillo; Louis C. Kelly of Kansas City, Mo.; Martin Luther Amick of
Earlston, Bedford County.
Robert H. Earley, a native of Wells Valley, a successful teacher in Fulton and Huntingdon counties for several years and for the past 12 years principal of Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford, Conn., recently received his Master of Education degree from Harvard University. He is a graduate of the Wells Valley High School and the Millersville State Normal School and received his AB degree from Franklin and Marshall College and threeyear credits from Yale.
Charles Joseph McDonald and Edna P. Clifford were married on March 8.
The roads having gotten better, the teacher of No. 3 School, Miss Florence Horton, is boarding at her home near Wells Tannery.
Death: David Diehl of Mt. Savage, Md.
E.R. Wible of Three Springs, who is confined to bed a great part of the time, remains in a critical condition.
Mrs. W.B. Truxell of Mays Chapel marked her 59th birthday last week.
Mr. Frog and Jennie Wren have been singing the past few days.
Earl Akers and John Hoope, two industrious young farmers of Brush Creek Township, are burning a lime kiln.
George Meyers Jr. of near Hancock was seriously injured last Monday afternoon when his car overturned on a curve near Hancock. He sustained a broken jaw and the loss of an eye.
Miss Gladys Fleming of Clear Ridge was feted at a party on March 29 in honor of her 13th birthday, which was on March 30.
Otho Summers is a patient at Chambersburg Hospital.
Charles Wolfe, an employee of Rays Bakery, was badly injured last Thursday morning. The young man was cleaning the breaker when his right arm was pulled into the machine almost up to his shoulder. As the thick part of the arm went through, it stuck, causing the flesh and muscle to be pushed into a big ridge. He was taken to Chambersburg Hospital where his condition is said to be rather serious.
Gracey School is progressing very nicely under the care of Mrs. Denver Evans.
Deaths: Milton Oscar Akers of Inglesmith; W.A. Montague of Decorum.


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Difference between TRUNCATE, DELETE and DROP commands
The DELETE command is used to remove rows from a table. A WHERE clause can be used to only remove some rows. If no WHERE condition is specified, all rows will be removed. After performing a DELETE operation you need to COMMIT or ROLLBACK the transaction to make the change permanent or to undo it. Note that this operation will cause all DELETE triggers on the table to fire.
SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM emp; COUNT(*) ---------- 14 SQL> DELETE FROM emp WHERE job = 'CLERK'; 4 rows deleted. SQL> COMMIT; Commit complete. SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM emp; COUNT(*) ---------- 10
TRUNCATE removes all rows from a table. The operation cannot be rolled back and no triggers will be fired. As such, TRUCATE is faster and doesn't use as much undo space as a DELETE.
SQL> TRUNCATE TABLE emp; Table truncated. SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM emp; COUNT(*) ---------- 0
The DROP command removes a table from the database. All the tables' rows, indexes and privileges will also be removed. No DML triggers will be fired. The operation cannot be rolled back.
SQL> DROP TABLE emp; Table dropped. SQL> SELECT * FROM emp; SELECT * FROM emp * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
DROP and TRUNCATE are DDL commands, whereas DELETE is a DML command. Therefore DELETE operations can be rolled back (undone), while DROP and TRUNCATE operations cannot be rolled back.
From Oracle 10g a table can be "undropped". Example:
SQL> FLASHBACK TABLE emp TO BEFORE DROP; Flashback complete.
PS: DROP and TRUNCATE are DDL commands, whereas DELETE is a DML command. As such, DELETE operations can be rolled back (undone), while DROP and TRUNCATE operations cannot be rolled back.
Difference between TRUNCATE and DELETE commands
1>TRUNCATE is a DDL command whereas DELETE is a DML command.
2>TRUNCATE is much faster than DELETE.
Reason:When you type DELETE.all the data get copied into the Rollback Tablespace first.then delete operation get performed.Thatswhy when you type ROLLBACK after deleting a table ,you can get back the data(The system get it for you from the Rollback Tablespace).All this process take time.But when you type TRUNCATE,it removes data directly without copying it into the Rollback Tablespace.Thatswhy TRUNCATE is faster.Once you Truncate you cann't get back the data.
3>You cann't rollback in TRUNCATE but in DELETE you can rollback.TRUNCATE removes the record permanently.
4>In case of TRUNCATE ,Trigger doesn't get fired.But in DML commands like DELETE .Trigger get fired.
5>You cann't use conditions(WHERE clause) in TRUNCATE.But in DELETE you can write conditions using WHERE clause
One more difference.
Thanks for this information.
There is one more difference that TRUNCATE command resets the High Water Mark for the table but DELETE does not. So after TRUNCATE the operations on table are much faster.
about truncate and drop
Drop command will delete the entire row also the structure.But truncate will delete the contenets only not the strucure, so no need to give specifications for another table creation.
Delete is the command that only remove the data from the table. It is DML statement. Deleted data can be rollback. By using this we can delete whole data from the table(if use without where clause).If ew want to remove only selected data then we should specify condition in the where clause
SQL>delete from employee;(this command will remove all the data from table)
SQL>delete from employee where employee_name='JOHN';(This command will remove only that row from employee table where employee_name is JOHN');
Drop command remove the table from data dictionary. This is the DDL statement. We can not recover the table before Oracle 10g. But Oracle 10g provide the command to recover it by using the command (FLASHBACK)
This is the DML command. This command delete the data from table. But there is one difference from ordinary delete command. Truncate command drop the storage held by this table. Drop storage can be use by this table again or some other table. This is the faster command because it directly drop the storage
Truncate is DDL command
DML commands have a roll back option.But DDL commands do not have.So truncate is a ddl statement
Diff between DML & DDL command
Yes, DML command can be roll back but DDL can not.
DROP command is a DDL command. It removes the information along with structure. It also removes all information about the table from data dictionary.
TRUNCATE command is DDL command. It removes all the information of the table. Regarding performance if you have to delete all the rows of a table you should perform TRUNCATE command with DROP STORAGE option.
DELETE is a DML command. It provides the facility of conditional-based deletion. It also generates REDO information.
Undo tablespace + Truncate and Constraints + Grants with drops
If you're removing a large quantity of data (e.g. debug log table) then it makes sense to use truncate to clear the table if you're not worried about needing to retrieve it as part of a transaction - remember that you are stretching your undo tablespace to cover the whole of the data you are looking to delete if you using the DELETE FROM... command, only to immediately wipe that out again when you commit - for what purpose? A lot more processing effort when all you want to do is clear a table of its contents.
On the minus side, if you have a foreign key constraint referring to the table you are trying to truncate, this won't work - even if the referring table has no data in it! This is because the foreign key checking is done with DDL rather than DML. This can be got around by temporarily disabling the foreign key constraint(s) to the table.
With dropping a table, also bear in mind that you lose any associated grants / constraints etc. and if you want to recreate the table, you would need to recreate these - and it may be that the user dropping the table may not have the rights to re-grant etc. - so dropping is always an extreme measure! If you're constantly dropping / recreating you should probably be using temporary tables for one-off jobs or global temporary tables for frequently running processes.
TRUNCATE TABLE table_name;
ROLLBACK table_name;
Can be rolled back once truncated!
Sure, but it will do nothing!
Sure, but it will do nothing! It won't roll back the TRUNCATE, as it's implicitly committed. It will only roll back what happened after the TRUNCATE, in this case, nothing.


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Four-Figure Denim for (Only) Your Figure
Jeans hop on the made-to-measure bandwagon. Rare selvage from Japan? Real gold buttons? Your call for a bespoke pair of jeans
WHEN A CUSTOMER comes to see Scott Morrison at his shop, Mr. Morrison sits the visitor down and asks, "What do you really love about your jeans?" This is the beginning of a conversation that can get rather personal, and can end with a client paying up to $1,200 for a bespoke pair of jeans.
It's an exchange that isn't only taking place in the confines of 3x1, Mr. Morrison's specialty store in New York, but throughout the denim industry. Both small shops and major brands like Levi's are attempting to capitalize on a slice of the market looking for made-to-measure.
While the bulk of Mr. Morrison's business is wholesale—Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman and upscale retailers all over the world sell 3x1 brand jeans for men and women off the rack—about half of the business in his SoHo location comes from custom work. Clients can simply choose a fabric from the rolls of denim suspended from the walls and specify one of six fits ($525 to $750), or they can opt for a bespoke process ($1,200 for the first pair; $525 to $750 for subsequent ones)—both completed in the in-store factory, a hive of seamstresses sitting inside a glass cube. The majority of Mr. Morrison's custom-buyers are male. "Historically nine out of 10 custom orders are men but more recently we've been seeing an uptick on the women's end," he said.
Ordering customized jeans isn't unlike having a pair of trousers made for a suit: There are fittings, a pattern is drawn, the cloth is cut into pieces and finally sewn into pants. But denim can be trickier than other fabrics. Ranging in weight from 5 to 32 ounces per yard, it continues to evolve well after its been sewn. Mr. Morrison's staff is not just tailoring, they're laying a foundation for a fabric that will adjust to the wearer's body.
For Mr. Morrison, who has been in the denim business for 16 years (he started the brands Paper Denim & Cloth and Earnest Sewn), the cut matters but the denim itself is key. "You realize that a measurement is just a number and it's not going to articulate how a fabric is going to feel on your body," he said. Mr. Morrison's shop carries 320 denims—some as thin as an oxford shirt, others as thick as a carpet. He mails swatches of new fabric arrivals to his regular customers every week.
Like most players in the premium-denim game, Mr. Morrison worships at the altar of selvage, the high-quality, old-school denim made on small-scale shuttle looms. This material was the standard back when denim was workwear, before jeans went mainstream in the 1960s. Selvage was all but extinct in the U.S. by the 1980s. Shuttle-loom denim has been revived in Japan, where much of the best selvage denim can be found (Italy, the U.S. and Turkey are also key producers).
" It's laying a foundation that will adjust to the wearer's body. "
Not far from Mr. Morrison's boutique, Jean Shop's Eric Goldstein offers custom finishing—adding patches, signs of wear and tear and distressing to his raw denim jeans, which are worn by the likes of basketball players Kobe Bryant and Amar'e Stoudemire (athletes, for obvious reasons, can have trouble fitting into regular jeans). Mr. Goldstein only uses Japanese selvage denim, customized to his specifications by each mill that supplies him. He keeps some of his favorite pairs on a "wall of fame" behind his cash register, where the most impressively worked in—some might say ruined—jeans are displayed with pride. He pointed to a nearly destroyed pair owned by a bike courier, the winner of a recent contest Mr. Goldstein held on Instagram. "Look at that," he said. "It's like art."
Brian Kim launched his first custom denim business in Los Angeles in 2002, after making custom jeans for traveling rocker friends, including members of the band the Killers. Mr. Kim is opening a new operation as part of his company, Thvm Atelier (with jeans running $350 to $400). Mr. Kim is examining ways he might offer his services online, and is fascinated by the new denims coming out of top mills in Istanbul. "They're developing fabric with more microtechnology, adding copper fabric into the yarns and making sweat-proof fabrics, things that breathe really well," he said.
But most men aren't looking for something experimental. They simply want to look and feel good. "You have an emerging group of guys, not just finance guys, creative firm guys and tech people, who have financial resources and wear jeans every day to work," said Mr. Morrison. "They're wearing a really beautiful sweater and a nice pair of shoes and they want something that is going to round out that look."
The fervor for custom denim is spreading across the globe. "People in Amsterdam eat jeans for breakfast, lunch and dinner," said Jason Denham, who five years ago opened his Denham The Jeanmaker shop in the Dutch capital. It featured a "Blue Salad Bar" of customizable options for his selvage jeans. He has since opened locations in Tokyo and London, offering a menu of tailoring options for selvage jeans.
Of course, the master of American heritage, Levi's, is keyed into the trend. As of last year, in New York and San Francisco, fans of Levi's 501s can order a bespoke pair ($750 to $950). While the company's master tailor, Ryan Grant-Hays, sources his selvage from the same American, Japanese and Turkish mills as other jean makers, he believes the brand's advantage lies in its comprehensive 140-year-old archive and its highly personalized process. "Everything, from the fitting to the patternmaking is done in these four walls," said Mr. Grant-Hays, 30, who cuts each pattern and sews each pair in the San Francisco shop. "Also the person I'm talking to goes into the personality of the jean. At 3x1, it's a dozen ladies in a glass cube making your jeans. They don't know you and who you are."
Mr. Morrison of 3x1 takes issue with this. "Since we have the most options to choose from, and house the largest selection of selvage denim in the world, all under our roof," he said, "I'm not sure how anyone could claim they offer a more personalized service." His system "involves multiple fittings, measurements as well as our feedback forum, all one-on-one with our patternmaker."
The argument over whose custom denim is most custom isn't of interest to everyone in the industry. "It repulses me. People just want custom everything these days," said Mordechai Rubinstein, a New York-based style blogger. "I thought Levi's 501s were custom. You buy them, you wear them, you finally wash them and they mold to you. It's suits that I want to fit right. When it comes to jeans, I'm about off the rack."
But those who like it seem to like it a lot. Custom fitters cite loyal patrons buying multiple pairs. "I bought these jeans for the very precise fit," said one custom fan, a 45-year-old neurosurgeon who went with Levi's because 501s were the jeans he'd always worn. He said he's looking to buy two more pairs this fall.
Mr. Morrison said his clientele is increasingly hungry to know every detail about his denim, its construction and its sourcing. He's even printed up a little glossary in book form, so customers can develop their knowledge of chain stitching and crotch rivets. "Not everyone needs to be a denim nerd," he said. "But at the same time we're showing them something they can't get at any other store, and that's unique."
Mr. Morrison, whose love of denim approaches fetish levels, offers a simple justification for the trend. "Look at the seat shape," he said, pointing to his behind. "It's different on every guy."


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Low health literacy is costing the health care system more than $300 billion annually, according to the American Medical Association. When almost one third of patients can't understand basic health information, can't read the labels on their prescriptions, and can't comply with doctors' instructions, it not only affects their health outcomes, but it carries a huge economic impact.
Untreated chronic diseases, unnecessary repeat hospitalizations and doctors' visits, and the costs of improperly taken medications all contribute to the price tag. The additional costs incurred by patients who can't process basic health information — whether from a language barrier, limited education, or problems associated with aging — amount to a significant percentage of the $1.3 trillion spent annually on hospital care and physician services, as reported in 2010 by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
To attack the problem at its root, the AMA has given out millions of dollars in resource materials to promote health literacy in areas with demonstrated need. Williamsburg and James City County are among the targeted areas in Virginia. Community health groups are tackling the issue through the Williamsburg nonprofit Literacy for Life, which has started a HEAL (Health Education and Literacy) program. It takes the message to physicians' offices to encourage them to identify patients who need help. As a complement, the literacy group now offers a series of free health literacy classes for both native and non-native English speakers.
Alerting doctors' offices
A former pharmaceutical rep, literacy tutor Sandy Menaquale uses her sales background to motivate the staff at physicians' offices to identify patients who may need help navigating their health care. "Health literacy" refers to how well people understand and process health information, she explained. She cited the National Assessment for Adult Literacy, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education every 10 years, which found that 29 percent of U.S. adults could not understand basic health questions. In Virginia, where 18 percent of the population is foreign-born — compared to 14 percent nationally — the number is slightly higher, at 31 percent. "Given a card showing their next doctor's appointment on Nov. 17, one-third was unable to circle it on a calendar," said Menaquale. "We're talking about more than 90 million adults."
Addressing the staff at Sentara Williamsburg Pediatrics at New Town, Menaquale hammered on. "At the intermediate literacy level, when shown a chart, half couldn't determine the age at which their child should have a vaccine. Is that important to your practice?"
Language barriers
Pediatrician Maurice E. Graham first encountered the problem 30 years ago, when a Filipino woman, whose husband was deployed, brought in their severely dehydrated baby for its two-week-old checkup. She had been feeding the baby concentrated formula since birth, putting it at risk of life-threatening convulsions. He likened the barriers to care for her to Americans abroad. "Say you were in Russia, trying desperately to get medical help. It causes a lot of anxiety. It's quite frightening," he said. "Someone didn't understand that that mother didn't understand."
The pediatric practice has multiple patients for whom English is not their first language. "As small as Williamsburg is it's an international city — we have a lot of Middle Eastern patients, from Japan, South America and Slavic countries," Graham added. "There are so many things about a medical visit. They might have only 30 percent recall because they're distracted by a 3-year-old." To counter that, the office gives out lots of handouts and reminders to parents.
Patients often ask for medical assistant Emily Carrillo, whose family is from Mexico. "I use my language skills every day. I will write down instructions in Spanish. Often they don't understand insurance, how to take a prescription to a pharmacy, or the concept of refills," she said, noting that medical customs differ from country to country.
Failure to understand
The HEAL program is not just for non-English speakers, but for all with low health literacy, or difficulty following doctors' instructions. Menaquale told of an elderly patient who revealed to his physician, after seven years, that he only took his blood pressure medication if he felt "hyper" when he woke up. Seniors age 65 and older make up the largest proportion of the noncompliant, with problems often caused by failing memory and vision, according to the AMA. However, they're far from alone.
Graham has encountered cases in which young parents administered the thrice-daily oral antibiotic amoxycillin, prescribed for ear infections, directly into a child's ear instead of by mouth. "Up to 78 percent don't understand prescription labels," said Menaquale, citing common misunderstandings with phrases such as "don't take with dairy" or "take on an empty stomach." Asthmatics frequently don't know how to use an inhaler, and many diabetics have problems monitoring their blood sugar levels.
To conclude her presentation, Menaquale invited staff members to wear a button, "Ask me if I can help?" as a way to encourage patients to self-identify. "Many times people go to the ER because it's all verbal," she said, as she advised office staff to watch for those struggling with paperwork. She identified trigger responses, such as "I don't have my glasses," "I don't know," or "I'll talk to my family." She urged them to give out a "prescription" for the free health literacy classes being offered by Literacy for Life. Further, she said, starting in 2013, there will be new billing codes so that physicians can charge for spending time on patient education, such as for diabetes care.
In the classroom
Students in the pilot health literacy classes in Williamsburg reflect a typical cross-section of those who are daunted by the health care system. They're from a dozen countries, mostly in Asia, along with a few native English speakers.
"There are a lot of English speakers who don't feel comfortable asking doctors questions," said Joan Peterson, executive director of Literacy for Life. "Others will put off going until it's a crisis, knowing that they'll have to fill out forms."
Instructor Tisha Sawyer, who speaks some French, Arabic, Spanish and Italian, understands the problems they face. With a Moroccan husband, she's seen the problems firsthand on doctor visits where she translated for him. "I understand the processes and barriers," she said. Her presentation mixed lecture, demonstration, pictures and interactive games as she introduced basic health vocabulary with all its nuances — the differences between aches and pains, fatigue and drowsiness, nausea and vomiting. She talked about duration and intensity of symptoms, when to go to the doctor and when to wait — and just as importantly, where to go.
The students read and discussed and played interactive Body bingo to label body parts. For some, the information helped to relieve anxiety. "I have a lot of pronunciation problems," said Falguni Patel from India, who cared for her mother-in-law through breast cancer. "Sometimes when the doctor speaks, I don't understand." Yuko Sato and Yoshi Wakabayashi, both from Japan, were pleased to be learning more about correct terminology. "After this class, I will be more secure," said Sato, who came to the U.S. six months ago. Wakabayashi wanted to be sure he understood correctly on visits to the doctor with his two children.
For Charles Brooks of Williamsburg, the class was an opportunity to learn more about what contributes to general good health. He learned how stress can produce physical symptoms. "I was surprised how it can hurt you. I didn't realize that," he said.
Free health literacy classes
What: Classes on health education and health literacy, HEAL, for English and foreign language speakers
Where: Literacy for Life, William & Mary School of Education, 301 Monticello Ave., Williamsburg
When: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays through Dec. 13; new 8-week session starts in January. Take one class or all. They're free but registration is requested in advance.
Information: Call 757-221-3325.


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Nvidia wants to succeed at cloud-based gaming in a way that OnLive never could. Think Netflix, but with video games instead of B movies and cancelled television shows. Clearly a star player, the Grid took a lead spot in the presentation, enjoying some precious time in the limelight.
Nvidia treated viewers to a demo of Trine 2 on LG's 4K TV. Giving kudos to Nvidia, the game looked incredible and carried over seamlessly between a few different devices using the Nvidia Grid app. Wherever the player saved a game on one device, it was picked up from the exact same spot on another, much like how you can resume a Netflix video where you left off from any device. The software seems to work much the same as Netflix's progress syncing. The hardware is no slouch either, Nvidia says the GPU tower basically combines the power of "700 Xbox 360s" into a single unit.
Nvidia plans to license the Grid software to various companies based both in the U.S. and abroad. In theory, the Grid sounds like the best thing since sliced bread. However, streaming video games isn't exactly easy for the majority of the world still running on metered data connections. It will be interesting to see how that specific issue will be addressed, if at all.
With competitors like OnLive and Gaikai already in the game, Nvidia definitely has some catching up to do. During demonstrations, the Grid seems groundbreaking, but who knows if its exciting first impression will translate into any real-world success. We will definitely be investigating further as CES continues.


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Marshall Amplification Founder Jim Marshall Dies Aged 88
Jim Marshall Dies Aged 88
Jim Marshall OBE, founder of the Marshall Amplification company has sadly passed away.
One of Milton Keynes most famous, Jim Marshall changed the way Rock music was played forever with some of his very first designs like the JTM 45.
The Father of Loud's creations were, and still are used by some of the most iconic names in the music industry. Today, no matter what studio/venue you enter, it's almost guaranteed that there will be a Marshall amp in there somewhere.
Statement from Marshall
"It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved founder and leader for the past 50 years, Jim Marshall."
"While mourning the Guv'nor though, we also salute a legendary man who led a full and truly remarkable life."
Jim was the pioneering inventor, and the soul behind the Marshall Amplification company and it is difficult to imagine the brand sustaining its magic without him.
"While the entire Marshall Amplification family mourns Jim's passing and will miss him tremendously, we all feel richer for having known him and are happy in the knowledge that he is now in a much better place which has just got a whole lot louder."


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South Africa have been accused of provoking the text message scandal that led to England batsman Kevin Pietersen being sent into international exile.
Pietersen was dropped for the final Test between England and South Africa earlier this year following allegations that he sent texts to South Africans players that contained criticism of then England captain Andrew Strauss during the second Test at Headingley.
The 32-year-old South Africa-born star was also axed for the one-day series against the Proteas and the current World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka.
But Pietersen apologised for sending the messages earlier this week and signed a new central contract with the ECB after the two sides agreed "a process for his re-integration into the England team".
And now England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier has claimed Pietersen was only replying to Blackberry Messenger messages sent by the opposition which he felt were unnecessary.
"That's our understanding," Collier told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme on Sunday. "I have not seen those messages and no one has kept those messages, that's why it takes some time.
"It is a very thin line between fair and unfair. These were responses to messages from certain members of the South Africa team and I would not condone an England player doing it if it was the other way around, and I certainly think they (South Africa) provoked the situation."
While Collier is keen to remove some of the blame for the situation from Pietersen's shoulders, he believes the Surrey player and the England team should have handled the situation better.
"There was definitely a policy that was happening but we shouldn't blame the South Africans, we should be above that," he said.
"I think there was a tactic which was used. I think that is sadly some of the ways of modern sport but as I say we have plenty of people who are strong in the dressing room who provide very good leadership who can deal with those situations."
Asked about the content of the messages, Collier added: "Those messages were of a nature that Kevin, with definite hindsight, would have refuted straight away and moved on.
"It is trying to undermine another team and another team ethic.
"There would probably be mixed feelings (for South Africa). Certain feelings to say that maybe it worked, (there) might be other feelings that we actually might have disrupted a player and we would have been unhappy had it been one of ours."
Collier also revealed talks are ongoing between Pietersen and the England management and it will be up to team director Andy Flower to decide when he feels the batsman should return to the squad.
"When Andy Flower says to me 'I am ready to select this player' I would trust his judgment every single time," Collier added. "If the team director says he is ready, that is good enough for me.
"It takes two seconds to destroy a building and it takes a long time to build, it is the same with trust therefore we have to have face-to-face meetings.
"We have an Ashes series and we don't want a divided dressing room, we want to make sure we can move collectively.
"People can't build relationships without meetings - that is the starting point. They will happen this month."
South Africans 'provoked' Pietersen row
South Africa have been accused of provoking the text message scandal that led to England batsman Kevin Pietersen being sent into international exile.


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Dear diary,
I love cooking in the summer — the time each year when it's darned near impossible to wreck a meal. Plus, expectations are low when temperatures are high. So whatever maneuvers I perform are met with volumes of awe and appreciation, when the truth is, summer meals practically cook themselves. For example:
Monday's meal
It began with a friend dropping by just as I was headed into the kitchen. So first things first: a freezer-chilled Tanqueray splashed on the rocks in two chilled glasses, followed by ice-cold tonic and a twist of lime. Now we're cooking.
The fridge gave up a lovely strip of Carlton Farm pork tenderloin that had "roast me!" written all over it. I laid it on a cutting board and sliced a deep pocket into the meat from stem to stern. Then I chopped up a handful of garlic cloves and some fresh basil.
After stuffing this mixture into the tenderloin, I headed back to the fridge for some feta cheese, which got crumbled and shoved into the tenderloin, right on top of the basil and garlic. To keep the stuffing where it belonged, I took some string and wrapped it around the meat in several places before placing it in a foil pan, along with a few glugs of a pertinent pinot blanc, a drizzling of olive oil, some salt and coarsely ground black pepper. I placed it on the Weber, offset from the smoking-hot coals.
Because dinner was going to be awhile, I hunted around for some edible diversion to share with our visitor and came up with a fragrant hunk of Roaring Twenties blue and a handful of cherry tomatoes. I tore into an Alpine baguette, smeared the crusty surface with some of the cheese and took a healthy chomp, with a tomato chaser.
Wednesday's meal
After a swing through the Wednesday farmers market on the riverfront in downtown Corvallis, I dropped by Harry's Fresh Fish and settled on two chunks of fresh albacore. Once home, I fashioned a shallow roasting pan out of heavy-duty foil. While the grill was heating up, I finely chopped half a Walla Walla Sweet onion, half a rib of celery, about six plump mushrooms, a backyard tomato and a fresh serrano chili.
I tossed all of those ingredients with some fresh corn kernels I'd just sliced off the cobs, a bit of olive oil, a healthy pinch of salt and an aggressive cranking of black peppercorns.
I laid the albacore pieces in the center of the foil pan, rubbed them down with some olive oil, salted and peppered them, then arranged my little fresh-salsa mixture all around the fish, letting a little of it hang out on top to flavor the tuna from all angles. After about 30 minutes of indirect heat in the Weber, dinner was done.
Thursday's meal
Preparations began midmorning when I poached a chicken in half a pot of water with some coarsely chopped cloves of garlic, a couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary and some salt and pepper. Around dinnertime, and long after the poached chicken had cooled its heels in the fridge, I pulled enough white and dark meat from the bird to feed two people and cut it into bite-sized chunks. Then I seasoned the chicken lightly with a little salt and pepper, added a finely minced green onion and snipped about 1 teaspoon of fresh dill into it, along with enough sour cream and mayonnaise to barely hold the mixture together. I didn't want to drown out the pure flavor of the chicken or dill.
In another bowl, I tossed together some baby lettuces with a few shavings of Parmigiano-Reggiano and a simple vinaigrette that I'd flavored with some finely minced fresh oregano, divided the salad between two plates, then cozied a few slices of backyard tomato up against the greens, along with a healthy spoonful of the chicken salad.
Saturday's meal
First, I drizzled a bit of olive oil in a skillet, added a handful of finely minced mushrooms and half a Walla Walla Sweet onion and sauteed the combo until the mushrooms began to brown. Then I scraped the mixture to the side of the pan, drizzled in just a bit more oil and added two thin slices of chicken breast (the equivalent of 1 whole chicken breast, butterflied, if you will, to produce two very skinny servings), which I continued to cook until they were very golden on both sides.
While that was happening, I carved off two healthy slices of Big River Pugliese bread, scraped just a whisper of butter on the top of each and a sprinkling of Parmesan, then popped them in the toaster oven. I placed each of the chicken breasts on a dinner plate and divided the mushroom mixture between the servings.
Then I took the skillet back over to the burner and deglazed the pan with a healthy glug of the syrah I was drinking. Over medium-high heat, I scraped up all the wonderful cooked-on pan juices so they could dissolve into the wine, then added another glug of wine since the first had almost evaporated. Next, I drizzled in just a splash of balsamic vinegar. Then, after that got all hot and bubbly, I blended in about a tablespoon of butter, just to hold the sauce together and give it backbone. This was a pretty thick and syrupy sauce, and I simply drizzled it around each chicken breast, making tasty puddles of flavor for dipping our morsels of meat and Big River toast.
Well, dear diary, you get the idea. Our summer harvest encourages a healthful and moderate style of cooking. Maybe it's because the palate is always being tantalized with fresh and exciting treats, which seem to suppress the tendency to overeat. I don't get all worked up over what's healthy and what's not — it all seems to average out to "healthy" when the week's behind us, meaning that sometimes wonderful things like linguica, bacon and salami are worked into a given meal. In the bigger picture, it's simply about using what nature is providing without overdoing the preparations.
Jan Roberts-Dominguez is a Corvallis food writer, artist and author of "Oregon Hazelnut Country, the Food, the Drink, the Spirit" and four other cookbooks. Readers can contact her by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or obtain additional recipes and food tips on her blog at www.janrd.com.
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The Essentials
Name: Sheala Foster
Birthday: November 3rd
Location (City, State/Province): Fort St. John, B.C., Canada
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'4
Weight: 106lbs
Measurements: 32C-24-34
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Turn-ons: Bad boys with beautiful eyes and big hearts
Turn-offs: Bad breath
Pet Peeves: Listening to music quietly, it should always be loud!
Is "Name" your real name or model name?
It's my maiden name, so kind of real.
What were you like growing up?
I was a real girly girl...still am.
Does your personality match your Zodiac sign? Describe.
So much, all the good qualities and bad...driven sexually with a fiery personality.
How long have you been modeling?
Not that long, only a year or so, it been a fun ride so far.
What would you say are your strengths as a model?
I think my biggest strength would be that I love what I do, I always have fun and I think it shows in my work.
Do you have any birthmarks, scars or tattoos? Please state "what", "where", "how noticeable?"
Yes I have a small little butterfly on my lower back I got when I was younger and now I think, "God, I should have listened to my mom and not done that." LOL
Describe yourself in 3 words or statements.
Passionate, intense, and loveable.
What is your best beauty secret?
Be happy inside and it will show on the outside.
What do you look for in a guy? What would he have to do to get your attention and to keep you interested?
Someone who has a good outlook on life and someone who is happy and optimistic.
Being outdoors in nature... not to sure why ;)
How do you feel about pick-up lines? What was the best line that was used on you? Did it work?
Not that big on pick up lines...I was once told "We might as well just kiss." So we did and I ended up marrying him
What's the weirdest thing that has ever happened to you on a date? How did the rest of the night go?
I went on a date with this guy after one of my shoots, he really liked my long hair. I didn't tell him it was fake, but when he was stroking my hair the pony tail came off in his hands so I ran to the bathroom to fix it and realized my false eyelashes were coming off too! He jumped up and asked me what else was going to fall off, I assured him nothing else. Once we got past those few obstacles it went well.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how wild are you in the bedroom?
10, of Course.
What do you wear to bed?
A big t-shirt and undies.
What item of clothing or accessory makes you feel the sexiest?
I'm most comfortable in a bikini, I live for the sun and feel sexiest in one.
Have you posed in the nude? If so, how did it make you feel?
No never have...I just wouldn't want my friends and family to see.
Where can we see you?
Just google my name I'm all over the place. LOL
What is your dream car? What modifications/upgrades would you make, and why?
Well my dad is a race car driver and he drives a Camaro, so I would probably get the fastest Camaro and paint it pink and race him.
Do you have many traffic violations? Any stories you'd like to share with us?
Just a lot of speeding tickets, I guess speed is in my blood.
With any 'spotlight' type of job, you are looked upon as a role model. What advice would you give out to aspiring models?
Have fun with it and do work you can be proud off.
Words to live by?
Live every day to it's fullest and love unconditionally.


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Data Center Solutions Case Study
ScaleMatrix was founded in the 'Cloud Era.' The company began building data centers and cloud platforms with a vision toward leveraging software-defined architectures, with Data Center 2.0 in mind. "Years ago we looked at a way to improve on the traditional data center delivery methods," said Chris Orlando, Co-founder and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at ScaleMatrix. "When you walk through our data centers today, you see that we've made that dream a reality. We have changed the way that we manage airflow and density, and have improved on every level of efficiency within the data center. That's what we do here at ScaleMatrix."
Roy Bettle, Vice President of Technology for ScaleMatrix, expanded on this concept. "Everything from the proprietary cabinets to having no exposed wiring anywhere in the facility is unique. We have copper flakes in the paint on the floor of the data center so that the entire building is grounded. If there was a way to improve on a legacy practice, we considered it."
Data Center 2.0 allows ScaleMatrix to offer additional value to their clients. By providing increased density at the cabinet level, ScaleMatrix can accommodate especially heavy compute workloads, such as genomics sequencing, day trading, and analytics. "We are a privately held organization with a focus on high-touch client service and we enjoy being able to provide our clients with a level of concierge service which not everybody else is capable of doing," explained Bettle. "While being nimble and agile are key assets in how we operate, we offer extremely competitive products and services just like you'd find at our larger competitors. Our clients receive white glove treatment, but still count on us for the same level of service or better than they could get from organizations that might not be able to treat them with such individuality. ScaleMatrix truly is Data Center 2.0."
Roy Bettle, Vice President of Technology for ScaleMatrix
The Challenge
Although the company started small, ScaleMatrix is doubling in size annually and expects similar growth to continue for the foreseeable future. The company began with 100 terabytes of storage and is at nearly two petabytes today. ScaleMatrix services clients from nearly every industry vertical, including healthcare, biotech, nance, government, and retail. For the savvy clients of ScaleMatrix, everything is about performance. It is the new metric by which service providers are measured. Equally important components for clients today include data protection and integrity.
"The problem that we were looking to solve came in two parts," Bettle told us. "First, we needed very low-latency, highly scalable storage where we could put tens of thousands of virtual machines on the system and maintain a consistent level of performance across all of them. The second and equally important component was data protection. It does no good to have a fast SAN if there is even a chance of losing data."
The company had initially deployed in-server hard disk drives that did not scale well. However, the ScaleMatrix team was trying to service a number of clients with demanding workloads which varied in both size and requirements—from extreme speed requirements to vast data migrations. ScaleMatrix had to be sure that their infrastructure could continue to support these varied client needs.
Chris Orlando, Co-founder and Chief Sales and Marketing O cer at ScaleMatrix
The Solution
ScaleMatrix offers a wide portfolio of services, including co-location, cloud hosting, managed services, and data protection. Early on, the company decided to evaluate a software-defined platform that would provide the flexibility that they needed to service each product category. "Four years ago when we were looking at deploying a managed storage solution for our clients, both for cloud clients as well as co-location hybrid clients, we looked at everybody," said Bettle. "All the names that people would normally think about when they talk about storage."
ScaleMatrix evaluated dozens of products from dozens of vendors. They discovered after multiple POCs and hundreds of tests that the best-in-class, the fastest, the most reliable, and the best data integrity solution for their clients was the combination of Nexenta and SanDisk. "What we wound up with was a marriage of Nexenta and SanDisk," explained Bettle. "This combination gave us the flexibility, data integrity, and the ability to stand up multiple performance tiers. We can provide 100 percent availability 100 percent of the time—with blazing fast speeds and no data loss or data corruption."
The combination of the firmware—Guardian TechnologyTM Platform from SanDisk— with built-in data integrity checks supported by Nexenta, provides not only the needed speed, but also the data integrity end to end—at both the SAN operating system level and the drive level. "Ultimately, we chose to go with Nexenta as the operating system for our storage systems. Data integrity is built into their Z file system (ZFS)," Bettle said. "When we got to SanDisk—with both the CloudSpeed Ultra and Optimus Eco products—what resulted was a storage system that is faster than anything we've ever seen before. It was a natural evolution of the storage portfolio to move to these vendors for the extreme speed requirements that our clients have."
ScaleMatrix also realized that there was a very real need for storage at different tiers. The company has deployed the combination of Nexenta and SanDisk to provide multiple tiers of managed storage to their clients—from dedicated to shared. "We found that the combination of speed and cost that we put together through those two platforms enables us to deliver a more flexible platform of services for our clients," explained Orlando. "The gap that we were trying to fill when we looked to Nexenta and SanDisk was specifically about delivering performance at scale."
The Result
Leveraging the combination of NexentaStor, Optimus Eco, and CloudSpeed Ultra SSDs has enabled ScaleMatrix to better address the demands of their enterprise clients. "Scale, speed, and capabilities are at the heart of all the services that we offer. And the relationship that we have with Nexenta and SanDisk has enabled us to do more."
When ScaleMatrix refers to their white glove service, they are referring to the fact that each client has a unique performance profile. Clients can select and carve up their own performance and storage tiers, placing workloads where they fit the best—whether it is a performance, archive, or real-time IOPS tier. Clients pay only for the services they need, while receiving the best performance for their specific, applications. Through NexentaStor and SanDisk SSDs, ScaleMatrix can manage, monitor, and deploy IOPS based on client needs. "When you think about data centers, you think about these large monolithic facilities with a very traditional capability set," Orlando told us. "Here at ScaleMatrix, we're the complete opposite of that. We are, instead, agile, focused, and innovative. And through relationships with vendors like Nexenta and SanDisk, we truly are able to deliver differentiated services ". That makes us unique to our clients.
Roy Bettle, Vice President of Technology for ScaleMatrix
One of the things that ScaleMatrix does on a regular basis is evaluate their services against those of their competitors. "We recently wrapped up a test of our cloud performance, specifically the storage, against some of the larger competitors in the industry," said Bettle. "Frankly, we were stunned. We believed we were faster. We were told by our clients that we have the fastest cloud storage they've ever used. However, we didn't realize how truly wide the gap is between what we're providing and that of our competitors."
ScaleMatrix has also been very satisfied with the support and responsiveness from both Nexenta and SanDisk. "The relationship today with SanDisk and Nexenta is a very fruitful one," said Orlando. "We work closely with both their product and development teams. That enables us to get a look forward at the roadmap so that we can plan the products and services that will be next generation here at ScaleMatrix. It's a really great relationship. This has allowed ScaleMatrix to differentiate ourselves and deliver a better product and service for our clients."
"SanDisk has created magic with their products," confirmed Bettle. "When you pair NexentaStor with a product like CloudSpeed or the Optimus Eco SSD from SanDisk, the speeds don't even make sense. That is the question we keep receiving from our clients, 'Why is your storage so much faster than your competitors?' We just tell them, 'It's magic.'"
Clients of ScaleMatrix are reaping the benefits of this relationship. "The number one problem that we solve for our clients, the number one need that they bring to us is 100 percent access all the time. 100 percent support all the time. 100 percent responsiveness all the time. That's the solution that we provide to our clients," concluded Bettle. "The speed of our storage systems allows our clients to, in some cases, get five, seven, ten times as much work done in a similar block of time to what they were doing somewhere else. Our clients are able to get more done in less time."


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In a coup for New Mexico's film and TV recruitment efforts, two new network television dramas are moving into the Albuquerque studio where the long-running TV series "Breaking Bad" filmed.
ABQ Studios said an NBC drama called "The Night Shift" and a new ABC series called "Killer Women" will be produced at its massive soundstage facility.
The news is a further blow to Los Angeles, which has seen a sharp fall-off in new television dramas in recent years as producers take their business to other locations in order to capitalize on tax breaks and rebates.
"The Night Shift," produced by Sony Television for NBC, is about a group of Army doctors who return home to work the night shift in a San Antonio hospital. "Killer Women" centers around a female Texas Ranger and is based on the Argentine series "Mujeres Asesinas." The pilot for the series was filmed in Texas.
ON LOCATION: Where the cameras roll
The facility was previously home to the the six-year run of multiple Emmy Award-winning series "Breaking Bad," which was in residence since the studio first opened in 2007. Many of the stellar crew from the AMC series, now airing its final episodes, are already working on the new shows.
"There are a lot of familiar faces on the lot today," says Wayne Rauschenberger, chief operating officer of ABQ Studios. "It's great to see the local crew moving from one show to the next. After working on 'Breaking Bad' for so long, they have honed their skills and are very much in demand whenever a new production comes to town."
New Mexico offers a 30% direct cash rebate to qualified television series under the so-called Breaking Bad Law enacted by the New Mexico legislature earlier this year and signed by Gov. Susana Martinez in April.
'Breaking Bad' has been good to Albuquerque
'Veronica Mars' film wraps in L.A. and fans get a lot of credit
L.A.'s mayor-elect Eric Garcetti aims to put Hollywood center stage
ON LOCATION: People and places behind what's onscreen PHOTOS: Biggest box office flops of 2013 PHOTOS: Celebrity production companies
ON LOCATION: People and places behind what's onscreen
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This could be the start of something big. No sooner had Charlie Adam hacked away at Gareth Bale's ankle ligaments like a beaver furiously working his way through a log before the rainy season arrived had the Welshman lashed out; spewing bile in the direction of his Scottish opponent who had displayed all the timing of Paul McCartney at an opening ceremony.
These two have previous after all; Adam was responsible for Bale sitting on the sidelines for ten weeks two seasons ago have snapped, quite literally, at the Spurs winger's heels, while he also lunged wildly at Bale to earn the first of two yellows at White Hart Lane last season. Fall out they may however, but these boys are mere squabbling toddlers compared to this lot of hissing hardmen.
Roy Keane v Patrick Vieira
Two hard-tackling midfield enforcers at the peak of their game playing for the two biggest clubs in the country at the time – what could possibly go wrong?
Neither Vieira nor Keane had a backwards gear, and that shone through when the two came head to head on the pitch. Perhaps the most famous bust-up off the pitch between the two came when Keane took offence at Vieira's bothering of Gary Neville in the tunnel, with the Irishman eyeballing and bickering with the Arsenal player as if he had walked in on Mick McCarthy interfering with his dog.
Ian Wright v Peter Schmeichel
Continuing on in the rich tradition of Manchester United and Arsenal rivalries, Ian Wright and Peter Schmeichel came close to trading blows on the pitch after a rather wild two-footed lunge from Wright left the Danish bacon-flogger clutching his ankle during a game back in 1997.
Afterwards there was a good-old-fashioned tunnel scuffle during which Wright accused Schmeichel of racially abusing him. The two had also clashed in November 1996 after which Schmeichel faced the prospect of criminal charges over a racial slur aimed at Wright. Luckily the game has moved on since then.
An FA investigation could find no evidence to substantiate Wright's claim and the two are now golfing chums.
Cristiano Ronaldo v Lionel Messi
Do the like each other? Do they hate each other? Would it stop endless mountains of comparison articles even if the got married and loved each other with all their hearts?
They are unquestionably the best players in the world, standing head and shoulders clear of the rest, and it would seem that does cause at least a bit of animosity.
When quizzed on his early poor performances at Euro 2012, Ronaldo snapped back at a reported who persisted with questions about Messi, saying: 'You know where he was at this time [last year]? Do you know? He was being eliminated in the Copa America, in his own country. I think that's worse, no?'
Oliver Kahn v Jens Lehman
You don't have to be on opposing teams to be fierce rivals, as our next couple show. With both men vying for the same spot, and by that we mean Lehman sitting and watching Kahn getting the spot, there was always bound to be arguments.
Throughout their playing years the pair sniped at each other, and it even continued when Kahn had hung up his gloves to finally allow Lehman a moment in the spotlight.
Lehman said that Kahn considers to be 'himself to be so important' in a magazine article to which Kahn replied, seemingly dying with laughter that Manuel Almunia was above him in the pecking order at Arsenal: "Instead of showing no style in having a go at his former colleagues, he should be thankful that he even has the chance to play for the national team when he is not playing for his club."
"This scenario has never arisen in the history of German football."
Andy Cole v Teddy Sheringham
For a long time, nobody really knew why Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham didn't like each other. Playing up front for Manchester United in their pomp the pair seemed to get on fine; they'd celebrate each other's goals, offering a high five and a pat on the bum, but they really didn't like each other.
Luckily a couple years ago, Cole revealed the real reason. Apparently, Sheringham blanked Cole when he came on for his England debut as a substitute. A bit harsh, but surely not enought to inspire hatred?
But it was for that very reason he wrote: "I would rather sit down and have a cuppa with Neil Ruddock, who broke my leg in two places in 1996, than with Teddy Sheringham, who I've pretty much detested for the past 15 years. " Seems a bit OTT, Andy.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Coming off a pair of wins Wednesday, the King University softball schedule didn't get any easier when the Tornado hosted Shorter University on Thursday afternoon. The first game was tied before the Hawks scored eight unanswered to take game one 11-3, before sweeping the twinbill with an 11-0 win in the nightcap.
The Hawks (15-6) didn't waste any time getting their offense going as they plated three runs in the top of the first inning in game one. Maggie Meachum led off the game with a triple down the left field line and scored on an error. Shorter then plated two more runs on a Kayla Cooper two-run single to grab a three run advantage.
The Tornado tried to get one back in the bottom of the first as Chrissy Melcher started the game with a double down the right field line. She was sacrificed to third by Stephanie Rodriguez, but King (10-13) couldn't push her across. King got on the board in the third inning as Tori McComas started the frame with a double. Melcher followed with a two-run home, pulling King back within one.
Amber Walker started the fourth inning with a single through the right side, and was sacrificed to second by Cassie Ringstaff. Octavia Lewis-Rand came up with a two-out single to score her and even the score.
However, the Hawks broke the game open when they tallied seven unearned runs in the sixth inning on four hits and three errors. Felicia Morris and Megan Christensen both registered two RBI singles in the frame. Shorter added one in the seventh to take the contest 11-3.
Melcher led the King offense going 2-for-3, driving in two and scoring once. Five other Tornado accounted for one hit apiece in the game. Hannah Light got the start in the circle and went six innings, giving up 10 runs, only one earned on 11 hits. She struck out seven in the loss.
It took Shorter an inning to get going in the second game, but they erupted for four runs in the second inning, and left the bases loaded. Tori Etheridge worked a bases loaded walk to score one, and Morris came up with a run scoring single in the frame.
The Hawks broke the game open in the third inning when they plated five runs on six hits. Morris had the big hit of the frame, a two-run triple before Paige Rowland capped the outburst with a run scoring double. Shorter tacked on single runs in each the fourth and fifth innings to take the contest 11-0.
Lewis-Rand registered King's only hit of game two.
King will be in action again on Saturday and Sunday when they play in the Captain D's Classic hosted by the University of North Georgia. The Tornado face the 10th ranked hosts and Kentucky Wesleyan College at the tournament. First pitch on Saturday is at 12:00 p.m.


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�There but for the grace of God go I.�
It�s a quote so often repeated it�s become almost clich�. And yet �
What else are we to think after the random whim of fate that befell a previously quiet suburb of Oklahoma City, Okla. Monday night. Tuesday, emergency crews were still sifting through the tattered remains of what used to be Moore, Okla., a bedroom community with a population of around 56,000. A tornado of horrifying proportion ripped the area apart, then tossed it aside. Homes were leveled. A seeming impregnable elementary school decimated.
An elementary school � again?
By late Tuesday afternoon, the state medical examiner of Oklahoma had revised the original chilling death toll of nearly 50 to 24 � but warned it could go up again. Nothing is certain when so much debris and rubble clutters the landscape. At least nine of the dead are children. Seven of the youngsters were killed at their school, where they remained during the storm in order to be safe.
The twister left a 17-mile path of destruction and members of the Moore City Council watched it unfold on TV during a regularly scheduled meeting, before seeking cover in the bathroom. According to the National Weather Service, it was on the ground for 40 minutes � which must have seemed like an eternity to those seeking cover. Winds hit 190 mph. Hurricanes almost never reach such windspeeds on land.
By all appearances, it was a typical day, until it wasn�t. Then it moved from terrifying to gruesome to simply a nightmare with no visible end.
That�s why people elsewhere are so gripped by it all.
Watching events unfold on TV Monday night, people around the nation hugged their own families, many prayed or solicited prayers via social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter.
And almost all wondered how they might help. While the southwest is historically a tornado alley, we�re not immune here in North Carolina. Two years ago, a line of powerful storms roared through the state, leaving pockets of destruction, including here in Alamance County. Hurricanes are a regular and unwanted guest to our state�s beaches in the late summer and early fall.
�There but for the grace of God go I.�
Rans Triplett, director of the Red Cross in Alamance County, said that he was greeted by telephone callers Tuesday morning by alarmed people who wanted to help those in Moore, Okla. As always, he recommends a cash donation earmarked for disaster relief in Oklahoma. That way, disaster officials on the ground in Oklahoma can make decisions about what might be needed on the spot and have the means to do so. Transportation costs also make donations of water and other items tougher economically and logistically.
Donations can be made locally at the Piedmont Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross, 511 W. Davis St., Burlington, NC 27216. The chapter can be reached at 1-800-279-3576. Find out about helping in other ways by accessing redcross.org, dialing 1-800-REDCROSS or texting REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
It may not seem like much in the wake of such destruction, but every small bit will help.


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History-making Kei Nishikori was dumped out of the Shanghai Masters yesterday by American Sam Querrey, as defending champion Andy Murray was handed a walkover into the third round.
The tall American recovered from losing the first set to seal a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Nishikori, who made history on Sunday by becoming the first Japanese player to win the Japan Open.
Top seed Roger Federer, playing his first tournament on the Tour since a quarter-final defeat to Tomas Berdych at the US Open, took on Taiwanese qualifier Lu Yen-hsun in an evening clash. Federer beat Lu 6-3, 7-5.
Also in second-round action, second seed Novak Djokovic cruised through his tournament opener and there were wins for fourth seed Tomas Berdych and 13th seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
Nishikori said he had needed treatment during the match on his right ankle, which had been bothering him since last week.
"I tried to play, but he had a good serve," he said. "I broke him first in the third set, but couldn't finish the match. It's disappointing, but I was close to win with this injury. Nothing I can do," he said.
The 22-year-old Japanese romped into a 4-0 lead and sealed the opener despite a medical timeout late in the set.
However, a missed overhead early in the second set contributed to an early break for Querrey and the Japanese 14th seed lost his rhythm, showing his frustration as his rejuvenated opponent, ranked 22nd, leveled the match.
In the third set two breaks of serve proved costly for Nishikori, who is at a career high of No. 15 in the rankings after his weekend win over Canada's Milos Raonic, his first on the Tour since 2008.
Nishikori, who last year reached the semi-finals in Shanghai, losing to eventual champion Andy Murray, said his success in front of home fans had given him confidence despite the pressure to succeed.
"I have to handle pressure always, especially when you get a higher ranking and you play with the lower-ranking players," he said.
"Yeah, it's going to be there, for sure, the pressure, but, you know, I have to play one match at a time, and hopefully my ranking will go up," he added.
Djokovic, who has a shot at regaining the world No. 1 ranking if he wins the title and Federer loses before the quarter-finals, dismissed Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-2.
However, US Open champion Andy Murray did not even have to take to the court as Germany's Florian Mayer withdrew with a rib injury.
"I'll practice again. I mean, you never know whether it's a good or a bad thing. I mean, you're obviously prepared to play the match," Murray said.
"Yeah, sometimes it happens when you get a walkover. You just need to make sure you do enough practice and stay sharp," he added.
As the season draws toward to a close there are four places still up for grabs at next month's season-ending World Tour Finals in London. The top three have all qualified, along with the injured Rafael Nadal.
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The top-seeded Samantha Stosur advanced to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open by beating Virginie Razzano of France 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan defeated Casey Dellacqua of Australia 7-6, 6-3 and to advance to the quarter-finals, where she is scheduled to face the eighth-seeded Laura Robson of Britain.
Stosur, last year's US Open champion, rallied after having her serve broken three times in the first set at the Utsubo Tennis Center. Razzano had 10 double-faults.