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UserName: springer61
Real Name: Brad Springer
Hometown: hudson, IN
Tracks Where I Race: all over
Non-Racing Hobbies: racing
Classes I've Raced: mod ,late modal ,street stocks,pro stocks
Classes I Currently Race: mod
My Personal Website: http://www.bradspringer.com
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2010 Finished 1st in USA Modified Points
1 feature wins
2 heat race wins
10 top five finishes
15 top ten finishes
4 fast qualifiers
Qualified top 6 in 15 out of 20 races
Won the USA modified champion ship
2009 Finished 5th in USA Modified Points
2 feature wins
4 heat race wins
6 top five finishes
12 top ten finishes
2 fast qualifiers
Qualified top 6 in 12 out of 19 races
Won the Winchester Run for the Gun Race
Set new track record at Winchester Speedway
2008 Finished 9th in USA Modified Points
3 heat race wins
10 top five finishes
5 fast qualifiers
Qualified top 6 in 12 out of 18 races
Drove cars for Randy Mosley and Gregg Campbell 2nd half of season
Drove Randy Mosley's dirt modified at Montpelier Speedway twice
2007 Finished 4th in USA Modified Points
3 feature wins
2 heat race wins
9 top five finishes
20 top ten finishes
Qualified top 6 in 13 out of 26 races
Received USA Modified Series Perfect Attendance Award
Received the Hard Luck Award at ORP on 8/11/07 for leading most of the race then dropping out with a flat tire.
2006 Finished 4th in USA Modified Points
Led the series points for 4 weeks straight
4 top five finishes
13 top ten finishes
Received TNT Racing Sportsmanship Award
Received TNT Racing Driver of the Year Award
2005 Finished 10th in USA Modified Points
1 heat race win
5 top five finishes
11 top ten finishes
1 fast qualifier
Received Dedication Award from USA Modified Series due to coming back after a serious wreck at IRP and finishing season out.
2004 Ran part-time between USA Series and AMS Series
Did not run for points
1 feature win
8 top ten finishes
2003 Finished 10th in USA Modified Points
1 top five finish
5 top ten finishes
1990 – 2002 Bio Info also available.
2002 Finished 9th in USA Modified Points
2 top five finishes
2001 Ran only part-time in series due to major mechanical problems.
2000 Finished 15th in USA Modified Points
6 top ten finishes
1999 Finished 9th in INCAR Series Points
7 top ten finishes
1998 Finished 9th in INCAR Series Points
Received Rookie of the Year Award in the INCAR Series
Received Best Dressed Crew Award in the INCAR Series
9 top ten finishes
Qualified 6 times in the top five and 19 times in the top ten.
Set new track record at Sandusky Speedway
1997 Won the Track Championship at M-40 Speedway in Jones, MI
Set the track record 4 times
Fastest qualifier 15 times
15 top ten finishes
Competed in 4 INCAR Series races and finished each in the top five.
Received Family of the Year Award in the INCAR Series
Won the Michigan Cup
1996 Competed in some INCAR Series races
Raced at Angola Speedway, Michigan Ideal Speedway, Spartan Speedway, Kalamazoo Speedway, Salem Speedway, Anderson Speedway, and Mt. Lawn Speedway.
Finished 3rd in point championship at Galesburg Speedway
Won several heat races
1995 Finished 8th in points in Modified class at Angola Speedway
1994 Finished 3rd in points in Modified class at Angola Speedway
1993 Competed at local tracks in a Late Model and Pro Stock
Finished 9th in points in Pro Stock class at Avilla Speedway
1992 Finished 4th in points in Late Model class at Angola Speedway
1991 Finished 3rd in points in Pro Stock class at Angola Speedway
Rookie of the Year Award at Angola Speedway
1990 Finished 2nd in points in Street Stock class at Angola Speedway
Won first feature race in career
Fastest qualifier on several occasions
Held track record at Angola Speedway all year
Began racing career at the age of 15
2006 mod
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114 W. Wabash St., P.O. Box 116, Hudson, IN 46747 C: (260) 667-4615
Who: Brad Springer, Stacey Springer, Paul Springer, Donna Springer
What: A traveling auto racing team that competes in the ranks of the Open-Wheel Modifieds. A fast and wild division of auto racing that has grown enormously in popularity over the last few years, mostly attributed to the fact that this division offers very fast, on the edge, heart-pounding action with every lap.
When: The typical race season can last from mid April through the month of October, depending on what series the team is following.
Where: An Open-Wheel Modified team can compete in many different series. The local, regional, and national levels differentiate these series. With the amount available to win increasing substantially as your progress through the levels, as well as the amount of capital needed to compete at each level.
How: With sponsorship support of businesses such as yours, a race team can compete at each level with different degrees of competitiveness. Ideal sponsors for the local level would be restaurants, auto parts stores, service stations, etc…. These businesses will benefit from local exposure to the people that frequent their establishments. Sponsors that would be suitable to compete at the regional level would be industry, casinos, tourism sites, lodging (hotels, campgrounds), racing industry businesses. These types of businesses will benefit from the exposure given to them by reaching out beyond their community, to those who aren't familiar with the nature of their business, their location, or the quality of their product. The traditional national level sponsors are big business, major chains, and brand names, (i.e. Pepsi, Coke, IBM, etc.) However the same businesses that are at the two lower levels of competition can still benefit from the national level as well.
Why: Businesses choose to sponsor race teams for many different reasons. The biggest being for the exposure that the business will receive each and every time the team competes. Some of the other advantages that sponsors have mentioned include: employee morale, entertaining clientele, and introducing product lines or services directly to the user or consumer.
What is an Open-Wheel Modified?
Open-Wheel Modifieds are specially designed racecars that compete on dirt or asphalt racetracks. They are very light, unrestricted machines that produce heart stopping door to door racing action and continually draw very large crowds to the tracks at which they compete across the country.
What does sponsorship involve?
There are many different ways that a business can sponsor a team, whether it is with product support, equipment supply, or financial assistance. Product support would be along the lines of supplying useful consumables such as oil, fuel, tires, etc. Equipment supply would consist of allowing the team to use items belonging to the sponsor such as engines, truck & trailer, tools, etc. And finally there is a financial support, which is very crucial to the existence of many race teams. Sponsors and teams would come to an agreement on the amount of cost involved in operating for a season and the sponsor would then help the team with those expenses.
How is Racecar sponsorship as good as or better than the big 3, (radio, TV or print)?
If the potential sponsor's aim is to build and maintain product or service name recognition and consumer loyalty, studies show that putting that product or service name on the side of a racecar is much more effective because potential customers (race fans) are actively seeking out this information. What's the first thing your eyes go to on a racecar, the graphics and sponsor's name. On the other hand, how many people do you know who say, "I must watch this TV ad? Or listen to this radio commercial." Quite the opposite, most people "tune out" this type of advertising. To combat this problem TV ads have gotten much more exotic with the use of special effects, as well as much more expensive. This commitment to racing is a means of building name recognition for your product or service. A company standing alone in the spotlight of a car sponsorship will get much more recognition from the consumer than being just another 30 second spot on radio or TV. Demographic studies have also shown that the car/sponsor association will last much longer than say (40) 30 second TV ads. Also TV ads seem to stick in your mind about 2 minutes tops and that car that won last month, or last year for that matter, sill sticks in your mind. As one of the teams sponsors you may also utilize your advertising on the Team transporters and numerous pictures and film clips that end up everywhere, in racing magazines, television highlights, and even local newspapers. All for less than the cost of one 30 second TV spot. And you would pay an additional fee to run that ad during a prime time event, such as one of our races.
As with any advertising opportunity, advertising utilizing a racing team is just as much a matter of properly matching corporate objectives and goals to event patron demographics, as it is meeting and matching corporate goals and objectives. Motorsports can accomplish that for an advertiser because many of our events are still relatively uncluttered when it comes to getting out your marketing communications message. Your message hooks in directly to fans dedicated to the event and appreciative of your sponsorship thereof. It yields qualified sales leads, and it establishes an aura of community goodwill that is hard to beat!
Racing comes in all shapes and sizes, and auto racing is not only a huge opportunity, but also often a misunderstood one. Marketers must realize that advertisements are not just a permit to hand a banner at a track or on a trailer. Leveraging the advertisement is critical, whether accomplished with premium giveaways and sweepstakes to build customer databases or with charitable cause tie-ins to strengthen community goodwill. First class hospitality at a first-class event that customers and employees will appreciate with future enthusiasm and business opportunities, or media exposure in events that are tailor-made for television cameras, giving your well placed, well designed, banner or signage real pop to hundreds of thousands of people.
I would like to draw your interest to this proposal by pointing out the many qualities of a race fan. Demographically they are a hard to group, due to the fact that they come from every facet of our society. The chances are very good that if you surveyed 100 people in your company you will find many race fans, in different stages. Race fans do have one thing in common….DEDICATION! They will sit in the rain for hours hoping a race will be able to succeed, this is after they have driven sometimes 400 miles to get there. Fans also notice who does and does not sponsor racing. They are very protective of those who do sponsor, and will go more than out of their way to support them.
So…How can we work together?
We will start by displaying your company's name and logo to several thousand LOCAL AND ATTENTIVE prospective customers/consumers on a weekly basis. Your message will not be tuned out because the potential customer comes to our events with the specific intention of looking at cars race other cars. Your message won't be the commercial break…it will be part of the show.
As per demographics, your message will consistently reach lower middle to middle to upper middle class families, including (sometimes especially) women. NASCAR's studies are right…over 50% of racing's fan base is female (look around in the stands this spring and you'll see). As our team sponsor you will also have the use of our cars and teams for events such as sales, Grand openings or event related promotions. Or maybe let the employee of the month hang around in the pits with us. Think of as many ideas and promotions that you can, and we are willing to work together to apply this to your sponsorship program.
There is a ton of ways to get the attention of a potential customer. These are just a few and there are probably hundreds of better ideas out there as well. As our sponsor we will work together with you to develop the best ways to combine your team with ours to create an awesome marketing machine.
In Closing:
We have many different ways that we would like to work with you to increase your company's visibility as well as the traffic to your business. We can also provide virtually unlimited merchandising and promotional opportunities. The Brad Springer Racing Team will work strongly, positively, and professionally to represent you and your company at public, social and business gatherings. The results, press releases, driver and sponsor information will be posted on the series website or local track website along with the team's personal website, www.bradspringer.com.
Fan Participation:
We have found in the past that when you include the fan in your team, then the fan stays with you through thick and thin. This is why we make it our policy to stay after the races to spend time with the fans, let the kids sit in the car, give away T-shirts, coupons, hats, flyers, pamphlets and just plain mingle. When we gain a fan, we try to make a friend, and we will tell our friends about the support we get from you and your business. As well as show these fans and friends the types of products, quality, service or entertainment they will receive when they choose to support our sponsors as they have supported our team.
I would love to discuss this in detail with you. We are open for any suggestions you may have to help both our teams succeed. So we can work together to combine our efforts and form…A championship winning race team as well as a Motorsports Marketing success.
Thank you,
Brad Springer
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Following on from the success of previous years, this year's Birmingham St Patrick's parade will be taking place on Sunday March 16.
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Celebrating St Patrick's Day has a long history in Birmingham and the city's parade is now recognised as the third biggest in the world. Organised by volunteers from the Irish community in Birmingham, the festival is expected that more than 85,000 people will visit the city to take part in the celebratory event.
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Joey: Oh my God.
Jonathan: Oh God! Joey don't get mad! Oh God, I can't breathe...
Jordan: Hey, listen everybody. I gotta run real quick and pick my kids up for sawccah practice because my wife can't be bawthahed because she's too busy getting manicures I pay for. She can't be bawthahed with sex anymore either, for the record. But when I get back, stop by my house in Cherry Hill, NJ because I'd love to tell you about this new 30-year term life insurance pawlicy Prudential is awffering.
Joey: Mother fuc*. Why did The Fantasticks have to get stuck in turn-around and go straight to DVD? Why Gawd, huh? What the fuc* did I do to you, huh?
Jonathan: Just keep smiling, Jon, just keep smiling...Oh God...Can't breathe...
Danny: Seriously. No one wants ta screw? I got a big one, a-right? Let's screw.
Donny: Eyyy, if anyone's thirsty, I gotta Zima.
Jordan: Awlso, have you considahd lawng term care insurance?
Joey: Jesus H! Can you awl SHUT UP?
Jordan: No really, think about it. Let's say yah've gotten up there in yeahs, ya got the Awlzheimah's, and ya kids can't affawd to take care of you. What do you do? With lawng term care insurance from Prudential, yaw taken care of. Something to think about. Can someone bring my Jeep Cherokee--I drive a Jeep Cherokee, by the way--can someone bring my Cherokee around?
Danny: Damn. Ma bawls are fuc*in' READY, ya know what I'm sayin? Who wants ta screw!
Jonathan: (Whimpers)
Donnie: Eyyy, you guys. Check it out. I just gawt this new phone from Motorola? Seriously sweet and totally cutting edge. S'cawled a Razah.
Joey: And why couldn't my ballad "Stay the Same" have hit #1, huh? Huh God? Why? I was on the road to a comeback, and now I'm sitting here fresh off "Dancing With the Stahs" in cheap H&M separates with these fuc*ing retahds? This tour better work as well for us as it did for the Spice Girls.
Danny: Man, I'd screw one a dem! I like dat one. What's hah name?
Jonathan: Baby? I like her. She's soothing. Oh God (hyperventilates).
Danny: No, no. The othah one.
Donnie: Scary? Eyyyy. I'm open-minded. I'm down with the intah-racial romance, ya know?
Danny: No, no. The othah one.
Jordan: Geri? The redhead?
Danny: No, no. The othah one.
Joey: Posh? The one with the big breasts?
Danny: Huh? The big who?
Joey: Breasts. Big breasts.
Danny: (blank stare).
Joey: Jesus Christ. BOOBIES. The one with the big BOOBIES.
Danny: Ohhhhhhh! I didn't know what you meant man, with those big words! But no. The othah one.
All: SPAWTY?
Danny: Yeah! Yeah, that one. Spawty. I'd screw hah. I like em athletic cuz they'h bendy and they usually like it up the b-
Joey: WOAH!
Jonathan: (starts to cry) Oh my God...
Joey: Okay, seriously. I'm fuc*ing done with this. Take the gawd damn pictchah and let's wrap this up.
Donnie: I drive a Trans-Am.
Jordan: What about a variable annuity?
Danny: Seriously, I'd go bawls deep.
Jonathan: My throat's closing up...
Joey: Oh my God. I'm going to fuc*ing kill myself.


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It's been a while since I posted. As I told a trusted confidant, it's mostly because everything I've been reading annoys and angers me. But here we go… a quick statement on the Syria Situation.
Personally, I think the US should stay out of foreign conflicts. Say all you want about the humanitarian issues (Especially in light of the recent chemical war crimes in Syria) but historically it seems to me intervention in the Middle East tends to only cause future problems. One major example of this would be the US backing the Taliban in the Cold War which helped the rise of Islamic extremism. Other examples I'd be willing to talk to anyone about in a conversation. Issac Newton's Third Law of Motion states "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." I believe this is the same about people. Push someone and they push back. Scream your point of view to someone and they reply with the same zeal.
That's just my opinion. With the US missile strikes, the narrative within DC has shifted AND this is what I want to highlight. The "alt-right" groups that backed the man who I believe ordered the missile strike to show he could win in a measuring contest are screaming about their savior betraying them… and of course David Duke is blaming the Jews. The rest of the Republican base is praising the man on the throne… despite the fact they didn't want President Obama to do the same: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/politics/syria-bombing-republicans-trump.html?_r=0
And of course the Democrat leadership seems thrilled that everything that happens in Syria is on the puppet who deeply believes in nepotism.
The rest of the op-ed pieces I keep seeing in the news praise the golfer in chief for finding a distraction from the Russia issues or for finding a cause. It brings me back to Syria itself. The single biggest argument to intervene always seems to be on the basis of humanitarianism… Where is that in the news? Who is saying the US did the moral thing?


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Our Fall Festival was a great success. God blessed us with beautiful weather and a wonderful attendance. The children enjoyed the games and the food was delicious. The prizes were given away at the end of the day as we also bid farewell to Pablo. He left on Sunday to return to the Seminary and he will be missed by all. Pablo was a major contributor to the success of the festival. We hope you and your family enjoyed the time God provided for us on Saturday and thank you for all your help and contributions to our Family Fall Festival.
Talks and catequesis in Spanish for Adults and Youth are taking place in the BGC on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30pm. (Simultaneous translation is available for English Speaking people)
RCIA classes have begun and meet Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm It is still possible to register and join the classes.
CCD classes have begun and meet on Saturdays at 3:30 pm
There are many kinds of alms the giving of which
helps us to obtain pardon for our sins; but none is greater
than that by which we forgive from our heart a sin that
someone has committed against us.
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Recycling Computers: Creating Security Problems?
What you do with old computer gear could undo all the measures you've taken to secure your data.
What you do with old computer gear could undo all the measures you've taken to secure your data.
Columnist Linda LeBlanc says until there's a better way to protect our assets, we have to make the firewall work better for us.
Columnist Linda LeBlanc had her laptop stolen a few weeks ago, and she's still digging out from the mess. But the theft left her with some questions. Who should be notified?
Security expert Linda Leblanc says appliances are easily compromised. These small holes can cause major problems.
Columnist Linda LeBlanc takes a look at one offer for 'free e-mail virus scanning', and what that free service might actually be costing you.
Columnist Linda LeBlanc has a confession to make. She's a danger to any PDA she owns. She loses them, sits on them... even drops them in the sewer.
Columnist Linda LeBlanc takes a look at the small details that could mean the difference between a secure network and one riddled with holes.
Network security analyst Linda LeBlanc looks at how safe your information is when you use a wireless access point from a friend's house or coffee shop. You'd never guess who could be snooping.


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Jerry Perna, who lives in Port Richmond, spent many years writing "The Music You Remember," in which he also stars. It plays at The Adrienne through October. MIKALA JAMISON / STAR PHOTO
The writer Brander Matthews said that the art of the playwright is much like the art of the architect. A plot, he said, has to be built just as a house is built — "story after story."
Layers, then, are crucial; a piece of theatre isn't a one-dimensional presentation.
That's at least how Port Richmond playwright Jerry Perna thinks of it, he attests. He's written and stars in "The Music You Remember," a play running through October at The Adrienne Theater that celebrates the popular music of the 60s, but has deeper messages beyond what Perna calls "campy fun."
"As a writer, it didn't interest me to just write a revue [of 60s music]," Perna told Star at his Campbell Square-adjacent home earlier this month. "I wanted to build a story about how music affected him."
The "him" being the play's main character, Paul Diolio, played by Perna himself. "The Music You Remember," directed by Benjamin Lloyd, is focused on the struggles of Diolio, a professor of music who loses his tenure, his girlfriend and his car, all in one day.
The down-on-his-luck Diolio is joined by young teaching assistant Sally to teach his final class. Sally, played by Kristen Bailey, ends up possessing a more supernatural quality that leads Diolio on a "kaleidoscopic journey of memory."
That journey includes on-stage projections of clips from songs and films from the 60s era.
"I wanted to engage the senses," Perna said. "If you're under 65, it's all about movies and TV."
"The Music You Remember" finds its layers, then, in more than just a fond look at popular music of the past. It's also cautionary tale, Perna said, about the dangers of nostalgia.
"The technological innovations in the past 30 years have been greater than those in the past 250," he said. "There's a big segment of the population, a lot of folks my age and older, who are made uneasy by that."
Perna explained that in his beloved home in Port Richmond, there's an Old-World sensibility among the hearty Polish population. While he's much appreciative of it, he said, he also wants this play to be a reminder to folks not to get stuck in the past.
"Don't get too deep into how great the 'old days' were," he said. "They might not have been so great for everyone — African Americans, women … now, with greater diversity, there's a greater opportunity for learning."
Indeed, the show doesn't focus only on the music of the 60's — Perna, makes comparisons between pop music icons of that time to those of today. There's mention of both Burt Bacharach and Justin Bieber.
A little something for everyone, eh?
The play, Perna said, does pull inspiration from his own life, of course, mainly in his attachment to music and the actors he wanted to emulate in his own career.
"I remember watching movies and TV in the 60s, the channel 10 afternoon movies … they were incredible inspirations," Perna said.
"I grew up with exposure to lots of different types of music, [from] rock, to Motown, to the Beach Boys. I listened to the Top 40," he continued.
Perna, who grew up in Lansdowne, became involved with theatre when he was about 14 years old, he said. He's always worked in theatre in one way or another, and right now, it's his full-time job.
He's worked with big names — he once worked on a film with Mickey Rooney, and had a small part in "Silver Linings Playbook," alongside Bradley Cooper.
At the heart of his current work, though, is how music affects the personal journey of humans.
"This [Diolio] character is someone trying to find some emotional solace in music," Perna said. "The music a man hears at age 5 stays with him for the rest of his life."
At his home, Perna read aloud a few scenes from the play. One seems to most aptly describe the sentiment of Diolio, and perhaps Perna himself:
"A lost song really is a tragedy."
"The Music You Remember" will run Oct. 3, Oct. 8, 10, and 18 at 7:30 p.m., as well as Oct. 5, 13 and 19 at 2 p.m., Oct. 5 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 13 and 20 at 7 p.m., all at The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St. There will be a special Industry Night performance on Oct. 14 at 9 p.m.
For tickets ($20-$30) and information, call 800–838–3006, or visit www.whitepinesproductions.org/MYRLK.


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Some people go to the church, but I'm going to the gym where I pray to my fitness gods.
When I was a child I wanted to be a hockey player but in those distant 90s there weren't any female hockey teams in Russia. I always loved sports when I was a kid: football, table tennis, and hockey were among my favorite ways to spend time.
I got into boxing accidentally when I was recovering after a knee injury after a BMX accident. First, boxing was simply a part of my fitness programme but after three lessons I went and bought my own boxing gloves. I fell in love with boxing instantly and became a professional boxer after just a year of training.
For the last 10 years I've travelled all across the world boxing in different weight categories. In 2013 after another shoulder injury I had to stop boxing. I was in tears but I couldn't physically box and had to take a break to recover. There are 21 scars on my body; professional sport isn't a joke and I was often training 7 hours daily. So after I retired I started to spend more time teaching boxing and also founded my own fitness company www.gymonwheels.co.uk. I've also started to write my own fitness book which is almost finished.
In 2016 I decided to come back to boxing and I've never felt happier. The ring called me back.
Peolpe are going to church and i'm going to the gym where i pray to my fitness gods
"Fight to the last" tattoo on my hand
More about my boxing lifestyle you can find on my old website www.angelmckenzie.co.uk (click here)


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More than FinancialsBy Edward Cone | Posted 2002-08-06 Print
The city of Detroit had a perfectly clear blueprint when it committed $48 million to an Oracle system a few years ago. Then how come it came out like this?
More than Financials
One thing is clear: Running DRMS involved a lot more for IBM than just an Oracle implementationit meant putting in a network from scratch, including the first deployment of PCs for many Detroit offices. "This was not just a financials project," says David Natelson, a vice president in state and local applications in Oracle's government, education and healthcare division, who has been working with the DRMS steering committee as Detroit has been upgrading to the current 11i release of Oracle's financial software.
The city was using computer equipment from the early '70s, and the work processes used by its 17,000 employees were slow to change. City departments still relied on a green-screen mainframe system that could capture information but provided no intelligent functions. So changing the financial software meant changing everything from the tools people used to the comfortable routine of doing their jobs. Still, there was a belief DRMS would not require major reengineering.
"We were going to try to adapt an archaic system to modern-day software," says Harris. "It was like painting over rust." People ended up working both systems in parallel and generating just as much paper as ever. Says Bentley, "People were resistant to change. They were doing it the old way and the new way at the same time."
The adjustment to new technology and new ways of doing business led to a huge and costly bottleneck as Detroit struggled to train its workers. Training costs quickly ballooned to as much as five times the anticipated amount, putting DRMS over budget almost from the start. "There was a gigantic training curve," says Bentley. "We did an assessment and the numbers that came back were staggering. We had to train people on what a mouse was and how to use it. This was not 10 or 20 people, there were hundreds." Scheduling that amount of training was hard, and people could only learn so much so fast.
Harris says Oracle promised that it could accommodate a particular type of financial accounting used by cities called grants management, even though its software had no module for this kind of municipal accounting. Apparently, that claim wasn't entirely true then, and it isn't true now; one of the major remaining shortfalls on the financials side is that DRMS still cannot handle grants accounting.
Oracle's Natelson counters that charge by pointing out that the public sector represents Oracle's largest single vertical market, and adding that the company is now implementing a financials package for the city of Chicago. But some of Oracle's other public-sector jobs have not gone so well, either. Earlier this year, for example, an Oracle project for the state of California was shown to have cost more than twice its $41 million budget. The project was killed last month.
Without commenting specifically on Detroit, Natelson says that public-sector jobs depend on strong leadership and staffing. And a vendor with first-hand knowledge of the project, who insisted on anonymity, made the point more strongly: He said DRMS unraveled because it was run by Detroit's technology managers, not the financial users who were to be the system's ultimate beneficiaries. That all adds up to an indictment of Bentley but also of Nicole Fontayne-Mack, Detroit's former information technology director, who now holds a similar position in Florida's Broward County.
There is nothing oblique about the criticism Detroit auditor Harris levels at Fontayne-Mack. He recalls that Fontayne-Mack refused to distribute to her staff some proposals for fine-tuning the performance of IBM Global Services that were prepared by consulting firm KPMG. "They didn't use the information," Harris complains. "We gave them copies every month but they weren't distributed. KPMG let Nicole know how IBM was performing, but she did not accept it because it came from me. We would have saved a lot of money by putting IBM's feet to the fire."
Fontayne-Mack did not return several calls to her office in Florida. However, Bentley, who left the city for a private-sector position in 1999, defends his former boss, pointing out that KPMG may not have been an impartial critic of IBM, since it, too, bid on the DRMS project.
"We had the full support of [Detroit] Mayor Dennis Archer," Bentley adds. "We talked at a senior level every two weeks for a year. Executive management was very flexible and understanding as it set the strategy."
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Sylvia Mikl-Strobl
In her psychology practice, Sylvia Mikl-Strobl offers her clients the opportunity, in a protected environment, to reflect on their personal situation and find constructive solutions.
The mission
As a psychologist, Sylvia Mikl-Strobl offers solution-orientated consulting and therapies in her psychology practice in Klagenfurt. Apart from the visual identity we also created and produced some brochures for her newly opened practice.
The result
Inspired by the field Sylvia Mikl-Strobl is working in, we developed, apart from her wordmark, a signet as the core component for the branding of her psychology practice. Through the combination of the German letter M and the Greek letter Psi the signet refers both to the person and also to her professional activity. We created all her stationery, including letterpress printed business cards, headed writing paper and envelopes. We chose a warm, creme-white paper to accompany the lush green, the primary color of the branding. In addition to the text on the back of the double-layered business cards, the signet was blind embossed on the front.
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Given from the Catholic Broadcasting Station 2SM Sydney Australia
Choose a topic from Vol 2:
Yes. No man who has ever had the Catholic Faith can ever leavethe Catholic Church save through an abuse of grace for which hehimself is responsible.
It is true that Tyrrell was a convert from Protestantism to theCatholic Church, and subsequently became a Jesuit.
In the introduction to his book, "Hard Sayings,"Tyrrell wrote: "It is to the Church that we must look for ourguidance. The minds of her children will ever press on towards afuller intelligence of the mysteries of faith, turning back attimes to receive her approval, or to receive her rebuke, or tolisten to her counsel. To whom shall we go but to her who has thewords of eternal life, who for two thousand years has kept allthese sayings and pondered them in her heart?" Tyrrellpublished that statement of his convictions in 1898. Yet a fewyears later he was expelled from the Catholic Church fordeliberately refusing to obey those convictions. When the Churchwithdrew her approval from his modernist teachings, rebuked them,and offered her counsels, he obstinately maintained that he knewbetter than the Church. Pride gripped his soul. He never returnedto Protestantism. He still vehemently claimed to be a Catholic. Buthe wanted Catholicism to be what he thought it ought to be, notwhat it is. And he refused to submit his judgment to that Churchwhich St. Paul declares to be the "pillar and the ground oftruth." And in doing so, he resisted God's grace.
Tyrrell was a profoundly religious man. And pride is a subtleforce which adapts itself to men as they are, not eliminatinginborn tendencies, but warping them, and diverting them from theirproper direction. And pride also has a peculiarly blinding effectupon the soul, urging it never to admit its error. Tyrrell went onwith his prayers as an expression of his religious feelings; but ifby those prayers he was trying to secure guidance from God, hewanted a guidance in accordance with his own desires, andinterpreted all his inner experiences to suit his own theories.
There was no ecclesiastical persecution. The Catholicauthorities merely said to him, "You cannot go on teaching amodernism quite opposed to Catholic teaching, and continue tofunction as a priest of the Catholic Church." The Churchmerely asked him to put into practice his own principles, andsubmit to her counsels. He refused to do so, and was expelled fromcommunion with, the Catholic Church. No one could call thatpersecution. The Catholic Church has as much right to say, "Ifyou want to enjoy my privileges, you must undertake also theobligations of a Catholic" as the State has to say, "Ifyou want my privileges you must obey my laws." The troublewith Tyrrell was that he wanted the privileges of a Catholicwithout the obligations. And he protested against his exclusionfrom the Catholic Church which he would not obey. Writing on Nov.25th, 1908, Cardinal Mercier of Belgium said to Bishop Hedley,"I do not know whether or not I should reply to that poorTyrrell. Is it not better to ignore his insolent tone, thetheatrical affectation with which he complains of being accused ofmodernism, and of openly denying the Papal infallibility and thedecision of the Vatican Council! If I reply, he will answer again.Where shall we end? If there remain some hope of seeing him returnto the Church, is it not better to leave him to reflect insilence?"


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Here's a very unlikely pairing – Adam Sandler and Walt Disney Pictures.
The star and studio are teaming up for Adam Shankman's family comedy "Bedtime Stories," penned by Matt Lopez.
Sandler plays a harried real estate developer whose life is turned upside down when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew begin to come true.
Sandler, who will also produce, plays dual roles – the main guy and in the fantasy world – a knight in shining armor.
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(Guess who's back from the dead! Hi everyone! Finally back with another update. I've recently moved to Jakarta and compared to Manila, there are a lot more J-rock related events here so expect more frequent updates. What's next on my calendar? Another encounter with ONE OK ROCK this November!)
It all started with a countdown. The onscreen audience was shouting "VAMPS! VAMPS!!" while we, the cinema audience, were staring intently as the clock shifted. And then finally, it read 6:66. The curtains gave way to a stage bathed in red light. No adornment apart from the slim columns of light coming from above which changes color during the live. One by one, the band members emerged. HYDE's entrance was dramatic. He had these contact lenses which glowed in the dark and the effect was mesmerizing.
VAMPS kicked off their performance with VAMPIRE DEPRESSION. He took to the spotlight with Ju-ken on his left and K.A.Z. on his right. Interestingly, the pianist and drummer each had their glass encased section by the back of the medium sized stage.
They segued to MADE IN HEAVEN next which transitioned nicely to Devil Side. HYDE spoke a bit before launching into COSMOS. Secret to my Heart followed. By this time, the band and the audience (both in ZEPP and in the cinema) were really hyped up. HYDE shouted "Come on bloodsuckers, let's go to heaven's gate!" He referred to the audience as "bloodsuckers" a few times during the live. The band then played Replay where the heaven's gate reference came from. Just HYDE-era fans (like me!) were in for a treat as VAMPS performed Countdown and DOLLY next (wished they played Season's Call though!).
After which, the mood on the stage shifted. The stage went dark save for a blue spotlight trained on the pianist playing a melancholic tune. Ju-ken was then showed playing a contrabass (?). The lights came back and HYDE began singing Sweet Dreams. The drums were a bit off during this performance, like it was not in synch with the other parts of the song. Anyway, what came next was actually a surprise for me. It was the David Bowie classic Life on Mars. HYDE said a few words then moved on to Ahead followed by Angel Trip.
Ju-ken had his moment as the next segment had him showing off some riffs. What followed was a really awkward performance of Trouble. I never did warm up to VAMPS' version of this song and this performance was not doing the song any good. HYDE sounded like a drunken MIYAVI (and only MIYAVI can pull that off). A bit of a drum solo then BOOM! Live Wire was next. This probably was one of the most energetic parts of the whole live. Proof of which was by the time it ended, HYDE was breathing heavily. And boy, did he milk that moment for all it's worth. After a few seconds of HYDE sexing it up for the camera, VAMPS performed Midnight Celebration. The stage then went dark and the band members left the stage. The set was over.
After a few minutes though, the band members then came back for their encore. When K.A.Z. entered he was carrying a blue water gun which he used to spray the audience. And where was HYDE? The camera revealed him crouched behind the speakers with a red water gun which he then used on the audience. HYDE then strapped on his guitar then went over to K.A.Z. and they did a really short guitar duet before finally launching into a frantic performance of Love Addict.
Next came the MCs. K.A.Z. was first and I was fairly amused hearing him speak that long. He talked for about 3 minutes? When it was HYDE's turn, he said a really funny story because the audience was cracking up. As for me, all I understood were the words that kept popping up: okaasan, toire and arigatou gozaimasu. HYDE delivered it with so much glee and an animated face which was why I couldn't help but laugh along. A performance of MEMORIES followed.
The excitement onstage went several notches higher as the band segued to an extended version of Hunting. And just when we thought the song was over, HYDE would say "Again!" and true enough, the hunt would restart. With all that rambunctious energy, it was only natural that the next and final song would be Sex, Blood, Rock and Roll. There was no blood, but I could have sworn the stage reeked of sex and was definitely delivering some raunchy rock and roll.
Overall, the live viewing experience was really fun. It didn't have the same elation a real live would give but seeing HYDE and the others projected that big onscreen brought a new level of awe. We can practically see their pores! And as every naughty grin, playful lick and loaded innuendoes were magnified several times over, it could be very breathtaking sometimes. At one point and I can't remember when because I was too busy wiping the blood on my nose, HYDE addressed the camera and mentioned live viewing. He then proceeded to turn on the charm to maximum level and said hello in different languages. He ended the spiel by saying "See you soon!".
Well, HYDE I'll hold on to that promise. Jakarta, and hopefully Manila, better be on your worldwide tour. Until then, this postcard I got from the cinema would be firmly tacked to my wall.
VAMPS LIVE 2013 July 07 Setlist:
- Devil Side
- Cosmos
- Secret in my Heart
- Replay
- Sweet Dreams
- Life on Mars
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Couple to celebrate 75 years of marriage
The 75-year union of Seymour and Mabel Thompson has outlasted the tenures of 14 presidents of the United States and 17 pastors at Nordland Lutheran Church.
For three-quarters of a century, Seymour, 97, and Mabel, 94, have celebrated births, anniversaries, first communions, and confirmations.
Mabel doesn't think there is a big secret to being married for so long. She and Seymour vowed to stay together until death parted them, and, by the grace of God, they've lived a long time together.
Seymour and Mabel Thompson were married 75 years ago, on Sept. 27, 1927. Their marital union has outlasted the tenures of 14 presidents of the United States.
Of course, marriage isn't always blissful - especially with the death of a child and the day-to-day challenges of running a farm and raising a family - but Mabel said they've never had a disagreement that made them want to separate.
Seymour and Mabel met in 1924 while Seymour was doing farmwork for Mabel's sister.
Mabel worked at Tuck's Cafe at the time. Seymour would pick her up in his car and they would go for drives. "He never took me out for dinner or anything," said Mabel, "Sometimes he would take me to a show, but mostly we just cruised."
The couple married in Mabel's home in South Haven on Sept. 28, 1927, just two days after Mabel's 20th birthday.
After they were married, they settled on Seymour's family farm, south of Lake Koronis, where Seymour farmed with his father.
In the early days, Seymour worked the fields with horses. He bought his first tractor in 1934, a John Deere B with big steel wheels. Seymour keeps a model of the tractor on his dresser at the Koronis Manor today.
Mabel said she didn't help out much with the farm until they had a tractor because working with the horses was too hard. After they got the tractor, she spent some time in the fields.
Besides helping out with the farm, Mabel did all of the typical duties of a farm wife. She cooked for the men who worked in the fields, kept house, took care of her children and grandchildren, and still found time to grow a vegetable garden and take care of her flower beds, said grandson Jeff Thompson. He added that his grandfather loved to cook, which was unusual in those days, and Mabel would turn her kitchen over to him.
Because of his cooking skills, Seymour was popular on fishing trips, according to Jeff. While on fishing trips to Canada and other places, Seymour couldn't easily get in and out of a boat, due to his bad hips. So he would fish a bit and then do the cooking for the other guys.
Jeff remembers his grandparents being very active in the community. They were both active in the Farmer's Union, she as secretary and he as the local president. They were also active in the local DFL party and were the caretakers at the Lake Koronis Regional Park.
Now, Seymour and Mabel share a room at the Koronis Manor. She moved there first and, for the past year or so, they've been there together. Life at the Manor is different but comfortable, said Mabel. It's much better now that Seymour is there with her, she said. One thing about living at the nursing home bothers her: she can't entertain guests properly - with coffee and food.
Seymour and Mabel are members of Nordland Lutheran Church, where Mabel taught Sunday school and was once president of the church council. "It was different back then," she said. "Now, there's a board for everything, but then a few people did everything."
Mabel misses going to church. She's happy, though, that their pastor comes to visit and give communion.
Seymour & Mable Thompson will celebrate their anniversary with their family and friends at the Koronis Manor on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Seymour, a quiet guy, has trouble hearing and uses a hearing aid, so holding a conversation is difficult for him. But he did say their kids and grandkids take good care of them. Their son Buddy bought a van equipped with a wheelchair lift so he could take his parents out once in a while. Grandson Rick and his wife, Gail, who now live on the family farm, take care of their financial business, and Jeff and his wife, Becky, make sure they have everything they need.
Seymour and Mable have two children, six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
"Family has always been important to my grandparents. Family reunions are almost mandatory," Jeff said of the annual events that the Robergs (Seymour's family) and the Schmidts (Mabel's family) hold. "My grandparents even managed to go to both of them last summer.
The couple will celebrate their anniversary with their family and friends at the Koronis Manor on Saturday, Sept. 28. An open house celebration will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
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How low can you go in terms of # of items? What clothing items have you gotten rid of?
I am doing a major purge. This has been a step by step process, over several months as I am losing weight; 30 pounds thus far and 15 more to go to get where I want to be. So I do this in phases:
1) Tried on all the shorts, pants and capris after I realized too many were literally falling off when I put them on and went out for the day. Put in pile to give away.
2) Tried on all the shirts. Added to the pile, all the ones which didn't fit well anymore and didn't cover well enough. I have evolved in that over the years, and am now no longer comfortable wearing clothes that show more skin that I want to show.
3) Went through all the dressier clothes, and added to the pile skirts that don't have matching tops.
4) Went through all the casual clothes, and added to the pile tops that are just too worn out looking. Not too many of those but every little bit helps.
5) Tossed away all the slips. Who wears those anyway anymore? I sure don't.
6) Tossed in the pile clothes that I just never wear, of the casual clothes, for reasons that I am just not sure of.
7) Kept most of the dressy clothes, but did get rid of some. I live a casual country life now and have not gone to any dressy affairs in almost a year, but who knows, maybe that will change some time in the future? No clue.
Now I am counting what is left. STILL too many! Am hoping that when I lose another 15 pounds, that will help as more will not fit. But I am curious for the most part, how many outfits, casual and dressy, do you own and use? My intent, is to get my wardrobe down to ONE closet full; Right now I need an extra closet to store the dressy stuff. Not good!


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Friday, February 12, 2010
Moving and Baking Don't Mix
Then we shifted. In Sharjah, I could find nothing in packs of less than 1 kg. I never bought a kitchen weighing scale, because I just find it too pretentious. I tried to get the proportions right and messed up each time.I did not bake for a year. In fact just before the Christmas of 2008, I desperately tried, every option, the microwave, the pressure cooker, the oven I had brought from India, the gas oven in my kitchen there, and even bought a new electric oven to do it. Everything fell absolutely flat on its face. I got textures ranging from custard to halwa to rock hard, and everything else you can imagine. Then it took an epiphany, and a baker friend's recipe to guide me to try a measuring cup to get proper quantities, and what do you know, it worked like magic. Once again, I had a measuring cup at home, the one with came with my rice cooker. Don't think I would have bought one, because I just find it too 'fancy'. And I was back to baking well.
And then I shifted again. No measuring cup, no local grocer to weigh my stuff for me, and one gross cake is what I make. I hate it, absolutely hate it. This is simply unfair. Each time I move, my baking suffers, and just because I no longer have with me the things that make it work for me. And so I declared to the GP yesterday, that I am not moving anymore. However may I just add, the big ego boosting factor was that the BB did enjoy the cake, and asked for some more. But I for the life of me, don't know why.
And add to that the woes of new, unknown varieties of onions, potatoes and some more. The onions just don't make for the kinds I am used to in my salads, or sides. I like the Indian onions. Maybe they are not of great quality or breed, but that is what I am used to, and I miss them, I miss them so so bad. Atleast in Sharjah, they were available. Why do there have to be so so many types of onions for God's sake? And I miss veggies, you know the kinds that can be prepared as sabzi(curry). Bored with the same set of 4-5 veggies that can be prepared like curries being available, and I am in no plan to completely change to eating veggies only as salads, I like mine cooked, complete desi style, spicy tadka et all.
So well that is what it is out here with my food related woes. Otherwise, the place is treating me well, I am liking it quite a bit. All I need now, is to learn to drive, and if the GP pushes me hard enough, I may just go ahead and do it.
PS - Did I mention how I am managing without any parlour visits so far. The threading ritual every fortnight is not happening, so its all about my own efforts to keep myself presentable. Not a great success, but tagging along somehow.
11 comments:
- MRC said...
:D Oh Boy!!Yoo pooo pooo thing ;)Have I got a comment for this one!! Unfortunately ,no time to post it right now, will be back later to commiserate(laugh) some more!!!
- February 12, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- D said...
I have relatives in Sydney who come to India with a wish list of karela, lauki, sarson ka saag, bhindi, gobhi and the whole darn sabzi mandi because the veggies there just don't taste the same!
- February 12, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Monika said...
i can't survive without measuring cups, spoons and a weighing scale... i recently bought a digital one too...
important and specially important when u are baking...
let me mail u a basic rec that is always always always worked for me :)
but yes moving is a pain for sure
- February 12, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Smitha said...
I always end up buying baking stuff wherever I move :) Husband claims that I have enough stuff to open a bakery :) I can't resist picking up baking tins either :)
As for veggies - we used to depend on the Indian stores for the Indian stuff. I rely a lot on frozen stuff - like frozen bhindis and things. These days quite a few supermarkets are stocking some Indian veggies too - so I pick up stuff whenever I find them. but I remember feeling like the way you do when I went to the US the first time. It was a little village with hardly any indian veggies available!
- February 13, 2010 at 12:40 AM
- Passionate Goof said...
MRC - Aiyyo, why all the laughing???
D - I know... they don't. :(
Monu - You first get well, and then do the mailing. I just bought myself a ,measuring cup today, but how do I know the weight through that???
Smitha - I love them tins! I have just 2 basic rectangular ones for now, but I have plans to collect many many more. You do such nice cakes, you should do it professionally Smi.
I know about the frozen veggies, they have it here too, but they just don't feel like real veggies to me. :(
- February 13, 2010 at 1:09 AM
- roop said...
i luv houston. :D has all the veggies. but carrots here don't taste the same. i go to india wanting carrots!!!!
and baking, i never do anyway. too lazy. u are breaking out of the lazy club. me no like. come back to my fold!! :p
- February 13, 2010 at 3:12 AM
- Solilo said...
GM, How about you go to fresh veggie markets and then substitute the available ones with our veggies. We live in a small town and don't get veggies like Bitter gourd (Karela) other than that most veggies have substitutes.
Also, ask some Indian people if there is any Indian lady that does threading. If not you can try waxing. I know threading is far better for our Indian face but when you have no options, you find new ones. :) I can't stand waxing but then I can't stand my unibrows either Hahahaha
- February 13, 2010 at 3:29 AM
- soin said...
just follow your intuition and you might invent something ..free
- February 13, 2010 at 4:04 AM
- MRC said...
Laughing because this is SUCH a cute post...ahh the woes of living away from comfort zones! You have to see where we live,can you believe not a decent sabzi mandi in town, no supermarkets, no restaurants(worth sitting in), not a decent movie hall,no picnic spots....just a very small,boring,dusty town...
- February 13, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- Passionate Goof said...
Roop - You are reading my blog these days, whats with you??? I am lazy as a lump, have been doing nothing of late, house looks like a dump. I cannot be non-lazy even if I try!
Soli - Substitutes? Like what? I want Bhindi, and they don't have nice bhindi here. there is no lauki, no tendli, no parwal.... I am tiered of beans, carrots, cauliflower n cabbage. I want more!!! Karela we get in the Indian stores! I have been to the fresh veggies market, sis not find anything exceptional.:( They do have women who thread here too, but I am managing on my own, so not looking for anyone yet.
Soin - And the GP will drive me nuts till I do that, with his anticipation of having a decent cake to taste!
- February 13, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Passionate Goof said...
MRC - Oh! That is not nice. Where do you stay???
- February 13, 2010 at 3:12 PM


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Quoted from Akka.NET Bootcamp: Unit 2, Lesson 1 - "Using HOCON Configuration to Configure Akka.NET"
Akka.NET leverages a configuration format, called HOCON, to allow you to configure your Akka.NET applications with whatever level of granularity you want.
What is HOCON?
HOCON (Human-Optimized Config Object Notation) is a flexible and extensible configuration format.
It allows you to configure everything from Akka.NET's
IActorRefProvider implementation: logging, network transports, and (more commonly) how individual actors are deployed.
Values returned by HOCON are strongly typed, which means you can fetch out an
int, a
Timespan, etc.
What can I do with HOCON?
HOCON allows you to embed easy-to-read configuration inside of the otherwise hard-to-read XML in App.config and Web.config. HOCON also lets you query configs by their section paths, and those sections are exposed strongly typed and parsed values you can use inside your applications.
HOCON also lets you nest and/or chain sections of configuration, creating layers of granularity and providing you a semantically namespaced config.
What is HOCON usually used for?
HOCON is commonly used for tuning logging settings, enabling special modules (such as
Akka.Remote), or configuring deployments such as the
Dispatcher or
Router used for a particular actor.
For example, let's configure an
ActorSystem with HOCON:
var config = ConfigurationFactory.ParseString(@"
akka.remote.dot-netty.tcp {
transport-class = ""Akka.Remote.Transport.DotNetty.DotNettyTransport, Akka.Remote""
transport-protocol = tcp
port = 8091
hostname = ""127.0.0.1""
var system = ActorSystem.Create("MyActorSystem", config);
As you can see in that example, a HOCON
Config object can be parsed from a
string using the
ConfigurationFactory.ParseString method. Once you have a
Config object, you can then pass this to your
ActorSystem inside the
ActorSystem.Create method.
"Deployment"? What's that?
Deployment is a vague concept, but it's closely tied to HOCON. An actor is "deployed" when it is instantiated and put into service within the
ActorSystem somewhere.
When an actor is instantiated within the
ActorSystem it can be deployed in one of two places: inside the local process or in another process (this is what
Akka.Remote does.)
When an actor is deployed by the
ActorSystem, it has a range of configuration settings. These settings control a wide range of behavior options for the actor such as: is this actor going to be a router? What
Dispatcher will it use? What type of mailbox will it have? (More on these concepts in later lessons.)
We haven't gone over what all these options mean, but *the key thing to know for now is that the settings used by the
ActorSystem to deploy an actor into service can be set within HOCON. *
This also means that you can change the behavior of actors dramatically (by changing these settings) without having to actually touch the actor code itself.
Flexible config FTW!
HOCON can be used inside
App.config and
Parsing HOCON from a
string is handy for small configuration sections, but what if you want to be able to take advantage of Configuration Transforms for
App.config and
Web.config and all of the other nice tools we have in the
System.Configuration namespace?
As it turns out, you can use HOCON inside these configuration files too!
Here's an example of using HOCON inside
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<section name="akka" type="Akka.Configuration.Hocon.AkkaConfigurationSection, Akka" />
akka {
# here we are configuring log levels
log-config-on-start = off
stdout-loglevel = INFO
loglevel = ERROR
# this config section will be referenced as akka.actor
actor {
provider = remote
debug {
receive = on
autoreceive = on
lifecycle = on
event-stream = on
unhandled = on
# here we're configuring the Akka.Remote module
remote {
dot-netty.tcp {
transport-class = "Akka.Remote.Transport.DotNetty.DotNettyTransport, Akka.Remote"
#applied-adapters = []
transport-protocol = tcp
port = 8091
hostname = "127.0.0.1"
log-remote-lifecycle-events = INFO
And then we can load this configuration section into our
ActorSystem via the following code:
var system = ActorSystem.Create("MySystem"); //automatically loads App/Web.config
HOCON Configuration Supports Fallbacks
Although this isn't a concept we leverage explicitly in Unit 2, it's a powerful trait of the
Config class that comes in handy in lots of production use cases.
HOCON supports the concept of "fallback" configurations - it's easiest to explain this concept visually.
To create something that looks like the diagram above, we have to create a
Config object that has three fallbacks chained behind it using syntax like this:
var f0 = ConfigurationFactory.ParseString("a = bar");
var f1 = ConfigurationFactory.ParseString("b = biz");
var f2 = ConfigurationFactory.ParseString("c = baz");
var f3 = ConfigurationFactory.ParseString("a = foo");
var yourConfig = f0.WithFallback(f1)
If we request a value for a HOCON object with key "a", using the following code:
var a = yourConfig.GetString("a");
Then the internal HOCON engine will match the first HOCON file that contains a definition for key
a. In this case, that is
f0, which returns the value "bar".
Why wasn't "foo" returned as the value for "a"?
The reason is because HOCON only searches through fallback
Config objects if a match is NOT found earlier in the
Config chain. If the top-level
Config object has a match for
a, then the fallbacks won't be searched. In this case, a match for
a was found in
f0 so the
a=foo in
f3 was never reached.
What happens when there is a HOCON key miss?
What happens if we run the following code, given that
c isn't defined in
f0 or
var c = yourConfig.GetString("c");
In this case
yourConfig will fallback twice to
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