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Spoiler Alert: For those of you too busy to read this post the answer is an imminent YES.
Azure is the midst of a paradigm shift as it evolves from Azure Service Manager (ASM) to Azure Resource Manager (ARM) – so-called Azure v1 and Azure v2.
Many organisations have looked to Azure (and other cloud providers) as the solution to a quick exit from costly traditional datacentre contracts and private cloud solutions; often times these efforts take the form of a 'lift and shift' exercise which, whilst serving the tactical requirement of a quick exit, quite often fails to deliver on the more strategic vision of moving to the cloud in order to take advantage of its highly touted flexibility, elasticity, and cost efficiency. In other words, it's the classic case of garbage out, garbage in.
Be that as it may many programmes of migration that I have seen are continuing to deploy into ASM and one must question that strategy now that ARM is becoming more and more mature with each passing sprint. For smaller organisations vNet to vNet connectivity between ASM and ARM has been possible for a while so the co-existence of the two has been realised since last year. For larger organisations, however, Expressroute (Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits/) has been a considerable blocker. Expressroute is the facility by which an organisation can privately connect a traditional datacentre with Azure without traversing the internet. Until recently one had to create TWO Expressroute circuits if they wanted co-existence between ASM and ARM. Because Expressroute circuits have a monthly cost associated with them (varying depending on model, size, and provider) this simply equated to twice the cost for network connectivity.
Well, no more. MSFT has recently announced that it will soon be possible to have both ASM and ARM networks running over a single Expressroute circuit. So, given this new integration does it still make sense to keep deploying onto ASM or does it make sense to step back, re-assess, and invest in the necessary changes to target ongoing migration efforts to ARM? In my opinion it is the latter for three over riding reasons:
- Financial Accounting
- Security
- Management and Operations
Many large organisation operating under a shared services model in which a centralised body offers IT services to the rest of the organisation and its business units often wish to 'charge back' these services. With ASM this is near impossible at any granular level within a single subscription not to mention multiple subscriptions or tenants. With ARM, however, metadata TAGGING is the order of the day where one is able to TAG a resource to a specific owner. In fact, one can TAG at the most minute of levels; an individual NIC, for example. More common is the desire to have different workloads from different departments running under the same subscription and still retain the ability to split out the accounting for each resource and issue a separate bill of services for each department, division, or business unit. ARM enables this.
Microsoft has always embraced the concept of least-privileged access meaning that someone only has the rights necessary to perform a specific operation or function. This evolved into Role Based Access, or RBAC, which is more granular and has made its way through the Microsoft stack from Active Directory to Exchange to SharePoint to System Center, etc., and now it has come to Azure. In ASM one had a very limited set of roles to choose from:
- Owner – full management rights
- Contributor – full management rights except for user management
- Reader – view resource rights
This was a major constraint from a security perspective and does not follow the 'least privilege' mantra. For example, both the owner and contributor roles could delete a resource; there was no separation of duty. As an illustration of how things have now changed (this is probably not up to precise date) these are some typical roles one would find within ARM and its service providers:
- API Management Service Contributor
- Application Insights Component Contributor
- BizTalk Contributor
- ClearDB MySQL DB Contributor
- Data Factory Contributor
- DocumentDB Account Contributor
- Intelligent Systems Account Contributor
- New Relic APM Account Contributor
- Redis Cache Contributor
- SQL DB Contributor
- SQL Security Manager
- SQL Server Contributor
- Scheduler Job Collections Contributor
- Search Service Contributor
- Storage Account Contributor
- User Access Administrator
- Virtual Machine Contributor
- Virtual Network Contributor
- Web Plan Contributor
- Website Contributor
Clearly more granular. Clearly more secure.
From an authorisation perspective ARM is hands down the better platform. Indeed, from an identity perspective ARM now only supports Azure Active Directory and has deprecated X.509 certificate authentication which some will agree is more secure and others, myself included, will agree is more convenient.
MANAGEMENT and OPERATIONS
Perhaps the core difference between Azure v1 and Azure v2 is that of the REST API's underlying each. A lot of customers don't realise that ASM is over five years old. In cloud years that's a long time.
ARM brings with it many advantages like those already discussed but perhaps the most significant and underappreciated advantage would have to be its 'pluggable' model which means that future services can be seamlessly integrated. The term 'future proof' is almost always itself a misnomer but with ARM we get as close to it as possible.
Parallelism is a major improvement. In order to deploy 10 VMs under ASM you had to create one VM at a time. This was true whether you were scripting the process with Powershell or performing it through the portal. With ARM, however, all 10 VMs are provisioned at the same time. Equally it is much faster to decommission a complex environment: a development environment for example.
The enablement of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is critical to achieving the elasticity and operations of any modern day cloud platform. Simplistically the cloud is asking us to reduce a datacentre into a collection of files…a lot of files. What ARM provides is a framework with which to couple, decouple, and otherwise associate these files through the JSON syntax allowing complex environments to be described and deployed in a declarative fashion. This is important because it allows for the creation of reusable templates that describe various aspects of an infrastructure that can quickly be deployed and updated and moves your organisation one step closer to the holy grail: Automation.
What I am starting to hear now on a regular basis from various forums, both public and private, colleague's work in the field, and even some senior level MSFT architects is that now is the time to start integrating ARM into your plans. If you're just getting started the choice is clear: ARM is the future, go with ARM.
If, however, you find yourself in the middle of a global 'lift and shift' and have a good way to go before your regional datacentres are fully decommissioned I believe now is the time to step back, re-assess, and invest in ARM integration. At the very least roll out the prerequisites: set up additional subscriptions if required, configure your Expressroute links, connect your vNets, and deploy supporting services like domain controllers if you're in a hybrid situation. This will give you the option to choose whether or not to move future workloads into ASM or ARM and in future cases prevent the dreaded 'double hop' whereby instead of going directly to your target state you are forced to migrate everything TWICE. It's costly, it's complicated, and it takes up valuable resources.
One Final Thought….
The story of the 'big bang' approach to migrating from ASM to ARM is still being written and much of it is closely guarded. What we've heard, however, is that the transition largely revolves around metadata and therefore in theory could eventually be achieved without downtime. In other words, you would call up MSFT, tell them you're ready to convert your subscription, they click a box on the back end, and voilà! Job done.
Realistically, however, when you consider the interdependencies among the components of even the most basic multi-tiered web application you quickly realise that this nirvana may be a bit further out of reach than at first glance.
**Some services have not yet been transitioned to ARM but these are few and the list keeps dwindling. Only specific cases where a required service does not exist should ASM be targeted.


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Thursday night I picked up my newly made timing pinion puller from Richi Foss's workshop, made to drawings done based on Neil's pinion puller. Pinion off now, ready to split the cases
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Back on the motor build..........
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Have you seen this tool for installing the pinion gear? I don't know who makes it but its sure makes installing safer and easier.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the link Charlie, just spent the evening reading through Lars' build thread, great work! Looks like a handy tool, I assume it threads onto the end of the pinion shaft and the nut forces the pinion on. Not sure what the fitting at th etop of the shaft is for. I think Lars might have borrowed it from Moen at IPE.ReplyDelete
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The latest android series is often awaited users to know what changes are carried in it. After releasing android N or Nougat, now turn the successor with the code name "Android O" will be released in public.
From GSMARENA, Developer Preview 4 of Android O was released last Monday (July 24), and it was a release candidate. Unless any major bugs are uncovered, the final version will come out soon – perhaps as soon as next week.
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL are first in line to get the new major OS version. It will bring Project Trebble, Autofill, kills off Blob emoji and brings many other changes.
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Perhaps we'll even get to learn what desert it is named after – the current front runner seems to be oatmeal cookie. Note that there's a chance the the O release will be pushed back. Last year, Android 7.0 Nougat started to roll out to Nexus devices on August 22.
Given Android N itself has not spread evenly throughout the android (which currently most users survive in Lollipop or have moved to Marshmallow), waiting for "Android O" itself is not too warm conversation, except among developers android who are curious about any new features Which carried in the series.
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Montana Actually was a really fun read! Big city doctor with a chip on his shoulder just can't imagine ever loving this small Montana town. He especially doesn't imagine himself lusting over his feisty landlord, Katrina, let alone becoming friends with her… Because this is all temporary, right?
I love the chemistry between Josh and Katrina. They could really get on each other's nerves, yet have really fun moments together. It didn't take long for these two to fall into bed with each other. They were both instantly attracted to one another, which made the moments when they were fighting totally fun. Their reasons for wanting to keep it easy, light, and secret between them were realistic and I got it. But we all know this doesn't always end up being the case. Feelings happen!! Josh was clueless in this area, but when it came to being there for Katrina he did very well. Katrina, in turn, provided Josh with the support he never knew he needed from another person. These two really complemented each other so well.
Bear Paw is a REALLY small town where everybody knows each other. The families are true ranchers with real cowboys. In fact, there's one cowboy who also gets his happily ever after in this book. I was surprised that there'd be two romantic arcs in one book, but it happened. Normally the author will set it up, but not completely finish it, so I was pleasantly surprised by it. AND! That story was a lot more emotional than Josh and Katrina's.
I really enjoyed Montana Actually actually. :) I think it's a great setup for future books set in Bear Paw. I enjoyed all the characters and look forward to reading more of their happily ever afters.
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A big-city doctor in a small-town Montana practice…A former nurse who has sworn off doctors forever…The scene is set for passions to ignite in Big Sky Country. For readers of Robyn Carr and Sherryl Woods.
City doctor Josh Stanton and his sports car don't suit the country, but with his medical school debt about to bury him, Josh has to make the best out of a bad situation. Adjusting to his new job and life in the middle of nowhere isn't easy, but at least the views of the mountains—and one distractingly attractive local—are stunning…
After eight years away, Katrina McCade is back in Bear Paw for a break from her life, bad choices—and men. But when a broad-shouldered stranger bursts into town, she finds herself unexpectedly saddled with the town's sexy new doctor as a tenant. Katrina doesn't need a man to make her happy, especially a disgruntled physician. But try telling her body that…


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Tuesday, 11 June 2013
The Happy Campers Gang ...
23 comments:
- Liz said...
Oh, that outdoor feast looks amazing! Happy days!
Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger
- 11 June 2013 at 12:56
- WILLIE........! =^..^= said...
Now! That looks all lovely and jolly....Seemed to have mislead my invite...mmmmM! Strange! :>).
And, look! Who would have thought it...
Using car wheel trims for plates!!!!
Brilliant....! :).
HeHe! Guess who's feeling fluffy to-day...! :=).
- 11 June 2013 at 13:03
- Rosetta said...
Direi una semplice e bella giornata!Rosetta
- 11 June 2013 at 13:09
- Sal said...
Pretty perfect, I'd say! ;-)x
- 11 June 2013 at 13:57
- Greenorchid said...
All sounds just perfect! Cx
- 11 June 2013 at 14:26
- YeamieWaffles said...
I had a BBQ on Saturday as well Jane and it was awesome, I'm so pleased that you got to enjoy this experience just sitting out in the sun. If this is the end of our Summer already it's ended in style haha, I've really enjoyed the last week or so of good weather.
- 11 June 2013 at 14:38
- Maria said...
Awww Happy Days, Mrs VJ!! LOVE Mr VJ's cooking by the way...YUM! My OH doesn't cook am afraid...I am chief cook and bottle washer....He does enjoy a good meal out, so I will let him off a little, because he always pays...hehe!~ Would love to sit and chat around the camp fire....Ooh the tales to be told...~ Hugs Maria x
- 11 June 2013 at 15:07
- The Faerie Factory said...
Oh my it all looks so yummy and so much fun, what wonderful sunny day memories, keep them safe and make some more :) x
- 11 June 2013 at 15:38
- Anne said...
Your food looks delicious. Isnt it amazing how the sunshine makes everything seem more enjoyable and just makes us all seem happier somehow.
- 11 June 2013 at 16:42
- Madelief said...
Lovely memories of a perfect day!
Happy week,
Madelief x
- 11 June 2013 at 18:58
- Things and Thoughts said...
Such a happy day ! The dishes make my mouth watering because I'm hungry at the moment! Wish you always be happy with your family.
- 11 June 2013 at 19:22
- Vintage Sheet Addict said...
I loooove camping! All that outside eating! :) x
- 11 June 2013 at 19:35
It is so special enjoying the outside with friends and loved ones,I wish we could do more of it, your weekend looked perfect
Thea x
- 11 June 2013 at 19:49
- elegancemaison said...
Happy Days - happy memories. So what if we only have summer in short bursts instead of day after day of the same old sunshine ( hahaha). But hoping for more sunny days soon when our Number One Aussie daughter visits. Cx
- 11 June 2013 at 21:17
- Barbara said...
Such a beautiful day!
Thank you for visiting and following my blog, I've just followed back.
We must be near neighbours! I don't often visit the Sherborne antiques and flea, but I do visit the book market once a month and the Bath & West Flea and antiques markets.
It really is a small world! Barbara
- 11 June 2013 at 22:03
- Willow said...
Love pow wowing around a campfire in the early evening, after a good outdoor meal .
Things certainly looked yummy in your neck of the woods that day!
- 11 June 2013 at 22:06
- nilly said...
Your outdoor feast has given me ideas - those are the first kebabs to EVER make my mouth water!
- 11 June 2013 at 22:20
- Jen said...
What joyful pictures! I haven't been camping in ages--you make me want to go. The food looks delicious.
- 12 June 2013 at 00:57
- Alessandra said...
....yes, beautiful memories indeed!!!!
xxxx Ale
- 12 June 2013 at 01:32
- Sopa Azul said...
Wow, it all looks so much fun!! Sounds perfect!! ;D
- 12 June 2013 at 09:27
- The Dainty Dolls House said...
So wonderful...love cooking on the grill!! Am glad you all had a wonderful time xx
- 12 June 2013 at 09:51
- haggiz said...
I think you need to let us have some of your husbands stove recipes, they all look delicious! Julie x
- 13 June 2013 at 19:18
- tinajo said...
This looks like a lot of fun! :-)
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It really all depends on what we are referring to when we ask the software agent to solve the riddle of which tastes better coke or pepsi?. In the typical user-web-browser-search-engine-interaction, the onus for all of the parallel processing is on the user.
Let's say the user poses the coke or pepsi question to the typical search engine. Caution over simplified explanation follows! The search engine will do a little question classification. It will then consult an index of entries that are tied to known web URLs. It will then identify some candidates, rank those candidates by a few mysterious probability formulas. Once the candidates are ranked the search engine will then return to the user a list of web pages or urls that have some probability of being relevant to the string of tokens that the user typed.
Are there opportunities for parallelism and multicore computers in this user-web-browser-search-engine process? Of course there are! The Cloud is becoming more parallel by the day. But the real work rests with the user. The typical search engine does not understand the meaning of the user's question. To the typical search engine the user's query is a string of tokens consisting of (hopefully) potentially important keywords. Perhaps the search engine has seen the pattern of keywords enough times to accurately guess what the user wants, but in general the search engine does not understand the semantics or pragmatics of the user's query. Although among the dreams of the Semantic Web crowd, there is a cure to this particular malady.
Ah but alas, this aforementioned keyword-search-probability-matching-engine is simply not the ghost we're chasing. We would like to shift the onus from the user to the software agents. Or at least make it a 50/50 proposition. We want our software agents to understand the semantics, pragmatics and even relevance of the user's query. We want our software agents to actually understand what the user is asking. According to the jury this takes enormous computing power. According to some jurors we will never have enough computing power to implement such software agents. Ba humbug! We once returned from a snipe hunt with snipe in hand to the absolute shock of our interlocutors. Tracey and I happen to believe that among other things parallel programming techniques are at the heart of getting software agents to rationally and efficiently approach such questions. But herein lies the rub:
First, to the uninitiated there is nothing apparently parallel about the question. It lacks that quality of being embarrassingly parallel. On the surface there is no immediate connection between this question, parallelism or multicore computers for that matter (appearances can be deceiving).
Second, there aren't any obligatory data structures or algorithms associated with the question. Outside of it being a string of words or tokens it doesn't suggest anything in the way data structures and certainly nothing reminiscent of parallel architecture hints or clues.
Third, it's not clear whether software agents can solve or answer such a question in the first place (just ask the jurors).
This all takes us to one of the ultimate challenges of parallel programming, especially when we have access to massive parallelism. How do we move from the original statement of a problem to some solution model that involves parallelism? Sure if we're on a path well traveled like client-server, boss-worker, or peer-to-peer it can be rather obvious of how to get from said problem to said solution. But what if we're in unchartered waters? What if we need the computer to really understand rather than pattern match? Further, what if we told you that understanding requires parallelism. The regularly traveled roads of parallelism tend to be mute when it comes to computer understanding. Only the brave dare take this journey or at the very least only those with nothing left to loose! But we digress.
Back to the problem I would like my software agents to solve. In order for the agents to satisfactorily answer my question there are at least five high level tasks they will have to complete. What we've found so far is that these tasks devour as much parallelism as we can dish out. Ahem... These tasks have a almost eery connection to the notion of AI-complete problems. We'll introduce these tasks here, but we'll have to revisit them many times as we connect search, problem solving, parallelism, multicore computers and AI-complete. But for now lets present the basic outline of what our agent's problem solving pattern looks like:
begin fowim() // figure out what I mean foiip() // figure out if its possible foitc() // figure out if they can dapss() // deploy appropriate problem solving strategies paaos() // present acceptable answers or solutions end
It's getting past my bed time and I can't explain all of this now, but I do keep track of IOUs.
My original question about coke or pepsi does not indicate what coke or pepsi is. The traditional search engine approach would rely on the user to pick which web pages or URLs had the appropriate coke or pepsi reference. In our case the software agent has the task of figuring out what I mean by coke or pepsi. But before it could figure out what I meant by coke or pepsi, it would have to figure out the meaning of the the string of words in the question. What does 'which' mean? What does 'tastes' mean and so on. In fact in the parlance of NLP (Natural Language Processing) there are several layers of analysis that at least one of our software agents would have to perform:
Lucky for us, some of the embarrassingly parallel attributes of our problem show up in these layers of linguistic analysis! Yep, our software agents have to actually try to figure out what I mean (
fowim) by this string of tokens.
Ah yes... there are many places where NLP and the notions of AI-complete meet and conspire to deprive us of a winning hand. We've tried this from every angle we could think of but no matter what we try the process of having the software agents
fowim() from such skimpy information just leads again and again to astronomical combinatorial search. We'll explain how we end up with astronomical combinatorial search but that's part of a future adventure. The pressing question we have at the moment is:
Can our super charged multicore computers running our software agents perform the linguistic levels of analysis fast enough to allow the agents to
fowim() in an acceptable amount of time?
What's even harder than
fowim(), is figuring out if what I mean is even possible,
foiip(). That is, am I presenting the software agents with a problem that cannot be realistically solved? Am I attempting to send the agents on fools errands? Again the computational power required to figure out whether a practical or acceptable solution exists is considerable. We will eventually have to open the can of computational complexity worms because the computational complexity will let us know whether multicore computers and parallelism can help and if so, to what extent, and if not why. But first we have to fold a little space and do a little paradigm shifting.
Not so hard, but still tip toeing around the AI-complete fault line is having the agent's determine if they have enough resources (knowledge, computational power, etc.) to solve the problem or answer the question
foitc(), have proved to be so computationally intense that Tracey and I are thoroughly convinced (at least for right now) that we absolutely need all of the processors we can get in order to get our software agents to execute the problem solving pattern in a timely manner.
The sad thing is that our current approaches to parallelism don't cut it. Our procedural paradigms of parallelism buckle under the kinds of computational complexity that we're facing. Even if we could initially use the old true-and-tried approaches to implement the software agents, the brittle results would simply be too costly to maintain. We will have much to say about that later, but we are presently persuaded that our current idioms of parallel programming need to evolve. At the risk of sounding too apocalyptic we must say a paradigm shift of gothic proportions is in order before we can really mix massive parallelism and computer programming. Of course, a certain amount of drinking the koolaid will be necessary before you totally agree.
You will first have to get to the place where a computer program that answers the question:
Which tastes better coke or pepsi?
is an obvious candidate for parallel processing. But at this point Tracey and I will assume that you need more koolaid (which we will supply regularly) . The flavor is not so important as the amount. The more you drink the clearer things become. The Singularity, the Cloud, the Semantic Web, all of those new ontologies, our chickens named pepsi and coke each beg the question of parallel computation and yes, we suspect that the ghosts of ICOT and the Fifth Generation project conceal clues to the answers.
I'll have a grape and my friend here will take a fruit punch, large please ...


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Miami Sues JPMorgan For Predatory Lending In Minority Communities
The city of Miami says JPMorgan Chase & Co took advantage of minority homebuyers so it's suing the bank, alleging predatory mortgage lending in minority neighborhoods resulted in massive foreclosures during the last decade's housing crisis.
According to the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, "the country's largest bank engaged in a continuous practice of discriminatory mortgage lending since at least 2004, violating the U.S. Fair Housing Act," reports The Huffington Post.
The lawsuit says JPMorgan issued high-cost loans to minorities prior to the housing crisis, but later refused to refinance the loans on the same terms as it extended to whites, which led to defaults and foreclosures. The suit says loans in predominantly minority communities in Miami were nearly 4.6 times more likely to result in foreclosure than loans in mostly-white neighborhoods.
Miami leads the country in foreclosures.
"The Miami City Attorney's claims are baseless and stand contrary to our long record of providing affordable housing to low- to moderate-income families across the region," JPMorgan spokesman Jason Lobo said.
Miami isn't the only city taking legal action against the way a bank does business with minority customers. The city of Los Angeles recently filed similar claims against JPMorgan, asking for damages due to lost tax revenue and increased city services needed in depressed neighborhoods.
And other banks have been accused of the same thing. Wells Fargo & Co, Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp have also been sued by Los Angeles and Miami for allegedly giving minorities unaffordable home loans, which resulted in numerous defaults.
The banks deny any wrongdoing, though Wells Fargo and Citigroup were unsuccessful in having their lawsuits tossed.


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Teach & Serve II, No. 41 – Graduations
May 17, 2017
So, yes, our students leave us but we, in large part, do not leave them.
The sun is out with more regularity and throughout more of the day. The trees and grasses are greener. The flowers are budding. There is, if you listen closely, more melody of birds in the air. Spring is upon us and summer is not far behind.
For us in the work of education that can only mean that the end of the year approaches.
Though there are things standing between us and the end of the year, some of them pleasant, some of them hurdles, some of them variable from school-to-school, there is a universal: graduation.
Typically, and appropriately, graduation is viewed primarily as a student event, a moment (or long series of moments strung together in what can seem to be an interminable chain depending upon who your school conducts its festivities) during which the senior class is honored, their names are called and their last steps as members of our student communities are taken. It shines the spotlight on the kids as they leave us and that is a very good thing.
It signals something of an end and a speaker is likely to remind the crowd that these particular groups of students, their families and their teachers will never occupy the same space again.
I used to mention sentiments like that when I spoke at graduations. They were true words.
But, it is important to remember at these times as the names are read and the stages are crossed and the parties are thrown, that the experiences our students have had at our schools go on. These graduates are who they are because of what has happened to them and what they have done in the years at our schools.
The students leave us and, if we are honest with ourselves, it is hard to remember each of them in sharp detail. Our work is predicated on assisting groups of kids to go, it is based on mentoring them away from us and, though the best among us are excellent at recalling the majority of students they have taught (I have never been great at this in all honesty), the fact is one group graduates and another comes in.
So, yes, our students leave us but we, in large part, do not leave them.
They can point to interactions we do not remember. They can identify as critical moments incidents we might recall as insignificant. They can recall the paths we led them down when we did not even know we were pointing them in any direction at all.
That is a heady realization. There is a responsibility in the work we do. We have responsibility for every interaction we have with a student.
This is not a responsibility we should ever take lightly. If we do underestimate it, it is time to look for another vocation.
The reality is that most of those who work in education, who work as administrators and teachers, understand this responsibility and, more than that, they embrace it. They love students and that is why they are in the work.
An old and overused adage goes like this: "A teacher was asked: 'what do you teach?' The person inquiring wanted to know what subject the teacher instructed. 'Students,' the teacher replied, 'I teach students.'" We have heard this one before and, while it is worn, it does convey a truth.
If we are in education, the students are entrusted to us are far more important than the content we convey.
Graduations should serve to remind us of the awesome responsibility we have. Graduations should be a celebration of the work that we do. In as much as they mark the accomplishment of our students, let them also mark ours as well. Let them serve as reminders of the good work we do and let them challenge us, as we look to the summer sun, to review, revive and return in the fall ready to serve once again.


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Steaming now on Amazon Prime: Noise Matters!January 8th, 2017
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"Basically every month what I like to do is try to get in about ten hours of protesting or striking, either one." This is how Ryan (Dean Delray) starts to explain his latest social cause: giving psychiatric medications to farm animals. He recently joined the "Same Rights For All" group to combat the newly discovered Motion Deficit Disorder in cows who don't get to "ran and play" outside.
Dr. Dorian (Kevin Dorian) talks about the origin of music therapy with a brief performance by Ryan (Dean Delray) for the needy children.
At the prestigious recording studio ran by sound prodigy Philip Allen (Joey Capone) he talks about Shame On You's last tour and how eastern Europeans may owe their sense of rhythm to Stalin …all of this while trying to deal with an upset banjo player (Hans Holm).
Dagobert (Matias Masucci) talks about his creative process, the difference between noise and noise music and how sound is connected to memories.
Captain Monroe (Ugo Bianchi) explains the contract he has with the band …right after introducing us to his niece (Delphine Perroud).
Artist Stan Morrison (Bret Roberts) shares his views on art and abstract painting.
Noise band "Shame On You" visits their manager's office before departing to perform at the Sandstorm Noise Music Festival.
Taken from the film Noise Matters written and directed by Matias Masucci starring Ugo Bianchi, Brett Roberts, Joey Capone, Dean Delray and Matias Masucci.
With Frank Payne, Circus-Szalewski, Kevin Dorian, Pollyanna McIntosh, Angela Sarafyan, Mona Lee Goss, Ken MacFarlane, Nika Williams, Johnny Skourtis, Angel Fajardo, Gene Richards, Dominique Dorian, Hans Holm, Nicolai Dorian, Brock Branan, Barbara Magnolfi, Tripp Simpson Rezac, Cam Powell, Dan Finkel, Chad Herman, Joey Baldwin, Luciano Mancinoni, Val Snyder, Josh Inch, Austin Jeffcoat, Gregory D. Jeffcoat, Robert Wilhelm, Tim Hochmuth, Delphine Perroud, Cheryl Currie.
Lights & photography by Sebastien Hameline, costumes by Barbara DiCocco, sound design by Will Ogilvie, production assisted by Hans Holm and Artemio Caballero, on set photography by Stefania Rosini, co-produced by Lee Cantelon and Kevin Dorian with story consulting by Arthur Conway. Original songs by Veronica Bianqui and Cody Marks.
An Independent Society production.
What is the movie about?
During the presentation of the movie Noise Matters at the 20th Raindance Film Festival in London director Matias Masucci and actress Pollyanna McIntosh were interviewed by Raindance TV.
Q&A with director Matias Masucci following the screening of Noise Matters at the 20th Raindance Film festival at the Apollo Piccadilly Cinema in London.


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The kid from Akron and the kid from Detroit are teaming up to renovate a home for one of the Foundation's Wheels for Education students and her family.
Beginning in early August, the 10-day project will include a complete makeover of the family's home, inside and out, in West Akron.
Additionally, as part of The Foundation's PROMISE Project, nine other WFE families will get brand new landscaping on their yards, done completely with materials and people power from local Akron groups. A total of 10 yards will overhauled.
The families for the home renovation and the nine additional yards were chosen because the students met certain criteria in areas LeBron encourages them in (their studies, attendance, extracurricular activities, etc.) throughout the school year. If students met all criteria, they were entered into a drawing and selected at random.
Nicole Curtis and her HGTV crew will be in town for the duration of the project, which will be turned into an episode of her hit HGTV show, "Rehab Addict." The episode will debut this fall.
For more on our official announcement, please read Mary Beth Breckenridge's article on Ohio.com (http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/lebron-james-foundation-rehab-addict-to-team-up-on-akron-renovations-1.501393#.U7V9YOuQbvQ.email) and in the Akron Beacon Journal.
The Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio.com are the PROMISE Project's official hometown media partner.


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On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 12:19:58PM +0200, Karim Belabas wrote: > I'm not so sure: the interface is already inconsistant > > - print() / write() have a print1() / write1() variant, but printtex() / > writetex() do not [ one must use print1(Strtex(...)) ] But this is irrelevant because newline are not significant in TeX math mode. > - printf() doesn't have the trailing \n, like its C counterpart. > And nobody complained so far. printf implement the standard C interface, which is different from the GP interface and is fundamentally aimed at different type of users. > - since I'm so used to printf, I find myself often mistakenly including > a "\n" at the end of character strings output by print() ... [ ugly > double carriage return ] Since you are C programmer, you prefer the printf interface. So use printf() instead of print(). > I don't see why having a printsep() behave like printf() would be > inconsistent, it's a kind of "formatted printing" after all. If you are willing to use printf, then printsep is essentially useless to you. (it saves you very few keystroke at the price of much loss in flexibility). printsep is precisely targeted toward users that find the printf interface too cumbersome. Not adding a trailing newline make it less useful than it already is. Indeed printsep(...);print(); is longer than print(Strsep(...)). > If we agree that 0) is not inconsistent, then 2) makes sense because > it's annoying to be unable to print a \n without an extra separator > showing up. In fact, one could also propose never to print a separator > before a "\n" element, wherever it might appear in the argument list. We spent about five years removing this kind of kludge, so I am wary to add new ones. > > Now, if we allow user functions with a variable number of arguments, what would be the > > syntax ? Maybe > > > > f(a,b,c,v[])= > > { > > print(a); > > for(i=1,#v,print(v[i])) > > > > } > > Looks good: > > Printsep(join, v[]) = > { > for (i=1,#v, > print1(v[i]); > if (i < #v, print1(join))); > } > > Would one be able to pass it like va_lists, as in > > Printsepln(join, v[]) = Printsep(join, v[]); print(); This is an interesting question. Of course you could also do it the C way: vPrintsep(join, v) = { ... } Printsep(join, v[]) = vPrintsep(join, v) Cheers, Bill.


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India needs stronger ties with ASEAN, China to maintain growth of economy: Experts
| Updated: Aug 23, 2017 11:20 IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): India needs to form stronger ties with ASEAN and China in order to ensure that its economic growth, say experts. "If we have to sustain our growth now, the Look East has become extremely important. Because we are to increase our stronger ties, we must not think that the Chinese are our enemy or Chinese think that we are their enemy. We must have stronger ties among the Asian countries because the 21st century belongs to Asia and we have to see that actually the 21st century belongs to Asia so we have stronger ties with the Eastern countries and exchange. It's an exchange programme, you give something, you gain something. It cannot be one way; that is one problem with China. China normally doesn't get engaged with others unless it sees only its profit," said M. P. Bezbaruah, Director, Institute of North East India Studies, Gauhati University. He was speaking at the one-day seminar titled 'Act East for sustaining India's growth story: from the mainstreaming of the North East to countering Deglobalization was organized by the ASEAN Study Centre under the Ministry of External Affairs and Holy Cross College, Agartala. Bezbaruah expressed that in India's Act East Policy a major role is being played by Myanmar as it is the connecting country between India and the prosperous region of the ASEAN region. He also viewed that with the increasing multilateral cooperation between India and its neighouring nations like Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan militant activities in the Northeastern region have drastically come down as they are no more able to hit and run to those countries. This has also lead to peace talks between several major banned militant groups and the government of India thus changing the perception among outsiders about the region which once was thought to the breeding ground of insurgents. The other speaker at the seminar was Professor Gautam Basu, Vice Chancellor, Maharaja Bir Bikram University, who stressed on improving regional connectivity in India's northeast region with its neighours and reviving the pre-partition connectivity for increasing trade and commerce for development of the region. (ANI)


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Apple has announced it has 46,600 full-time employees as of 25 September 2010, up from 34,300 a year-ago and 32,000 in 2008.
With several new Apple outlets opening in the last year, including the flagship Covent Garden, London store and two new stores in China, retail jobs form the bulk of the increased employee numbers.
Apple now has 26,500 employees, 10,000 more than in 2009, while Apple now has 317 retail stores, up from 273 a year ago.
Reuters reports the information was part of Apple's 10-K, which then Mac maker filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.
Apple: "expects its gross margin percentage to decrease in future periods compared to levels achieved during 2010," the company said in its 10-K filing.
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It is exciting to see Cyclica's advanced computational approach to molecule design paired with decades of medicinal chemistry and manufacturing experience from Dalton.
TORONTO, Canada (PRWEB) April 10, 2013
Jason Mitakidis, President and CEO of Cyclica, Peter Pekos, President and CEO of Dalton Pharma Services and Dr. Judd Berman, Co-Founder of Dalton Medicinal Chemistry today announced a collaboration for the joint identification and development of a number of new drug candidates.
The collaboration will utilize Cyclica's in silico drug design and optimization services as well as provide access to the company's extensive databases to be applied to a number of lead molecules previously developed by Dalton Medicinal Chemistry, as well as a host of additional compounds. Dalton Pharma Services will synthesize and manufacture quantities of selected drug candidates in its licensed facilities, for analysis and consideration by a leading global pharmaceutical company's candidate screening program. The assets developed through this agreement will be equally owned by the parties.
Combining the platform technology developed by the Cyclica team with the medicinal chemistry and synthesis capabilities of Dalton, the collaboration is expected to provide a reliable and cost-effective source of promising drug candidates for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The work integrates Cyclica's Ligand ExplorerTM and Intelligent Molecular RedesignTM design tools, with Dalton's extensive expertise in drug discovery, development and manufacturing.
"It is exciting to see Cyclica's advanced computational approach to molecule design paired with decades of medicinal chemistry and manufacturing experience from Dalton. This combination could significantly improve the way new drugs are developed" said Jason Mitakidis, President and CEO of Cyclica.
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Cyclica Inc. is a big data technology company developing indexed biological databases and software for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The company's core technology is an innovative and proprietary data integration and drug testing platform – The Ligand Explorer™ Computing Environment – that helps address the rising cost of R&D in drug discovery and low regulatory approval rates of pre-market pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products. Combined with a cloud computing approach, the powerful LigEx™ technology is aimed at reducing failure risk in drug discovery by anticipating side effects prior to clinical trials and helping design safer, more efficacious drugs, enabling more informed R&D investment decisions. The technology further generates data researchers can use to overcome expensive project hurdles with data-guided Intelligent Molecular Redesign™. Since incorporation, Cyclica has begun establishing key industry partnerships and academic collaborations, developed a unique intellectual property portfolio and has become a client company at the MaRS Discovery District, Canada's largest life sciences incubator. For more information, please visit: http://www.cyclicarx.com
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The Australia China Development Company's General Manager Mr Conan Fahey was appointed for 5 years as the honorary consultant to the Qingdao China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) at the fourth session of the directors and members congress. Over 500 senior government officials attended the congress which are held every 5 years.
The CCOIC has a history of building good relations with foreign associations and has played a key role in international trade by boosting mutual investments, creating internationalization for companies and facilitating good economic cooperation. The Qingdao CCOIC has become an "overseas bridge" for many Qingdao companies' international economic and trade cooperation success.
Qingdao is the weatlthiest city in the Shandong Province and is one of the top ranking cities in China for foreign investment due to its location, port and special economic status.
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Fahey along with the Qingdao CCPIT and Qingdao CCOIC has fostered extensive communications between Australia and Qingdao/Shandong for many years. The new appointment illustrates Faheys depth of knowledge about China and the respect and 'guanxi' he has gained over time.
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Aloha folks, long time no post.
Sorry, Zap's been busy with .... stuff.
Also, some other guys than me have been busy and created this neat plugin for using mental ray AND iRay from within Cinema 4D:
It fully supports not only all the standard C4D materials, but also custom shaders in MetaSL, so this is some kick-butt powerful stuff!
Check out the website for more information, coz I must admit I am not an expert on C4D at all, and was not directly involved in this project, so I can't really answer much questions about it, sorry :)
But hey, C4D users - enjoy!
zap's repository of mental ray tips and tricks, frequent questions and their answers, and some smoke and mirror mental ray trickery you may not find elsewhere...
mental ray for C4D users!
Posted by Master Zap at 12:20 PM
Labels: C4D, Cinema 4D, mental ray, MetaSL, plugins
5 comments:
- CDTissBR said...
Zap, do you think if it is possible to write a plugin for Blender. If so, where i should start looking?
- Tue Nov 23, 05:44:00 PM GMT+1
- Tay A. Othman said...
New Software to Learn!!
I luv Mr.
- Tue Nov 23, 10:01:00 PM GMT+1
- loran said...
Wow!! Realtime preview with IRay in C4D! Why isn't it possible in max Iray?? And I really like a Mental Ray for Blender too. BLender is rising now!
- Fri Nov 26, 08:38:00 PM GMT+1
- Wobi said...
Cool stuff! Some 3rd party freaks get those things to work wich Autodesk isn't able to. They are so lame...
- Mon Nov 29, 05:23:00 PM GMT+1
- โชติ ธรีะวิท said...
Thanks for sharing this with us. Have a nice rest of the week
- Mon Nov 12, 04:29:00 AM GMT+1
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UPWARD MOBILITY: Princeton High senior star Kyle DeBlois boots the ball in training last week. PHS is moving DeBlois up to forward from midfield, where his rugged play last season helped the Little Tigers go 17-4 on the way to winning the Central Jersey Group III sectional title.
Wayne Sutcliffe doesn't mince words when he discusses the goals this fall for his Princeton High boys' soccer team.
"We want to win as many games and championships as we can," said Sutcliffe, whose team will open the 2007 campaign by playing at Lawrence High on September 7.
Last fall, the Little Tigers accomplished that goal with aplomb, going 17-4 and winning the Central Jersey Group III sectional title.
As he looks ahead to his 11th season guiding the PHS program, Sutcliffe knows it will be tough to match last year's achievements.
"The players all know how hard it is to win games and championships," said Sutcliffe. "They have played enough to know that anything can happen. We have to take it one training session at a time, one game at a time."
Sutcliffe is comforted by the fact that he has junior striker Sam Kotowski back to take a lot of shots for the Little Tigers.
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PHS will be moving senior star Kyle DeBlois to forward from midfield to beef up its attack.
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Davidson interested in Blue Jackets
After an awkward, five-month exit from the St. Louis Blues as president of hockey operations, John Davidson finally became a free agent yesterday when his contract buyout was completed.
Don't expect him to stay on the market long, even though the NHL is mired in a frigid lockout.
"If the phone rings, I'll listen," Davidson said. "That (Blues) chapter is closed. Now we open another one."
Davidson, an NHL goaltender, broadcaster and executive during a 40-year career in the league, said he wanted to secure his departure from St. Louis before he began looking for his "next challenge."
He did not rule out joining the Blue Jackets' hockey operations department. Actually, he sounded quite intrigued by it, recalling a meeting on May 29 that he had with Blue Jackets majority owner John P. McConnell and president Mike Priest.
"The only team I've met with during this process is the Blue Jackets," Davidson said. "And that was good. That was real good. I'd meet with them again, absolutely. We had a very productive discussion, just sharing thoughts and getting an understanding for what they feel about their franchise.
Ending the NHL lockout: What will a compromise look like?
Well, it's Day 9 of the NHL lockout, and there remains a distinct lack of urgency from the league and the NHLPA.
Even with 61 preseason games (and probably 1 per cent of hockey-related revenues) already wiped out, Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr have had hardly any negotiating sessions, prolonging a stalemate that appears its headed for at least December.
So if they're not going to sit down and hammer this thing out, we'll have to step in and act as an impartial mediator by putting together a compromise for both sides.
(In case you haven't seen it, the two proposals currently on the table are spelled out in detail here.)
Those offers put the two sides at least $1-billion apart depending on how league revenues grow over the coming years, but there is a deal to be had somewhere in the middle of all this.
And the answer to how to settle this thing is with a new agreement neither side is going to like all that much.
Step 1: Let the players keep the $1.87-billion they earned last season – and not a penny more.
The union's offer comes with a 2 per cent raise in Year 1, but it's become clear in negotiations that that's just not going to fly.
And the league wants players to take a big pay cut via escrow next season that won't work either.
The players have dug in on this one, and it's really not too much to ask in Year 1 of the deal. If NHL revenues grow at 6.3 per cent (which is roughly what they've averaged the last eight years minus the effects of the Canadian dollar), that $1.87-billion will drop the players' share to 53.6 per cent.
And it'll slowly trail down from there.
A minor break
Trade Man is on holiday for another week or so. After that regular updates will resume as normal.
Canucks in tough to land Doan
Shane Doan deadlines have been kind of like Roberto Luongo trade rumours.
The quantity has only been matched by the unreliability.
Doan has set another one for today. Greg Jamison indicated to Doan's camp he could be in possession of the Phoenix Coyotes by today (yeah, right), or at least be in a position to say it's going to happen soon (yeah, right).
If not, and there have been reports Jamison's bid is unravelling, Doan's agent Terry Bross vowed he will "begin aggressively negotiating with other teams."
It's about time he makes a deadline stick.
At this point, even if the Phoenix ownership situation stabilizes, there's no guarantee the Coyotes, a franchise without much money, can even afford Doan. The market has been set, and it's pricey.
Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Canucks+still+dreaming+Shane+Doan/6997190/story.html#ixzz21xAYp6bB
Helene St. James: Red Wings signings aplenty in Hockeytown
The Red Wings could well add prize free agent defenseman Ryan Suter to their lineup today, but as the market opened Sunday, they already got started on forging a fiercer team.
They add a big, promising goaltender in Jonas Gustavsson, help for the power play in Mikael Samuelsson and grit in Jordin Tootoo. They also made forward Damien Brunner official, announcing they'd signed the coveted Swiss forward after he had agreed to terms last month.
The Wings are in the process of upgrading after losing in the first round of the playoffs in April, followed a month later by the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom and departure of Brad Stuart, both of whom were top-four defensemen. Their top targets are Suter and forward Zach Parise, and general manager Ken Holland made offers to both early Sunday afternoon. Neither was expected to make a decision before today, but the Wings are among the front-runners for Suter.
The Wings remain interested in Columbus superstar Rick Nash but are disadvantaged by needing to make an offer so sweet it will entice the Blue Jackets to trade the face of their franchise to a team within the Central Division.
Rangers have cash, just don't know how much
The Rangers appear to have a considerable amount of cap space with which to maneuver in reconstructing for next year, but with the labor agreement set to expire on Sept. 15, it's anybody's guess as to exactly how much.
The Blueshirts will have approximately $20 million of space under a summer cap that's likely to be in the neighborhood of $76M, but it's impossible to know whether the 2012-13 cap will exceed, be equal to, or decrease from last season's $64.3M when it's reset under the new collective bargaining agreement.
Similarly, it is unknown whether any of the systems regulations will change as applied to calculating the cap, whether the players will ultimately accept a rollback (unlikely) if locked out (likely), and whether amnesty buyouts will be part of the picture.
Wings interested in Vokoun?
The Wings had the option of using MacDonald in that role last season, and still pursued other goaltenders. They went after Tomas Vokoun when free agency began July 1, but couldn't compete with Washington's offer of $1.5 million and a shot at the starting spot. Ultimately, the Wings signed Ty Conklin, whom they had in '08-09. There's little chance Conklin will return after he went 5-6-1 with a 3.28 GAA and .884 save percentage.
Everybody wants Zach
Has there been a hotter ticket than New Jersey Devils forward Zach Parise on the free-agent stage in the last 10 years?
You can see how badly he wants to win, the pistons pumping as he hunts down a loose puck in the neutral zone and sends it into the open net to ensure the Game 5 win for the Devils at Madison Square Garden.
He's the engine that drives the Devils, with due respect to the big wheel Ilya Kovalchuk, who is much better than I thought he'd ever be when they gave him that lifetime contract as a free agent.
Dominik Hasek considering comeback at age 47
Dominik Hasek, one of the best goaltenders to play in the NHL, is reportedly interested in making a return to the NHL at age 47.
Hasek has reportedly told several Czech publications he's exploring the possibility of making a comeback and playing in the NHL.
Dominik Hasek is considering making a comeback at age 47. (AP Photo)
Ritch Winter, Hasek's agent, told Czech publication Isport.cz, that he did not know of any negotiations going on.
Top prospect Schultz set to leave school
Now the clock has been set on the Ducks and their ability to reel in their big fish.
TSN hockey insider Bob McKenzie reported on his Twitter account Friday that prized Wisconsin defenseman Justin Schultz has filed paperwork to leave school with the intention of turning pro.
It means that the Ducks now have a 30-day exclusivity window to negotiate with Schultz in the hopes of getting their 2008 second-round draft pick under contract. The club is expected to begin discussions with his representatives shortly.
Phoenix Coyotes seeking ownership stability
The Coyotes enter the off-season with six unrestricted free agents on their tab — including captain Shane Doan. Not only could a handicapped budget mandated by the league dictate whether he and a few of his peers stay, but the sideshow that's evolved without an owner is also a factor and could affect their decision to stay with the organization.
"I don't want to go through another year and be a doormat in the league where you don't have ownership and people to stand up for you," veteran and unrestricted free agent (UFA) Ray Whitney said.
Roberto Luongo wants trade out of Vancouver, says coach Alain Vigneault
Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault let the cat out of the bag on French language TV: Goalie Roberto Luongo does indeed want a trade out of Vancouver.
Speaking over the telephone to a Montreal-based TVA Sports show called Le Match, Vigneault was asked if he agreed that Luongo needed a fresh start. (Vigneault was on the show Wednesday night to discuss his contract extension.)
"First of all, that is what he wants right now," Vigneault said in the translated quote. "What we need to do is what's best for our organization and our team. We have to look at what's best for our organization and Roberto."
Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said he first will try the trade route
The Lightning, leading up to free agency, will look to trade for a No. 1 goaltender, general manager Steve Yzerman said.
"My preference," Yzerman said Thursday night, "is to go with a little bit younger guy that maybe has a little less experience that can step up and play well for us now."
As an example he mentioned Semyon Varlamov, 24, whom the Avalanche acquired last summer from the Capitals for a first- and second-round draft pick and who had a respectable 2.59 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in 53 games.