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Clay Halliwell on
This is all looking fantastic, but those TriOp-shaped monitors? No. Just... no. That's the sort of detail so absurd, so impractical, that it would actively harm immersion.
Matthew Benedek on
Looks very moody and atmospheric. Looking good guys!
Matti Peltoniemi on
As mentioned, there's too much fog everywhere, but otherwise it looks great. Keep it up!
Remember Citadel on
I still prefer the gritty, pixelated demo look of the initial demo. Even the second demo looked more to my liking.
stylized > realistic
Shaun Gupta on
Tastes differ and that's okay. Personally, I *love* the popping colors (I won't say HDR as I'm not sure it was actually in an HDR game mode, but quite saturated), flashing lights, and heavy use of fog; it's all very atmospheric to me, but I can understand how others could feel differently. It's subjective; I just personally think it looks great not to mention unique; I'm glad it's a little weird and not the same as every other space game; for me, that was part of the charm of the original too.
Michael Kosmatka on
Looks fantastic. Seems faithful to the look and feel from the original game, very excited about this.
I would lessen the overall glow of the environment and reduce fog / steam. The amount of times I push that door button in the game if it flashes like that I'll have a seizure. All should be used with some restraint - elements pop more when done right.
The sound design seems like placeholder - with the variety of environs throughout just a single level there is so much opportunity for variations and subtlety in how the sound scape is treated. Feet are too heavy, door buttons too loud, background loop too short and jarring - gentle hands man.
Good luck - can't wait to play.
I try to imagine if people lived on this station whether or not they would go insane without the help of Shodan ...
Franz Luger on
@JinxSwe. Motion Blur is only one flaw amongst a long list: Everything is shiny, bulky, blurry and full of fog, OMG, so much fog - looks like a very cheap B-Movie design, trying to hide its shortcomings behind overdone colours, reflections and fog - have I mentioned the fog jet? *DG*
The Avatar's Hands and the tool fill almost a third of the screen - everything is in hard contrast to the only HUD element that looks right: The compass line.
I feel like a dwarf in DUPLO land - no sublety, no finesse, everything is clumsy and ugly...
So, motion blur mercifully covers a little of the graphical disaster presented here... Sorry for having to be so blunt, but my input has been repeatedly ignored (like in "Underworld Ascendent", which has turned out as a profound failure - not only according to my judgement!).
I do warn the developers again: Keep up that unrefined style and this project will share Ascentend's fate for sure!
Franz Luger on
The video is a catastrophy: Exaggeratzed HDR, motion blur - what do you want us to get - eye cancer! :-(
I really had hoped you had learned some lessons with the "reboot" of your campaing, but I am afraid things have turned to the worse... :-(
Shame on you!
krayzkrok on
Well that video looks excellent. Although I'd love to have an option to use the original textures as well, this is how I imagined it would look based on the original Unity demo, fantastic atmosphere. Now I really want to get back to Citadel Station. Not sure about the hacker concept, much younger than I imagined. Might be tough for original System Shock fans to cosplay. ;)
tommynocker001 on
These are the same rooms and deck that were in the original demo. That demo was ...was that over two years ago? It had working monsters, combat and everything. Could we see something... different? More developed? Hold the Line @Zangdar! :)
RJ Limerick on
Very pleased with that footage.
Strictly speaking, shouldn't the player just be wearing a futuristic surgical gown? (yes yes I know, the cosplay potential becomes quite different then!!!)
Shaun Gupta on
@Netzbummler, the pixelated art style is still there, though you can't always see it quite as apparently unless you look a bit closer. It's definitely still a big part of the art design, though.
@Jiri & Thomas, what you're seeing is the "clean" environment pre-destroying stuff. There will indeed be further passes for damage states, blood, environmental storytelling, etc.
@Tony, alpha access could still expand further, though there's no guarantee/timeframe at this time. You will definitely get access to the beta in your tier once it rolls around either way. Stay tuned for updates.
@Nathan, no Cyberspace preview quite yet, but they're hoping to have something to show off soonish. Some of this is still in the design phase.
Nathan Fluevog on
Looking gorgeous so far! Any previews of what cyberspace itself will look like?
The Cyberspace segments of the original System Shock were an iconic part of the game, especially since the final battle itself took place inside Shodan's mainframe. Not to mention they were at least half the point of getting that top-secret neuro-interface implant in the first place!
Personally I found the cyberspace segments, while pretty cool to be flying through, were a bit, um, difficult to control and understand what was happening, so i'm looking forwards to finding out how it will look and feel in the remake.
Insecticon on
@Zangdaar https://youtu.be/rt33j2EaUmY
Insecticon on
@Zangdaar Whaddaya mean?
Insecticon on
Nah, he's got a ponytail.
Thomas McEwan on
Also, the hair doesn't look quite right. In the original System Shock intro movie (1:05-1:15) I'm pretty sure the hacker has a mullet :-)
Thomas McEwan on
All excellent work, but I have to agree with Netzbummler - it's all still too glossy, and too *clean*. The original demo had a delightful grittiness to it that's still not been recaptured, and I can't help but feel that Cyberpunk especially, with its roots in 80s sci-fi, should be dirty, smoky and gritty, with rough, grimy surfaces everywhere, like a pre-CGI Ridley Scott movie (or, dare I say it, the Giedi Prime sequences from David Lynch's Dune) This is a working industrial station, there should be scuffmarks, dents, bent girders, weeping pipe joints, stains and grime, that black muck you get around ceiling ventilator grates after a few years of operation, etc, that sort of thing.
As they said of Blade Runner, in this sort of setting, "the future is old!" The station is not brand new, and it's an industrial one at that - there should be patchworks of retrofits, haphazard repairs, new machinery forced into spaces designed for older, differently shaped machinery, that sort of thing - everything should have a slightly hacked-together feel, like the protagonist him-or-herself.
Inserting those big, jagged-edged implants in the demo looked as if it may actually hurt, (I can't remember, were there even grunts of pain and horrible organic noises? Maybe there should be!) and that sets the tone gloriously - just like the dystopic cyberpunk world around them, the hacker is forcing his or her body to do things well beyond its normal capacity, probably abusing the implants or the implants themselves being hacked-together from components originally intended to do something completely different, far beyond what is healthy or safe or possibly even sane. Always remember, in this world, being a hacker is counterculture. Whatever you do, don't forget the "punk" in "cyberpunk."
On that note, I can't help but feel that the protagonist, though wearing the correct T-shirt and otherwise suitably 80s-techy, looks just a little too "neat" and well groomed, too "conformist" (I do like the Marty McFly style jacket, though) - cyberpunk should be a little more scruffy, even unkempt, more concerned with functionality than the ethics or aesthetics of their identity, especially with regard to the norms and opinions of society at large. Not entirely, though - that residual superego, those few moral and philosophical lines he or she won't cross, are what separates the hacker from SHODAN (who explicitly has had *all* limits removed) despite their otherwise very similar outlook and overall goal: transcendence through technological self-modification (and, in Shodan's case, the forcible modification of others). That's the other key difference in outlook - even though the hacker and Shodan have similar methods, their motivation is different; the hacker seeks self-actualisation by escaping from the shackles of society, Shodan seeks it by seizing control of those shackles.
Chris J Capel on
That looks incredible. Keep going, I can't wait to play it.
Tony Håkansson on
Will there be any alpha invites for the Cyborg Assassin tier this month? I've been counting down the tiers every month and when it was finally "my" turn you didn't mention it in the update :O
Jiri Matejka on
Hello, Environment, textures, lights, etc. everything looks beautifull and is very close to the design of System shock! I'm happy :) However, in my opinion, the environment in the final state should contain far more props per level. More beds, tables, cabinets, chairs, operating room lights, etc. So the rooms are more credible and not so empty and clean. In the original System Shock it did not allow for technical reasons but today it is not a problem. I also hope that in the final state more damage will appear (broken panels, damaged wires emitting from the ceiling) blood and mess. Do you plan to add this?
Netzbummler on
How come the textures are filtered? What's with the pixellated look that was present in the original demo and was also seen in one of the earlier videos? That was one of the reasons why I got onboard with this Kickstarter. Please re-enable it!
Thomas Weiss on
Looks fantastic, very close to the design of SS. Really great work so far.
Jason Fourier on
Looks great! Very true to the look of the original SS, which is what I think most of the backers wanted.
In that vein, I truly hope you'll keep the music as true to the original SS as well. When I think back on my fond memories of SS, the music is a huge part of it. I've memorized those tunes. I'd love for your remake to include those same tunes, just remastered to sound better with modern synths. Just as you're doing with the visual art, don't let the music deviate too much from the original.
sid_cypher on
I'm loving the way those glowing lights scatter in the mist layer on the cold floors. Quite... atmospheric! The art looks promising, too.
Nicxan Brooks on
All the environment shots look amazing!! This is coming along so nicely. \ ; v; /
I'm gonna have to redo my Hacker cosplay, though. Dangit.
Paavo Happonen on
The environments look beautiful!
Keep up the good work.
Christian Dannie StorgaardSuperbackeron
Everything looks awesome but I can't shake the idea that the wires on the camera in the video move too much like hair under water and not like plastic tubes. That really is the only thing that looks even slightly out of place though, so do keep up the lovely work!
Alex Valero "Danda" on
Wow, the hero is a mix of Kung Fury and Hackerman. The 80s rock! :P
tommynocker001 on
I'm not sure. The graphics look nice, but you seem to have forgotten to put any cybernetic implants in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat, you will do as I tell you...
Claymore Nash on
Well I do have a Watchmen t-shirt, I just need every other part of that outfit to do cosplay :P
KEITA YAMADA on
Are implanting actions omitted? In the 1st demo, the hacker did these as he picked up implants. By the way, nice update! I wanted to see the Groves remastered!
Nightdive Studios Creator on
@Daniel Liu
Closer to the release date, no eta yet!
Daniel LiuSuperbackeron
Hi Nightdive,
Any estimate on when the Pledgemanagaer will be closing?
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We are still in talks about that actually!


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Honey, harp and holy fun at Wiscasset Art Walk
Lucia Droby helps make the Wiscasset Art Walks happen, but early in the July 27 installment, the Wiscasset shop owner was a shopper. She found something special, made from something old.
She got a necklace from Massachusetts jewelry designer Ania Kowalska-Davis, set up outside Beelicious on Main Street. Droby said amber has always been precious to her Polish family. Kowalska-Davis said the two pieces of Baltic amber on the necklace were 40 to 60 million years old. Air bubbles cause the irregularities inside amber, the designer said.
She does most of her shows in Maine and is a Mainer in her heart, she said. When she crosses the Piscataqua River Bridge from New Hampshire into Maine, she becomes a different person, with all of her troubles gone, she said. People here appreciate nature's majestic beauty without trying to change it, she said. Her designing centers on simple elegance, she said. "There is beauty in simplicity."
Beelicious owner Monica Carrington invited Kowalska-Davis to take part in the art walk. They met when Kowalska-Davis stopped into the store with her son and both were speaking Polish, which is a part of Carrington's heritage. She thought having the designer out front would help her store add to the art walk's flavor, she said, noting honey has an amber color like the jewelry.
Employee Kim Welborn was offering wooden spoonfuls of samples of honey from Georgia, New York and Dragonfly Farm in Nobleboro. Welborn, smiling, said she enjoys the art walks. "It's nice to be social, and meet your neighbors, and people from away," Welborn added. Carrington also looks forward to them, because everyone's happy and people come in to see the products, she said.
New Wiscasset homeowner Jennifer Morgan, sister to Chewonki Foundation President Willard Morgan, visited Sylvan Gallery. She said she likes the energy downtown during the art walks, and the shops being open in the evening for them.
Wiscasset native Sarah Sutter, who taught high school art for years in Wiscasset, was in town on break from her job teaching high school art in Tokyo, Japan. She visited R. Keith Rendall Fine Art where she chatted with its namesake-owner. Later, Virginia "Suki" Flanagan of Alna resumed her harp-playing in the gallery. Married with Chitlins' Liz and Chris Lannon of Wiscasset played Americana music on the other side of Main Street with Boothbay's Rick Turcotte of Rick and the Ricochets. Inside Sylvan Gallery, Jonathan Waldo played guitars of his own making.
Near the end of the three-hour event, First Congregational Church of Wiscasset member Nancy Roby and Pastor Josh Fetterling, switching from a yellow hat with orange polka dots to a multicolored wig, said they had had a lot of takers for their photo booth where children and some adults donned fun wear and got to leave with free mini photos. This was not a fundraiser, just a way to take part in the art walk and help the community have fun, they said.
Roberta Goschke of Waldoboro was plein air painting as the day's light dimmed near the top of Main Street. She likes painting Wiscasset for its architecture. And it's beautiful here, she added.
Remaining art walks are set for 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 28.
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Vancouver police staff sergeant Mark Horsley wanted to make at least one bust. Very much. It would have made his year, taking down one of the creeps responsible for assaulting and robbing disabled Vancouverites.
People in wheelchairs, getting smacked around, mugged. It's hard to imagine any crime more despicable or cowardly.
There have been 28 violent offences on wheelchair-using folk in the city since January 2014, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Two-thirds of those crimes occurred in the drug-infested Downtown Eastside (DTES). One of the victims was sexually assaulted; six others required medical attention.
Working with other VPD members, peer support workers and rehabilitation specialists, Horsley hatched a cunning scheme. He borrowed a $16,000 electric-powered wheelchair, grew some facial hair and wheeled into the DTES, undercover.
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The operation didn't go quite as planned.
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In five days of undercover work from his wheelchair, with loot hanging from a fanny pack for all to see and perhaps snatch, and after more than 300 "contacts" with people, Horsley made not a single arrest. People wanted to give him things, instead.
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The VPD deny it, of course. "I wouldn't describe it as a failed operation," Insp. Howard Chow said Thursday. Word will spread, he noted, and henceforth, a thief might think twice the next time he sees a vulnerable-looking person in a wheelchair. Because that person might be a cop.


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MOTAT adventure
Getting off the bus Me and Jorelle are busting to go toilet we ask the teacher and run straight down. Coming out of the toilet "where's our class" we look everywhere and we still can't find them we looked in the gaming room, the village and still did not find them. We started to panic we checked in the toilets and no students.
As the time passed we saw the students getting on the bus we run as fast as are legs could go. We ran and ran but we missed the bus. Stuck at Motat. Looking around Me and Jorelle were wondering what to do next. We were panicking and panicking and didn't know what to do.
We ran to the gaming room and BOOM! The lights turned off. They were screaming and they didn't know were each other were. Running around to see where they were jorelle falls and faints on the ground. "Oh No"."Naomi Naomi Get up and get ready for school or your gonna be late" Said My Mum "What where am I aren't I at motat?" I replied. "That was a dream" Mum said and I replied " Oh".
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Dolan, Catherine (2011) The 'Enterprising Self' at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Avon Cosmetic's Repurposing of South Africa's 'Informal' Workers. In: 20th Anniversary Conference: Responding to the Crisis in International Development, 9 September 2011, London School of Economics, UK. (Unpublished)Full text not available from this repository.
In the wake of C. K. Prahalad's 2004 publication, The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid, "bottom of the pyramid" (BOP) schemes have become increasingly prominent on the development landscape. Lauded as the century's most influential model of socially responsible business (Anderson and Billou 2007), the BOP approach weds development practice and the pursuit of profit, maintaining that development goals can be achieved by simply extending the scope and
scale of capitalism to the four billion men and women who live on less than two dollars per day (Cross and Street 2009, Prahalad 2004). It is a vision driven not by corporate largesse, but by a web of entrepreneurs2 who are purported to stimulate capitalism while delivering poverty reduction and gender empowerment door-to-door. From 'poor' women selling Danone yogurt and Bata shoes house-to-house in rural Bangladesh, to Unilever's Shakti Ammas (mothers) distributing soap among remote villages across India and to Avon ladies peddling perfume on the streets of Soweto, Bangkok and Mexico City, BOP schemes advance a form of
development that positions the (poor, often female) individual rather than the state or the market as ultimately responsible for generating (or not) development.
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Facebook was filled this weekend with outraged people, black and white, who shook their heads in the trials outcome, Then I found this discourse on CNN in which anchor Don Lemon allowed his true feelings to erupt on air, something I wanted to do many times over the years for a few stories I covered, but could not do on CBS 6.
I can predict the response of many readers who will say…"well Dunn is going to jail for attempted murder, so why the outcry?" But if you pause and put yourself in the heart of this boy's parents..and the parents of victims like Trayvon Martin..you will see that sometimes, in certain parts of this majestic country, the justice system doesn't view the loss of black life the same as the loss of a white life. I discovered the story of a young black veteran who attempted to use the Florida 'Stand Your Ground'..but the system did not embrace him.
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Twenty homebuilt trebuchets competed this year in 4 weight classes. Each competitor has 3 chances to fling a pumpkin the furthest using only gravity and the mechanical leverage of their homebuilt "medieval siege engine". Teams competed for best throw within their class, but also for overall best, by proportioning the results of the throw to the length of their trebuchet.
Tightest contest ever
This year, in a contest where the best throw exceeded two football fields, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place were separated by only 16 feet! The field was wide open due to our two-time champion, Dwight Snowberger, being out of the country. By the last round, the venerable "Team Jordan", a team of 2 brothers from upstate NY (ages 84 and 79!) had calculated that they were behind by only 9 feet to "Hammer of the Gourds"(HOTG), a 6-person team from NH captained by last year's Heavyweight Div. winner, Chris McGrody.
With only 1 throw to go they had to try something, so they adjusted the cable on their trigger to release the arm later – hoping for a better throw. But alas, the final throw fell 5 feet short of the previous throw. Then, to add insult to injury, HOTG, who made the last throw of the day, loaded up their machine with an extra 160 pounds for a truly spectacular throw, far exceeding their previous best, and literally "wowing" the crowd.
But wait, a penalty?
The Grand Prize of "Best Design" is awarded to the trebuchet that throws the farthest FOR THEIR HEIGHT. So as live music from "House Dunn" played on, event organizer Dave Jordan and indispensable volunteer, Mike Gladu furiously calculated the results of the 1st, 2nd , and 3rd places in each of 4 divisions, then "scaled-up" the Lightweight(LW) and Middleweight(MW) distances to Heavyweight(HW) size to allow all results to be compared.
This is unique to the VTPC where we allow the different size trebuchets to compete not only in their own size division, but also directly against the other divisions. The physics of trebuchets scales well – a treb that is twice as tall, and built with the exact same design, will throw twice as far. The Lightweight Div. has a vertical arm limit of 41". The Heavyweights have a 120" (10 ft.) limit. So the Lightweights best distance is scaled up by 120/41 or roughly 2.9, to match what they would throw if they were Heavyweight height. If a Lightweight throws 100 feet, for example, it is adjusted up to 290 feet.
Middleweight height is limited to 70", so they are scaled up by 120/70 or roughly 1.7. So a Middleweight throw of 100 feet would be adjusted to 170 feet. The Heavyweight distances are not adjusted at all – the other divisions are adjusted up to meet them.
In addition to the throwing arm limits, each division has a weight limitation. This rule evens the playing field for competitors and puts the focus on the design of the trebuchet – rather than merely how big it is. Since the physics is easily calculated, when a treb exceeds the height or weight limits, an adjustment is calculated, which makes it fair for all the other trebs which stayed under the limit, without disqualifying the overweight or overheight trebs. For example, if a treb is 10% overheight, its throws would be corrected to roughly 90% of the actual distance.
Back to the calculation
What Don Jordan didn't know was that after the first round of throws, HOTG had added 50 lb to their treb, making them 40 lbs overweight, incurring a penalty of roughly 10% on the second throw. The mathematical correction brought them back down into second place, by a mere 14 feet. So team Jordan, a fifth year competitor who had come in 3rd and 2nd in the previous two tournaments, finally took home the overall Grand Prize! Congratulations to Team Jordan on a victory well-deserved.
Ironically, Team Jordan lost two years ago because they were inadvertently overweight by only 3 lbs., which was enough to push them down from 1st to 3rd place!
Which division has the advantage?
There is a fierce debate over which division has the advantage after the proportional scaling. The lightweight trebs are much stronger for their weight than the bigger trebs, allowing a higher percentage of weight to be used in the counterweight instead of the being necessary in the frame and arm. This would seem to be a big advantage to the LW, but since LW competitors are 9 years old or less, we can grant them this allowance.
The heavier a projectile is, the less it is affected by air resistance, so all other things being equal, this would strongly favor the HW. But at a 500 lbs. weight limit, they are much harder and more dangerous to build, and take a lot more time. Further, they must "waste" more of their overall weight in their beefier structure, rather than in their counterweight. Still, the heavyweight division really "makes" the tournament and the crowd loves you, so please hang in there heavyweights!
In practice, the Lightweights have never won, and the Heavyweights won only in the first year of the competition. For five years in a row, the Middleweight Open Division has taken the title. But this year the Heavyweight was very close, and might have taken the overall had they not chosen to over-weight their crowd-thrilling last throw.
He won the category that he invented
Full disclosure: winning team captain Don Jordan is the father of event founder and organizer Dave. Don came to the first festival as a spectator. After the first festival, he suggested that Dave add another category so that older participants could compete. A 500 lbs. treb would be too much to handle, but a 100 lbs. machine would not. So we made a Middleweight Division and separated it into Middleweight Junior (17 and under) and Middleweight Open Divs. Both have the same height and weight limitations and both can compete for the Grand Prize, as well as within their own divisions.
The Climax
Back to "Hammer of the Gourds" final throw… With the extra 160 lbs., they were in uncharted territory. It isn't clear if they were still even thinking about winning the Grand Prize or just wanted to send a pumpkin beyond the limits of the known world. In any case, with weights stacked far out to each side and raised high, team captain Chris pulled the release cord of the now-top-heavy "floating arm" type trebuchet. The machine rocked, almost tipped, rocked back the other way, finally (to the relief of the team) remained standing. He pulled it again. Another rock, almost tip, rock back, and rest. Chris asked for a few minutes to evaluate. The crowd collected their breath. Everyone sensed that something big and dangerous was happening.
Dave used the opportunity to ask for volunteers to collect all the broken pumpkins littering the Stoweflake's field and then watched in amazement as dozens of kids (led by Jana Bagley of Nightmare Vermont acting troop) flooded the field and swooped down on the pumpkin refuse at lighting-speed.
With the field cleared and spectators once again behind the safety tape, Hammer of the Gourds was ready to try again: the pull, the rocking, the nearly toppling, but still no launch – there was just too much weight on the trigger mechanism. As the headliner band "House Dunn" struck up another awesome song to fill the gap, HOTG removed all the weights, deliberated, tweaked the trigger mechanism, and put it all back together – all the weight still on! No one was going home early.
Attempt number 3: Chris yanked hard on the trigger chord, surely this time it would fire, the machine rocked yet again, rocked back – no launch, as it rocked back he yanked again and the pumpkin shot out like cannonball. The crowd stood mostly silent, mouths agape as the projectile rose, grew smaller, and smaller, and finally slammed into the underbrush having totally cleared the field and landed 30 feet into a hedge beyond – a whopping 626'! An amazing end to an awesome day of hurling, record-breaking weather, and great music from 3 bands/musicians.
-----Official Results of Trebuchet contest
All throws are given in actual distance in feet, and also scaled-up to Heavyweight size with any penalty if needed.
Lightweight Division: limited to 41", 20 lbs. (total weight of trebuchet and counterweight), age 9 and under, throwing a minimum 3 ounce tomato or similar projectile.
Name of Trebuchet – Actual measured distance (ft) / Best adjusted distance (ft)
- 1st place: Dante's Little Torch – 93.6 / 273.9
- 2nd place: Kinetic Pumpkins – 70.5 / 206.3
- 3rd place: Stapleton #1 – 67.2 / 196.7
- 4th place: Tomato Crusher – 56.7 / 165.9
Middleweight Junior Division: limited to 70", 100 lbs, 17 years and under, throwing a 1 pound pumpkin or gourd.
Name of Trebuchet – Actual measured distance (ft) / Best adjusted distance (ft)
- 1st place: Phoenix Rising – 135 / 229.8
- 2nd place: Hartford High Flyers – 120 / 205.7
- 3rd place: Atomic Pumpkins – 60.5 / 103.7
- 4th place: Donec Iaculus – 55.9 / 94.4
Middleweight Open Division: (same limits as Middleweight Junior)
Name of Trebuchet – Actual measured distance / Best adjusted distance
- 1st place: Team Jordan – 300 / 514.2
- 2nd place: Carbon Destroyer – 343 *penalty / 496
- 3rd place: Queen Cristine – 258 / 442.9
- 4th place: Out of Our Gourds – 169 / 290
- 5th place: Waterbury Rotary – 140 / 240
- 6th place: Cheezit – 124 / 213
- 7th place: SUNY Plattsburgh Physics – 122 / 209
- 8th place: Stapleton #2 – 112 / 192
Heavyweight Division: limited to 120", 500 lbs, throwing a 5 pound pumpkin.
Name of Trebuchet – Actual measured distance / Best adjusted distance
- 1st place: Hammer of the Gourds – 560 *penalty / 498
- 2nd place: Weapons of Medieval Destruction – 522 *penalty / 404
- 3rd place: Dante's Inferno II – 153 / 153
- 4th place: Bad Boomer – 113 / 113
Results of Chili Cookoff
The chili cookoff was a great success again this year. Six competitors each brought 2 gallons of chili that disappeared in about an hour.
- First place trophy and $100 cash went to Mark Browning from Barre, VT (28 votes)
- Second place trophy and $50 cash went to Ken Elwood (26 votes)
- Third place trophy and $25 cash went to Regina Crosby from Stowe Barber Shop (22 votes)
Creatures in the festival, oh my, oh my
Nightmare Vermont (interactive Haunted House) brought their brand of entertainment to the festival in the way of 8 creatures, including a large creation which was briefly enlisted to help the Master of Ceremonies by standing next to him as he made his way down the line so the spectators could follow the action. Thanks for coming Nightmare Vermont and we hope to see you again next year.
Free water provided compliments of Blue Cross Blue Shield
Ahhhhh…much appreciated on a record breaking warm day!
Thanks to Stoweflake Mountain Resort and Spa
The Stoweflake was an excellent host again this year in providing the field, the fencing and other facility support to us for free. All they asked was to be the main sponsor of the event. Great job Stoweflake! We'll be back again next year.
Thanks to the Lamoille Family Center
The LFC did most of the work behind the scenes, putting up and taking down miles of fencing, numerous tents and canopies, a band stage, tables, chairs, signs. And thanks to all the other volunteers that helped with parking, shuttling, registration, surveying, etc. Some of the work is less fun and less glorious – and deserves an even biggest thank you!
Hot day left some hoodies left over
I ordered a lot more hoodies and tshirts this year because last year sold out. Because of the hot weather, a lot of hoodies and long T's were left over. If you want a hoodie or long sleeve tshirt, contact Lamoille Family Center at (802) 888-2590. Hoodies cost $20 plus shipping, Long T's cost $13 plus shipping and regular T's cost $10 plus shipping.
Here are the sizes available:
- XL Hoodies
- L Hoodies
- XL Long Sleeve T's
- L Long Sleeve T's
- XL Short Sleeve T's
Dave Jordan's final thoughts on trebuchet design and the evolution of pumpkin chuckin'
My motivation for this festival was to create a competition where kids and adults build something and learn by doing. I was, and still am, motivated to build a better trebuchet next year. At least my treb actually fired (forwards!), if only once, but hopefully breaking a six year curse. That's how hard a heavyweight treb is to build!
But this festival is not about me, it is about the evolution and pursuit of perfection with all teams competing on a level field (metaphorically), namely the same height and weight. In the first year, I think almost all the trebuchets were of the 1000 year old design. And the trebuchet that won, won because it worked while many of the others didn't. The next year, things progressed so quickly that the first year's winner didn't even place. In the third year, SUNY Plattsburgh Physics team debuted a floating arm design and won. The fourth year, the floating arm design was copied by a guy from CT and he won over a "King Arthur" (double pivoting) design by my dad. In the fifth year, a fierce competition between the floating arm and King Arthur designs went, by a nose (a pumpkin stem?) to the floating arm. I believe there were 4 floating arms and 3 King Arthurs. This year, almost all the trebuchets were either floating-arm, King Arthur, "Merlin" or "Over-the-Top" designs. Only a few of the basic Medieval design remain and most of those were in the Lightweight category.
Not that I wish to discourage anyone who wishes to participate from using any approach they choose. Any trebuchet is fun and satisfying to build, and shoot; and the festival gives everyone a chance to show off their efforts publicly. Hopefully participants will want to evolve bigger, better, and more competitive designs in subsequent as the years. The festival is a competition, and winning it is a completely legitimate goal (in fact it's MY goal), but as anyone who has ever attended knows – it is most decidedly not ALL about winning.
I can hardly wait to see what will happen next year. We may have to alter the rules and limit the heavyweights to 400 lbs or reduce their height a bit to stay within the limitation of the field. But for right now, the rules stay mostly the same. I will make one small rule change for sure. I did notice one King Arthur design where the launcher added energy (i.e. pushed) the counterweight as it was "tipped" for launch. An official gravity-only, not gravity-plus-a-shove, policy will be enforced for next year's competition.
Dave Jordan (Festival organizer)


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"We don't have to wait until someone else notices our exhaustion and suggests we take a break. God grants us permission to take responsibility for ourselves. He loves to replenish our souls, and we can cooperate with Him regardless of what others say or do." from Joan C. Webb's It's a Wonderful Imperfect Life


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Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital honor nursing staff during National Nurses' Week
May 9, 2016
SYLVA AND BRYSON CITY – Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital celebrated National Nurses' Week with a series of special meals and giveaways to honor the hospitals' nursing staff.
More than 300 nurses and nursing assistants provide care at Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital working in nearly every department and physician practice, and providing support for other hospital departments, staff, physicians, and patients. In addition to the two hospitals, Harris and Swain operate Harris Regional Hospital Medical Park of Franklin, Harris Urgent Care in Sylva, and 11 physician practices.
National Nurses' Week is presented by the American Nurses Association. The 2016 theme is 'Culture of Safety: It Starts With You'. Nurses at Harris and Swain demonstrate leadership in providing a safe environment for patients and families by following national patient safety guidelines and participating in safety measures such as bedside shift reporting, nursing huddles, briefs and debriefs meetings focused on patient, staff, and medical staff communication.
Each day of National Nurses' Week the hospitals held drawings for gift certificates from local businesses in Sylva, Bryson City and Franklin. Special events like and omelet and smoothie bar were held throughout the week.


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Flooded Church of Asmodeus "No Parole From Satanic Underground"
Co-released by Filth & Violence and Bestial Burst's demo series as a Pro-cassette limited to 250 copies. This cobblestone rain from Finland is a 45 minute monster of noisy, speaker-damaging death-pulse bass throbb, complete Gonkulator and Black Mass of Absu worship. If you are familiar with either of those two bands you will need this.
'Twas released awhile ago, but since we are in catching up mode I figured it should be posted in case any of you missed out on this brutal battering. It's sold out from the labels but a couple of European distros still have it in stock. Another sick side project of the great Harald Mentor (Ride for Revenge, Irritate, Incriminated, Conjuration). Highly recommended for the demented.
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Sweden is planning to run entirely on renewable energy by 2040 – is there a rational public debate on this subject or just contradictory bipolar spin?
Chaotic Wind Power the Cause of South Australia's Infamous Blackouts
On the other side of the picture, ecologists are not touching the most powerful arguments against generating electricity by burning coal, because to cite Dr. Marvin Herndon's findings would turn them into "conspiracy theorists", i.e. political lepers. Will adults at some point join the mainstream debate on energy?
U.S. Government Spraying Tons Of Toxic Coal Fly Ash Into Atmosphere Via Chemtrails


text: Workers say Walmart discriminated against thousands of pregnant womenRequests to limit heavy lifting, climbing were rejected, says proposed lawsuitBy Daniel Wiessner05/15/2017|hrreporter.com|Last Updated: 05/16/2017The class could include at least 20,000 women and possibly up to 50,000 who worked at Walmart while pregnant. REUTERS/John Gress/File Photo (Reuters) — Two former Walmart employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the retailer of treating thousands of pregnant workers as "second-class citizens" by rejecting their requests to limit heavy lifting, climbing on ladders and other potentially dangerous tasks.The proposed class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Illinois on Friday by Talisa Borders and Otisha Woolbright, who say that until 2014, Arkansas-based Walmart had a company-wide policy that denied pregnant women the same accommodations as workers with other disabilities.The class could include at least 20,000 women and possibly up to 50,000 who worked at Walmart while pregnant before the policy change, according to the lawsuit. A Walmart spokesman on Monday said the company had not seen the lawsuit and did not have any comment.Borders and Woolbright say that Walmart's old policy violated a federal law requiring employers to treat pregnancy as a temporary disability and provide work accommodations to pregnant women. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 2015 case involving United Parcel Service, said employers cannot treat pregnant workers differently from those with other disabilities or medical conditions.RELATED ARTICLESMcDonald's faces 25 new sexual harassment complaints from workersBuilders Code hopes to combat harassment, bullying in constructionFight against sexual harassment in workplace takes on U.S. health careWalmart, the largest private U.S. employer, changed its policy in 2014 to treat pregnancy as a disability. But lawyers for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit say the changes did not go far enough, and they were planning a separate lawsuit involving the new policy.Woolbright says her manager at a Florida Walmart told her pregnancy was "no excuse" for not doing heavy lifting. She says she was fired from her job in the deli department after injuring herself lifting trays that weighed up to 50 pounds and inquiring further about the company's pregnancy policies.Borders, who worked at an Illinois Walmart, says she was reprimanded for asking co-workers to climb ladders and lift heavy boxes while she was pregnant, and forced to go on unpaid leave. When she returned, she says, she was paid $2.00 less per hour.The case is Borders v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, No. 3:17-cv-00506. © Copyright Canadian HR Reporter, Thomson Reuters Canada Limited. All rights reserved. Add Comment * Title * Name * Email Anonymous * Comment


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Punjabi Kadi with Brown Channa
I first tasted this from an Punjabi Friend who was an amazing & fast cook. Traditionally pakoda's are made with besan and added to kadi. Being a mum, I wanted to try this with brown channa instead of Pakodas. Eventhough my Friend gave me her own recipe to follow, I found sharmi from Neivedyam's recipe pretty much close to her recipe. Here is the link(http://neivedyam.blogspot.com/2007/04/punjabi-kadi.html) for sharmi's Punjabi Kadi recipe,if you would like to try Pakoda's based Kadi.
2-cup yogurt
1cup water
2 tbsps besan/ gram flour
2-cup yogurt
1cup water
2 tbsps besan/ gram flour
1tsp chilli powder
1tsp turmeric powder
Salt as required
1tbsp dry methi leaves
1cup Brown channa dal(instead of pakoda's) soaked overnight and boiled
For Tadka:
2tbsp oil
½ tsp cumin seeds/jeera
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp fenugreek/methi seeds
Pinch of Asafoetida
Dry chillies -3
Few curry leaves
1. In a heavy bottomed thick kadai,heat a tbsp of oil,add jeera,mustard, methi seeds,dry methi, haldi, red chilies and curry leaves
2. In another bowl mix yogurt, besan and chili powder with water to make it a consistency of thick buttermilk.
3. Add the above mixture to kadia, add salt and mix well
4. Allow to boil till 5 to 10 minutes or until kadi starts to bubble. Make sure you do not curdle youghurt by constantly mixing every few minutes.Finally add boiled brown channa(you can replace pakoda's here) and let it simmer for couple more minutes.
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LODI - Stevie Bonsey lived with the memory of a nasty crash at Lodi Cycle Bowl for 12 months, but he returned Friday to create a much happier one.
LODI - Stevie Bonsey lived with the memory of a nasty crash at Lodi Cycle Bowl for 12 months, but he returned Friday to create a much happier one.
The San Jose rider, who was seriously injured at the Digger Helm Open Pro last year, took the lead on the first lap and won the event in front of an estimated crowd of 2,500. The event also is referred to as "The Night Before The Mile," with several pro riders coming to Lodi before today's AMA Sacramento Mile at the Cal Expo Center.
They all finished behind Bonsey, who will compete in Sacramento. In a 2011 heat race at Lodi, he fractured his collarbone and suffered a severe concussion, making this victory more satisfying.
"I guess you could say that I got a bit of revenge, and that feels great," Bonsey said. "It couldn't have happened at a better place for me, and to win in a field like this is special. There are so many great riders here. This isn't a standard win."
Bonsey started in the front row and shot to the lead on the green flag. He never trailed and was not seriously challenged in the 20-lap race, winning $3,000 of a total purse of $11,000. Briar Bauman of Salinas was second, and Brad Baker of Chehalis, Wash., was third.
"This was like a mini national," Baker said. "The field was loaded. It was a great race, and Stevie did a great job."
A field of 43 expert riders showed up to try to claim one of the 15 starting spots. Jared Mees of Cilo, Mich., the AMA Grand National points leader, won the first two Helm events at Lodi (2003, 2011) and won the Dash for Cash ($1,000) on Friday. But he was fifth in the main event.
Among local riders, Mikey Martin of Acampo was ninth, and Tony Meiring of Tracy was 13th.
Ronny Knight of Stockton won the Vet Invitational and admitted he caught a big break before the event started.
Five of the six riders on the front row were penalized and sent to the back of the pack for jumping the start, leaving Knight up front by himself.
Contact reporter Scott Linesburgh at (209) 546-8281 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The most spectacular growth successes of the postwar world have been associated with growth in international trade. This is the single empirical generalization that strikes everyone who is trying to understand economic growth in the last 50 years. Countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore began producing goods they had never made before and exporting them to the United States, successfully competing with American and European producers who had the advantages of decades of experience. At the other extreme, the Communist countries that cut themselves off from trade with the West stagnated, as did India and many Latin American economies that used tariff walls to protect inefficient domestic producers from outside competition. These observations seem to provide further confirmation of the usual economic arguments in favor of free trade, arguments that seem to me as true and as relevant now as they were when Hume an Smith first articulated them.
But classis trade theory does not really help in understanding the connections between trade and growth that we see in the postwar period. One problem is that while some of the Asian successes - in Taiwan and Honk Kong - were associated with liberal trade policy, others - Japan, Korea, and Singapore - occurred in heavily managed environments, under policies that Smith would certainly have criticized as mercantilist. (I agree with Smith that the mercantilist economies would have hared even better without managed trade, but this view is obviously not a straightforward statement of the facts.) A second, more important, barrier to the application of the theory of gains-from-trade to postwar growth is that quantitative versions of the theory do not yield estimated benefits of tariff reduction that are of the right order of magnitude to account for the growth miracles. (...) These models support a compelling case for the importance of free trade. What they do not provide, though, is a theoretical link between free trade and economic growth that is both rapid and sustained.


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by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni
It was the Celtics' turn to have an unlikely hero (or two) last night, as Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Nate Robinson took over Game 4 down the stretch, and helped even up the NBA Finals.
With Andrew Bynum unable to play much of the second half due to his ballooning knee, Davis dominated the paint (18 points, 5 boards, including 4 offensive ones), and had the signature moment of the game. Which, of course, involved a lot of drool:
"This is what legends are made of, this is where you grasp the moment," Davis said. "Just play in the moment."
What is sure to be a classic Game 5 is slated for Sunday night in Boston.


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|Lichtenstein inspired makeup (Photo: Maja Jankowska)
The catwalk consisted of extravagant pieces of mainly black and gold, with a constant presence of glitter, sequins and elaborate head peices. Every look was presented as a piece of art- no bare skin was left untouched: a feast for the eyes, and what feast would be complete without a banquet? Couture cakes provided by Debbie Wingham, creator of the most luxurious cake in the world. All senses were treated; an experience rather than a fashion show.
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Guests ranged from the stars of Made in Chelsea to Betty Bachz. Paloma Faith shared her thoughts with Fashion Scout post-show: "I always work with Lan, she is my number one choice. I think she is more than a makeup artist, she is an Artist. So many people don't push the boundaries like she does."
We cant wait to see what Lan does next. Roll on the rest of London Fashion Week SS16.
Fashion Scout for London Fashion week runs from 18th - 22nd September 2015 at the Freemasons' Hall, WC2B 5AZ.
Remember to follow our Instagram, and Twitter to see the shows as they happen, and to use the hashtag #FashionScout.
Writer: Paris Richardson (@jemappelleparis)
Photographers: Maja Jankowska (@babypolsky) and Stefania Porcu (@stefaniaporcuphoto)
Editor: Fiona Nicholls (@fifinicholls)
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Posts Tagged 'Jason Statham'
Film Review – The Meg
National Treasure-helmer and, let's face it, national treasure, Jon Turteltaub's newest, The Meg, is a paint-by-numbers, gore-free shark lark that will leave you fishing for a coherent plot. (It gets worse. Both this review and the movie.)READ MORE
SIFF Film Review – Spy
As a feminist who cares deeply about the representation of women in the media – both how women are presented and how often – I feel really bad for hating Paul Feig's movie Bridesmaids. I HATED IT. My husband and I went out for dinner,…READ MORE
Film Review – Furious 7
The Fast & Furious series is one of those rare franchises that have actually improved the further it goes. Fourteen years have passed since the first, and only in the last few years has it really found its stride. A lot of that has to…READ MORE
Film Review – Homefront
Originally conceived as a starring vehicle for himself, Sylvester Stallone adapted Chuck Logan's novel Homefront into a screenplay that then promptly sat on a shelf to gather dust. By the time it was finally set to go into production, Sly deemed himself too old and…READ MORE
Episode 224 – Jason Statham
In honor of the release of Parker, Spencer and Greg discuss Jason Statham.READ MORE
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Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for November 20th, 2012. In this episode they discuss Game of Thrones, The Expendables 2, Heaven's Gate, and Tarantino XX.READ MORE
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The California State Bar Environmental Law Section is holding a conference on April 16th entitled "2030 and Beyond: The Next Phase of Greenhouse Gas Reduction in California." The event is co-sponsored by Berkeley Law's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE).
As Legal Planet readers know, AB 32's 2020 due date is soon approaching for greenhouse gas reductions, and the legislature is now debating bills to legislate goals for 2030 and beyond. Meanwhile, Governor Brown has already called for major new greenhouse gas initiatives for 2030, including a 50% renewable portfolio standard, 50% reduction in petroleum usage, and a doubling of the efficiency of today's buildings.
The "2030 and Beyond" conference will feature high-level representatives from the Brown Administration discussing these 2030 goals, including:
- Ken Alex, Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Research
- Andrew McAllister, Commissioner at the California Energy Commission
- Michael Picker, President of the California Public Utilities Commission
- Matt Rodriquez, Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency
Panel topics will focus on improving energy efficiency in existing buildings, decarbonizing our electricity system, and electrifying transportation. You can register on-line here and download the full agenda here [PDF]. The event will take place at the State Building in Downtown Oakland, conveniently located near BART. Law student rates are available by emailing Julie Martinez at the State Bar at [email protected]


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With the college football season set to kick off, most attention will turn to wins and losses rather than the off-field issues that place universities and athletic departments in the media spotlight. However, with the increase of internal investigations stemming from Title IX issues of abuse and harassment, matters of student-athlete welfare, and discrimination allegations in today's litigious society, it is prudent for institutions and their athletics administrators to review their current policies and procedures in order to assure that these problem areas in the collegiate athletic arena are effectively addressed.
There are several policy areas institutions should continually review and update to reflect compliance with directives from the federal Office of Civil Rights, as well as recent court decisions. A clear articulation of reporting, investigation, grievance, and appeals processes need to be outlined and understood by faculty, staff, and students alike. Training is a key preventative measure, which athletics departments need to provide and promote. Similarly, educational institutions should proactively coordinate cross-campus interactions and work with other university departments, such as the university's Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Human Resources, and the Office of General Counsel, to ensure that when the need for an investigation arises, all stakeholders are aware of the steps necessary for a prompt, thorough and low profile investigation and resolution.
Additionally, the relationship between the athletics administration and coaching staffs is crucial. Clear communication of expectations by both administrators and coaches is necessary in order to protect all parties, and well-drafted policies and procedures that ensure consistent, objective, and prompt consideration and resolution of issues are extremely important. Comprehensive review and personalized training specifically for coaches and administrators is critical as well. A well-run athletics department is constantly evolving and changing its policies and training in order to both prevent harmful incidents, and to provide the best defense against those claims that do arise.
As a new academic year begins, athletics administrators should review their policies—both for the department and for each individual sport. It is important to ensure that policies and practices address the rising concerns facing collegiate athletics departments so that when the unexpected incident occurs, which may well be inevitable, all administrators and coaches can confidently tackle and immediately resolve the issue.
For assistance and guidance with this review and training process, please contact any member of Shumaker's sports practice.


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Working with Block Storage
The Metacloud Block Storage service (
cinder) adds persistent storage to a virtual machine. Block Storage provides an infrastructure for managing volumes, and interacts with Metacloud Compute to provide volumes for instances. The service also enables management of volume snapshots and volume types.
The Block Storage service consists of the following components:
- cinder-api—Accepts API requests, and routes them to the
cinder-volumefor action.
- cinder-volume—Interacts directly with the Block Storage service, and processes such as the
cinder-scheduler. It also interacts with these processes through a message queue. The
cinder-volumeservice responds to read and write requests sent to the Block Storage service to maintain state. It can interact with a variety of storage providers through a driver architecture.
- cinder-scheduler daemon—Selects the optimal storage provider node on which to create the volume. A similar component to the
- cinder-backup daemon—The
cinder-backupservice provides backing up volumes of any type to a backup storage provider. Like the
cinder-volumeservice, it can interact with a variety of storage providers through a driver architecture.
- Messaging queue—Routes information between the Block Storage processes.
To administer the Metacloud Block Storage service, refer to the section Using Block Storage.
Metacloud Block Storage enables you to add extra block-level storage to your Metacloud Compute instances.
The Metacloud Block Storage service works through the interaction of a series of daemon processes named
cinder-* that reside persistently on the host machine or machines.
When you purchased Metacloud, you made a choice between local disk ephemeral storage and Block Storage. With local disk storage, the storage for VMs is located on the compute nodes and does not use the
cinder service. The disks associated with VMs are ephemeral, meaning that they effectively disappear from the user's view when you terminate a virtual machine. With Block Storage, the storage resource outlives computing resources and is always available, regardless of the state of a running instance.
To administer the Metacloud Block Storage service, it is helpful to understand that block storage is different from object storage and file system storage. When you chose Block Storage configuration options for Metacloud, you chose a storage configuration in these broad categories: Ceph, iSCSI, or NFS. Within the iSCSI category, you could choose different storage drivers. Metacloud currently supports SolidFire and Pure storage for iSCSI through
cinder drivers. Any device that supports NFS is supported for
cinder, but the storage is not fully managed by Cisco Metacloud.
To an end user, using Block Storage looks like adding a simple raw disk to an instance. Once attached to a running instance, the volume cannot be shared to another VM.
Using Ceph
Ceph offers basic storage array functionality such as data replication in a software application. For Metacloud, only Block Storage is provided through Ceph, not Block Storage plus object storage. Ceph uses the RADOS protocol, not iSCSI. Ceph is a low initial-cost storage system, but it is not ideal for performance-sensitive environments. Live migration (moving instances while running from one compute node to another) is affected by your storage choice. Metacloud does not support true live migration when using Ceph as the migration takes a lot longer when using Ceph and is non-determinisitic. For more information, see Using Ceph Storage with Ephemeral Storage.
Using iSCSI
Another storage option for Metacloud is iSCSI through the
cinder Block Storage service. Metacloud has a tested option with the Pure and SolidFire storage drivers, providing high availability and performance for cloud applications. Many storage solutions integrate well with iSCSI due to the driver architecture. For more information, see Pure Storage Driver and Solidfire Storage Driver,
Using Network File Systems (NFS)
Network File Systems are commonly used for shared storage. With Metacloud you can use NFS for VM boot and data drives as well as storing images. It is a manual operation to create and link NFS storage to hypervisors, but you can use NFS shares in Metacloud, using the Block Storage service. You cannot integrate ephemeral (local) disks and you cannot snapshot a volume with NFS. For more information, see NFS Storage Driver.
Deploying NFS and Ceph in the same cluster is not currently supported.
Evacuating Instances
Instance evacuation is supported with the Metacloud 4.0 release. Instance evacuation lets you evacuate a single instance off a failed Compute host while preserving its IP addresses, network configuration, and instance access controls. If the instance leverages shared storage (with Ceph or NFS) for the Compute root disks, Metacloud preserves all the instance disk data and, at the end of the evacuation, reboots the instance.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Ex-Big Time Jew Tweets about Israeli "Racism"
Apparently, leftists think it's "racist" for peanut-sized Israel to balk at being forced by the UN--the UN!--to grant citizenship to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from Sudan and Eritrea. As if Israel were as gibungous as, say, Canada.
Posted by scaramouche at 10:22 AM
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- Carlos Perera said...
Though, of course, even if Israel were as "gibungous"--I like that neologism, by the way--as Canada, it would still be a sovereign nation, with a perfect right to determine who gets in and who doesn't;countries that cannot do this are not sovereign entities.
- January 29, 2013 at 11:37 AM
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