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Dr Hao Tan
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Newcastle Business School (International Business)
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Dr. Hao Tan is Associate Professor in International Business and Strategy at the Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle. He was an Acting Head of the Discipline in 1H 2015, and served as Program Convenor for the Master of International Business and Graduate Certificate of IB between 2012 and 2017. He is currently Program Convenor of the new UON Doctor of Business Administration and Master of Business Research Programs to be launched soon. Prior to joining the UoN, Dr. Tan had worked with several universities in Australia, including Macquarie University, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Western Sydney, on such roles as Research Associate, Research Supervisor, and Research Lecturer.
A/Prof Tan's current research interests are in the energy and resource transitions in China and their global implications from a management research perspective . Since 2009 he has published, sole or jointly, two research books, five book chapters, and over 30 scholarly journal articles, including 18 articles in A/A* journals as per Australia's ERA or ABDC rankings. Those include leading journals in international business, strategy or innovation economics such as JWB, IC&C, JBR, IJPE, TF≻ as well as leading journals in the field of energy/ environment policy and economics such as EP, JCP and JIE. With his co-author Prof John Mathews from Macquarie University Sydney, he published three times in the world's most highly cited science journal 'Nature' in 2014 and 2016, including two major commentary articles and a correspondence.
A/Prof Tan was a visiting professor/visiting fellow at the National Tsinghua University in Taiwan, Tsinghua University in Beijing, the Institute of Development Studies in the UK, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of UC Berkeley in the US. He is an Associate at the Centre of Asian Business & Economics at University of Melbourne, and an Associate at the China Studies Centre of University of Sydney. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change, and has acted as a Reviewer for over 25 international journals during past several years such as 'Journal of World Business', 'Omega', 'Group & Organization Management', 'Economic Inquiry', 'Journal of Business Research', 'Global Strategy Journal', 'Applied Energy', 'Journal of Cleaner Production' etc. A/Prof Tan is a member of the Academy of Management (AoM), Academy of International Business (AIB) and the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR).
A/Prof Hao Tan has taught courses at the undergraduate, Master and Doctor levels; and had teaching experiences in Sydney, Newcastle, Mainland China and Hong Kong. He received a Faculty Teaching & Learning Excellence Award in 2016.
A/Prof Tan is a frequent contributor to both English- and Chinese-language media, including the UK Financial Times' Chinese website (which has over 2 million registered readers) and Australia's the conversation.com. He has also contributed articles to other outlets such as China's Caixin, The Guardian (Web), and ChinaDialogue etc. His research and opinion pieces have been widely reported, cited or reposted in international media. He has been interviewed and quoted by media such as BBC, Voice of America, the French newspaper Le Monde, China Radio International and Australia's Panorama and 2SER Radio Station.
Prior to coming to Australia, A/Prof Tan had extensive work experience in industries in China. He had worked with a large high-tech firm as a project management officer and a corporate lecturer; and had later worked as a management consultant.
Hao Tan's personal website is here
Hao Tan in recent news
- In August 2017, the Federal Government approved Dr Hao Tan's application for the New Colombo Plan 2018 Mobility Grant, awarding a total of $138, 600 in funding. The funding is intended to support a project of 'industry-focused study tours' in China for the next three years, which will provide students with invaluable opportunities for international learning experiences.
- Dr. Hao Tan published an article in Foreign Affairs in May 2017, entitled "The Art of the Steel Deal: Why the U.S. and China Need a Production Rebalance", in which he argues that the US and China should and can make a trade deal on steel, as a step toward rebalancing energy-intensive production globally. Foreign Affairs is one of the most influential outlets in international relations, where a number of seminal articles, such as Samuel P. Huntington's "The Clash of Civilizations", were first published.
- Partly based on his Foreign Affairs article, Dr. Hao Tan has subsequently published an article in The UK Financial Times' Chinese website. The article has since been reposted by the official websites of China Metallurgical Newspaper, China Building Materials Federation, China.com, Development Research Center of the State Council's China Policy Review etc.
- Dr. Hao Tan published an article in Dec 2016, entitled 'There's another way to solve China's industrial overcapacity', in ChinaDialogue, a website that is focused China's environmental issues. Part of a translation of the article has been compiled in 'Macroeconomic Trend Monitor' by the Institute of Economics of The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
- A recent article by Dr. Hao Tan published in The UK Financial Times' Chinese website in Dec 2016, which is focused on excess capacity in China's energy intensive industries, has been picked up by a number of media outlets, think-tanks and industrial associations in China, such as China Cement Association's official site, Entrepreneurs' Daily, the official website of China Building Materials & Construction, Guoshi Think-Tank, news.cn etc.
- One of Dr. Hao Tan's articles published in Financial Times Chinese, entitled 'A Post-Steel Era of China', has been recommended by the Chairman of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. to his company. WISC is one of the largest steelmaking companies in China, and was listed as one of world's Fortune 500 Companies in 2015.
- With his co-author Dr Hao Tan published a commentary article entitled 'The Circular Economy: Lessons from China' in a special issue of 'Nature' on 24 Mar 2016. This was the third time that Dr Hao Tan and his co-author Prof John Mathews published in this world's most highly cited interdisciplinary science journal during the past two years, including two major commentary articles and a correspondence. The piece has attracted considerable attentions from media and governments. It was discussed in ABC's Weekend Breakfast program, and has also been reported in the official website of the Chinese central government (the State Council).
- The book that Dr. Hao Tan published in 2015 with his co-author Prof John Mathews from Macquarie University Sydney, 'China's Renewable Energy Revolution', was selected by ChinaDialogue as one of the year's best books on China and the environment. Launched in 2006 and based in London and Beijing, ChinaDialogue.net is the first fully bilingual website in English and Chinese in the world focusing on the environment.
- An article of Dr Hao Tan on the documentary 'Under the Dome' and its impacts on China's environment policies published by the UK's Financial Times in its Chinese website in the early 2015 has been selected by editors as one of the 10 Best Articles published in the website in 2015 in the category of 'Politics and Policies'. The other contributors of the 10 Best Articles include the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Muhammad Yunus, and several influential politics scholars and commentators on China including Prof Zheng Yongnian, Prof Xueliang Ding, Prof Zhang Qianfan etc.
- Dr. Hao Tan was invited by the UK's Financial Times to contribute an article as part of its '2015 FT China Annual Reports series' in its Chinese website. Dr Tan's article focuses on the foreign investments from China in 2015 in the energy and resource area, especially those in relation to the 'One Belt One Road' strategy of China. Dr. Tan's article has been picked up or reposted by a number of think-tanks both in China and elsewhere, including the Carter Center, the Phoenix Int'l Think Tank, the Liaowang Institution, the Development Research Center of the State Council Info Centre, the First Thinktank, the One Belt One Road Research Institute, the China Economic Info Network, the China Humanities Diplomatic Promotion Association, the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, among others.
- The China Radio International aired an interview with Dr. Hao Tan in its 'People in the Know' Program on 10 Nov. 2015, which was on Apple's investment in renewable energy in China. The program Dr. Hao Tan was involved is regarded as "China's only high-end English radio interview program".
- The Financial Times published an article of Dr. Hao Tan in its Chinese website on 17 Sep 2015 entitled 'A post-steel era of China'. Dr. Hao Tan argues that the current crisis facing the Chinese steelmaking industry reflects a structural change beyond the cyclical factors. The article also discusses some strategies for Chinese steel cities based on the experience of Newcastle since the closure of BHP plant in the late 1990s. The article has been reposted or quoted by numerous websites related to the industry such as csteelnews.com (the China Metallurgical News), shmet.com (the Shanghai Metal Exchange Market), cbminfo.com (the China Building Material Council), cnmeti.com (the China Metallurgical Industry Network), cccmc.org.cn (the China Chamber of Commerce of Metal, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporter); as well as some major news websites and websites of financial institutions in China, such as sohu.com, sina.com, stockstar.com, toutiao.com, jrj.com.cn, asiafinance.cn, chinastock.com.cn etc.
- Dr. Hao Tan had a short piece published by the Guardian in its website on 15 Sep 2015, as part of a longer article that compares the development of renewable energy in five developing countries. Dr. Hao Tan's piece focuses on China.
- Dr. Hao Tan published an opinion piece in Financial Times Chinese on FDIs of Chinese SoEs on 20 May 2015. The article was then reported by 'The Enterprise Observer', a newspaper sponsored by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission PRC; and was also quoted in an article published in Guancha.cn, an online news and comments aggregator in China. Those articles were further reposted in other outlets in China such as the official website of Ministry of Commerce PRC (mofcom.gov.cn) and the Business Review (ebusinessreview.cn).
- In May 2015, with his co-author Prof John Mathews, Dr. Hao Tan contributed an article on China's use of green energy in Project Syndicate, a leading publisher with more than 500 newspapers and other publications being its members. The commentary piece has been published in at least 5 languages in over 20 countries, including Australia's ABC.
- Dr Hao Tan was interviewed and quoted in Voice of America news report on how the price of oil affects China. The VoA report has been subsequently re-published by Reference News (Can Kao Xiao Xi), which is a newspaper with the highest circulation in China.
Vice-Chancellor's Commendation for Excellence in Postgraduate Research
Macquarie University
Research Award
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)-China Joint Action Program Grant
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
DRUID-DIME Winter Conference Best Paper Award
Danish Research Unit in Industrial Dynamics (Denmark)
Chinese Society for Management of Technology Annual Conference Best Paper Award
Chinese Society for Management of Technology
Teaching Award
Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle
|Title / Rationale
|Keynote presentation at China Business Forum, Newcastle China Week in 2018
Research Seminar at the Center for Energy and Environment Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Dec 2017
Research seminar at the Center for Energy and Environment Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Dec 2017
Research Seminar at the Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Sep 2017
Research seminar at the Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Sep 2017
Keynote presentation at Newcastle China Week in 2017
Keynote presentation at Newcastle China Week in 2017
|Research Seminar at Tsinghua University, Beijing, April 2016
|Research Seminar at University of Texas Dallas, May 2016
|Research Seminar at The Institute of Resource, Environment and Sustainable Development Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, June 2016
|"Structural Changes of China's Energy- and Pollution- Intensive Industries and The Australian Experience", at the event 'Understanding Ecosystem Protection and Sustainable Development in China and Australia', the Australia China Business Council, Sydney
|Research seminar the University of Nottingham, Ningbo China, Oct 2015
|Research seminar at Zhejiang University China
|"Asian investments, knowledge flows and value chain dynamics in the Australian resource sector", at the Inaugural Asian Business & Economics Seminar,University of Melbourne
Thesis Examinations
|PhD Thesis, Deakin University, Australia
|Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Dissertation, University of Newcastle
|PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne
|Bachelor of Business (Honours) Dissertation, University of Newcastle
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (2 outputs)
Mathews JA, Tan H, China's Renewable Energy Revolution, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 167 (2015) [A1]
|Tan H, Cyclical Industrial Dynamics: Identification and Analysis of Cyclical Behaviour in Three IT Industries, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Co., Saarbrucken, Germany, 196 (2010) [A1]
Chapter (5 outputs)
|Mathews JA, Hu M, Tan H, 'Toward low carbon cities: The Chinese experience', Creating Low Carbon Cities, Springer, Switzerland 89-98 (2017) [B1]
|Tan H, 'Cyclical Industrial Dynamics', International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier, Boston 651-654 (2015)
|Mathews JA, Tan H, 'Entrepreneurial strategies in Asian latecomer firms: Linkage, leverage and learning', Handbook of East Asian Entrepreneurship, Routledge, London 30-44 (2015) [B1]
Tan H, Chen S, 'Services offshoring: location choice and subnational regional advantages in China', The Handbook of Service Innovation, Springer, London, UK 621-640 (2015) [B1]
|Turpin T, Tan H, Toner P, Garrett-Jones S, 'Investigating the lateral migration of technology in a resource-based economy: Conceptual and methodological issues from a study of the Australian mining sector', Technology Transfer in a Global Economy, Springer, New York 335-349 (2012) [B1]
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Journal article (26 outputs)
Mathews JA, Tan H, Hu M-C, 'Moving to a Circular Economy in China: Transforming industrial parks to eco-industrial parks', California Management Review, 60 157-181 (2018) [C1]
|Tan H, 'A Global Industrial Rebalance: China, the U.S. and Energy-intensive Manufacturing', Asia-Pacific Journal : Japan Focus, 16 1-11 (2018) [C1]
Lin N, Tan H, Chen S, 'Global Offshoring Portfolio Diversity and Performance Implications', International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 47 1-38 (2017) [C1]
Tan H, 'The Art of the Steel Deal', FOREIGN AFFAIRS, (2017) [C1]
Tan H, 'Making impact through industry-focused research: An Asia Pacific perspective', Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34 487-503 (2017) [C1]
Trappey AJC, Trappey CV, Tan H, Liu PHY, Li SJ, Lin LC, 'The determinants of photovoltaic system costs: An evaluation using a hierarchical learning curve model', Journal of Cleaner Production, 112 1709-1716 (2016) [C1]
The uptake of solar power globally as an important alternative energy source to fossil fuels, together with a rapid fall in the cost of photovoltaic (PV) systems, has been phenome... [more]
The uptake of solar power globally as an important alternative energy source to fossil fuels, together with a rapid fall in the cost of photovoltaic (PV) systems, has been phenomenal during the past decade. This trend is widely anticipated to continue for the years to come. The decline in PV installation costs, like many other new technologies through history, has been largely driven by the learning curve effect. However, it is suggested that other factors, such as costs of key production inputs and prices of competing technologies, also impact the costs of PV systems. In this study, we construct a hierarchical learning curve model to quantify the effects that various factors have on installation costs of PV systems based on empirical data from Taiwan. The results show that, in addition to the learning curve effect as underpinned by an increase of cumulative PV capacity, reductions to silicon price have significantly contributed to the decline of the final installation costs of PV systems in Taiwan. By quantifying the effects of critical cost factors, the learning curve effects on PV installation costs in Taiwan are defined which enable a more accurate projection of PV installation costs for governments, PV producers, operators and users.
Mathews JA, Tan H, 'Circular Economy: Lessons from China', NATURE, 531 440-442 (2016) [C1]
Tan H, Mathews JA, 'Accelerated internationalization and resource leverage strategizing: The case of Chinese wind turbine manufacturers', Journal of World Business, 50 417-427 (2015) [C1]
© 2014 Elsevier Inc. Accelerated internationalization is an important phenomenon in international business (IB), where it has been linked mainly with studies of born globals and p... [more]
© 2014 Elsevier Inc. Accelerated internationalization is an important phenomenon in international business (IB), where it has been linked mainly with studies of born globals and patterns of internationalization utilized by small and medium-sized enterprises. Building on recent research on the (redefined) concept of speed of internationalization, we seek to extend the domain of accelerated internationalization to encompass cases where large firms in certain industries from emerging markets such as China and India globalize at an accelerated pace. We utilize cases from the Chinese wind turbine manufacturing industry to illustrate the process, and apply strategic reasoning based on resource leverage as a means of explaining such phenomena - complementing the extant frameworks based on microeconomic reasoning. We argue that both approaches are needed to make sense of the important empirical phenomena revealed by examination of the patterns of internationalization exhibited by emerging market multinationals.
Mathews JA, Tan H, 'Zhu Xi's neo-Confucian school: An organizational studies reading', Asian Business & Management, 14 227-246 (2015) [C1]
|Mathews JA, Tan H, 'China's Renewable Energy Revolution: What is driving it?', The Asia-Pacific Journal, 12 1-4 (2014) [C1]
|Mathews JA, Tan H, 'China's continuing renewable energy revolution: Global implications', The Asia-Pacific Journal, 12 (2014) [C1]
Mathews JA, Tan H, 'Manufacture renewables to build energy security.', Nature, 513 166-168 (2014) [C1]
Agarwal R, Brown PJ, Green R, Randhawa K, Tan H, 'Management practices of Australian manufacturing firms: Why are some firms more innovative?', International Journal of Production Research, 52 6496-6517 (2014) [C1]
© 2014 Taylor and Francis. Whilst many studies have focused on the adoption of individual or sets of innovative management practices (e.g. lean production), fewer studies have eva... [more]
© 2014 Taylor and Francis. Whilst many studies have focused on the adoption of individual or sets of innovative management practices (e.g. lean production), fewer studies have evaluated a diverse set of management practices and firm contextual factors which may limit (or enable) the accumulation of groups of innovations in organisations. The Australian manufacturing sector is a novel setting to investigate such issues due to, among other reasons, a protracted decline of the competitive position of the sector. In this paper, we use a data-set from the Australian government funded management practices benchmarking project which was part of the World Management Survey and empirically evaluate why some companies have more innovative management practices than others. The conceptual model developed draws mainly on innovation diffusion theory and prior empirical findings. We find that (1) firms which adopt clusters of better management practices have greater performance; and (2) several firm characteristics explain the adoption of better management practices, such as education level of employees and managers, firm size, ownership by a multinational firm, and diffused ownership structure. The study has practical implications for policy-makers and stakeholders who are interested in supporting the adoption of better management practices by firms to enhance productivity in the manufacturing sector.
Mathews JA, Tan H, 'China leads the way on renewables', NATURE, 508 319-319 (2014) [C3]
Mathews JA, Tan H, 'China's energy industrial revolution', Carbon Management, 5 1-3 (2014) [C3]
Tan H, Sun A, Lau H, 'CO
This study focuses on CO2 emissions 'embodied' in the characteristic China-Australia bilateral trade, which refer to the CO2 emissions due to the production of goods tra... [more]
This study focuses on CO2 emissions 'embodied' in the characteristic China-Australia bilateral trade, which refer to the CO2 emissions due to the production of goods traded between the two countries. We perform an assessment of the CO2 embodiment in the trade during the period between 2002 and 2010. We find that the scale effect has been a dominant effect contributing to an increase of CO2 emissions embodied in the bilateral trade through the years; while the composition effect seems to be a major driver for reducing CO2 embodiment in the exports of Australia to China. Based on an analysis of the difference between the amounts of actual CO2 embodiment and those in a hypothetical 'no-trade' scenario, we estimate that the 'net' CO2 emissions due to the bilateral trade declined from around 10Mt of CO2 emissions in 2002 to -10Mt in 2010; that is, the bilateral trade contributed to a reduction of the global carbon emissions in the recent years. This finding suggests that the rapid growth of exports of carbon-intensive goods from Australia to China has helped in reducing carbon emissions globally because carbon intensity factors of those goods are much lower in Australia than those in China. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Mathews JA, Tan H, 'The transformation of the electric power sector in China', Energy Policy, 52 170-180 (2013) [C1]
Agarwal R, Green R, Brown PJ, Tan H, Randhawa K, 'Determinants of quality management practices: An empirical study of New Zealand manufacturing firms', International Journal of Production Economics, 142 130-145 (2013) [C1]
Chen S, Tan H, 'Region effects in the internationalization-performance relationship in Chinese firms', Journal of World Business, 47 73-80 (2012) [C1]
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Conference (10 outputs)
|Tan H, 'Declining industries in emerging economies and firm strategies', Adelaide (2017)
Lin N, Tan H, Chen S, 'Complexity of Global Sourcing Portfolio and Implications for Firms' Innovative Performance', Strategic Management Society Special Conference Sydney, Sydney (2014) [E3]
|Tan H, Mathews JA, 'Technological substitution in the electricity sector', Paper presented on the 21st International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT) Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan RoC (2012) [E1]
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Other (20 outputs)
|Tan H, 'Why Chinese steel companies should invest in the US. UK Financial Times' Chinese website, 4 Dec http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001072662?full=y', (2017) [O1]
|Tan H, 'There's another way to solve China's industrial overcapacity, www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/9510-There-s-another-way-to-solve-China-s-industrial-overcapacity', (2016) [O1]
|Tan H, 'Why the Chinese cement industry has a better chance to cut excess capacity than steel and coal www.ftchinese.com/story/001070366', (2016) [O1]
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Reaching Global Audiences
July 18, 2018
China is Turning Green
June 12, 2015
Chinese Foreign Investment
June 12, 2015
Under the Dome – China's Severe Smog
March 25, 2015
Removal of 'bad' industrial policies for an effective energy transition in China
February 19, 2015
Sinking Oil Prices Cut Both Ways for China
January 19, 2015
China and the Falling Price of Oil
January 13, 2015
Dr Hao Tan Discusses Renewable Energy
December 4, 2014
Implications of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement to Chinese fossil fuel companies
November 20, 2014
FactCheck: does the new climate deal let China do nothing for 16 years?
November 18, 2014
Business and Law academic achieves publication in NATURE
September 12, 2014
Engaging the Chinese Readership through Media
September 1, 2014
China missing the point on waste protests
May 20, 2014
China Leading the Way on Renewable Energy
April 23, 2014
Dr Hao Tan
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
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Newcastle Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
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Newcastle Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
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International Business
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Peter Hanson/Getty Images Ryder Cup player Peter Hanson won the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, China, shooting a last round of -5 under par 67, to lift the title with a tournament total of -21 under par. He held at bay another Ryder Cup player, World number one, Rory McIlroy who also had a last round of -5 under par 67, and was beaten by just one shot. Members of the 2012 European Ryder Cup Team filled the first four places with Luke Donald finishing alone in third place after his final round of -6 under par 66, and he must be ruing his customary slow start to a tournament. Best round of the day came from another Ryder Cupper, Ian Poulter, who fired in a final round -7 under par 65, to end up in fourth spot on his own. Ireland's Shane Lowry finished in fifth place alone on -15 under par. It was nice to see a return to form from England's Paul Casey, who finished the tournament at -14 under par, he was tied for sixth place along with, Justin Rose, Louis Oosthuizen, Noren Alexander and the man from Zimbabwe, George Coetzee. Jamie Donaldson, who led the tournament after his amazing first round 62, finished tied in sixteenth place, his first round was followed by rounds of 74, 72 and a 69. A really sad end to a brilliant start to the tournament.


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Alternative Assets and Public Pension Plan Performance
by Douglas Robertson and Ellen Wielezynski
As public pension plans steer more of their portfolios toward alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate, we examine how these investments have affected public pension plan performance. We find somewhat mixed results. When compared to pension plans with smaller allocations, public pension plans with at least 10 percent of their assets allocated to alternative investments had significantly higher annual returns in 2004, 2005, and 2006. However, these same plans had lower returns, though not significantly so, in 2002 and 2003. We also find that pension plans that began investing in alternative assets as early as 2001 did not significantly outperform pension plans that began investing in these assets after 2001. This result suggests that much of the performance benefit of alternative assets may be due to superior returns over just the past three years. Turning to risk, we find that pension plans that invested in alternative assets, regardless of the size of the allocation, had significantly higher standard deviations in their returns over a five-year period relative to other pension plans. Measuring risk-adjusted returns with the Sharpe Ratio, we find no significant differences between pension plans that invested in alternative assets and those that did not.
We also explore whether hedge fund investments in particular affected performance. Because hedge funds are new investments for public pension plans and only a few plans invest in them, we need more seasoned data before being able to come to any strong conclusions regarding the effect of hedge funds on pension plan performance. However, based on our current data, we found no significant difference in investment returns for public pension plans with hedge fund investments in 2006.
Any whole or partial reproduction of material in this paper should include the following citation: Douglas Robertson and Ellen Wielezynski, "Alternative Assets and Public Pension Plan Performance," Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Economics Working Paper 2008-2, August 2008.
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The House Financial Services Committee today announced its updated hearing schedule for the weeks of October 21st and October 28th.
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October 29 at 10:00 A.M. – The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on the recent taxpayer-funded bailout of the Federal Housing Administration.
October 29 at 3:00 P.M. – The Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will hold a hearing to discuss legislative proposals to bring more accountability, reform and transparency to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Machine Safety: Robotic Industries Association updates safety requirements for robots
Robotic Industries Association (RIA) announced its updated ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 standard for robotic safety. This is the first update since 1999 and it is now harmonized with the international standard ISO 10218:2011.
"Approved March 28, 2013. A revision of ANSI R15.06-1999, this standard provides guidelines for the manufacture and integration of Industrial Robots and Robot Systems with emphasis on their safe use, the importance of risk assessment and establishing personnel safety. This standard is a national adoption of the International Standards ISO 10218-1 and ISO 10218-2 for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems, and offers a global safety standard for the manufacture and integration of such systems."
Wow, this is a major step forward for both robot manufacturers and users of robots in factory applications here in the US. It looks like this advancement means a departure from the previous seven risk reduction categories of; R1, R2A, R2B, R2C, R3A, R3B & R4 to the five Performance Level (PL) designations of PLa through PLe. Category levels (B, 1 — 4) will be re-defined following ISO 13849-1: 2006 and applied for the architecture structure. These changes and others will definitely be improvements for robot manufacturers and systems integrators.
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To take a step back – does this mean that all of the additional requirements from ISO 13849-1 for "designers" will likewise be required for compliance to the updated ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 standard?
If so, I guess the robot manufacturers, systems integrators and some end users, all of which have "designers," will find a way to comply with the additional requirements. From an enforcement model comparison this seems to fall directly in line with the European Model. But, as I've previously blogged, what about the other half of industry here in the U.S., which doesn't have "designers" in their businesses? And, the U.S. enforcement model (OSHA) places the first responsibility for safety on the end user of machinery in contrast to the European model. If these end users (without designers) could follow 15.06: 1999 for compliance with OSHA will they also be able to follow 15.06: 2012?
If the answer to this question doesn't have an easy answer, then what's happened? It's been my experience that U.S. standards bodies are reluctant to add new heavy requirements to "all" users of their standard in order to meet the overall intent of the updated standard. Is OSHA going to adopt the European enforcement model?
Can anyone help us out with this over-arching question for "all" user compliance?
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= SSH Extras =
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Revision as of 21:26, 10 August 2008
OpenMoko Networking Setup
In order to communicate via TCP/IP to your FreeRunner, a basic understanding of the networking expectations is required. Each end of the USB connection forms a LAN (local area network) segment, with the FreeRunner's USB networking device at one end (default 192.168.0.202) and your laptop or desktop at the other end (192.168.0.200 in this guide).
Normally, your desktop machine will know how to reach the Internet, having had its gateway (the IP address of the machine or device which knows how to send packets to machines beyond your subnet) configured via DHCP or statically (probably via a router). For the FreeRunner to reach the Internet, your desktop will have to be configured to route and masquerade (NAT) packets from it.
Normally, none of this is an issue, but problems can arise when the subnet between the FreeRunner and your desktop overlap with the desktop to the router (which forms a second LAN), since your desktop might not know how to route traffic properly.
In other words: if your existing router and desktop have addresses 192.168.0.(something) changing them to eg 192.168.1.(something) might save you a lot of troubleshooting later. The guides to set up USB networking for your FreeRunner assume that your router/desktop IP range differs from the USB network IP range.
A discussion of this is here http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/support/2008-August/001283.html
Simple Manual Linux Configuration
Try this first. If it works, then you can add permanent configuration or use more sophisticated setups below:
(as root on your desktop):
iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24 sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200
If your Internet connection is also in the range 192.168.0.x then instead you might want to use:
ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.248
Then (ideally, not as root):
ssh email@example.com
The default password is blank.
Linux Kernel Support
Your Linux desktop/laptop needs to have suitable support, in particular, you will need to have enabled full masquerading in the kernel and USB networking options enabled. For default kernels in many Linux distributions, this will already be the case. If not, you will need to enable:
Both USB networking options are available in the Device Drivers -> USB support -> USB Network Adapters or Device Drivers -> Network Device Support -> USB Network Adapters -> Multipurpose USB Networking Framework. For more info see the usbnet driver homepage.
It can be complex to set all the correct options for masquerading in the kernel if they are not turned on. This could be detailed further.
Firewall Issues
On some systems, you may have firewall rules which prevent this working - such as added by the iptables service on Fedora. You may care to stop these, and/or review any rules or policies you think might cause issues.
The most relevant table is the nat table, which controls translation of addresses:
iptables -L -t nat -v -n
Unless you have a special setup, you'll want to see only the MASQUERADE rule that you apply below, and ACCEPT as the default policy. Also look at the filter table:
iptables -L -t filter -v -n
If this contains anything in the FORWARD chain, then this may prevent passing packets. It can be flushed with:
iptables -t filter -F FORWARD
In addition to routing issues, to be practical, DNS will need to work. In some cases, you might already be running a DNS server on your desktop such as dnsmasq or bind9, which is the default assumption the FreeRunner makes. In other cases, you'll need to configure DNS to that of your router, or a DNS server further out on the internet such as that provided by your ISP.
Configure Default Neo DNS
DNS is configured in /etc/resolv.conf on your FreeRunner. It should contain:
If Desktop/Laptop has a DNS server or is proxying DNS:
nameserver 192.168.0.200
or just put in another DNS Server - for example:
nameserver 220.127.116.11
Some Linux and Windows systems have DNS servers, especially those configured as servers, but in general they do not. You can install packages such as bind9 or dnsmasq to run your own DNS server. If you have a DNS server then Test Your Connection. Otherwise you may want to proxy DNS from your Desktop/Laptop.
Proxying DNS from Desktop/Laptop
If you move about, making assumptions about the network may not be convenient, and it is possible to proxy DNS requests via your host laptop (which you are also taking with you), without running or installing a DNS server. There are a number of ways to do this:
Proxying with dnrd
The script is designed to use dnrd as the DNS proxy. The script and a copy of dnrd are available. The script also performs the initial setup of the connection as per the USB_Networking#Manual_method above.
Proxying with a UDP forwarder
Another easy setup is using a UDP forwarder like the one from http://www.tapor.com/udpf/ - use it with the command"
udpf-elf -p=53-f=`cat /etc/resolv.conf|awk '$1 == "nameserver"{print $2; exit(0);}'`:53
Proxying with iptables
It is possible to forward DNS requests with iptables using the DNAT target:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -s 192.168.0.202 -d 192.168.0.200 --dport domain -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.1 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp -s 192.168.0.202 -d 192.168.0.200 --dport domain -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.1
Where 192.168.0.1 is the IP of your router.
Test if it works:
ping www.google.com
If so, then this is sufficient for most internet access. But manual changes to resolv.conf are usually lost later if for example one uses DHCP, especially for WiFi, and so may not be convenient to configure manually.
If you become tired of remembering and typing in the ip address of the Neo (for scp, telnet, SSH, SMB, or whatever), you can give it an easy to remember hostname.
Open and enter the following line in your desktop's /etc/hosts:
192.168.0.202 openmoko
Now instead of typing the full ip address in commands like:
ssh 192.168.0.202@openmoko
You can replace the full ip with the hostname like:
ssh root@openmoko
It may also be helpful to some to edit the Neo's /etc/hosts to use "desktop" or "laptop" instead of 192.168.0.200
Testing Your Connection
You should be able to connect to your Neo! Make sure you can ping your Neo to be sure.
ping 192.168.0.202
Then log into your Neo using ssh:
ssh email@example.com
The default password is blank (press enter).
You can also scp files back and forth. You can telnet, SSH, SMB or do whatever you want if you install software that enables you to set up TCP/IP network over your USB connection.
Now, make sure you can ping back to your desktop
ping 192.168.0.200
(Note that some systems like Vista, don't respond to ICMP ping by default)
Try pinging the outside world (a Google IP address)
ping 126.96.36.199
This demonstrates that masquerading is working - your desktop is sending/receiving packets to the wider internet.
Lastly, verify that DNS is correctly configured between the Neo & Network:
ping www.google.com
Make it Permanent
Based on Hotplugging usbnet by Marcin 'Hrw' Juszkiewicz.
MacOS X
See Windows USB Ethernet emulation for Neo1973.
Debian, Ubuntu and others
Edit /etc/network/interfaces and add:
allow-hotplug usb0 iface usb0 inet static address 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.192 post-up iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.192/26 post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward post-up iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT pre-down iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.192/26
This is more sophisticated than the manual setup. The allow-hotplug stanza ties into Linux hotplug system so that when the device appears and vanishes, as happens when the FreeRunner's is connected via USB, this is run.
In addition, the desktop-side netmask is limited to a much smaller range, so that overlapping subnets are less of a problem - Linux will use more specific routes first when deciding where to send packets.
An other possible configuration that adds DNS forward and removes the iptable changes after the unplugg.
in /etc/network/interfaces add
# freerunner allow-hotplug usb0 iface usb0 inet static address 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.192 post-up /etc/network/freerunner start pre-down /etc/network/freerunner stop
create file /etc/network/freerunner
#!/bin/sh # # configures the freerunner for internet # # DEVICE=usb0 IPADDR=192.168.0.200 REMOTE_IPADDR=192.168.0.202 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # get first ip for dns DNSIP=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{ print $2 }' | head -n 1 ) case "$1" in start) iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s $REMOTE_IPADDR iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -s $REMOTE_IPADDR -d $IPADDR --dport domain -j DNAT --to-destination $DNSIP iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p udp -s $REMOTE_IPADDR -d $IPADDR --dport domain -j DNAT --to-destination $DNSIP if [ "$(cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward)" = "0" ]; then echo "temoprarely allow ip_forward for openmoko" > /var/run/openmoko.ip_forward echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward fi ;; stop) iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s $REMOTE_IPADDR iptables -D PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -s $REMOTE_IPADDR -d $IPADDR --dport domain -j DNAT --to-destination $DNSIP iptables -D PREROUTING -t nat -p udp -s $REMOTE_IPADDR -d $IPADDR --dport domain -j DNAT --to-destination $DNSIP if [ -f /var/run/openmoko.ip_forward ]; then rm /var/run/openmoko.ip_forward echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward fi ;; esac
Make /etc/network/freerunner executable with
chmod +x /etc/network/freerunner
Ubuntu Issues
Ubuntu Feisty, Gutsy and Hardy reportedly have a bug where ifdown is not run when the interface is unplugged, meaning this only works once after the system is booted. This is mentioned at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/130437
One can patch /etc/udev/rules.d/85-ifupdown.rules, editing the two lines at the end of the file:
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", GOTO="net_start" GOTO="net_end" LABEL="net_start" # Bring devices up and down only if they're marked auto. # Use start-stop-daemon so we don't wait on dhcp ACTION=="add", RUN+="/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile /var/run/network/bogus --startas /sbin/ifup -- --allow auto $env{INTERFACE}" LABEL="net_end" ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile /var/run/network/bogus --startas /sbin/ifdown -- --allow auto $env{INTERFACE}"
The bug is that the LABEL="net_end" is at the wrong position
This appears to be fixed in Ubuntu 8.04 Mattt 11:38, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Tested with Mandriva 2008.1. The idea here is that we will carve out a small (8 hosts) subnet from the main subnet. So our netmask will be 255.255.255.252
This first file configures the network system for the usb0 interface. Any time you plug in the FreeRunner the interface will be configured.
DEVICE=usb0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.0.200 NETMASK=255.255.255.252 ONBOOT=yes METRIC=10 MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no USERCTL=yes
This next file configures the static routes that we need to communicate to the subnet. Since it has "usb0" in the name, the system will automatically apply these static routes any time that the usb0 interface is configured. (i.e. when you connect the FreeRunner)
Now we need to restart the network system to pick up the changes.
service network restart
# USB configuration for PDAs (openmoko) IPADDR=192.168.0.200 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 STARTMODE=onboot
For more information on getting USB networking up using YaST, see USB Networking with openSUSE.
Option A - Tested with FC8 & FC5
# USB configuration for PDAs (openmoko) # from http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/UsbNet DEVICE=usb0 BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.0.200 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes
Option B
This setup is probably over-complex:
DEVICE=usb0 IPADDR=192.168.0.200 NETMASK=255.255.255.0
#!/bin/bash . /etc/init.d/functions cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts . ./network-functions [ -f ../network ] && . ../network CONFIG=${1} need_config ${CONFIG} source_config NETBITS=`ipcalc -p ${IPADDR} ${NETMASK} | awk -F'=' '{print $2;}'` /sbin/ip addr flush dev ${DEVICE} 2>/dev/null /sbin/ip link set dev ${DEVICE} up /sbin/ip addr add dev ${DEVICE} ${IPADDR}/${NETBITS} /sbin/iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s ${IPADDR}/${NETBITS} /sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 /sbin/iptables -I FORWARD -s ${IPADDR}/${NETBITS} -j ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -I FORWARD -d ${IPADDR}/${NETBITS} -j ACCEPT
Set /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-usb:
#!/bin/bash . /etc/init.d/functions cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts . ./network-functions [ -f ../network ] && . ../network CONFIG=${1} need_config ${CONFIG} source_config NETBITS=`ipcalc -p ${IPADDR} ${NETMASK} | awk -F'=' '{print $2;}'` /sbin/iptables -D FORWARD -d ${IPADDR}/${NETBITS} -j ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -D FORWARD -s ${IPADDR}/${NETBITS} -j ACCEPT /sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=0 /sbin/iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s ${IPADDR}/${NETBITS} /sbin/ip link set dev ${DEVICE} down /sbin/ip addr flush dev ${DEVICE} 2>/dev/null
If you are using NetworkManager, restart it and enable the usb device from its menu, otherwise it will disable your connection shortly after you enable it.
/sbin/service NetworkManager restart
Red Hat or Similar (tested with Workstation 5)
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net.hotplug:
After this command:
case $INTERFACE in # interfaces that are registered after being "up" (?)
usb0) ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 route add 192.168.0.202 usb0 iptables -I INPUT 1 -s 192.168.0.202 -j ACCEPT iptables -I OUTPUT 1 -s 192.168.0.200 -j ACCEPT iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward exit 0 ;;
Open /etc/conf.d/net and add:
# Neo config_usb0=( "192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0" ) routes_usb0=( "192.168.0.202/32 via 192.168.0.200" )
Create a new init script:
cd /etc/init.d ln -s net.lo net.usb0
Put iptables into use:
iptables -I INPUT 1 -s 192.168.0.202 -j ACCEPT iptables -I OUTPUT 1 -s 192.168.0.200 -j ACCEPT iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24
Store them:
/etc/init.d/iptables save
If you want the routing by default:
rc-update add iptables default
You must also inform the kernel, to start forwarding.
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
One way to automate all this is to create /etc/conf.d/net.usb0 as follows. It sets IP forwarding and the iptables rules all in one go. It removes the iptables rules and disables ip forwarding when the FreeRunner is unplugged.
preup() { echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward iptables -I INPUT 1 -s 192.168.0.202 -j ACCEPT iptables -I OUTPUT 1 -s 192.168.0.200 -j ACCEPT iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24 return 0 } postdown() { echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward iptables -D INPUT -s 192.168.0.202 -j ACCEPT iptables -D OUTPUT -s 192.168.0.200 -j ACCEPT iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24 return 0 }
SSH Extras
Reportedly, the ssh daemon (dropbear 0.49) on the FreeRunner appears to have a bug when sending the exit status back to the client. From time to time you receive an exit status of 255.
To avoid ssh added a new line for every ssh host-key to you known_hosts you can add the following to the phone section in ~/.ssh/config
UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
You might want to use keys to bypass the login prompt too.
SSH Keys
From desktop to FreeRunner
To generate ssh keys for use as a login mechanism type:
ssh-keygen -t rsa
When prompted for a password either hit enter for no password (not really a good idea) or enter a password for this key. ssh into the phone and create ~/.ssh:
# mkdir ~/.ssh
Then from your desktop copy the .pub file to the phone.
# scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub phone:.ssh/authorized_keys
You should now be able to ssh directly into the phone without a password prompt.
To disable password logins (after setting up key access) edit /etc/init.d/dropbear and change the following line:
You will need to restart dropbear for this to take effect.
From FreeRunner to Desktop
Generate the key:
dropbearkey -t rsa -f id_rsa
The output will look something like this:
Will output 1024 bit rsa secret key to 'id_rsa' Generating key, this may take a while... Public key portion is: ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza[...] Fingerprint: md5 ca:e8:f0:b7:f6:7b:c2:b6:b9:71:e4:45:86:a9:ff:b8
Copy and paste the one line (in this example, starting with 'ssh-rsa' onto the end of the host's authorized_keys file (often in ~/.ssh/).
From the phone, ssh with -i:
ssh -i id_rsa user@host
Changing host keys
If you reflash, your hosts keys will change. Try this ~/.ssh/config snippet:
Host moko HostName 192.168.0.202 StrictHostKeyChecking no UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null User root
This is suggested because ssh on your desktop may complain if the key matching a certain IP changes (stored in .ssh/known_hosts).
GUI on desktop through SSH
To get the GUI on the FreeRunner onto the desktop via USB, you can use ssh as follows:
ssh -l root -X -v 192.168.0.202
Using this, run openmoko-finger-demo for example, and it will open up on the desktop. To get landscape view, just resize the GUI window on the desktop.
If you get an error like this:
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: dbus-launch failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch requested, but X11 support not compiled in.
you need to set the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable to the value on the Freerunner before launching the process from your desktop. You can find the value of this variable by using a command such as
ps auxwwwwe | grep -m 1 DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
Note that you must run that command on the Freerunner. Back on your desktop, run the process you want with the env command like this:
env DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=dbus_address process
Display Remote Applications on FreeRunner
To get desktop apps to show up on your FreeRunner, first log in:
ssh -l root 192.168.0.202
Then run:
DISPLAY=:0 xhost +192.168.0.200
After this you can close the ssh session. Back on the desktop computer, run:
DISPLAY=openmoko:0 xclock
Note that the xhost command will allow remote applications on 192.168.0.200 to access the X server. It will allow anyone on the desktop machine to access the X server of the neo, including snooping anything you type on it. To disallow remote applications again, run this in the neo:
DISPLAY=:0 xhost -192.168.0.200
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Tilleman graduated earlier this spring with a master's degree from UCSB's nationally renowned Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.
As a Gaucho for two years, Tilleman was a two-time recipient of the Golden Eagle Ring Award, which is given to the female and male UCSB scholar-athlete with the highest GPA. In both 2012 and 2013, she led her peers with a 3.96.
During her UCSB tenure, Tilleman balanced a demanding academic schedule along with being a perennial starter for the Gaucho women's basketball team.
She was pivotal in the program's 2012 Big West Championship run when she was named MVP of the conference tournament after posting a double-double in the finals with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
As a senior in 2012-13, Tilleman was second on the team in minutes played at 31.1 per game and rebounds at 7.1 per game.
The Rhodes Scholarship selection process will continue for Tilleman in Seattle where she will go through an interview process later this month.


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Let me start this off by saying that I was a happy customer for almost a year ... until yesterday.
I've had two Xen VPS packages with ThrustVPS for some time now. The larger "Sky" server was my main server, and the other one was my secondary DNS and whatever else utility host. They have both been perfectly reliable and I haven't had any complaints about the service to this point.
The problem:
On 02/07 at about 9:00 CDT I noticed that the big sky server had gone offline. I opened a ticket (XGV-224614) about it - "since there is no longer a telephone number or live chat for support - and was told the following by Ryan in the billing department:
Quote: It appears that the was an issue on your account with invoices, and as such the payments that you were sending us were not being allocated to any Invoices. I have now manually brought you up to date and have allocated all payments. You should now be up to date on Invoices. If you have any Issues please let me know.
At that point the server was available in the control panel again, so I booted it back up and assumed that everything was back to normal. I was also really happy that Ryan was able to resolve the situation so quickly.
Now ... Fast forward to ~16:00 CDT 02/07 when the VPS goes offline again. I check the control panel again and find that the server is not downed by an admin, but that it's just gone. Only my smaller utility server is listed.
So I go back to the ticketing system and open another ticket (GMQ-449786) since the previous ticket led me to believe the issue had been resolved. In this ticket I'm told the following, again by Ryan in the billing department at 12:20 GMT:
Quote: It appears that the billing system has terminated your VPS, I am not entirely sure why on earth it has done this as you were up to date on the payments. As the VPS has been terminated the only thing that I can do for you would be to recreate the VPS for you. Would you like me to do this for?
I replied to the ticket 15 minutes later asking if there was any way for them (the billing department) to restore the VPS that was deleted. I didn't get a response, despite explicitly asking for one FIVE TIMES in the remaining ~4.5 hours before the billing department closed for the day.
Hoping to find satisfaction - or at least remediation - with the support staff (restoring servers has to be support anyway, right?), I entered another ticket (LFU-337684) at 17:43 GMT to have the server that was erroneously terminated/removed restored to working condition. That ticket was answered by the support staff by assigning it to sales. Naturally, that department seems to work the same hours that billing does, so I won't be hearing from them until at least 3:00 CDT, or 9:00 GMT ... 15 hours later.
This summarizes my experience with ThrustVPS in the last 48 hours. I'm posting this both to serve as an account of my experience with them, and in the hope that someone on staff at ThrustVPS will see this thread and do something other than transfer me to billing and/or sales.
My fully paid VPS has been down for 24 hours through absolutely no fault of my own, yet no one seems to care too much about that. I can't even get anyone to tell me if they can restore the VPS or not.
We waited for a response in hopes that ThrustVps would be able to get our info back.
Then we received this response.
"Sorry for the delay in response, I am afraid that as we are a budget VPS provider we do not take back ups of any of the services that we host. This means that we will not be able to restore any data that has been stored on the VPS. The only thing that I can do for you now would be to recreate the VPS and also offer you 2 months of free service due to the issues that you have received."
We knew at this point that were pretty much screwed. Our response you'll find below.
Thanks for your reply, and the offer for two months of service at no cost. I hope you'll understand when I say that is not good enough, and state that this experience has made me really uncomfortable with hosting anything with your company in the future.
I registered my first domain and co-located my first server in 1998 or so, so I've been doing this for a while. I understand that I'm responsible for an unmanaged server in the sense that if I break it, I have to fix it.
An example would be if my databases got corrupted to the point that they needed to be restored. I can't expect you (Thrust) to do anything about that since that's not the service that I pay for. So instead I had a cron job that ran every night to take a snapshot of all of the databases on my server and store them in a backup directory so that in the unlikely event that something like that happened, I would be no more than one day behind when I restored.
But what good is that when Thrust has a brain damaged billing system that comes through and completely destroys all of my data, and the backups of that data, for no valid reason?
As you pointed out previously - this was NOT because of anything I did. My account wasn't delinquent. I hadn't violated the T&C that I know of. Basically there was no valid reason for my server to be destroyed ... yet it was. And to add insult to injury - Thrust's position on the matter is basically "Oh well. Tough luck, pal. Even though we deleted your server for no reason, it's your fault that we can't put your data back."
Budget VPS provider or not, that is a steaming heap of bovine excrement, and certainly not any way to run a hosting business.
If my data really is gone forever then I guess there's nothing to do but start over. If you have even the slightest remote possibility of finding it though, I really do think your company owes me that much."
To which we got this response
Hi Samuel,
I have spoken to our senior technical support and I have been informed that we do not have any possible way to recover this data due to us not taking backups as previously mentioned. I do appreciate that this is a very frustrating issue to happen, however we have never had an issue of this severity before hand. Please do accept our apology for the issue that has happened. As previously mentioned I will honor the agreement that was decided should you wish to keep the VPS.
Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Many Thanks
Ryan Sweetman
Senior Customer Service Admin
Follow us on Twitter : @thrustvps"
We knew at this point we were proper fucked and we began the process of bringing the site back online using the year old data.
But figured for good measure another response was in order.
"I appreciate the response, and the circumstances, but that doesn't bring the data back.
One of my customers is requesting contact information for your legal department. Can you provide that, or tell me where to direct them?
This seemed to rattle their cage a little bit.
"As they are not directly our customer I am afraid that they could not speak to us about the issues that have happened. You are the only customer that we have named on the account so I am afraid that only you are able to talk to us regarding the issues that we have had. I can only apologise again for the issues that have happened. "
Our last response was this.
"Well then provide me with the contact information for your legal department."
We haven't heard anything back from them but they were near closing when that was sent.
We're truly sorry for the way this played out I definitely didn't think that this could happen but it did and we're going to make the best out of it and we've learned from these mistakes. There will not be at the very least weekly local backups of our DB going forward to ensure this never happens again.
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Vaccinating children against pneumococcal pneumonia cut hospitalizations for the infection over the past decade in nearly all age groups, particularly the youngest and oldest, a nationwide study showed.
Annual hospitalizations for pneumonia fell by 10% overall -- an age-adjusted 55 per 100,000 people -- after addition of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule in 2000, Marie R. Griffin, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and colleagues found.
That reduction from 1997-1999 to 2007-2009 translated to a large absolute impact of 168,000 fewer hospitalizations for pneumonia per year, the group reported in the July 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
These findings lay to rest the fear that benefits would be eroded by other strains gradually taking over for the ones blocked by the vaccine, commented Robert Jacobson, MD, a pediatrician and vaccine researcher at the Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester, Minn.
"We're not seeing strains not covered by the vaccine escape and cause disease replacing the vaccine-preventable diseases," he told MedPage Today.
Within the overall decline was an early and sustained reduction of 43% among children under age 2 years (551 fewer annual pneumonia hospitalizations per 100,000), consistent with the clinical trial results.
Herd immunity for adults was slower to emerge but yielded a 23% decrease in annual pneumonia hospitalizations over the decade studied for the other most vulnerable group, those ages 85 and older (1,300 fewer per 100,000).
"It's a pleasant surprise," Jacobson said. "No one was really expecting to see the dramatic reduction in hospitalizations among the elderly."
The declines were more modest but still significant at most age groups in between:
- 13% for those age 2 to 4 years (51 fewer per 100,000)
- 8% for those ages 18 to 39 (8 fewer per 100,000)
- 7% for those 65 to 74 (85 fewer per 100,000)
- 13% for those 75 to 84 (360 fewer per 100,000)
The low rates in kids 5 to 17 weren't significantly affected. There was a 10% increase in rates among middle-age adults 40 to 64 during the study period.
Earlier estimates had indicated a similar reduction in pneumonia hospitalizations for tots but a significant impact among adults only in the 18 to 39 age group, Griffin's group noted.
Their study analyzed the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which covers about 20% of U.S. hospitals, in the decade around adoption of the 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine but before the switch to the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in 2010.
"The results are probably better now than what was measured in this study, given that we're using a better vaccine," Jacobson suggested.
The study had data on nearly 18 million hospitalizations for pneumonia from 1997 through 2009, representing 4.1% of all U.S. hospitalizations not related to childbirth.
The study relied on administrative billing codes but was unlikely to have been affected by coding changes since the definition of a hospitalization for pneumonia included it as a first diagnosis or a second with sepsis, meningitis, or empyema as the first diagnosis.
Other supports for a causal association were the temporal link with the vaccine's introduction, that pneumonia was the only common childhood condition for which hospitalisations declined during the study period, and lack of a "compensatory" increase in outpatient visits for pneumonia, based on other research, the researchers noted.
Modest declines in length of hospitalization and stability of in-hospital mortality from pneumonia seen in the study also suggested no big change in admission thresholds that might have confounded the results, the group pointed out.
The flu vaccine was not likely to have been a big contributor to the impact on childhood pneumonia hospitalizations either, as rates of use were low before CDC recommendations for it in 2004 and 2006 and still remains less than a third, they added.
The study was funded by the CDC and the Thrasher Research Fund.
Griffin reported grant support through her institution from Pfizer. A co-author reported consulting for GlaxoSmithKline and grant support through his institution from Pfizer.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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3 lessons the NFL could learn about crisis communications
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The National Football League has a serious brand problem. The perception of the league has been tarnished by a number of bad moves and it's getting worse as the days go by.
Since even before the 2012 season began the NFL front office has been making decisions that have been affecting its perception – conflict over benefits for former players, a 132-day lockout of the players, and now locking out the referees.
The latest hit to NFL brand was the final play during Monday Night Football Sept. 24 between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers. A clear interception of a Hail Mary pass should have ended the game in favor of the Packers but replacement referees claim a simultaneous catch and awarded a touchdown to the Seahawks, and the victory.
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It�s all in how the word �excessive� is defined.
In the regular working world, an �excessive� amount of time on an assigned task might be a couple of days, even a week. In the world according to Gov. Pat McCrory and his staff, it adds up to less time than it takes to eat lunch.
Yes, 30 minutes on a job meets the standard for �excessive� in state government these days. That�s the baseline McCrory and his staff apparently set for charging fees to supply government records upon request of the taxpaying public � the very folks who own the records to begin with.
Funny thing, state and local governments have always supplied this information at no cost or for a nominal fee to pay for the paper or CDs necessary to make copies for those seeking public information. They always did so because North Carolina law is pretty clear on the subject, stating that government documents �are the property of the people� and that copies should be provided �as promptly as possible� at �free or at minimal cost.�
Now, newspapers, TV stations and regular folks are being charged via invoices totaling hundreds of dollars for requests largely of things being supplied digitally that should take little time, effort or cost at all.
Apparently the McCrory administration believes a �special service charge� should also be paid to underwrite alleged manpower used to track down documents such as emails � emails that are on a searchable database it takes just moments to seek and find. A more cynical person might believe that if McCrory hired competent people to work in public communications for state departments rather than former campaign staff members, the job could be accomplished without an �excessive� amount of time being used.
But I�m not that excessively cynical.
Not yet anyway.
WHAT CONSTITUTES an excessive public records request is an interesting question. When I worked for the Daily News in Jacksonville, we asked Camp Lejeune for documents regarding the use of lead-based paint in base housing. The military didn�t respond for more than a month before telling us that we were seeking thousands of pages of paper concerning construction and renovation of houses on the installation dating back several years. Making copies was going to cost hundreds of dollars.
They offered an alternative. They allowed our reporter to come to a records room and go through the paperwork herself. We agreed. She did her job no matter how �excessive� it might seem. It took more than a week. She got a great story, an important story that impacted the health of children being raised on the base.
But that amount of documents to sort is the exception.
�Excessive may be having to look through a year�s worth of records,� said John Bussian, an expert on media law, a longtime attorney for the Times-News and a lobbyist for the North Carolina Press Association. �But there are things to which you routinely reply. Charging every time that it�s a 30-minute job is imposing a barrier to access, effectively. The average person isn�t going to be able to pay for the manpower request in order to respond.�
He called the mandate from the governor�s office a step backward in the ongoing fight to keep government open and transparent. That�s a problem. North Carolina is already one of the least open states in America.
IS THERE a workable solution to this impasse? Bussian believes so.
�There�s an easier way, and this is one we have thrown out to the governor�s office,� Bussian said. �Instead of having state agencies go through the process of individual public records requests, why not put all the records online?�
It makes too much sense.
�It�s a finite set of records. Just slap them online every day,� Bussian said. �Then when there is something that involves attorney-client privilege or personnel, it comes down to a specific request. Then you�re talking about a handful of records instead of 5,000.�
The free flow of information would be beneficial to the public, to reporters and to government workers.
�If records were online, you wouldn�t have to ask to see them. It would eliminate the request and response system used today, and it would be a better world,� Bussian said.
The governor�s office � and state departments � could simply post every single public record generated in a day. Certainly it could hold back documents that involve records not currently open, according to law.
�If you want to see the things that are pegged as privileged, then you can request those, and the debate ensues. And that shouldn�t cost anybody anything,� Bussian said.
It�s not a strange idea at all. Bussian said a few states already post records online, including Florida, which is a leader in open government. In North Carolina, the state budget office under Art Pope is beginning to put records on its website.
Posting records online seems to me to be the most logical step and certainly a direction North Carolina needs to take to shine more light on government.
�Things were not in the best shape before this happened, and I view this as a setback,� Bussian said, referring to the charges established for public records by McCrory�s staff. �We need to find ways to be more transparent, not add burdens to the public�s right to know. And we can do that by just putting the records online.�
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Arsenal squandered a two-goal lead in Germany as Schalke denied Arsene Wenger victory on his return from a touchline ban as the two sides recorded a 2-2 Champions League draw.
Having held off Schalke's intense early pressure, Theo Walcott netted his 50th goal for Arsenal against the run of play in the 18th minute after Olivier Giroud was dispossessed in the box. The France international got in on the action eight minutes later with a superb diving header, but Klaas-Jan Huntelaar reduced the deficit in first-half stoppage time.
Arsenal were pinned back as Schalke poured forward in search of an equaliser and, despite goalkeeper Vito Mannone's best efforts, it came when Jefferson Farfan fired home via a Thomas Vermaelen deflection.
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