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150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment
- Jinan, China (Mainland)
- small scale soya chunks processing making production plant
Industrial Microwave Systems Co Ltd.
- 1 Set/Sets rice bran oil making equipment
- 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment
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Product Details
|rice bran oil making equipment
|rice bran oil making equipment
|Automatic Grade:
|Production Capacity:
|100% rice bran oil making equipment
|Place of Origin:
|Jinan, China (Mainland)
|Brand Name:
|Model Number:
|rice bran oil making equipment
|Local Voltage
|Depend on capacity
|After-sales Service Provided:
|Engineers available to service machinery overseas
|Rice bran oil making equipment
|Raw material:
|crude rice bran oil
|Crude Rice Bran Oil Refining Line
|Multifunction High Efficient
|Machine Material:
|Stainless steel and carbon steel
|Certificate obtain:
|Oil grade:
|Grade1 Grade2 Grade3 Grade4
|Oil rate:
|Oil residual in cake
|12 Months
Product Description
The Usage of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine:
Suitable for roasting/drying different oil-materials, such as rapeseeds, peanut, soybean, sesameseeds, cottonseed, coconut, palm, olive, etc
150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment advantages :
1. The steel of the machine come from the steel companies not steel market ,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. want to make sure all the steel is high quality .
2. Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. have top engineers in the steel industry,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. supply the top design for our customers.
3. Our workers is professional ,all of they received a full professional training before.
4. Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. supply the high grade, the low end, the consummation post-sale service .Any time , any problem, contact us .
FAQ of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine:
1.Ask:What is your guarantee of 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment?
Answer:usually our guarantee is 1 years.
2.Can you arrange your technicians to install the 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment for us?
Answer:Yes,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. will assign our engineers to go abroad for installing machines for our users.
3.Ask:About the machine voltage or power of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine?
Answer:Usually in our country is 220v,50hz, single phase,or 380v, 50hz, 3 phase .if you have the special requirement,pls tell us, Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. will vetify the voltage according to your requirement.
4.Ask:how to install Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine?
Answer:Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can intrust the install 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment by vedio, email ,picture.....if large project,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can arrange the worker help you to install 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment in your country .
After Sale Service of 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment:
1. Warranty policy one year from shipment
2. Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. will send you the replacement after received the broken part
3. Evaluate the customs rish and choose safest shipping company before shipping.
4. Follow status up time by time until the goods arrived.
Company Description
Product Capacity
1. 10-800T/H oil material first cleaning, drying and storage section turn-key project.
2. 50-3000 T/D oil pretreatment, shelling and pre-press workshop turnkey project (soybean hot peeling, bean skin crushing; the soybean extrusion, high oil contained pre-press cake extrusion, and high oil contained embryos puffed; of direct puffed). Rice bran production line turn-key project.
3. 30-3000T/D Leaching workshop turnkey project (Towline extractor, Rotocel extractor, loop type extractor, DTDC separated machine, the full negative pressure evaporation, paraffin wax recovery, leaching workshop degum, phospholipid concentrate).
4. 30-3000T/D oil continuous grade two or one physical (chemical) refining production line.
5. 5-800T/D sunflower oil, rice bran oil, corn germ oil dewaxing turn-key project
6. 10-200T/D Fatty acid esterification production cooking oil production line.
Raw Material For Rice Bran Oil Refining Plant
Crude soybean oil, crude peanut oil ,crude rapeseed oil,crude cottonseed oil,crude sunflower seeds oil,crude palm oil,crude linseed oil,crude tea seed oil,crude corn germ oil, crude rice bran oil etc.
Rice Bran Oil Refining Flow Chart
crude oil â degumming&dephosphorization â deacidification â drying â decolorization â deodorization â defatting â dewaxing â finished oil.
Rice Bran Oil Refining Method
1. Chemical refining
2. Physical refining
3. Chemical and physical refining
Units devices of Rice Bran Oil Refinery Machine
(1).Refining pot: used to P-acid de-gumming, alkali refining de-acid and water rinsing.
(2).De-color pot: used to remove off pigments, bleaching oils and grease dehydrate.
(3).Deodor pot: used to remove off oils odor, foreign smells (stainless madeHeattransfer oil stove: supply each device production needing heat energy, temperature reach above 280C.
(4).Steam generator: produce the needing steam for de-odoring and distillation.
(5).Vacuum pump: supply needing vacuum for dehydrate, de-color, de-odor
(6).Press filter: filter clay, filter out clear oil.
(7).Air compressor: blow dry bleached clay, blow empty the leftover oil in the press filter.
Final oil quality
1 Grade one for salad oil
2 Grade two for high quality cooking oil
3 Grade three and four for cooking oil
|12 Ton
Packaging Details
|The motor package is wooden box. If export to european countries,the wooden box will be fumigated.If container is too higher,we will transport by bulk or according to customers special request.
Packaging Details
|4 pieces of 40HQ container,Container numbers almost depends on the capacities.Or pack it according to customers special request.
The Buyer will transfers the payment for the Equipment and Technical Service into the Sellerâs account as follows:
* The sum equal to 30% of the total amount of the Contract must be transferred by the buyer to the Sellerâs account directly within Five (5) bank working days from the date when the Contract has been both signed as down payment.
* The sum equal to 70% of the total amount of the Contract will be transferred by the buyer to the Sellerâs account directly after checking and accepting the finished equipment in the seller's factory at five(5) bank working days, we can also accept the rest 70% payment by L/C at sight .
Pre-sales Service
* Inquiry and consulting support.
* Sample testing support.
* View our Factory.
After Sales Service
* Training how to instal the machine, training how to use the machine.
* Engineers available to service machinery overseas.
1. The equipment guarantee period is one year, During guarantee period ,The seller will provide maintenance free service.(Except the breakdown and destroy caused by person and force majeure)
2. After receiving the informing of repairing ,The technical person of sell party will solve by phone and email ,if it is need and the seller will send technical person to solve the problem on the spot.
3. During the quality guarantee period ,if it is the quality issues (except easily damaged parts),The cost for maintenance and replace will be borne by sellers.
4. During guarantee period, The seller will provide service of with compensation as follows:
ï¼4.1ï¼The damage caused by person and force majeure;
ï¼4.2ï¼The damage caused by improper operating;
ï¼4.3ï¼The damage caused by reforming, decomposing assembling.
5. Paid service will be provided for the long term after guarantee period ;
6. Free service will be provided for the long term after guarantee period.
Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. is one of the leading Manufacturers and Suppliers of 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment.Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. manufacture 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment making machine using cutting-edge technology,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. have many kinds of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine for you reference,such as 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment ,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can meet your different requirement in Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine.Welcome to contact Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd.,contact name:Ms.Myra for a quotation
(Tel/whatsapp:0086-18363092712, Email:email@example.com,Skype:leaderfoodmachine2).Welcome to send us your enquiry about capacity for 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment, inform us raw material you want to use for 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment,and specific requirements for 150-200Ton per day rice bran oil making equipment.Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. will provide you best solution for your project about Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine.
Contact Us
- Industrial Microwave Systems Co Ltd.
- AddressNo.18, Lanxiang Road, Tianqiao District, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
- Phone(Working Time)+86 0531 85064681
- Fax+86 0531 85064682
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A description of single payer care in the UK.
Both our president and our Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, have said what they really want is a single payer health system. That's what most liberals want; Obamacare is just a stepping stone. They have to wreck our current system, put medical insurance companies out of business, and wait for the collapse of Obamacare before they can impose it.
What would single payer consist of? The best systems to look at are in Canada and the United Kingdom.
The National Health Service in the UK is one of the oldest such systems on the planet, having come into being right after World War II, about 1948. It works as follows: Any permanent resident can apply for an NHS card. With a card, most health services are free. Medical costs are paid by the government, however there is a tax on income called National Insurance, which is automatically deducted. Everyone receives the same level of service.
There are some fees for prescribed drugs, with exceptions for children and people over 60.
The NHS provides essential primary, in-patient hospital, long-term, ophthalmology, and dental care. It also provides ambulance service and supports mental hospitals. There is some private practice, which may be used to provide less essential services (such as dentistry, plastic surgery, circumcision, etc.) or to reduce waiting times. Private care is paid by the patient out-of-pocket or from private insurance, and is used by about 8% of the population, according to Wikipedia. Link: UK National Health Service.
Why wouldn't we want this in the US? First of all, the system is run by politicians and bureaucrats. They decide the level and quality of care, as well as compensation models for hospitals and medical staff. It appears to be a constant struggle in the UK. They often don't cover dentistry because they can't hire enough dentists, and some dentists see private patients only.
Wait times for diagnostic tests, elective surgeries, and specialist appointments are reported to be much longer in Canada and the UK than in the US, however wait times to see a primary care physician are comparable. The US (probably—I can't confirm this) has better and more expensive diagnostic equipment.
The structure of the NHS is interesting. They contract with hospitals and treatment centers, who almost always hire physicians and pay them salary, often with incentive bonuses for the numbers of patients seen. Hospitals are usually operated by trusts. Primary care physicians, dentists, and optometrists are usually self-employed and contracted to the NHS.
Doctors are paid somewhat less in the UK than in the US, but the hospitals or the NHS are responsible in cases of malpractice.
In 2009 there were about 1600 NHS hospitals and 50 treatment centers in the UK, employing about 1.18 million people, according to Wikipedia. This system treats the UK's 65 million people. The US would have far more for 305 million people.
To be fair, I should mention that Wikipedia reports a high degree of satisfaction in the UK with the NHS medical care. Of course, it's mostly free. But, according to the CIA World Factbook, the average life expectancy at birth in the UK is 1.4 years greater than that of the US.
Let's suppose for a minute that Obama and Reid get their way: the US goes to a single payer system much like that of the UK. What changes should we make? Remember, I try to be logical; politicians never are. So here's how I'd do it:
First, eliminate Medicare; Medicaid; Tri-Care (for active and retired military, and their dependents; Indian Health Service; VA hospitals; and Federal Employees Health Plan. No more special plans for Congress and other high officials, other than perhaps the president. Any insurance companies left would specialize. We would initiate a medical insurance premium which everyone would pay on income or profits. There would be no exemptions and all medical care would either be private (not paid under the plan) or under the single payer plan.
The Department of Health and Human Services would negotiate with all hospitals and medical care facilities for their remuneration, and would have to hire or contract with doctors and other medical staff. Each person who wants into the system would have to obtain a Health Card. (Illegals shouldn't receive them.)
The UK has a document which spells out hospital and physician responsibilities, covered illnesses and procedures, and patient's rights, appeal procedures, and so forth. We'd need the same thing. Stir for twenty years and medical care in the US might be back where we were before Obamacare.
Canada's system is similar to that of the UK. Link: Health care in Canada.

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"Can't Stop the Serenity" is a global fundraising effort featuring charity screenings of Joss Whedon's 2005 film Serenity to benefit Equality Now. In the last six years, the New England Browncoats have raised over $22,000, and in total over $600,000 has been raised for Equality Now around the world.
Fans of Joss Whedon show Serenity on his birthday to honor him and to raise money for
his favorite charity, Equality Now. Equality Now works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world through the mobilization of public pressure.
In addition to raising money for Equality Now, we will also be collecting non-perishable food items for Rosie's Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women that offers emergency and long-term assistance to women. In the past six years the New England Browncoats have collected over 2,500 lbs. for local charities. Anyone that brings a donation will be eligible for raffle prizes.
Tickets for this event will be $15 in advance and $18 the day of the show. They are available at the Coolidge Corner Theatre Box Office or online at http://www.coolidge.org.
Details on the event will be listed and updated at http://www.cstsboston.com. Details of the event can also be found on the CSTS Boston Facebook page and on Twitter.
About Serenity: A passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit. When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But, the greatest danger of all may be on their ship. From the mind of Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) comes a new edge-of-your seat adventure loaded with explosive battles, gripping special effects and fantastic new worlds. Serenity is rated PG-13 by the MPAA.
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By Jennifer Brown Bonniwell
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick nominated two Suffolk Law alumna to be judges in Boston Municipal Court this week, adding to the ranks of the more than 200 active judges who have graduated from Suffolk Law School.
Patrick nominated Lisa A. Grant JD '82 as associate justice in the South Boston Division. If confirmed, she will replace another Suffolk Law graduate, the Hon. Mary Ann Driscoll JD '74, who is retiring. Grant has practiced law in Boston for 29 years, including the past 24 years as a sole practitioner in Boston. Her litigation practice focuses on criminal defense.
Debra A. DelVecchio JD '83 was nominated as associate justice in the East Boston Division. DelVecchio has maintained a criminal and civil litigation practice based in Salem since 1995. Her prior legal experience includes three years as assistant district attorney in Middlesex County, three years as a Department of Justice tax attorney and four years as a litigation associate at a Boston firm. If confirmed, she will fill the vacancy on the Boston Municipal Court created by the appointment of the Hon. Kenneth V. Desmond, Jr. to the Superior Court.
A Deep Bench
Suffolk Law School has 226 active judges among its alumni, as of 2013. Suffolk graduates are on the bench at nearly every municipal, state, federal and administrative level, from the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C., to the chief justices of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
There are 116 active judges on the bench just in Massachusetts, including 47 district court judges, 20 superior court judges, 13 probate and family court judges and six juvenile court judges. Suffolk alumni also sit on the bench of the Massachusetts Land Court, Boston Immigration Court, U.S. Immigration Court in Boston and the Department of Industrial Accidents (which oversees the workers' compensation system in Massachusetts.
Suffolk Law graduates also are chief justices of the highest courts in Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire. The Hon. Linda S. Dalianis JD '74 was the first woman on the New Hampshire Supreme Court and is the first female chief justice. The Hon. Paul A. Suttell JD '76 served as a state legislator for eight years before he was appointed as a judge in 1990; he became chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in 2009. The Hon. Paul Reiber JD '74 is chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
There are 28 federal judges among Suffolk Law alumni. Recent judges in the news include the Hon. Richard Leon JD '74, who recently struck down the NSA telephone surveillance program, and the Hon. Marianne Bowler JD '76, who is overseeing the trial of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.


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Yet Another Of The FBI's Own Terrorist Plots... Involves A Group Of Senior Citizens
from the grump-old-terrorists dept
In the last few weeks, the mainstream press has started to notice this as well, with stories about it appearing in both the NY Times and Rolling Stone. However, the Radiolab episode highlights a similar, but slightly different story, that was actually covered in great detail in an article in Esquire a few months back, entitled Waffle House Terrorists -- which includes the mugshots of the four "terrorists."
On Radiolab, they play the audiotapes the guy made of the plotting -- and there's obviously some crazy stuff being said. But, as they look deeper into the role of the informant, the Radiolab hosts conclude the episode by noting that the whole situation doesn't really make them feel any safer. Yes, these old guys were hateful and helped join in this plan to cause lots of death and destruction. But, so much much of the plot and the participation of these guys really does seem driven by the "informant," who does not seem like the most credible of guys. And it's this exact scenario that we keep seeing over and over again. It may not reach the level of entrapment, and it may put some people really ignorant and crazy people in jail -- but is this really the best use of the FBI's time and efforts? Creating bogus "terrorist" plots involving people who had no real means to actually do anything?


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One Night in Many Lives
By Kevin Hodur | Published
At breakfast, the judges are wide-eyed and alert, like parents on Christmas morning, ready to observe and be proud. They speak in almost hushed tones of the glimpses they've caught of completed statues. Most of them are a generation older than the students whose work they are judging. The room is brightly lit, much like the work lights students feverishly worked under the last 16 hours.
Outside, the occasional bleary-eyed student wanders past, but most are tucked away, few seeing these first rays of morning light. The impending sunrise is making the gray morning clouds purple, an orange glow coming from the occasional thin spot where blue sky might poke through later in the day.
The students of Michigan Tech don't have to be up, though. With two days off from classes, this is the time for sleep. Soon will come the other traditions of Winter Carnival, the Stage Revue and hockey and everything else that will be stitched into the fabric of memories.
The All-Nighter may be the signature moment of Winter Carnival, but it is also the pivot, the place where what will be becomes what was. Not just for statues, but for those moments, like old photographs, that linger in remembrance for decades hence.
Those memories are so easily shared amongst alumni, because tradition goes hand in hand with the experience. A tradition of recent years has been the wall of speakers embedded in snow, turning the empty space across from the Hamar House into a winter nightclub.
One of the first songs pumping through the speaker wall this year was "Good Life" by OneRepublic, a song that captures what the All-Nighter is better than almost anything:
Day turns to night, night turns to whatever we want
We're young enough to say
Oh, this has gotta be the good life
Winter Carnival is for all of Tech and the people of the Keweenaw. It is a festival not just celebrating or embracing our winter, but also understanding how much winter is a part of us, how we are connected to it. There are events for every age and interest, a kaleidoscope of frigid rituals.
Winter Carnival is for everyone, but the All-Nighter is for the students.
I feel like there might be something that I'll miss
I feel like the window closes oh so quick
There's so much happening along the half-mile plus of the All-Nighter, it's easy so miss something. But that's beginning with what was; I must start with what will be.
Early Afternoon, Hour 1
4 p.m., and classes are officially out for the week. The All-Nighter is technically under way, though the only ones out and about are setting up concessions or beginning work on statues. The feeling is one of anticipation: this is what we're going to do.
At the east end of campus, between Walker and Fisher Halls, a few first-year student groups are going full-speed, embracing the moment though moving in fits and starts. Across the walkway, a more experienced group of students is casually mingling, pacing themselves for the night's work. But each group has the same sense of anticipation about them, knowing that something is ahead of them, though not really knowing what.
The air is full of the sound of hammering and front end loaders, dropping off snow by request for statue teams, backing up with a warning tone, and moving on to collect more building material. Here and there a set of speakers is getting the students into the mood of the night.
It's still early.
The speaker wall is going up, the mini golf course is almost finished, and concessions tables are being laid out from one end of the campus mall to the other. There is a spark in the air, a hint of giddy determination, knowing the momentous evening that is to follow.
Evening, Hour 4
It's as though someone has flipped a switch. The last light of day has faded from behind the blanket of clouds, but the campus mall is still brilliantly illuminated by the array of lighting equipment on hand. The crowd has gotten thicker, the snow now forming an almost uniform walking surface, the distinction between grass and sidewalk long since trampled down. The music is cranking up and the statue teams are friendly but busy as they juggle plywood forms and battle hoses stretched hundreds of feet.
The crowd has a youthful complexion, with area middle and high school students joining their families to take in the sights. A buffet lines the sidewalks, with shish-kabobs, grilled cheese, pancakes, and deep-fried everything on offer. Even that iconic summer treat–cotton candy–has spun its way into the chilly evening. The air is still, though, the flurries falling straight down under the lights.
Blocks of snow are taking shape as the snow and ice mixtures solidify, students ready with an array of tools to carve out their creations. The air feels optimistic, even amongst the teams having issues and needing to restart their sculptures. The air temperature is slowly increasing as the evening goes on.
Evening, Hour 6
By 9 p.m. the young children are filtering out, and it feels like almost all of the student body is drinking in the moment. Large crowds are gathered around the broomball courts, cheers erupting like it's a professional match with every play. In the distance, more students are crossing 41 near Wads, more bodies packing into the campus mall as the intensity of the All-Nighter picks up.
Near the center of campus, Sigma Phi Epsilon's snow mountains have now taken the obvious shape of the ice world Hoth from "The Empire Strikes Back." Outside the MUB, Delta Zeta's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are taking form from the chunky slabs of a few hours before. The rest of campus, too, is seeing recognizable shapes emerge from winter's detritus. But there is still much more work to be done.
Students not involved in statue construction are taking it all in, trying to stay warm and bonding with friend and acquaintance and stranger alike. Just off campus, the streets are filled with students coming and going, rendering this night unrecognizable as a Wednesday.
Even a few blocks over, standing outside of Jim's Foodmart, the music is still pumping, the air full of elation. A couple of fifth-year students walk out of the grocery store and stop, looking up at nothing in particular, taking in one of their favorite days of the year. The snow started falling just a bit harder.
Late Night, Hour 11
It is 2 a.m., and the party is still going. It is thinning a bit, though, with the dance floor back to its 7 p.m. emptiness, save a few stragglers determined to hang on to the energy of the moment just a bit longer. Most of the sculptures are basically there, getting detail work and lettering before the students call it a night.
Back at the east end of campus, the first-year students are still going strong, though their ambition has left them with a couple of additional hours of work yet to go. They're doing their best to work as teams, though it's getting obvious they bit off more than they could chew. Still, the final form is taking shape, and they're looking good to finish on time.
Across the sidewalk, the lights are dark. The more experienced students have been done for a couple of hours, wandering off into the night, wherever it may take them. Their sculptures are understated but intricate, the lettering on the signage perfect. Their creations just await the dawn of a new day and the flood of visitors to campus from across the Keweenaw and around the country.
Late Night, Hour 13
Two hours later, the festival atmosphere is gone. The music blaring out from multiple speakers around most statue sites is no longer reflecting the energy of the occasion, but is now trying to rally those students still building. The blue and red LEDs are still lit near the mini golf course, but the signs and equipment are packed away, the overhead lights gone dark. It feels like an amusement park that's been shut down.
About three quarters of the statues are finished, and the activity on campus is no more than there is during an average day when class is in session. The dance floor is empty, the bright lights splaying on its surface extinguished. Across the sidewalk, only one of the many spotlights is still on, the giant generator no longer rumbling through the evening.
Only one first-year group is still building, working on the fine detail and finishing up their lettering. They're tired, they're cold, they're happy, and they're proud of themselves. They've just about done it. No one said anything about judging or what place they'd get.
At the west end of campus, only a couple of the larger month-long statues still show any signs of activity. The parking lots at this end of campus are all but empty, the remaining students working calm and composed. It will all get done, they assure me. Just another hour or so.
In the center of campus, two students are riding a teeter-totter, with students staying on in shifts for 36 hours to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The nearby lights are all out, their rising and falling forms just visible in the distance against the snowy backdrop. Only 24 more hours to go.
Early Morning, Hour 16
It is a bit after 7 a.m., and it is as quiet as I have ever remembered it on campus. Down at Prince's Point, the frozen Keweenaw Waterway reaches out from Houghton, to Hancock and Ripley and Dollar Bay and Lake Linden, uniting the Keweenaw as much as it divides us in the summer.
One of the other songs blasting across campus tonight was "One Day/Reckoning Song" by Asaf Avidan and the Mojos. Asaf has a haunting sound, the kind you remember for the way it says as much as the lyrics themselves. His voice is distinctive, like Annie Lennox or Chrissie Hynde. Just like "Good Life," Asaf hints at not missing anything in life, of pushing the limit of what we may live in this one chance at being human.
One day, baby, we'll be old
Oh baby, we'll be old
And think of the stories that we could have told
The All-Nighter is all but over for this year, the stories that will be told already being written. Maybe some tales will grow an extra leg or two over time. That's okay. These are the stories that remind us of what is most important.
Later today the students will rouse themselves, and there will be so much more to see and do: the stage revue and hockey games this weekend, as well as a comedy show and a formal dance. They'll awaken and try to prove Asaf wrong. They will try to capture every story, leave none untold. To not let go of this weekend, this moment. Because what comes after is school and work and life. Their exuberance is the rage against the dying of the light that only youth and optimism can bring. The All-Nighter reminds us to live now.
A light snow is gently falling, floating to the ice in front of me in the calm air. For this one frozen moment in time, everything is still, as if in a photograph, students clutching to their memories as dreams, a lifetime of waking ahead.
One day, baby, we'll be old
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Ghostface's 11-year layoff hasn't made the "Scream" franchise feel any fresher. But with a decent beginning, a mushy midsection and a killer ending, the latest installment at least doesn't feel any staler.
"Scream 4" is pretty much the same-old thing, which the filmmakers hope will seem new again given how long the horror-comedy series has been festering in its temporary grave.
Honestly, it's not an unwelcome thing to watch the return of Neve Campbell as the slasher victim who wouldn't die, Courtney Cox as the tabloid hack in bloodlust for a story and David Arquette as the bumbling Barney Fife of fright-flick cops.
Director Wes Craven has added an attractive young harvest of fresh meat on the victim and psycho front, led by Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere and Rory Culkin, along with amusing cameos from Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell and others.
"Scream 4" opens with the franchise's usual prologue, this one modestly clever, heavier on laughs than suspense.
But it gets the action rolling and the blood flowing for the main event: Campbell's celebrity victim Sidney Prescott returns to her hometown on a book tour for her memoir about surviving her encounters with the various Ghostface slashers.
Her arrival coincides with the anniversary of the original slayings, when the town's teenage Sidney idolaters already are in a frenzy for the annual "Stabathon" party built around the Hollywood franchise inspired by her experiences.
Of course, bodies pile up as a new Ghostface goes on a rampage.
Cox's Gale Weathers now is married to Arquette's Sheriff Dewey, and the moments of domestic duress the characters experience add a little subtext, given the actors' real-life marriage was breaking up while they shot the movie.
Bored and looking to get back into the journalism game, Gale leaps in trying to unmask the latest Ghostface, while Dewey cluelessly suffers along again, aided by a gung-ho deputy (Marley Shelton) harboring a major crush for him (Anthony Anderson and Adam Brody add decent laughs as a couple of other deputies).
Ghostface's circle of prey includes Sidney's cousin (Roberts) and some of her friends and classmates, among them Panettiere and Culkin. Mary McDonnell also appears fleetingly as Sidney's aunt; the movie progresses in such patched-together fashion that much of her role may have been sliced out.
With a screenplay by original "Scream" writer Kevin Williamson, the movie is an over-long, sometimes plodding collision of characters, any of which could turn out a killer or victim in the arbitrary world of the franchise.
This time, the crisscross of blind clues and red herrings almost makes it feel as if Craven left the unmasking of Ghostface for the last day of filming then simply handed a knife to someone with the instruction to start stabbing.
What comes after that unveiling is great fun, a really clever twist on the clichis of slasher-movie violence.
The movie drags in many spots before that climax. Craven often seems to be finger-painting with the entrails of the first three movies, slopping random blood, gore and gags on the walls to see what sticks.
"Scream 4" slathers on winking, self-referential banter about the conventions of the franchise, along with horror flicks and sequels in general.
Much of it is funny, some of the best laughs resulting when people ponder their place in the hierarchy of horror-genre characters and how that affects their odds of survival.
And again, the movie saves some of the best for last: Campbell's parting quip to her latest tormentor is an absolute scream.
"Scream 4," a Dimension Films release, is rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some teen drinking. Running time: 111 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.


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Howzat wrote:Regulation 265, sir? But sir surely that's impossible without at least one live chicken and a rabbi?
Wow a quote from a 1990's episode of Red Dwarf. Either you have a scarily good memory or you have been watching late night repeats on ABC 2. Perhaps we should start referring to you as Kryten - sure you have a head like you took your car to the crusher's and forgot to get out, but at least you're not Rimmer


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Tracking Amazon flood patterns
Principal Investigator: Doug Alsdorf, Ph.D., The Ohio State University,
Funding Sources: Petrobras S.A., Piatam Project, NASA and the UK Royal Society
Using the high performance computing and support resources of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, Ohio State University Earth scientist Doug Alsdorf, Ph.D., and his colleagues successfully predicted flooding patterns for 5,000 square miles of the central Amazon floodplain.
This was the first time a hydrodynamic model of this scale was successfully used to resolve complex floodplain flow patterns. Until this work, hydrologists didn't know much about the Amazon's seasonal floods.
"Almost no data existed on the Amazon's flooding behavior over large areas, such as where the waters rise first, the elevations, or how fast the waters ebb," Dr. Alsdorf said. "To understand the hydrological and biogeochemical processes in the ecosystem, it was critical to find a way to understand the flood patterns."
Water level gauges typically register a change in water elevation over time. However, these are sparsely placed on the Amazon and only in the main channels. So the researchers turned to the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission and other satellites for records of floodplain topography, water levels, and highly accurate water level fluctuations.
The researchers took the enormous amount of satellite data and simulated water movement through the Amazon floodplains, using the computer program LISFLOOD-FP. At Dr. Alsdorf 's request, OSC researcher Judy Gardiner, Ph.D., adapted the program to run quickly and efficiently on multiple processors of the Center's Cray supercomputer.
"With Judy's help, we went from four weeks of compute time on a desktop to less than four days," Dr. Alsdorf said. "Because of this, we were able to tweak the formulas and do multiple runs, ultimately resulting in a much better simulation." The results suggest that water flows through the floodplain in a much more complex way than previously thought. The flood levels also do not always correlate directly to the main channel levels, but were influenced by topography as well as local and far-reaching hydraulic factors created by the flood itself.
The Amazon River, the second longest river in the world, measures 4,000 miles from its source to its mouth, drains a territory of more than 2.5 million square miles, is fed by more than 100 tributaries, discharges between 30 million and 70 million gallons of water a second, and deposits a daily average of 3 million tons of sediment near its mouth.


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The holiday countdown is rapidly moving along with heart-warming festivities, many of which take us back to the festive pleasures of days gone by. The region is filled to the brim with seasonal cheer once again as the spirit of season sparkles throughout the area.
Old Bethpage Village
December always shines brightly at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, which greets the holidays with "Candlelight Evenings," its annual 19th century holiday celebration. The much-loved festivities, which are offered Friday through Sunday, and continue through next weekend, Dec. 20-22, are an opportunity to experience the village's old-fashioned delights before it closes for the winter following the holiday celebration.
A visit to the historic village remains an annual ritual for many at this time of year. The village is aglow in a "Hallmark Card" setting as flickering candles illuminate the historic homes, which are all dressed up — in the style of the late 1800s— and eager to welcome visitors.
The village shows off its holiday finery, with activities to enchant guests of all ages, all set within the confines of a rural valley setting. Hear popular 19th century music and enjoy other forms of traditional entertainment, including a brass quartet, fiddlers playing heart-warming seasonal tunes and traditional American dancing, along with performances by local ensembles — all happening throughout the village. And everyone is welcome to join in the reels, quadrilles and contra dances.
Stories of Christmases past and classic children's holiday tales are retold each night, set against the backdrop of the village's grandly decorated Christmas tree. Visitors can warm up around the rousing bonfire in the village crossroads and enjoy hot, mulled cider and other refreshments at the Noon Inn.
Old Bethpage Village is open 5-9:30 p.m. for this event; it is closed during the day. Visitors are welcome to bring their own candle lanterns or flashlights to guide their way. Admission is $10, $7 seniors and children 5-12. Old Bethpage Village Restoration is on Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage. For information, contact (516) 572-8400 or www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.
Old Westbury Gardens
Westbury House, the grand estate at Old Westbury Gardens, shares the holiday spirit with visitors this month before it, too, closes for the season. The celebration, which began last weekend and continues through Dec. 22, offers a chance to step back in time to glimpse what a holiday celebration was like during those opulent times of the early 1900s.
The period rooms in which John S. Phipps and his family used to live are beautifully decorated with wreaths, mantelpiece drapes, topiaries, plants and other horticultural arrangements. Antique clothing and toys add to the charm. Bring the children to create holiday crafts and share their holiday wishes with Santa. Also enjoy hot cider and cookies on the West Porch.
The festivities conclude with a wreath-making workshop, Sunday, Dec. 22, at 2 p.m. Kids, ages 6 and up, can learn to craft a one-of-a-kind wreath to deck their own halls this season. The fee is $10, including materials and admission for an accompanying adult. Registration is required.
The holiday celebration continues Dec. 13-15 and 20-22; hours vary. Old
Westbury Gardens is located at 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For further information, contact (516) 333-0048 or www.oldwestburygardens.org.


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|Oracle® Real User Experience Insight User's Guide
Release 6.0.1 for Linux x86-64
Part Number E16359-02
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This chapter describes how to define the KPIs and SLAs used to monitor your network's performance, and which you can review via dashboards and reports. This includes controlling how the SLAs used to track service levels should be applied. The management of the alerts used to notify staff members about incidents that impact service levels, such as who should be notified and when, is also highlighted.
A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is an agreement between a provider and a customer that explains the terms of the provider's responsibility to the customer, and the level of service that the customer can expect. Typically, this agreement is expressed in terms of a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These are a way of measuring and benchmarking specific aspects of an organization's performance.
For example, an SLA for a given service might promise that it will be up and running 99.999 percent of the time. Because this is a commitment given to customers, the organization could make this a KPI. As such, service availability would be monitored, and whenever it fell below this level, the appropriate staff would be notified, and corrective action taken.
It is important to understand that an organization may also set KPIs for its own performance monitoring, independently of an SLA. Because KPIs provide insight into an organization's performance, they may also be tracked as part of a management dashboard.
The creation and modification of KPIs can only be undertaken by users with Business or IT Analytical level access (see Table 1-2).
KPIs are grouped into categories, which can be customized to contain related performance indicators. For example, separate categories could be defined for business and IT-related issues, such as transaction completion, visitor traffic, Web site availability, and so on.
Because you may need to handle large number of KPIs, you can use the View menu shown in Figure 5-1 to filter the displayed KPIs.
Figure 5-1 Filter KPIs
If you select the "Service Levels" option, the left-hand side KPIs listing is updated to show only those KPIs that have service levels associated with them. Folders that do not contain such KPIs are not shown. Similarly, you can select the "Alerts" option to filter the listing to show only those KPIs that have alerts associated with them. The "All" option shows all KPIs.
To create a KPI and, optionally, use it as the basis for alerts and service levels, do the following:
Select Configuration, then Service level management, then select KPIs, and click the New KPI button. The dialog shown in Figure 5-2 appears.
Figure 5-2 Metric Selection Dialog
Use the Metric menu to select the metric to be used as the basis for monitoring. When ready, click Next. If the metric you selected requires a filter, the dialog shown in Figure 5-3 appears. Otherwise, the dialog shown in Figure 5-4 appears.
Figure 5-3 Required Filter Dialog
Use the menu to specify a filter for the selected metric. For example, if you selected the transaction-load-time(sec) metric, you need to specify the transaction to which it refers. If the required option is not in the displayed list, you can click the Search icon to locate it. For information on defining transactions, see Section 6.1, "Naming Pages". When ready, click Next. The dialog shown in Figure 5-4 appears.
Figure 5-4 KPI Attributes
Use the following check boxes to specify the KPI's attributes:
Filters: specifies whether you want to add filters to the selected metric at this time. For example, you could define that a metric should apply to a particular domain.
Requirements: specifies any additional requirements for the selected metric. Using this facility, you can build compound KPIs.
Targets: specifies whether targets are associated with the KPI. If so, you can define a minimum and maximum range for the KPI, and how it should be calculated.
Service Level Agreement: specifies whether the KPI should be incorporated into an SLA. If so, you can configure the level of your committed agreement (in percentage terms) for specific time periods.
Alerting: specifies whether an alert should be associated with the KPI. If so, you need to define the duration the KPI must be up (or down) before an alert is issued, the severity of the incident, and whether additional notification should be created when the KPI has returned to its set target range.
When ready, click Next. The dialog shown in Figure 5-5 appears.
Figure 5-5 Filters Dialog
Optionally, use this dialog to define a filter to tighten the conditions for the KPI. For example, you might specify a KPI that concerns transaction load time. Using the Dimension level list, you can specify that you only want the KPI to apply to a particular transaction step, or only to users coming from a particular location. Click Add filter for each filter that you want to apply. Note that you see the history of your filter selections in the lower part of the dialog. If you define multiple filters, all the conditions must be met for a match to be made. Note that this dialog only appears if you checked the Filters check box in Figure 5-4. When ready, click Next. The dialog shown in Figure 5-6 appears.
Figure 5-6 Requirements Dialog
Use this dialog to specify additional requirements for the KPI. In this way, you can build compound metric conditions. For example, the monitored service should provide an end-to-end page time of between 3 and 5 seconds for 98% of requested pages, but this requirement should only apply when page views per minute are between 5 and 10. Click Add requirement to specify compound metrics.
Note:Any filter you specified in Figure 5-1 will also apply to any additional metrics. Therefore, you should ensure that the filter is relevant to the additional metrics. Also, if you specify additional (compound) metrics, all the defined requirements must be met for the KPI to yield a result that can be monitored.
Note that this dialog only appears if you checked the Requirements check box in Figure 5-4. When ready, click Next. The dialog shown in Figure 5-7 appears.
Figure 5-7 Targets Dialog
Use this dialog to set a range for the KPI. You can define it in terms of a fixed range. For example, between 80 and 100. Alternatively, you can specify if the KPI should be sampled for small, medium, or large deviations from its auto-learnt target. For more information on the use of this facility, see Section 5.3.1, "Automatic and Fixed Targets". Note that this dialog only appears if you checked the Targets check box in Figure 5-4. When ready, click Next. The dialog shown in Figure 5-8 appears.
Figure 5-8 Service Level Agreement Dialog
Use this dialog to specify the level of your service agreement. For example, you undertake that the service will meet its specified objectives throughout 98% of the year. However, on an hourly basis, the commitment is 80%, and on a daily basis, 90%. All the period fields are mandatory.
Note that this dialog only appears if you checked the Service Level Agreement check box in Figure 5-4. When ready, click Next. The dialog shown in Figure 5-9 appears.
Figure 5-9 Alerting Dialog
Use this dialog to specify the alert schedule that should be used (Business, Technical, or both), and the duration that the KPI must be down (or up) before an alert is generated. You can also specify the severity (Harmless, Warning, Minor, Critical, or Fatal) of the incident, and whether an additional notification should be generated when the KPI returns to its set target range. It is recommended that you carefully review these settings to prevent excessive notifications.
Note that this is dialog only appears if you checked the Alerting check box in Figure 5-4. When ready, click Next. The dialog shown in Figure 5-10 appears.
Figure 5-10 Save As Dialog
Use this dialog to specify a name, category, and brief description for the monitored KPI. If you specify a new category name, this category will be automatically created. When ready, click Finish to complete your KPI definition. Note that monitoring of the new KPI starts immediately.
You can modify, rename (or move), or delete KPIs by right clicking them and selecting the Rename or Remove options from the menu. Select the Edit option to modify the KPI. The procedure to do this is described in Section 5.3, "Modifying Existing KPIs".
In addition to creating new KPIs from scratch, as explained in Section 5.2, "Defining KPIs and SLAs", you can also create a copy of an existing KPI and use it as the basis for your new KPI. This is particularly useful when the new KPI is very similar to an existing one. For example, you already have an existing KPI that monitors transaction availability in the USA, but now want to create a new one for Canada. To use an existing KPI as the basis for a new one, do the following:
Select Configuration, then Service level management, then KPIs, and select the required KPI from the displayed listing. Click the Copy KPI button. The dialog shown in Figure 5-11 appears.
Figure 5-11 Copy KPI Dialog
Specify a new name or location for the new KPI. Optionally, click Add category to create a new category. When ready, click Save.
Use the facilities described in Section 5.3, "Modifying Existing KPIs" to modify the new KPI to your requirements.
You can review and modify the definitions of existing KPIs by selecting Configuration, then Service level management, then KPIs, and selecting the required KPI from the displayed listing. A screen similar to the one shown in Figure 5-12 appears:
Figure 5-12 KPI Definition
You can use the tabs to locate particular aspects to the selected KPI, and review and modify their definition. Their associated settings are equivalent to those described in Section 5.2, "Defining KPIs and SLAs".
As mentioned earlier, you can specify a KPI should use automatic (or auto-learnt) targets. Because visitor traffic and usage patterns can differ widely during the course of a day, these auto-learnt minimum and maximum targets are calculated as moving averages for the current 5-minute period, based on the sampled metric value for that 5-minute period over the last 30 days. For example, when a KPI metric is sampled at 10.45 AM, the average against which it is compared is calculated from the last 30 days of samples at 10.45 AM. You can specify the minimum and maximum targets in terms of small, medium, or large deviations from these moving averages.
In contrast, a fixed KPI target essentially represents, either minimum or maximum, a straight line. This is shown in Figure 5-13.
Figure 5-13 Automatic and Fixed KPI Targets Contrasted
When using auto-learnt targets, be aware of the following points:
Auto-learnt targets assume that a KPI has approximately the same value at the same time of day during each of the last 30 days. If this is not the case, it is recommended you use fixed targets.
It requires a full day before the auto-learnt targets become available. Clearly, the more days of historical data that are available, the more reliable the calculated automatic targets. During the first day that a KPI is created with auto-learnt targets, these targets are automatically set to slightly above and below the actual recorded values in order to prevent the generation of alerts.
Although auto-learnt targets can signal a problem if the metric value is too high or too low, if the problem persists over a long period, these abnormal values will become part of the auto-learnt targets and will, eventually, be assumed to be normal behavior.
Auto-learnt targets can drop dramatically if the KPI value is unavailable every day at about the same time. For example, in the case of no network traffic after 18:00.
If you define a KPI to use automatic targets (see Figure 5-7), and later modify the KPI to use fixed targets, the previously calculated targets (derived by monitoring the KPI over time) are set as the new fixed targets. If you are in doubt about the fixed targets that should be set for a KPI, you can use this facility to obtain realistic initial values. Of course, you are free to modify these at any time.
In addition to defining the KPIs that will be used to track the service levels achieved by your organization, you also need to specify when these service levels should apply. Typically, an organization has a core time (for example, 9 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday) when the committed service level should be achieved. However, you may need to define exceptions to this, such as for public holidays. For example, a limited service between 10 am and 4 pm may be required on Easter Monday. Finally, you will also need to take account of planned maintenance periods.
The scheduling of planned service levels is maintained through the Service level schedule (shown in Figure 5-14). To open it, select Configuration, then Service level management, and then select Service level schedule.
Figure 5-14 Service Level Schedule
You can mark a period within the Service level schedule by clicking and dragging over the required period of the week. Assign the selected period a status by clicking the Active or Non-active modes.
You can define exceptions by clicking the Plus (+) icon, and selecting the day, month, and year from the Exceptions list. You can remove exceptions by clicking the Minus (-) icon to the right of an exception.
Note that any changes you make are not put into effect until you click Save. On exit, any unsaved changes you made are discarded.
If your organization uses alerts to notify staff members about incidents that impact service levels, you will need to specify who should be notified and when. Within RUEI, two types of alert schedule are available: business and technical.
When you define a KPI, you specify (in Figure 5-9) whether the KPI is a Business or Technical (or both) KPI. These two schedules enable you to extend this distinction, and specify groups of users, notification details, and the operative time frame. Exceptions to standard operating times can also be defined.
To open these schedules, select Configuration, then Service level management, then select Alert schedule, and then select Business or Technical from the View menu. Figure 5-15 shows an example of the Business alert schedule.
Figure 5-15 Business Alert Schedule
You can mark a period within the Business or Technical level schedule by clicking and dragging over the required period of the week. Assign the selected period by clicking one of the Alert profiles.
You can define exceptions by clicking the Plus (+) icon, and selecting the day, month, and year from the Exceptions list. You can remove exceptions by clicking the Minus (-) icon to the right of an exception.
Note that any changes you make are not put into effect until you click Save. On exit, any unsaved changes you made are discarded.
These define the users who will be notified if a Business or Technical KPI has been down (or up) for the specified duration required to generate an alert. Depending on how the KPI has been defined, these users will also be notified when the KPI returns to within its set target range.
For example, you might have defined a KPI for transaction-success-rate, and have specified that a success rate of least 70% is required for normal operation. If the KPI falls below this level within core business hours (9 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday), all Web application Business Managers should be notified. If the failure occurs outside these hours, the Helpdesk should be notified.
Each profile can be customized by right clicking it, and selecting Edit from the context menu. This is shown in Figure 5-16:
Figure 5-16 Alert Profile Context Menu
The dialog shown in Figure 5-17 appears.
Figure 5-17 Alert Profile Dialog
Use this dialog to specify the name and a brief description of the users to be notified. Use the other tabs in this dialog to specify the recipients of E-mail, SNMP, and text message notification. Use the Enabled check box for each method to activate notification.
Note:When receiving text message-based alerts, the timestamp of the message shown within your mobile telephone may not match that recorded within your RUEI installation. This is due to time zone differences on your mobile telephone.
Within the Escalation tab, shown in Figure 5-18, you can set reminders to be sent to the alert's recipients if the KPI remains down. In addition, you can define an escalation procedure if the KPI is still down after a defined period. For example, if the KPI is still down after three hours, notify another group. This escalation group can be customized by right clicking it, and selecting Edit from the context menu.
Figure 5-18 Escalation Tab
It is important to understand that there are two states associated with a KPI: the KPI state, and the alert state. The KPI state can change at each sampling interval. The alert state is controlled by the properties you define for the alert. For example, consider the case in which a KPI starts to fail, and you have defined a sample interval of 5 minutes (the default), and a DOWN duration of 15 minutes. Although after 5 minutes the KPI is considered to be failing, you will not be notified about it unless it has been continually down for 15 minutes.
Similarly, the reminder and escalation durations you specify in Figure 5-18 refer to the alert. Hence, specifying a reminder duration of every hour would generate a reminder notification every 60 minutes after the original alert was sent while the KPI is still failing. It is recommended that you carefully review the values you specify for these settings to meet your operational requirements.
If you have enabled E-mail, SNMP, or text message notification, you can use the Test profile option in the context menu shown in Figure 5-16 to send a test alert to all specified recipients in an alert or escalation profile. This is useful for testing that the contact information has been entered correctly. You are prompted to confirm the test notification.
To define E-mail alert recipients, click the E-mail tab to open the dialog shown in Figure 5-19, and do the following:
Figure 5-19 E-mail Dialog
Use the Recipients fields to specify the E-mail addresses of the users to be notified. Click Add to include a user in the notification list. Note that you can remove a user from the list by clicking the Remove icon to the right of the user.
Check the Enable check box to activate E-mail notification. When ready, click Save.
To define SNMP alert recipients, click the SNMP tab to open the dialog shown in Figure 5-20, and do the following:
Figure 5-20 SNMP Dialog
Use the Version list to specify which version of the SNMP protocol is being used. The default is version 2c.
Use the Manager address field to specify the client software address. This must be a valid network address, and can either be an IP address or a host name.
Use the Community field to specify the group to which information is sent. This string acts as a password to control the clients' access to the server.
Check the Enable check box to activate SNMP notification.
Download the Management Information Base (MIB) definition and incorporate it into your address book of managed objects. It contains necessary information about how the received SNMP messages should be interpreted. The structure of the MIB file is shown in Figure 5-21Foot 1 .
Figure 5-21 SNMP MIB Structure
The available KPI information and metrics in the MIB represent the most important properties of every KPI configured within the system, and can be used as the basis for filtering and alerting. They are explained in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1 KPI Information and Metrics Structure
KPI Duration
KPI Severity
KPI Maximum
KPI Minimum
KPI Value
KPI Category
KPI Name
Note that KPI names in SNMP alerts are sent in UTF-8 format. Any characters in the KPI name not in ISO-Latin-1 format will be replaced by a question mark (?) character. Also, be aware that not all SNMP managers fully support UTF-8. For further information, refer to your SNMP manager product documentation.
To define text message notifications, click the Text message tab to open the dialog shown in Figure 5-22, and do the following:
Figure 5-22 Text Message Dialog
Use the Recipients field to specify the telephone numbers of the users to be notified. Click Add to include a user in the notification list. Note that you can remove a user from the list by clicking the Remove icon to the right of the user.
Check the Enable check box to activate text message notification. When ready, click Save.
If you have not already done so, you will need to configure an text message provider. If you are warned that one has not already been configured, click the warning link, and follow the instructions described in Section 9.9, "Configuring Text Message Providers".
Footnote LegendFootnote 1: This screen features the iReasoning MIB Browser (
http://www.ireasoning.com). This utility is not distributed as part of RUEI, and requires a separate license. It is intended only to illustrate the structure of the provided MIB file.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Kimberly Barker (Camden, N.Y.) netted the game-winning goal with under seven minutes to play to help MIT hold on for a 3-2 win in a hard-fought battle between two teams jockeying for position atop the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) field hockey standings. With the win, which was the 200th in the distinguished career of coach Cheryl Sivla, the Engineers improve to 5-1 in league play and 13-2 overall. The loss drops Mount Holyoke to 8-4 and 3-2 in conference.
Off a frantic, loose ball scramble in front of the Mount Holyoke net, Barker took a pass from Kameron Klauber (Carlsbad, Calif.) and pushed the ball home to secure the hard-earned victory and sole possession of first place in the NEWMAC.
Klauber put the hosts on board early on, thanks to a terrific feed from Molly Duffy (New Providence, N.J.). Duffy broke free down the left sideline and fed the ball past the charging Mount Holyoke keeper, Katie Gibson (Charlotte, N.C.), to Klauber, who converted on the empty net.
The Lyons would respond later in the frame, however, with a pair of unanswered goals less than five minutes apart. Shara Robertson (Kwazulu Natal, South Africa) entered the ball on a penalty corner to Kristen Kilburn (North Branford, Conn.), who was waiting at the top of the circle to fire a shot into the back of the cage and even things at one apiece. Robertson then added her, team-leading, 15th marker of the season to put Mount Holyoke on top headed into halftime.
The visitors dominated possession early on in the second half, outshooting the Cardinal and Gray, 8-4, over the first 15 minutes of play. The Engineers would quickly turn the tide though, earning a penalty corner in the 52nd minute. Molly McShane (Lake Bluff, Ill.) capitalized on the opportunity, scoring her first goal of the year to tie the game at two. McShane took a pass from Anna Teruya (Hockessin, Del.) at the top of the circle and lofted a high arcing shot over Gibson's head and into the back of the net, setting up Barker's heroics.
MIT outshot the Mount Holyoke, 24-16, and had a 12-9 edge in penalty corners. Casey Landry (Peabody, Mass.) and Jenna Klein (Parma, Ohio) split time in goal for the Engineers, combining for four saves. Gibson had 10 saves in the losing effort.
MIT will travel to Wellesley College on Tuesday, October 18 for a 4:00 p.m. conference matchup with the Blue. Mount Holyoke continues on the road against WPI on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.


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LOS ANGELES, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. actress and singer Lea Michele says she is "deeply grateful" for the support she has received in the wake of her beau Cory Monteith's death.
Michele's "Glee" co-star died of an accidental heroin and alcohol overdose last Saturday in a Vancouver hotel room. He was 31.
"Lea is deeply grateful for all the love and support she's received from family, friends and fans," Michele's representative told UsMagazine.com Tuesday. "Since Cory's passing, Lea has been grieving alongside his family and making appropriate arrangements with them. They are supporting each other as they endure this profound loss together. We continue to ask the media to respect the privacy of Lea and Cory's family."