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The Viptela overlay multicast implementation extends native multicast by creating a secure optimized multicast tree that runs on top of the overlay network.
The Viptela overlay multicast software uses PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) for multicasting traffic on the overlay network. PIM-SM builds unidirectional shared trees rooted at a rendezvous point (RP), and each multicast group has one shared tree that is rooted at a single RP. Once a shared tree has been built such that a last-hop router learns the IP address for the multicast source, the router engages in a switchover from the shared tree to initiate the construction of a source (or shortest-path) tree. The source tree uses the lowest metric path between the source and last-hop router, which may be entirely, partially, or not at all congruent with the shared tree.
The Viptela design optimizes multicast packet distribution throughout the overlay network by eliminating packet replication on the ingress router, that is, on the router connected to a multicast source. Instead, the ingress router forwards multicast streams to a vEdge router that is designated to be a replicator, and it is this router that forwards streams to multicast receivers. This design saves bandwidth and computational resources on the ingress router.
The figure below illustrates the Viptela design. Here, the ingress router vEdge-2 forwards the multicast streams from the source at its site to vEdge-1, which is a vEdge router that is designated to be a replicator. vEdge-1 replicates the stream and forwards it to the receiver, which is located behind vEdge-3 at Site 3.
VIptela overlay multicast supports the PIM routing protocol and IGMP.
Viptela overlay multicast supports PIM version 2 (defined in
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On the service side, the Viptela software supports native multicast. A vEdge router appears as a native PIM router and establishes PIM neighborship with other PIM routers at a local site. To properly extend multicast trees into the overlay network, a vEdge router may require other supporting routers in a local site. If a PIM-SM RP is required at a site, that function must be provided by a non-Viptela router, because the vEdge router currently has no native support for the rendervouz point functionality. Receivers residing downstream of a vEdge router can join multicast streams by exchanging IGMP membership reports directly with the device, and no other routers are required. This applies only to sites that have no requirement for supporting local sources or PIM SM rendezvouz points.
On the transport side, PIM-enabled vEdge routers originate multicast service routes (called multicast autodiscover routes),sending them via OMP to the vSmart controllers. The multicast autodiscover routes indicate whether the router has PIM enabled and whether it is a replicator. If the router is a replicator and the load threshold has been configured, this information is also included in the multicast autodiscover routes. Each PIM router also conveys information learned from the PIM join messages sent by local-site multicast-enabled routers, including multicast group state, source information, and RPs. These routes assist vEdge routers in performing optimized joins across the overlay when joining existing multicast sources.
vEdge routers support PIM source-specific mode (SSM), which allows a multicast source to be directly connected to the router.
Viptela overlay multicast routing supports the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version 2 (defined in
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). vEdge routers use IGMP to process receiver membership reports for the hosts in a particular VPN and to determine, for a given group, whether multicast traffic should be forwarded and state should be maintained. vEdge routers listen for both IGMPv1 and IGMPv2 group membership reports.
The root of a PIM multicast shared tree resides on a router configured to be a rendezvous point (RP). Each RP acts as the RP and the root of a shared tree (or trees) for specific multicast group ranges. In the Viptela overlay network, RPs are non-Viptela routers that reside in the local-site network. The RP function is typically assigned to one or two locations in the network; it is not required at every site. vEdge routers do not currently support the RP functionality, so non-Viptela routers must provide this function in the applicable sites.
The Viptela software supports the auto-RP protocol for distributing RP-to-group mapping information to local-site PIM routers. With this information, each PIM router has the ability to forward joins to the correct RP for the group that a downstream IGMP client is attempting to join. Auto-RP updates are propagated to downstream PIM routers if such routers are present in the local site.
For efficient use of WAN bandwidth, strategic vEdge routers can be deployed and configured as replicators throughout the overlay network. Replicators mitigate the requirement for an ingress router to replicate a multicast stream once for each receiver.
As discussed above, replicators advertise themselves, via OMP multicast-autodiscover routes, to the vSmart controllers in the overlay network. The controllers then forward the replicator location information to the PIM-enabled vEdge routers that are in the same VPN as the replicator.
A replicator vEdge router receives streams from multicast sources, replicates them, and forwards them to multicast receivers. The details of the replication process are discussed below, in the section Multicast Traffic Flow through the Overlay Network.
A replicator is typically vEdge router located at a colo site or another site with a higher-speed, or a high-speed, connection to the WAN transport network.
vEdge routers send multicast service routes to the vSmart controller via OMP. From these routes, the controller processes and forwards joins for requested multicast groups towards the source address as specified in the original PIM join message that helped originate the OMP multicast service route. The source address can be either the IP address of an RP if the originating router is attempting to join the shared tree or the IP address of the actual source of the multicast stream if the originating router is attempting to join the source tree.
Let's look at a high-level topology of the Viptela overlay network multicast solution to illustrate how traffic from multicast sources is delivered to multicast receivers. The topology contains five vEdge routers:
Now, let's examine how multicast traffic flows from the sources to the receivers.
The two multicast sources, Source-1 and Source-2, send their multicast streams (the blue stream from Source-1 and the green stream from Source-2) to the RP. Because the destination IP addresses for both streams are at remote sites, the RP forwards them to vEdge-3 for transmission onto the transport/WAN network. vEdge-3 has learned from the vSmart controller that the network has two replicators, vEdge-1 and vEdge-2, and so forwards the two multicast streams to them, without first replicating the streams.
The two replicators have learned from a vSmart controller the locations of multicast receivers for the two streams. The vEdge-1 replicator makes one copy of the green stream and forwards it to vEdge-4, which in turns forwards it to the Receiver-3. The vEdge-2 replicator makes one copy of the green stream, which it forwards to vEdge-5 (from which it goes on to Receiver-4), and it makes two copies of the blue stream, which it forwarda to vEdge-4 and vEdge-5 (and which they then forward to the two receivers).
Now, let's look at the multicast configurations on the five vEdge routers:
On all five of these vEdge routers, PIM must be enabled in the same VPN so that the multicast streams can be transmitted and received.
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The blog is live. What will I do with this blog? As I'm writing this, I don't really have a mastermind plan, but I do know that I love to create… anything and everything. I am a serial entrepreneur at heart. I live for that magical place where you get to see an idea or a dream that you have come to life… whether it's a new recipe, a new house project, a new business… I love to create. I also love to teach… but not high school math kind of teaching. The teaching that can help someone change their life… life hacks, nutrition tips, how to eat better, exercise better, just be better. I am fairly certain my 27 year old self did not picture my 37 year old self spending my days at home with my 4 tiny amazing humans, but here we are. They are my A-team and they are A-mazing. They are what led me to where I am right now, sitting at home, typing up my first post for a DIY home blog… me and my domesticated self.
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– DIY: I grew up the daughter of a very hard working man. He taught me a lot about a lot in this realm. He's the most talented carpenter I know and a lot of my projects are inspired by him… thanks Dad! I get a certain amount of satisfaction of doing something with my own two hands and then seeing the results of that every day in my own home. My mind drifts with about a dozen new projects daily, but I'm hoping this blog will keep me accountable!
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X(11532) lies on these lines: {1,372}, {145,9789}, {517,8234}, {3340,8243}, {3679,8230}, {3680,7595}, {7596,7982}, {7962,8239}, {7991,8224}, {8228,11522}, {8233,11523}, {8237,11526}, {8244,11531}, {8246,11533}, {10858,11518}, {10867,11519}, {10885,11520}, {10891,11521}, {11042,11529}, {11211,11224}
X(11533) lies on these lines: {1,21}, {8,4425}, {65,1961}, {145,9791}, {256,3680}, {474,986}, {517,8235}, {1126,4127}, {1283,3295}, {1284,3340}, {1482,9959}, {3145,3746}, {3679,5051}, {3913,3961}, {3944,6871}, {3962,4649}, {4199,11523}, {4220,7991}, {4424,5293}, {4646,5524}, {7962,8240}, {7982,9840}, {8229,11522}, {8238,11526}, {8245,11531}, {8246,11532}, {8391,11527}, {8731,11518}, {10868,11519}, {10892,11521}, {11043,11529}, {11203,11224}
X(11533) = {X(i),X(j)}-harmonic conjugate of X(k) for these (i,j,k): (1,191,5429), (1,2292,846)
X(11534) lies on these lines: {2099,10506}
X(11534) = reflection of X(258) in X(1)
X(11535) lies on these lines: {65,258}, {3679,8382}, {8389,11526}
X(11536) lies on these lines: {6,5449}, {52,54}, {110,6153}, {143,10274}, {265,3574}, {382,1181}, {578,6102}, {9927,10112}
Contributed by Peter Moses, December 27, 2016; see also X(11549).
X(11537) lies on the cubic K018 and these lines: {13, 15}, {23, 11142}, {111, 230}, {395, 523}, {468, 8737}, {524, 11078}, {6104, 7575}
X(11537) = reflection of X(11549) in X(230) X(11537) = reflection of X(396) in the orthic axis X(11537) = line conjugate of U and X(15), where U is any point on the line X(13)X(30) X(11537) = barycentric product X(13)*X(530) X(11537) = barycentric quotient X(i)/X(j) for these (i,j): (530,298), (3457,2378) X(11537) = {X(476),X(1989)}-harmonic conjugate of X(11549) X(11537) = orthogonal projection of X(13) on its trilinear polar X(11537) = inverse of X(13) in its pedal circle
In the plane of a triangle ABC, let O = X(3) = circumcenter, N = X(5) = nine-point center, and A' = reflection of O in BC, and define B' and C' cyclically Nab = N(AOB'), and define Nbc and Nca cyclically Nac = N(AOC'), and define Nba and Ncb cyclically Oa = O(ANabNac), and define Ob and Oc cyclically The triangles ABC and OaObOc are orthologic, and X(11538) = ABC-to-OaObOc orthologic center; and X(5) = OaObOc-to-ABC orthologic center. See Antreas Hatzipolakis and Angel Montesdeoca, Hyacinthos 24908
X(11538) lies on these lines: {324,9381}, {1370,10155}, {3153,9221}, {5189,7608}, {7394,7612}, {7533,7607}
In the plane of a triangle ABC, let G = X(2) = centroid, and A'B'C' = cevian triangle of G; i,e., A'B'C' = medial triangle A''B''C'' = pedal triangle of G Ma = midpoint of AA', and define Mb and Mc cyclically P = a point (as a function) on the Euler line of ABC Pa = P(A''MbMc), and define Pb and Pc cyclically The triangles ABC and PaPbPc are orthologic. X(11539) = PaPbPc-to-ABC orthologic center, for P = X(2) X(11540) = PaPbPc-to-ABC orthologic center, for P = X(3) X(4) = PaPbPc-to-ABC orthologic center, for P = X(11541) See Antreas Hatzipolakis and Angel Montesdeoca, Hyacinthos 249148


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I actually really enjoyed pulling in Abyssea yesterday on brd, problem is, that if I got hit and lost my mazurka I was getting close to murdered by the time I got back to camp with a bunch of angry bluffalos.
Any recommended gear I can hunt down? I have a 94 (almost 95) bst so I can take on a fair number of NMs on my own.
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Everything old is new again in baby names. As names data from the Social Security Administration shows, many parents have recently been choosing names popular in years long gone by—vintage names from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s—that eventually fell out of style. Old-fashioned names are cool again—retro is so now.
The names that are back are traditional and familiar, yet sound fresh. Bonus: If you like the antique charm of one or two of the names on this list, chances are good you'll take a fancy to several; they have a similar feel, and pair nicely. So if you're pregnant, find one you like and start taking mental notes for future siblings.
All of the boys' and girls' names here popped up on the SSA's list one or more times in the years noted above, and then fell out of favor, either dropping off the list entirely or falling significantly—until the last decade. Every name we've included saw significant growth in popularity from 2000 to 2010. But none of them has managed to eke their way into the Top 10 lists, so they're not yet overused and are still ripe for the picking.
Read on to find the old-style name that suits you.
Origin/meaning: Latin, "Clear, bright"
Like Gertrude, Nellie and Ida, Clara was for years a name that felt more church lady than classic and cool—but unlike some of its early contemporaries, it's rebounded with modern parents. Soft and sweet—and reminiscent of Claire—it also follows the trend of popular girls' names ending in the letter "a" (Check out the Top Names for Girls and note the first five: Isabella, Sophia, Emma, Olivia and Ava.) But it hasn't cracked the Top 100 yet, so it still feels like a find. And little girls will heart the association with the famous Clara in the Nutcracker, the brave heroine who takes on the Mouse King.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #354
2010: #167
Origin/meaning: Hebrew, "Uplifted"
This vintage name, like popular cousins Elias and Elijah, is on a major upswing and has seen big-time growth over the last decade. It straddles old and new effortlessly, with an ancient biblical connotation and a modern sports mega-star association (football player Eli Manning.)
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #235
2010: #65
Origin/meaning: Hebrew, "Pleasant"
Unlike many popular girls' names, this one doesn't have a soft and gentle lilt; its triple-threat of long vowel sounds combines to give it a sense of strength and determination when you say it. And a positive association with famously beautiful ladies, actress Watts and supermodel Campbell, enhances its appeal. Popular decades ago, Naomi disappeared for a while but is making a comeback. It's a strong, sophisticated choice that now has a modern feel.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #185
2010: #96
Origin/meaning: English, German, "Strong"
Parents tend to be more conservative when naming boys, and traditional names like William, James and Charles are perennial faves—but this once-popular, sweet boy's nickname has taken off in its own right recently, and holds appeal for parents who want a choice that's solid and old-style, but has a bit of playfulness, too. It fit the bill for Tiger Woods, who has a son named Charlie.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #449
2010: #244
Origin/meaning: German, "Noble"
Alice has an old-fashioned but undeniably dainty vibe—and there's no question that after decades of being out of style, it's on an upswing with parents. There's the literary, Alice in Wonderland association, of course, and one of America's favorite funny ladies—Tina Fey of SNL and 30 Rock—chose the name Alice for her eldest daughter.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #422
2010: #172
Origin/meaning: German, "Ruler of the household"
Long ago, Henry enjoyed a place in the Top 10 names for boys. A classic choice, it continued to hang around, but dropped in popularity. It's currently back in the Top 100 and climbing every year. It's sweet and familiar, but sounds less "old school" than Harold, Walter or Frank. Julia Roberts bestowed it upon one of her sons; Colin Farrell and Brandon Flowers did, too.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #126
2010: #67
Origin/meaning: Latin, "Olive tree"
Olivia was popular on and off again years ago, and it's bounced back big-time: it's landed in the Top 10 names for girls' names for almost the last decade. But don't lump Olive in with it; this name has a style and appeal all its own. Also a common old-fashioned choice back in the day, it fell completely out of fashion, but it's now a cute choice on the rise. While it may not be hunkering down in the Top 100, it's made a huge leap in just the last three years. And with flower and nature names becoming ever more popular, we bet more of an upswing is still in store. Isla Fisher chose the name Olive for her daughter.
Popularity in the last decade:
2007: #988
2010: #546
Origin/meaning: Latin, "Lion"
A short name that exudes strength, Leo is a fresh throwback choice that makes a nice alternative to the more popular Jack and Luke. A positive association with Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't hurt, but the name stands on its own, as the SSA growth reflects. (Close cousin Leon has grown in popularity, too, though not as significantly.)
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #390
2010: #193
Origin/meaning: Latin, "Lily flower"
Another once matronly-sounding choice that's new again, Lillian is a pretty antique moniker with an easy and appealing flower nickname and numerous spelling variation options. Television actress Mary McCormack recently named her new daughter Lillian. Stately and refined in its full version; playful in short form, Lily.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #129
2010: #21
Origin/meaning: English, "Precious stone"
This old-fashioned nature name offers style, originality and a Southern-sounding, artistic twist thanks to Georgia-born artist Jasper Johns. It's an up-to-date alternative to popular boys' J-names Jacob, Joshua or Jayden.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #592
2010: #286
Origin/meaning: Latin, "Variation of Emily"
This old-fashioned, pretty name is a variation of perennial list-topper, Emily, but it's far more distinctive. Sophisticated, and with that alluring "a"-letter ending, it's a stylish choice that will take an adventurous little girl easily into adulthood. Speaking of adventurous, don't forget the famous namesake here: American heroine and aviation pioneer, Amelia Earhart. Looking for a nickname with attitude? Try Mimi.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #207
2010: #41
Origin/meaning: English, "Wild boar"
Old-style contemporaries Ernest and Elmer may not be climbing the boy's charts anytime soon, but this name is on the rise again. It's got a crisp, upbeat vibe and a winning British association in dashing actor Rupert Everett.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #585
2010: #287
Origin/meaning: English, Greek, "Light"
This retro rebound name gets a modern boost from singer Norah Jones. (Close cousin Cora is also on the rise; it was ranked 481 in 2000 and 276 in 2010.) Another girls' name that ends in "a," it's got more gravitas than Ava, Emma or Sophia, and it's got weighty literary associations in Ibsen's play A Doll's House and Dashiell Hammett's novel The Thin Man, both of which boast famous Noras as a central character.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #501
2010: #159
Origin/meaning: Latin, English, "From the forest"
Serious and sophisticated, this name is a sleeker vintage alternative to choices such as Samuel and Sidney. It carries an enduring literary association in Silas Marner, the novel by George Eliot.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #602
2010: #222
Origin/meaning: English, form of "Adelaide"
This charmer makes a winning, vintage alternative to Madeline, and modern parents are loving it. Less dowdy-sounding than other old-fashioned picks, Adeline is sweet and sprightly, and comes equipped with the cute nickname options Addy or Addie.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #805
2010: #322
Origin/meaning: Latin, short for "Maximillian, Maxwell"
This nickname, popular at a time when Sam and Mack were also common choices for boys, can stand on its own, no question. Affable yet confident, it's a stylish choice for parents fond of short, one-syllable names.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #164
2010: #98
Origin/meaning: English, "Hazel nut tree"
An old-style take on evocative color names—think Indigo, Sienna and Violet—this traditional choice is uniquely sophisticated and very much on the rise. It's a serious little moniker that doesn't lend itself to nicknames. And it boasts major super-star cred: Julia Roberts chose it as the name for her daughter
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #893
2010: #262
Origin/meaning: Irish, "Young warrior"
More popular than fellow antique O-name Oscar, this sweet choice is climbing the charts with modern parents. It has literary cache in John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany and a pop culture namesake in cute actor Owen Wilson.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #145
2010: #47
Origin/meaning: Latin, "Star"
This name (like close cousin uber-popular Ella, ranked 265 in 2000 and 13 in 2010) has seen a huge surge in popularity in the last decade. Stella manages to balance refinement and sass, and has a talented namesake in British designer Stella McCartney. The Streetcar Named Desire reference feels old and stale; this name is back in a fun, contemporary way with parents who want to give a stylish nod to their own little "star." Actor Matt Damon chose it for his daughter.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #656
2010: #85
Origin/meaning: Latin, "Olive tree"
Ollie had an old-guy "gramps" ring to it for decades, but in its full form, it's back in a big way with parents who want a sweet retro name choice for their son. Dickens' Oliver Twist gives it major literary clout; it's classic, with a sensitive, bookish vibe.
Popularity in the last decade:
2000: #305
2010: #88


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Re: Was this a scam?sophie May 2, 2012 11:05 AM (in response to maureen)
This doesn't scream anything unusual to me. I've had some prospective renteres give me tons of information on inquiry and some that don't say anything at all.
I personally wouldn't worry about it!
Re: Was this a scam?msdebj May 2, 2012 12:39 PM (in response to sophie)
Maureen, I agree with Sophie. This doesn't sound odd to me at all. Maybe it's a difference in how Americans communicate ( we can tend to be wordy!). Maybe they were just excited to be able to make this trip.
I actually prefer to have MORE information from an inquiry. It makes it easier for me to decide if our home is a good fit for them (and gives me a chance to provide a little extra something special, if I know a certain celebration is involved).
Re: Was this a scam?madeiraowner May 2, 2012 12:50 PM (in response to maureen)
I agree with sophie & msdebj. This happens to me all the time. A lot of the time I blame it on Google translating as my guests come from all over Europe and the english version of what they are trying to say can sound a bit gushy.
But it really just boils down to manners and etiquette or lack thereof. They expect an immediate reply from everyone they enquire with and then don't have the courtesy to let you know if they have decided to go elsewhere. There is one particular country in Europe that is reknowned for this and when I get enquiries from there I take them with a pinch of salt and only block off the dates when I have received a deposit!
Re: Was this a scam?maureen May 6, 2012 1:52 AM (in response to maureen)
Thank you everyone for all of your support. This is why I love the HomeAway Community so much! After I read what you had all wrote, I was able to let it go and not be so concerned about what happened. And then, guess what!? The guests contacted us again yesterday and have started the process for booking the villa. So everything worked out well. Thank you again for your responses.


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|2012-07-22, 17:28
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It's not even the fact that's she's playing by the rules is moronic. Fact of the matter is this pride stuff is bullshit. I don't care who you are, who in there right mind would purposefully put someone in danger let alone their loved onwa life just because they want to save them. Either she really wants to find out what happened to her father or her morality is fucked up.
Aijimu was a sure fire, near 100% success rate of saving Zenkichi, you don't risk someones life when there's a safer method that you know is safer just because of a personal pride. You can risk most things but not someone elses life. I wouldn't think to fondly of someone I was in a relationship with risking my life just so they can they can save and I'm pretty sure the feeling would be mutual.
It's not like most cases where the person actually believes they have a better chance of saving them e.g running into a burning buildings. She knows full well she's risking his life based on her pride.
Ofcourse this is all because of the story breaking god of hax that is aijimu and so the author had to turn Medaka into an idiot of questionable morality to keep this arc going but still this situation is so messed up. there better be another reason as to why she's doing this because as it stands, it's not simply a matter of being stupid. It's more dangerously almost messed up in the head.
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|2012-07-22, 17:33
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|2012-07-22, 17:45
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I do not agree that the Medaka do it is incorrect.
Medaka is most worried about Zen - in the end she loves him.
Let's look logically.
Opponents released from captivity Ajimu.
That's their strategy. Their initiative.
They look like idiots to let free to armed enemy that will destroy them?
I do not think.
While Zen is in hostages Medaka will be forced to play someone else's game.
She will not risk Zen life.
Why did you decide that Anshin'in-san better? Medaka says is correct - save the Zen it is my work. In the end, Medaka won all why she should entrust the salvation of Zen the other girl. I'm not about jealousy. I'm talking about professional quality.
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|2012-07-22, 17:47
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During Flask Plan Medaka injected herself not once but TWICE a syringe Kujira gave her without even not caring about its content nor what it would do her.
She's simply as described; so smart she reverts back to stupid. She has been that way since the day she was born.
|2012-07-22, 17:48
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Regardless of how you look at it it was a terrible choice. For goodness sake if Aijimu was going all out she can even manipulate time.
That's why the author had to use this plot device to keep her in check.
|2012-07-22, 17:50
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but she just wants to be the one to do it. Because love. And that's stupid. Because it's love.
|2012-07-22, 17:52
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Honestly...I wouldn't mind Zen dying (though he is one of my favorite characters) and staying dead (Not even Ajimu could bring him back for some reason) if it taught Medaka a lesson.
Something like, the card Zen is trapped in ends up being destroyed by Momo in a rage after she loses to Medaka in her little game, which in turn makes it so the body ceases to exist and for some reason every skill Ajimu has of resurrection requires the body. Medaka learns this, is broken and just to be an epic troll Ajimu tells her that it would have never happened if she had let her pride aside and let her take care of things.
Something along those lines...
|2012-07-22, 17:58
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|2012-07-22, 18:04
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Indeed, letting Ajimu do all the job would soon end this in a matter of seconds.
However, the estipulation Medaka added in the rules for this game makes me suspect she is planning something else. Why one hour? Whatever is the reason behind, it seems as allowing Ajimu take part in it would mess up with what she's planning to do.
|2012-07-22, 18:50
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This is the issue I'm talking about. By most humans concepts of love she's doing the exact opposite what most people in love would do.
This ofcourse assuming she's not doing this for an entirely different reason that has nothing to do with saving Zenkichi. But from face value, i'm unable to brush this this aside as "love".
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|2012-07-22, 19:02
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^The first course will be completed in 4 exact hrs, that alone should give anyone here an idea. Clearly, Medaka has something else in mind, and she doesn't want Ajimu to take part in the game nor to end things with one sweep because it would be counterproductive, likely.
|2012-07-22, 19:06
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|2012-07-22, 19:07
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And according to her, she's not betting on anyone's lives. To her, there's a 100% chance of success. She is so confident in herself, that she knows she'll win,
so there's no need to worry. Taking that into consideration, why shouldn't she be reckless with these kinds of decisions?
The way she sees it, either Ajimu or herself can end this completely. In such a case, she wants to be the one to do it, because of her pride and love for Zenkichi.
It's kinda petty in a way. But she hasn't been given a reason to doubt her abilities, with her kind of conviction such a thing was to be expected.
Which is why I'm confused why people are getting all riled up.
|2012-07-22, 19:24
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You shouldn't be taking that risk regardless how small on someone elses life. It's not even like said person was given a choice in this. Manga logic or not it's messed up regardless how u look at it.
It's not even like she's never lost before. She lost to Zenkichi.
I'm not saying these her actual reasons they probably aren't but if the current situation doesn't really change then she's being extremely dodgy.
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AIA fee deregulation and the future of BIM
Wow, what started out as an idea in my head really gave me a lot to think about. I got a call today from the office manager of a architecture firm client of ours. About 2 years ago they needed to get 10 people trained. Of course, they didn't want to stop production and train them all in one shot which posed the problem of how many $5000 batches of custom training they could afford. Of course, one was the answer. So, I made them a deal. I told them if they gave me the $4000 up front, they could send their ten students a few at a time to our regular monthly classes at our office.
It worked out really well for us and them, but she called today and asked if they had any credit left on the group plan. They actually added more people back then and I added additional blocks of 4 people for $2500 for them. She asked if the price was still $625. I told her what the normal price was and she wasn't happy about that.
Well, that started making me think about what happened to the architectural industry where you guys never have any money to invest in technology and training. How exactly are you supposed to pay rent, payroll, computers, software, subscription and all of the other things you need and stay in business, especially with the way things are.
I remembrer someone telling me that the Department of Justice made architects stop charging set fees for work. With no set fees, competition started to make you lower your prices and it's been a downward spiral ever since. Now, with people desperate for work, it seems that some people are designing for free, not for fee.
That led me to an interesting post, http://archinect.com/forum/thread/29395/aia-fee-deregulation, about the deregulation that you may want to look at:
here's always going to be another architect who will quote the work for less ... we each have to make a better case that we're providing the value inherent in the fees that we quote ... until we do that in such a way that the client can see, and appreciate, that value, we will not enperience higher fees
-- remember this issue is with FEES not salaries... ..Architecture firms are never going to be viable entities if we are trying to undercut fees yet be 'in line' with salary increases..Well, that makes a little sense why someone would try to drag down the price for training, but as a BIM consulting firm who specializes in the BIM workflow, it's hard to negotiate when there are so few people who can get you up to speed quickly in the CAD to BIM conversion. I feel the worst for the CAD Manager who is trying to become a BIM Manager. You have no idea what you're in for with that one.
Which brings me to two final points. One is, how the hell do you get your fees higher with BIM? If you can model a building in Revit faster than in AutoCAD, does that mean you need to lower your fee, or raise it since the quality should be higher and there would be fewer problems in getting the building built. You have a lot of issues to work out with your clients and I wish you good luck growing a spline and standing up to owners trying to negotiate your fees lower and lower. I for one, really want you to be making more money so you don't bitch about me getting my piece of it for software and BIM consulting. I want you to make lots of money so you don't complain about that.
You can buy a shirt made out of polyester, cotton or silk. They could all look the same in the window, but the look and feel and quality are all different. Of course, that silk shirt needs to be dry-cleaned and that will keep on costing you money for years, just like subscription, but damn, don't you look good in that outfit.
So, my final thought is this, in my search I came across an section on the website about Antitrust Compliance Guideline. How much trust and antitrust do they contractors, owners and architects have for eachother? Is trust BIM and antitrust CAD? Just a thought as we ponder how to pay for all of the BIM architects and engineers that will be replacing CAD operators as BIM, LEED, IPD, VDC and FM all require people with lots of experience and technological prowess.
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A Missouri judge denied a request Wednesday to stop election officials from distributing absentee ballots for a proposed constitutional amendment dealing with gun rights.
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Three nutter booger!
Who is snoring?
Not me!
I'm calling governor Perry right away!
The wetlands! They'll be gone, and your children will never see the herons and egrets and the three-nutted booger!
Greedy hotel builders! They don't care about the BIRDS!!!!! They'll have no place to nest!!!! They'll all DIE!!
[lather, rinse, repeat, over and over, for the rest of the call]
Definitely caller of the day, and I missed some of it.
Hopefully it'll earn a place on the afternoon show.
She's soooo serious.
Did you hear the gentleman who called in later?
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Actually, it's not just the two hotels. The plan also includes up to 4,000 homes, which seems like a lot for the west end of Galveston Island. The city did pass some kind of wetlands ordinance and there are probably plenty of federal & EPA laws that would pretty much stifle development as well. Has this woman never been to Port Aransas or Corpus?? High rise condos and motels everywhere — and still plenty of birdies.
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I like your screen name.
My grampa had a thing which I'm sure my grandmother loved: two stuffed bullfrogs sitting at a table playing dominoes.
We just got home from Brazoria County and there were "three nutted boogers" everywhere. The trees were full of them. These creatures are not going to be wiped out by a couple of 6 story buildings, this woman can stop crying about them.
I've been stuck for an opening line in my next romance novel.
That one is IT. True story, expect some thanks on the fly pages.
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The Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board will hold an appeal hearing for Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White if he is officially terminated next week, but that appeal likely would not be heard for at least a month, the board's chairman said Friday.
City-parish officials have maintained White is an unclassified employee under the local Plan of Government and is therefore not entitled to relief from the board, a five-member panel that could vote to reinstate the chief with a majority vote.
But the board's chairman, Sgt. Bryan Taylor, said Friday that White is considered a classified employee under civil service rules.
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City-parish officials have not said whether they will seek to prevent White from having a civil service hearing.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," said Murphy J. Foster III, the outside attorney Mayor-President Kip Holden hired to handle matters relating to White's impending dismissal.
Holden has set a hearing for 9 a.m. Monday in the Metro Council chambers, where White will be allowed to respond to a number of allegations contained in a letter recommending White's termination. Holden is expected to make a final decision on that day, Foster has said.
White's attorney has said her client has asked that the hearing be open to the public. In addition, Councilwomen C. Denise Marcelle and Ronnie Edwards have called for a town meeting to be held after White's hearing for public comments.
Holden has outlined a list of reasons he is considering terminating White, including claims that White repeatedly violated departmental policy, leaked confidential information and shredded documents. Among other things, White also has been accused of misleading Holden's administration, failing to discipline an officer who lied under oath and abusing his discretion by making inappropriate transfers in the department.
While Monday's hearing in the Metro Council chambers will be limited to an hour and a half, a later appeal hearing before the civil service board would likely take several hours as both sides call witnesses and present their cases.
"I'm sure there will be a lot of character witnesses," Taylor said. "My concern here is that the procedure is followed, and that it is followed in a manner that lends both sides the same opportunities."
White's attorney, Jill Craft, filed an appeal with the civil service board Wednesday before Holden's office released a letter seeking to clarify that White had not been fired but placed on administrative leave after a meeting with William Daniel, Holden's chief administrative officer.
Taylor said Friday that the civil service board could not entertain that appeal because it was filed "prematurely," and that Craft will be required to update the appeal if and when White is terminated.
"From there, we will treat it like any other appeal, be it a suspension or a termination, and it will go in line to be heard," Taylor added.
Though not yet applicable, White's civil service appeal offered an early glimpse of the chief's defense. The appeal, a copy of which was obtained by The Advocate, claims termination is an "unduly harsh discipline" for White given his track record.
"Appellant shows that he has a spotless employment record and no disciplinary history of any kind, having served with distinction," the appeal says.
The appeal alleges White has been retaliated against due to his "refusal to engage in wrongful conduct, and also on account of appellant's refusal to provide certain police union members with preferential treatment — all as will be more fully shown at hearing of this matter."
Craft has attributed White's termination proceedings to political pressure exerted by the police union. The union president, Chris Stewart, declined to comment on the appeal.
Craft said Friday she plans to amend White's appeal with the civil service board if need be.
"We'll see what happens on Monday," she said, "but I think the die has been cast."


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I'm still baffled as I write this but I'll like to know if there is a new trend in telecommunication in Nigeria which I'm not paying attention to.
I have two lines (Glo and Airtel). I experienced some network failure on my Glo line yesterday morning with a message "Sim Registration Failed". But I've registered all my lines with NCC. Concerned, I changed all my contact addresses telephone number from my Glo to my Airtel line. But by 4pm, my Glo line was again functioning well so I just thought it's just Network problem as usual.
Today, I tried calling my Glo line with my Airtel just to know if all is well with my Glo line because I was expecting a call from it but I haven't received the special call then I mistakenly added another "1" after the 12th digit of my number but the call still went through. Cornered, I replaced the last "1" (now 13th digit) with 2 then repeated the step with 3,4,5,6,7,8,9…. and all the call still went through.
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Hot Pursuit on Foot Ends in $10K Cash Bail for Brighton Man
NEWPORT CITY – Judge Robert Bent held 30-year-old Adam Verge on $10,000 bail, Friday. Verge faces felony aggregated assault charges on a law enforcement officer and burglary of an occupied dwelling. He also faces misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and unlawful mischief. Verge entered not guilty pleas on all charges.Verge, his attorney Gertrude Miller, and Essex County State's Attorney Vince Illuzzi appeared in Orleans County Court Friday. Judge Robert Bent, who was out of town, heard the case on speakerphone. The case could not be heard on Thursday because Verge was allegedly still under the influence of alcohol.Illuzzi asked for $5,000 bail, but Attorney Miller asked for an unsecured bond and for Verge to be released to a responsible adult. Miller argued that Verge has had a hard time over the past few years. Both his parents died within a year or so of each other and he is having relationship problems. However, Bent, who was concerned about a flight risk, increased Verge's bail to $10,000."The resisting arrest suggests Mr. Verge didn't want to wait to face the criminal justice system as a result of the alleged incidents," Illuzzi said outside the courthouse Friday. "That justified imposing cash bail."The Vermont Constitution prefers that individuals suspected of crimes be released prior to conviction, said Illuzzi. He also said the state takes assaults against police "very seriously."Several troopers showing support for Debra Munson, the trooper involved in the incident that put Verge in jail, sat in back of the courtroom during Friday's arraignment.On March 22, Verge allegedly went to his estranged wife's house and banged on the door. When she wouldn't let him in, he broke the door down and started breaking things. He also punched holes in the walls and doors, she told police. Verge told Trooper Munson, who had responded to the scene, that he was visiting friends, not his wife. Munson said Verge was compliant while she spoke to the woman involved. But when Munson attempted to put Verge in handcuffs, Verge ran and Munson pursued him.What follows is a summary of Munson's description of her pursuit of Verge:The trooper chased Verge, grabbed him by the waist and tackled him to the ground. He managed to escape and took off running again. Munson felt compelled to use a taser to bring him down. After he went down, Munson yelled at him to get on his stomach, but he refused, and she tased him again. Verge then got up and ran again. Again, Munson caught up to Verge, tackled him by the waist, and brought him to the ground. And again, he got up and ran off.When Munson finally caught up to Verge, he at first appeared as if he was going to comply with her orders to get on the ground, but instead he pushed her away. The trooper forced him to the ground, but he got the upper hand and, according to Munson, Verge put a choke hold on her until she couldn't breathe and was in pain.Munson was able to break the hold and flip Verge onto his back, but Verge returned the favor and flipped Munson onto her back. She flipped him again, and this time he got up and ran - again.Once more, Munson attempted to tackle Verge and bring him to the ground, and once more he escaped.The trooper finally caught up with Munson at the Sunrise Manor. At this point, she reported, he appeared tired and weak and was having trouble standing. Verge finally laid on the ground where Munson kept him in check until another police officer arrived.Sgt. Sean Selby told the press that Munson is now doing fine.


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A Food Blog that shares tried & true recipes, and my passion for cooking and baking with a garnish of beginning gardening and some travel.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Curried Pumpkin Soup
I have recently learned to appreciate Thai food. Sure, I've had chicken satay. Only in recent years, have I ventured into buying fish sauce and red curry paste. As a kid, I had an aversion to curry. Yesterday, I made a beautiful turkey stock, from our leftover Diestel Turkey. My stock yielded 12 cups. I froze a few and I remembered a recipe I had saved from "A Taste of Thai".
This soup was so easy to make! I think it took about 10 minutes to put together, including cleanup. My son, who swears that he hates coconut, ate two bowls of it. I added an extra wedge of fresh lime and some fresh cilantro. So good! If you're a little whimpy on spice, I'd reduce the red curry paste by about 1/2.
This one's a keeper!
Curried Pumpkin Soup
5 1/2 cups
20 minutes
Thai cooks use pumpkin in many sweet and savory dishes. We used the convenience of canned pumpkin to make this deliciously spicy soup in 20 minutes. It's full of goodness and easily doubled!
2 tablespoons oil
1 cup minced onions
1 tablespoon Red Curry Paste
1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1-14 1/2 oz can chicken* broth
1-13 1/2 oz can Coconut Milk
1-15 oz can packed pumpkin
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Optional: Chopped cilantro or roasted, shelled pumpkin seeds
*Chicken broth can be substituted with turkey broth.
1. Heat oil in soup pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and stir-fry 2-3 minutes.
2. Add Curry Paste and Fish Sauce to onions. Stirring, cook until curry is dissolved. Add brown sugar and cook until onions are slightly caramelized. Pour 1/2 can of broth into pot and mix well.
3. Add remaining broth, Coconut Milk and pumpkin. Stirring, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Mix in lime juice and serve. Garnish with chopped cilantro and/or pumpkin seeds if desired.
4 comments:
- SoCalKal said...
Deb, looks tres' yummy and I am going to put it on our menu for next week and see what the girls think! Thanks for sharing and for your very own blogspot!
- November 29, 2008 at 6:40 PM
I was wondering when you were going to make your own food blog..looks wonderful. If my kids weren't too young for this kindof spice I would make this in a heartbeat...
- November 30, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- Debby said...
This soup has some heat, using 1 Tbsp of red curry paste. It sneaks up on you. I think that even 1/4 of that amount would give the soup some flavor, but would not be too hot.
NOTE: I had my pumpkin soup all packed for work tomorrow. I found the empty container in the sink, this morning. My son ate the whole thing! (He, who swore he hated coconut)
- November 30, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- Nan said...
If you aren't a fan of fish sauce, do you have a substitution suggestion?
- November 25, 2010 at 8:09 PM


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Brick is the oldest cheese type to have originated in the USA, first created in 1875 by John Jossi, a native of Switzerland living in Lebanon, Wisconsin. Myron Olson has been crafting cheese for over 30 years and is the manager of Chalet Cheese Cooperative, where he makes this Wisconsin original. The flavor changes from mild and sweet, with a touch of nuttiness when young, to pungent and tangy when aged. Brick is surface-ripened with a smooth, open texture. We offer the
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Issues to Consider in the Planning Stages of a Medical-Legal Partnership By Jessica Barth, Vice President of Legal Affairs and Chief Counsel, Wishard Health Services, Indianapolis, IN; Chad Priest, Associate, and Erin Lewis, Associate, Baker & Daniels, LLP, Indianapolis, IN
It is by now a truism that social, economic, and environmental factors contribute to poor health. For example, stress, poor diet, and exposure to workplace dangers and environmental toxins all play a role in illness. Healthcare providers are in an excellent position to recognize these social, economic, and environmental causes of illness, but may not feel equipped to help their patients address them. The medical-legal partnership (MLP) model evolved to provide healthcare providers with access to legal help for their patients, with the ultimate goal of improving patient and public health.
Jessica Barth
An MLP is a program that links healthcare providers and lawyers to assist vulnerable patients. In effect, the lawyer becomes part of the healthcare team. When a healthcare provider identifies an issue – such as moldy carpeting exacerbating a child's asthma – he or she can ask a lawyer to help solve that problem. MLPs can be structured in a variety of ways, from hospitals hiring lawyers to serve their patients to pro bono arrangements in which law firms donate services.
Chad Priest
Traditionally, MLPs have been launched by healthcare providers, as was the case with the first ever MLP, established by pediatrician Dr. Barry Zuckerman at Boston Medical Center in 1993. In contrast, lawyers led the development of an MLP recently established in Indianapolis, the Wishard Medical-Legal Partnership for Patient Health. The program, the first of its kind in Indiana, is a collaboration between Indianapolis' public safety-net health system; a large Indianapolis law firm; and an independent non-profit organization that promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to health.Erin Lewis
In the Wishard MLP, an attorney/social worker who is an employee of the health system spends a half-day a week at each of three sites within the system where children are treated. Because the MLP only takes cases where the legal issue has a connection to the patient's health, part of the coordinator's time is spent educating physicians, residents, nurse practitioners, nurses, and social workers about the types of issues that are appropriate for referral to the MLP. At other times, she is meeting with patients and their families who have been referred to the MLP. If she comes across an issue that requires more than an hour or two of legal work, she calls the MLP coordinator at the law firm, who decides how to place the case. Some cases stay with the law firm, but the law firm has also arranged for two local legal aid societies to take cases, as well.
Weekly, a multidisciplinary group including lawyers, healthcare providers, and social workers meets via telephone to discuss new cases and get updates on existing cases. In the program's first year, most of the referrals have been children whose health is suffering from living in toxic environments, such as insect-infested apartments and moldy houses. However, the MLP has also handled benefits cases and immigration and domestic violence matters.
In the planning stages for the MLP, the partners considered a variety of questions, including identifying who would be the MLP's client, setting limits on the types of legal cases the MLP would accept, analyzing potential barriers contained in the Indiana Rules of Professional Responsibility, and considering how a multidisciplinary team from multiple organizations would collaborate in the delivery of services. The questions the partners considered in structuring the Wishard MLP may serve as a guide for others considering similar initiatives elsewhere in the country.
1. Determining the Scope of Services
Recognizing that the MLP had limited resources and also that the legal needs of the health system's patients were boundless, the partners placed limits on the scope of services to be provided. Criminal matters were unambiguously outside the scope as were matters related to child support. Guardianships presented a closer question, and the group determined it would consider them on a case-by-case basis, depending on the closeness of the connection to the patient's heath. The group considered the MLP's core issues as those related to poor living conditions (environmental concerns, utility shutoffs), immigration, domestic violence, and benefits advocacy.
After receiving a referral for a personal bankruptcy in a case where it appeared that the parent's ability to care for the patient adequately hinged on her getting her finances in order, the group recently discussed in detail whether the MLP could take on personal bankruptcy matters. After much debate, and with the advice of a bankruptcy attorney, the group decided handling personal bankruptcies was outside the scope of services that the MLP could provide, given that there were other resources in the community for debt counseling.
With respect to medical malpractice, the partners agreed at the outset that the MLP would not be able to represent patients in lawsuits or other actions against the health system. While all of the partners recognized the common sense in such a policy, there was significant discussion about how to authentically advocate for patients knowing that such advocacy could never involve becoming adverse to the health system.
2. Identifying the Client
With the understanding that the ultimate goal of the MLP would always be improving patient health, the group faced a challenge in determining who would be considered the "client" for purposes of delivering legal services. The health system had already determined that it would limit services to pediatric patients and their families. Was the client the pediatric patient? Not really. The lawyers had to reconcile their own conceptions of "client" with the pediatricians' views of "patient." The group determined that the true client – the person in need of legal services – was the patient's caregiver, typically a parent or guardian. The group discussed scenarios in which the client's interest might be adverse to the patient's (for example, if the client were abusing or neglecting the patient) and recognized that the MLP lawyer would have to withdraw should the client's objectives harm the patient's interests.
3. Attorney-Client Privilege and Consent to Representation
In many MLP programs the healthcare practitioner identifies a potential legal need and refers patients to an attorney (either in-house at the hospital or through some other mechanism). While this model is effective in many programs, the group here decided to eschew a referral model in favor of creating a sustained dialogue among healthcare practitioners, lawyers, and other professionals in benefit of the patient. This raised a fundamental challenge to the privileges enjoyed by clients in the attorney-client relationship. The legal team determined that participation in the program would require a knowing consent by the client to have his or her matter discussed with a multidisciplinary team.
The legal team developed a patient consent form to document that the client fully understands the associated benefits and, more importantly, potential risks, in participating in the program. For instance, the client must comprehend that his or her information will be shared with others. The client also must understand the limits of the representation. The consent document also helps familiarize the client with the principles of the attorney-client relationship, such as letting the client know that the client won't be charged for the services and that the client has the right to terminate participation in the program at any time.
In addition, to comply with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the federal law protecting patients' health information, the law firm signed a business associate agreement with the health system, essentially agreeing to provide the same protection as the health system would to any protected health information it received.
After a year in operation, and with the groundwork described above in place, the Wishard MLP is serving patients daily. To give one quick example, working hand-in-hand with the county health department, the MLP recently helped a single mother of six children, all of whom suffered from asthma, pressure her landlord into cleaning up the moldy conditions in her rental home. Two of her children had been hospitalized for asthma seven times between them in the prior year. If the MLP can prevent further hospitalizations for those children, it will be meeting its goal of improving patient health.
There are approximately 120 MLPs in existence around the county; the MLP described here represents just one of many models. The ABA has adopted a resolution supporting such partnerships. For more information, please see http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/medlegal/home.shtml.
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Everyone loves Google, or so it often seems. For a long time, it has been my favorite search engine for finding general information on the Internet. Also, the sheer "coolness" of its work environment is legendary; I can remember when the company was looking to hire a gourmet chef for its cafeteria, not to mention an in-house masseuse. In a way, that very cool work environment substantially contributed to one of Google's most recent moves. In mid-March, Google launched a website (Google Code) at which it provides the source code for some of its software tools for free.
Yes, you read that correctly. Google teamed up with Sourceforge to release several of its projects to the open source community. The four initial projects are named Perftools, sparsehashtable, coredumper and goopy/functional. These projects are in active use and development at Google, and being released under the BSD 2.0 new license.
Keep in mind that these are actual software tools. They aren't applications per se, or environments in which to develop. They aren't interfaces to use Google search, either; Google has a separate site specifically devoted to its APIs. They are tools for creating software -– in other words, tools to help programmers develop new software.
The projects initially released will be most interesting to C++ and Python programmers. Below is a list with descriptions of the tools, taken from the Google Code website:
- Perftools: libraries and tools that help programmers tune and debug multi-threaded C++ programs.
- Coredumper: gives programmers the ability to dump cores from programs when it was previous not possible.
- Sparsehashtable: an assortment of new hash tables for C++ developers.
- Goopy/functional: a library that brings functional language attributes to Python.
Granted, this is a fairly modest start, but then Google has a history of starting small and then building up momentum. This is really not bad for something that was six months in the making. Indeed, if you poke around the Google Code site, you'll find a number of useful links, including ones to other open source projects and organizations, Google APIs, a frequently asked questions list, and the discussions mailing list. As with most areas on the Google website, you'll be greeted with a clean, easy-to-use interface that makes it a snap to find everything you're looking for.
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So how is this exciting development a result of Google's work environment? Well, the search engine allows and encourages its software engineers to spend one day per week –- that's right, twenty percent of their work time –- working on their own personal projects. Many of the engineers at Google are interested in open source projects, so this website came about as part of a natural evolution process. Indeed, Chris DiBona, Google's open source program manager, said that one of the reasons he was hired by the company was to help it interact more closely with open source developers than it has done so far.
In short, the folks at Google believe in open source. They believe that releasing the code to these software tools will benefit both themselves and the greater open source community. To back up that point, Google emphasizes in its FAQ that the programs it is releasing are not simply in active use; they are in active development. "These first projects are all current, actively maintained code straight out of our repositories, and as we improve them, those improvements will be merged into the free code base."
Another cause for the open source community to rejoice over this site launch is that Google has no intention of stopping with these four projects. Again, according to its FAQ on the subject, "We've got a long list of software we want to release," and those who are interested can subscribe to the company's updates feed or discussion list for more news. As I pointed out above, the current projects would be of most interest to C++ and Python programmers, but you can expect future projects to appeal to a wider range of software engineers.
Indeed, Google didn't stop with those first four. As of this writing, Google has added more projects. On April 19, it added Google mMAIM, the MySQL Monitoring and Investigation Module. According to Google, its "purpose is to make a it easy to monitor and analyze MySQL servers and to easily integrate itself into any environment." On April 28, Google added three documents to the repository at Google Code that cover the Search Appliance. These documents are:
- Appliance Search Protocol: This allows customers to work with the search results from the appliance.
- Feeds Protocol: This allows customers to write a custom connector to feed data into the appliance.
- Authorization Protocol: This allows a customer web service to authorize users to access specific documents for searching in real-time, leveraging their existing security and access control environment.
You can also expect future projects to be released by Google under different forms of open source licenses. As mentioned, the first four projects are being released under the BSD 2.0 license. This is because the developers who dedicated their time to releasing the code are most comfortable with that license, particularly for these kinds of infrastructural development tools. But Google expects to also release projects under the Apache, MIT or GPL licenses.
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This effort flies in the face of "conventional wisdom" that code must be kept closed, or proprietary, to deliver the best products and services. Nobody can doubt that Google delivers the best service in its field. The company has become so synonymous with search that whenever people talk about trying to find information about any particular topic on the Internet, instead of saying that they searched for it, they say that they "Googled" it. It is true that Google's search algorithms are still proprietary (and likely to remain so for the foreseeable future), but sharing the tools used to build website infrastructure is still a very significant step.
Certainly, the open source community is taking this move very seriously. Eric Raymond, president emeritus and founder of the Open Source Initiative, and author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, seemed quite impressed with the effort. "This looks great. It's great news. I'm not surprised. Google has always been a class act and it has had close ties to the open source community," he was quoted as saying in a recent PC World article discussing Google's release of source code.
Many observers will be watching very closely to see how this latest venture affects Google's efficiency in its core strength –- not to mention how it affects the company's bottom line. It might also serve as an interesting model for other companies to emulate. For example, a firm that offers a commercial product or service, but is interested in getting involved in open source, might examine how Google is approaching this endeavor. This is particularly true if the company believes, as does Google, that it has something both to gain from, and to offer to, the open source community.
It will be some time before we can appreciate the results of this action. Remember, only a relatively small community of programmers will work on the tools that Google has just released. This was intentional on Google's part; the company wants to work out any bugs in the system with a smaller group of developers before releasing projects of more general interest. No doubt many open source developers are already looking forward to seeing what Google will release next.
For search engine optimizers, the move signals that Google is widening the net it is casting to help it become the best search engine it can. While it is true that conventional wisdom insists that code must remain closed to deliver the best commercial products and services, many open source projects have been recognized as among the best in their fields by those who voted with their feet. One need only consider how many sites run the Apache Web server to see this. For those of you who are open source fans, it's more than worth it to point your browser to http://code.google.com/ and check out just how cool a search engine company can be.


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The Independence Tennis Association has extended its registration deadline for its End of Summer Tournament, Aug. 1-3 at Santa Fe Trail Park.
Players may sign up now through July 30. There will be divisions for juniors (12, 14, 16, 18-year old boys and girls singles/ doubles), adults (age 19-older, men and women singles/doubles/mixed) and seniors (age 55-older, men and women singles/doubles). Entry fee is $14 for singles and $24 for doubles, and players are limited to two events. A divison must have three entries for competition to take to place.
Balls are provided, and entrants are guaranteed two matches. Trophies will be awarded to first- and second-place finishers. Send entry fee and payment to: Jody McClain, 19209 E. 34th Terrace, Independence, MO 64057. Make checks payable to the Independence Tennis Association.
Call or email Jody McClain at 816-616-3712 or email@example.com with any questions.