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"These boys are just not understanding what it actually takes to make a game," one developer wrote. She went on to say, "As a game developer, I am often asked about resource management and priorities. Creating boys in games isn't a simple thing, listen, we aren't a sexist company, we are just realistic. It is a matter of resources and expense vs. return. Creating a character that is fundamentally different from the other characters in the game takes up memory, time, and requires unique writing, voice acting, textures, skeleton rigging and animations."
This sentiment was mirrored in many of the other responses that were returned to us:
"We just didn't have the resources to put Mario in New Princess Peach Wii. I mean, he doesn't wear a skirt, he has two legs and pants. Both legs have to act independently and that is thousands of lines of code!" (even though we note that AGAIN we have to save Mario in this latest release). But even after his rescue he is not a playable character. We see this as a missed opportunity. Especially as Mario was present in other Princess Peach releases, like Unicorn Race (he even had a snazzy kilt!).
"Our game is has a lot of dialogue and text, to have a male character involves checking every line of dialogue and text to ensure correct pronoun usage, for a small number of people who are not our target market. It just doesn't make sense for us."
A unicorn striding majestically across a stream. A brilliant sunset lights up the landscape, and a rainbow rises above the sunset.
"Due to our commitment to a rich, detailed experience, creating a male character was just not feasible for this release. We would have to recreate every cut scene, which, may I add, are cinema quality. This would involve another voice actor, motion capture, skeletons and rigging–effectively double the size of the entire game! We already motion captured all female characters. Think of the time necessary to redo the work for males. Their gait and center of gravity are completely different. We would have to start over from scratch! Were we to do that, we wouldn't have the realistic castle drawbridges and customizable unicorn mounts that Queen's Quest is known for!"
"We wanted to have men in the game, we really did. But as the release date drew nearer and nearer we had to make some tough decisions. Don't get me wrong, i love men. Who doesn't, mirite? I love to stare at them all day long. But there just are not enough hours in the day. We would have had to design form fitting clothing, and the penis physics alone would have taken days. And of course, we would have to redesign the costume choices to show off a little skin. The flowing dresses in our games simply do not show much skin. That takes time and effort."
"Men see enough violence in the real world that we didn't want to have such triggering scenes. Originally there was a plan for a male character, but early builds of the game shows that it just made us uncomfortable to have bad things happen to him. No one wanted to play him or do any harm to him. We felt protective of him."
"In the end we felt that adding a heterosexual male would be pandering to 'political correctness.' Just look at population statistics and you will see that the majority of people in the world are not heterosexual, white, males. But hey, we should get points for the m/m relationships, because that is just hot, mirite, ladies? We just couldn't show that as a real relationship. It would simply take too many resources."
"It was regretful that we weren't able to fit a playable male into the game. But the love interest, Keith, is pretty hot! We even got a few close up chest and butt shots in there for the ladies."
"I don't think men were ever in the plan for our game, hardly any men buy games anyway. We would have to change the artwork to include camouflage and black just to market the game and we didn't want to do that. We felt there were already enough 'boy games' out there as it is."
"Our entire art department is filled with women. They know how to animate female hair as they see it every day… but when asked to animate men's hair styles they were stuck. And how does one possible animate a bald head? This was simply too much of a challenge for our art department."
"When hitting the streets we made note of the people walking past us. After extensive polling we realized that straight, white males are clearly in the minority. As such it would be nothing more than a 'politically correct' move to include them in our games."
"The majority of our developers are women, so of course, they're more familiar with women. It's about what's relatable, you know? Women can relate to and identify with women more easily than with men. So what comes naturally to game developers is filling a world with female NPCs. This is why, about 75% of all of the NPCs in our RPG game are female, and 25% are male. Female NPCs also have more than twice the number of lines of dialogue than male NPCs. It's just easier to write dialogue when you're writing dialogue for female characters. And since the majority of the population, and therefore the majority of gamers are women, we don't see why we need to pander to niche audiences like straight, white male gamers. Just think about it. The majority of our target market are women. We're just making characters that the majority of market can better identify with and relate to."


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The workflow service account should have appropriate permission in database "WFInstanceManagementDB" and "WFResourceManagementDB" for the workflow to publish and run successfully.
Side effects if the account does not have appropriate permission.
- Workflow may not publish properly
- Workflow history status screen may not open i.e., the workflow link for list item may show unexpected error
How to troubleshoot this issue?
- Login to web front end server and open event viewer -> Applications and Services log -> Microsoft-Workflow and click "Operational"
- Look for error message as shown below
Failed SQL command after 1 tries with error '229'. Exception: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'InsertTrackingAndStatus', database 'WFInstanceManagementDB', schema 'dbo'.
giving appropriate permission to the service account as mentioned in the start of the article fixed this issue.
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There is a new option in Forest Park that is cooking with hardwood, low and slow.
Becoming a pitmaster takes time and patience.
It's not just dry-rubbing the beef and pork. It's also feeding the fire with hardwood and knowing how long to smoke.
The man in charge at Piggyback Tavern hails from the south so barbecue is in his DNA. That's a good thing, if you happen to live out west.
The concept of low and slow isn't lost on Jason Kurosaki. The Arkansas native grew up on barbecue, so he knows his dry rub from his sauce.
But there's something almost exciting about the mundane routine of loading up a smoker and pulling out beef and pork, because he's doing it in Forest Park, not exactly a bastion of barbecue history, at the two-month old Piggyback Tavern.
"The Memphis-style dry ribs, that's what I grew up eating. The brisket from Texas is bar none, amazing, and we try to do those styles really well," said Kurosaki.
Ten pound slabs of pork shoulder get smothered in dry rub, which includes cumin, cayenne and paprika, among a few others. Baby back ribs get the same pre-smoke treatment. Brisket, meanwhile, gets only a dusting in salt and pepper.
All day long, logs of hickory and cherry wood are loaded into the base of the smoker, where the pork and brisket hang out at 220 degrees for 10 to 12 hours. Not so for the ribs.
"One of the weirdest things that I've come across is that a lot of the guys who do it really well on the barbecue circuit actually will cook the ribs at a higher temperature, around 275," Kurosaki said.
After just two to three hours, the ribs come out with a good smoke ring, and a gentle tug off the bone.
There are also some Southern touches here, like shrimp po'boys - fully dressed - and tasty sides, like a mayo-based coleslaw.
"Got a little red wine vinegar, sugar, that's about it," he said.
Even simple, expected things, like a trio of homemade sauces and a rich mac and cheese show up on nearly every table. It seems some things within the barbecue culture can't be avoided.
"I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel here. These are things people expect when you have barbecue," said Kurosaki.


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The lyrics to this song are great as always from Scar Symmetry! I think its about realising the true potential of the human mind that over time we seem to have forgotten about, yet we all know deep down is there. I guess in this song it's the 'catastrophy' that causes us to wake up...and that's usually the case unofortunately! Great song! One of the best on the new album!
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Flat-screen maestros Loewe have really pushed the boat out at IFA this year on TV customisation – the new flagship LCD line Reference ID can be adorned with whatever material Loewe customers want in a quest to banish boring black rectangles from our Interiors magazine-style living rooms.
The Reference ID will be arriving by the end of the year in 40in and 46in models with a 55in model planned for spring 2013. It's a full HD LCD affair with LED backlighting and 3D skills. There's also 1TB of storage and a recorder that can cope with 2D and 3D.
But you can get all that elsewhere, we hear you cry. Loewe is more excited about the personalisation options on offer: as long as the fabric can stretch you can stick it on the lower panel of the TV and even decorate your sound system to match.
Woods, aluminiums and leathers are available for the frames too and it'll take just 8-10 weeks for Loewe to meet your (no doubt ridiculous) demands. At Loewe's stand at IFA we saw a Reference ID complete with a Prince's family crest, a model using materials found on Fazioli pianos and a tartan TV for a German celebrity.
The lower priced Individual ID doesn't miss out on the fun either – there's new colour options (we were strangely drawn in by the bronze model) and with various wall mounts, coloured inlays and speaker set-ups Loewe reckon there's near on 3000 options to choose from.
The Connect ID range also now gets a 55in model and Loewe was also showing off 70in and 80in models of the Individual. That's a lot of luxurious screen for one stand, take it from us.
Since Loewe will make one-off Reference ID TVs we're sure the prices will make our eyes water but there's no word yet on the starting price for the line. Meanwhile we look forward to seeing which designers Loewe get on board in the UK – in Germany it's luxury label Strenesse – and it'll give us time to tear our curtains apart and glue them to our gadgets as a trial.
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Research has found that pregnant women with poor dental hygiene (who are more prone to periodontal disease) have a higher risk of going into premature labor or having babies with low birth weights...
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China: How can Waitrose profit where ASOS couldn't?
Last week, Waitrose announced it would sell 30 products through the Royal Mail online shop on China's Tmall.
Such inauspicious beginnings in its 59th international market could, Waitrose said, turn into its biggest overseas market in three to five years.
But, so shortly after ASOS decided to mothball its Chinese website, why is Waitrose so confident?
Four key data trends affecting the digital marketing industry
Having spent many years working on ad campaigns for brands such as JP Morgan, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson, Ben Rhodes is now director of customer marketing for Royal Mail.
It's for this reason that Ben was invited to sit on the judging panel for Marketing Week's Data Storytelling Conference, which takes place this Thursday 10 September.
Three unique B2B marketing campaigns
We are regularly asked for more B2B examples of great marketing campaigns.
B2B is one of the categories in the annual Digitals awards handed out by Econsultancy. So, I thought I'd revisit the spring 2013 shortlist and pick out some B2B nominees that haven't made it on to the blog yet.
Here are three campaigns that are unique, for one reason or another. Perhaps a unique client, idea or business gain.
Let me know what you think, or leave your own examples in the comments.
2030: have email and social destroyed the art of letter writing?
Imagine it's 2030, that's 16 years from now, not half past eight in the evening, clever guy.
You sit down to write a letter with your futuristic ray gun pen. But wait, haven't the postal service just announced hover ships are no longer delivering sealed missives?
Have postal bods stop delivering the letter (the last mile at least)? How have letter volumes changed alongside email and social messaging? How has click and collect affected courier services? Could Amazon be ruling parcel mail?
There are indeed lots of questions.
Well, it's the New Year and I think it's time for a literature study, this time looking at the humble letter. After all, I have previously delighted and enthralled my colleagues, collecting tens of page impressions by writing about the fax machine. So why not pen and paper?
I've been tracing the history of letter writing in numbers alongside the rise of email and social. Are we close to the end of the letter and triumph of online?
Site review: the new RoyalMail.com delivers on customer experience
E.M. Forster, great Victorian-born champion of the internet, sorry, humanism, once wrote this:
"Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient".
The Royal Mail's revamped website is the latest in a string of big organisations meeting new and improved standards in customer experience.
The aesthetic of the site accounts largely for its improvements, and the site as it stands can be seen, excuse me Edward, to express more of the Royal Mail's personality as well as those of its various audiences.
First, I'll look at some interesting little here's and there's from around the site before panning out.
Marketing budgets to increase in Q3/Q4: report
Is the global economy back on track? There's probably no question more capable of sparking a heated debate. But if the optimism of marketing directors in the UK is any indication, things are getting better.
According to the Royal Mail's second annual confidence tracker poll, conducted in partnership with The Marketing Society, found that a third of the UK's top marketing directors anticipated an increase in marketing spend in the second half of 2010. More importantly, only 13% of those polled expected their budgets to be cut.
Argos uses check and reserve to beat the postal strike
The postal strikes last month cost retailers a total of £53m in lost sales, but some retailers managed to offset customer concerns around delivery by offering collect in store services.
Argos is one example, reporting growth in use of its Check and Reserve service around the time of the strikes, and providing an example for other multichannel retailers of how to minimise the disruption caused by postal strikes.
Royal Mail strikes cost etailers £53m
The latest stats from IMRG suggest that the postal strike in October cost £53m in lost sales online, as growth dipped during the month.
Total online retail sales for October were £4.2bn, up both on last year's and September's figures. However, growth dipped in the last two weeks of the month, as the strikes affected consumer confidence.
Royal Mail strike: some etailers see sales fall
Two thirds of online retailers have seen a 30% fall in their revenues since the Royal Mail strike began, and a third have seen a drop of around 24% in visitors numbers.
In a IMRG survey of online retailers, 85% believe that, with no sign of a resolution to the dispute in sight, the strike will discourage people from shopping online this Christmas.
Royal Mail strike: are etailers reassuring customers about deliveries?
With the Royal Mail strike going ahead today and tomorrow, there will naturally be some doubt in customers' minds over whether their online purchases will arrive on time, or at all.
Those online retailers that have made alternative arrangements for deliveries, or who don't rely on Royal Mail anyway, can do a lot to reassure customers with some timely messaging on their websites. So how are etailers communicating this information to visitors?
Five ways the Royal Mail strike could affect e-commerce
With a two-day strike scheduled for Thursday and Friday this week, and the possibility of further industrial action in the run up to Christmas, online retailers are justifiably concerned about the possible effects on their business.
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Last week's issue of Sports Illustrated featured a fantastic article from Pablo S. Torre that describes how (and why) athletes go broke. Generally, it's for the same reasons that people like you and me go broke: they don't know enough about money. But pro athletes are also besieged by many people who are eager to help them "invest" their fortunes:
"With athletes, there's an extraordinary metamorphosis of financial challenge," says agent Leigh Steinberg, who has represented the NFL's No. 1 pick a record eight times. "Coming off college scholarships, they probably haven't even learned the basics of budgeting or keeping receipts." Which then triggers two fatal mistakes: hiring the wrong people as advisers, and trusting them far too much.
"That's the killer," Magic Johnson says. Johnson started out by admitting he knew nothing about business and seeking counsel from the power brokers who sat courtside at the old L.A. Forum, men such as Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz and Sony Pictures CEO Peter Guber. Now, Johnson says, he gets calls from star players "every day" — Alex Rodriguez, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, Plaxico Burress — and cuts them short if they propose relying on friends and family. "It won't even be a conversation," says Johnson. "They hire these people not because of expertise but because they're friends. Well, they'll fail."
There's a perfect storm of inexperience, peer pressure, bad advice, and gobs of money that makes it difficult for a professional athlete to hold onto wealth. They need smart financial advice just like everyone else — perhaps more so. Most of the time, they don't get it. According to the article, only two years after retirement, "78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce."
It's not in anybody's interest to sit these players down to educate them about how money works. In fact, the opposite is true. There are layers of people who profit from the ignorant with newfound wealth. (Not just athletes, but lottery winners and others, as well.)
But it's not just bad advice that causes problems. The players make bad choices, too. They adopt unsustainable lifestyles. If they elected to save their money, they might live comfortably for the rest of their lives. Instead, they often succumb to peer pressure:
It's all part of that ossified notion of how a pro athlete should live and provide for those around him. If he isn't consuming conspicuously, then he hasn't made it. "When I was a young buck," says [LaTroy Hawkins], "I was trying to spend all my money. Now I try to preach to young guys in the clubhouse who are like that. I've got all this stuff from 10 years ago — jewelry, rims — that I think, Why the f— did I even buy this?"
I still shake my head at the lifestyles of the rich and stupid, but I'm less judgmental than I used to be. It's easy to imagine I'd do something smarter if I won the lottery or experienced a huge windfall. But it's one thing to speculate and another to actually live it.
[Sports Illustrated: How (and why) athletes go broke]


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Mecca Bah provides a modern interpretation of Moroccan and Middle Eastern cuisine in a spectacular setting that will whisk you away to another world. Mecca Bah on the Gold Coast takes diners on a tour of Middle Eastern flavours.
The restaurant serves dishes from across the Middle East, including Turkish kofte, Arab cheeses, Turkish pizzas, and lamb tagines. All food is served in the warm surrounds of the open-air eating house, strewn with cushions and exotic trimmings.
Mecca Bah puts a lot of love into its food but it doesn't forget about drinks; the bar serves local and imported beers, cocktails, wine and champagne.
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Weekly Top 10 K-dramas
Which new drama pushed down Song Jae Rim's Thumping Spike? An unusual new drama has jumped into the Top 10, and we've see quite a few changes in this week's ranking. Is your favorite drama among the Top 10? Let's find out.
There's something about super beings. Not only is My Amazing Boyfriend continuing strong at the top, Bong Soon- A Cyborg in Love ramped up to #5 in its debut week. The cute web drama with only 12 episodes, each at less than 15 minutes, is a breeze to enjoy.
The impressive Scarlet Heart (aka Bu Bu Jing Xin) moved into #10. (I must not be the only one who had an addicting marathon over the weekend!) This unique time-travel romance is considered a classic, ever since it was released in 2011. The high quality production, lovely settings and locations, and the excellent cast's performance jointly keep this drama looking fresh and appealing to our romantic hearts. And, the leading couple Cecilia Liu and Nicky Wu's own love story gives the drama a real-life happy ending. Read more about leading man Nicky Wu's amazing rags-to-riches life.
I'm also mesmerized by the darker fantasy of Mirror of the Witch starring Yoon Si Yoon and Kim Sae Ron. Did you know Yoon Si Yoon was in a funny cameo at the finale episode of Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi?
As writers who write about dramas, we are also passionate drama fans. This article from CoCo has made me decide to start watching new romcom Another Oh Hae Young, as soon as I find time. It's also fun to follow the hilarious recaps. Another reason is that Seo Hyun Jin, who stars as Oh Hae Young, was the heroine in The King's Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang.
Looking for a classic to watch? Check out 5 Classic shows that started my K-drama addiction written by Shelly M.
New Dramas:
More new dramas are coming to DramaFever this week: Les Interprètes, (or as I call it, Interpreters who fall in love when they visit Switzerland), After School Club, and Alpha Girls. Find out more HERE.
Want to see Captain Yoo again? Don't forget to catch the bonus special episodes for Descendants of the Sun!
New Weekly Top 10 in order of popularity:
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Previous Top 10: Weekly Top 10 K-dramas - May 16, 2016
On my regular watch list: My Amazing Boyfriend, Monster, Daebak, and Mirror of the Witch.
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Most machines and structures are required to operate with low levels of vibration as smooth running leads to reduced stresses and fatigue and little noise. This book provides a thorough explanation of the principles and methods used to analyse the vibrations of engineering systems, combined with a description of how these techniques and results can be applied to the study of control system dynamics. Numerous worked examples are included, as well as problems with worked solutions, and particular attention is paid to the mathematical modelling of dynamic systems and the derivation of the equations of motion. All engineers, practising and student, should have a good understanding of the methods of analysis available for predicting the vibration response of a system and how it can be modified to produce acceptable results. This text provides an invaluable insight into both.Franklin, G. F., Powell, J. D. and Workman, M. L., Digital Control of Dynamic Systems, 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1990. Guy, J. J. ... Rao, S. S., Mechanical Vibrations, Addison-Wesley, 1986, 2nd edn, 1990; Solutions Manual, 1990. Ravenanbsp;...
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UPDATE 18:59 15/06/2016: A University spokesperson has since responded to the announced plans and stated that the sexual consent briefings are not compulsory and students will not be issued with fines if they do not attend. The Fire Talks are compulsory and could result in a fine if students do not attend.
YUSU Women's Officers Mia Chaudhuri-Julyan and Lucy Robinson have clarified that the soon-to-be instated compulsory consent talks for first year undergraduate and postgraduate students are 'not only for men'.
The statement follows a significant backlash at the announcement of the talks, with many objecting to the compulsory nature of the briefings.
Ben Froughi, a student at the University, wrote an open letter to their pair in March, suggesting that the consent talks may be "demeaning and patronising, […] painting all men as rapists".
The officers have since stated that the talks are entirely gender neutral and will be compulsory for all students, presented in a similar format to the fire safety talks at the beginning of the academic year.
The talks are gender and sexuality neutral, solution based and positive in tone
The pair clarified, "We disagree wholly with the manner in which [consent talks] have been conducted elsewhere in the past, such as directing the talks at men, as we recognise that anyone can be an abuser or victim. We have introduced the talks because consent is a basic safety concern, and we want to make sure everyone coming here has the same level of knowledge and understanding of the matter.
"The talks are gender and sexuality neutral, solution based and positive in tone. They will be presented as a segment of the main safety talk and cover both basic consent and respect, including a section on cultural awareness.
"Our aim is to create an even more inclusive, open and forward-thinking community at York, and informative talks on consent will lay a foundation for this."
The officers will deliver the talks as a segment of the safety talk, formerly known as the fire safety talk. Non-attendance of the talk as a whole will be sanctioned with a fine, as it has been in previous years.
Commenting on the matter when the talks were proposed, YUSU Community and Wellbeing Officer Scott Dawson stated that, "The new Women's Officers are developing an ambitious range of plans to respond to challenges that students at York regularly face. We've had a real body of evidence develop at the University in recent years on issues like consent and sexual harrassment.
"Mia and Lucy's election has given them an exciting mandate to respond with a range of inclusive policies that will benefit all students at York, regardless of gender. They're developing an innovative range of talks that they're hoping will follow the same model as Fresher's Fire Safety talks in Colleges. I am looking forward to working with them."


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|Actual Bughuul mask from Sinister. Met Nick King, the guy who played him, as well.
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The Flash's Grant Gustin: "I might never play a cooler character," and here's why
The cast and crew of The CW's The Flash stopped by Comic-Con this year and we were stoked to get to talk with them. With so many comic-related options on television and in theaters right now, we wondered what could possibly make The Flash stand out above the rest. The answer was easy: A whole new, brighter vibe and one seriously lovable hero.
Is more of this epic bromance ahead for The Flash? >>
From what we've seen of The Flash, we're witnessing a completely different take on the latest round of superhero shows. More along the lines of The Avengers movies, The Flash has some humor and lightness behind it. Sure, there are villains and, yes, The Flash will fight them. But, that doesn't mean the dude can't have a little fun along the way, right? That lightness is exactly what the showrunners were going for with their newest foray into this world.
"It was very much a conscious decision. I think part of that was because even in the comic books and in the DNA of the character, he was always sort of a fanboy," said producer Greg Berlanti. "He was always wild-eyed and couldn't believe some of the people he was hanging out with and there was a bright blue skies kind of demeanor. And comedic and good with a quip. And so you put all those things together and it kind of tells you the tone it wants to be, I think, a lot of times."
The Tomorrow People might go away, but there's still The Flash >>
Grant Gustin, who plays The Flash, expanded on his likability. It turns out he's pretty taken with his character.
"He's just so sweet," said Gustin. "I've played so many characters that I would never be friends with or wouldn't want to be in the same room with. So, it's nice to play somebody that people like and I would like. And he's funny and cool. I may never play a cooler character."
OK, boys. We get it and we already knew: The Flash from the comics was an awesome dude. But, what else makes The CW's Flash so special? Berlanti gave a good bit of credit to his star, as well.
"You're still in a heightened world," he said. "So, it was like introducing an organ to a body, I think. In part, so much of that is with Grant [Gustin]. When he came into the Arrow universe, if you can believe in him, and you want to believe in him and what happened to him, you would want to be in that world. I believe it's our connection with the actors that give it the most grounding."
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Are subduction zone magmas born oxidised?
The redox state of the Earth's mantle controls the valency of elements such as Fe and the speciation of volatiles (e.g. H, C and S) that degas from volcanoes and ultimately make up the atmosphere. Whether the redox state of basaltic magmas, which form by partial melting of the mantle, accurately reflects that of the Earth's interior remains unclear. In this project, which is part of the funded ARC-DECRA proposal "Redox evolution of basaltic magmas", the student will conduct experiments at high pressure and temperature to determine mineral/melt partitioning coefficients for a range of elements. The primary aim of this project is to provide more reliable and tectonic setting-specific trace element partitioning data required in the geochemical modelling of mantle partial melting and basaltic magma fractionation in subduction zones. The proposed experiments will address the effect of composition, including water content, pressure and temperature on trace-element partition relations of Fe-bearing "close-to-natural" basaltic compositions as a function of oxygen fugacity. Background in petrology/geochemistry is desired. The student will be trained in conducting high and temperature experiments and in microanalysis of experimental products.
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How To Apologize for Server Outages
Server problems and billing errors happen to everybody. I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. Actually, I know how embarrassing and interruptive they are, so yes—I would wish them on my worst enemy. But they happen to everybody.
When there's a goof-up, any decent business owner wants to apologize to his customers. But there's a right way and a wrong way to apologize…
Here are three recent "oopsies" that caught my eye. Two were server outages that were handled well, and the other was a billing error that was handled horribly.
Bad: Dreamhost Billing D'oh!
Better: 37Signals Server Outage – What happened this morning
Best: JoelOnSoftware's "The Five Whys"
First, I should start off by saying we've had all of the above problems here at MailChimp, and we're just a little email marketing company . Run an e-commerce site long enough, and they're inevitable. And when I see one of my competitors posting something to their blog about a server problem, I don't laugh. I cringe, because I know what they're going through (and because I respect server-karma). Just to demonstrate how un-perfect we are:
- We once had a hardware failure where some switch-over thingy (ironically, it's designed to prevent outages) failed. It took hours to replace. Then, immediately after replacing it, the hard drive it was pointing to failed. Luckily, there was a tape backup. But tape backups take hours to load. We learned our lesson many times over: have multiple servers, multiple switch-thingies, and multiple copies of absolutely everything.
- Once, we discovered our automated billing system wasn't billing anyone at all. After slapping ourselves on the forehead (it was one of those "Oh, we forgot to plug it in" moments), we jump started it, which resulted in lots of customers getting billed for several months at a time. Nobody was overcharged—they were charged what they owed us anyway. They just got it all at once, with no warning whatsoever.
We're far from perfect, and we've given our fair share of apologies. So I thought I'd share some of the lessons I've learned, and observations I've made over the years.
If you run a web application, I hope you find this somewhat useful…
Update Frequently. But keep your updates useful
We use a 3rd party vendor for our live chat support. We love them, and highly recommend them. But once, they had an outage, and we were left in the dark. We were furious! We were chatting with customers, and it looked like we "hung up" on them. We wanted to know what the heck was going on. Now. To their credit, they learned from that incident.
The next time they had an outage, they emailed updates every hour to keep us informed. At first, it was nice to know that they were on top of things. But then it just got annoying. Their email updates were too apologetic. There's only so much of "We're very sorry for the interruption. We know how important this is to you. We're doing all we can." that a person can take. Just stick to the facts, and don't get too gushy.
To make it worse, sometimes these guys have outages that don't seem to affect us. They're happening to some server for some other group of customers in some other country. But we get all the "I'm sorry" emails anyway.
Eventually, I think they got the right formula. Now, if there's an outage, we get updates, but they're technical, and not too emotional.
How do you update customers when your servers are dead?
If your back-end system (shopping cart, application, database) dies, but your front-end website is still alive, you can post a notice wherever people login to use your service.
During their recent outage, 37 Signals posted a nice updates page (here's a screenshot):
I also hear they used Twitter, which is a pretty creative use of that site for business.
You might also consider an externally hosted blog (FogCreek uses TypePad) and an externally hosted email solution (ahem, like MailChimp). If you do setup an external blog, you have to constantly tell your customers about it. Put a link to it in the footer of all your email newsletters or something. Some companies setup a subdomain, like "status.company.com"
During an outage, if you've got a toll-free number, make sure your customer service people are talking with your server people constantly during the ordeal. If those two groups are offsite and working remotely, get them talking over the phone constantly.
Give your customer service team the corporate American Express card. Authorize them to buy gifts for key customers who mean a lot to your business. Or, make sure they jot down "the most pissed customers" on a list, so you can email a personal apology to them when the dust settles.
And buy everyone in the office pizza, so that they don't have to leave until everything is fixed.
No Empty Promises
Don't just say that "We are doing everything in our power to prevent this from happening again." You can't prevent it. We all know crap happens. So if you don't list specifics, we won't believe you.
Tell us what you've changed to keep this from happening again. If you've changed nothing, and it was all a fluke, say nothing.
A good response posted by a 37Signals staffer:
"It was no doubt a mistake not to have a second load balancer sitting ready. We're working with them right now to ensure that we have redundant hardware for all the network pieces ready by the end of the day."
They list what went wrong, what they're doing to fix it, and by when. No more F.U.D. (fear, uncertainty, doubt).
Or, take the Joel on Software approach, and list nothing but facts. Tons and tons and tons of facts. He explains exactly what happened, teaches us all about servers, switchover thingies that never work, and worthless SLAs. By the end of the post, you're just nodding your head, and saying "Yep. Amen brother." Then he lists what they're doing to prevent this from happening again. Notice there are no "I'm sorries" in that post, but we feel their pain, and we know they're sorry.
Remember the Tylenol scare? People got poisoned and died. Tylenol apologized. Then, they created a new tamper-proof bottle. That's another nice example of how to say "We actually did something to prevent this from happening again."
When to be funny, and when to put on the "serious" hat
Then there's the tone of your apology. Should you be funny? Or serious and "corporate"? If you know anything about MailChimp, you know we've got some attitude around here. Here's what I've learned about the tone of my apologies:
- When your mistake makes you (and only you) look stupid, you can be funny.
- When your mistake makes you look stupid, AND it makes your customers look stupid in front of their customers, do NOT be funny. Wear a tie, comb your hair, tuck your shirt in, and talk like a grownup.
Just read through all the comments under that Dreamhost blog post to see what I mean. People are blind with rage, and here's what they're seeing in the apology:
- Casual, flippant tone
- Homer Simpson cartoons
- Funny face photos
Dreamhost later posted an apology for their apology.
Compare all this to one of Rackspace's recent apologies:
Measures Taken and Future Actions
Things that make Rackspace's apology better:
- Serious tone
- Mea culpa attitude, followed up with
- What we're specifically doing to prevent it, by when
- Refunds – they speak of "millions of dollars" of refunds.
- Heads rolled. Ouch.
Don't point fingers
When we had one of our biggest server meltdowns a few years ago, I pointed the finger at our data center (Rackspace). Big mistake. I still remember letters from our customers who wrote me back and told me that was a stupid thing to do (Hi Frank).
37Signals handled their apology almost perfectly, except for their mention of Rackspace. And you can tell by the replies at the bottom of the apology that users thought that was a very uncool thing to do (even if maybe it was Rackspace's fault). Eventually, 37Signals updated the page and said "the buck stops here, and we take all the blame."
Even when it really, really, really isn't your fault, don't point fingers. Fix, refund, and move on. That's all your customers want to hear.
Does it really have to be public?
When we screw up at MailChimp, we do indeed apologize. But we don't always do it on our blog for the entire world to see. It's not because we're too embarrassed. It's because if we all apologize on our blogs every single day for every single mistake, nobody will take apologies seriously anymore.
We send an email only to those affected (when we can track that). Or we post an apology inside the product interface for those customers. We just don't see any sense in telling the entire world about all our mistakes.
The only reason I can see for a public apology is if it can somehow turn into a positive thing, like a big boost in "community" (blog comments, forum replies, etc.) or media attention. But for something like that to be newsworthy and positive, you really need to do something BIG to stand out (think Tylenol big).
The casual, "We're really, really sorry, but isn't it cool that we're apologizing in public on our new blog?" is just getting tiresome. And if that comes off as a little too negative, I'm really sorry.
Update: MailChimp Facebook integrations are now available with our freemium package. You can use your MailChimp list to create Facebook ads, and it's really easy.


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Russell Smith travels nationally and internationally educating on Australian cheese. His particular specialty and interest lies in providing cheese sensory training and cheese education for retailers, consumers, chef and restaurateurs and the list goes on.
After being Deputy Chief Judge of the Australian Grand Dairy Awards for the past 14 years, Russell has now stepped up to the position of Chief Judge.
Originally a scientist, Russell took a career change - buying a deli and becoming a cheese specialist in the nation's capital. His curiosity with cheese led him to eventually devote himself to learning and educating about Australian cheese.
Russell is also the chief judge at the Royal Queensland Dairy Show and an Australian judge for the World Cheese Championships in Madison, Wisconsin.
Mark has been grading and judging Cheese and Dairy Products for over 30 years. He grew up working on dairy farms and in a factory manufacturing products including, milks, yoghurts, custards and the English Cheese varieties. He graduated from the University of Western Sydney (Hawkesbury) after studying Dairy Technology and obtaining his Cheese and Buttermaker's qualifications.
As a Field Officer with the NSW Dairy Corporation he has assisted farms and factories on the development and implementation of HACCP systems and product improvement of a range of Italian, Greek and other European Cheeses.
Mark managed a Dairy Factory producing a range of European and English cheeses as well as yoghurts, creams, custard and milks. He has post graduate qualifications in Food Technology from University if NSW and Business Management from Charles Sturt University.
He currently lectures in Food Technology, Food Safety and runs his own Consultancy business. Mark is the Chair of Judges at the Sydney Royal Cheese and dairy Produce Show.
Tiffany Beer is passionate about food and especially dairy products. She has been working as a food safety consultant for almost 20 years working across most areas of the food industry, including the manufacture of dairy products including milk, cheese, yoghurt, fermented drinks, dips, ice cream, gelato and speciality dairy based nutritional products. Tiffany mainly works with small and medium sized food businesses often from the initial establishment phase.
She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Food Technology from UNSW and is constantly learning more about food. Tiffany is also a dairy judge at the Royal Agricultural Society in Sydney.
Garry has extensive industry experience including product development at Streets, product development then general management at Germantown International and product management at Danisco (now Dupont) – the number one global supplier of ingredient technology to dairy and ice cream industries. In the late 1980s Garry adopted and modified leading USA ice cream judging principles for the NSW RAS initial ice cream competition (the first in Australia and New Zealand). Jointly with peer judges he has enhanced the judging principles used in multiple ice cream and gelato competitions in Australia, New Zealand and India.
Garry has judged for both the DIAA and RAS (NSW,VIC); EKKA (Qld); New Zealand Ice Cream Association; and the All India ice cream competition.
Scott Bolch's career in the dairy industry began in 1993 with the study of Dairy Food Science at the University of Melbourne Gilbert Chandler campus in Werribee. While studying he worked for United Milk Tasmania in cheese-making, as well as gaining experience in powder and WPC production. Scott spent six years with the company before he moved to Launceston as Operations Manager of Hillwood Cheese, and was heavily involved in the expansion and growth of this small business to become one of Australia's largest Fetta producers.
Scott joined Chr. Hansen in 2002 as Technical Sales Manager in Dairy where his attention was focused in servicing large cheese operations across a number of cheese varieties. Scott gained a significant knowledge of Starter Cultures and Enzyme Technologies while at Chr Hansen.
Currently Scott holds the position at Chr Hansen of Technical Manager Cheese for ANZ.
In 2005, Sonia Cousins traded science and technology for cheese, and has since worked as a cheesemonger in both Sydney and Newcastle. In addition, she runs a cheese education a consulting business called Cheese The Day, which presents cheese appreciation classes for the public, and workshops covering cheese sensory evaluation for industry professionals. She also contributes cheese-related articles to various consumer and industry publications in Australia and overseas.
Sonia is an active member of the Australian Specialist Cheesemakers' Assocation (ASCA), and a passionate advocate for artisan cheese producers, particularly in New South Wales. In addition to AGDA, her judging credits include the Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show, Royal Queensland Cheese & Dairy Produce Show, Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards, and New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards.
Gina is passionate about cheese. A food technologist and lecturer with Adelaide's TAFE SA, Gina was instrumental in the creation of the Artisan Cheese Making Academy Australia in August 2012.
Gina has judged cheese and dairy competitions around Australia and has also attended cheese sensory and judge training in Wisconsin, USA. She is also the President of the South Australian division of the Dairy Industry Association of Australia (DIAA), a member of the Australian Institute of Food Science Technology (AIFST) and a board member of the Dairy Authorities of South Australia. Gina is also the head judge at the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards Cheese and Dairy Competition and the Royal Perth Cheese and Dairy Show.
Gina works at Adelaide Central Market's 'Say Cheese' and spends her spare time refining methods of cheese-making and developing new cheese recipes. Gina was just recently awarded a Church Hill Scholarship to develop a centre for cheese education creating a paddock-to-plate Artisan Cheese Industry. Her project will include a visit to several international teaching institutes to observe and review best practice teaching philosophies, methods and educational materials with a focus on Artisan Cheese.
Robyn Gray is currently a business development manager for Symrise, a leading company within the flavour and fragrance Industry. She has been actively involved in the Australian Dairy Industry for over 20 years. As a qualified cheesemaker, with a technical background heavily focussed in ice cream and general dairy textures and, in recent years, flavour delivery systems, she continues to use her expertise in various judging panels throughout Australia, including the annual AGDA awards.
After completing a Bachelor of Applied Science-Biomedical Science (Hons), Meleesa began her career in the food industry and for the past 5 years has been working with Chr Hansen in the Melbourne sales office. She is the team's Food Cultures and Enzymes applications technologist, and helps develop fermented milk products for industry leaders and boutique creators in the dairy space, also assisting with troubleshooting on a daily basis. Melessa completed the Dairy Judge training course with Russell Smith in May this year and it is her first year judging at the Australian Grand Dairy Awards.
I have been working in the food industry for over 15 years. Originally from Austria, I have been working in the Dairy Industry gaining knowledge as Product Manager for Cheese (White mould and blue vein cheese), yogurts, flavoured milk based drinks and dairy desserts. I immigrated in 2005 to Australia and worked in the Quality Assurance Department of Dairy Factories producing white milks, flavoured milks, yoghurts, sour cream, thickened cream and ice cream. Now I have my own consultancy company helping businesses implementing and optimizing quality systems and food safety programs.
Carlo Mason is a dairy technologist, dairy application specialist, and a genuine foodie with an in-depth knowledge of fermented dairy product manufacturing and formulation. Currently the Business Manager for Cultures and Enzymes at Chr Hansen Australia, the leading global supplier of starter cultures to the cheese, yogurt, smallgoods and wine industries. Carlo has been with Chr Hansen for 14 years, working in technical and commercial positions that have allowed him to travel the world extensively in roles exploring the technical and commercial aspects of the fermented dairy industry. Carlo formerly spent several years in hands-on cheese production roles, scientific research at the Australian Starter Culture Research Centre (currently DIAL) , and Quality Assurance Management in the flavour and fragrance industry.
Carlo's experience and training has led him to develop a deep understand of the technical and artisanal factors that characterise dairy products, especially fermented fresh dairy products and cheese. At Chr Hansen, Carlo manages the Technical and Commercial Sales team who specialise in supplying starter culture and enzyme technology solutions to Australia's leading dairy, wine and smallgoods companies.
In 2012 Richard took out the title of the San Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Young Chef of the Year, winning out over a high calibre of contestants from across the globe, at the competition held in Venice. Prior to this, he was also named the 2011 Electrolux Australian Young Chef of the Year.
Richard's career began in Brisbane, where he started his apprenticeship working in a family owned Italian restaurant, which he continued and completed in a small hotel. When the opportunity arose for him to help with the setup and establishment of a fine dining restaurant, he gladly took it, utilizing every bit of knowledge attained to improve and perfect his skills. With a thirst for knowledge, Richard moved to England to work for Michael Roux at the Waterside Inn where he learnt about classical French cuisine and his core cooking skills were honed. In more recent years, Richard worked under Chef Peter Gilmore for 3 years, as sous chef at Quay Restaurant in Sydney, where he "discovered that an open-minded, innovative chef can draw on multiple cultural sources for one dish".
Richard joined Stokehouse Q in late 2012, where he became head chef in early 2013 and quickly rose to the top rank of executive chef for Stokehouse restaurants in 2015. While Richard is still based in Brisbane and is focused on duties at Stokehouse Q, he is currently working towards the exciting re-opening of Stokehouse St Kilda (due to open in late 2016).
Brenda Reilly has been involved in the dairy industry in Queensland and Western Australia for 20 years in processing, regulatory and auditing roles. Brenda has judged dairy products in competitions run by the DIAA in WA and Victoria, the Perth Royal Show and the Royal Queensland Show. Brenda currently consults to the food industry on implementing and maintaining food safety programs.
Jeremy Ryland is a passionate food professional with more than 40 years' experience in the Australian food industry. Jeremy has a degree in Food Technology, an MBA in Marketing and a Master of Arts in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu, Academie D'Art Culinaire de Paris.
Jeremy has worked in research, manufacturing, hospitality and marketing. He is currently the Brand Development Manager for the ALH Group, who own and operate over 330 hotels in Australia. Jeremy is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Tourism at the University of Queensland. He writes on food and gastronomy for the press and appears regularly on both radio and television, promoting food science, good food and commensality. Jeremy has been a restaurant judge, reviewer and critic for over 20 years and has been judging cheese and dairy for 4 years for the RNA and the RAS.
Andre is a Head Teacher at Le Cordon Bleu Sydney Culinary Arts Institute. As a qualified pastry chef, dairy is frequently one of the cornerstones of his culinary repertoire. He loves sharing both his passion for the profession and the simple pleasures that come from quality ingredients. In Andre's words: "teaching students about pastry enables the next generation to put their own signature on the profession.
Dairy provides a classic foundation that a pastry chef respects and appreciates for the distinct textures and flavours it bring to our craft."
Miranda Sharp coordinates Melbourne Farmers' Markets. Needless to say, she can usually be found on a Saturday morning at a farmers' market somewhere!
A retired chef, caterer and food writer, Miranda has cheerfully devoted 25 professional years to Melbourne's food industry. She finds it very hard to determine where work ends and life begins.
Farmers' markets are the culmination of her interest in Victorian producers and the edible spoils of every season. It is her quest to provide opportunities for everyone who eats to access, enjoy and afford fresh food. And more fundamentally, to remind us all that without the farmers', the rest isn't possible.
Craig graduated BSc Hons and holds a PhD in Food Technology from UNSW. He initially worked in academia/research at Massey University in New Zealand and at CSIRO in Canberrra and Sydney.
Since then, Craig has had a number of technical roles in the food industry and is currently working at Dupont Nutrition and Health as a Senior Application Specialist, focusing on all matters technical related to dairy products. Craig's key interest areas are neutral pH dairy products and frozen desserts.
Laura is the National Category Manager for Dairy at Calendar Cheese Company, based in Melbourne. In her role, Laura works closely with Australian and international cheese makers, in maintaining Calendar's exceptional range of cheeses. Calendar Cheese Company is Australia's leading supplier of premium cheese, butter, and cream, to restaurants, retailers and caterers. Laura is a 2001 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York with a Bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts and Management. In her 20 years in the food industry, she has worked as a qualified Chef, Cheesemonger and Quality Controller. In 2012, Laura was inducted into the prestigious Guilde Internationale des Fromagers and conducts cheese education classes for industry and the public.
Petra Sugiarto has worked at Danisco Australia for more than 10 years in the Innovation department and holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Master of Applied Science in Food Microbiology from UNSW.
Her particular areas of expertise are fermented dairy products such as yoghurt, quark, fromage frais, sour cream and cheese, and also neutral dairy desserts. Petra has been a judge at the Royal Agricultural Society in Sydney for dairy products including yoghurt, dairy desserts and ice cream.
On the judging panel for DIAA NSW and DIAA Victoria competitions.
Olivia owns a cheese shop in Essenson called Harper & Blohm which opened its doors in March 2014 with the sole purpose of supplying the people of Melbourne with some of the finest cheese the world has to offer. Olivia enjoys getting children involved in trying cheeses in the shop and helping make the cheese selection with their parents as she says "they are the next generation of cheese lovers".
Since a child Olivia spent most holidays on her family farm on King Island where there has always been a fridge full of cheese! Prior to H&B, Olivia worked for Calendar Cheese Company for 10 years on & off as key account manager to regional Victoria & Tasmania. She also spent a year working in Ireland for Sheridans Cheesemongers.
Once a secondary school teacher, Bill Tzimas decided to follow his passion for fine food and opened Bill's Farm, a fine food store at the Queen Victoria Market. Twenty-five years later, Bill's Farm is one of the most acclaimed fine food stores in Melbourne and serves as an avenue for Australia's cheese-makers, including up and coming new cheese-makers, to showcase their products.
cheese distribution business to cater for the demand for cheese in its best eating condition within the foodservice industry. So much so that Bill has now opened a retail store in Toorak, the Stocked Food Store and another in Malvern, Stocked Malvern.
Bill is a qualified cheese grader and his knowledge and passion for cheese quality is well-utilized in his role as a cheese judge for the Australian Grand Dairy Awards, the Australian Specialist Cheesemakers' Awards, Adelaide Cheese Fest and the Royal Melbourne Show Dairy Awards.
Peter is a qualified Swiss Cheesemaker with over 30 years industry experience. He migrated to Australia in 1993. Peter has worked in a variety of dairy companies in Switzerland, Australia and Thailand, before joining Dupont (formerly Danisco) to focus on starter cultures for the dairy industry among other things. Today, Peter runs his own company, including consulting to dairy companies in the field of R&D, problem solving, process design & improvement, grading and general factory management.
Geraldine Walker is an Applications Leader at Dairy Innovation Australia, a research and development facility servicing the needs of the Australian dairy manufacturing industry.
Since graduating from a Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology), she has worked in the Australian dairy industry for 14 years, and during this time has focused on the functional properties of dairy ingredients within food systems. This work has included several successful presentations and demonstrations for Dairy Australia's Greater China and Japan Scholarship groups.
Geraldine is part of the DIAL sensory team and enjoys working with dairy manufacturers to develop sensory solutions. She has judged at both the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards and the Dairy Industry Association of Australia Awards.
Rod is a passionate and experienced food industry professional with nearly 35 years in the dairy processing industry. His background in cheese making, and packaging technology saw him designing products, processes and packaging for some of the most iconic specialty brands in Australia- including King Island, Tasmanian Heritage, Heidi Farm, South Cape, Cracker Barrel and Millel to name a few. Now he is producing dairy products under his own brand "Southern Sky Cheese Company" in Launceston Tasmania. Born in Tasmania he is extremely proud of his State, and to be utilising many of the amazing natural products produced there in his own range of specialty dairy lines.
Becoming a qualified Dairy products judge many years ago was just another small step in a career that has always embraced dairy products and all things exceptional about them. This is Rod's first year judging at the Australian Grand Dairy Awards.
Garry has extensive industry experience including product development at Streets, product development then general management at Germantown International and product management at Danisco (now Dupont) – the number one global supplier of ingredient technology to dairy and ice cream industries.
In the late 1980s Garry adopted and modified leading USA ice cream judging principles for the NSW RAS initial ice cream competition (the first in Australia and New Zealand). Jointly with peer judges he has enhanced the judging principles used in multiple ice cream and gelato competitions in Australia, New Zealand and India. Garry has judged at AGDA; DIAA; RAS (NSW,VIC); EKKA (Qld); New Zealand Ice Cream Association; and the All India ice cream competition.
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I have two CER 2024C setup in VRRP and iBGP between them. CER1 is connected to carrier 1 and the CER2 was connected to carrier 2. We discontinued carrier 2 and had errors reaching some websites, so I disconnected the link between CER1 and CER2. I also removed the BGP neighbor entries for carrier 2, from CER1. Now some websites are still acting slow or not loading. I looked at the logs for CER1 and noticed a lot of "Warning: cannot allocate free cache entry". Looking this up I see where someone recommends contacting Brocade support for info on how to increase the system-max ip-route setting but my system is already at the max (524288).
I though this might be due to me disconnecting carrier2 and CER2 and CER1 just not flushing it tables. So tonight I am going to clear all IP routes and reboot the CER1 in hopes that it will re-build the routing tables and not fill up again.
If anyone can give me any pointers, I will gladly take them :)
I believe you have to increase the max default value in order to accomodate more entry.
what is th eoutput value of
"sh ip cache"
Isn't the maximum value for a CER 2024C 524288 (acording to this chart http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/administration-guide/netiron-05900-adminguide/GUID-1DEA917F-F20F-490B-9FEB-85642280D42A.html)?
I did my maintenance tonight, and ran
clear ip route
clear ip cache
Now all the sites that were not working before are working.
Here is the output:
sh ip cache
Total IP and IPVPN Cache Entry Usage on LPs:
Module Host Network Free Total
1 76 524205 7 524288
07-05-2016 10:22 PM - edited 07-05-2016 10:25 PM
you can increase the value as follow
system-max ip-cache 800000
800k - I believe - is max value supported.
wr mem and reload is requiered
with "sh default value" you should get the output of current entry allocated, by default is usually 600k
Here is my attempt:
#system-max ip-cache 800000
Error - Parameter ip-cache should be between 4096 and 524288
Now when I run show ip cache, I get:
#show ip cache
Total IP and IPVPN Cache Entry Usage on LPs:
Module Host Network Free Total
1 87 524201 0 524288
Then, under show default values, we have:
System Parameters Default Maximum Current Actual Bootup Revertible
mac 65536 131072 65536 65536 65536 Yes
vlan 512 8192 4096 4096 4096 Yes
spanning-tree 32 128 32 32 32 Yes
rstp 32 128 32 32 32 Yes
ip-arp 4096 16384 4096 4096 4096 Yes
ip-cache 290816 524288 524288 524288 524288 Yes
ip-route 290816 524288 524288 524288 524288 Yes
And I am still getting warnings in the logging:
Jul 6 00:16:28:I:Warning: cannot allocate free cache entry
Jul 6 00:15:28:I:Warning: cannot allocate free cache entry
I don't understand how there is more need for cache with one carrier peering than with two?
07-05-2016 11:15 PM - edited 07-05-2016 11:17 PM
I admit that all sound a bit confused, but I was assist few week ago another customer with exact the same problem. here is a official DOC/workaround from brocade - unfortunately I cannot find anymore - and this doc say ( I'm 99,999% sure ) "default value as 600k" now, to be honest, I'm not sure if this was a example from brocade reported in this DOC (?) or if this is indeed the default value ? in the same workaround brocade suggest to set ip-cache and ip-route to higher value as 800000.
however, the platform at this customer running on R06.0.00, and is probable the value increment is not supported on lower Release.
I assume you have a maintenance contract, at this point I would suggest to open a TAC with Brocade, in such case I would appreciate if you update this topic with a solution.
just last question please, i note you executed the command:
->#system-max ip-cache 800000
are you in #config mode ?
otherwise the command failed.
BTW:, please note you must set the value for both ip-cache and ip-route
your "show default values" state that your CER 2024C system seems to be a old version (pre "RT"). This old systems aren't able to handle full IPv4 DFZ anymore because they have TCAM only for max 524288 IPv4 prefixes and there is no way to configure a higher value.
The newer CER "RT" systems have much more TCAM space and can handle up to 1,5Mio IPv4 prefixes.
So, you are saying my hardware is too old to handle full Internet route table?
07-06-2016 02:00 PM - edited 07-06-2016 02:10 PM
Yes - if it is an old CER, it can't handle a full IPv4 internet table anymore. Roughfly filtered the IPv4 DFZ contain around 590000 prefixes today and it is stll increasing. We had the same issue some time ago with some older MLX systems with the same TCAM/max prefix limitation.
Copy&Paste from an old thread:
For CER:
256K IPv4 routes + 128K IPv6
448K IPv4 + 64K IPv6
512K IPv4 + 0 IPv6
For CER-RT:
1.5M IPv4 + 512K IPv6
I would say your only quick option to avoid further packet loss is to use an additional default route towards your ISP connection. Of cource you can also try to filter some (unwanted? useles? ...) prefixes to reduce the overall amount but I'am in doubt if this is the way to go.
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Erosion Control Toolbox
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- Gray D.H. and Leiser A.T. "Biotechnical Slope Protection and Erosion Control", Van Nostrand and Reinhold Company Inc., New York 1982, pg. 26.
- Hoek E. and Bray J.W. "Rock Slope Engineering", The Institution of Mining and metallurgy, London 1981 pg. 27
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Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") [1] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,[2] notice is hereby given that on January 11, 2010, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. ("Phlx" or "Exchange") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to extend its sponsored access rule for a pilot period ending on March 15, 2010.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web site at http://nasdaqomxphlx.cchwallstreet.com/NASDAQOMXPHLX/Filings/, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule change is to attract additional business by extending its sponsored access rule, which is similar to that of other exchanges. During the previous pilot program, very few member organizations availed themselves of the program, but the Exchange seeks to make it available for an additional pilot period expiring March 15, 2010.
A Sponsored Participant is a non-member of the Exchange, such as an institutional investor, that gains access to the Exchange and trades under a Sponsoring Member's execution and clearing identity pursuant to a sponsorship arrangement between such non-member and a member organization. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to permit Sponsored Participants to be sponsored by Sponsoring Member Organizations, and thereby access the Exchange, subject to certain requirements. These requirements are intended to confirm that the Sponsored Participant is required to and had procedures in place to comply with Exchange rules, and that the Sponsoring Member Organization takes responsibility for the Sponsored Participant's activity on the Exchange.
First, the Sponsored Participant and its Sponsoring Member Organization must have entered into and maintained an Access Agreement with the Exchange. The Sponsoring Member Organization must designate the Sponsored Participant by name in an addendum to the Access Agreement.
Second, there must be a Sponsored Participant Agreement between the Sponsoring Member Organization and the Sponsored Participant that contains the following sponsorship provisions, enumerated in full in Rule 1094(b)(ii):
(i) The orders of the Sponsored Participant are binding in all respects on the Sponsoring Member Organization;
(ii) The Sponsoring Member Organization is responsible for the actions of the Sponsored Participant;
(iii) In addition to the Sponsoring Member Organization being required to comply with the Exchange Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws, Rules and procedures of the Exchange, the Sponsored Participant shall do so as if such Sponsored Participant were an Exchange member organization;
(iv) The Sponsored Participant shall maintain, keep current and provide to the Sponsoring Member Organization a list of individuals authorized to obtain access to the Exchange on behalf of the Sponsored Participant;
(v) The Sponsored Participant shall familiarize its authorized individuals with all of the Sponsored Participant's obligations under this Rule and will assure that they receive appropriate training prior to any use or access to the Exchange;
(vi) The Sponsored Participant may not permit anyone other than authorized individuals to use or obtain access to the Exchange; [3]
(vii) The Sponsored Participant shall take reasonable security precautions to prevent unauthorized use or access to the Exchange, including unauthorized entry of information into the Exchange, and agrees that it is responsible for any and all orders, trades and other messages and instructions entered, transmitted or received under identifiers, passwords and security codes of authorized individuals, and for the trading and other consequences thereof;
(viii) The Sponsored Participant acknowledges its responsibility to Start Printed Page 4133establish adequate procedures and controls that permit it to effectively monitor its employees', agents' and Participants' use and access to the Exchange for compliance with the terms of this agreement;
(ix) The Sponsored Participant shall pay when due all amounts, if any, payable to Sponsoring Member Organization, the Exchange, or any other third parties that arise from the Sponsored Participant's access to and use of the Exchange. Such amounts include, but are not limited to applicable exchange and regulatory fees.
Third, the Sponsoring Member Organization must provide the Exchange with a Sponsored Participant Addendum to its Access Agreement acknowledging its responsibility for the orders, executions and actions of its Sponsored Participant at issue.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act [4] in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act [5] in particular, in that it is designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system, and, in general to protect investors and the public interest by helping market participants seeking access to a marketplace.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative for 30 days after the date of the filing, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act [6] and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) [7] thereunder.
A proposed rule change filed under 19b-4(f)(6) normally may not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of filing.[8] However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) [9] permits the Commission to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposal may become operative upon filing. The Exchange filed the proposed rule change on January 11, 2010. The Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest because such waiver would allow the pilot program to continue uninterrupted. Accordingly, the Commission hereby grants the Exchange's request and designates the proposal operative upon filing.[10]
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
- Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
- Send an e-mail to email@example.com. Please include File Number SR-Phlx-2010-04 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
- Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2010-04. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing will also be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2010-04 and should be submitted on or before February 16, 2010.Start Signature
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.[11]
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
1. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).Back to Citation
2. 17 CFR 240.19b-4.Back to Citation
3. If the Exchange determines that an authorized individual has caused a Member Organization to violate the Exchange's Rules, the Exchange could direct the Member Organization to suspend or withdraw the person's status as an authorized individual.Back to Citation
4. 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).Back to Citation
5. 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).Back to Citation
6. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).Back to Citation
7. 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. Phlx has satisfied this requirement.Back to Citation
8. 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).Back to Citation
9. Id.Back to Citation
10. For the purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).Back to Citation
11. 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).Back to Citation
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