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Last month, in "The Exchange Best Practices Analyzer," InstantDoc ID 44793, Paul Robichaux explained how to obtain and use Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA), a Microsoft tool that scans Exchange servers and reports on numerous settings so that you can optimize your Exchange configuration. Here, I continue the discussion by describing the ExBPA architecture and the mechanism by which ExBPA maintains and updates its rules and configuration data.
Why ExBPA?
ExBPA's roots can be traced to a couple of "unofficial" Microsoft tools that have been available for some time: ExConfig (which provides details about Exchange configuration changes on servers) and ExDiag (which reports about Exchange configuration and topology throughout an organization). Microsoft defines ExBPA as a diagnostic tool that gathers configuration information about an Exchange organization, performs specific tests against the organization's configuration, compares the test results against a baseline of best practices, and reports its findings. You can use ExBPA to perform a health check against an organization, identify settings that have been changed from the default, highlight less-than-optimal configuration settings, and compare servers against a baseline. ExBPA compares settings on Exchange systems with Microsoft-recommended best practices for configuration and can thus identify potential problems in an Exchange organization. Of course, a health-check tool that compares real-life servers against a set of rules is only as useful and valid as the rules and configuration data that are built into the tool; furthermore, best practices don't materialize overnight but instead develop over time. Therefore, Microsoft has designed ExBPA so that it checks for new rules and configuration data regularly (by default, every time ExBPA is started).
Microsoft plans to update the ExBPA rules and configuration files frequently (at least every few weeks). The configuration files define the operation of ExBPA, determining what data is collected and how it's analyzed. Microsoft will change the ExBPA binaries somewhat less frequently but will probably release new versions of ExBPA (available at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/exbpa) about every 4 months. In fact, shortly before publication time, Microsoft shipped ExBPA 1.1, which I discuss later.
ExBPA Architecture and Operation
ExBPA contains several architectural components—namely, a dispatcher, collectors, and an analyzer. The dispatcher drives the collector and analyzer components and takes as its input configuration information, which is effectively the best-practices rules that ExBPA uses for its processing.
ExBPA collectors interrogate the systems you're scanning (i.e., Active Directory—AD—and Exchange servers) and return information to ExBPA. The collectors gather much of this data from diverse sources such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), AD, the registry, the Microsoft IIS metabase, Performance Monitor counters, ports, and DNS. However, some of the data might be generated by tests that ExBPA applies to various components—for example, communications with SMTP virtual servers. ExBPA might access many AD servers during a scan operation to duplicate the behavior of the scanned Exchange servers, which also access numerous AD servers. (Note that ExBPA can scan Exchange Server 5.5 servers for some types of data, but because Exchange 5.5 servers don't support WMI, the scan results will be less comprehensive than for servers running later Exchange versions.) Collectors run in a multithreaded fashion, and as many as 50 Exchange servers (from up to 10 administrative groups) can be scanned at the same time.
When the collectors have returned the data to the ExBPA dispatcher, it invokes the analyzer, which processes the returned data and compares it against the rules in the configuration file. The analyzer then produces an XML file that provides a report about the health of your Exchange messaging environment. You can view the report file within ExBPA or save it for further processing.
By default, ExBPA writes the output XML file and a log file for each scan to system drive:\documents and settings\profile name\application data\microsoft\exbpa, where system drive is the drive on which Windows is installed and profile name is the username under which you're currently logged on to the workstation. You can change the default location for the XML output and log files by setting a registry value. To do so, open the registry editor and navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA subkey and create (or modify) the ImportExportDirectory entry (type REG_STRING). Double-click the entry and set its value to the directory name of your choice.
Configuration Files
ExBPA's configuration information is contained in the exbpa.config.xml file, which is in the ExBPA installation directory. There are actually two versions of the configuration file: one in the common installation directory and one in the language-specific subdirectory. The language-specific version is the one that ExBPA typically uses; the common installation directory version is a placeholder that ExBPA uses only when no language-specific file is available.
Whenever ExBPA is started, it performs a check to determine whether a newer configuration file is available and, if it finds one, notifies you so that you can download it. You can opt not to download the new file and continue working with the existing configuration file. Downloading the new configuration file can take several minutes, depending on your Internet connection. During the download, you'll see a status box that shows the download's progress on the ExBPA main screen, which Figure 1 shows. You can also manually check for an updated configuration file at any time by clicking Update Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer on the main screen.
If the system on which ExBPA is running can't connect to the Internet to determine whether a new configuration file is available, it times out within 5 minutes. While ExBPA is attempting to connect to the Internet, you can't run any ExBPA scans. To avoid the timeout problem, you can set a registry value that suppresses the updated–configuration-file check at start-up. To do so, navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\ExBPA subkey and create (or modify) the VersionCheckAlways entry (type REG_DWORD). Double-click the new entry and set its value to 0.
The process of determining whether a new exbpa.config.xml file is required is straightforward, and you can do so manually or let ExBPA do so automatically. Near the beginning of the local exbpa.config.xml file (about line 50) on the system on which ExBPA is running is a line that defines the current file version. For example, the version of exbpa.config.xml that ships with ExBPA 1.0 is 18.104.22.168 (as of publication time, the current configuration-file version was 184.108.40.206). You can find the most recent version of exbpa.config.xml at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/code/exbpa/1.0/en/exbpa.config.xml. (You can replace the en—for English—in the URL with the appropriate language-specific identifier, such as ja, for Japanese.)
The system on which ExBPA is running can use an HTTP proxy server to access the Internet for configuration-file updates. However, if you use authentication with the HTTP proxy server or use Microsoft Internet Explorer's (IE's) autoproxy functionality, ExBPA can't retrieve updated configuration files because of a problem in the Windows .NET Framework. Microsoft expects to provide a workaround for this problem in a future version of ExBPA. Similarly, if you block Internet access (even via an HTTP proxy) from the system running ExBPA, ExBPA can't retrieve updated configuration files.
If for any reason ExBPA can't use the automated download mechanism and you know that a more up-to-date configuration file is available, you can manually copy it from the ExBPA Web site and install it on the ExBPA management workstation. To do so, perform these steps:
- Rename the existing exbpa.config.xml file in the appropriate language-specific subdirectory to something like exbpa.config.xml.old.
- Go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=34290 and download the Update file to a local computer.
- Execute the downloaded file (exbpaupdate.exe); it's an autoextracting .zip file that creates a set of folders for the supported language-specific versions. Copy the new exbpa.config.xml file into both the common installation directory and the appropriate language-specific subdirectory on the ExBPA management workstation.
Be aware that the folders that exbpaupdate.exe creates will also contain an updated ExBPA Help file—called exbpa.chm—for each language-specific version. Exbpa.chm contains updated Help information and updated ExBPA knowledge base articles (more about the knowledge base in a moment). You should also copy exbpa.chm from the newly created folders into the appropriate language-specific subdirectory.
The ExBPA configuration file includes a knowledge base that contains comprehensive technical information about the problems that an ExBPA scan might uncover and the analysis rules ExBPA uses. After it finishes a scan, ExBPA displays one or more messages about best-practices issues it has identified in your Exchange organization, similar to the message that Figure 2 shows. If you click the Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it link for an issue that ExBPA reports, ExBPA displays the issue-related technical details that the configuration file contains. This knowledge base is similar to having an advanced, tailored, and always-up-to-date version of TechNet available as a troubleshooting resource for your Exchange system. Figure 3 shows the detailed knowledge base information about the problem that's mentioned in Figure 2.
ExBPA Versions and Compatibility
If you look at ExBPA's About box (to do so, click About Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer in the left pane of the main ExBPA window), you'll see two version numbers, as Figure 4 shows. The first number (1.0.7412.0 in Figure 4), identifies the particular build of ExBPA but isn't related to the configuration-file version. The second number (184.108.40.206 in Figure 4) is the configuration-file version number. Each number in the configuration file version has a specific meaning:
- The first number (1) identifies the application version.
- The second number (5) identifies the major configuration version—primarily, it's the version of the schema used in the configuration file.
- The third number (7) identifies the minor configuration version. Updated configuration files that maintain the same schema but have updated rules will have different minor configuration versions.
- The fourth number (1) identifies the release type: 0 means that the configuration file comes from an ExBPA installation kit; 1 means that the configuration file comes from a Web download.
As Microsoft releases updated configuration files, ExBPA might use them to reanalyze information it found in previous data-collecting scans of Exchange servers, thereby providing a better, more accurate analysis of such data if it's compatible with the new configuration file. Updated configuration files and data obtained in earlier scans are compatible if the first two components of the version number associated with the scan (i.e., the version of the configuration file that was used with the scan) and the first two components of the updated configuration-file version are identical. If you've saved an earlier scan and subsequently downloaded an updated configuration file that isn't compatible with that scan, ExBPA can't reanalyze the scan data and will display the old scan-analysis results for the earlier scan.
Microsoft has updated the configuration file a number of times since it released ExBPA. In the first month following the release of ExBPA, for example, Microsoft released four new versions of the exbpa.config.xml file on the ExBPA Web update site. Besides offering evidence of update frequency, the updated releases reveal the type of updates that Microsoft has made. Table 1 lists recent updated versions of the configuration file and a brief description of the nature of the update. Although the flurry of update activity in the weeks following the tool's initial release isn't surprising, such activity nonetheless demonstrates Microsoft's commitment to keeping the ExBPA configuration file updated and also the relative ease with which you can apply the enhancements in the updates.
ExBPA 1.1
Microsoft recently shipped version 1.1, the most recent version of ExBPA. ExBPA 1.1 provides a direct in-place upgrade from ExBPA 1.0 and includes a number of improvements, mostly related to usability. For example, in ExBPA 1.1, you can define the directory in which ExBPA will place output XML files and assign to a particular scan operation a label that's included in the output XML file. Mailbox counts—which originally used domain controllers (DCs)—now use the Global Catalog (GC) server, which makes such counts more accurate. Furthermore, ExBPA validates user credentials (if they're supplied) at start-up instead of when the first scan is executed.
ExBPA 1.1 includes the most recent exbpa.config.xml and exbpa.chm files. In addition, during the update checking process at ExBPA start-up, ExBPA now checks for new binaries as well as new configuration files. If ExBPA detects new binaries, it can automatically download them and perform an in-place upgrade of the tool. The ExBPA main screen provides a new Cancel this check option, which you can select to avoid this update check. Additionally, Microsoft has updated and reworded much of the text in the ExBPA interface and the various rules files to simplify the user experience.
A Best-Practices Package
ExBPA doesn't automatically solve problems, but it does help you identify them—with the aid of its configuration files and regularly updated best-practices database. As knowledge and best practices evolve for Exchange operations, it's comforting to know that Microsoft has conveniently packaged this knowledge so that you can put it to work in your Exchange environment to highlight potential problems. ExBPA spans a wide gamut of Exchange configuration areas and will probably highlight issues in most production Exchange environments. Even if you're supremely confident that your Exchange environment is optimally configured, you have nothing to lose from running ExBPA against your systems and very likely much to gain.


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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and West Virginia University's National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) launched a training program specializing in teaching first responders how to treat crashes involving hybrids, battery-electric vehicles and other advanced-powertrain vehicles. NAFTC has also launched in iPhone app – and will do the same for Android smartphone users – that responders may use to quickly reference facts and instructions while in action.
Electric drive vehicles are as safe as conventional vehicles, but they are different.
The initiative is part of the DOE's Advanced Electric Drive Vehicle Education Program and breaks out training categories by four vehicle types: hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles. The NAFTC also offers a durable flipbook reference manual for emergency responders and educational videos, in addition to the smartphone apps. NAFTC will offer online training courses starting this year.
"Because more consumers are choosing electric drive vehicles, first responders must understand the differences between these and conventional, gasoline-powered vehicles, NAFTC Executive Director Al Ebron said in a statement. "Electric drive vehicles are as safe as conventional vehicles, but they are different."
The program reflects the expectation that alt-fuel vehicle purchases will continue to rise as gas prices stay high and automakers improve battery technology and shrink the price premium between alt-fuel and conventional vehicles. Last month, General Motors sold a monthly record 1,529 Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-ins, while Nissan last year fell just 326 vehicles short of its 10,000-vehicle sales goal for 2011 for its battery-electric Leaf. Meanwhile, hybrids account for about one in 40 new vehicles sold in the U.S.

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Client: Ospedale S. Martino
Main features:
Demolitions: 130.340m3
Existing buildings to recover: 24.000m2
Ground floors: 12.080m2
New blocks: 8.470m2
External services: 48.680m2
Aerial paths: 740m3
Underground parking: 63.870m2
Open spaces and green spaces: 86.000m2
Design phase: 17/04/2004-15/05/2004
The key issue of the project concerns the maintenance of the original masterplan mixing it with the demands of a modern hospital.
The project proposes the reorganization of the Hospital through the construction of two new boxes connected together to create a single building complex that hosts and combines all the main hospital activities. The two buildings, not only among themselves but also with the existing hospital complex in general, can face the complex topography of the settlement linking the different gradients.
The first body, located just behind the historic entrance building of the complex, is the new portal of the Hospital thanks to a bridge structure as container for all the activities in the daily strong passage of users and patients (acceptance, clinics, restaurant , auditorium, access to the subway, parking areas, etc,).
The second new body, placed in upper position and composed by four elements in open court, is addressed to the main hospital activities associated with a new and unique operating plate (No. 24 operating rooms) with overlying levels for the respective departments. The part superimposed on the entrance body contains the Day Hospital and a restaurant. The restaurant will be element of characterization of a broad coverage with functions of parking and recreation area.
The architectural language that characterizes the structure is intended to allow the perception of all the surrounding spaces through the transparency of the facades. A continuous system of shading has the task of modulating the light within the building according to the functions established. The use of color, for the characterization of the different departments, will be element of connotation and diversification of fronts.
The new organization of space, the treatment of the facades, the use of color, the articulation of the green bodies between hospital and structural solutions proposed are the tools with which it has been pursued the goal of quality and humanization of all hospital spaces, whether historical or new planned.
The project proposes a six steps of intervention through a modular design of the new buildings so to achieve of goals even partially through the implementation of each phase.


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Jerry W. Venters, a retired United States Bankruptcy judge in Kansas City, has been elected president of the Board of Trustees of Legal Aid of Western Missouri, a public, non-profit law firm providing legal services for low-income residents of 40 western Missouri counties.
Other officers elected at a recent meeting of the Board are M. Blake Heath, lead attorney in the firm of M. Blake Heath, Trial Attorney LLC, vice president; Shauna Woody-Coussens, managing director of forensics and valuation services for the accounting firm BKD, secretary; and Matthew L. Dameron, an attorney and partner in Williams Dirks Dameron LLC, treasurer. All are residents of Kansas City and will serve during 2017.
Venters served as a federal bankruptcy judge in the Western District of Missouri from 1999 to 2013. Before his appointment to the court, Venters was in the private practice of law in Jefferson City for more than 20 years. In addition to serving on the Legal Aid Board of Trustees, he has been an active volunteer in Rotary International and a member of the board of Next Step KC, a non-profit organization providing free income tax preparation services, a small-dollar loan program, and financial education for low- and moderate-income families.
Legal Aid of Western Missouri provides free civil legal assistance to low-income clients who cannot afford legal services. It has offices in Kansas City, Joplin, St. Joseph and Warrensburg and serves a poverty population of 288,000 persons. It is supported by grants from the federal Legal Services Corporation and private and public foundations, as well as private individual and corporate donations.
"We strive to provide excellent legal services to those in poverty who most need our legal services and can least afford good legal representation," Venters said. "Legal Aid fulfills a critical role in the Western District's legal services network."


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8 WING TRENTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2013) - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, will make an announcement tomorrow during his visit to 8 Wing Trenton.
When: Friday, January 25, 2013, 1:30 p.m. (EST). Media are requested to meet the Wing Public Affairs Officer at the main lobby of the Sedley S. Blanchard Air Mobility Training Centre no later than 1:00 p.m.
Where: 8 Wing Trenton, Sedley S. Blanchard Air Mobility Training Centre. Parking spots are available near the venue.
What: Sod-turning ceremony to mark the construction of Maintenance Hangar 6 and the new Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre facility at 8 Wing Trenton as well as announcement of infrastructure projects for the Sedley S. Blanchard Air Mobility Training Centre, the National Air Force Museum of Canada, and the Military Family Resource Centre.
Notes to editor / news director: Media are requested to contact Captain Christopher Daniel, 8 Wing Public Affairs Officer, at (613) 392-2811 extension 4565, or email email@example.com no later than 4 p.m. on January 24, to coordinate registration and access to the venue.
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Teen Council
What is Teen Council? Planned Parenthood of Montana Teen Council is made up of students from area high schools in each of our health center communities.
Members make presentations to middle and high school classes, act as consultants for Planned Parenthood Educators, and are resources for their peers. They also have the opportunity to help teach young students and their parents about puberty. Throughout the year members receive training on topics such as sexual decision making, birth control, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS and more.
Teen Council's Vision is to provide accurate, unbiased, and useful sexuality education; to end ignorance, promote tolerance, and improve communication between teens and the important people in their lives.
The Teen Council is made up of members with a variety of beliefs and viewpoints. Each member contributes to the council in her or his own way. We welcome diversity. No one is expected to come into the group already knowing about sexuality. Rather, we hope everyone who is selected comes ready to learn in an atmosphere that is fun, supportive, and engaging. We strive to create a strong and diverse group. Students from diverse backgrounds (race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation) encouraged to apply.
Interested? Anyone entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grade for the 2015-2016 school year is able to apply. Please contact your local Planned Parenthood of Montana Educator for more information!
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Cats and humans look at possessions differently. Cats don't recognize property lines and think any open area is theirs to roam. They don't understand why that flowerbed should be yours and yours alone. And if the hood of a car is unoccupied and the cat's looking for an up-high place to survey the world or grab a quick nap, well why not use it.
But unfortunately for cats, it's humans who make the rules in this world. And if we live with cats who go out, it's up to us to make sure they obey those rules. Our cats need to be good neighbors, not just out of courtesy to the humans who live near them but for their own safety.
I like to use electronic deterrents that startle but don't harm the cats. I find them more efficient. But there are also scents that repel cats. For instance, most cats hate the smell of lavender and anything citrus. And planting borders of coleus canina around your flowerbeds will keep most cats away.
If a neighbor complains about your cats encroaching on his private property, you should be the one to do all the work. Buy an electronic deterrent, set it up and monitor it to be sure it's working. Or scatter lemon rinds around every few days. Or buy and plant the coleus canina. That's the neighborly thing to do, and it's the best way to keep an angry neighbor from hating you and your cats.
My neighbor doesn't hate my cats, but he doesn't like them either. That's because Hadon, his pit bull, is afraid of my cat, Sizzle!


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SACRAMENTO, CA --Administrators will be prohibited from retaliating against high school and college journalism instructors under a bill signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The bill by Sen. Leland Yee makes it illegal to dismiss, transfer or discipline teachers for protecting students' free-speech.
The California Newspaper Publishers Association says teachers have been punished at least 12 times since 2001 because of stories or opinion pieces written by student reporters.
The bill by Yee, a San Francisco Democrat, would allow administrators to remove teacher advisers for poor performance.
Yee says the bill, which Schwarzenegger signed Sunday, shows the state's commitment to protecting freedom of the press on campuses. It takes effect Jan. 1.


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SIR Bradley Wiggins has signed a short-term contract extension to remain with Team Sky until April, the team has announced.
The new deal will keep Wiggins with Sky until after Paris-Roubaix, which he has made a major target for the coming season.
After the famed race over the cobbles, which takes place on April 12, Wiggins will switch his focus to the track as he prepares for the 2016 Olympic Games, as well as a planned attempt at the hour record.
Wiggins said: "Everyone knows what this team means to me so I1m really pleased to extend my contract until the end of April 2015.
"I've been with Team Sky from the start.
"I've had some amazing experiences during that time and I hope there are a few more to come.
"Sky's investment in cycling, and this team in particular, has helped change the cycling landscape in the UK and I1m proud to have played a part in that story.
"Paris-Roubaix is a special race for me and I1m determined to give it another go in Team Sky colours.
"It's one of the toughest races in the calendar and my aim is to improve on my ninth-place finish last year. After that I can focus fully on preparing for the Rio Olympics in 2016."
There had been speculation last month that Wiggins might ride at least part of this season's Giro d'Italia, which starts in May, but that had already been ruled out by Sky team principal Sir Dave Brailsford.
Wiggins is due to launch a new Sky-backed development squad, dubbed Team Wiggo, this season, and he is expected to ride with that squad after Paris-Roubaix as part of a program tailored towards the track.
Wiggins, the first British winner of the Tour de France in 2012, joined Team Sky for its inaugural season in 2010, and has claimed 23 victories in Sky colours.
Brailsford said: "We're delighted that Bradley's extended his contract with Team Sky into 2015. He's been with Team Sky since the beginning and during that time he's been an incredible ambassador for cycling and an inspiration to millions of people around the world.
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The Master of Architecture in High Performance Building (1 year post-professional) offers the opportunity to pursue a concentrated course of study. This post-professional program is not NAAB accredited. Eligibility to apply to this program requires a professional 5-year B.ARCH or accredited M.ARCH degree.
The University of Washington offers a unique center for high-performance building design and construction. Depending on student interest and resource availability, synergistic research and employment opportunities may exist with departmental faculty. This may include opportunities at the UW Integrated Design Lab (UW IDL), the Design Machine Group (DMG), and/or the opportunity to conduct building performance research at the Bullitt Center, a six-story net-zero energy office building that was the first to earn Living Building Certification, the most challenging benchmark of sustainability in the built environment.
For application requirements and materials, see M.Arch Admissions.
The course of study commences during the Autumn quarter with two faculty-led colloquia, Topics in High Performance Buildings and Research Practice, which allow students to explore and refine their interests. These foundational courses combine with graduate level design studios and selective classes in Sustainable Systems and Design to comprise the core of the curriculum. During the Spring quarter this culminates with an advanced design studio and Capstone seminar that provides students with the opportunity to explore a topic of their own interest. A minimum of 45 quarter-credits will be required for the completion of the program which can be accomplished in three quarters (nine months), if desired.
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Journey to the Alcarria
Camilo Jose Cela's Journey to the Alcarria captured a glimpse backward into Old World Spain just before it vanished and provided a peek forward at the coming struggles of everyday people under Franco's fascist regime. The record of a walking tour through the central Spanish countryside in 1948, Journey to the Alcarria is a sharply observed picaresque, a portrait of a moment in time between Spain's agrarian antiquity and its slowly emerging—and troubling—modernity.
Cela undertakes the journey (one in a series of vagabundajes that he would write about) in order to escape the stifling despair of city life under Franco's new regime. His goal was to observe the changes wrought by long years of armed conflict in the Spanish countryside and find out how people were living in the freshly forged peace. The Spanish Civil War, and then the economic privations of the Second World War, had wreaked havoc on everyday life throughout the country, and no one was sure whom to trust or what exactly to believe in now that the wars were over—republicans distrusted fascists, fascists distrusted royalists, royalists dreamed of a new aristocracy—and everyone was still nursing the literal wounds of war and the figurative injuries of betrayal. As Cela walks from one village to another toward the Alcarria, he finds that the psychological tensions of conflict remain, but so do the age-old virtues of community, family and civility.
The rural villagers Cela encounters— farmers, beggars, shopkeepers, and shepherds—have no model of behavior to rely on in Franco's new order. Cela himself was of mixed allegiances—in the civil war, he fought for Franco, and, after he was wounded, he worked as a government censor, yet his sympathies lie with average people who are simply trying to make a living, without regard to politics. His idiosyncrasies make him both querulous and generous: he shares his scant resources with vagabonds he meets along the way, and he often relies on the kindness of strangers for food, lodging, information and companionship. Poverty creates its own community along the road and in the rural towns through which Cela passes, and the picture that emerges is almost medieval in its lack of wealth and prospects.
Cela's journey becomes comic and tragic by turns. His battles with a stubborn mule, his conflicts with thieves and naifs, and his warmth toward fellow travelers are all colored by extremely romantic sensibilities. Cela seems completely at home with his own mixed emotions, and he assumes that everyone else has internal lives as complex as his own, which makes his narrative rich in detail and emotion. Though the people Cela meets are poor in worldy goods, they're rich in spirit and have complicated lives that come through the page with humor and vitality.
In Cela's post-war Spain, alliances and politics still matter, and everyone is still quick to judge everyone else; but the people Cela encounters also sense intuitively that they cannot maintain their old ways of life and that they must rely on each other to create something new, beyond the politics that are now out of their control. The fact that a whole generation would be born and live half their lives under Franco's repressive dictatorship was not yet clear, but in Cela's walk to the Alcarria, it is clear that the Old Spain has passed from the face of the earth, and it won't be coming back.


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One thing that a lot of people don't know about me (particularly with my lack of eating carbs for the past year) is that I have a serious weakness for red velvet cake. It is my absolutely favorite. And my mom always spoils me with one on my birthday. This year was certainly no exception.
For which I'm really grateful. ;-)
My parents came up the day after my birthday. With cake in hand. And said cake was pretty much devoured after a lovely lunch at Chuy's. There's just something about their creamy jalapeno ranch.
My girl took these pictures (and switched the camera to the way wrong setting, which would explain the quality) and she wanted nothing to do with being IN a photo. Tonto really didn't either, quite frankly, which is kind of obvious from his lack of smiling and cutoff T-shirt.
But my dad took this pic and, hopefully, it shows that at least one person was happy about the whole Mexican food/cake/birthday festivities.
And thus began my 35th year...thus far it appears it's going to be a wild and crazy ride. And I'm perfectly ok with that...because the alternatives aren't exactly attractive. :-)


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First, there was the mainstream that had virtually no interest in tradition, solemnity, rubrics, or any rooted ideas concerning the historic integrity of the Roman Rite. The only concern of these people was in the unending process of reforming the ritual away from its tradition toward something that made people feel good about themselves and their faith communities.
Second, there was the group was made up of traditionalists who rejected the everything postconciliar and saw no liturgical salvation outside a purely restorative agenda of bringing back the preconciliar rite. It was a very small movement with no official voice. They were largely outsiders who were made to feel that way by anyone with the power to do so.
Third, there was the "reform the reform" camp -- sometimes just called conservatives as distinct from traditionalists. They also had low influence and no seeming hope for shaping the future. This was certainly my judgement. I doubted that this group could ever really decide a way forward. Their position seemed fuzzy and lukewarm, wedded to the postconciliar framework but having no viable plan to see it realized in any solemn way.
This is the way things stood for a very long time. Summorum Pontificum of 2007 changed that. It liberalized the liturgical environment by permitting the celebration of the old form of the Roman Rite. Many brilliant thinkers, musicians, and clerics who regarded themselves as traditionalists suddenly found that they were safe in admitting their aspirations.
As part of that, the reform of the reform camp began to work with the traditionalists, and a mutual understanding began to grow. The fights between the camps began to go away. New parishes offering both forms opened up. More young priests learned the old form and this informed their reform agenda for the new form of the rite. Gradually over the last five years, we seen an emerging consensus among both camps. They more and more celebrate successes in both the forms.
Let me mention what I find to be an extremely telling example: English chant. I know I've written about this for years but it signifies something extremely important. There is no question in my mind that many of the best minds at Vatican II imagined that there was a future for the chant vernacular liturgy. The first efforts at composition after the close of the Council introduced some elements of this.
But of course it never happen. Or didn't happen for forty years. There were some editions floating around here and there but they were not published and not circulated. There was no support for the idea from either the "progressive" camp or the traditionalists. What might have seemed to be a normal, natural, inevitable answer to the great problem of postconciliar music was left on the shelf.
Now, consider the following astonishing fact. The monastery of Solesmes in France, which has been the great guardian of the Church's chant tradition for 150 years, and which has published all the postconciliar Latin chant books, has a new book out. It is called Singing the Mass. Here is the compiler's website. It has four-line staffs as you would expect in any chant book. But there is a different this time. The entire book is Latin on the left and English on the right. The English is not just text. It is music. It is English chant, as published by the official chant guardian of the faith.
This is the first time in its entire history that Solesmes has published a book of chant in any language besides Latin. This book came out and began to be distributed and, so far as I know, this article is the first one to appear that draws attention to the remarkable fact that vernacular chant has been given an official role in Church music from the universal publisher of the Catholic Church. This is huge, even if hardly noticed
To be sure, I would be perfectly content for the rest of my days to sing and listen to Latin chant. I wish that we lived in a world where Latin was the normative and practical language of Catholic music. I have no desire to tear down this tradition and replace it with something else. That, however, is not our world. The Latin chant has been replaced. In its place came a Catholic hit parade of songs with a beat and with words that have essentially nothing to do with the liturgy. That description pretty much sums up the Catholic experience of music since about 1968.
Going from that straight back to the Latin has clearly and indisputably proven to be too large a leap from any but the most rarified and determined parish environment. So long as there have been no English-language bridges to a solemn and dignified future, this situation would persist. To put the matter as plainly as possible, there have been only two choices: the Liber Usualis or one or another version of non-liturgical song singing.
Only in this last year has this changed in a way that affected Catholics in the pews. English chant went online. Then it went to print. Then recordings came out. More and more books came out. And now we suddenly find Solesmes actually publishing English chant. This is all within 12 months. Out of nowhere, seemingly, the reform the reform agenda of Catholic liturgical music when from a distant dream to a sudden and universal reality.
Hardly anyone would have believed it. I didn't believe it could happened. There was a time when I sniffed dismissively of these efforts. I was wrong. Most everyone was wrong. Change took a direction that hardly anyone expected and it happened with astonishing speed and conviction. And this shift was due to the prayers of millions and the courage of a great Pope.
If you ever despair about the situation in your local parish, please consider this as a case in point. The reform is closer than you think. It can happen tomorrow or next week or next month. In fact, at this point, we can say for sure that change is coming. It is not a matter of if but when.
But what of the first camp, those self-described progressives who want no part of traditionalism or any reform efforts at all? They make for an interesting study in isolation and denial. I read their blogs and their newspapers and they strike me as hopelessly wedded to an old paradigm that is not long for this world. How blessed it is to live in an age where the improvement is all around us and those who would hold it back are losing heart and numbers.


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When a user ends a database session with a SQL server, the connection that has just ended is temporarily cached. However, using a special kind of server query, an attacker could exploit this flaw to restart an administrator's connection, thus gaining the administrator's access privileges, according to the bulletin. If this were to occur, the attacker could make any changes to the database, including adding, changing or deleting data, and could run code of the attacker's choice on the server, Microsoft said.
The bug is mitigated, however, due to the necessity that the server be configured for Mixed Mode authentication in order for the flaw to be useable, the company said. Mixed Mode authentication is a process by which the server attempts to authorise a user through Windows methods, but failing that uses SQL. This option is typically used on SQL servers hosted on Windows 95 and 98 systems and the company warns against it, Microsoft said.
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One of the musuem's pillaged exhibition halls Congolese Museum Looted during Fighting in 1998-1999
Kinkala, République du Congo (Brazzaville) — In the fighting between the army and southern rebel groups that occurred in 1998-1999, the Musée Régional André Grenard Matsoua was looted. All 807 pieces from the main collection were carried off, but one of the museum's storage facilities, located 30 km away at Nkankata, was spared.
The museum is looking for international funding to reorganize and preserve the Nkankata collection, which consists of about 5000 objects. These ethnographic objects are mainly ancient ritual objects collected in the 1960's as part of the Croix-Koma anti-fetish movement. The needs of the institution are spelled out at length in Projet: Réaménagement de la Réserve d'Objets Ethnographiques de Nkankata (20 pages, PDF format), which includes photographs of some of the Nkankata objects. Photos of both the pillaged museum and the current state of the Nkankata storage facility are also available.
INEP staff tries to recover damaged historical photographs
Conflict in Guinea-Bissau destroys much of the Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP)
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau — The Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP) complex in Bissau, which houses the country's Biblioteca Nacional, Arquivos Históricos, and the Museu Etnografico Nacional, sustained massive damage during the civil conflict which broke out in June 1998 and continued intermittently through the first part of 1999. The damage resulted from the complex's occupation by Senegalese troops and the resulting shelling of the complex. Reconstruction efforts at INEP have been underway since early 1999, but the scope of the loss will necessitate further international assistance for many years to come. Photo essays testify to the destruction at INEP in January 1999 and the reconstruction efforts as of July, 1999.
Interim National Records Centre pending construction of a new National Archives and Records Centre building
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Freetown, Sierra Leone — Although the Peace Agreement of June 7, 1999 and the U.N. disarmament program has brought peace to Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone Public Archives Office remains starved of funds, as the government dedicates scarce resources to the rebuilding of the country's infrastructure. A 2002 proposal prepared by the the Archivist requests international funding to review the archives' holdings, develop a comprehensive cataloguing system, and conserve fragile documents in order to prevent further deterioration and irreplaceable loss.
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Ho, Ghana — Archival staff at the Public Records & Archives Administration Department, Regional Office, Ho struggle heroically to preserve archival records related to the Ewe people of southern Ghana. The 500,000 files–dating back to 1919 and coming to the repository from 12 districts–are tightly packed into two storerooms lacking air conditioning or humidifiers with only a total of 1440 cu. ft of space. Photos show the storage problems and difficult working conditions the staff faces. The current Director requests international assistance to help acquire a new building.


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New Delhi: Actress Sonali Bendre, who was initially hesitant about taking up a fiction TV show due to her son, is glad that men nowadays are giving
importance to their child's upbringing. She credits her husband for helping her to manage work and family.
The "Zakhm" star has a nine-year-old son Ranveer with husband and filmmaker Goldie Behl. She believes that now fathers take equal interest in their
children's development as much as mothers do.
"Mothers were only involved in bringing up of their children. Now fathers are also involved. Earlier it was just about mothers," she said.
Sonali, who will be seen on "Ajeeb Daastaan Hain Ye" for at least six months, says she wasn't keen on taking up the forthcoming fiction TV show because of
her son. But her husband has been supportive and "helps a lot".
"My husband said 'Don't worry, you go, I'm there. I will adjust my meetings. I'm there for Ranveer.' He goes to our son's tennis class sometimes or picks him
up from school," said the actress, who plays a mother in the show too.
"I drop my son to school and by his dinner time, I'm home. Sometimes, I have to do night shooting and it's tough for me. My kid on the other hand, is getting
freedom," she added.
Amidst shooting, supervising house, the fit and fabulous Sonali manages to find time to work out.
"I go gymming thrice a week and I don't eat junk food or take aerated drinks. I have always eaten healthy. Since childhood, after every two hours I would
feel hungry.
"My mom used to get irritated and would shout at me. Now, people are spending lakhs by going to a dietician who suggests to eat after every two hours," she
She hasn't thought about any new project after the show goes off air, but knows one thing for sure -- if she has to work with her husband, it "has to be
special". But production is not on her mind as of now.
"People take production lightly. You need training for it. I am an actor and I won't do a job that I don't know," she said.


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Mother's Little Car Accident
I don't like to drive. Many mothers in the old days didn't know how to drive. Even in the 1950's, there were housewives who didn't even want to learn. They had too much to do at home.
In this modern day, driving for the homemaker, has become a necessity. Even though I would rather have everything I do be home-based, I have to drive all the time. I have to accept this as a "season" in my life that will someday slow down. For the most part, however, I am at home and love it here.
Yesterday, I spent the day at our Estate (our house), with Mr. White. He was doing yard-work. I walked around with him during his breaks. We enjoy the property and want it to look nice. We often walk the gardens, and check on our plants. The strawberries are the only ones doing well.
Later, I made homemade beef stew with biscuits for the family. I cleaned, did laundry, hung towels on the line, and did some tidying. I was tired. We had one of the grandbabies here. The house was full and happy. We even visited a little with Nana and Grandpa (who live in a small apartment in our large 3 story house.)
By early evening, it was time for an errand. I took John (15) with me. He has his permit. He would love to learn to drive, but I am having trouble getting the motivation to teach him. I keep trying to put it off. I tell him, "we will get you into classes sometime soon. " I am too nervous and anxious when I get in the car. It would be too much to have to teach.
John and I went to a convenience store. He wanted a movie. As I was pulling into a parking spot, I heard a crash. (shudder). John was shocked . . . It was only a small, short crash, but it startled us both. . . Everyone in the parking lot looked over at me. . . I smiled . . .
"Well, go see if there is any damage." I told my son, wearily.
He walked in front of the car, on his way to a redbox machine. He looked down at the front and laughed to himself, then walked on. He is entertained by my mistake. I am sure he will go home and tell the family and they will all laugh. I am happy to be the source of their entertainment today. Still, I have no idea what happened.
He tells me that I hit a small pole at the curb. I never saw one. (He is happy that I won't be the one teaching him to drive.)
Later, at home, I got out of the car, vowing never to drive again and wishing someone would take away my driver's license. I saw that the only damage was to our front license plate. It was all twisted up and partially mangled.
I walked slowly into the house. . . I had to tell Mr. White.
Thankfully, he was understanding. He fixed the license plate. But he didn't say what I hoped he would say. I wanted him to tell me that I never had to drive again, that everything would be okay. He only said, "Be more careful next time," and went about his day.
I am realizing that if I don't want to drive, I have to start saying "no" to many things. I have to plan out my week better. I have the power and the will to stay home more and to do less. I want to be more like the housewives of yesteryear who spent far more time at home than many of us do. Yet, I know I still must venture out. This is a daily battle for many homemakers of today. And this little car accident is a shocking reminder of my need to stay home much more than I do.
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8 comments:
- Dolores said...
I loved this post Mrs. White. Some people are just not made to drive. I got my license in my early thirties so I could drive my daughter to school. I hated every minute of driving. I drove for a few years and then my husband said I should stop. I was so relieved. I am 57 now and do not miss it at all.
- June 19, 2013 at 12:45 PM
- Catherine OurVillageIs said...
I cannot stand all the driving that I have to do, either. so many people are driving distractedly with phones and texts - I love it when we go out as a family and I can relinquish the wheel to my husband!
- June 20, 2013 at 10:57 AM
- Laura Lane said...
I'm happy that there was no large damage and that you are well.
You are blessed of the Lord and highly favored.
Harvest Lane Cottage
- June 20, 2013 at 1:56 PM
- Karen Andreola said...
I rarely drive anymore as the Man-of-the-House takes me. Passing the Amish buggies is unnerving on our winding, hilly, country roads - but the scenery is charming here in southern Lancaster County, PA.
We must drive two hours to the center of Philadelphia to see a specialist there now and again. The Man-of-the-House does remarkably well at this feat. Oh, the traffic and one way streets . . .
It feels so good to be home again when we walk in through the kitchen door.
Karen A.
- June 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM
- busymomof10 said...
So sorry about your little accident, Mrs. White! :(
Glad it wasn't worse!
My grandmother (my dad's mother) never learned to drive until the day she died in her late 80s!
My other grandmother (my Mom's mother) did learn to drive, and it was a good thing, as my grandfather had MS for many years and could not drive. She had to take him to doctor appointments, to the hospital, etc.
Times have changed and I think learning to drive is a necessity for most Moms today.
- June 20, 2013 at 3:11 PM
- Sarah said...
My paternal grandma didn't drive, I think my only grandma and great-grandma's who did was my maternal one but she had a severe car accident that left her physically disabled until her death :(
I remember thinking how it was that my grandma didn't drive but now that I'm almost 35 and have been driving since I was 16 I hate it. If my children weren't in activities for their 'socialization' I could totally stay at home and be fine with my hubby driving me everywhere when he gets off work. Today it's so dangerous with people texting, calling, and what not while driving with no thought to what can happen to that family that will be affected by their choices. of course my hubby driving doesn't protect us but I still feel 'safer' when he is with us all.
- June 21, 2013 at 11:21 AM
- Deanna said...
Dearest Mrs. White,
Oops....i do understand about hitting poles. Though I try really hard to be a great driver, there are times I have hit some things. Oops. I usually drive my daughter's car and because of that I am extra careful so when I switched cars and was driving our little Aveo with my mister in the passenger side, I went to pick up the mail. This car is closer to the ground and as I was pulling up to the curb....crunch, the car went over the new curb in our little town. I squealed an awkward sound. eeeeck.
One of my Grammas never learned to drive and her boys made sure she was taken care of. Other Grandma drove into her 90s and gave it up after she rammed her car into the garage.
I love being able to drive across the Flint hills of Kansas when others are not trying to run me off the road. As I was driving home from Topeka yesterday (going the speed limit) so many young girls driving too fast and nearly up on my bumper.
It was awful. If I could find a back road into Topeka, I'd take it.
I am going to relish in staying home more and working on sprucing up my haven!
Enjoyed visiting your place today.
Blessings to you,
- June 21, 2013 at 1:28 PM
I didn't learn to drive till I was almost 30. In the town where I grew up with most women did not drive. Most of my older relatives never learned to drive...men or women. We had a good bus system and everyone walked to town. It was about a mile + to town from most of the houses. I did not need or try to drive till we moved from there and there were no buses going where we needed. I prefer to stay home and take care of the home. I do drive but line up to do many chores out on the day I do go out. My husband taught the children to drive. I was happy he volunteered for the job. :) I am happiest at home! :-) Please don't let one mistake make you worry over driving. Sarah
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Leave it to Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi to say what's on everyone's minds.
Following the release of of baby Prince George's first official family portrait, the former Jersey Shore star took to her Celebuzz blog to dish about just how adorable the king-to-be is (and, of course, royal mama Kate Middleton's flawless style).
"Congrats to Will and Kate on their beautiful baby boy George! He totally looks like his daddy here, and I can already tell he's going to be the cutest royal baby ever!!! And can I just say how fricken AMAZING Kate looks?! Like why is she perfect?! She just gave birth and she looks like she's ready to walk the runway," she wrote.
"She is my inspiration for my next pregnancy! So obsessed with this family and cannot wait to hear more about them! We all know they will be amazing parents to their precious nugget! I'm just waiting to hear the dirty poop and pee stories!!! Kisses to you guys, and Kate….you're a MILF."
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In 2011, Wisconsin Governor incurred the wrath of the left by standing up to the public sector employee unions and introducing Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill. The bill put a stop to abusive union practices, including forcing employees to pay union dues as a condition of employment.
The effect on union membership has been profound: according to ASFME LM-2 filing found here, the public sector unions have lost tens of thousands of due-paying members. As Sean Higgens at the Washington Examiner wrote:
According a Labor Department filing made last week, membership at Wisconsin's American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 40 — one of AFSCME's four branches in the state — has gone from the 31,730 it reported in 2011, to 29,777 in 2012, to just 20,488 now. That's a drop of more than 11,000 — about a third — in just two years. The council represents city and county employees outside of Milwaukee County and child care workers across Wisconsin.
Labor Department filings also show that Wisconsin's AFSCME Council 48, which represents city and county workers in Milwaukee County, went from 9,043 members in 2011, to 6,046 in 2012, to just 3,498 now.
Breitbart News reached out to AFSCME in Wisconsin and offered to print whatever statement they wanted to give us, in full. They have declined to respond.
At the same time, Breitbart News sent a query to Luke Hilgemann, the state director of Americans for Prosperity, Wisconsin who gave us this exclusive interview.
Breitbart News: Why do you think the unions have lost so many members in Wisconsin, one of the birthplaces of the American labor movement?
Hilgemann: The big blue fist of organized labor in Wisconsin has lost its might along with more than half of its members. Union members woke up to the fact that organized labor had become nothing more than a tool of the left, supporting political candidates up and down the ticket. When the union dues were no longer forced, a lot of union members decided they didn't want to belong to an organization like that.
Breitbart News: What have you heard from people who have quit the unions?
Hilgemann: The union dues were a couple of hundred bucks out of their checks every month and they had no real control about what that money was used for. A lot of people didn't support the union candidates and they used their voice to show that by leaving the unions.
Breitbart News: I asked AFSCME for comment but they never responded, which seems to be their standard response on this subject.
Hilgemann : The unions don't want those numbers out there but I'll be honest; we use those numbers at every event that we do. While the unions are losing members, we've added over 35,000 members at Americans for Prosperity in Wisconsin in the last year; that brings us to over 125,000 members, over double the membership of AFSCME and WEAC (the Wisconsin Education Association Council) combined.
Breitbart News: Do you agree that the raucous protests in Wisconsin in 2011 seemed to be the template for the Occupy Wall Street movement?
Hilgemann: There's no doubt hat you saw two years ago in Wisconsin was the testing ground for what became the Occupy Wall Street movement. The same organizers you saw here spread out across the country. The end result was the same, too: despite the hammering on walls and banging on drums, a majority of people just don't believe in what these people are saying.
Breitbart News: With the recent passage of right to work in Michigan, do you see a similar fate for the union membership there?
Hilgemann: Yes and the biggest benefit that you're going to see in Michigan is billions of dollars in savings. Here in Wisconsin, we've saved over two billion dollars since Governor Walker and legislatures passed Act 10. The taxpayers in Michigan are quiet now but they'll show up when it counts on election day. These union reforms are working here in Wisconsin and they'll work anywhere people are brave enough to stand up for them.


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SOURCE: Root Wireless
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Root Wireless to Measure Networks in Montana, N. Dakota for National Broadband Map
BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwire - March 4, 2010) - Root Wireless, Inc., developer of patent-pending technologies that map the performance of wireless networks and devices, announced today it has been retained by Tetra Tech EC, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) to map the performance of wireless broadband networks in Montana and North Dakota for the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) National Broadband Map effort now in development.
Tetra Tech, a leading provider of consulting, engineering, GIS and other technical services, won contracts to map all broadband network services in the two states. Montana and North Dakota are among the states to receive grants from an NTIA program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Data collected by Root Wireless will be used to measure actual wireless broadband service availability in the two states for the National Broadband Map, which the NTIA will publish to inform policymakers and provide consumers with improved information on the broadband Internet services available to them.
Tetra Tech was engaged by the Montana Department of Commerce, which received nearly $1.6 million in grant funding for data collection and mapping activities. Similarly, the North Dakota Information Technology Department was awarded almost $1.3 million to collect data and map broadband networks there.
"Root Wireless is taking an innovative approach to benchmarking wireless network performance, and its work in the top U.S. metropolitan markets caught our attention," said Fred Gifford, Project Manager and GIS Technical Lead at Tetra Tech EC. "We are excited to take advantage of Root Wireless technology and services on behalf of wireless network users in Montana and North Dakota."
"Mapping wireless network performance for Tetra Tech is a terrific opportunity," said Andy Hollenbeck, Chief Revenue Officer, Root Wireless. "We are impressed with the team, and gratified that Tetra Tech was quick to recognize we have engineered innovative technology that directly benefits wireless consumers."
At the heart of the Root Wireless network monitoring solution is Root Mobile™, a proprietary application that turns smartphones into fully instrumented test equipment that measures wireless network performance. Root Mobile runs unnoticed in the background, monitoring the speed and reliability of wireless data services and the instances of connection issues including dropped calls. Currently, Root Mobile is available in a beta test program for smartphones running RIM BlackBerry and Android operating systems. Versions for the iPhone and smartphones running Windows Mobile are scheduled for release later this year.
Last year, Root Wireless and CBS Interactive teamed up to deliver Root Coverage™ with CNET located at (http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phone-coverage-map/). The non-exclusive publishing agreement allows CNET to host the Root Coverage mapping tool that displays precise performance data indicating the relative strengths and weaknesses of the competing cellular networks. Currently, Root Coverage charts network performance in 15 U.S. markets including New York City; Chicago; Dallas; Atlanta; Philadelphia; Los Angeles-Orange County; Washington, D.C.; and San Francisco-San Jose. Root Wireless continues to map additional metropolitan markets for release later this year.
About Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech (www.tetratech.com) is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction, and technical services addressing the resource management and infrastructure markets. The Company supports government and commercial clients by providing innovative solutions focused on water, the environment, and energy. With approximately 10,000 employees worldwide, Tetra Tech's capabilities span the entire project life cycle.
About Root Wireless
Root Wireless empowers the wireless consumer with accurate and timely data on wireless network performance. We deliver objective results captured by Root Mobile, our crowdsourcing application for smartphones. Mapped and displayed in a new and user-friendly way, our data makes it easy to see the actual coverage and performance for the major US carriers. Now wireless network users have the power of choice in selecting the best carrier for how and where they use their phones. For more information, please visit www.rootwireless.com
CONTACT: Mike Brennan for Root Wireless (206) 283-6908 Email Contact
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The normal circulation is one of the essential requirement to maintain the normal metabolism and functional activities of body. The health of cell and tissue depends not only on an intact circulation to deliver oxygen and remove waste but also on fluid homeostasis. Normal homeostasis encompasses maintenance of vessel wall integrity as well as changes in vascular volume,coagulability, intravascular pressure and osmolarity within certain physiology ranges .When these are out of balance ,hemodynamic disorders will occur . Hemodynamic disorders can have an effect on the metabolism ,function and morphology of its relevant organism and tissue .They can lead to atrophy ,degeneration and necrosis ,even if death . Hemodynamic disorders are major factor in much of human diseases.
Hemodynamic disorders can be all over or local . Here mainly introduce disturbances of local flow and body fluids . Hyperemia and congestion indicate a local increased volume of blood in particular tissue .Hyperemia is an active process resulting from augmented blood flow due to arteriolar dilation .Congestion is an passive process resulting from impaired venous obstruction .The usual congestions we meet in clinic are lung congestion from lefe-side heart failure and liver congestion from right-side heart failure .The latter often take a nutmeg–like look in naked eye. Normal fluid homeostasis maintains blood as a liquid until such time as injury necessitates clot formation.When this balance is destroyed ,clotting and hemorrhage can take place. Clotting can be normal and abnormal. Production of an intravascalar clot (thrombus) during life is an abnormal response to a change in a vessel or its contents .This is so-call thrombosis. It can be caused by changes in the vessel wall ,changes in the blood flow and changes in coagulability of blood. Hemorrhage generalily indicates extravasation of blood due to rupture of blood vessels .Hemorrhage may be external or may be enclosesd winthin a tissue .So it is divided into external hemorrhage and internal hemorrhage. Abnormal intravascular thing obstructs blood flow and can be carried by the blood to a site distant from its point of origin. It is so called embolism . The abnormal intravascular thing being named embolus can be solid ,liquid ,or gaseous and so on .It is so-call infarction that any cause hampers blood flow into tissue then lead to single cell,tissue or organism taking place atrophy ,degeneration and necrosis ,even if death. Maily according to its color , infarction is classified as three types :red infarction, white infarction ,septic infarction . Edema refer to too much water accumulation of fluid in body cavities, cells or tissue spaces. It can be all over or local . And edema usual takes place with the other fluid imbalance and worsens its condition.
Hemodynamic disorders are major factor in much of human diseases nowadays.In clinic we can see that many diseases deal with hemodynamic disorders .They can display deferent symptoms in deferent organisms. What effect it takes place in our body usually is up to what extent it is ,which organism it is in or how long it is enduring and so on .For example when an absolutely embolism take place in the coronary can usually lead to myocardial infarction .It will probably display a great pain in the front of chest ,hypotension ,shock and heart-failure .We can diagnose the disease according to its symptoms and it pathology.


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Plans to force the largest banks to hold as much as 2.5% more capital would put them at a competitive disadvantage to smaller institutions.
Giant banks have been making such arguments for months in an effort to portray the surcharge as unfair and inappropriate. But even with it, they will still end up holding less capital as a percentage of assets than smaller banks.
That conclusion, grounded in years of bank capital data, should not come as a shock to most analysts or bankers. But in the debate over the surcharge for "systemically important financial institutions," it has largely been forgotten by both sides of the capital fight. Advocates for the rule hope that it will prompt big banks to shrink, and big banks have deplored it as discriminatory.
Surcharges "dictate that a loan to a given company should carry a different capital charge depending solely on who makes the loan," JPMorgan Chase's chief risk officer, Barry Zubrow, told the House Financial Services Committee in June. Using capital requirements as "a mechanism for competitive change … would be an extraordinarily unwise step to take."
Yet such inequality may already be baked into the system — in big banks' favor. Though current capital requirements are nominally the same for all banks, the biggest banks have long operated near minimum capital levels while smaller ones have had thicker cushions. "Small banks have always been required to have higher capital levels than the big banks," Rochdale Securities analyst Richard Bove said by email. "The new rules seek to change that relationship, forcing the big banks to have higher ratios."
Still, given that capital levels are 3 percentage points lower at the average bank with assets above $50 billion compared with smaller banks, even the maximum 2.5% surcharge will not necessarily even out the historical capital gap.
(International regulators warned they could assess a 1% extra surcharge if big banks continue to grow bigger, but the odds of that happening are unclear. A proposal by Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo would have forced the largest banks to carry double the capital that Basel III would require, but it is no longer on the table.)
There is little evidence to suggest that the response to the financial crisis has changed matters, either. SNL Financial data shows that even as large banks have built up their capital position in anticipation of a surcharge, smaller banks have built up every bit as fast. For banks with assets of less than $50 billion, Tier 1 capital averages between 17% and 19% of risk-adjusted assets. Those above $50 billion average less than 14%.
Bankers and analysts have long debated the reasons for the gap. In some instances it may be chalked up to small-bank conservatism or a lack of good outlets for capital. But some say much of it stems from regulators' practice of tacitly letting big banks run near capital limits while demanding smaller ones maintain a large buffer.
The problem is that regulators are more lenient when dealing with "an 800-pound gorilla than they are with 50 monkeys," said Mike Moebs, founder of the banking research firm Moebs Services. When it comes to supervising smaller banks, "Field examiners say, 'Jesus, I'm overworked, and I'm just going to enforce the strictest rules possible.' That's the mentality you have to deal with."
Chris Cole, the chief regulatory counsel for the Independent Community Bankers of America, agreed. Even with a 2.5% surcharge, "there will still be an advantage for big banks. It will just be less than it used to."
What might be called the "small-bank surcharge" is normally an unspoken affair. But it can sometimes be quantified in regulators' consent orders, Cole and other industry advocates said. Joe Brannen, president and chief executive of the Georgia Bankers Association, points to a recent order by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for Cherokee Bank in Canton, Ga., which just completed a capital raise. Under its terms, Cherokee must maintain a 12% Tier 1 capital ratio, well above official minimums. "Those are the ones we look at and just scratch our heads," Brannen said.
An OCC representative did not respond to a request for comment.
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Hey guys i got this problem... Anyone have any info on this!? I'm New to all this sorry if this is in the wrong section.
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Hi Matt,
I haven't tried this application out yet, but I intend to when I can. It is possible that some applications, although they are able to run in a native installation of XP, are unable to do so when XP is installed under a virtual environment, as is the case here. It could also be down to the fact that the version of XP used here is SP3.
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The "XP compatability mode" has limitations in 3D, video streaming etc etc.
Have a look at the pdf document which describes the limitations of "XP mode".
This mode is only really intended for old legacy simple applications and hardware that don't make use of things like the video driver directly.
It does this very well -- but for that particular application you probably will still need to "Dual Boot" or use a separate machine.
Things like Games or Multimedia (except basic audio applications) are not supported (and probably wouldn't work even in a "Normal Classical" VM created with VMWARE workstation etc.
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January 31, 2011
Allkpop | Why aren't YG artists performing on Music Bank?
It seems fans have been unable to see YG Entertainment artists performing on KBS's Music Bank for some time now due to the label declaring a non-attendance to the public broadcast network's 2010 KBS Music Festival.
A representative of the music industry spoke with Star News on January 27th and revealed, "Despite GD&TOP and Seungri being well into their promotion cycles, YG Entertainment artists have not once made an appearance on KBS's Music Bank since restarting their activities."
He continued, "GD&TOP and Seungri make weekly appearances on MBC's Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo, and for a longer period, it seems that YG representatives won't be sending their artists to appear on Music Bank, which goes the same for Big Bang's comeback next month."
Some are speculating that YG's inability to appear on Music Bank is due to the artists refusing to attend the year-end "2010 KBS Music Festival" last year. At the time, representatives of YG expressed, "We are not able to understand why the 'Gayo Festival' is giving a 'best popularity award' when they declared that they wouldn't." YG artists instead attended MBC and SBS's year-end ceremonies, both of which did not contain award components.
KBS had clarified that the festival overall focused on music and not the awards, and retorted that they too failed to understand YG's decision.
Since then, YG artists have not been making appearances on Music Bank. Despite the controversy, representatives of the label explained, "We do not have a bad relationship with Music Bank."
After missing out on Music Bank last week despite apppearing on all other music shows, Seungri will continue to be absent on the January 28th episode.
Source: Star News via Nate
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No One Told Russians the Mayan Apocalypse Isn't Real
NASA, with its fancy "science" and "facts," has pretty much put the kibosh on Dec. 21, 2012 being the end of the world. But not everyone got the message.
The New York Times reports that Mayan apocalypse fever has gotten so out of hand in Russia that government officials have had to publicly address the news. The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reassured citizens that no, the world is not ending this month. Regardless, some are still hoarding food, and "panicked citizens stripped shelves of matches kerosene, sugar and candles."
Still not satisfied? Then follow everyone's favorite scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter. As he pointed out in a tweet in late November: "Y'all should know by now that if the World were going to end for any cosmic reason, I'd tell you how and I'd tell you when."