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Wake Forest Upsets Kentucky, 4-2
May 9, 2009
LEXINGTON, Ky. - For second time in three years the 18th-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team is headed to the NCAA Sweet 16 following a 4-2 upset over No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Lexington, Ky.
Wake Forest will face the winner of No. 6 Baylor and No. 30 Tulsa, which will wrap up Saturday evening at University of Tulsa. The remaining tournament matches will be played at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, starting with the Sweet 16 on May 14.
The Deacons are now 22-9, just one win behind the program's highest 23-win season, set in 2007 - the last time Wake Forest advanced to the Sweet 16.
The Deacons dropped the doubles point, but were able to successfully fight through the deficit.
"I couldn't be more proud of the team, the way they fought after not winning the doubles point in front of a hostile SEC crowd," Wake Forest head coach Jeff Zinn said.
Steven Forman fell behind early at No. 2 singles to Brad Cox, but recovered to take a 7-5 win in the first set and 6-3 win in the second to knot the match score at 1-all. The ever-reliable Cory Parr followed with a 6-3, 6-4 upset over sixth-ranked Bruno Antonelli to push the Deacons in front 2-1.
Jason Morgenstern laid down a crucial 7-5, 6-3 victory over Alberto Gonazalez at No. 6 to put Wake Forest within one point of the win. Then things slowed down and the suspense began to build.
Jonathan Wolff dropped a marathon 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 contest at No. 3 to push the Wake Forest advantage back to 3-2. David Hopkins won his first set against Alex Musialik at No. 4, but fell behind with a 7-6 loss in the second set.
At No. 5 Iain Atkinson lost his first set to Graeme Dyce 6-4. He recovered in the second set and held match point at 5-2 in the second set but, but Dyce would win two more games before Atkinson sealed the win with a 6-4 victory.
"This is two trips to the Sweet 16 in the last three years. We were excited to go the first time," Zinn said. "Now hopefully we've learned from that experience and can stay longer in the tournament." For more information on the NCAA Tournament, please visit Texas A&M's Tournament Central.
1. No. 10 Cory Parr (WF) d. No. 6 Bruno Antonelli 6-3, 6-4
2. Steven Forman (WF) d. Brad Cox 7-5, 6-3
3. #115 Eric Quigley d. Jonathan Wolff (WF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
4. David Hopkins(WF) vs. Alex Musialik 6-3, 6-7, 2-3 unfinished
5. Iain Atkinson (WF) d. Graeme Dyce 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
6. Jason Morgenstern (WF) vs. Alberto Gonzalez 7-5, 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 1, 6, 3, 5*
1. #6 Steven Forman / Cory Parr (WF) def. #22 Bruno Agostinelli / Brad Cox (UK) 8-3
2. Graeme Dyce / Eric Quigley (UK) def. Iain Atkinson / Carlos Salmon (WF) 8-5
3. Alberto Gonzalez / Alex Musialek (UK) def. David Hopkins / Jonathan Wolff (WF) 8-0
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2


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- M.M., University of Utah (1992)
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Dr. Reed Thomas is the Director of Bands and Professor of Music and Conducting at Middle Tennessee State University. His responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble and University Chamber Winds, teaching undergraduate courses in conducting and instrumental methods, graduate courses in conducting and wind and orchestral repertoire, and he guides all aspects of MTSU band program. He is the founding conductor of the Three Rivers Wind Symphony, a professional group of wind and percussion...Read More »
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100 Navarre Place is located on a very tight site in an urban setting across from the primary hospital in South Bend, Indiana. An outpatient facility with retail space and internal connections to the other medical buildings, 100 Navarre Place was designed within the context of an historic neighborhood, taking advantage of the views of the nearby campus of the University of Notre Dame.
The design concept draws references from the natural environment, such as the nearby St. Joseph River, and the many neighboring historic buildings. The building's façade was designed to complement the historic district in and around the hospital complex. The hospital campus is immediately adjacent to this outpatient facility and is accessible both from a sky bridge and an underground connector. This immediate accessibility is helpful in allowing physicians and staff to move efficiently about the campus, thus better serving their patient population.
Project category: New construction (completed November 2000)
Chief administrator: Ted Foti, Senior Vice-President, (574) 284-3677
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Design team: Robert W. Snyder, AIA, Principal-in-Charge; Joseph L. Mitchell, Project Architect; Robert A. Boellner, PE, Project Engineer; Peter A. Schilling, Project Engineer (BSA LifeStructures, Inc.); R. Scott McFadden, Interior Designer (Maregatti Interiors)
Photography: Greg Murphey, Murphey Studios; Karl Pfeffer
Total building area (GSF): 480,000
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Total cost (excluding land): $34,000,000
Physicians' groups with complementary practice areas are located together on the same floors, thereby creating areas of excellence in healthcare. Reference libraries and patient education centers are located throughout the building. This collaborative approach allows for greater efficiency in providing healthcare service for the South Bend community.
By providing parking within the six-story structure, 100 Navarre Place offers convenience and close proximity for outpatients and their families, important for the winter climate of northern Indiana. The parking garage occupies the first three floors of the building, with medical offices on the remaining floors. Two sets of three-story atriums are stacked vertically through the building, bringing the visitor from the parking areas into an open atrium with views across the hospital campus.
In developing the interior design, much time was spent visiting and working with the various physicians and their staffs, to gain a better understanding of the needs of patients and the specific needs of each specialty practice. The interior design reflects a professional, yet healing, environment with natural light and soft wood tones used throughout.
Retail space for The Medicine Cup, a gourmet coffee shop and cyber café, is located at the street level. It serves not only the hospital staff and outpatients, but also the neighboring community. Later, a satellite pharmacy will be located within the facility so that patients can pick up their prescriptions before they leave the building complex.


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I finally had my first proper dental checkup today in about 15 years! I'm not going to lie I was absolutely bricking it - the dentist terrifies me - waiting to go in to see the dentist and hearing the whirring drills and that horrible chemical smells freaks me out!
However as in the last 3 months I have had to go to the emergency dentist twice - once for a wisdom tooth extraction (which was surprisingly not that painful) and more recently to get an old filling removed, and some treatment plus a temporary filling put in (probably the most painful experience of my life - who knew that a dying nerve could make your whole head explode?) I knew I needed to go - not the least because the emergency dentist told me I had to!
I was lucky enough to finally get on the books of an NHS dentist there is no way I could have afforded to go private and today was my first appointment.
So I arrived early to give myself time to try and calm down but no such luck - I got there at 9.30 for a 9.45 appointment and within minutes of sitting down I was called in. The dentist only looked about 20 - that's a sign I am getting old though right? I swear my GP looks like he is 12 and now the dentist looks young too!
He took my medical history and then got about the business of examining my teeth calling out mystifying numbers and information to the dental nurse who logged it on the chart. He also whilst I was laying there helpless and terrified proceeded to point out as a diabetic I have a high risk of tooth decay, gum disease, having to have my teeth pulled out by gremlins with red hot pokers and so on and so on - I was starting to feel distinctly sick at this point - I'm not a fainter but it was deffo on the cards. So after making me khakk my pants and convincing me that I was going to need all my teeth pulled out he finished up with - apart from the root canal (which I knew about from emergency dentist visit number 2) and 2 old fillings needing replacing my teeth and my gums were in good condition! Jeez thank you very much Doc - you couldn't have saved the diabetics get bad teeth so brush properly talk until AFTER you told me I was all good?
A couple of x-rays were done and he showed me the results on the screen - damn my teeth look good in xray white!
All in all my teeth are good and strong there is some patchiness to the enamel in parts - probably due to the fact I used to guzzle around 5-6 litres of fizzy drinks every day (yes it's a bad habit which I am mostly out of - now I only have 2 or 3 glasses at most a day and drink water the rest of the time). He suggested that my past addiction to pepsi max and juice drinks has caused some damage but it can be repaired by using a strong fluoride toothpaste once a day - he helpfully provided me with a prescription for it. He also recommended I continue with my awesome Oral B toothbrush - mainly because it has a timer so I brush the right amount of time and a sensor to stop me brushing too roughly! and continue to floss. So no changes there.
I get to go back in just under a month to get the fillings done (at £30 so not too bad) and then I have to make an appointment for the root canal :( which is expensive at £185 but is a 90% chance that they can repair it and that I wont need to have the tooth extracted which would only cost £45 but I would rather not lose a tooth.
Sadly I do actually need an extraction of a tooth which broke about 8 years ago - there is no way of saving it but as it's been like it for 8 years they have kindly offered to leave it until the rest of my dental work is done.
So all in all with today's appointment and the emergency dentist by the end of March I will have spent like £350 on dental care - and I prob need to see the hygienist for a scale and polish too - that seems a lot but it's nothing to what I would have to pay privately and I actually dont mind paying in to the NHS for treatment at a subsidised rate. I think we take for granted a lot that we get for free or significantly reduced in this country from the NHS.To put it into perspective - I saw a Dr in the USA for a chest infection - I had a brief examination - it was obviously by the green gunk running from my nose, eyes, ears and chest and the fact i sounded like a train when i was breathing that there was an infection and most likely upper respiratory based. He spent about 10 mins with me. Prescribed antibiotics and was done and dusted in less than 15 mins at a cost of around £250 and then I paid another £100 for the prescription of 14 days supply of 2 antibiotics - so the same price for less treatment, time and so on.
Anyways I can say I am really relieved that my teeth are not about to fall out and that I dont need anything major done - phew


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to find out whether you should focus more on static or global variables
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100% no variable, hardcore value
94% only global variable use
69% only local variable use with hardcore value set
69% only static variable use with global variable value set
67% declaration of local variable with global variable value set
66% only global variable use with one static variable beside
20% only global variable use with ten static variables beside
My thesis of the result:
Be careful with declarations, whether local, global or static Note: in my test the global variable performance was better than the local one, but in practice the global one would lose performance due to multiple operations
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Is this better to check a variable before you assign it to a value that could be the same?
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Evoking images of a multiheaded beast, Microsoft's Windows-based Terminal Server platform (formerly code-named Hydra) is poised to revolutionize the way you deploy applications. Combining the best ideas of thin-client technology with the familiarity of Windows NT, Terminal Server is Microsoft's ace in the hole against the network computer (NC). (The sidebar "What About the Network Computer?" offers another perspective on NCs.)
Deploying Terminal Server will be a complex proposition. It will be so different from the traditional Windows model of computing that anything approaching a large-scale rollout will leave you rethinking your entire enterprise IS strategy.
From servers to clients to the very backbone of your network, Terminal Server will put new, unfamiliar demands on your IS infrastructure. The time to plan for a Terminal Server rollout is now, while you are formulating budgets. Don't find out too late that you needed to beef up that server or add another T1 line.
This article provides the information you need to plan effectively. You'll learn how to prepare for a smooth Terminal Server deployment, and what to expect—for server hardware requirements, bandwidth utilization, and everything in between.
The first beta of Terminal Server was not available for this article, so I'll discuss the product based on its lineage (the product is a descendant of Citrix Systems WinFrame). Special thanks go to the product teams at Citrix and Microsoft for helping to make this preview possible. (For a review of WinFrame 1.7, see John Enck, "Desktop Technology Today," page 86.)
A New Twist on Windows
Before you can fully appreciate Terminal Server's impact, you must understand how a multiuser platform differs from single-user Windows. Under NT, applications execute within the context of the current user profile. If a user is logged on to the system console, the security and preferences associated with that user's profile define the runtime environment.
Terminal Server exploits this concept of distinct user sessions to provide multiuser access to NT. When a Windows terminal user logs on to a Terminal Server, Terminal Server duplicates the underlying NT runtime environment (e.g., the user logon process, the Win32 subsystem) in memory. Terminal Server then assigns this new copy (which executes alongside the original) to the incoming user and modifies it according to the user's profile.
As more users connect to Terminal Server, it repeats the duplication process for each connection. The result is a seamless multiuser environment: All Terminal Server users have a private NT runtime environment tailored to their user profile.
The underlying technology that manages this subsystem-cloning process is MultiWin, which Citrix developed for use in its popular WinFrame remote access platform. Microsoft licensed MultiWin for inclusion with Terminal Server.
The Terminal Server MultiWin model is not very different from single-user NT: The client accounts (and user profiles) define the individual runtime environments. However, NT supports only one console user operating under a single-user profile, and Terminal Server lets multiple user sessions run concurrently and share the host system's resources.
Terminal Server's virtual console capability makes this process possible. Instead of piping the user I/O for a particular MultiWin session to the system's physical console, Terminal Server redirects the information to a remote client. This client can be a physical device (e.g., a Windows terminal) or a software viewer application running on a remote workstation. Either way, the information Terminal Server sends—bitmap translations of the session's desktop, keyboard input, and mouse coordinate data—is rather primitive. In this regard, Terminal Server is similar to a Windows remote control package, but on a much broader and more robust scale.
All these characteristics—from the way that Terminal Server slices up the NT console, to the type of information that Terminal Server sends over the wire—directly affect Terminal Server's system requirements and its effect on your infrastructure. The benefits of the Terminal Server model are numerous (seamless integration with NT security, low client overhead) but come at a cost: more server horsepower and network bandwidth, and diminished application compatibility.
Server Requirements
When most IS planners learn of Terminal Server's projected server requirements, their initial reaction is sticker shock. MultiWin's subsystem duplication is costly, both in terms of system RAM (to hold the multiple session images) and CPU cycles. To put it bluntly, Hydra eats servers for breakfast.
Still skeptical? Consider the recommended server configurations in Table 1, page 180. I took these figures from the technical training guide for Citrix WinFrame. Citrix based these recommendations on the older WinFrame 1.6 platform, which is an extension to NT 3.51. Citrix never shipped WinFrame 2.0 (its multiuser NT 4.0 solution and the basis for Terminal Server), so the company didn't publish any recommended configuration parameters. Probably, Citrix's recommended RAM numbers would have been higher to compensate for the larger NT 4.0 working set and the well-documented code bloat of current-generation Windows applications.
Citrix differentiated between typical users and power users, in its server recommendations. According to the Citrix technical training workbook, a typical user "generally uses one or two applications but normally only one at a time. The data requirements are not complex and do not usually contain Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)." A power user is "a more sophisticated user who uses larger applications and data files, and often has three or more applications active at the same time. The data requirements are complex and often use OLE heavily."
With any modern MultiWin implementation, the distinction between typical users and power users becomes blurred, in part because of the increased complexity of today's Win32 applications. Even moderate system use can launch multiple processes within a given user session, sending system memory requirements rocketing skyward.
To test these theories and better understand what constitutes realistic server-side requirements for a Terminal Server implementation, I elicited the help of Competitive Systems Analysis (CSA), a Northern California market research and consulting firm that has evaluated various MultiWin platforms. Using a late release candidate of WinFrame 2.0, CSA profiled the memory usage for a typical MultiWin session.
What CSA found generally confirmed my suspicions. Even in a relatively modest application scenario (load Microsoft Word 97, load a document, load Microsoft Internet ExplorerIEto perform a Web search), session memory requirements (as measured by the WinStation: Working Set parameter in NT's Performance Monitor) ballooned to more than 20MB, with an average memory load of more than 15MB. Screen 1 shows this profile.
Based on CSA's findings, I revised Table 1 to reflect Terminal Server's more demanding environment. I updated the processor parameters to better reflect today's technology and eliminated the distinction between typical and power users because it no longer applies. Table 2 summarizes my projected server configurations for Terminal Server. I based the data on the assumption that Terminal Server's Virtual Memory subsystem will ease the RAM crunch (you'd better budget for a fast disk subsystem, too). Microsoft's new thin-client platform probably will require massive server resources to support even modest client loads.
Here are two action items for would-be Terminal Server architects:
- Keep Terminal Server's appetite in mind when making server purchasing decisions. In particular, watch out for workgroup servers that offer limited symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and memory expansion. Four-way SMP and 1GB of RAM must be standard equipment.
- Think beyond the disk. Traditional file and print (and even database) applications are primarily I/O-bound. Terminal Server pushes I/O and CPU memory subsystems to their breaking points, so don't skimp on processor power: A 200MHz Pentium Pro with 1MB Level 2 cache will work, and a 300MHz Pentium II with 512KB of RAM is ideal.
Bandwidth Requirements
Terminal Server will need lots of bandwidth. Unlike NT, which can operate over slow-link connections, Terminal Server is low-bandwidth intolerant. Starve this beast by saturating the network or inadvertently disrupting communications, and all of its heads (clients) will attack.
Microsoft has Citrix to thank for this aspect of Terminal Server's architecture. Citrix optimized WinFrame for multipoint (instead of shared-bandwidth) data communications as part of WinFrame's positioning as a remote access solution.
Under WinFrame, the server hosts most user sessions via analog modem connections over dial-up phone lines. Each user receives a private network channel into the server. The only competition is for the server's core hardware (e.g., the CPUs, system memory, disk). Bandwidth is immaterial because each inbound connection is unique and dedicated to one user. The left side of Figure 1 depicts a WinFrame configuration.
This model is great for a Remote Access Service (RAS) solution, but not for a chaotic corporate LAN. Here, Terminal Server's finely tuned execution model may begin to break down as user sessions compete with each other and with the rest of the network for bandwidth. The right side of Figure 1 shows a Terminal Server configuration.
Bandwidth is a finite element in any network equation. You can simulate RAM or even multiple CPUs (through virtual memory and multitasking), but you can't simulate bandwidth. You have it, or you don't. If you don't, Hydra is likely to turn around and bite you: Application windows will repaint erratically, the session will ignore or lose user input data, and overall usability will take a nosedive.
Just how voracious will Terminal Server be? The bandwidth requirements will vary depending on the client protocol in use. Unlike WinFrame, which used Independent Computing Architecture (ICA), Terminal Server will support multiple client types. Although supporting multiple client types adds flexibility, it also makes profiling a Terminal Server solution's bandwidth requirements problematic.
Take ICA as an example. Citrix recommends at least 20Kbps per session. With less bandwidth, your system shows the effects of communications latency through slow repaints and choppy input response.
Table 3 shows bandwidth recommendations extrapolated across various user configurations. To put Terminal Server's requirements in a real-world context, the table also defines the aggregate bandwidth and equivalent connection type.
What about T.120/T.Share? (T.120 is the International Telecommunications Union conferencing protocol; T.Share is Microsoft's version of the protocol.) Microsoft's protocol suite of choice, T.120/T.Share, will be the default client interface for Terminal Server. I couldn't obtain firm numbers at press time (little information is available on the suite's bandwidth requirements), but the protocol's roots are in the high-performance world of ISDN video conferencing, which doesn't bode well for Terminal Server's bandwidth requirements.
If ICA takes 20Kbps, you can assume that any combination of T.120/T.Share components will be at least 25 percent more demanding (ICA is very finely tuned). Though T.120/T.Share will ship with Terminal server, ICA is a third-party add-on that you must buy separately (well worth the investment).
Here are some suggestions with regard to bandwidth for Terminal Server:
- Evaluate current network utilization levels and build out as necessary. If you now consume 80 percent of the available bandwidth on your 10Mbps Ethernet backbone and you plan to roll out 500 new Windows terminals and their supporting servers, you have two choices: Invest in some new routers and a second backbone, or upgrade to 100Mbps Ethernet.
- Analyze WAN connections for potential bottlenecks. Slower WAN routers will become overwhelmed by as few as four or five Terminal Server sessions, so identify these bottlenecks early and isolate traffic accordingly.
- Don't skimp. Citrix recommends 20Kbps for an average ICA session, but CSA has found wide fluctuations in client demands. A Terminal Server session frequently spikes into the 30Kbps to 40Kbps range when users are rendering a complex bitmap image. So err on the side of caution—you can never have too much bandwidth.
Integration Issues
You've beefed up your application servers and groomed your network infrastructure to handle Terminal Server's wide load. Now comes integrating applications.
For managing applications, a Terminal Server platform will be a lot like any other NT system. You install applications at the server console, and users access them over the network. However, with Terminal Server, the users will do more than access a network share point; they will be working with a virtual copy of the server's console. The process works as if the user had logged on to the server as a local account. If you have Microsoft Word installed on the server, users executing Word will see the program running within the context of the server's hardware environment—just as if they were sitting at the server console. The beauty of MultiWin is that when you implement it properly, it is completely seamless to the user.
However, this shared console model of execution is not without problems. Let's look at three application scenarios that have proved troublesome for administrators of Citrix WinFrame and derivatives.
Console applications. Some Windows programs don't adapt well to a simulated console environment. A good example is GFI Fax & Voice's multiuser fax server software. The package's client interface relies on a Windows Messaging API (MAPI)-based pop-up dialog box to address an outbound fax. Under WinFrame, the dialog box appears on the server's console because the dialog box's address is the computer name, instead of the name of the user who wants to send the fax. The result is the user sees nothing on the remote desktop, and the operation fails. The only workaround for this default behavior of the dialog box is to rewrite the GFI fax application so that it addresses the dialog box to the username (a nonstandard behavior that requires a modification at the source-code level).
CPU-intensive applications. Applications that peg the CPU (e.g., forcing the system's processor to 100 percent utilization through a keyboard monitoring loop or similar code structure) can be problematic in a multiuser environment. In a single-user system, operators rarely feel the effect of a CPU-intensive application because they are interacting with it. However, in a shared system, all users feel the effects of a CPU-intensive application because it degrades performance systemwide. Because many popular applications (Microsoft Office 97, IE, even legacy DOS programs) peg the CPU, you can understand why Citrix has steadfastly recommended the deployment of SMP platforms for even moderate client loads.
Multimedia applications. Multimedia applications and Terminal Server won't mix. Because programs execute within the context of the server's hardware, they can't take advantage of any client-side multimedia resources. If the client has a sound card or a full-motion video adapter, the server-based application won't see it because the environment that the application is executing in exists solely on the server.
Clearly, you must weigh some serious application issues when you evaluate any Terminal Server solution. Beyond compatibility, the lack of multimedia support could severely limit Terminal Server's appeal as a general-purpose deployment platform.
As you integrate applications into Terminal Server, follow this advice:
- Test, test, test! If an application uses a lot of pop-up dialog boxes, especially MAPI components, grill the developer about dialog-box addressing. If developers are uncooperative, threaten to drop them. In today's climate of mission-critical awareness, sloppy programming is inexcusable.
- Outlaw nonessential DOS programs. DOS programs are the chief culprits in most pegged-CPU scenarios. Programs such as msd.exe (a leftover from DOS 5.0 and 6.0) are particularly nasty. Delete them before they come back to haunt you.
- Think mixed-media interfaces. One way to work around the multimedia handicap is to integrate elements from outside the session. Terminal Server's client interface will run as an ActiveX control, so you can easily combine an application session with other Web elements to create a more robust solution. Unfortunately, such a mixed-media solution won't work on a dedicated Windows terminal, but it will work on PCs or NCs running a Terminal Server session within a window.
Is Terminal Server Worth It?
Terminal Server is a technological enigma. It has by far the thinnest client interface of any Windows platform. System requirements for the client are trivial: 1MB to 2MB of RAM and a network connection. This technology provides a true Windows terminal (i.e., dumb, thin, and marginally functional) solution.
Unfortunately, this product will achieve its slim client figure not by compressing the underlying computing model (as the NC does) but by shifting the existing Windows model to the server. Terminal Server is a move from fat clients and fat servers to anorexic clients and obese servers—a lateral transition that places considerable stress on other areas of the corporate infrastructure.
The tradeoffs are clear: Ultra-thin client computing in exchange for massive servers, high bandwidth consumption, and the potential for some really nasty compatibility headaches. The question is whether Terminal Server is worth it.
The answer is a concrete maybe. For specific tasks (e.g., acting as a kiosk or providing bank tellers with nearly bulletproof workstations), this technology is a promising solution. It's robust, reliable, and relatively easy to maintain—qualities that will appeal to any veteran IS planner.
However, Microsoft seems to have in mind a broader role for this product. NT guru and Microsoft VP Jim Allchin was recently quoted as saying that Microsoft sees Terminal Server as the company's vehicle of choice for deploying Win32 technologies across Windows 3.x systems, a scenario that the platform is ill suited for. Such a foolhardy strategy will likely backfire, leaving early-adopters holding the bag. (For another perspective on reusing legacy systems, see "UARCO Gets Thin," November 1997.)
The bottom line: Don't believe the hype. Test prototypes extensively and keep the server, bandwidth, and compatibility issues in mind. This beast needs special care and feeding, but when deployed appropriately, it is the undisputed king of the Windows terminal jungle.


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talks a talk
Events at which I have spoken or presented, in varying levels of formality.
Parti in the Classroom
As part of an Integrated Learning Technology Development Grant at Simon Fraser University I worked in collaboration with IT Services, Dr. Robyn Schell and Arita Liu to develop an add-on for learning management systems which allows an instructor to collect, review and discuss the visual work of students en-masse.
The project was presented as a poster at the SFU Teaching & Learning Symposium and with Dr. Schell as a session at the Sketching in Practice Symposium. It will be presented at InstructureCon in July 2016.
Richmond PechaKucha
Presented a talk at the Richmond Cultural Centre as part of their Human x Technology PechaKucha evening. Admittedly, I think I may have moved away from the typical 'Pecha Kucha' theme a bit by preaching technological wary-ness. Oops.
iClicker Games
Presented an exploration in custom iClicker games at Simon Fraser University's Teaching and Learning Symposium held on June 16, 2012, in Vancouver, Canada.
The games themselves were made for Graphic Design (IAT-102) taught at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (Simon Fraser University) to offer a bit more context specific interaction than the usual multiple-guess format offered by the iClicker software.
Presented on Beatback: A Real-time Interactive Percussion System for Self-Directed Practice at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference in Jun 2010. This was part of completing my M.Sc at Simon Fraser University and is the system that I developed and wrote about in my thesis.
Co-authors on the paper were Philippe Pasquier and Arne Eigenfeldt.
Presented Freepad: A Custom Paper-Based MIDI Interface at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference in Jun 2010 on behalf of Sungkuk, who was unable to attend himself. I was involved in the development of the system, but most definitely not capable enough to lead the development on the project.
Primary author Sungkuk Chun, co-authors on the paper were Philippe Pasquier and Keechul Jung.


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Sunday, February 10, 2008, 08:12 PMBy popular demand, added preliminary pics of the gameroom to the photo album today. It's still a work in progress and has a ways to go.
Posted by Administrator
Posted by Administrator
None of the cartridges at the bottom are repeats of the boxes at the top and 99% the games inside the drawer are unique (i.e. very few duplicates).
Will post updates as necessary.


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Hi. I'm uploading pictures on to this site for the next couple of months for Yoru who's out of the country.
*stares at your height* ....😐 *doesn't know whether to hug you cuz you're so tall or bite you cuz you're so tall*
Omg its almost your birthday! Happy early birthday!!
Persona 4~!
I'm a little surprised that you're planning to be a cardiologist with all this time you use on art. I mean, I can see why you might want to go for that job, it'll pay well, but you should never go for a job just for money. It may turn out to be something you don't enjoy in which case you'll be trapped going day by day doing something you don't enjoy so you can get money to pay your bills to keep on living so you can keep on doing something that you don't enjoy. While I understand it may not be my place to lecture you about this, I though that it might be worth giving you something to consider, and if you've changed your position then I guess this wouldn't have any relevance anyway. xD
Hmm, it's not that I'm doing it for money, but ever since I could remember I always wanted to be a doctor and art was never something i even considered to do for a career. I do spend a lot of time on art, but for me, it's simply a stress-reliever. I don't smoke, or drink, or really do any clubs, so art's always just been an outlet for me.
Well alright then. It's good to know that some of my initial assumptions were unfounded. I wish you luck on that path because it will most definitely be a hard one. Be it the challenge of Medical School, the debt from it that you will have to deal with, or just the daily stress of that job. Although, it has some fun perks. You'll have the weirdest and best stories to tell. I have a cousin who is working to become a doctor and his current job has him working in the ER and Hospital a bit and he already has such weird, fascinating stories already, but I digress. Work hard and study harder if you aren't doing so already, Ciao~!
Your birth day is in April as well... you live were I used to... It's crazy how small the world is...
Im unfamiliar with religion (unless it's mythology), what does it meant to be a Roman Catholic?
The Roman Catholic Church is the Catholic Church. You know the Vatican, in Rome, with the pope.
u are dei both have birthdays so close to mines ; u;
Your birthday is one day before mine O.o strange. And I'm taller than you and I'm a chick who's nearly 18.............. Haha XD I'm like 5'11
japanese porn oh my gosh i'm laughing so hard
I'm taller than you!!!
...I'm 5'10
...I'm 5'10
nice shirt
Persona 4? Korean and japanese dramas? PANDAS? let's be best friends XD lol
You watch Shoujo Anime? Nice! XD
I love how you and Dei are only a few days apart; well years but days as well! April 17th for me! X333
your all so much shorter than one would expect XD
?? 5'8 is not short sorry, but short is like 5'4
Man, Dei's description of Yoru absolutely kills me XD
What's a cardiologist? some kinda heart doctor?
Where's Yoru going anyways?
What's a cardiologist? some kinda heart doctor?
Where's Yoru going anyways?
bingo, heart surgeon
man, you've gotta have a tough stomach if you can handle ripping people open and poking at their insides.
yep, I can't do it. I get freaked out by just the idea
yep, I can't do it. I get freaked out by just the idea
haha, just saying Yoru: you could probably sell a badass shirt like that
How did I miss this?! Anyways it looks like we're (somehow) colleagues: I'm a medical student too (though here in Italy )
PS welcome back
PS welcome back
Cute drawing of Yoru, aww~
But man, Dei, your description of him is just mean! (And hilarious) But mean!
But man, Dei, your description of him is just mean! (And hilarious) But mean!
Like the shirt!
I like how it had Dei's description.. xD
He's a little mean... But it could have been worse
He's a little mean... But it could have been worse
Question: if you watch korean dramas, do you also watch mexican novelas?
Die loves you really....
I think 8I
Die loves you really....
I think 8I
Dei, you just killed me XD 'Japanese porn' lol
i would fall for a guy like that?
Dei, that's mean. And hilarious. It's hilariously mean.
no idea, roman catholic?
so... does this mean i'm commenting to Dei right now?
LMFAO i'm crying right now, Dei you've slain me.
It makes me so happy to see you're a RC It wouldn't have decreased my opinion if you had been athiest or anything else, but sometimes I feel like the only young Catholic in the world
Anyway woot also for wanting to be a doctor! *ditto*
Anyway woot also for wanting to be a doctor! *ditto*
Sorry to stalk on comments, but I'm also a young Roman Catholic! It's nice to see a few others like us on the Internet
Yoru likes pandas. I can approve. And that description... Just wonderful. ^^
nice dei lol


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In our flurry of activity in October, we overlooked summarizing the new medical technologies identified at startups and added to the Medtech Startups Database:
- Neodymium vaginal dilator for treatment of pelvic pain.
- Large bore, power injection vascular access
- Surgical instruments for use in bariatrics.
- Surgical oncology.
- Spine surgical technology including expandable intervertebral cage.
- Technologies to treat hearing loss.
- Device to determine blood vessel size.
- Cerebrospinal fluid shunt.
- Focused ultrasonic surgical devices for hemostasis, cauterization, and ablation.
- Collagen polymers to create 3D tissue systems for drug discovery, engineered tissue/organ, wound management, and 3D bioprinting.
- Regenerative medicine to treat brain injury or damage.
- Neuro-monitoring and neuro-critical care.
- Orthomusculoskeletal implants.
- Devices and methods for hip replacement
- Intraoperative image system.
- Exocentric medical device
- Electro-hydraulic generated shockwave for cosmetic, medical applications.
For a historical listing of technologies at medtech startups, see link.


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Good morning! Today, I'm adding photos and a newspaper article that have been sent in my some of our blog viewers. One includes an interior shot of a Convair 580, complete with the multicolor seats in the back, designating the smoking section. Times have changed! Enjoy...:)
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Various photos
Posted by Convair Kid at 10:10 AM
2 comments:
Really nice to see an interior shot of an old airliner once again. It seems that 99 of 100 pictures are of the outside, which, of course is great and expcted. But, everybody forgot the inside shots.
- July 11, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Great stuff Peder!!! I always wondered what the multi colored seats were for??
- July 11, 2010 at 8:36 PM
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Aveda Eco-Overnight Pack
Long known for their eco-friendly beauty products, Aveda seems to be branching out into cosmetic accessories, such as this 100% organic cotton "eco-overnight pack." According to the website, the pack is equipt with "four small pockets and a removable inner bag" in order to store all of your makeup/beauty supplies. And if you can't get enough Aveda, they are even so nice as to help you pair your overnight pack with other eco-friendly accessories such as this recycled metal compact mirror. Now, getting your hands on eco-beauty supplies only takes as much time as a trip to the mall. ::Aveda


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VIDEO: Helen Mirren loves twerking
Not so prim and proper Dame Helen Mirren loves to get her twerk on and she's not afraid to show it.
Dame Helen Mirren sounds like she'd be a good party partner for Prince Harry. The award-winning British actress says she loves to twerk and secretly practices at home to get her form right.
Mirren first demonstrated her booty-shaking skills onstage while accepting the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year award at Harvard University in January 2014, and confirmed in a new interview that it was not an act: she likes to move it, move it.
"I'm a huge fan of Beyoncé and I do love to twerk," she told the Mirror. "I am mesmerized by it. It's unbelievable how they do it. I always like it when a new dance arrives on the scene."
When asked if she ever practices at home in front of the mirror, she admitted, "I actually might have done that!"
Helen Mirren shocks parade of gay drummers >>
Watch Helen Mirren twerking at Harvard
Helen Mirren likes to pole dance, too >>
The famed actress also recently said that teens shouldn't be allowed to read Shakespeare until they are at least 15 years old, because forbidden fruit is the most tempting.
"I absolutely believe that children's first experience of Shakespeare should always be in the theater with a performance as I had the opportunity of doing… to see a great imaginative acting and direction, costumes and lights," she told BBC Newsnight.
"I do believe children should not be allowed to read Shakespeare until they are 15 years old. Taken to see a play when they are 13 [or] 14 and told you can't read it until you are 16 and of course you would be dying to read… secretly in your bedroom!"
Until then, they can twerk.


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Maryland Terrapins football has become the East Coast version of the Oregon Ducks, only with more awful results. However, Under Armour and the Terps aren't giving up. On Tuesday, the Maryland athletic department unveiled the uniforms for the 'Star Spangled' game against West Virginia.
Saturday will also happen to be the celebration for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore. While it's significance isn't lost on most people in Maryland, the Battle of Baltimore gave us one of the most famous poems in American history.
That poem is 'Defence of Fort McHenry' or as most of you will know it…the 'Star Spangled Banner.'
Maryland's uniforms are heavily influenced by that poem and by Fort McHenry as you can see in the pictures below (courtesy of Maryland Athletics).
Personally, I love the helmets and the "Conquer We Must" on the side of the pants. I'm not 100% crazy about what the Terps are putting on their feet for this game.
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"So MLS salaries were published today. Never an easy day for anyone, very uncomfortable for all. Low or high paid. #ElephantInRoom."
While salary transparency is part of doing business in North American sports, it is rare in the soccer world outside of MLS. But here, they are released by the Major Soccer League Players Union.
The pay discrepancy between the stars and grunts is especially striking in MLS, where a few elite are paid outside the salary cap. The rest make do in a league that holds most of the cards when it comes to salary negotiations and free agency.
At his current annual salary of $48,825 (all figures in U.S. dollars), it would take defender Mark Bloom four years ($195,300) to make what Toronto FC teammate Michael Bradley makes in one game ($191,176).
Bloom, a well-spoken 26-year-old who has started all four of Toronto's games this season, is not about to make waves on the subject.
"It really doesn't mean much to me," he said after practice Friday "I'm going to come here and do what I always do, just work hard as, work as hard as I can, improve myself day in and day out.
"Those figures, you can't read too much into these. You get worried about the business side of it, then your head's going to be out of the game. So I'm just focusing on what's going in on the field."
Did you look at the salary figures, he was asked.
"I did. Of course," he replied with a smile.
"There's a pretty wide gap. You can see that every player is pretty much underpaid," he added when pressed. "Hopefully that will get fixed and that will be addressed."
Bloom joined Toronto last year after playing his way out of the minor leagues. Ironically he got his chance to start late last season when the club elected to bench English fullback Richard Eckersley, who was on the way out because of his high contract number.
Bloom made $46,500 last season, about one-tenth of Eckersley's pay.
Manager Ryan Nelsen acknowledges the difference in pay scale can cause problems within the locker-room when the numbers are revealed.
"It does if you've got bad characters. Definitely," he said. "If you've got guys who are insecure about themselves or a wee bit jealous, yeah. A lot of teams have a lot of problems with that.
"Fortunately, nobody can argue what Michael Bradley's done in his career or Jermain Defoe's done in his career. And anybody who questions the difference, I just say 'Well go and do that. Then you can go and ask for that money.'"
But Nelsen agrees salaries need to be raised at the bottom end.
"I think they will address that," he said of MLS.
Nelsen says he has been in both camps, making $24,000 as an MLS rookie in 2001 and then watching his pay grow as an English Premier League veteran.
"You've got to earn it," he said.
"I always think that the market determines what you get paid. And those guys at the lower end, if they perform well, they get paid better. It's just a matter of time"
Under MLS rules, a first-team roster is comprised of up to 30 players with players occupying roster spots 1-20 counting against the club's 2014 salary cap of $3.1 million.
Players occupying roster spots 1-24 must earn at least $48,500 this year while the minimum for roster spots 25-30 is $36,500.
Bradley is one of three TFC designated players, meaning only $387,500 of his US$6.5-million salary counts against the cap.
Bloom, whose wife is expecting their first child, did note that players who play well do get pay bumps.
Just look at 21-year-old Toronto midfielder Jonathan Osorio who, after becoming a starter as a rookie last year, went to $142,600 this season from $46,500.
Osorio says Bradley and fellow DPs Defoe ($6.18 million) and Gilberto ($1.2 million) have fit in smoothly.
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At some point in time, you are going to work with pictures in your science career. They are also an incredibly effective outreach tool. Check out this article listing some amazing science images from 2014, via iO9(I'm going to be referencing some of these pictures throughout this post).
Do you notice anything in common amongst those images? Many of them are captivating and interesting, even without context. A well composed image will do that for you. You want to capture attention? Make sure your photos, illustrations, graphics, etc are the best they possibly can be. Learn image post-processing (ie photoshop), vector illustration, and photography. You will not only have great outreach material, but you're academic publications, talks, etc will vastly improve as well.
This week you'll be creating the content that you will ultimately use in your outreach. Using either an already existing image or a newly created image, make it publication ready. It is easy to spend a lot of time editing just one image, so spend at most 30 minutes on this exercise. We don't want you to get stuck in post-processing purgatory!
What exactly makes an image compelling is more art than science, but we're going to give you a few tips that you can use to make this process more manageable.
Image Composition. Believe it or not, you have control over what you display in your image. And how you compose your image is extremely important. Think about what you want your audience to see, vs what you are currently showing them. Think about how they will perceive it, because often perception and reality are not in alignment.
This photo is extremely well composed. The narrative is very simple: the dinosaur this bone belongs to is huge! It conveys that message very well by relating the size of the bone to the boy in the image. Even better, is that the boy seems to have a sense of amazement about him as he looks upon the bone. It is very clear that the photographer spent some time thinking about how the message should be received.
The Rule of Thirds. We already talked about the photography use of the rule of thirds and how it can be used in presentations. What we'd like to share now is when you should break this rule. It is true that aligning your image subject with the imaginary grid lines adds some dramatic flair, but you don't always need to do this. In fact there are some instances where you just don't want to.
In this photo, the author intentionally centers the terrifying mosquito tornado. In this instance, the twister is definitely a centerpiece and is treated as such in this composition. In fact, placing it off to the side would just detract from the overall image and serve as nothing more than a distraction. Another good reason to disregard the rule of thirds, is when you are trying to preserve symmetry.
Generally speaking, it is a good idea to keep at least two versions of an image. One where the placement of the subject is centered and another where you are playing with your subject's placement in the image.
Color and Contrast. One of the most important things to do is to make sure your images are high contrast (and this will apply to everything else on your poster as well). Remember the image of the hawk from last week? Notice how it clearly stands out from the background, even though the colors are similar. That difference is due to contrast. In image terms, contrast is the visual difference between light and dark. The less contrast you have, the more indistinguishable borders/boundaries will be. The more contrast there is, the more pronounced shadows and highlights will become. Below is a before and after image of popcorn, taken by Anthony:
The first image is the original, and the second image has been edited a bit to increase the contrast. Notice how it is much easier to see the texture of the popcorn and the seasoning. The downside to increasing the contrast too much is that your image may have unintended dark areas that become exaggerated. And similarly, your light areas will look grossly overexposed.
Contrast also plays a role in color. Or perhaps it is the other way around…
Recall the color wheel from our middle and high school art education. Each color on the wheel has an opposite, known as its complement.
These complements provide an inherent contrast when paired. One of the easiest ways to provide contrast (and aesthetic) artistically is to use these complements. You can even expand your palette from a two color set, to multiples using complements as a basis. You can try color triads (break the wheel into thirds and use corresponding colors in each third), tetrads (fourths), etc. Adobe provides a helpful website that allows you to play with different colour combinations following these sorts of rules.
But sometimes it isn't enough to just use complementary colors to provide contrast. For instance, many people are red-green colorblind. So how can we modify our color choice to provide maximum contrast? For that we need to understand color saturation.
One way of thinking of colors is to look at the HSV color space. The HSV (Hue, saturation, value) color space is a cylindrical representation of the color wheel.
Each hue (or color) of the wheel can be thought of in terms of its own color intensity (from white to full color) and blackness. By adjusting the saturation and value you can enhance the contrast between two colors. For example, when dealing with red-green colorblindness you could change the saturation of the green to be less saturated (more white) and adjust the value of the red to be darker:
Check out this example from the European Space Agency:
This image uses hues and saturation to demonstrate temperature intensity and changes in color value to show magnetic field lines.
Leading Lines. Your eye will naturally navigate around an image as you absorb it. But did you know that the content of that image could impact how you look around it? Marketing people are excellent at this. For instance, Cosmopolitan magazine very specifically lays out its cover page to attract your attention to the internal content that will garner sales. That's why they very commonly put the sex column details in the upper left side of the cover:
The content of the image itself can also influence your eye, and the exploitation of that is called leading lines.
The image above is a classic example, as the road draws your eye to the real star of the show: the scenery. Sometimes leading lines have negative effects:
In this image, the lines in front of the bird draw your eye up, but to nothing. Not only that, they are distracting from the subject (the bird). I'm sure you've seen family pictures where someone is standing in front of a tree, or a pole. Since images are two dimensional, these bad cases of leading lines does nothing but distract your audience from an otherwise excellent graphic.
Image Cropping (and Scaling). Unless you are dealing with vector graphics, you will never want to scale your image. Scaling too much will exaggerate the inherent pixelation of an image (based on its resolution, ie the number of pixels per inch in a picture). But you can crop an image.
Cropping allows you to modify an image's aspect ratio (the ratio of the length to the width), increase the focus on the image subject (without scaling), or even allow you to reposition it. Let's say you want to apply the rule of thirds to an already existing image. You can do that!
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Liars, Thieves & Fools formed in early 2010, but has been a work in progress since 2005. Friends Garth Bostic (Lead vocals, guitar) and Joey Avalos (Guitar) have toyed with the possibility of starting a writing project since they last performed together in the band Sky Harbor (Inpop Records).
Since Sky Harbor, Joey Avalos has pursued a career as a guitarist for the rock band Pillar and now writes and performs with the pop band Stars Go Dim. Garth Bostic graduated from Arizona State University, started a family and performs from time to time with local Arizona band Maple Ash.
After 5 years of struggling to find time to write and record Garth and Joey realized that it was time to make it happen. Within a couple of writing sessions, Liars Thieves & Fools formulated enough material to record a full-length record but decided to go ahead and produce a 4 song self-titled EP instead." These days, music listeners are too ADD," says guitarist and co-writer Joey Avalos. That's why we decided to record an EP instead of a full length record. That and the fact our budget only allowed us to record 4 songs."
Recorded over the course of 3 days in Nashville, TN, at Off The Wall Studios, Liars, Thieves & Fools produced an organic, warm recording with the help of their good friends Robert Venable (Engineer/Mix), Lester Estelle Jr. (Drums) and Luke Sullivant (Electric guitars, slide, and bass). "Since we didn't have a band and we didn't want to be some kind of folk duo, we thought, why not get our talented friends together and see what kind of noise we can make," says Joey. "Our approach was all about capturing a moment," says Garth. There were a lot of one takes and mistakes. That's how they did it back in the day."
Their back in the day mentality and DYI approach to music is a refreshing outlook in a day where popular music is forced down listeners throats. "There is no big machine behind us. No one telling us what we can or cannot do. We wrote and recorded these songs because we love them and our only agenda is to continue to write and record songs and share them with people that want to hear them. Hopefully the listener will enjoy the songs as much as we enjoyed creating them," says Joey.
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