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I have an HTML
 container that I float to the right of a gridview. When the browser window is maximized, it looks fine. When minimized, the gridview positions below the floating container and most of the data is pushed off the bottom of the browser - you have to scroll down to see it.
If I position the floating container above the gridview it looks fine in a minimized window, but looks real bad when maximized.
What I want to do is use a javascript: onresize event to re-position the floating container up or down depending on the window.inner.width AND do it with a Master/Content page structure AND do it for only the one page where needed.
I can capture the onresize event and display the window dimensions but haven't figured-out how to do it with a Content page that still uses the Master page. I think I'm having a very "thick" week...
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<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="JavaDynamicCopyValue.aspx.cs" Inherits="JavaDynamicCopyValue" Title="Untitled Page" %><asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" Runat="Server">  <asp:TextBox ID="txt1" runat="server" onchange="copyValue(this,document.getElementById('<%=txt2.ClientID%>'))"></asp:TextBox>

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I got a javascript run time error says output is undefined. if I view source of the page, the txt1 markup became:
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I am calling a report in a web page which is getting displayed in report viewer. This report comes fine but when I click on it to see the drill through report for this parent report the drill through report does not get displayed and I see a JScript error instead.
The error I get is something like,
parent.document.GetElementByID(...).ClientController is not null or not an object
The aspx page that contains the report viewer inherits from a master page that contains an Update Panel.
I tested the report separately in SSRS and the drill through is working fine there.
Can some one please provide any inputs on this one?
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Deportivo La Coruna grabbed another point in their bid to avoid La Liga relegation, drawing with Villarreal.
A second-half equaliser from Celso Borges saw Deportivo La Coruna earn a 1-1 draw at home to Villarreal on Saturday.
Borges' goal cancelled out a Jaume Costa effort as Deportivo climbed to 30 points, one adrift of Eibar and Almeria.
Deportivo are winless in 13 matches ahead of their final three of the season, while Villarreal sit sixth in their bid to qualify for European competition.
Costa opened the scoring in the 48th minute, delightfully lobbing a stranded Fabricio to make it 1-0 after taking a pass from Mario Gaspar.
The 27-year-old ran over to the sideline and held up a goalkeeper jersey to pay tribute to Sergio Asenjo, who ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament on Wednesday.
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More than a decade after the Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco scandals in the early 2000s, ethics is still a hot topic in accounting. Ethical stewardship is defined as a "higher level duty of governance in which the motivations of the manager are based on pro-organizational rather than self-interest behavior" (Caldwell, Hayes & Long, 2010, p. 501). The concept of stewardship means that the leader of an organization has a responsibility to maximize profits of the company to the benefit of the stakeholders and society as a whole.
Accounting is fraught with ethical decisions that have to be made on a daily basis. Ethical stewardship means that the leadership of the organization, including the CFO and CEO, has a responsibility to do the best job they can for the business. If the leadership acts responsibly, the company does well and therefore the stakeholders and employees should do well also.
In order to maximize profits, the leadership of a company should include employees in the goals of the organization in order to make them more accountable. When employees are included, they are empowered and take ownership of their tasks, which in most cases allows them to work harder and smarter and in turn allows the company to maximize profits. Ethical stewardship is a very important concept; it seems simple but can be difficult to put into action within a company. Employees may not be fully vested in the success of the company and therefore may struggle in making decisions that meet the goals of the company while meeting personal objectives at the same time.
Leadership has to be open, honest, and ethical in communication with employees in order to empower employees. I agree with Caldwell et al. that the responsibility of leadership is to build and maintain values that are focused on achieving the mission of the organization. In ethical stewardship, leaders of the organization have a responsibility to pay attention to the organization and the way it operates and interacts within the community. Leaders of the organization should be loyal in terms of working hard and using the company resources to their fullest.
The focus should be on doing the right thing. Board members need to hold themselves, and each other, to high standards of ethics and stewardship. Doing that is more a matter of careful thought than subtleties of interpretation. In my opinion, the purpose of incorporating ethical stewardship into a company's culture is to make sure that the organizational values are shared and supported by all levels of a company. This method of operation can improve the ability of the organization by building trustworthiness into the philosophy of the organization.
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United States District Court, D. Oregon, Portland Division
July 28, 2015
MARYLYN J. HUFFMAN, an individual Plaintiff,v.SCAPPOOSE School District No. 1 J; and KELLY POWELL an individual, Defendants.
MICHAEL W. MOSMAN, District Judge.
This case involves a claim for age discrimination under ORS 659A.030 by Marilyn Huffman ("Ms. Huffman"), an ex-employee of the Scappoose School District ("the District"), against the District and a former Principal ("Mr. Powell"). Defendants have brought a motion for summary judgment. (Def.'s Mot. for Sum. J. [14]). I hereby GRANT Defendants' motion in full on six of the eight claims brought by Plaintiff, and GRANT partial summary judgment on another claim.
Ms. Huffman was employed as a teacher with the Scappoose School District for over twenty-five years. (Huffman Decl. [20] at 3). Ms. Huffman's supervisor was co-defendant Kelly Powell ("Mr. Powell"). Ms. Huffman was reprimanded for calling her students "smart asses" on October 19, 2011. (Vickers Decl. [15] at 13). Ms. Huffman was again reprimanded for calling her students "monkeys" on April 2, 2013. (Vickers Decl. [15] at 15). Ms. Huffman contested that reprimand through the formal grievance procedures available in her employment contract, and the grievance was expunged from her record. (Vickers Decl. [15] at 20-21). Ms. Huffman alleges that she was the victim of harassment by Mr. Powell because of her age and that Mr. Powell threatened her when she filed a complaint with the EEOC. (Huffman Decl. [20] at 4-5). Ms. Huffman additionally alleges that Mr. Powell implored her to retire to make room for younger employees (Compl. [1] at 5).
Ms. Huffman was placed on the first "Plan of Assistance" for the period of April 2, 2013, through June 7, 2013. (Huffman Decl. [20] at 5);(Vickers Decl. [15] at 17). A Plan of Assistance is a disciplinary measure that includes oversight guidelines and improvement schedules for teachers. (Vickers Decl. [15] at 17). On June 6, 2013, that Plan was supposedly (and informally) extended through the summer, and on August 28, 2013, the second Plan of Assistance was implemented. Ms. Huffman filed a complaint with the EEOC on June 17, 2013. (Huffman Decl. [22] at 14). On February 18, 2014, the District extended Ms. Huffman's employment contract for the 2014-2015 school year. (Vickers Decl. [15] at 22). Mr. Powell informed Ms. Huffman that she had completed the second Plan on March 7, 2014. (Vickers Decl. [15] at 30). She retired in July 2014. (Vickers Decl. [15] at 10).
Summary judgment is appropriate "if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(a). In determining whether a genuine issue of material fact exists, the court must view all facts and reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986). When "the record taken as a whole could not lead a rational trier of fact to find for the non-moving party, there is no genuine issue for trial." Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986) (internal quotation omitted).
Ms. Huffman has brought an action against the District and Mr. Powell with eight separate claims. They are: (1) Age Discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), (2) Retaliation under the ADEA, (3) Willful Violation of the ADEA, (4) Age Discrimination under state law ORS 659A.030, (5) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, (6) Abuse of Process, (7) Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations, and (8) Breach of Contract. For the following reasons, I GRANT summary judgment in full for the Defendants on claims (1), (3), (5), (6), (7), and (8), and I GRANT partial summary judgment for the Defendants on claim (2), and I DENY summary judgment for Defendants on claim (4).
I. Age Discrimination: ADEA
To establish a claim for age discrimination (disparate treatment), Ms. Huffman must show: (1) she is a member of a protected class, (2) she was qualified for the position and performing her job according to her employer's expectations, (3) she was subject to adverse employment action, and (4) similarly situated positions outside of her protected class were treated more favorably. See Chuang v. Univ. of Cal. Davis, Bd. of Trustees, 225 F.3d 1115, 1123 (9th Cir. 2000) (citing McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 (1973)).[1]
Taking these elements one by one, Ms. Huffman has not provided evidence sufficient to overcome summary judgment because she has failed to provide any evidence that similarly situated persons outside of her class were treated more favorably.
A. First Element-Protected Class
On the first element, Ms. Huffman is admittedly a member of a protected class. (Def.'s Mot. for Sum. J. [14] at 5).
B. Second Element-Performing up to Expectations
On the second element, there is a factual dispute as to whether Ms. Huffman was performing her job according to the District's expectations. If she was not performing up to expectations, then her claim must fail. Defendant argues that by calling her students "monkeys" and "smart asses, " Ms. Huffman was not performing up to expectations. (Def.'s Mot. for Sum. J. [14] at 5). However, Ms. Huffman contests the "monkeys" allegation. She claims that she never made that statement (Vickers Decl. [15] at 7) and that the reprimand was expunged from her record. (Pl.'s Resp. [19] at 5). She admits that she said the "smart ass" comment (Pl.'s Resp. [19] at 6), but it occurred over a year before the incident at issue here.
In its reply brief, the District argues that the presence of a factual dispute regarding whether or not Ms. Huffman actually called her students "monkeys" does not create a genuine issue for trial, since it is admitted that she was reprimanded for doing so. (Def.'s Reply [23] at 5). This is incorrect since the existence of a reprimand is not at issue. Rather, the inquiry concerns whether Ms. Huffman was performing according to expectations. If, as Ms. Huffman claims, the second reprimand was undeserved, and she did not in fact misbehave, then a reasonable jury could conclude that she was performing her duties up to expectations. Furthermore, even assuming arguendo that the first Plan (April 2, 2013 through June 6, 2013) was legitimately based on Ms. Huffman's misbehavior in calling her students "monkeys, " that does not foreclose the possibility that her performance met expectations during the probationary period that followed. Ms. Huffman states that "[t]here was nothing that occurred between April 2, 2013, and June 6, 2013, that would justify [Mr. Powell] again extending the plan of assistance." (Huffman Decl. [20] at 8). Therefore, viewing the facts in the light most favorable to Ms. Huffman, a reasonable jury could conclude that Ms. Huffman was performing up to expectations when she was placed on either or both Plans of Assistance.
C. Third Element-Adverse Employment Action
On the third element, the Ninth Circuit has taken an "expansive" view of adverse employment actions, defining them as actions "that materially affect[] the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of... employment. We have held that assigning more, or more burdensome, work responsibilities, is an adverse employment action." Davis, 520 F.3d at 1089 (internal quotations omitted).[2]
Ms. Huffman focuses on the Plans of Assistance under this count, and alleges that the Plans were a "substantially increased workplace burden." (Pl.'s Response [19] at 7). The exact tasks included keeping a log of all classroom management situations, preparing weekly lesson plans to present to Mr. Powell on each Monday, attending trainings, and observing other classrooms. (Pl.'s Response [19] at 7). The Defendants do not deny these allegations, but insist that the Plans were justified for "improvement" reasons. (Def.'s Reply [23] at 6). Without dispositive evidence to the contrary, a reasonable jury could conclude that Ms. Huffman was subjected to an increased work burden from the Plans. Therefore, Ms. Huffman has provided enough evidence to overcome summary judgment for this element.
1. Constructive Discharge
Ms. Huffman also alleges that she was constructively discharged under this count. Constructive discharge is not an independent action, but rather satisfies the adverse employment element for an age discrimination claim. A plaintiff may sue for constructive discharge if the working conditions become so intolerable that a reasonable person in the plaintiff's position would have resigned, and those conditions were caused by discriminatory behavior based on the plaintiff's protected class. See Pa. State Police v. Suders, 542 U.S. 129, 142-43 (2004). In McGanty v. Staudenraus, the Oregon Supreme Court explained that a constructive discharge is present in Oregon if:
(1) the employer intentionally created or intentionally maintained specified working condition(s); (2) those working conditions were so intolerable that a reasonable person in the employee's position would have resigned because of them; (3) the employer desired to cause the employee to leave employment as a result of those working conditions or knew that the employee was certain, or substantially certain, to leave employment as a result of those working conditions; and (4) the employee did leave the employment as a result of those working conditions.
McGanty v. Staudenraus, 321 Or. 532, 557 (1995). In this case, Ms. Huffman has not provided enough factual detail to satisfy the second and fourth elements of the McGanty standard. This is because she has not alleged facts that would lead a reasonable person in her position to resign, and even if she did, the timeline is such that those facts did not cause her to retire early. The Ninth Circuit has stated that "[w]e set the bar high for a claim of constructive discharge" to encourage employees to address discrimination before they depart. Poland v. Chertoff, 494 F.3d 1174, 1184 (9th Cir. 2007) (citing Thorne v. City El Segundo, 802 F.2d 1131, 1134 (9th Cir. 1986)). Even taking all of the evidence in her favor, Ms. Huffman has failed to establish a claim for constructive discharge.
This is primarily because of the timing of Ms. Huffman's retirement. In Chertoff, the plaintiff remained employed for three months under allegedly intolerable conditions. The Ninth Circuit ruled that "[a]s a matter of law, these are not the actions of someone who finds his working conditions so intolerable that he felt compelled to resign." Chertoff, 494 F.3d at 1185. S ee also Manatt v. Bank of America, 339 F.3d 792, 804 (9th Cir. 2003) (noting that a racially offensive work environment which ended a month prior to plaintiff's departure could not support a constructive discharge), Montero v. AGCO Corp., 192 F.3d 856, 861 (9th Cir. 1999) (noting that sexual harassment which ceased three to four months prior to plaintiff's departure could not support a constructive discharge).
In this case, Ms. Huffman retired four months after the allegedly discriminatory Plan of Assistance was completed (March 2014 - July 2014), one month after Mr. Powell had retired (June 2014 - July 2014), and five months after she received a twelve month contract extension (February 2014 - July 2014). Under the Ninth Circuit's reasoning in Chertoff, Manatt, and Montero, those time delays cannot support a claim for constructive discharge.
As such, summary judgment is appropriate for the District and Mr. Powell on the theory of constructive discharge. This, however, does not mean that Ms. Huffman cannot proceed with her claim for age discrimination under the ADEA. But just because Defendants' alleged conduct in this case does not support constructive termination does not mean that it was not an adverse employment action for the purposes of the third element.
D. Fourth Element-Similarly situated Persons treated more favorably.
The final element to Ms. Huffman's age discrimination claim under the ADEA is that similarly situated persons were treated more favorably than she was because of her age. Ms. Huffman claims that Mr. Powell had harassed three older employees before her, ultimately resulting in two others retiring. (Huffman Decl. [20] at 4). But these employees' names and information have not been provided to the Court. No evidence whatsoever has been provided to demonstrate the experience of younger employees under Mr. Powell. This raises the issue of whether Ms. Huffman has provided enough evidence that similarly situated individuals ("comparators") were treated more favorably. It is my opinion that she has not done so.
The Ninth Circuit has held that plaintiffs "must demonstrate, at the least, that they are similarly situated to those employees [comparators] in all material respects." Moran v. Selig, 447 F.3d 748, 755 (9th Cir. 2006).[3] Since Ms. Huffman has not specifically identified any similarly situated individuals who were treated better than her, she is unable to subsequently demonstrate their fitness as comparators. The lack of any concrete comparator means that Ms. Huffman cannot satisfy the requirements from Moran. Even viewing the evidence in Ms. Huffman's favor, a reasonable jury could not find that similarly situated individuals were treated better than Ms. Huffman.
For the reasons specified above, I grant summary judgment for the Defendants on the count of Age Discrimination under the ADEA.
II. Retaliation under the ADEA
Retaliatory conduct "takes the form of... actions that clearly inflict tangible, employment-related harm upon the employee." Hashimoto v. Dalton, 118 F.3d 671, 675 (9th Cir. 1997).[4] To establish a claim of retaliation, a plaintiff must prove that: (1) the plaintiff engaged in a protected activity, (2) the plaintiff suffered an adverse employment action, and (3) there was a causal link between the plaintiff's protected activity and the adverse employment action. Villiarimo v. Aloha Is. Air, Inc., 281 F.3d 1054, 1064 (9th Cir. 2002); see also Steiner v. Showboat Operating Co., 25 F.3d 1459, 1464 (9th Cir. 1994). If and when a plaintiff has asserted a prima facie retaliation claim, the burden shifts to the defendant to articulate a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for its conduct. Diaz v. Eagle Produce, Ltd. P'ship, 521 F.3d 1201, 1207 (9th Cir. 2008) (citing Coleman v. ...
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EARLIER this week, Scottish stunt cyclist Kriss Kyle unveiled a lavishly-produced video, Kaleidoscope, where he performed brand new tricks in a unique, ever-changing environment. Emma O'Neill asks the Stranraer-born cyclist about how Inception inspired his vision, and why his love of riding has made flying difficult
Kriss Kyle first got into BMXing when he was around 10-years-old, when he would go to the local skate park and watched his brother. .
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Kyle won his first major competition seven years ago, and when he became a resident at Dumbarton's Unit 23, one of the UK's largest indoor skate parks, it gave him the springboard to compete at the highest level.
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Kaleidoscope, a Red Bull-produced stunt video launched earlier this week starring Kyle, saw him performing never-before-seen tricks in a colourful environment of shifting platforms, curved rails and trampolines. Kyle says the film's unique visual look was initially inspired by the idea of a ramp-filled revolving room in the vein of Christopher Nolan film Inception.
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Microsoft's goal is to make Windows the ideal networked storage platform. To fulfill this goal, Microsoft is assembling a storage "ecosystem" consisting of Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, Networked Attached Storage (NAS) partners, and partners that support Microsoft's Internet SCSI (iSCSI) driver and intelligent Storage Area Network (SAN) management efforts. Let's take a look at each of these areas, and I'll also provide an overview of where Windows Storage Server is today and where it's going.
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Windows Storage Server is the newest member of the Windows Server 2003 family. Essentially, Windows Storage Server is a version of Windows 2003 that's optimized for file and print serving. Unlike Windows 2003, however, Windows Storage Server is available only to Microsoft's hardware partners, who use it as a base platform for building highly optimized NAS devices.
Windows Storage Server comes in two flavors: standard edition and enterprise edition. Standard edition supports NAS devices that don't require clustering or other high-end features. Enterprise edition supports high-end features such as multipath I/O, which lets Windows Storage Server use as many as 32 paths between the storage device and the servers that are attached to it. Multipath I/O also lets you provide for load balancing and failover in NICs that connect to a Windows Storage Server NAS device. In addition, enterprise edition supports enhanced clustering with as many as eight nodes of failover clustering and supports high-end NAS hardware that has more than four CPUs.
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Windows Storage Server includes such Windows 2003 technologies as Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Virtual Disk Service (VDS). Windows Storage Server is headless: You manage Windows Storage Server NAS devices from a browser or through Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services. All third-party utilities that run on Windows 2003 will run on Windows Storage Server.
Each partner that bundles Windows Storage Server with its products must qualify for the Designed for Windows logo by passing rigorous testing in Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). The WHQL tests and qualifies systems and device/driver combinations according to the Designed for Windows Logo Program requirements. The Designed for Windows Logo Program helps consumer and enterprise customers identify products that deliver a high-quality Windows experience.
More than 20 OEMs have licensed Windows Storage Server—Table 1 lists most of these OEMs. According to IDC, Windows Storage Server has already captured almost 50 percent of the NAS market share, making Windows the industry-standard platform for NAS devices. The fact that Windows Storage Server is the dominant NAS OS and that it's available from many vendors ensures that you'll find a solution to your specific storage situation at a competitive price and that your storage management utilities will work on the product you buy.
Beyond the base platform, Microsoft includes two key technologies in Windows Storage Server: VSS and VDS. You can think of VSS as the technology that enables intelligent snapshots and VDS as the technology that enables intelligent SAN management. Let's look at VSS first.
Intelligent Snapshots
A snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a data set. Snapshots can be generated by either software or hardware providers; VSS supports both. Many SAN products include a hardware-based snapshot provider that's highly optimized to the vendor's specific platform. Such highly tuned hardware takes snapshots of large data sets in a fraction of the time that a software provider requires. Table 2 lists SAN vendors that offer hardware snapshot providers that support VSS.
When a Windows Storage Server NAS device uses a hardware-based snapshot provider to connect to a SAN, VSS can initiate a snapshot from the device without a storage administrator having to touch the SAN. In a Microsoft demonstration of this capability, VSS completed a hardware-replication snapshot of a 1.2TB database on a SAN in 1 minute.
Windows Storage Server includes its own software-based VSS snapshot provider, which allows as many as 512 point-in-time read-only snapshots (i.e., 64 snapshots per volume). Most administrators use Windows Storage Server's built-in snapshot provider to initiate snapshots of file-server data at predefined intervals.
A new trend in networked storage is to add snapshot support to applications and storage utilities. When an application is snapshot aware, it can help produce a clean snapshot of application-specific data. Say that your backup application needs a clean snapshot of a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 mail store. The backup application asks VSS to initiate a snapshot. VSS alerts Exchange 2003 to flush its cache and hold pending changes, then initiates the snapshot of the mail store and returns the snapshot to the backup application. Because Exchange 2003 is snapshot aware, it can assist the backup application in creating an intelligent snapshot of the mail store. All major backup-software vendors, including Aelita Software (which was recently acquired by Quest Software), CommVault Systems, Computer Associates (CA), Dantz Development, EMC, HP, IBM, LEGATO Software, UltraBac Software, and VERITAS Software, now support VSS and can use it to create snapshots.
Because multiple snapshots can consume large amounts of disk space, you need to be able to manage them efficiently. Shadow copy management applications let you create, move, and manage shadow copies across any SAN-aware Windows 2003 device. Table 3 lists available shadow copy management applications.
Intelligent SAN Management
Microsoft also wants to make Windows the best platform for managing SANs. Windows Storage Server includes support for iSCSI—support that's important for compatibility when using a Windows Storage Server NAS device as a gateway to an iSCSI SAN or attaching Windows 2003 to an iSCSI SAN. To enable Windows Storage Server to redirect file-server requests to an attached iSCSI SAN, you need to download and install the free Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator driver from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=12cb3c1a-15d6-4585-b385-befd1319f825&displaylang=en. Independent hardware vendors can qualify their iSCSI hardware components for use with Windows through the Designed for Windows Logo Program. Table 4 lists the companies that have thus far qualified their products.
Like VSS, VDS provides a management interface for third-party hardware providers that support volume and disk management on third-party storage devices. For example, consider a situation in which you execute a VSS hardware-based snapshot on a SAN. By using VDS, you could change the snapshot LUN from read-only on the SAN to read-write, unmask the LUN to another server, and perform other volume and disk management operations. Although VDS executes on an attached SAN device, Windows Storage Server initiates all of VDS's functionality. Table 5 lists third-party VDS hardware providers.
You can think of VDS as being like ODBC in its early days. Early versions of ODBC supported only a small subset of the available SQL database engines. After several revisions, however, ODBC (and its successor technologies) now provides access to more than 80 percent of the functionality of most database engines and gives programmers the flexibility to support multiple database engines without changing the underlying application.
Similarly, VDS will develop over time to support most SAN management functionality. Then, Microsoft will be able to develop a standardized Web-based UI that will let administrators control most SAN functionality without having to learn the proprietary management UI that ships with each SAN. When Windows administrators can manage a SAN without having to learn a new technology, they will adopt SANs much more quickly. Ease-of-use, a low learning curve, and the lower cost of iSCSI-based SANs are the ingredients necessary for rapid adoption of mid-to-low-priced SANs.
Good News for Windows Administrators
In January 2004, IDC announced that more than half of all storage devices shipped in the second half of 2003 were networked storage devices. This announcement marked a significant turning point from the dominance of Direct Attached Storage (DAS) servers. And with Windows as the dominant OS for NAS devices, it's only a matter of time before Windows will be the dominant management UI for SANs as well. This is good news for Windows administrators, who can leverage their existing skills to manage tomorrow's future networked storage solutions.


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The Power of the Ordinary People meet Max Lucado and rarely call him "Mr. Lucado." He's always just "Max." His readers feel like they have a friend in Max, a confidant, a companion on the journey of life. Read his books and you think you really know him. He could be the guy sitting next to you at the baseball game, the person you swap stories with at the grocery store, your next-door neighbor. Max says his writing reflects who he is, an ordinary man pursuing an extraordinary God. "I like to encourage, and also, I'm not very deep," admits Lucado. "I take things at face value, so I think I kind of connect with the Everyman out there." His books talk of weighty matters-grace, forgiveness, love and honesty-but with a light hand. "A lot of people say, 'You do a good job of bringing the cookies down to the lower shelf,'" he says. "I tell them, 'No, I'm just short of stature myself.'" With every book he writes, Max remembers his own struggle to know God. The Power of Forgiveness Max grew up in dusty West Texas, the fourth child of an oil field worker and a nurse. His childhood was filled with family, sports and a pious church life. "I became a Christian at 10, but went through a phase starting at about the age of 14 to about 18 where I just sowed more than my share of wild oats," Lucado recalls. "And at the age of 18, I was to the point where I could drink a six pack of beer and not feel it." He remembers coming home drunk one night as a sophomore in high school and vomiting in the bathroom. "The next morning, I remember being so disappointed in myself that I had disappointed my dad. It had really touched me deeply that I had saddened my father because he was a good dad." As Max started learning more about God and His grace, he remembered his father's forgiveness that day. He knew this was the first step to knowing and understanding God. Max enrolled at Abilene Christian University (ACU) because he thought he'd be around good people and his parents said they would help pay his way. During his sophomore year at ACU, Max attended a required Bible classes-and became convinced that Jesus was more than a good man. "I knew it was more than just religion, but a personal relationship." After graduation, he spent two years at a small church in Miami, preparing to go into full-time mission work in Brazil. And there he found the great loves of his life-his wife Denalyn, his joy in preaching and his love of writing. "I never set out to be a writer-or a preacher," says Lucado. "I don't have any aspirations to be seen as a great author or pulpiteer. I really was interested in coaching football." And he humbly adds in reference to name he's made for himself: "If it all ended tomorrow, that would be fine with me." In Florida, Max thoroughly enjoyed preparing for and preaching to his small congregation. 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"His request, literally a death-bed request, was for me to come back and be closer to my mother, and we wanted to honor that. Otherwise we would still be in Brazil." Max, Denalyn and their three daughters made their way to San Antonio to minister at Oak Hills Church, a place where Max hopes to stay. "I'm a minister first, and a writer second," he says. The Power of a Savior Max, whether writing a book or visiting with a neighbor, loves to turn the topic to an idea that still amazes him-God forgave and still forgives him. Lucado's books reflect his wonder at the wideness of God's mercy and encourage readers to consider how this reality impacts their own lives. In his latest book, Next Door Savior (W Publishing Group, September 2, 2003) Max wants readers to consider Jesus' humanity and empathy for us all. Max-remembering his own struggle to know Jesus as God- uses this book to help readers see Jesus as both man and miracle maker. 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From the Chair: Bob Wenner, Pallet Service Corporation
"The Pallet Foundation is a resource to promote and educate pallets users from a unified wooden pallet industry. Along with promoting all the wonderful benefits of using wood vs. other materials, we have such a great story to tell and, up until the last several years, never had the funds or peoplepower to get our message out. The Natures Packaging program, which is promoted and funded by all three of the North American pallet associations (CWPCA, WPA and NWPCA), is a great example of collaboration. We are much stronger when we all work towards the same goals for our industry."
2017 was a significant growth year for Foundation and led to a substantial expansion of current projects. One of the most effective and well known projects is "Natures Packaging" which continues to grow in size and effectiveness. The stated purpose of Natures Packaging is research, education and marketing to promote positive messages about the wood packaging industry based on environmental strengths.
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Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
Environmental Product Declarations (EPD's) are fast becoming the worldwide standard for comparing materials and products for their environmental impact. To develop usable EPD's for the wooden pallet, the Pallet Foundation is funding an initiative in conjunction with the USDA Forest Products Lab.
Pallet Industry Outreach to Packaging Universities
NWPCA technical staff continues to travel to multiple packaging schools with the goal of elevating the wood packaging industry within the academic community. A preview of PDS is provided to students while also sharing the positive environmental attributes of wood packaging materials.
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The Pallet Foundation is funding the production of a slide deck and fact sheets that quickly explain the wood packaging sector's impact on local economies and importance of wood packaging in presentations to federal and state legislators, and regulators, or for their customers
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Second year of a two-year initial commitment to this $2 million environmental messaging and marketing initiative including stakeholders in the forest ownership and forest products industry.
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PDS currently does not analyze stringer pallets when supported by fork tines within the notch. The stresses in notched stringers in this support condition are completely different than for other support conditions. Physical testing is required to generate data in order to create and verify a new structural analysis for this support condition.
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The Pallet Foundation funded the purchase of a digital pressure mat system which allows the compression stresses between the pallet and supported containers to be accurately measured for the first time. The project was designed as a preliminary series of tests of corrugated boxes and pails supported by stringer-class pallets conducted in order to begin to understand the interactions and effects of pallet design.
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Marriott International is a leading global lodging company based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, with more than 4,100 properties in 79 countries and reported revenues of nearly $14 billion in fiscal year 2014. Its heritage can be traced to a root beer stand opened in Washington, D.C., in 1927 by J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott.
Marriott has more than 361,000 people working worldwide at managed or franchised properties and corporate offices. Marriott has been consistently recognized as a top employer and for its superior business ethics. The company also manages the award-winning guest loyalty program, Marriott Rewards® and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® program, which together surpass 49M members.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Resident Manager
Ref No: 16000278
Location: Lagos
Job Category: Management-Operations
Position Type: Management
Schedule: Full-time
Job Description
- You were always one of those curious kids who opened every cabinet, peeked behind every door, and never ceased to ask "why" when given an explanation. Today, you bring your personal style to every experience.
- You live life to discover. You are passionate about your neighborhood, always looking to explore the places one wouldn't find in a travel guide. If this sounds like you, you're in the right place.
- You've got authentic style, natural curiosity and a warm way with people. Renaissance is not just a place to spend the night, it's a place to discover, a place in the world with style like yours. That's why we're not just looking for anyone. We're looking for someone like you.
Job Summary
- Functions as the strategic business leader of rooms operations and acts as General Manager in his/her absence. Areas of responsibility include Front Office, BusinessCenter, Retail/Gift Shops, Recreation/Fitness Center, Housekeeping and Security/Loss Prevention.
- Position oversees the development and implementation of departmental strategies and ensures implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives.
- The position ensures the rooms operations meet the brand's target customer needs, ensures employee satisfaction, focuses on growing revenues and maximizes the financial performance of the department.
- Develops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand's target customer and employees and provides a return on investment.
Candidate Profile
Education and Experience
- 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 4 years experience in the guest services, front desk, housekeeping, sales and marketing, management operations, or related professional area.
- 4-year bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the guest services, front desk, housekeeping, sales and marketing, management operations, or related professional area.
Core Work Activities
Managing Property Operations:
- Working with Rooms management team to develop an operational strategy that is aligned with the brand's business strategy and leads its execution.
- Reviewing comment cards, guest satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement.
- Evaluating if Operations Team is meeting service needs and provides feedback to operations team.
- Reviewing findings from comment cards and guest satisfaction results with leadership team and ensures appropriate corrective action is taken.
- Working with team to put sustainable work processes and systems in place that support the execution of the strategy.
- Reviewing reports and financial statements to determine Rooms operations performance against budget.
- Communicating a clear and consistent message regarding departmental goals to produce desired results.
- Participating in public space walk-throughs with Engineering and Housekeeping to ensure guest rooms, public space and back of the house areas are well maintained and preventative maintenance processes are in place.
- Touring building on a regular basis speaking with employees and guests to understand business needs and assess operational opportunities.
Leading Operations Teams:
- Ensuring employees are treated fairly and equitably.
- Celebrating successes and publicly recognizes the contributions of team members.
- Fostering employee commitment to providing excellent service, participating in daily stand-up meetings and models desired service behaviors in all interactions with guests and employees.
- Making and executes the necessary decisions to keep property moving forward toward achievement of goals.
Managing Relationships with Property Stakeholders:
- Attending owners meetings and provides meaning or context to the rooms operational and financial results.
- Establishing relationship with owner as a business partnership and supports the relationship between the General Manager and the owner.
Managing Profitability:
- Coaching and supports operations team to effectively manage occupancy & rate, wages and controllable expenses.
- Focusing on maintaining profit margins without compromising guest or employee satisfaction.
- Identifying key drivers of business success and keeping Rooms leadership focused on the critical few to achieve results.
- Working with direct reports to determine areas of concern and establish ways to improve the departments' financial performance.
- Leading cost containment efforts within Rooms operations including organizational restructuring when necessary.
Managing the Guest Experience:
- Creating an atmosphere in all Rooms and Food and Beverage areas that meets or exceeds guest expectations.
- Establishing and maintaining open, collaborative relationships with direct reports and entire Rooms operations team. Ensures direct reports do the same for their team.
- Interfacing with customers on a regular basis to obtain feedback on quality of product, service levels and overall satisfaction.
- Championing the brand's service vision for product and service delivery and ensures alignment amongst the Rooms leadership teams.
- Ensuring core elements of the service strategy are in place to produce the desired results.
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Up Close and Changing
The City of Jamestown is transforming to a place with an urban vibe – offering downtown living, nightlife and world-class attractions. But unlike congested and large cities, scenic farmlands and lake vistas are only 5 minutes away. The challenge becomes: "How do we let the world know what there is to see and do here?" The answer comes in the form of a city brand, Jamestown Up Close and Wonderful. As a result of funding from New York State and the Gebbie Foundation and the work of several core area attractions, the City of Jamestown engaged North Star Destination Strategies to help discover an appropriate brand for the city.
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I love Tina Turner's Goldeneye! It's a real romp of a song and it sounds like someone is running kilojoules of honey through her neurons to get her to the appropriate volume of 'purr' to belt out "You'll never know, how Ah've watched you from the shadows as a chaaahhhhld..." it's almost inhumane. probably my favorite Bond song next to 'Nobody does it Better', and Johnny Cash's unused version of 'Thunderball'.
In any case- here's a nutty character duo, Mimschrift, and her vaudeville-themed Tim Curry-esque dad. I see them as either horror-hosts for Mim's ten year old classmates or bizarro bank-robbing supervillians:
next are two characters based on some voice recording work I did way back, and who I plan to use in a short character animation just once I get the designs down pat;
Then there's King Mayonnaise (tm) just saying 'what the fuck is this thing right here' (like he always does);
And some sketches left over from summer road trips; mostly down to the Noah's Ark water park in Wisconsin, and Hawkins, where I met up with my ex-roomie's musical kin;
Saturday, October 9, 2010
It'll take forever to see what-I've-got
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Mel Savage and the Real-Life Downers String Quartet
First off, here's Melanie and Rex discussing what movie to rent before work. A nice little color study that I'm pretty proud of. I like Rex's half-applied sock.
Then we've got some sketches of people on the bus, as well as a self-portrait of the young artist, and some Mel Savage action poses; running! ranting! Body odor smelling! as well as her diminutive gay publishing agent, Fandogan Levi.
and for dessert, some restaurant/bar/public park sketches for lolcat imagining, youtube poop quoting friends.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Melanie Savage, and the Baroque Follies
I've been gestating new character ideas for some time now and they finally came to a head during my soul-crushing business classes in the form of Melanie Savage, a wannabe-children's book writer/health nut with a scruggy bike courier boyfriend, Rex. I'm sure she'll evolve bit by bit as time goes on, but I'm sort of happy with where she is now.
I've also got some test sketches from Renaissance portraiture for a comic I want to work on soon, and some sketches of people I made while shopping at the thrift-store.
I've also got some test sketches from Renaissance portraiture for a comic I want to work on soon, and some sketches of people I made while shopping at the thrift-store.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
'This Is Sex' and This isn't.
Finally! my first ever freelance animation work has finally come out of the editing end of the movie monster, and here it is! my task was to animate an accompaniment to the drunken rant from a fictional rapper, Phallik, which mostly involves half-baked theories about ejaculation and bad raps. It's real early professional work, but I'm pretty pleased about most of it. okay, please, thanks!
and also, here is a sketch of hannah blummenreich, anna bongiovanni, and erik krenz, enjoying each other's waaaaacky company
and also, here is a sketch of hannah blummenreich, anna bongiovanni, and erik krenz, enjoying each other's waaaaacky company
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Distraction Squad
A bunch of funny looking young women joined a squad to fight corporate embezzlement and crime. They're Morna, the nerdy one, Callisto, the one with the muscle, Alizee, the contemplative storyteller, as well as Penny, Gertrude, Tai, Rachel, Yeller, Dell, MooMoo, Zerene, Kancy, with the occasional appearance of the Mim, Es, Toots, Yav, Pru, Des, Helia, Kim, Soo-Anne and Jacqueline. Or maybe these are just sketches of girls I did around town.
In addition here are some buildings I sketches when I was intoxicated.
In addition here are some buildings I sketches when I was intoxicated.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sketchbook Fancies
I've started drawing again much more recently, and here are the fruits of those feverish labors; a couple character sketches, the first, Li'l Bitch (the littlest rapper, seen here in the garb of Omar Little), Space Kelly, some fanart for 'Cassie' a bounty hunter character belonging to Andrew Chesworth (with a free Jebediah 'scuba creep power' figure with four fully opposable and disposable 'lewdness joints' free of charge) , and finally an inked sketch of the gay gangster-robbing legend himself, Omar Little.
Then to top it off I've included a few porn-inspired drawings from some of my favorite works, including Blake Mason stuff, Shine Louis Stevenson's Crash Pad. And the occasional blissfully oblivious old man in there too.
Then to top it off I've included a few porn-inspired drawings from some of my favorite works, including Blake Mason stuff, Shine Louis Stevenson's Crash Pad. And the occasional blissfully oblivious old man in there too.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Artichoke Hearts is DONE
Artichoke Hearts Completed from Kazimir Lee Iskander on Vimeo.
The final version of my Senior Thesis film, and my ticket outta this burg. The story of a Angus Grant, a cranky middle-aged divorcee and Teehan Delko, his spirited, 10-year-old neighbor, cast away from the world on a lonely island in the American Midwest called Artichoke Meadows. There are many things I'm pleased about with this film, and many more I would fix if I could do it over. But after two and a half years of bustin' my ass, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't proud.
Also, I just downloaded Johnny Cash's latest posthumous album, American VI: ain't no grave. fantastic! Lots of new work to come.
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A controversial plan to turn Headingley's historic Elinor Lupton Centre into a pub is on the cards after an inspector overturned a rejection to the idea.
JD Wetherspoon has persisted in its efforts to transform the Grade II listed former Leeds Girls High School concert hall, on Headingley Lane, which has been empty since 2010.
The proposal was originally rejected by the South and West Plans Panel in October 2015 because it was thought noise made by those coming and going would disturb local residents.
But planning inspector Philip Asquith recently granted an appeal made by the pub chain.
He said: "I am satisfied that the proposed development, whilst likely to increase activity within the immediate area, would not result in such a level of noise and disturbance that the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers would be unacceptably harmed."
Councillors on the panel will meet to formally note the appeal decision at Civic Hall from 1.30pm on Thursday.
Spokesman for the pub chain Eddie Gershon said: "We have enjoyed great success in the region and are confident that a Wetherspoon pub in Headingley will be welcomed and be a good addition to the city."
The company's interest in the site dates back to 2007, but campaigners were disappointed that another pub was proposed for the area.
According to planning documents the building was originally designed for the First Church of Christ Scientist by local architect William Peel Schofield. Leeds Girls High School took ownership 1986, after which it was renamed the Elinor Lupton Centre and the auditorium started to be used as a theatre and concert hall.
Plans for the pub include a new balcony, a garden seating area and refurbishment of the main auditorium, entrance lobby and other rooms.
However, JD Wetherspoon still needs to obtain a licence for the premises.
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Knapper, Stephen (2004) Complicite's Comintern: internationalism and 'The noise of time'. Contemporary Theatre Review, 14(1), pp. 61-73. ISSN (print) 1048-6801Full text not available from this archive.
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BRAVE. You hear that word a lot when people are sick. It's all about the fight, the survival instinct, the courage. But when Dr. Elizabeth D. McKinley's family and friends talk about bravery, it is not so much about the way Dr. McKinley, a 53-year-old internist from Cleveland, battled
This spring, after Dr. McKinley's
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What Dr. McKinley wanted was time with her husband, a radiologist, and their two college-age children, and another summer to soak her feet in the Atlantic Ocean. But most of all, she wanted "a little more time being me and not being somebody else." So, she turned down more treatment and began
Dr. Robert Gilkeson, Dr. McKinley's husband, remembers his mother-in-law, Alice McKinley, being unable to comprehend her daughter's decision. " 'Isn't there some treatment we could do here?' she pleaded with me," he recalled. "I almost had to bite my tongue, so I didn't say, 'Do you have any idea how much disease your daughter has?' " Dr. McKinley and her husband were looking at her disease as doctors, who know the limits of medicine; her mother was looking at her daughter's cancer as a mother, clinging to the promise of medicine as limitless.Continue reading the main story
When it comes to dying, doctors, of course, are ultimately no different from the rest of us. And their emotional and physical struggles are surely every bit as wrenching. But they have a clear advantage over many of us. They have seen death up close. They understand their choices, and they have access to the best that medicine has to offer.
"You have a lot of knowledge, a lot of awareness of what's likely to come," said Dr. J. Andrew Billings from his home in
Dr. Billings, 68 and semi-retired, is an expert in palliative care, which can include managing pain, emotional support and end-of-life planning. He is also a cancer patient with a life-threatening form of lymphoma. Dr. Billings said that knowledge of what may be ahead can give doctors more control over their quality of life before they die — control that eludes many of us.
Research shows that most Americans do not die well, which is to say they do not die the way they say they want to — at home, surrounded by the people who love them. According to data from Medicare, only a third of patients die this way. More than 50 percent spend their final days in hospitals, often in intensive care units, tethered to machines and feeding tubes, or in
There is no statistical proof that doctors enjoy a better quality of life before death than the rest of us. But research indicates they are better planners. An often-cited study, published in 2003, of physicians who had been medical students at
Patients and families often pay a high price for difficult and unscripted deaths, psychologically and economically. The Dartmouth Atlas Project, which gathers and analyzes health care data, found that 17 percent of
"We haven't bent the cost curve on end-of-life care," said Dr. David C. Goodman, a senior researcher for the project.
The amount spent in the intensive care unit is climbing. Between 2007 and 2010, Medicare spending on patients in the last two years of life jumped 13 percent, to nearly $70,000 per patient.
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"There are some dots that are very, very soon, and there are some dots that are a long ways off, and I hope I'm one of those distant dots," he said.
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But the end-of-life choices Americans make are slowly shifting. Medicare figures show that fewer people are dying in the hospital — nearly a 10 percent dip in the last decade — and that there has been a modest increase in hospice care. At the same time, palliative care is being embraced on a broad scale, with most large hospitals offering services.
The Affordable Care Act could accelerate those trends.
Culturally there is movement too. For example,
The front door at Dr. McKinley's big house was wide open recently. Friends and caregivers came and went. Her hospice bed sat in the living room. Since she stopped treatment, she was spending her time writing, being with her family, gazing at her plants. Dr. McKinley knew she was going to die, and she knew how she wanted it to go.
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Tango 1 to broaden the markets addressed by Windows Phone 7 by adding additional language support and so forth, much like Mango did, but to even more countries. Apparently Nokia is heavily involved in this, as these markets are their bread and butter.
Tango 2 will be targeted at low-cost devices and include fixes and new features, as well as services and language support for markets that still won't have been addressed after the Tango1 release.
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