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94 N. Main Street, Jasper, GA - (706) 253-2457
Jethel Chumbley
Jethel W. Chumbley, age 91 of Dawsonville, died Monday August 10, 2009 at Northside Forsyth Hospital following a short illness.
Born April 27, 1918 in Pickens County to the late Robert E. Lee and Elizabeth Walker, she moved to South Georgia as a teenager and then to Dawson County where she lived for over 70 years. Mrs. Chumbley was a homemaker and a member of Juno Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Odum Chumbley; son, Duren Chumbley; eight brothers and four sisters.
Surviving are her children, Clinton and Sarah Chumbley, and Janice Canup, all of Dawsonville, and Judy and Bill Abercrombie, Gainesville; daughter-in-law, Eunice Chumbley, Dawsonville; sister, Pat Cox, McRae, Ga; grandchildren, Trina and Steve Brown, Tony and Ted Canup, Andy and Sarah Kate Abercrombie, Eric and Brandi Abercrombie; great- grandchildren, Dennis, Tina, Michael and C.J. Brown and Ansleigh Abercrombie.
The funeral service was held Thursday, August 13 at 4 p.m. from Juno Baptist Church with the Revs. Dennis Bottoms and Tim Biddy officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The family did accept flowers or you may make donations to the Juno Baptist Church Building Fund, 3185 Elliott Family Parkway, Dawsonville, Ga. 30534.
www.beardenfuneralhome. com
Kenneth Hendrix
Mr. Kenneth Hendrix, age 65 of Ranger, passed away Tuesday morning, August 11, 2009 at Gordon Health Care Center following an extended illness.
Mr. Hendrix was born Nov. 16, 1943 in Pickens County, the son of the late Leonard and Beatrice Chastain Hendrix. He was also preceded in death by brothers, J.L. and Marshall Hendrix. During his lifetime, he was employed in the construction industry and was a member of Sonora Lodge #221 F&AM.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Scott McLaughlin, Dandridge, Tn.; son and daughter-in-law, Allen and Dondra Hendrix, Fairmount, Ga.; sister, Margie Duvall, Ila, Ga.; brothers, Renith and Marvin Hendrix, both of Ranger, Ga.; and grandchildren, Dawson and Donovan Hendrix. Aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
The funeral service was held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home with Pastor Junior Clayton officiating. Singing was arranged by New Hope Trio. Pallbearers were: Marshall Dwayne, Randell Scott and Clinton Hendrix, Charlie and Clinton Long and Junior Densmore. Masonic brethren served as honorary pallbearers. Interment followed in Haven of Rest Memorial Park Cemetery.
www.maxbrannonandsons. com
Zania Hooks
Mrs. Zania Louise Hooks, age 61 of Jasper, Ga., died Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Wellstar-Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. following a period of declining health.
Born Dec. 18, 1947 in Tate, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Fred Lee Anderson, Sr. and Hilda Mackey Anderson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Lambert Hooks; and mother-in-law, Pinkie Hampton. Mrs. Hooks had worked as a seamstress with the H. D. Lee plant and was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Tate.
Survivors include her daughter, Loretta Anderson, Mableton, Ga.; son, Sidney Hooks, Ball Ground, Ga.; granddaughters, Shalanda Palmore and Shalonda Bowden; sisters, Marshalette Hampton, Mableton, Ga., and Sheila Strickland, Dallas, Ga.; brothers, Fredrick Anderson, Tate, and Michael Anderson, Austell, Ga.; and father-in-law, Lonnie Hampton, Nelson, Ga. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 15 from Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Tate. The Rev. Scott McClure officiated. Interment followed in Lake Forest Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Clyde Davis, Jeff McCowan, David Hampton, Chad Hooks, Grey Stanley, Anthony Stephens and Brad Hooks. Roper Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Robert Kelly
Mr. Robert Kelly, age 91 of Canton and formerly of Chesterton, In., passed Tuesday morning, August 11, 2009 at the Terraces of Riverstone in Canton, Ga.
Survivors include his sons, Robert E., Jr., Melborn, Fl., and Terry Kelly, South Bend, In.; daughter, Jacqueline Evans, Jasper; and sister, Ruth Creager, Murietta, Ca. Five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Kelly was cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date in Indiana. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Chad Timms
Mr. Chad Timms, age 35 of Jasper, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2009 as the result of an auto accident.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanne Timms, Lawrenceville; father, Larry Timms, Nelson; mother, Judy Bearden Dospoy, Saginaw, Mi.; grandparents, Bennie Timms, Nelson, and Eva Bearden, Dahlonega; son, Brandon Timms, Ball Ground; daughter, Meadow Timms, Lawrenceville; and sister, Lori Timms, Jasper.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 16 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Daniel Reeves officiating. Interment followed in Lake Forest Memorial Park in Jasper. Pallbearers were: Sam Reeves, Luther Christian, Robby Everett, Chris and Jerry Holbrook, Ricky Joe Eaton, Alex Davis and Rodney Brock.
Sandra Phillips
Mrs. Sandra Phillips, age 64 of Jasper, Ga., passed away Friday, August 14, 2009 at Grandview Health Care Center in Jasper.
Mrs. Phillips was preceded in death by her son, Carl Phillips. Other survivors include her husband, James C. Phillips, Waleska; children, James Robert Phillips, Buford, Jerry Phillips, Waleska, and Nasya Phillips, Woodstock; sisters, Laura ?Kay? Prichard, Jasper, Dura Waldrop, Dawsonville, Cathy Mooney, Dahlonega, and Reba Yarbrough, Ball Ground. Four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews also survive.
A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 16 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Howard Strickland officiating. Mrs. Phillips was cremated.
www.sosebeefuneralhome. com
Bennie Norton, Jr.
Dr. Bennie J. Norton, Jr. passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009.
Born in Lonoke, Ar. on Nov. 14, 1931, he joined the Air Force in 1951 and served in Korea from 1951-52. He was in the USAF Reserves from 1952-58. Dr. Norton then graduated first in his class from Emory University School of Dentistry in 1961. He then practiced dentistry in Smyrna for 35 years. He was very active in civic, religious and community activities while living in Smyrna and continued after he moved to Jasper. While living in Jasper, Dr. Norton served on the Board of Directors for Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center. He was also director of the Dental Clinic for a term. What Dr. Norton enjoyed most was his volunteer work for the Baptist medical/dental fellowship of which he served on the executive committee. Dr. Norton went on 41 medical mission trips to 18 different countries.
Dr. Norton was preceded in death by his wife, Nell Rose Norton. He is survived by daughters, Tracey Orr and Angie Norton; son, Steve Norton, all of the Atlanta area; grandchildren, Greg, John and Blake Dungan, Hiram, Timothy J. Orr, Dawsonville, and D.J. and Amber Gilbert, Akron, Oh.; and great-grandchild, Gwyneth Gilbert, Akron, Oh.
The funeral service was held Wednesday, August 19 at 2 p.m. in the Sanctuary of the Smyrna First Baptist Church with Dr. Steve Kimmel officiating. Interment followed in Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery.


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Overflowing with class, the Roppongi area is famous for its wealth of foreign organizations and businesses. Newly-built, the Tri-Seven Roppongi is an office and retail development designed to complement and enhance the surrounding environment. Tri-Seven holds its name from the address of the building at 7-7-7 Roppongi and is conveniently located in the heart of Roppongi, right opposite the impressive Tokyo Midtown complex.
Office floors offer elegance and efficiency, while retail space is occupied by Barneys New York flagship store offering a great shopping experience. Largely opened up to the outside, this impressive building has a glass facade, multi-level terraces and is surrounded by gardens.
Tri-seven is on a hill thus even from the 8th floor it has expansive views overlooking Roppongi, Shinjuku and other parts of Tokyo. With a 5-star fit-out, artwork, spectacular boardroom, spacious offices, a coworking lounge and a large pantry, this location is one of the nicest serviced offices in Japan. In addition, a seismic isolation system reduces shaking and guarantees safety in the event of an earthquake, a relief to both tenants and their clients.
The old shrine that was conserved in the outside Plaza reveres "Fukurokuju" one of Japan's 7 lucky Gods, giving the blessings of good luck, prosperity and long life. It is therefore considered a great place to work and providing good luck for business.
From Haneda International Airport:
35 minutes by the Tokyo Monorail to Roppongi Station.
From Narita Airport (Tokyo International Airport):
65 minutes by Narita Express via Tokyo station to Roppongi Station.
94 minutes by Keisei Line to Roppongi station.
1 hour 45 minutes by Airport Limousine Bus to the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
A min walk from Tokyo Station Nihonbashi Exit and Yaesu North Exit:
14 Routes available by JR Lines, Subways, Narita Express, and Shinkansen bullet trains
2 min walk from Otemachi Station Exit B7:
Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tozai Line, Chiyoda Line, and Hanzomon Line
4 min walk from Nihonbashi Station Exit A3:
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tozai Line
Toei Bus: 4 minute walk from Roppongieki-Mae Bus Stop
Within 5 minutes walking distance:
Recommended lunch places:
Union Square Tokyo
New York Restaurant, from ¥2,000/person
Tokyo Midtown, Garden Terrace/B1/10
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Japanese, traditional farmhouse with counter seats
A lifetime experience!
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The EGE wrote:I suspect that the reason for kicking the can this time was to buy time until a Type 10 purchase has been finalized. At that point, it would be clear whether the 20 1997-built Type 9s, or the 24 2018-built Type 9s, will be available to be relocated to the Mattapan Line.
...or finally convert it into a proper Milton-Mattapan Red Line extension.
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
EEOC and Department of Justice Claimed Schools Paid Teacher Less Because Of Her Gender And Retaliated Against Her For Complaining About Discrimination
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that they have entered into a consent decree to resolve both agencies' claims against Harmony Public Schools on behalf of Nicole M. Tuchscherer, a former teacher at Harmony Science Academy-Austin. The decree is pending approval by the U.S. District Court.
Tuchscherer - who taught art at Harmony Science Academy-Austin for five years, held a State of Texas teaching certification, and met the state's "Highly Qualified" teacher criteria -made $40,000 in her fifth year of teaching. In comparison, Harmony paid an uncertified male art teacher with no previous teaching experience an annual salary of $44,000 to teach art at another Austin-area school.
In May 2010, during an annual salary negotiation meeting with the school principal, Tuchscherer asked Harmony to pay her a salary equal to that of male teachers of Turkish national origin at the school. According to the Justice Department's complaint, when Tuchscherer also told Principal Halit Erdogdu that she believed Harmony discriminates against women and Americans in compensation, he became angry with her for raising these issues and called her unprofessional and negative. Two weeks later, Harmony Public Schools informed Tuchscherer that her teaching contract had not been renewed. Both the EEOC and the DOJ allege that this decision was in retaliation for Tuchscherer complaining of unlawful discrimination.
Such alleged pay disparities and punishment for complaining about them violate the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which prohibits paying one gender less than the other for performing the same or substantially similar work, and which also prohibits retaliation for complaining about such pay disparities. The EEOC, which has litigation authority against state and local governments under the EPA, filed suit on October 30, 2012 (civ action 1:12-cv-01003-SS) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleged that Harmony Public Schools violated the EPA when it paid Tuchscherer less than a male teacher who performed the same or substantially similar work and when it retaliated against her for opposing such compensation practices.
The Justice Department's complaint, which was filed with the consent decree also in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleged that Harmony Public Schools violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) when it retaliated against Tuchscherer by failing to renew her teaching contract because she complained of pay discrimination. The DOJ has litigation authority against state and local governments under Title VII. The parties are seeking to consolidate the two cases and have asked the U.S. District Court to enter the consent decree resolving the claims of both agencies. This is the second joint EPA/Title VII litigation effort in Texas resolved by the two federal agencies.
Under the terms of the consent decree, Harmony Public Schools has agreed to pay $125,000 in lost wages and compensatory damages to Tuchscherer. Harmony Public Schools has also agreed to include two previously-written reference letters in Tuchscherer's official personnel file, to develop and distribute comprehensive anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policies, to train the employees at its five Austin-area schools regarding employee rights and employer obligations under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII, and to post a notice to employees on the premises of its Austin-area schools.
"The EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan has made sex-based wage discrimination a national enforcement priority," said EEOC General Counsel David Lopez. "This case represents our latest enforcement effort to combat this problem and reflects our commitment to work collaboratively with our governmental partners to end employment discrimination."
"Both Title VII and the Equal Pay Act protect employees who have the courage to challenge discriminatory compensation practices from unlawful retaliation by their employers," said Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "We are pleased to have been able to work cooperatively with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to achieve a broad range of injunctive and monetary relief in this important case."
In fiscal year 2012, EEOC received over 4,100 charges of gender-based wage discrimination, and obtained over $24 million in relief for victims of gender-based wage discrimination through administrative enforcement efforts and litigation. The EEOC and DOJ also continue to serve as key members of the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, a federal government initiative focused on ending the gender pay gap.
The EEOC's case was litigated by Senior Trial Attorney Eduardo Juarez and Supervisory Trial Attorney Judith Taylor of the EEOC, and the Justice Department's case was handled by Senior Trial Attorneys Valerie Meyer and Amy Kurren and Deputy Chief Karen Woodard of the Employment Litigation Section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
More information about the EEOC is available on its website at www.eeoc.gov. Additional information about the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division is available on its website at www.usdoj.gov/crt/emp.


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JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville State University has hired Bill Clark as its new head football coach, the school announced Tuesday.
JACKSONVILLE �— Bill Clark was chosen as the new head football coach at Jacksonville State University, athletic director Warren Koegel announced Tuesday, and will be formally introduced during a press conference today at 4 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Stadium Club at JSU Stadium.
Clark has more than 20 years of coaching experience and has spent the last five years as the defensive coordinator at the University of South Alabama.
"Our vision and mission are winning conference championships and advancing to the postseason on a regular basis and we feel like Bill Clark brings the experience and skills to help us achieve our goals," Koegel said. "When you look at the success that Bill has enjoyed in our state, both on the collegiate and high school levels, we feel like he is the perfect fit to be our head football coach."
South Alabama finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in total defense in 2012 under Clark as the Jaguars completed their first full season of competition in the league.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity to come back home and become the next football coach at Jacksonville State," Clark said. "Jacksonville State has a great tradition and I'm looking forward to building off the past success, while also making us a national contender on the FCS level in the future."
Under Clark's leadership, South Alabama allowed only 13 points per game and 254.6 yards per game in 2010 as USA went 10-0.
"Coach Clark is dedicated to the success of our student-athletes both in the classroom and on the football field," Koegel said. "We are also proud that both Bill and his wife, Jennifer, are graduates of Jacksonville State University and it became clear during the interview process that coach Clark has great passion for Jacksonville State University."
Clark joined South Alabama in 2008 after spending nine years as head coach of Prattville High School.
He won a pair of Class 6A state championships as his last two teams won 30 straight games.
In 2007, the Lions were ranked No. 2 in the nation in the USA Today's national high school poll and had arguably overtaken traditional power Hoover High School as the state's most prominent high school football program.
Following his final season at Prattville, he was named the Alabama High School Athletic Association Coach of the Year and was also selected as the Schutt Southeast Regional Coach of the Year.
Clark posted a 107-11 record during his tenure with the Lions.
Clark served on the staff of the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic three times. In 2007, he served as the head coach of the Alabama team in a 51-14 rout.
He also served as the head coach in the 2004 North-South All-Star Game.
Following graduation from Jacksonville State in 1990 with a degree in physical education, Clark began his coaching career as an assistant at Piedmont High School.
Clark also has coaching stints at Tuscaloosa County High School, Coffee County (Ga.) High School and Dothan High School on his resum�.
This will be his first head coaching job at the college level.


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Mac OS X 10.9: install a certificate
After you have successfully requested a certificate, you need to install the certificate files we provide on your server.
To Install an SSL Certificate with Mac OS X 10.9
- Download your certificate's files — you can use the files we offer for Mac OS 10.6 (more info).
- On the Mac, launch Server.
- Click Certificates on the left.
- Double-click the common name of the certificate you requested.
- Click and drag the certificate and bundle files into the Certificate Files section.
- Click OK.
This installs the certificate on your server. To verify its installation, you should see your certificate's common name listed in the Settings menu.


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6 emerging women writers win Jaffe awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Two poets, two fiction writers and two nonfiction writers have been named winners of this year's Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards.
Each winner will receive $30,000.
The awards are given to emerging women writers who show "excellence and promise." The winners announced Wednesday are fiction writers Olivia Clare and T.L. Khleif (kleef), nonfiction writers Karen Hays and Mara Naselli and poets Danielle Jones-Pruett and Solmaz Sharif.
Projects the winners have in the works range from a novel by Khleif about Syrian society and politics to essays by Hays about the "lore, language, and landscape" of Missouri's Corn Belt.
Novelist Rona Jaffe established the awards in 1995. Previous winners include Tracy K. Smith, Lan Samantha Chang and ZZ Packer.
Jaffe died in 2005.
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Avril Lavigne Rocks New Multicolored Hair + Talks About Her Wedding Dress
Avril Lavigne shaved one side of her head a while ago, but her hair is so long that depending on how she wore it, you couldn't always tell she was channeling Skrillex.
However, at her Abbey Dawn show for Fashion Week, Lavigne not only showed her shaved side, she also put pink and green streaks and silver studs into her 'do.
The newly engaged starlet's hair is, er, interesting, in a 2007 scene girl kind of way. Somehow, Lavigne manages to make the green and purple look somewhat natural, as they don't completely saturate her blond strands, but rather accent them. However, the shaved side, combined with her alabaster skin, dark eye makeup, and unflattering glasses make this look incredibly unflattering to her otherwise delicate features. Why are you hiding, girl?!
Lavigne explained that the crayon-inspired hues were a little spur of the moment. We should note here that the colors don't look bad -- but the combination of everything together isn't a great look, and we're not sure she has the head shape to pull off a shaved head the way Kesha, Miley and Pink do. "Tonight I got a little wild with my hair dye in my hotel room," Lavigne told Us Weekly. "I've always dyed my hair and had fun with pinks and greens, but this evening I was celebrating Fashion Week, here in New York, and the fact that I'm having a runway show, which is a major deal for me and means a lot."
It was a DIY job, too, as Avril dishes, "I just got dye happy and dyed my whole hair blonde and then went crazy with these colors and studs. I actually had pink fingers, but I spent so long washing them." We recommend gloves next time!
Lavigne also talked about the gown she'll wear in her upcoming nuptials with Nickelback frontman (and fellow Canadian) Chad Kroeger. "I've been thinking about it; I haven't come to a decision on themes yet, but I'm really excited to start planning and even more excited about the wedding dress. I have a lot of ideas and I'm trying to figure out which direction to go," she said. One thing she knows for sure? She wants her gown to be "bad a--!"
With that hair, girl, you're well on your way.
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James Gandolfini passed away recently and he was way too young. If he had passed away in 2006 before the filming of the final season, David Chase would have had 2 options:
Write his death into the script of the final season
Choose another actor to play the role of Tony Soprano for the final season(This has been done before when Dick Sargent replaced Dick York for the final seasons of Bewitched)
Which option would you prefer and do you have any suggestions for a replacement actor for James Gandolfini?
Re: If James Gandolfini passed away in 2006#2
none of the above, they would have to cancel the show.
Taps, lights out, 2200 hours. What's missing? Give up? Television.
Re: If James Gandolfini passed away in 2006#3
I honestly don't know what's better in that situation like that - but to choose another actor? No way, impossible.
Re: If James Gandolfini passed away in 2006#4
James Gandolfini was Tony Soprano, end of! Nobody else could've played him!


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Complete NetWare to OES Linux Migration Guide
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By Michael Faris
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Posted: 21 Jun 2007
There are many migration tips and helpful HowTo's available, but lack most of the steps necessary to perform a complete migration. Here I have included everything I did to migrate a remote location from NetWare to OES Linux.
Please make modifications to the data, where noted, to reflect your own organization's structure.
The services to be migrated include:
- Data – User and other shared
- Printers
- ZENWorks – Applications and policies
- Backup – RSYNC
- After the migration is completed and tested, decommission of existing NetWare servers
The steps to perform the migration are listed here:
- OES Linux Installation and Configuration
- Securing the New OES Linux Server
- LDAP Authentication for Local User Access
- Printer and Data Migration
- DNS/DHCP Migration
- ZENWorks Desktop Management v7 - Optional
- RSYNC Modification - Optional
- NetWare Server Decommission
- Workstations
- Conclusion
1. OES Linux Installation and Configuration
This portion does NOT walk all the way through an OES Installation. It is intended to specify critical changes that must be made to the default installation of OES Linux to ensure the migration is transparent to the user.
- When the installation reaches the Installations Settings screen, delete the recommended partitions and the partition table on the system disk so that the device can be marked to use EVMS as the volume manager instead of LVM.
- In the list of Installation Settings, select Partitioning.
- In the Partitioning menu, select Create Custom Partition Setup, then click Next.
- Select Custom Partition - for Experts, then click Next to open the Expert Partitioner options.
- Select Expert > Delete Partition Table and Disk Label, then click Yes twice to continue through the Warning advisories.
This deletes the recommended partitions and the partition table on the system disk.
- Create a primary partition on the system disk to use as the boot partition.
- Click Create.
- From the list of devices, select the device you want to use for the boot partition, ex: /dev/sda, then click OK.
- Select Primary Partition, then click OK.
- Select Format, then select the native Linux file system you want to use, such as Ext3.
- In Size (End Value) field, specify 300 MB.
- Set the mount point to /boot.
- Click OK.
The partition appears as a logical device in the devices list, ex: /dev/sda1.
- Create a second primary partition on the system disk to use for your swap and system volumes as follows:
- Click Create.
- From the list of devices, select the device you want to use for the second primary partition, ex: /dev/sda, then click OK.
- Select Primary Partition, then click OK.
- Select Do Not Format, then select Linux LVM (0x8E) from the list of file system IDs.
- In Size (End Value field), set the cylinder End value to the size of your disk minus what you want to use for swap., ex: 12GB
- Leave unpartitioned space available.
- Click OK.
The partition appears as a logical device in the devices list, ex: /dev/sda2.
- Modify the volume management type from LVM to EVMS for the second primary partition you created in Step 3 as follows:
- At the bottom of the page, click EVMS.
- Available partitions for EVMS appear as devices under /dev/evms, such as /dev/evms/sda2.
- In the EVMS Configurator, select the LVM partition created in Step 3, then click Create Container.
- In the Create EVMS Container dialog box, select the partition, specify the container name (such as system), then click Add Volume to create the lvm/system container, where system is the container name.
- Click OK.
The EVMS Configurator displays the lvm/system container you just created, its size, and free space.
- Create the swap volume in the lvm/system container as follows:
- Select lvm/system, then click Add.
- In the Create Logical Volume dialog box, select Format, then select Swap from the File System drop-down menu.
- Specify swap as the volume name.
- Specify the size of the swap volume as 2 GB.
- Specify the mount point as swap.
- Click OK.
- Create the system volume in the lvm/system container as follows:
- Select lvm/system, then click Add.
- In the Create Logical Volume dialog box, select Format, then select the file system to use from the File System drop-down menu, such as Ext3.
- In the Volume Name field, specify a volume name, such as sysx.
- Specify the Size of the system volume as the remaining space available in the lvm/system partition by clicking Max.
- Specify the mount point as / (root volume).
- Click OK.
- Click Next to return to the list of devices.
- Click Next to return to the Installation Settings page. You can dismiss the message warning that you should not mix EVMS and non-EVMS partitions on the same device.
- From the Installations Settings screen, click Software > Details, then select the following software options - These are the basic options I chose for my use. You can modify this depending on your needs.
Basic Runtime System YaST Graphical Base System Linux Tools Authentication Server (NIS, LDAP, Kerberos) Basic Sound Libraries and Tools Gnome System Novell eDirectory Novell iManager Novell Linux User Management Novell iPrint Novell NetStorage Novell NSS Novell NCP Server Novell Backup Services (SMS) Novell Health MonitoringSelect Search and in the search field, type Locate and then search. On the right side, "findutils-locate" will appear. Also add DHCP Server and RSYNC, if desired. Click Accept.
- Scroll down the list and select the TimeZone for this server's location and then click Runlevel. Select Runlevel 3 - No GUI on console.
- Continue with the OES installation.
Below is an example of the physical and logical devices you should see.
|Used By
|Linux native
|Linux LVM
|/dev/evms/lvm /system/swap
IMPORTANT: After the install is complete, make sure to perform the mandatory post-install configuration of the related system settings to ensure that the system device functions properly under EVMS. Otherwise, the system fails to boot properly.
After the Install
After the OES installation is complete, you must perform the following tasks to ensure that the system device functions properly under EVMS:
Edit the /etc/fstab File
When you boot the system, the kernel reads the /etc/fstab file to identify which file systems should be mounted and then mounts them. This file contains a table of file system information about the root (/), /boot, and swap partitions plus other partitions and file systems you want to mount.
The /boot partition is separate from the EVMS container where you placed the root (/) and swap partitions and is not managed by EVMS at this time. However, in the following steps, you disable boot.lvm and boot.md, then enable boot.evms. In effect, this forces EVMS to scan all the partitions at boot time, including the /boot partition, and it activates /boot under the /dev/evms directory. Therefore, this makes /boot a partition that is discovered by EVMS at startup, and requires that the device be listed under /dev/evms in the fstab file so it can be found when booting with boot.evms.
After the install, you must edit the /etc/fstab file to modify the location of the /boot partition so it is under the /dev/evms directory. For example, change /dev/sda1 to /dev/evms/hda1. Replace sda1 with the device name you used for your /boot partition.
IMPORTANT: When working in the /etc/fstab file, do not leave any stray characters or spaces in the file. This is a configuration file, and it is highly sensitive to such mistakes.
- Open the /etc/fstab file in a text editor.
- Locate the line that contains the /boot partition. Look for a line similar to this:
/dev/sda1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 1
- In the Device Name column, modify the location of the /boot partition from /dev to /dev/evms so it can be managed by EVMS. Modify only the device name by adding /evms to the path:
/dev/evms/sda1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 1
- Save the file.
Do not reboot the server yet!
Disable boot.lvm and boot.md
Disable boot.lvm and boot.md so they do not run at boot time. EVMS now handles the boot.
- In YaST, click System > Runlevel Editor > Expert Mode.
- Select boot.lvm.
- Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
- Select boot.md.
- Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
- Click Finish, then click Yes.
Do not reboot the server yet!
Enable the boot.evms Service
The boot.evms service should be enabled automatically after the install, but you should verify that it is enabled.
- In YaST, click System > Runlevel Editor > Expert Mode.
- Select boot.evms.
- Click Set/Reset > Enable the Service.
The B runlevel option is automatically selected.
- Click Finish, then click Yes.
Do not reboot the server yet!.
Edit the /etc/init.d/boot.evms Script
- Open the /etc/init.d/boot.evms script in a text editor.
- Add the following lines to the Stop section:
mount -n -o remount,rw / echo -en "\nDeleting devices nodes" rm -rf /dev/evms mount -n -o remount,ro /The Stop section looks like this after the edit:
stop) echo -n "Stopping EVMS" mount -n -o remount,rw / echo -en "\nDeleting devices nodes" rm -rf /dev/evms mount -n -o remount,ro / rc_status -v ;;
- Save the file.
Finally! Reboot the Server
- Now reboot the server to activate post-install configuration settings.
Verify the System Services
After the post-install configuration is complete and you have rebooted the server, make sure the server is operating as expected.
Create NSS Volume
From the command prompt, type nssmu to start the NSS Management Utility.
Select Pools, press Insert and create a new Pool. Call it VOL or whatever your standard dictates. Designate all the free space to it.
Select Apply and the Escape back to the main menu.
Select Volumes, press Insert and create a new volume. Name it VOL1 (for example) and place it in the pool you created earlier. Designate all the space to this volume and select apply.
Select the volume and press F4 to update eDirectory, otherwise you won't see the new volume in the tree. Press Esc to exit the utility.
2. Securing the New OES Linux Server
These recommendations are optional and should be used as, at least, a guide to securing your server. Refer to your organization's security policies regarding hardening your servers.
GRUB Boot Loader
Password protect the boot loader to prevent editing of the boot environment or passing kernel level commands to the system at boot time. Use the md5crypt command within GRUB to encrypt a password. Then use this hash to edit the menu.lst file and insert the password line as shown below.
Be sure NOT to use the same password as root or any other user password on the system. If you "fat finger" the password without testing it first you will not be able to make changes to the boot process upon boot up!
# grub GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> md5crypt Password: ******* Encrypted: $1$vUYoM$OAxm9NVNUBsCeP1dl50 grub>quit vi /boot/grub/menu.lst color white/blue black/light-gray default 0 timeout 8 password --md5 $1$vUYoM$OAxm9NVNUBsCeP1dl50 title linux kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 vga=795
Password protect changes to the BIOS to prevent changing the boot order of the device. In production booting from CD or floppy should be disabled.
Tuning Network Kernel Parameters
There are a few parameters that can be applied to the kernel through the proc file system to improve protection of the server.
Modify /etc/sysconfig/sysctl to add these options along with the default configuration options.
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 -- Disables IP forwarding. net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0 -- Disables source routing. net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 -- TCP syn flood protection parameter. net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 4096 Additional TCP syn flood protection. net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 Enables anti-spoofing protection. net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0 Disables the sending of ICMP redirects. net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0 Disables receipt of ICMP redirects. net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects = 0 Disables ICMP redirects for newly activated.
Warning Banners
Include this warning message for all direct methods of connection to the server.
/etc/motd Add this banner to this file
/etc/issue Add this banner to this file also. Below is an example that you can use. Change My Company to your Organization - It's lengthy, but you know the legal guys..
My Company owns this computer system and restricts access and use to authorized persons only. Use of and/or access to this system and/or any information obtained via this system is subject to My Company policies and procedures governing such use and access. Unauthorized or improper use of or access to this system, or any portion of it, either directly or indirectly, or any attempt to deny service to authorized users or to alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation, is strictly prohibited. Any party using or accessing, or attempting to use or access, this system without express authority from My Company may be subject to severe disciplinary action and/or civil and criminal penalties in accordance with applicable state and federal law (including, but not limited to, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act). My Company representatives may monitor and record use and access for quality assurance, security, privacy compliance, regulatory compliance i.e. HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, and performance, except as prohibited by law. Any person who uses or accesses this system expressly consents to such monitoring and recording. My Company or its representatives may furnish information obtained by its monitoring and recording activity to law enforcement officials if such monitoring and recording reveals possible evidence of unlawful activity.
Copy the /etc/issue file to /etc/issue.net
For SSH connections edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. Below is the what needs to be changed to point the banner at the /etc/issue.net file.
# vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config ??. # no default banner path Banner /etc/issue.net #VerifyReverseMapping no # override default of no subsystems
SSH configuration
In addition to setting a banner as above, it should be restricted to version 2 of the protocol only. SSH version 1 has some inherent weaknesses and so should be avoided. Edit this file and make the changes listed in Bold. Most settings are fairly self explanatory. No hosts should be automatically trusted through the rhosts types of authentication or even with a machine based certificate as with the RSA variants. Root should not be allowed direct access. For administration, you should connect to the machine as a regular user and then SU to root for additional needed rights.
#Port 22 Protocol 2 #ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 #ListenAddress :: SyslogFacility AUTH # #LoginGraceTime 600 PermitRootLogin no #StrictModes yes RhostsAuthentication no # Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files IgnoreRhosts yes # For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts RhostsRSAAuthentication no # similar for protocol version 2 HostbasedAuthentication no PermitEmptyPasswords no
Further Securing Remote Login
In addition to the restrictions made on SSH, we should also further disable remote interactive login for root in case, mistakenly or maliciously, telnet or some other method of tty access was enabled again. Modify the /etc/securetty file. All lines except the TTY1 should be commented out. This is needed for console access. SSH is running its own daemon and is not affected by these settings.
# This file contains the device names of tty lines (one per line, # without leading /dev/) on which root is allowed to login. # tty1 #tty2 #tty3 #tty4 #tty5 #tty6 # for devfs: #vc/1 #vc/2 #vc/3 #vc/4 #vc/5 #vc/6
Now this file should be protected by executing the following:
chown root:root /etc/securetty chmod 400 /etc/securetty
this makes it so that only root can read the file and nobody can write to it, even root, until root chmod's the file with more permissions again.
Modification to /etc/inittab
/etc/inittab has several settings in it that should be hardened. Disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete from shutting down the server, edit the default run level, protect the server even in Single User mode, and disable extra console login daemons (Ctrl-Alt-Fx) to further protect console access. See the settings made in Bold.
# The default runlevel is defined here id:3:initdefault: # First script to be executed, if not booting in emergency (-b) mode si::bootwait:/etc/init.d/boot # what to do in single-user mode ls:S:wait:/etc/init.d/rc S ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin # what to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. Comment to disable. #ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r -t 4 now
The "3" in the id:3:initdefault line designates that the default run level is level 3 which does not load the GUI. The GUI can be loaded as necessary with the "startx" command but should not remain loaded or load by default on the server.
The line beginning with "~~:S" is the command for what to do in single user mode. (i.e. typing "single" as a boot parameter in grub -- which now requires password access anyway). Change the "respawn" command to "wait." This will prompt for the root password before continuing.
The "ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown --r --t4 now" line is the command to execute when Ctrl-Alt-Delete is pressed. This should be commented out as shown to disable this functionality and prevent someone with physical access from shutting down the machine without a valid login.
Xwindows - GUI protections
Although X-windows is not loading by default on the server, this could be changed easily by an administrator and it is available to load manually by changing run levels or typing "startx" at the console prompt. Therefore, implement the following extra safeguards:
Disable XDMCP
Remote machines should not be able to get an X terminal login window. Edit the following lines in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess to prepend them with a "!" as shown.
!* #NO host can get a login window !* CHOOSER BROADCAST #NO indirect host can get a chooser
Disable listening on port 6000
This prevents the X system from listening for X events from remote machines. Local X access at the console is not affected. Edit the config file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers as shown below adding the "-nolisten tcp" switch to this line.
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt07 -nolisten tcp
Restrict cron and at
Cron and at daemons run processes on the system as root so access to them as well as the crontab command and files so that malicious code can't be "scheduled." The binaries are also world executeable and SUID to root so they can be dangerous. Restrict access to them with the following steps.
- Create cron.allow and at.allow files
These files will restrict access to cron to only the users listed in the files. All others will be denied. The only user in the list should be root. These files don't exist by default so you can create them with the echo command as follows. Delete any deny files. (/var/spool/cron/deny)
# echo root > /etc/cron.allow # echo root > /etc/at.allow
- Modify permissions on cron/at related files
Since all cron and at files are read and written to by processes that are SUID root, normal users on the system will not ever need to have direct access to the files so they should be secured to prevent tampering.
# chown -R root:root /etc/cron* /var/spool/cron # chmod -R go-rwx /etc/cron* /var/spool/cron
3. LDAP Authentication Through eDirectory
Managing and maintaining passwd files can be a real beating. To make life easier, especially if you have a number of OES Linux servers about, configure local authentication to use LDAP and eDirectory, then simply add designated users/admins, to the LUM group and they'll have local access. Also, root and other predefined local accounts are not affected. Follow the steps below.
- Type yast at the command line
Select the "Network/Advanced" section and then > LDAP client.
Select "Use LDAP".
Add the LDAP server in the server field and the search base of where users are located. For example:
Base DN: o=[org] Addresses of LDAP Servers: my-edir-serv.mydomain.com Select LDAP TLS/SSL. Select "Advanced Configuration" User Map: o=[org] Password Map: o=[org] Group Map: dc=[org] Password Change Protocol: nds Group member Attribute: member Select "Administration Settings" from the top of the box. Configuration Base DN: o=[org] Administration DN: o=[org] Select "Accept"Save your changes with by clicking Finish.
- Edit the file /etc/nsswitch.conf and modify the following lines:
passwd: compat nam group: compat nam passwd_compat: ldap files group_compat: ldap files
4. Printer and Data Migration
Server Consolidation and Migration Utility
Use the SCMT for migrating both data and printers to the new OES Linux server. Data migration is fairly straightforward you simply drag the directories you want to migrate from the NetWare volumes to the OES Linux volumes. Printers are a bit more tricky, due to some eDirectory rules and are explained below.
Preparing for Printer Migration
Since this will be a NDPS to iPrint migration as well as moving the printer agents to a Linux platform, a little preparation will be needed prior to running the SCU.
On OES Linux, create Drivers Store with iManager ( Linux ), create a temporary container "OU=temp" under OU=[BranchOU].O=[org]. This where you want to place your new Printer Manager when you migrate iPrint services to the same container, but there can be only one eDirectory object representing a "Printer Agent."
In this temporary container you have to place new Printer Manager and use the IP of your new OES Linux server.
After a successful migration of all PA's to the OES Linux Printer Manager, delete all source PA's on NetWare NDPSM.
Unload both NDPS Manager and Broker from the source server.Stop iPrint Printer Manager on the OES Linux server
rcnovell-ipsmd stop
Move the iPrint Printer Manager object and all PA's objects with ConsoleOne to OU=[BranchOU].O=[org].
Modify the Print Manager
Edit the eDirectory object representing iPrint Printer Manager which we moved from the temp container in the previous step.
Change the attribute:
iPrintManagerDBPath ( /var/opt/novell/iprint/iPrintManager.TEMP.[BRANCH_OU].[org].psm to /var/opt/novell/iprint/iPrintManager.[BRANCH_OU].[org].psm ) iPrintManagerIPURI (https://ip_address/ipps/iPrintManager.TEMP.[BRANCH_OU].[org] to https://ip_address/ipps/iPrintManager.[BRANCH_OU].[org] )
Then rename folder
/var/opt/novell/iprint/iPrintManager.TEMP.[BRANCH_OU].[org].psm to /var/opt/novell/iprint/iPrintManager.[BRANCH_OU].[org].psm.
/etc/opt/novell/iprint/conf/iPrintManager.TEMP.[BRANCH_OU].[org].ipsmd.conf to iPrintManager.[BRANCH_OU].[org].ipsmd.conf , in same folder should be symlink for this file ipsmd.conf.
Then modify the above file /etc/opt/novell/iprint/conf/
Example of new ipsmd.conf
DSServer1 server_name.mydomain.com PSMObjectDN CN=iPrintManager,OU=[BRANCH_OU].O=[org] PSMObjectPasswd xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PSMHostAddress server_ip_address Start iPrint Printer Manager: rcnovell-ipsmd start
5. DNS/DHCP Migration
NOTE: Do not run the DNS service in YaST before the process explained here is complete, it will overwrite any changes.
Follow these steps to "import" the Zone information from eDirectory to Linux
- Copy the file named "/NetWare_Server/sys/ETC/DNS/named.con" to your workstation.
- Remove all lines starting with novell and remove the ".db" extension on file references.
- SSH to the OES Linux server and switch to su.
- edit /etc/named.conf
- Go down to below the last "};"
- Copy the formatted zone information retrieved from the NetWare server and paste it into the file.
- Save and exit.
- Copy the file /etc/named.conf to /var/lib/named/etc/named.conf
Migrating the zone data
- Each DNS server has a copy of the zone files in SYS:\ETC\DNS. The zone files have the file extension ".db". Be aware of whether your NetWare server is setup as a 'master' / 'primary' or 'slave' / 'secondary'.
- Copy the zone files for the master zones you wish to migrate from your source NetWare server to /var/lib/named/master on your destination server.
- Copy the zone files for the slave zones from your source NetWare server to /var/lib/named/slave on your destination server.
- Remove the .db extension from each file. Assuming the zone is example.com.
Adding Named to the boot process
To start at boot time the following commands will ensure that this happens for the correct run levels.
On the OES Linux server;
chkconfig -l named
this will return a response similar to
named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
Ensure that 3 and 5 are "on".
If not, add it
chkconfig -a namedthis will automatically add the service to the correct runlevels. You can verify this step by using "chkconfig -l named" again.
Create a file called /etc/dhcpd.conf and add the following lines, changing them according to your needs:
Omit the # Comment lines, they are for explanation.
# Domain name option domain-name "mydomain.com"; # Name Servers - DNS option domain-name-servers [oes server ip], 192.168.1.10, 192.168.1.11; # WINS Servers option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.13, 192.168.1.14; # NetBIOS Node type option netbios-node-type 8; # Default Gateway option routers [default_gateway_ip]; # Lease time in seconds default-lease-time 864000; # DHCP Address Range range [branch_ip_range.50] [branch_ip_range.254];
Save the file.
Type rcdhcpd restart to start DHCP Server.
Use the commands in "Adding Named to the boot process" above and substitute dhcpd for named.
6. ZENWorks Desktop Management v7 - Optional
Insert the ZDM 7 CD in the new server and browse to the mount point from the command line.
Copy the file, silent.properties to /root/.
Edit the file and modify the following lines:
INSTALL_REMOTE_MANAGEMENT=true INSTALL_APPLICATION_MANAGEMENT=true INSTALL_APPLICATION_MANAGEMENT_DATABASE=true INSTALL_WORKSTATION_IMPORT_SERVER=true INSTALL_ZDM_AGENT=true
Remove Comment from:
TREE_NAME=MY_COMPANY_TREE SHOULD_EXTEND_SCHEMA=true USER_SUPPLIED_SERIAL_NUMBER=[Enter your Activation Code Here] ConfigureAction.ZDM_FORCE_CONFIGURE=true
Save the file and change directories to /media/cdrom
Type the following to install ZDM7 on your server:
./setup -f /root/silent.properties
When complete, dismount the CD.
In ConsoleOne, edit each NAL object to reflect the new path to the files on OES Linux Volume.
7. RSYNC - Optional
Migrating RSYNC is fairly uneventful accept for granting the proper POSIX acls to the NSS file mounts instead of default eDirectory acls.
Here is what needs to be changed and/or added and where.
On your main RSYNC Server, in the SYS:SYSTEM directory, there are several NCF files beginning with RS_. These files have numbers following the prefix that corresponds to a time that the file is executed. Find which file has the branch server reference in it and change that file to reflect the following:
rsync -vprtuz -stats -delete -volume=VOL1: NETWARE_SERVER_NAME::NETWARE_SERVER_NAMEUsers/BACKUP/Branch_name/Users -timeout=360 -bwlimit=256
rsync -vprtuz -stats -delete -volume=VOL1: OES_SERVER_NAME::OES_SERVER_NAMEUsers /BACKUP/Branch_name/Users-timeout=360 -bwlimit=256
Change the NETWARE_SERVER_NAME to OES_SERVER_NAME in the file for that branch you are migrating.
On the new OES Linux server, edit the file /etc/rsyncd.conf
Make the following changes:
uid = admin gid = root transfer logging = true log format = %h %o %f %l %b log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log slp refresh = 300 [OES-ServernameUsers] path = /media/nss/VOL1/users comment = (Branch name) Users read only = no chroot = no timeout = 60 [OES-ServernameShare] path = /media/nss/VOL1/share comment = (Branch name) Share read only = no chroot = no timeout = 60
Save this file and exit.
8. NetWare Server Decommission
In ConsoleOne, remove the R/W replica from the NetWare Server.
Right-Click the Container Object for the branch and select Properties.
Click the Login Script Tab and change any reference to the NetWare server to reflect the OES Server - i.e., MAP ROOT U:=NNETWARE_SERVER/VOL1:USERS/%1 to MAP ROOT U:=OES_SERVER_NAME/VOL1:USERS/%1
From the console of the NetWare server, type NWCONFIG and press Enter.
Select Directory Options|Remove Directory Services from this server
Press Enter on the warning and Yes to remove Directory Services. Choose .Root. as the reference point. Authenticate and complete the removal. Exit NWCONFIG and type EDIT C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT. REMark out the statement to load server.exe. Save the file and exit EDIT. Down the Netware Server and power it off.
In ConsoleOne, remove any objects not removed by nwconfig relating to that server.
If the server is in a DFS management context, after decommissioning the NetWare server, run the VLDB repair for the DFS management context to remove the server. http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2/stor_dfs_lx_nw/data/b6o9j66.html
9. Workstations
The only changes that need to be made on the workstations is, if you specify a Preferred Server, it will need to be changed to reflect the new OES Linux Server.
10. Conclusion
Although this seems like a lot steps to migrate a server from NetWare to OES Linux, the process moves along fairly fast. Depending on how much data needs to be migrated, you could migrate one server/site in a single day. To the users, their home directories within Windows Explorer looks identical.
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Major insurance carriers that have adopted PCMH initiatives include WellPoint, Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare and various Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, says the report, adding, "WellPoint predicts that its new PCMH program could reduce its projected medical costs in 2015 by up to 20 percent based on analysis of its current medical home pilot projects. UnitedHealthcare estimates that its new efforts will save twice as much as they cost."
The conclusions the report's authors draw are that
- the increasing use of the PCMH model is helping to achieve better health, better care and lower costs in the U.S. health care system;
- PCMH expansion has reached a "tipping point" in the United States and is experiencing broad public and private support;
- investing in the PCMH model results in short-term and long-term savings for patients, their employers, health plans and policymakers; and
- using the PCMH model to partner with patients and their families could help achieve and sustain transformational change in primary care, as well as in the continuum of care.
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Sept. 7, 2010
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-Freshman Nicole Pelletier (Swansea, MA/Case HS) of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth women's tennis team has been honored by the Little East Conference.
Pelletier has been named Little East Conference Women's Tennis Rookie of the Week.
Pelletier won both of her matches Saturday as the Corsairs opened their season with a 6-3 win against Johnson & Wales. She teamed with fellow freshman Elizabeth Cignoli (Springfield, MA/Cathedral HS) to defeat Tammy Saunders and Steph Roberti at number two doubles, overcoming a 6-3 deficit and winning the tie-breaker, 8-6. She then defeated Vicky Ricciardi at number two singles, 6-0, 6-0.
"For her first collegiate varsity match, Nicole came in with good poise and confidence, and it showed," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Ralph Perry. "She was well-trained in high school, having been coached by Paul Cote (father of Megan Cote, the number one singles player at Salem State). Against Johnson & Wales, she and Elizabeth Cignoli came back and won in doubles, and then Nicole won in singles. Both Nicole and Elizabeth showed good skills and good confidence, and I'm looking forward to what they will do for the rest of the season."
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GOP would love to tie Davis to Pelosi
AUSTIN — A longtime GOP strategist gave me this to chew on when we were talking about Sen. Wendy Davis' political future over breakfast tacos: All Texas Republicans need to take the shine off the Democratic star if she runs for governor, he said, is one picture of her with Nancy Pelosi.
The U.S. House Minority Leader showed up in Austin some days later, seeming well aware of the tightrope she's on when asked whether Davis could expect her support and that of other Democrats nationally (Davis, who has been with her ill father in a Fort Worth hospital, wasn't there).
"I think that many people across the country are waiting for Wendy's decision, but what's important is what the people of Texas think about that decision," said Pelosi, D-Calif., after an event hosted by the American Association of University Women. "There's no question that she's brilliant, courageous — we all agree with that — understands women in the workplace, the balance that has to happen there." But Pelosi emphasized, "It's a very individual decision to run."
Pelosi didn't hesitate, however, when asked whether Davis could raise the $30 million to $40 million she'd need: "Yes. I don't think that would be an obstacle."
Davis has pushed back an announcement of her political plans because her father is in the hospital, but she'll face a balancing act if she takes the plunge so fervently hoped-for by many Democrats. She'll need to raise big money, and that means out-of-state dollars must be part of the mix. But she can't look so cozy with Washington (or California) Democrats that she begins looking less than Texas-focused.
"Nancy Pelosi is nothing if not a shrewd operator. She raises more money than anybody else. She generally puts it on winners," Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson said. And, he said, "She knows that she can be a hindrance in some campaigns, in some parts of the country."
Longtime lobbyist and consultant Bill Miller was crisp when asked about the dangers of looking too close to Pelosi in Texas: "It's a straight negative. No positives about it. None. Not one."
GOP strategist and breakfast philosophizer Dave Beckwith called Pelosi, "the face of the Democrats in Congress, who are so unpopular in Texas that it's really hard to overstate it."
Given Democrats' uphill climb in Texas, however, Pelosi isn't the first challenge that comes to mind if Davis runs, said political scientist Larry Sabato, who keeps track of key races nationwide as director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
Sabato said Davis "has become the darling of the national Democratic party, and that's going to be good for a ton of money if she actually runs for statewide office." But he said the success of the statewide GOP ticket "is one of the surest bets in the country, 14 months from Election Day."
"I don't think it matters much whether Davis consorts with Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton," Sabato said. "Texas is certainly going to be more competitive in a decade or two, but right now, Republicans have a solid majority of the expected vote in the state — as we'll see again next year."
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The first trading session of 2013 is in the books as markets turned in one of the best performances in recent memory. After weeks of tireless debates, Congress was able to come to an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff, extending some of the Bush-era tax cuts among other things. The bill, crafted by Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell helped avoid a crisis, but still left some of the issues on the table, as Congress will be forced to come to a conclusion on the U.S. debt ceiling come February [Download Seven Simple & Cheap ETF Model Portfolios].
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Markets took cues from the positive movement from Washington and were off to the races today. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ETF (QQQ, A-) led the way with gains just shy of 3.2%. The S&P 500 Fund (SPY, A) and Dow Jones ETF (DIA, B) were not far behind with gains of 2.56% and 2.44% respectively.
International markets also spiked on the news of the fiscal cliff solution with the SPDR S&P China ETF (GXC, A) turning in gains of 3.08% for the first session of the year.
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Natural gas was one of the most talked about commodities of the day as a warm forecast sent the commodity into the gutter. Oil was a big winner of the fiscal cliff resolution and gold was able to ride the coat tails of the equity space as a whole. Ags had a tougher time to start the year as both corn and soybeans took a hit.
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Though the VIX ETN normally trades around 27 million shares on a daily basis, today saw VXX move more than 36 million shares as this fund surrendered more than 11.8% to start off the year. Though VXX got slammed today, should markets suffer a correction tomorrow, VXX could regain some lost ground [see our Low Volatility Portfolio].
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Students Pen Winning Entries in Writing Competition
Sep. 12, 2012
Three UT Dallas students have penned winning entries in the annual Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers (TACWT) Student Competition.
LaToya Watkins took first place in the Graduate Fiction category with her story, Peeling.
LaToya Watkins, a doctoral student in aesthetic studies, took first place in the Graduate Fiction category with her story, Peeling.
"It's a story about finding and accepting the sometimes difficult truth," said Watkins, who wrote the winning piece for a workshop course taught by Dr. Clay Reynolds, director of creative writing at UT Dallas.
"LaToya has stayed the course of traditional approaches and methods and blended them with her remarkable intelligence and her innate understanding of human nature to achieve her goals," said Reynolds. "Any time one of our students achieves a major state, regional, or national award or recognition or a significant publication, it reflects very well on the work they do, both in the classroom and through individual instruction."
Dr. Betty Wiesepape, who teaches literature and creative writing, had two of her students place in the competition.
LeeAnn Olivier took second in Graduate Creative Nonfiction with a story titled Love Like Seawater, and D'Angelo Henderson placed second in Undergraduate Fiction with Sense of Self.
The 2012 winners join the cohort of UT Dallas students who have placed in TACWT competitions. In 2010, students won both the graduate and undergraduate fiction categories, and last year, UT Dallas took first place in the graduate creative non-fiction competition. Dr. Wiesepape was the first UT Dallas winner of the graduate fiction award in 1992.
This year's winners will be recognized at the TACWT conference, hosted by The University of Texas Pan American (UTPA) September 27 – 29. Watkins will receive a new iPad from UTPA and TACWT for her first place piece.
"The TACWT, founded in the mid-70s, is instrumental in connecting creative writing teachers from across the state of Texas. TACWT members gather for annual conferences, promote literary publications and share creative work. With the annual student competition, our aim is to spark student creative writing and reward excellence, " said Dr. Philip Zwerling, assistant professor of English at UTPA and president of the TACWT.
The annual competition is open to all students who have been enrolled in a creative writing course during the summer, spring or fall terms preceding the competition deadline. Faculty members select students' work and sponsor their entries in the competition.
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I am often challenged. "Why don't you give that stinking 'souvlaki hell' a miss?" my friends ask when I say I am going to Athens.
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We are sitting with an ice-cold beer on the Greek island of Antiparos. A large oak and deep scarlet bougainvillea shade us and the clink of backgammon dice is the only sound.
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As I sit on the porch of my hotel overlooking Fira and sipping a Greek coffee that is thick and black as molasses, the owner, Lambros joins me with a plate of shriveled black olives, salty kefalotyri cheese and a bottle of wine made from Santorini's unique assyrtiko grapes.
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SKILLMAN, N.J. – For the second-straight season, the Georgia College tennis program's assistant coach Justin Pickham was named Southeast Region Men's Tennis Assistant Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
Pickham rejoined the Bobcat tennis program as a graduate assistant coach after playing for one All-American season in 2008-09.
The Armidale, Australia native helped head coach Steve Barsby guide the Bobcats to a 14-9 mark this season, taking sixth in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) and advancing to the NCAA Southeast Regional bracket for the fifth-straight season.
In Pickham's two seasons on the sidelines, the men's and women's tennis teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament twice each, and Pickham has helped guide Bobcat netters to seven All-PBC honors.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-Two student-athletes earned Little East Conference track and field honors and one of them qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships last weekend.
Sophomore Adam Jones (Amesbury, MA/Triton Regional HS) broke the school record when he finished second in the high jump at 6-9 3/4, while junior Krista Chauvin (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS/Stonehill) set a school record when she finished third in the weight throw at 53 feet, 1 3/4 inches. Jones qualified for the NCAA Championships this weekend at North Central College in the Chicago area, and currently ranks seventh in the nation in the high jump entering nationals.
"Adam continued his outstanding indoor season at the ECACs, he's been a model of consistency," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "He didn't miss an attempt until he got to 6-9 3/4, which he cleared on his second try. Krista finished third at the ECACs, and this is the sixth time this year she has broken the school record. She concluded an outstanding first indoor season at UMass Dartmouth, and is looking forward to throwing the hammer outdoors."
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Almost a year-and-a-half after her original murder conviction was overturned, the Italian supreme court has overturned that acquittal, opening the door for another sensational trial of American student Amanda Knox.
For those of you who managed to forget, the case began all the way back in 2007, when Knox and her then-boyfriend were accused of sexually assaulting and murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. Knox, an American, and Kercher, who was British, were both exchange students at the University of Perugia in Italy. Knox and the boyfriend, an Italian man named Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted of the crime and spent nearly four years in jail before the convictions were overturned and both were released in late 2011. A third man, an immigrant from Ivory Coast named Rudy Guede, was also convicted in a separate trial.
The case became a tabloid sensation in all three countries, thanks to the ages of the two women—some in the press nicknamed her "Foxy Noxy"—the grisly nature of the crime, and numerous lurid accusations, like the original prosecution theory that Kercher was killed in a bizarre, possibly Satanic, sex game. Knox was also ordered to pay damages to yet another man who she accused of committing the murder.
Knox has since returned to United States, adding another layer of legal complications for prosecutors hoping to get a new conviction. Her Italian lawyer has already stated that she is unlikely to return to Italy for the re-trial, though she could be tried in absentia. She could also be extradited, either before or after the trial, although those proceedings could take months or even years and create headaches for diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic.
There have also been numerous books written about the case, but Knox has also written her own version of the story (that came with a reported $4 million advance) that is set to be released at the end of April.
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Bước 2: Define your requirements of team Drupal
- Step 1: Understand typical teams, roles and job titles
- Step 2: Define your requirements
- Step 3: Widen your net with your job description
- Step 4: Where and how to post jobs
- Step 5: Evaluating applicants
Researching your requirements is a key step in discovering your next team member. People can't be experts in everything. Be realistic about the actual expertise and levels you expect. Requiring both "systems administration" and "CSS/Sass" expertise in one role is not going to attract qualified candidates. If you need a generalist to fill out your small team, consider what key areas you need them to be knowledgeable in. Also consider how you can provide mentoring and training opportunities to help develop junior talent.
Building a Drupal dream team
Will Huggins, founder of Zoocha, has spent four years trying to find out the formula for a Drupal Dream Team, "One person can't know everything they need to know." Will described the roles that are cornerstones of a successful Drupal team, each with their own specialty. "For example, the chances of any average developer having JavaScript expertise is pretty rare," he said.
- A Drupal configuration expert: "This person doesn't need massive amounts of coding, but they do need to be comfortable using all of the tools available with Drupal."
- A senior developer, who acts more like a solutions architect: "They are involved in planning. They research possible solutions, and play around. When they provide demos to the client, this helps discover those little 'hidden requirements' the client didn't mention."
- Drupal theming: "This can justifiably be split into 3 tiers. Someone who is comfortable with manipulation of popular base or starter themes; someone who can manage custom theming; and someone who is a pure front end expert."
Because Zoocha often gets clients who have failed with other agencies, Will started to realize patterns were emerging. "It dawned on me why some Drupal projects fail. The teams don't have sufficient depth to be able to take on complex projects," Will said. He explained that small teams with one person doing all the work of site configuration, module writing, theme development and Solr configuration aren't appropriate for complex projects. "Once you get to the budget levels of £30-60,000 and you have reasonable levels of customization and bespoke PHP code, you need a more diverse team to manage the challenges."
In four years, Zoocha has grown to a team of about 20 people, and Will explains they don't outsource because they're growing together to become a complete team of Drupal solutions experts. Will said a particularly challenging project helped his company mature. "It got nearly to the point where everyone would have been pointing the finger to everyone else. Acquia put a lot of support into it." Will credits the Acquia Professional Services team-- including Chris Comparato, vice president of customer solutions and Hernâni Borges de Freitas, technical team lead-- for helping to keep the project on track. "We've learned a lot about how to manage a client." This has lead Zoocha to a more agile way of doing things.
Training is an important component of professional development at Zoocha. To develop their own skills in working with Agile methods, they brought in a professional scrum trainer who trained Zoocha and a client together. In this way, they learned not only Agile methodology, but also how to work with your client using Agile methods.
I asked how Zoocha planned on managing the conversion over to Drupal 8. Will said, "Our current site was built on Wordpress in 2009", typical of the cobbler's shoes problem of course, "We're relaunching the site in Drupal 8; this is a complete refresh." Overall the moved to Agile has helped them become more efficient and free up capacity so their team can afford to play and learn together.
Getting access to information like this is difficult for agencies that are just starting out in Drupal. With our partner programwe do try to help guide teams to best practices and processes that will make your projects more successful.
Are you scaring people away?
As we saw in the case of Zoocha, you're not going to find a unicorn that fits all your needs, and yet employer still post the most unlikely job descriptions. Adding more skills, qualifications and specifications doesn't widen your potential pool of applicants; it has the opposite effect.
As well this can affect the diversity of your pool of applicants. A respondent to Jesse's tweet, Buffy Miller @buffym, pointed out that at Hewlett-Packard, they found that "women only apply for jobs for which they feel they are a 100% match; men do so even when they meet no more than 60% of the requirements." ("The feminist mystique; What must change for women to make it to the top", Economist, March 2013).
It's important to have a realistic requirement of years of experience; and specify what elements are the truly "expert" skills or experience you require.
Correlate years of experience to job titles
Reviewing recent job descriptions posted on the official Drupal job listing, the level of "rank" seems to correlate to the number of years of required work experience.
- Senior Drupal engineer or team lead equals about 5-7 years minimum web programming experience; 2-5 years of Drupal.
- Drupal developer equals about 3 years PHP development; 2-3 Drupal.
- Junior level equals about 1-2 years experience.
There are outliers among the listings, but you have to be realistic. If you expect to get someone into a mid-level paid job and you're asking for 7 years of experience, you have to accept your responses will be low.
What expertise do you need?
As you prepare your requirements, be careful in using phrases such as "expert knowledge of…" Often, employers specify they want "expert familiarity" and "expert knowledge", which both are vague concepts in any knowledge domain. It's worse with web technology where knowledge and familiarity can be wiped out with a new version of software or a new specification.
XKCD's diagram above has some truth to it! Expertise is more likely the ability to learn and adapt, which is demonstrable by flexibility to learn something new, ask questions, take risks, and play.
Instead, define your requirements by using words that specify what skills you're expecting to see demonstrated on the job. Bloom's taxonomy defines measurable learning objectives, and it can be a useful tool for defining your skills requirements. Try these verbs to clarify the kinds of tasks you expect your prospective employee to be able to undertake in their role:
- Develop
- Construct
- Produce
- Interpret
- Analyze
- Evaluate
As you define your requirements, ensure you're clear on what is really a "must have." Our partner, PreviousNext has some good headings in their job descriptions which emphasize what's required versus what is merely desirable. In a recent job posting, they don't use the word "expert" once actually. Here are the example headings:
Responsibilities include:
- This identifies the tasks that the role carries out on a day to day basis. While these are requirements, it leaves the possibility that individuals could be trained for certain tasks.
Candidates will need to demonstrate:
- This outlines the previous experience which PreviousNext is expecting they will find from the qualified candidates.
- This outlines capabilities or experience which would set out a candidate from other applicants.
With this approach, PreviousNext widen their net and increase chances of finding someone who matches their most important requirements. It also helps applicants understand how they can set themselves apart from the rest.
Do you have good examples of job descriptions you'd like to share? Or do you have a formula for a Drupal Dream Team? We'd love to hear more.
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Catholics from different parts of the world have widely divergent experiences and contrasting approaches to "just war."
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