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Long time ago (about 5 years, at least), I contributed an article to SignalR wiki about scaling a SignalR application with Redis. You can still find the article here. I also blogged about it here. However, over time, pictures got lost there. I got a few requests from my readers to refresh those images and I was lucky enough to be able to find them :) I decided to publish that article here so that I would have a much better control over the content. So, here is the post :)
Please keep in mind that this is a really old post and lots of things have evolved since then. However, I do believe the concepts still resonate and it's valuable to show the ways of how to achieve this within a cloud provider's context.
SignalR with Redis Running on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine
This wiki article will walk your through on how you can run your SignalR application in multiple machines with Redis as your backplane using Windows Azure Virtual Machines for scale out scenarios.
Creating the Windows Azure Virtual Machines
First of all, we will spin up our virtual machines. What we want here is to have two Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines for our SignalR application and we will name them as Web1-08R2 and Web2-08R2. We will have the IIS installed on both of these servers and at the end, we will load balance the request on port 80.
Our third virtual machine will be another Windows Server 2008 R2 only for our Redis server. We will call this server Redis-08R2.
To spin up the VMs, go to new Windows Azure Management Portal and hit New icon at the bottom-right corner.
Creating a virtual machine running Windows Server 2008 R2 is explained here in details. We followed the same steps to create our first VM named Web1-08R2.
The second VM we will be creating has a slightly different approach than the first one. Under the hood, every virtual machine is a cloud service instance and we want to put our second VM (Web2-08R2) under the same cloud service that our first web VM is running under. To do that, we need to follow the same steps as explained inside the previously mentioned article but when we come to 3rd step in the creation wizard, we should chose Connect to existing Virtual Machine option this time and we should choose our first VM we have just created.
As the last step, we now need to create our redis VM which will be named Redis-08R2. We will follow the same steps as we did when we were creating our second web VM (Web2-08R2).
Setting Up Redis as a Windows Service
To use Redis on a Windows machine, we went to Redis on Windows prototype GitHub page and cloned the repository and followed the steps explained under How to build Redis using Visual Studio section.
After you build the project, you will have all the files you need under msvs\bin\release path as zip files. redisbin.zip file will contain the redis server, redis command line interface and some other stuff. rediswatcherbin.zip file will contain the msi file to install redis as a windows service. You can just copy those zip files to your Redis VM and extract redisbin.zip under c:\redis\bin. Then follow the steps:
Currently, there is a bug in the RedisWatcher installer and if you don't have Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package installed on your machine, the service won't start. So, I installed it first.
Copy this redis.conf file and put it under c:\redis\bin directory. Open it up and add a password by adding the following line of code:
requirepass 1234567
Take this note into considiration when you are setting up your redis password:
Warning: since Redis is pretty fast an outside user can try up to 150k passwords per second against a good box. This means that you should use a very strong password otherwise it will be very easy to break.
Then, extract the rediswatcherbin.zip somewhere and run the InstallWatcher.msito install the service.
Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\RedisWatcher directory. You will see a file named watcher.conf inside this directory. Open this file up and replace the entire file with the following text. Only difference here is that we are supplying the redis.conf file directory for the server to use:
exepath c:\redis\bin exename redis-server.exe { workingdir c:\redis\inst1 runmode hidden saveout 1 cmdparms c:\redis\bin\redis.conf }
Create a folder named inst1 under c:\redis because we have specified this folder as working directory for our redis instance.
When you do a search against windows services in PowerShell, you will see RedisWatcherSvc service is installed.
Run the following PowerShell command to start the service for the first time.
(Get-Service -Name RedisWatcherSvc).Start()
Now we have a Redis server running on our VM. To test if it is actually running, open up a windows command window under c:\redis\bin and run the following command (assuming you set your password 1234567):
redis-cli -h localhost -p 6379 -a 1234567
Now, you have a redis client running.
Ping the redis to see if you are really authenticated:
Now, we are nearly set. As a last step in our redis server, we need to open up TCP port 6379 for external communication. You can do this under Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window as explained here.
Communicating Through Internal Endpoints Between Windows Azure Virtual Machines Under Same Cloud Service
When you are inside one of your web VMs, you can simply look up the redis VM by hostname.
The hostname will resolve to DIP (Dynamic IP Address) which Windows Azure will use internally. We can configure public endpoints through Windows Azure Management Portal easily but in that case, we would be opening redis to the whole world. Also, if we communicate to our redis server through VIP (Virtual IP Address), we would always go through the load balancer which has its own additional cost.
So, we can easily connect to our redis server from any other connected VM by hostname.
The SignalR Application with Redis
Our SignalR application will not be that much different from a normal SignalR application thanks to SignalR.Redis project. All you need to do is to add the SignalR.Redis nuget package into your application and configure SignalR to use Redis as the message bus inside the
Application_Start method in Global.asax.cs file:
protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Hook up redis string server = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["redis.server"]; string port = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["redis.port"]; string password = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["redis.password"]; GlobalHost.DependencyResolver.UseRedis(server, Int32.Parse(port), password, "SignalR.Redis.Sample"); }
For our demo, the AppSettings should look like as below:
<appSettings> <add key="redis.server" value="Redis-08R2" /> <add key="redis.port" value="6379" /> <add key="redis.password" value="1234567" /> </appSettings>
I put the application under IIS on our both web servers (Web1-08R2 and Web2-08R2) and configured them to run under .NET Framework 4.0 integrated application pool.
For this demo, I am using the Redis.Sample chat application included inside the SignalR.Redis project.
Let's test them quickly before going public. I fired the both web applications inside the servers and here is the result:
Perfectly running! Let's open them up to the world.
Opening up the Port 80 and Load Balancing the Requets
Our requirement here is to make our application reachable over HTTP and at the same time, we want to load balance the request between our two web servers.
To do that, we need to go to Windows Azure Management portal and set up the TCP endpoints for port 80.
First, we navigate to dashboard of our Web1-08R2 VM and hit Endpoints from the dashboard menu:
From there, hit the End Endpoint icon at the bottom of the page:
A wizard is going to appear on the screen:
Click the right-arrow icon and go to next step which is the last one and we will enter the port details there:
After that, our endpoint will be created:
Follow the same steps of Web2-08R2 VM as well and open the Add Endpoint wizard. This time, we will be able to select Load-balance traffic on an existing port. Chose the previously created port and continue:
At the last step, enter the proper details and hit save:
We will see our new endpoint is being crated but this time Load Balanced column indicates Yes.
As we configured our web applications without a host name and they are exposed through port 80, we can directly run reach our application through the URL or Public Virtual IP Address (VIP) which is provided to us. When we run our application, we should see it running as below:
No matter which server it goes, the message will be broadcasted to every client because we will be using Redis as a message bus.
I was at Microsoft Turkey office yesterday and I gave a presentation on ASP.NET Web API and SignalR in context of this year's MSP Kickoff. You can find the slides of the talk on Speakerdeck.
The talk was in Turkish and I manage to record it myself. The sound is not perfect but it was the best I was able to do :)
ASP.NET Web API and SignalR from Tugberk Ugurlu on Vimeo.
During the talk, I referred to a few resources about SignalR and ASP.NET Web API. I tried to put all of those here:
ASP.NET Web API
- ASP.NET Web API Documentation
- ASP.NET Web API Source Code
- ASP.NET Web API Book
- Building Web APIs for Mobile Apps Using ASP.NET Web API 2.1
- Securing ASP.NET Web APIs
- Securing a Web API with Windows Azure AD and Katana
- Dominick Baier - Web API Authorization & Access Control – done right!
- Dominick Baier - Authentication & Authorization in .NET 4.5 - Claims & Tokens become the standard Model
- RFC6749 - The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework
- OpenID Connect 1.0
ASP.NET SignalR
- ASP.NET SignalR Documentation
- ASP.NET SignalR Source Code
- ASP.NET SignalR Samples
- My ASP.NET SignalR Samples
- JabbR: Collaborative chat application written with SignalR
- Various SignalR Videos
- Damian Edwards & David Fowler - Understanding SignalR performance
- Scaling the Real-time Web with ASP.NET SignalR
- JabbR - PresenceMonitor class
- TweetMapR Application
ASP.NET vNext
Enjoy ;)
Web development experience with .NET has never seen a drastic change like this since its birth day. Yes, I'm talking about ASP.NET vNext :) I have been putting my toes into this water for a while now and as of today, I am starting a new blog post series about ASP.NET vNext (with hopes that I will continue this time :)). To be more specific, I'm planning on writing about the things I am actually excited about this new cloud optimized (TM) runtime. Those things could be anything which will come from ASP.NET GitHub account: things I like about the development process, Visual Studio tooling experience for ASP.NET vNext, bowels of this new runtime, tiny little things about the frameworks like MVC, Identity, Entity Framework.
To kick things off, I would like to lay out the resources about ASP.NET vNext here. Enjoy them and start discovering what is coming up for the web development with .NET :)
Getting Started Material
- ASP.NET vNext: the future of .NET on the Server
- Introducing ASP.NET vNext by Scott Hanselman
- ASP.NET vNext - August 2014 Status Rollup by Scott Hanselman
- Getting Started with ASP.NET vNext and Visual Studio "14"
- The Next Generation of .NET – ASP.NET vNext
- ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio "14" CTP
- ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio "14" CTP 2
- ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio "14" CTP 3
- ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio "14" CTP 4
- ASP.NET vNext by David Fowler
- ASP.NET vNext Overview by David Fowler
- ASP.NET vNext – Alpha3 by David Fowler
- A 30 Minute Look At ASP.NET vNext by Jon Galloway
- Getting Started with ASP.NET vNext by Setting Up the Environment From Scratch by Tugberk Ugurlu
- Microsoft's Special K – An Introduction to ASP.NET vNext by Jeff Fritz
- EF7 - New Platforms, New Data Stores
Here and There ASP.NET vNext
- KRuntime structure
- Project.json file
- Version Manager: kvm
- Package Manager: kpm
- Configuring the feed used by kpm to restore packages
- Assembly Neutral Interfaces
- Dependency Resolution
- Dependency Injection in ASP.NET vNext
- ASP.NET vNext Routing Overview
- ASP.NET vNext Moving Parts: IConfiguration by Louis DeJardin
- ASP.NET vNext Moving Parts: IBuilder by Louis Dejardin (Keep in mind that IBuilder is now IApplicationBuilder)
- ASP.NET vNext Moving Parts: OWIN by Louis DeJardin
- K, KVM, KPM, KLR, KRE in ASP.NET vNext by Imran Baloch
- Custom Routing in ASP.NET vNext by Imran Baloch
- Getting the Client's IP Address in ASP.NET vNext Web Applications by Tugberk Ugurlu
- Moving standard OWIN middleware to vNext middleware by Tomas Jansson
- Middlewares and Per Request Dependency Injection by Tugberk Ugurlu
Development Environment and Tooling Experience
- Develop ASP.NET vNext applications on a Mac by Sayed-Ibrahim-Hashimi
- How to customize scaffolding templates for ASP.NET vNext by Sayed-Ibrahim-Hashimi
- Nancy, ASP.Net vNext, OSX and Sublime Text by Jonathan Channon
- How I Got Asp.Net vNext Running on Mac OS X by Andreas Schlapsi
- ASP.NET vNext on OSX and Linux by Graeme Christie
- Installing & Running ASP.NET vNext (Alpha 3) on Ubuntu Linux with Mono 3.8–for real by Christian Weyer
- Debugging ASP.NET vNext Beta Builds with Visual Studio 14 CTP 3 by Tugberk Ugurlu
- Building and Running Your ASP.NET vNext Application with Gulp by Tugberk Ugurlu
- FTP deploy an AspNet vNext application to Microsoft Azure websites
- Deploying ASP.NET vNext apps to Azure Websites by David Ebbo
- Possible ASP.NET VNext Deployed Folder Structure(With and Without Source) by Imran Baloch
- ASP.NET MVC 6 on Azure Websites by Gunnar Peipman
Deep Dive
- Assembly Neutral Interfaces by David Fowler
- Assembly Neutral Types Implementation by David Fowler
- Feedback on ASP.NET vNext Dependency Injection by Mark Seemann
- Language Support in the language you're supporting (or eating your own dogfood) by Aleksander Heintz
- Loading all of the things by Aleksander Heintz
- References and Class Library Asp.Net vNext – Alpha 3 by Fredrik Normén
- How to create your own custom configuration source in Asp.Net vNext by Fredrik Normén
- ASP.NET vNext: Custom Project Loaders and Language Support by Roopesh Shenoy
- Profiling ASP.NET vNext using dotemory and dotTrace by Maarten Balliauw
MVC Specific
- Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 6
- ASP.NET MVC 6 vNex by Stephen Haunts
- Introducing ASP.NET vNext and MVC 6 by Jonathan Allen
- Introduction to ASP.NET vNext and MVC 6 by Shailendra Chauhan
- POCO controllers in ASP.NET vNext by Filip W.
- ASP.NET VNext Debugging MVC Source by Imran Baloch
- MVC View Components by Tugberk Ugurlu
- Get Started with ASP.NET MVC TagHelpers by Jeff Fritz
Badass Repositories
KRuntime: The core of the ASP.NET vNext. Compilation, bootstraping, package discovery and all other core stuff is handled here. Do not miss on this one!
kvm: K Runtime version manager which works on Windows and Unix based systems.
MVC: Written from scratch MVC framework on top of ASP.NET vNext. This new framework unifies the efforts on ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web API. So, all is in one now.
HttpAbstractions: Contains HTTP abstractions for ASP.NET vNext such as HttpRequest, HttpResponse. Also contains IApplicationBuilder and types to create your application's hosting pipeline.
Home: ASP.NET vNext Home repository where you can get a head start on ASP.NET vNext really quickly. Its README file gives you a nice guide to get your machine up and running with the new tools. It also contains tiny samples which you can run and see how things are working in no time.
KestrelHttpServer: This repo contains a development web server for ASP.NET vNext based on libuv.
Configuration: Configuration is a framework for accessing Key/Value based configuration settings in an application.
Caching: Contains libraries for caching for ASP.NET vNext. Another sign that everything is now composable.
Options: Options is a framework for accessing and configuring POCO settings. Tiny thing that makes me happy that even this thing is thought of.
SignalR-Server: ASP.NET SignalR is a is a new library for ASP.NET developers that makes it incredibly simple to add real-time web functionality to your applications. This repository exposes ASP.NET SignalR on top of ASP.NET vNext.
Hosting: The Hosting repo contains code required to host an ASP.NET vNext application, it is the entry point used when self-hosting an application.
INTRODUCING: The Future of .NET on the Server: Very first video on ASP.NET vNext. Join the Lesser Scotts, Hunter and Hanselman, as they introduce you to new thinking around ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. What does ASP.NET look like in 2014 and beyond? In a world of NuGets and modular frameworks, of lightweight VMs, how could ASP.NET change and get faster, leaner, meaner, and more.
DEEP DIVE: The Future of .NET on the Server: Scott Hanselman joins developer David Fowler for this Part 2 Deep Dive into what's coming in Microsoft ASP.NET. We explore what a decoupled stack looks like, how modules plug together, what this means for performance, and more. We explore the Project codenamed "Helios" and how this new way of writing ASP.NET applications uses OWIN and plugs into IIS giving you more power and choice than ever before.
Channel 9 Live: ASP.NET Developer Q&A with Scott Hunter & Scott Hanselman: The Scotts and David Fowler answer your questions live!
The Future of ASP.NET Part I: Scott Hanselman's awesome intro talk on ASP.NET vNext at NDC Oslo 2014 conference.
The Future of ASP.NET Part II: David Fowler and Damian Edwards Q&A session on ASP.NET vNext at NDC Oslo 2014 conference.
An Introduction to ASP.NET vNext: Awesome introduction talk by Daniel Roth at TechEd New Zealand 2014.
ASP.NET vNext 101: Another great introduction talk on ASP.NET vNext by Damian Edwards and David Fowler at dotnetConf 2014.
ASP.NET MVC 6 (now with integrated Web API!): Awesome introduction at dotnetConf 2014 by Daniel Roth on ASP.NET MVC 6 which is a new baby from head to toe. ASP.NET MVC and Web API are being combined into a single framework, ASP.NET MVC 6, for handling all of your Web UI and services. We'll learn how to use ASP.NET MVC and Web APIs in ASP.NET vNext to support connected applications for browsers, Windows Phone, Windows Store and more!
Entity Framework: Rowan Miller gives us an introduction talk at dotnetConf 2014 about Entity Framework 7 which is built on this new .NET Runtime optimized for server. Entity Framework is Microsoft's recommended data access technology for new applications in .NET. We'll explore how the current release of Entity Framework can be used to build applications. We'll also look at an early preview of EF7, a modern, lighter weight, and composable version of Entity Framework (EF) that can be used on a variety of platforms, including ASP.NET vNext, Windows Phone and Windows Store. This new version will also support targeting non-relational data stores.
ASP.NET vNext with Chris Ross: On Web Camps TV, this week Cory is joined by Chris Ross from the ASP.NET team to talk about the vNext bits of ASP.NET. The next version of ASP.NET ("ASP.NET vNext") has been redesigned from the ground up. The goal is to create a lean and composable .NET stack for building modern cloud-based apps.
ASP.NET vNext Community Standup: Meeting recordings from the weekly ASP.NET vNext Community Standup meetings, covering live community Q&A, product team discussion and the most recent updates.
ASP.NET vNext - Everything you need to know in 4 minutes!: Nice intro on new ASP.NET vNext in a short, 4 minutes video. This nicely wraps up what are the new things.
ASP.NET vNext Giriş (in Turkish): 30 minutes webcast on ASP.NET vNext by Tugberk Ugurlu in Turkish.
Dev: ASP vNext: Scott Hunter and Brady Gaster talk about ASP.NET vNext at TechEd Europe 2014
The Future of Microsoft .NET on the Server: Scott Hunter's TechEd session on ASP.NET vNext at TechEd Europe 2014.
Reconciling ASP.NET vNext with Damian Edwards: Hanselman sits down with Damian Edwards and talks about ASP.NET vNext. There's been a lot of talk around ASP.NET vNext. How did development start, and what's been the thinking about how to manage a new world while still innovating on the current generation of technology? In what ways does ASP.NET vNext break from the past, and in what ways does it build on our existing power and experience?
ASP.NET vNext with Jeff Fritz: Carl and Richard chat with Jeff Fritz about ASP.NET vNext at DotNetRocks.
Evolving ASP.NET Web Development with Scott Hunter: Carl and Richard chat with Scott Hunter about how Microsoft is working to evolve web development for ASP.NET developers. Scott talks about ASP.NET vNext as well.
Herding Code 198: Damian Edwards on ASP.NET vNext, Tag Helpers and SignalR: The guys talk to ASP.NET team member Damian Edwards about ASP.NET vNext (the next version of ASP.NET), Tag Helpers, and what's new with SignalR.
Code Samples
MusicStore: Best sample out there for ASP.NET vNext by the team. It has two projects: one is for static-rendered Music Store application and the other one is a SPA (Single Page Application). Check out this article for further information about the sample.
BugTracker: Another sample application from ASP.NET team. This one is also uses SignalR. Check out the this article for further information about this sample.
MVC Samples: Lots of tiny MVC samples that ASP.NET team is using for functional tests.
Entropy: ASP.NET vNext feature experience playground of ASP.NET team.
MvcSample.Web: ASP.NET MVC 6 sample which highlights quite a lot of its features.
KLoggy: My playground for a few cool things such as ASP.NET vNext, Gulp, Bower, AngularJS. Check it out for sure. I have big plans for this :)
conch: Nice sample on ASP.NET vNext by Mark Rendle. The repo description says "Nothing to see here. Move along". So, keep that in mind :)
vNextLanguageSupport: A sample by David Fowler that has examples of how to support different languages in the vNext project system.
AspNetVNextSamples: My repository on ASP.NET vNext samples. It's sort of tiny right now but I'm putting this here anyway hoping that it will get big in near future.
In context of Microsoft Turkey Summer School 2014, I had a chance to give a talk on ASP.NET Web API and ASP.NET SignalR a few days ago at Microsoft Turkey Office. You can find the slides of the talk on Speakerdeck.
The talk was in Turkish and it has been recorded.
During the talk, I referred to a few resources about SignalR and ASP.NET Web API. I tried to put all of those here:
ASP.NET Web API
- ASP.NET Web API Documentation
- ASP.NET Web API Source Code
- ASP.NET Web API Book
- Building Web APIs for Mobile Apps Using ASP.NET Web API 2.1
- Securing ASP.NET Web APIs
- Securing a Web API with Windows Azure AD and Katana
- Dominick Baier - Web API Authorization & Access Control – done right!
- Dominick Baier - Authentication & Authorization in .NET 4.5 - Claims & Tokens become the standard Model
- RFC6749 - The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework
- OpenID Connect 1.0
ASP.NET SignalR
- ASP.NET SignalR Documentation
- ASP.NET SignalR Source Code
- ASP.NET SignalR Samples
- My ASP.NET SignalR Samples
- JabbR: Collaborative chat application written with SignalR
- Various SignalR Videos
- Damian Edwards & David Fowler - Understanding SignalR performance
- Scaling the Real-time Web with ASP.NET SignalR
- JabbR - PresenceMonitor class
- TweetMapR Application
A while back, ASP.NET team has introduced ASP.NET Identity, a membership system for ASP.NET applications. If you have Visual Studio 2013 installed on you box, you will see ASP.NET Identity Core and ASP.NET Identity Entity Framework libraries are pulled down when you create a new Web Application by configuring the authentication as "Individual User Accounts".
After creating your MVC project, you will see that you have an AccountController which a completely different code from the previous project templates as it uses ASP.NET Identity.
You can find tons of information about this new membership system from ASP.NET Identity section on official ASP.NET web site. Also, Pranav Rastogi (a.k.a @rustd) has a great introduction video on ASP.NET Identity which you shouldn't miss for sure.
One of the great features of ASP.NET Identity system is the fact that it is super extensible. The core layer and the implementation layer (which is Entity Framework by default) are decouple from each other. This means that you are not bound to Entity Framework and SQL Server for storage. You can implement ASP.NET Identity on your choice of storage system. This is exactly what I did and I created AspNet.Identity.RavenDB project which is fully asynchronous, new and sweet ASP.NET Identity implementation for RavenDB. You can install this library from NuGet:
PM> Install-Package AspNet.Identity.RavenDB
Getting started with AspNet.Identity.RavenDB is also really easy. Just create an ASP.NET MVC application from scratch by configuring the authentication as "Individual User Accounts". Then, install the AspNet.Identity.RavenDB package. As the default project is set to work with ASP.NET Identity Entity Framework implementation, you need to make a few more tweak here and there to make it work with RavenDB.
First, open the IdentityModels.cs file under the "Models" folder and delete the two classes you see there. Only class you need is the following ApplicationUser class:
public class ApplicationUser : RavenUser { }
As the second step, open up the AccountController.cs file under the "Controllers" folder and have delete the first constructor you see there. Only constructor you need is the following one:
public AccountController(UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager)
UserManager = userManager;
Now you should be able to build the project successfully and from that point on, you can uninstall the Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework package which you don't need anymore. Lastly, we need to provide an instance of UserManager<ApplicationUser> to our account controller. I'm going to use Autofac IoC container for that operation to inject the dependency into my project. However, you can choose any IoC container you like. After I install the Autofac.Mvc5 package, here how my Global class looks like inside Global.asax.cs file:
using AspNet.Identity.RavenDB.Stores; using AspNetIndetityRavenDb.Models; using Autofac; using Autofac.Integration.Mvc; using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity; using Raven.Client; using Raven.Client.Document; using Raven.Client.Extensions; using System.Reflection; using System.Web.Mvc; using System.Web.Optimization; using System.Web.Routing; namespace AspNetIndetityRavenDb { public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication { protected void Application_Start() { AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas(); FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters); RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles); const string RavenDefaultDatabase = "Users"; ContainerBuilder builder = new ContainerBuilder(); builder.Register(c => { IDocumentStore store = new DocumentStore { Url = "http://localhost:8080", DefaultDatabase = RavenDefaultDatabase }.Initialize(); store.DatabaseCommands.EnsureDatabaseExists(RavenDefaultDatabase); return store; }).As<IDocumentStore>().SingleInstance(); builder.Register(c => c.Resolve<IDocumentStore>() .OpenAsyncSession()).As<IAsyncDocumentSession>().InstancePerHttpRequest(); builder.Register(c => new RavenUserStore<ApplicationUser>(c.Resolve<IAsyncDocumentSession>(), false)) .As<IUserStore<ApplicationUser>>().InstancePerHttpRequest(); builder.RegisterType<UserManager<ApplicationUser>>().InstancePerHttpRequest(); builder.RegisterControllers(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()); DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacDependencyResolver(builder.Build())); } } }
Before starting up my application, I expose my RavenDB engine through http://localhost:8080. and I'm all set to fly right now. The default project template allows me to register and log in the application and we can perform all those actions now.
The same sample application available inside the repository as well if you are interested in: AspNet.Identity.RavenDB.Sample.Mvc.
The current ASP.NET Identity system doesn't provide that many features which we require in real world applications such as account confirmation, password reset but it provides us a really great infrastructure and the UserManager<TUser> class saves us from writing bunch of code. I'm sure we will see all other implementations of ASP.NET Identity such as MongoDB, Windows Azure Table Storage, etc. from the community.
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ImageMoverMD, a Madison, Wisconsin-based medical imaging startup, has secured $4 million in financing led by Bain Capital Ventures, Health X Ventures and Cultivation Capital.
The company's platform utilizes EHR integration to automate medical image management and collection. The ultimate goal is to make it easier to securely upload medical images — including those taken with a smartphone or other portable device — to an EHR.
For instance, with ImageMoverMD's solution, a primary care doctor can take a photo of a patient's rash and integrate it into the EHR. Or a physician can conduct an unscheduled bedside ultrasound in the ER, then import it into the EHR and link it to the right patient record. Additionally, through the startup's offering, a patient's MRIs on a CD can be uploaded into the archive system and linked to the patient record without manual data entry.
The solution is EHR agnostic and works with any PACS and archive system, the company said in a news release. ImageMoverMD's tool was included in Epic's launch of the App Orchard, a marketplace where providers can browse apps made by third-party software developers.
"The amount of frustration and wasted time that dealing with medical images on CDs is still causing patients and providers in 2019 is crazy," ImageMoverMD CEO Darcey Nett said in a statement. "We're excited to announce that we now offer our uploader to health systems for free to help in the first step of making CDs a thing of the past, while allowing providers to try out some of our other solutions and see the other ways that medical imaging can improve."
The company's clients include Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Ohio and Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin.
With the new $4 million in funding, the Madison startup intends to increase its customer base and expand its technology offering.
Via email, ImageMoverMD chief commercial officer Kevin Houlihan elaborated: "We'll use the funding for additional growth into more markets, led by an update to our model where we will now offer our Uploader application (one of several that we have) for no charge to health systems."
One of the investors in this latest round, Health X Ventures, also led ImageMoverMD's 2017 funding round of more than $1.1 million.
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Clean water is essential for good health, everywhere in the world, but this can be difficult to achieve at times. When we first became involved with Uphill Junior School even access to water was difficult, as the community shallow well regularly ran dry and the next water source was some distance away.
Providing water at the school was one of the Trust's earliest initiatives and, over time, we have funded small water tanks to provide water on site for drinking and hand washing along with rainwater harvesting systems to collect water from the roofs of the school buildings. The standard method for producing safe drinking water is to boil it before use but this is difficult to achieve on a large scale in rural schools, so another solution is needed.
Ceramic water filtration is seems to work well and is simple to use, with the added benefit that the filtration units that the school now uses are made within Uganda.
Uphill Junior School was given one large filtration unit via a donation programme to local Ugandan schools at the end of 2017 and, after our trustee visit in March when we had the opportunity to inspect the sturdiness of the equipment, we agreed to provide additional units – one each for the permanent classrooms plus the new staffroom/library and one small unit for the new nurse's room. These have now arrived in school, much to the delight of the children and staff.
A big thank you to Queen Victoria School, North Curry Primary School and the individual donors who helped us to buy these additional ceramic filters for Uphill Junior School.
Three more large filtration units have been provided, along with a small one for the school nurse to use in her room.
Now everyone can drink clean water in school, and hopefully the school nurse will see a big reduction in bacterial infections caused by drinking impure water.
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September 1, 2011 at 7:17 pm
That was awesomely hilarious and cool! Too bad you didn't show the Monster Madness shirt. Oh well, thanks. Can't wait for AVGN Vol. 5. : )xdeathknightx
September 1, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Cool some extra cinemassacre stuff.
…Clever girl
September 1, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Good thing I just got a job! Time to blow paychecks!
September 1, 2011 at 7:28 pm
AWESOME! Can you talk em into doing shirts in 3X to 5X for us fatties? Thanks!!! Can't wait for Vol #5 and the Cinemassacre DVDs!!!!!
September 1, 2011 at 10:09 pm
lol at that damn dinosaurZeroCharisma
September 1, 2011 at 11:33 pm
Is that the Wind Waker merchant boat music I hear?
September 1, 2011 at 11:46 pm
YES! So excited to pick up replacement Cinemassacre and Monster Madness shirts.
Thank you!AtlasNR
September 1, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Awesome. Can't wait to pick up a Cinemassacre shirt and AVGN vol. 5. Also will pick up Cinemaphobia as soon as it hits DVD!Snejku
September 1, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Need some fuckin' merch too! I'm pretty nerdy too, that's why I come to cinemassacre all the time.AFX
September 2, 2011 at 2:02 am
James, are we ever going to see "Fucked up Horror Trailers"?
and do you have any updated info on the Plan 9 remake?
September 2, 2011 at 3:36 am
Is there a James Rolfe sex tape? I'd buy that for a dollar.Juanako25
September 2, 2011 at 3:37 am
It's the shop theme from many Zelda games.
By the way, it would be cool if the AVGN DVDs ever included subtitles. I know some people who would definitely buy them if they did.Senter
September 2, 2011 at 4:20 am
I like the hat. =DBorisCarloff
September 2, 2011 at 8:30 am
I'd like to buy some poster. Thanks for shipping to all over the world, i'll probably buy cap and shirt, and if i will be lucky enough, wait until discounts and will buy all the AVGN DVDs.BritishVideoGameNerd
September 2, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Speaking of Board James, any idea when the next episode is due?imma_rocker
September 2, 2011 at 12:31 pm
damnit now i have to get a signed copy of vol.5 to match the rest
September 2, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I would buy that hatEliteDeath
September 2, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Still waiting for "You Know Whats Bullshit" merch
September 2, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Eaten by a Velociraptor. Nice edit but the reactions could use work 😉 Hope I can actually afford things from the store this time around. Dumb tight budgets. USA needs some Economic Improvement. Sadly that is Obama's greatest failure.TomM
September 2, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Nice. Can't wait to pick up some merchandise! By the way, does anyone know if the money that comes from the merch goes towards the movies and stuff James does? Could someone tell me where that money goes? Just curious to know. It'd be great if someone answered my question. 🙂Devil_Rising
September 3, 2011 at 2:05 am
I broke down and got a Monster Madness t-shirt. I've thoroughly enjoyed that series for the past 4 years now (especially Godzillathon), and I eagerly await it again. Plus, I'm glad to rep Cinemassacre, anytime!m00neye
September 3, 2011 at 9:03 am
There is something that I really want and you should really put into mass production – a Nintoaster!Schloss Ritter
September 3, 2011 at 9:58 pm
Gotta love waiting through a 30 second advertisement to watch a one minute… advertisement. Oh well, at least it's bringing in cash needed to produce the movie.EliteDeath
September 4, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Can you please put up the Metal Gear title card?
September 7, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I seem to remember there being a Monkey Cheese shirt at some point. I'd love to have that.DocLang
September 8, 2011 at 2:49 am
Monster Madness T's sound sweet!ArnoldTorres
September 9, 2011 at 7:19 pm
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With her infectious personality and unique style, it's no wonder Emily Ellyn has captured the hearts of viewers on Food Network. The 29-year-old super-chef specializes in sharing her love for taking traditional dishes and remixing them — "Retro Rad Style".
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CMS-Geotech Launches Vibrocore Monitoring Acquisition System
Vibrocoring is an established fundamental phase of marine seabed investigations, but its importance is often underestimated and much vibrocoring is carried out somewhat blindly, ie lowering the unit to the seabed, vibrating for a set time and recovering to the surface in the hope that an adequate sample has been obtained.
- frame inclination – vital for both when there is a maximum deviation angle specified for engineering purposes and improved safety against slope instability in areas of soft muds or shifting sands and falling over due to tidal current forces
- barrel penetration – real-time indication of penetration distance and rate of advance enables operator to stop the test when no useful penetration is being gained minimizing sample disturbance and maximize sample integrity. Reduction in lost seabed bottom time improves the operational cycle time with associated cost saving implications.
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After unveiling the footwear portion, Stampd and PUMA offer up the lookbook for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2016 season.
The collection reflects the footwear designs, sporting a range of sportwear-inspired items in monochromatic hues, such as sweatshorts, hoodies, jackets and tees. A reworked version of the Trinomic Disc Blaze in all white is also included in the collection.
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The father of Omar Mateen, the suspected shooter in the Orlando nightclub massacre, has expressed sorrow for his son's actions, saying he will not forgive him.
"What he did was totally wrong, I don't approve of him, what he did, as a father, I don't forgive him,", Seddique Mateen said in an interview with the Guardian on Tuesday.
"I'm very sad and I'm very mad and angry why did he do that to the homeland (sic). Those people who died are our family; they got affected and the 52 people who got injured, they are our family," he added.
The elder Mateen said the atrocity his son committed is completely inconsistent with his family's religion and against what he taught them.
Armed with assault weapons, Mateen stormed the Pulse Club on Sunday, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others at the gay club, marking the worst ever mass shooting in US history. The suspect, identified by US media as an alleged Daesh sympathizer, was a US citizen of Afghan descent from Port St. Lucie, Florida.
The incident sparked fierce public debate and many US officials expressed their views on the massacre. Among the latest was Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders, who lashed out at those who blame Islam for the shooting.
Nothing less than bigotry
Speaking at a Tuesday press conference outside his campaign headquarters in Washington, DC, Sanders said the gunman's motives are complicated and remain largely unknown.
"Was he motivated by the ideology of some fanatic Islamic organization which believes it is somehow heroic to mow down innocent and defenseless men and women?" he asked.
"Was he motivated by homophobia and hatred of the gay community? Was he motivated by some kind of hatred of Latinos? Was he suicidal and wanted to end his life by taking others with him? We may never know the answer to those questions," he continued.
The Vermont senator noted that the attacker was one person, not an entire people or a religion.
"The Muslim people did not commit this act. A man named Omar Mateen did. To blame an entire religion for the acts of a single individual is nothing less than bigotry, and that is not what this country is supposed to be about."
Sanders also called for a ban on assault weapons.
US President Barack Obama is scheduled to travel to Orlando on Thursday to pay respect to the victims of the deadly shooting.


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Burnham V8 Boiler
Updated: Jan 4, 2019Write a review
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Overview of the V8
With eight models in the series, the discontinued Burnham V8 boiler was an Energy Star qualified product made in the United States. This oil-fired boiler is designed to heat the home and domestic hot water and has AFUE ratings ranging from 83.2 to 86.3 percent.
The steam or water heat exchangers are made with a cast iron sectional design for durability. Because the boiler uses larger center sections than competing units, more heat is transferred, according to the manufacturer. The sections also are made with steel couplings intended to provide high resistance to deterioration. The burner is covered to decrease the noise production for homeowners. Three types of burners are available, including the Beckett burner as the standard option.
Installation versatility and ease with accessibility is made possible by the full-access double articulating door, quick-release canopy and side/top flue access. V8 series boilers have a working pressure of 50 psi, making them suitable options for tall buildings. Radiant heating and indirect hot water are available as add-ons.
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Date created: 2019-01-04
Name: Paul
Location: Connecticut
Satisfaction Rating:
"Burnham boiler is junk"
I installed a Burnham steam boiler about 12 yrs ago found out 2 days after new years its cracked and needs replacement. Called Burnham to see about warranty they where very rude told me it is out of warranty and blamed it on the government. Searching on the internet found out this is a known problem and Burnham continues to rip people off. Would never buy their product again or recommend rip off company.
Date created: 2017-01-16
Name: David V.
Location: Connecticut
Satisfaction Rating:
"Cracked Boiler at 13 year mark"
My Burnham boiler started leaking from a crack in cast iron at Xmas and was just replaced today. I took advantage of the prorated warranty but after reading all these posts wish I just went to an entirely different Boiler manufacturer. The warranty itself is flawed because the discount comes off an outrageous retail cost and the new boiler is not warrantied unless you replace the heating core and burner. After researching further this appears to be a problem that has existed with Burnham for almost 20 years. Does anybody know of any class action lawsuits?
Date created: 2016-10-07
Name: Cara
Location: Connecticut
Satisfaction Rating:
"Failed after 12 years."
Burnham may have once been a company that produced quality products but they now make boilers that are defective and leak. My boiler is only 12 years old and is leaking. I have been quoted a cost of approximately $9000 to replace it with a small rebate by Burnham to replace it with another one of their boilers. Unfortunately, failing and leaking boilers seem to be their standard instead of an exception. After reading so many reviews with the same problem and at the same time in the life of the product I do not want to replace it with another Burnham even if they are paying me to do so. I am in Connecticut and if anyone knows of a class action lawsuit that I can join, please respond.
Date created: 2015-12-29
Name: Ann B
Location: Yarmouth, ME
Satisfaction Rating:
"Not all it's cracked up to be"
Our current boiler is a warranty replacement from Burnham on a previous unit that was 9 years old. The last one had a cracked core. We are now faced with the same issue with this one. I guess Burnham still hasn't gotten it right and needs to develop a product that lasts more than 10 years. The cost to fix it will be almost $2000, which is exclusive of them sending us a new core. Time to move on to a more reliable brand.
Date created: 2015-02-22
Name: Perry Bakalos
Location: United States
Satisfaction Rating:
"2 cracked boilers replaced in an 11-year span"
Shelled out $3500 to replace two cracked Burnham boilers. I got lucky and the 2nd one failed a year after the 10-year warranty expired on the first replacement. The sticker says "Boiler Casting Made USA - Quality You Can Depend On"! I thought that was pretty funny when I read it! I can only wait and see how long the 3rd one lasts.
Date created: 2015-02-19
Name: C Ritter
Location: RI
Satisfaction Rating:
"Consistently unreliable"
I built my home 25 years ago. I had a Burnham V7 oil-fired unit that failed after several years with a cracked cast iron section. Replaced it with a Burnham V8. It failed after several years due to porous boiler castings. Only parts under warranty, it was cheaper having the plumber use a new one than rebuild the old one. The second V8 just failed. After 25 years the score is Burnham 3, me 0. There won't be a fourth Burnham.
Date created: 2015-01-31
Name: Mark Pelletier
Location: Winslow, ME
Satisfaction Rating:
"Leaking block."
New house in February of 2000. The boiler developed a crack exactly 15 years later. It's the same story as the 15 other unsatisfied reviewers of this boiler. My father's house had a Burnham Pacemaker that was installed in 1952 and lasted 50 years! And it was replaced not because it was leaking, but because it was inefficient. This is my second Burnham boiler that developed a leaky block. I'm going to replace it with a Utica. I'm going to monitor the class action lawsuit progress.
Date created: 2015-01-15
Name: mack
Satisfaction Rating:
The same as everyone else. A leaking boiler. I just bought the house, but it was installed 11 years ago.
Date created: 2014-11-10
Name: STEAMING MAD
Location: Bronx, NY
Satisfaction Rating:
"Burnham boilers suck"
Purchased a new oil-fired, steam system in 2002. The last heating system, I noticed the unit cycled on & off every 5 minutes. I noticed the auto water feed kept adding water and could not figure out where the water was going. Worst yet, I called my oil supply company to service the unit (a supplier out of Westchester, NY) and the service tech told me that was how the boiler worked. Must have been a newbie, because I found out that the cast block had a crack and the steam was going right out the flue and up the chimney. The boiler did not even last 11 years. I called Burnham and they insulted me with a $500 credit on a new unit. That did not cover the cost for the extra heating oil and water spent last year. Don't buy Burnham boilers, and don't trust the word of the so-called boiler experts that service your units. Do your research before you buy!
Date created: 2014-02-07
Name: frank caropreso
Location: Sunnyside Queens, NYC
Satisfaction Rating:
"Like reading my own life written by others"
If there was a rating worse than very unsatisfied, I would use it. After my 10 year warranty expired by 1 month, It was discovered that my burner had 3 huge -- and I mean huge -- holes in 2 cast iron sections. My plumber patched them with bondo and sealed them at a cost of $500. I was quoted 3k by specialists who wanted to replace the sections and that repair would last about 2 years. WTF! my other boiler was working fine, but it was 60 years old. But upon the urging of professionals and with the promise of more efficiency and large cost savings over time, i replaced the oil burner with a sleeker smaller Burnham V8. Now I find that this piece of crap had been rusting out and using oil at a precipitous pace and just going nuts with water usage. The plumber postulates that this has been going on for years and that my oil bills must have been huge; the holes were never picked up by the guys doing the maintenance since they never lifted the chimney to look inside the casing. I haven't contacted Burnham yet because I am so mad. I never want to deal with them again. Why wasn't there a recall? Why was I never alerted by them that the furnace has a history of rusting out and leaking. I'm just lucky that the last time my oil tank ran dry, a young maintenance worker bothered to look inside the casing and shine a flashlight into the guts of the boiler. I am converting to gas and hope to never look back at the crappy Burnham burners and never use the oil suppliers who never discovered the holes in the sections. My last tank-load of oil cost me $1200. I'm hoping that this is the last time i buy oil. I tried my best to buy American, use American Labor but I am now so depressed by shoddy maintenance and shoddy products. I will continue to buy American furnaces and use local plumbers but I will be very vigilant about maintenance will become an expert on furnaces.
Date created: 2014-01-03
Name: Mike Johansen
Location: Boston, MA
Satisfaction Rating:
"Leaking Burnham Boiler"
Add me to the list of leaking Burnham v8 boilers. I have a 9 year old unit that now leaks. Although Burnham will supply a new block under warranty, I am being quoted $3k for removal/installation. Based on what I've read online, leaking Burnham boilers seems to be fairly common. Burnham should step up and assist with installation. My old unit was 46 years old and was replaced because it was inefficient. Didn't think I'd need to go down this road again in only 9 years.
Date created: 2014-01-02
Name: Cameron Lewis
Location: Wickford, RI
Satisfaction Rating:
"Garbage - Never buy"
We installed our Burnham model pv86wt-tbwf in April of 2002. The first week in December 2013 we discovered the boiler started leaking. We immediately called for service and when the tech removed the outer casing we could see that the inside of the unit had a tremendous amount of rust between the heating sections. Since we were planning on changing to gas in the spring and the leak was minor, the tech did what he could and we agreed to hope it would last to spring. Well, it didn'T. Not more than a weak later, major cracks developed on the other side of the boiler. Every time the burner turned on, about a 2 quarts of water would shoot out and I mean "shoot out," not leak. We ended up having to purchase a temp (used)boiler to hold us to spring when we will change to gas. My point, an 11 year old boiler should not rust out. The tech informed us this was a known problem with these Burnham boilers. Burnham said that if we could prove we were the original owners (this was easy) and it was installed less than 10 years ago (just missed this), they would give us $1000 towards the purchase of a new boiler from them. No thnaks! First I would never purchase a boiler from them again since they don't seem to care they are selling defective products and second, we're changing to gas in the spring and I don't want a new oil furnace. Shameful !! Burnham knows this problem exists and does not do anything to remedy it. We're spending about $3k just to get us to the spring. I would never recommend Burnham to anyone considering a new boiler. My old boiler lasted 35 years and was only replaced because of because we wanted a more efficient unit.
Date created: 2013-12-20
Name: M.E.G.
Location: Boston,MA
Satisfaction Rating:
"Burnham Thieves"
Just been told that my 9 year old Burnham v85 boiler has a block leak above the water line. Before even opening up the boiler, the technician said "I know your block is leaking because this is a Burnham." Burnham is saying that it is due to corrosion, and therefore not covered under the warranty. When the technician had the cabinet off, the cast iron looked really clean, with no sign of corrosion. Burnham is saying as an act of goodwill, they will provide a new block for $500. Of course this does not include the $3000 installation that I've been quoted. A heating system should be a once in 20 year investment (at a minimum.) What a bunch of thieves. While there are references a class action suit, I cannot find the specifics. Burnham should step up and stand behind their product.
Date created: 2012-12-10
Name: Patricia Kempton
Location: Dracut Ma.
Satisfaction Rating:
In November 2005 we replaced 1 boiler in our 2 family home. In 2006 we replaced the other. Now in 2011 the first had a hole between the 3/4 block, then in 2012 the other one was found to have a hole in exactly the same place, in 2011 they replaced the block at a cost of 100.00 and then we had to pay 1200.00 for labor. Now in 2012 they want 500.00, (seems to be there standard price) and it's going to cost another 1200.00 for labor. I will never purchase from this company again, I also plan to notify the Attorney General of Massachusetts and the Better Business Bureau. I'm not sure I even want to replace this one, as I bet in 4/5 years the first one will let go again. They are a terrible company and will not honor there warranty claim its caused by corrosion.
Date created: 2012-11-24
Name: Hill
Location: connecticut
Satisfaction Rating:
"Stay away from Burnham boilers"
Do not buy Burnham boilers, they are knowingly selling defective boilers. Customer service refused to warranty a crack in my 12 year old boiler because they had the original owner of the boiler listed as the contractor who built the house. Even if they had warrantied the repair you are still out $1500 for labor. I encourage everyone with problems to join the class action suits online and hold this company accountable...they are the definition of unscrupulous.
Date created: 2012-09-13
Name: Mir Far
Location: Great Falls, VA
Satisfaction Rating:
"Same Problem Leaking Cracked Casing"
I am amazed how many people have had the same problem with Burnham Burners. Well, we bought a v8 Series in January 2001. Sure enough this year we find the casing has cracked, water leaking inside and the casing has rusted out. Burnham is prepared to replace the casing for payment of $900, the installer wants $2100 to install, and I am not sure if it is worth $3000 to fix it after reading all the posts. So if anyone has a better solution let me know. Thanks.
Date created: 2012-05-23
Name: Steve L
Location: RI
Years owned: 5
Satisfaction Rating:
"Two for two..."
Both boilers in this two family house were replaced in 2007 with Burnham v8 boilers, supplying steam heat and hot water to the Burnham storage tank. The first floor boiler cracked in the end of March 2012, the second floor boiler cracked yesterday. Both were maintained by the oil company, which was of very little use for the first boiler's warranty, and had automatic water feeders. Neither unit consumed excess water, both just quit. I would definitely go with something else if you are in the market for a new boiler.
Date created: 2012-05-17
Name: sean tatro
Location: vermont
Years owned: 20
Satisfaction Rating:
"From a service man"
To all unsatisfied customers of the burnham v8 series yes there has been some issue on cracked blocks but nothing compared to the Weil-McLain boilers and burnham honors a boiler block replacement but it is prorated after 10 years so like I did a warranty block the first on over 300 units sold by me and installed it was 12 years old burnham sold a block to me for a customer for 587. I installed for 1200. Note when you get a block from burnham it comes with the cabinet and door with it only that has to be put on is old control and burner. So who ever is charging you over that price to reinstall a block is taking advantage of you. These boilers our great, also tell me how many thing last even 12 years that you pay 7000. I've been doing this for 20 years in Vermont feel free to look us up were in Milton Vermont.
Date created: 2012-04-20
Name: D Wood
Location: Boston, MA
Years owned: 11
Satisfaction Rating:
"Cracked Block after 11 years"
This v85s cast iron boiler was discovered to have a crack block during it's regular maintenance. Of course it is 1 year over its 10 year warranty. So Burnham said I'm out of luck. Now I need to buy another boiler for around $7000 or more. On top of the many of thousands of dollars I spent in 3/2001 (now 4/2012). This a great inconvenience and a financial hardship. I can't believe a company doesn't stand by a defective product. I was told by several repairmen there were problems with v7 and v8 boilers with cracked blocks. Buyer beware!!
Date created: 2012-01-05
Name: Bob
Location: Ephrata, Pa
Years owned: 10
Satisfaction Rating:
"Cracked Burnham boiler"
I had the boiler for 10 years and was mostly trouble free until the tank cracked. The 3rd section from the front, water all over the floor and in the burner box. I drained the burner box and couldn't believe the amount of rust flakes laying in the bottom of the box. It happened this week and I was without heat and water for days until I could get another boiler installed by another brand. I then searched the web to find out about the new boiler to compare it to the Burnham that failed and came across several pages of complaints regarding the Burnham.
Date created: 2010-06-07
Name: Mad Mike
Years owned: 8
Satisfaction Rating:
"Another Burnham v8 dead before 9 years"
Like many others here, I had a Burnham v8 installed by Petro in 2001. Block cracked in 2010 less than 9 years after installation. Petro's only response: "Call the manufacturer". Burnham expects me to wait 2 weeks for a replacement, then spend $2000 to have it installed? While living with no heat or hot water? I'm having a Weil-McLain installed tomorrow. Never buy Burnham, never use Petro. Both companies despise their customers. You've been warned.
Date created: 2010-01-27
Name: Jak
Years owned: 8
Satisfaction Rating:
"Burnham V8 series disgrace"
Our v8 series has a water leak and needs to be replaced. Purchased in 2002. Just read reviews. Burnham is a very poor quality product.
Date created: 2010-01-25
Name: Kathy
Years owned: 7
Satisfaction Rating:
"Burnham is horrible in every way!!!!!"
I am on my second Burnham furnace. The first (v7) rotted out. I, then purchased a v8. It has a crack and is leaking some water and balls of rust the size of golf balls. I am now forced into purchasing a third furnace (all in 18 years). I am buying a System 2000 and would never buy another Burnham. Any info on a class action suit would be welcome.
Date created: 2009-12-31
Name: Mary
Years owned: 8
Satisfaction Rating:
"V-8 Boiler Cracked"
We has a V-8 Burnham furnace put in 8 years ago. Christmas Eve of 2009, we noticed it was leaking water. Our oil company repairman has told us the boiler block is cracked. Burnham has agreed to replace it with a new V910 because it was under the 10 year warranty but will not kick in anything to help with labor because we have a cracked V-8 instead of their admittedly defective V-7. Anybody know anything about a 910? I can't find anything online about this boiler and worry this might crack too.
Date created: 2009-12-23
Name: John Ozbay
Years owned: 7
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I have a Burnham v8 steam boiler installed by Petro 7 years ago. There is a crack on the block and leaking water/steam. I called Petro and they said it's not covered by warranty. I called Burnham, they said they can't do anything about it because Petro have to tell them it's a manufacturing defect. As a matter of fact, this is a common problem for v8 boilers. There is a class action law suit against Burnham. Burnham knows as a fact that boilers are defected and don't want to honor the warranty. Shame on Petro. Double shame on Burnham.
Date created: 2009-03-31
Name: BURNHAM
Years owned: 7
Satisfaction Rating:
"7 Year Boiler - think twice"
I have a Burnham v8, and I would caution anyone and everyone against buying Burnham. Mine was installed in January 2002, one year before I bought my house. It was installed by the oil company I have continued to use (Petro), so there has been continuity. This is a 7 year old boiler, and it should have a life of 25+ years, but it has a fatal internal leak. Petro says it needs to be replaced for $7k. Petro is offering nothing, despite the fact that they installed it and have "maintained" it. Burnham's worthless warranty did not transfer with the house. Petro wants to replace it with another Burnham! Fat chance! More likely I will replace it with another brand, and replace Petro too.
Date created: 2009-03-30
Name: BURNHAM
Years owned: 8
Satisfaction Rating:
"Burnham V8 2 cracked block castings"
Installed v8 model in new house in 2001. Morning of departure for Florida trip(3/09) found water around base of unit. immediately called local heating service, discovered cracks in 2 of 4 block cast assy'S. Replaced entire unit with Crown. Service knew of Burnham problems. With years of experience with Wheil McClaine, Beudaris, and others, never experienced this type of inferior product quality longevity. Now to see if Burnham will provide some level of consideration.
Other V8 Reviews
There is contrasting information on the web about the performance of the Burnham V8. While it is recommended by some online forum posters, there also are claims of cracked blocks, defective parts and poor responses from Burnham regarding warranty coverage.
An HVAC professional participating in one of these discussions on www.justanswer.com suggests that Burnham�s move to use a �thinner cast iron� could be the cause of many of these complaints�and that an overload of complaints could be the reason warranty response is slow.
V8 Warranty
Burnham offers a lifetime warranty on the V8 boiler�s heat exchanger and coverage on parts for 1 year. The company�s �True Blue� lifetime limited warranty is available for water heat exchangers with a 10-year warranty for steam heat exchangers. Burnham�s �Winter Warmth Assurance Plan� can be purchased for coverage of the heat exchanger for an additional 5 to 10 years.


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The copy we have for sale is very special as it is signed as follows : Jacky Ickx, Jack Brabham, Derek bell, Brian Redman, Dieter Quester, Jackie Oliver, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, Dan Gurney, Nino Vaccarella, John Fitch, Phil Hill, Chuck Daigh, Carroll Shelby, Roger Penske, Viv Elford, Roy Salvadori, John Surtees, Trevor Taylor, Tony Brooks, Stiring Moss, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Jim Hall, Hurley Haywood, Bob Bondurant, Maria Theresa de Fillippis, Gerard Larousse, Bobby Unser, Arturio Merzario, Johnny Rutherford, Teddy Pilette, Pter Gethin, Augie Pabst, Peter Brock, Nanni Galli, Mike Salmon, Peter Proctor,John Rhodes, Peter Westbury, Charles Lucas, Tony Marsh, John Whitmore, Jack Sears, David Piper, Roy Pike, Peter Sutcliffe, Tim Parnell, Rauno Aaltonen, Alan Mann, Norman Dewis, Warwick Banks, Henri Pescarolo,Alain de Cadenet,
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Comcast Pursues Sky While Assessing Bigger Move for Fox Assets
Cable giant officially bids $31 billion for pay-TV operator Sky, explores whether to play interloper on Disney's pending acquisition of Fox's entertainment assets
Comcast Corp. is taking on the Murdochs. The question is how far it wants to go.
The cable giant on Wednesday lobbed an official $31 billion proposal to buy European pay-TV operator Sky PLC, topping an existing offer from 21st Century Fox Inc., which already owns a 39% stake in Sky. Fox counts Rupert Murdoch and his family as major shareholders.
The official Comcast offer sent Sky shares nearly 4% higher—and above the Comcast bid, suggesting investors are positioning for a bidding war. 21st Century Fox said it remains committed to buying all of Sky.
Separately, Comcast is weighing whether to play interloper on Fox's $52.4 billion deal to sell its entertainment assets to Walt Disney Co. , people familiar with the situation say. Comcast is gaming out the possibility of making a public case to Fox's shareholders that they should reject the Disney deal, which is expected to come to a vote this summer, and opt for a Comcast tie-up instead, people familiar with the situation said.
Comcast lost out to Disney in December when Fox rejected its bid, which was 16% higher, according to a Fox regulatory filing last week. Fox cited concerns about regulatory risk. The assets in play include Fox's film and TV studio, cable networks and international properties including Star India and the Sky stake.
Comcast may choose to leave the Disney-Fox deal alone, and it doesn't expect to make a decision in the near term, the people familiar with the situation said.
Comcast's pursuit of potentially transformative deals comes as the company posted strong first-quarter earnings growth buoyed by its Winter Olympics and Super Bowl broadcasts, which offset its fourth-straight quarter of cable TV subscriber losses. Its shares rose 2.7% Wednesday.
A major consideration for Comcast to pursue any further deals is its languishing stock price. As of Wednesday's close, Comcast shares had declined 20% since late January, wiping out more than $39 billion in market value.
Comcast Chief Financial Officer Michael Cavanagh said on the quarterly earnings call that the company was unlikely to use its stock to make deals when the price is at these levels. He said the company's strong balance sheet will give it flexibility to consider opportunities "at times like this."
If Comcast chooses to go hostile for the Fox assets, Comcast would need to woo Fox investors, which may not be easy. Comcast has had conversations with several shareholders in the wake of its Sky bid, including British investor TCI Fund Management, known for its activism, people familiar with the situation said.
TCI has built a roughly $3 billion stake in Fox, with more than 4% of its shares, putting the firm among the company's top shareholders, people familiar with the situation said. As of December, TCI had held 0.7% of Fox's class A common shares, according to FactSet. The next disclosure would likely come in a May filing.
In recent weeks, TCI founder Chris Hohn spoke on the phone with Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts and probed about Comcast's interest in launching a public bid for Fox's assets, people familiar with the situation said. Mr. Roberts didn't respond, the people said. Other TCI officials have also had conversations with Comcast's investor relations team that left Comcast executives with the clear indication that TCI wants the cable giant to continue its pursuit of Fox, the people said.
In an email this week, Mr. Hohn said he didn't urge Mr. Roberts to go hostile in pursuit of Fox's assets.
Mr. Murdoch and his family have a 39% voting interest in Fox. Their economic interest, which is what would count in a shareholder vote on the Disney-Fox merger, is roughly 17%. The Murdoch family is also a major shareholder in News Corp , the parent company of The Wall Street Journal.
Comcast is also watching closely the government's antitrust case against AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc., which is playing out in court. If AT&T wins, Comcast would feel more emboldened to make a move, the people said.
Comcast is offering £12.50 ($17.47) a share for Sky, or 16% more than Fox's £10.75-a-share bid. On the earnings, call, Comcast executives assured investors that it would be a sound investment, highlighting Sky's broadband service and original programming arm to emphasize it is much more than a satellite TV provider.
Mr. Roberts on Wednesday that Comcast loved its core businesses, adding: "anybody who is viewing this as some diversion from that is not reading us properly."
British regulators have held up Fox's takeover bid as they examine whether it would give Mr. Murdoch and his family too much influence in U.K. media. News Corp publishes three major British newspapers.
Regulators are expected to deliver a final recommendation on Fox's proposal on May 1, and then the British government will decide whether to approve the merger outright, approve it with conditions, or reject it.
For the quarter, Comcast's growth was powered by its NBCUniversal media unit, where revenue rose 21% to $9.5 billion. Comcast lost 96,000 cable TV customers, compared with a gain of 42,000 in the prior-year quarter.
Quarterly profit rose 21% to $3.1 billion, or 66 cents a share, up from $2.6 billion, or 53 cents a share, a year ago.
—Ben Dummett contributed to this article.
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The 7 Loveliest Winter Wedding Bouquets
Aren't these flowers lovely? That's what your friends and family, all of your guests and loved ones in attendance will be saying on your own wedding day. Hand picked and arranged here for you by Todich Floral Design, these stunning winter wedding arrangements and floral designs are ones you will absolutely want at your ceremony and reception.
Red Winter Wedding Bouquets
The chilly months are an amazing time to showcase the passion that's within. For December, January and February weddings you can display some of the 2017 winter wedding season's most fiery blooms. Brighten up the frosty wintry landscape with arrangements made from amaryllis, red rose bouquets, and tight buds of ranunculus or the frilly, velvet petals of carnations. Consider lightening up your flower arrangements with green filler and foliage or peach- and pink-coloured contrasting blossoms!
Winter Wonderland Whites, Beige And Greens
Rustic simplicity rules here with just a few components in a wedding bouquet. It is largely made up of roses varying from white to light lavender to beige, arranged with wild berries that are purple or white and greenery clipped from cedar boughs: the overall effect is a balanced, natural flourish and fringe for lighter yet striking palette.
Regal Blossoms—Make Your Winter Wedding Elegant
Create a royal stir for your winter wedding by contrasting white with lavender and purple in your bridal bouquet and even your wedding decorations. Limonium and purple sea spray flowers are wavy, purple abundant buds that fill space between giant white rose heads, the profuse fan-like blossom patterns of fabled freesias, and stephanotis flowers.
Christmas Flowers Arrangements For Winter Weddings
Why not get festive for the season? A Christmas themed wedding bouquet can imbue the happiest day of your life with a jolly sentiment you will share from the ceremony, back down the aisle, and all the way through the reception. Revel in the radiant wintry splendor of red tulips, roses and ranunculus, blush or light pink peonies, and evergreen holly leaves.
Dive Deep Into Textured Red Bouquets
Imagine carrying this gorgeous flash of colour and texture down the aisle. Fiery dahlias, ranunculus, scabiosa—which is a type of honeysuckle—and carnations will have your friends and family clamoring over your beautiful bouquet!
All Roses, Baby! Luxuriant Bouquets Entirely of Roses
You can't go wrong with an expertly designed wedding bouquet, arranged with roses belonging to an assortment of lighter palettes. Ethereal blossoms and a variety of green foliage will deliver an effect of exuberance and lush profusion.
White Wedding Flowers: Chic Style Arrangements
An angelic and aromatic bouquet can make the wedding of your dreams come true. These wedding flowers, herbs and leaves are arranged for a balance of the chic, modern and divine, incorporating fresh ranunculus, sprigs of rosemary, eucalyptus and cedar boughs, with just the right placement of holly leaves.This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 at 7:00 am and is filed under Winter wedding flowers, Winter Weddings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


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On the Blacklist – Is Delaware a Tax Haven?/
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By Beate Erwin and Christine Long
One of the fallouts of the Panama Papers is a European call for a blacklist of countries that fail to meet the O.E.C.D. C.R.S. standards. The European Parliament and several E.U. Member States contend that if the U.S. should be declared a tax haven and added to the European Commission's new blacklist if it does not implement the C.R.S. and B.E.P.S. Project recommendations. Are these contentions based on fact or on political agenda? Christine Long and Beate Erwin explain a trend that that is inching towards an outright trade war. See more →


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Barry M Liquid Chrome Highlighters
So, you can scribble all the highlighters you wanted to try right off your beauty list and be happy that Barry M has made an epic liquid for £6.99 because it's all you need. These little bottles of liquid light are punching way above their weight and easily matching, or even bettering, pricier counterparts.
The wonky lids have made me laugh in this picture – it looks like some of them are tipsy! But, this is where budget and high end tend to differ and while the packaging has its issues, there is no issue with the product that I can discern.
Here's the line-up straight from the droppers before blending in: bottom to top – Moon Potion, At First Light, Liquid Fortune, Beam Me Up and Precious Pearl.
Please ignore the dark stripe running through Moon Potion – my fault for using a brush last used for a dark shade. But, you can see how metallic they are and how smooth they are. If I have to make a criticism of them, it's that they're a little oily and stay that way during wear (which of course, on the plus, means they don't dry out), and they smell of sun tan lotion! But, for the price, they're absolutely great and a wise budget buy.
The Barry M Liquid Chrome Highlighters launch into Superdrug on 20th but keep checking today because Superdrug notoriously upload things when they feel like it, not when they're supposed to launch.
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These look fab! Jane, I'm hoping you have a review of the new makeup & skincare range from Autograph (M&S) coming soon? I saw it being set up in store today and it looked very good.. there's one foundation that looks similar to Chanel Vitaluminaire. Would be great to know your thoughts.
I have heard some great things about these. I am tempted to get one to mix into my foundation
I really love that the high street is starting to branch out and bring out more things that high brands have done for a while!
I really want Moon Potion to pop over liquid lipsticks, especially during the festive period! 😀


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Exhibitions Autumn 2019
- Arts Fair – High Hurstwood, Uckfield, Sussex, April
Workshops 2019
- Morris and Co – Block print workshop, Standen National Trust, 23rd September 10-4pm
- Tulip Festival – Block print workshop, Standen National Trust, 25th April 2019 10-4pm
- Art Walk – Cuckmere Haven, 24th April 10-4pm
Autumn workshops 2018
- Lino workshop at Hendall Manor Sussex 2nd Nov 2018 10-4pm
- Make & print your own crackers at Standen. 20th Nov.10-4pm at Standen House National trust Property, near East Grinstead, West Sussex Booking : 01342 323029
Exhibitions 2018
- M.A. & Fellow Show City & Guilds Art School London September 2018
- Chalk Gallery, represented September 2017-2018 Lewes, Sussex,
- The Cat Inn, West Sussex permanent collection and ongoing exhibition of work. 2016-2017/18
- Laughing Dog Pub Gallery June 1st-30th Brighton, Sussex
- 'Beyond Impression' 25th June-7th July Standen NT House, Sussex
- 'The Hearth Project' Gallery 35 Brighton donated work to support homeless charity.
- Arts Handcrafted Fair April 14-15th High Hurstwood Hall Sussex TN22 4AD
- 'You in the sky' Private View invitation' Oct. 12-14th 2018 -joint exhibition with Mary Grant, Ham Cottage, Highbrooke Sussex RH17 6SR
Arts Portfolio Hendall' Sussex TN22 4BU 3rd-4th November 2018
Woolwich Contemporary Print fair London 22-25th November 2018 WCPF website exhibitors/tickets
Exhibitions 2015-17
- Woolwich Contemporary Print fair 2017
- Art in the Garden Garden & Art Trail-West Hoathly Sussex, Organiser June 2017 https://www.facebook.com/WHSGardenArtTrail/
- Art in the Church Exhibition organiser St Margaret's church West Hoathly West Sussex, Greenwood curated an exhibition of local artists work themed Art & the Garden, as a part of West Hoathly & Sharpthorne Garden & Art Trail June 2016
- Tomorrow's Child Exhibition at the Houses of Parliament, London. www.tomorrowschildexhibtion.com 27th June -1st July 2016
- Translations: Body Image, University of Greenwich, Heritage Gallery in an exhibition as part of the Body Talk Conference July 6th-14th 2016
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Senators raise alarm over another possible sale of taxpayer-backed firm to Chinese
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Republican senators complained Wednesday that U.S. taxpayer dollars could end up boosting the Chinese economy, following reports that a Chinese firm is leading the pack of companies bidding for a majority stake in government-backed Fisker Automotive.
The troubled California-based electric car maker, which was backed by U.S. taxpayers to the tune of nearly $530 million, for months has been looking for a financial partner. Reuters reported earlier this week that China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is favored to take over, though Fisker is also reportedly weighing a bid from another Chinese auto maker.
The development comes after Fisker's main battery supplier — U.S. government-backed A123 Systems — was recently purchased by a separate Chinese firm.
Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, voiced concern Wednesday that Chinese companies are benefiting from U.S. taxpayers' investment.
"Obama's green energy investments appear to be nothing more than venture capital for eventual Chinese acquisitions," Thune said in a statement. "After stimulus-funded A123 was just acquired by a Chinese-based company, it's troubling to see that yet another struggling taxpayer-backed company might be purchased under duress by a Chinese company."
Grassley added: "Like A123, this looks like another example of taxpayer dollars going to a failed experiment. Technology developed with American taxpayer subsidies should not be sold off to China."
Despite the Reuters report, Fisker stressed that the bidding process is still very much open.
"The company has received detailed proposals from multiple parties in different continents which are now being evaluated by the company and its advisors," Fisker spokesman Roger Ormisher said in a statement.
The Obama administration also defended the Energy Department's overall loan program, which originally extended the nearly $530 million loan to Fisker in 2010.


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Outi Lehtosuo fights the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) disease with Muay Thai, Akita puppy love, and kickass attitude. Feeling inspired by her warrior mindset, we asked Outi to share her story with us.
Words: Meri Frig
What kind of nutrition choices help you deal better with the Multiple Sclerosis disease?
I aim to eat sensibly and I avoid refined sugar and white flour, which can cause frequent infections. However, I try not to worry too much about what I eat and I do occasionally treat myself with sweets and other comfort foods. Once, I was even too strict with myself and I feel that it caused excess stress. I don't think one is on the right track if they need to constantly observe and think about what they can eat. I do, however, believe that right nutrition is very important, although it cannot stop the disease.
Your dream is to compete in Muay Thai fights one day. How has the combat sport changed your life?
Because of the MS, goal-oriented exercising can be challenging. Due to the symptoms, I might have to take long breaks in training. The fatigue, a symptom of MS, imposes restrictions: I am not able to train as much as a healthy person. Also, recovery takes more time than it usually would. Before, when I was training, I felt fatigued, but I was still pushing myself to the limit. Whereas now I have learned to be more easygoing and I don't force myself to work out if I am tired. I must manage my energy right to get by during the day and at work. Thai boxing has had a positive effect on my wellbeing: it is the first sport I am genuinely excited about and it has allowed me to find the joy in fitness. In addition to the physical benefits, it has also brought about a lot more confidence and courage. I could say that both, the MS and the Muay Thai, have helped me to find resilience and grit that I did not even know I had in me.
What are your ways to stay positive throughout the difficult times?
The MS has taught me to be more positive. I have consciously changed my thinking patterns. When you have been diagnosed with an incurable disease, you also learn to stop and find joy in small things that you may have taken for granted before. It is a process to accept the illness. And while I do not claim that I am never sad or that I don't worry at all, it is very important not to dwell on worries, even in those bad moments. I think it is one's own choice not to get stuck with negativity. I see that the MS has brought about many positive things, such as changes in my thought patterns, as mentioned, or the importance of physical exercise. I have also met and made friends with amazing people. I get so much energy from speaking at events that are for recently diagnosed. It is a great opportunity to be able to give hope and encourage others, to show that the disease is not the end of the world. It makes me very happy. In bad moments, I try to think of all the good things that I have.
"When you have been diagnosed with an incurable disease, you also learn to stop and find joy in small things that you may have taken for granted before. It is a process to accept the illness."
You are an Akita lover. How is life with two Akita dogs?
My dogs, Momo and Koko, give me so much energy, I love them above everything. They sense my feelings accurately, and we have a very strong bond. Even when I am tired and don't have the energy for sports, I go out with the dogs. Akita dogs are very calm and going out with them is very calming. Akitas consider what they are doing and are unlikely to do anything reckless. I began practising socialising with them from an early age, so it is easy for me to move everywhere with them, or even visit cafés. They are very protective and I feel safe when I move with them. They don't react for no reason, are generally well-mannered and under control. Akitas are sturdy and strong, have a strong character, yet they are very kind and faithful to the ones that have gained their trust. They say that the owners of Akita dogs should be strong, physically and mentally; and stubborn, gritty, sometimes even very strict, but also extremely kind and loving – because the Akitas are like this.
"They say that the owners of Akita dogs should be strong, physically and mentally; and stubborn, gritty, sometimes even very strict, but also extremely kind and loving – because the Akitas are like this."
What could be your tips for people who are struggling with similar issues?
I would say, look for peer support. It is such a relief to get to talk to people that are experiencing similar issues and hardships. Take good care of yourself and try to do some exercise. That within your own capabilities, of course. Try to keep your thoughts positive and enjoy all the good things in life, don't get stuck in negativity. The MS is an ongoing process of acceptance, when new symptoms arise. Get help, if you feel like you are not coping well. Depression is frequent among people with MS, so you must remember to take care of your mental wellbeing, in addition to treating the physical symptoms.


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We went to Pisa on Aug. 8th, father's day on Chinese calendar. It was my 2nd visit after 20 years but I was equally stunned by the beauty of the architecture despite the chaos among tourists from all over the world. The cathedral, the baptistery, the leaning tower and the monumental churchyard add up to this famous Piazza dei Miracoli.
We visited Lucca after Pisa which was only a half an hour drive. Lucca is a hidden gem of Tuscany, a rich and elegant town behind the monumental Renaissance walls which is still in perfect condition. Composed of narrow cobbled streets, beautiful architectures, grand piazzas, towers, churches, shades created by chestnut trees, cafes, restaurants, made it a pleasant destination on foot even for kiddies, the town also has bike rentals which explains the carefree aura of the place. Lucca was the birthplace of Puccini which gives the place its famous opera trail for worshipers!