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Two Girls Continue Treasure Hunt for Troops
By Ashleigh Covington
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2006 - Inspired by the book "A Treasure Trove," by Michael Stadther, and the Disney movie "National Treasure," 10-year-old Rachel and 8-year-old Kelsi Okun created their own scavenger hunt to raise scholarship money for military children and spouses.
Their idea, which they dubbed "ThanksUSA," quickly captured the attention of their parents, teacher, neighbors, major corporations and even Congress, blossoming into a national treasure hunt to raise funds for scholarships.
Now a non-profit organization, ThanksUSA has joined the Defense Department's America Supports You program, which showcases Americans' efforts to support servicemembers and their families.
Since the event's Memorial Day weekend kickoff, more than 4,500 participants have signed up. The treasure hunt encourages citizens to become involved, however it's primary focus is to encourage "hunters" to donate to the scholarship fund.
"More than 2,000 official treasure hunt clue books have been sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Members of Congress of both parties are asking their constituents to play the national American history treasure hunt as a way to thank the troops," said Robert Okun, Kelsi's and Rachel's dad.
The contest runs until Labor Day, Sept. 4, and gives those that play many opportunities to win a variety of prizes, including mountain bikes, entertainment centers, and vacations to many destinations. The grand prize includes an all-expense-paid trip for four to Washington D.C., including special tours of the executive, judicial and legislative branches and a Nationals baseball game, along with three nights of accommodations in the Presidential Suite of the historic Willard Inter-Continental Hotel. During their stay, winners also will collect clues that will lead them to a buried treasure chest full of jewels and jewelry, "pirate booty," gems representing all 50 states, and centuries-old coins created, according to event organizers.
"We have been amazed at how many people have stepped up and volunteered to help by contributing prizes, services or making donations," Mike Hacker, a spokesman for ThanksUSA, said. "It shows that people really do appreciate our military families. We hope people throughout the country will catch the spirit of Rachel and Kelsi and thank the troops by playing the treasure hunt and contributing to the scholarship fund."
The scholarship deadline for this year closed May 30, with about 4,000 applicants in the running. The group's Web site has started registering those who wish to apply for the 2007 scholarships and has already received 500 entries. ThanksUSA intends to award 1,000 scholarships in amounts of $1,000 to $5,000 each.
"We have a single goal, and that is to give out as many scholarships to the spouses and children of active-duty military as we can possibly give out," Hacker said. "The treasure hunt is a fun way for people to get to know us and to encourage them to support our cause financially."
The program has gained national media attention. The girls hope to create more awareness throughout the summer months, giving families and communities the opportunity to bond over America's past and present.
"ThanksUSA would like to encourage participation at events across the country. We also hope that the vast military network of families will promote the project so that more money can be raised for the scholarship fund," Hacker said. "ThanksUSA is also looking for other opportunities to raise awareness about the treasure hunt in communities across the country over the summer."
As the hunt continues, it receives responses daily from troops serving over seas. Many have said they find it a great way to connect with their families.
"I'm gone 250 days out of the year and only have phone and e-mail most of the time with the family," said Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Foreman, a military personnel specialist. "This really gave us a sense that we were closer and working on something greater than just marking time when we could get back together."
ThanksUSA is about spreading support for the military community and getting citizens involved, Hacker said. He said that Kelsi, Rachel and numerous volunteers of the organization want to stress the importance of showing servicemembers that people care. The treasure hunt and the scholarships are a way to give back to the men and women in uniform and to spread patriotism.
"The treasure hunt is about American values, culture and history. These are the things our soldiers are defending," Hacker said. "We all have an obligation to support those who defend us and to let them know we care about the job they are doing for us all."
Related Sites:
ThanksUSA [http://www.thanksusa.org/main/index.html]
America Supports You [http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/]
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Ford's storage ledger balances capacity decisions
Storage shops often struggle with anticipating new capacity requirements and ensuring that business needs can be met. After virtualizing its storage, Ford Motor Co. took a unique approach to allocation issues and made capacity planning as simple as balancing a checkbook.
Data storage shops often struggle with anticipating new capacity requirements and ensuring that business needs can be met. Ford Motor Company took a unique approach to the problem and made capacity planning as simple as balancing your checkbook.
By Thomas Woods
A funny thing happened to the Ford Motor Company enterprise storage team: Storage Sunday maintenance post-mortem review meetings became boring. The meetings were no longer spiced up with horror stories about outages caused by maintenance action failures. Thanks to the enterprise virtual storage program, many high-risk and high-impact maintenance actions had been mitigated by the ability to transparently, and without server interruption, move critical virtual logical unit numbers (LUNs) from physical storage arrays before scheduled maintenance took place.
Aside from the woeful exploits of the Detroit Lions, Sundays would have been perfect. For those attending the weekly enterprise data storage infrastructure capacity forecasting meetings, the stress-reducing benefits of virtual storage were less evident.
Ford's enterprise storage architecture progressed in stages, from attaching servers directly to storage arrays, to attaching servers to storage-area networks (SANs) to physical storage arrays, to the current virtualized environment where SAN-attached servers link to virtualized physical storage arrays.
This transition occurred even as IT budgets were under intense scrutiny, with the requirement that new infrastructure purchases be directly traceable to end-user requests. But in the virtual world, the correlation of server to storage array is no longer a direct line. Adding to the complexity was a requirement that overhead and white space (capacity that's allocated but not used) had to be tracked and explained.
Virtualized storage raises new issues
After the introduction of virtual storage into the Ford environment, the data storage capacity forecasting meetings at the company reflected the new reality: All stakeholders had a piece of the action, but the teams lacked the tools, methods and approach to assemble a single consolidated view they could effectively communicate to the business side of the house. Some of the missing pieces were:
- The enterprise storage teams, specifically storage operations and storage engineering, didn't have an effective way to communicate with finance and purchasing.
- Capacity planning couldn't translate forecasts into storage capacity requirements.
- Finance and purchasing didn't fully grasp the multidimensional nature of virtual storage environments.
The frustration in the capacity planning meetings soon exacerbated long-standing trust issues among operations, engineering, sales and finance.
Because the communication problem crossed multiple team boundaries, a cross-functional team was created to address the issues, with representatives from all interested parties -- finance, storage operations, business management, capacity planning and storage engineering. The team reached a consensus that a systematic, repeatable and traceable method to track and forecast network-attached storage (NAS), SAN and backup infrastructure was needed. This method would have to facilitate understanding for all storage capacity stakeholders by providing the following capabilities:
- Infrastructure ordering personnel would be able to place customer orders without being required to be "storage Gurus."
- Storage administrators would be able to use customer orders to create forecasts against the key physical and virtual storage components, while meeting customer requirements and business constraints, in a repeatable fashion.
- Business managers would be able to track customer demand to proposed infrastructure projects.
- Storage managers would be able to justify non-customer infrastructure capacity increase requirements, such as temporary storage needed for a data migration or to accommodate the organic growth of a specific storage subsystem.
- Storage engineers would need to verify that storage infrastructure is deployed consistently and adheres to engineering standards.
The storage management solution
The cross-functional team implemented a storage ledger, or storage "checkbook" with multiple "currencies" related to key storage consumables. For an ordinary checkbook, money is the only consumable, but a storage ledger checkbook has many consumables. The team decided to create three separate ledgers to track all consumables related to three major storage activities: NAS, SAN and backup. A single ledger was considered as it would have reduced the work for the groups that order storage, but the ledger would have been more complicated and considerably larger.
How a storage ledger works
Each ledger consists of two types of spreadsheets: a main ledger sheet and the component aggregation sheet used to calculate the top line (beginning balance) for each storage consumable that needs to be tracked. The main ledger sheet is divided into two sections. The first includes ordering columns where customers of storage services can write post-dated storage capacity checks. The information entered in the ordering columns drives the entries placed in the second set of columns, the storage capacity columns. The storage capacity columns aren't visible to the customers writing checks. The storage capacity columns include information needed by data storage administrators to map requests to a set of storage consumables associated with the appropriate environment and technology.
Click here to see a larger view of Ford Motor Company's capacity ledger.
The ledger process consists of the following steps:Step 1. Update the main ledger sheet top-line balances that are on the capacity side of the main ledger sheet. The top-line balance is calculated by adding all of the component capacities for the specific subsystems. The specific subsystems are tracked in separate tracking sheets and map to top-line ledger balances as the enterprise architecture dictates. The capacity columns are divided not only by technology, but also by other factors such as location or functional environment.
Step 2. Normalize the top-line balance for percent overhead. Many storage systems require a certain amount of overhead to run efficiently and can't be managed at 100% capacity. The percent overhead should be determined so that it will indicate the point at which new infrastructure is needed. The component aggregate sheet allows a business analyst to reference the source data if there's a concern that the percent overheads are too generous.
Step 3. Reconcile the ledger entries. Forecasted storage actions that have been executed or cancelled should be marked as completed and taken off the active forecasting ledger.
Step 4. Analyze the updated ledger. After the ledger has been updated, a storage infrastructure capacity forecasting meeting is held. Using the ledger's graphical output, the team determines what actions, if any, are required to address forecasted activities. The team works together to consider different scenarios, such as the effects of:
- Extending leases vs. buyouts of storage infrastructure
- Placing new or existing data on different storage performance tiers
- Backup and disaster recovery (DR) scenarios
- NAS vs. SAN scenarios
After the analysis and scenario assessments, the team recommends a best course of action to management. Because the ledger process has been initiated, the management review process has been considerably more collaborative because management is now provided with a set of high-quality and transparent options.
Step 5. Open ledger for general use. The ledger, like your checkbook, is to be used throughout the week. Steps 1 through 4 are intended for periodic baselining and reconciliation activities.
Step 6. Begin reconciliation. Close ledger for general use and return to Step 1.SAN storage ledger
The SAN storage ledger ordering columns are as follows:
- Storage performance level
- Type of storage performance
- Type of replication (none, local or remote)
- Environment
- Capacity requested
- Forecast date
- Project name
The SAN storage ledger storage capacity columns are determined by:
- Environment (data center, virtual storage array environment, major business unit)
- Disk performance and type (high speed, SATA, etc.)
- Storage types (mirrored data center to data center, instant copy using local snapshots of data)
Besides storage end users, data storage administrators also place entries into the storage ledger. SAN storage admins may create ledger entries to forecast storage infrastructure needs because of lease expirations, to reserve temporary staging capacity needed for storage maintenance, and to document the impact of future storage realignments such as the effect of transferring data between storage tiers or technologies (e.g., SAN to NAS).
NAS and backup administrators may also write checks against the SAN storage environment. A NAS administrator is required to create a SAN ledger entry to track removal of storage from a NAS gateway that's slated to migrate to NAS Fibre-attached storage (FAS). A backup admin might write a check to request more disk pool storage for online disk backups.
NAS storage ledger
When the NAS storage ledger process started, the NAS environment at Ford Motor Company was more complicated than it is today. The environment consisted of multiple vendors with both gateway-based NAS (NAS devices connected to external storage-area networks administered by the SAN team) and FAS-based network-attached storage (NAS gateway heads built into OEM vendor-provided Fibre-attached storage arrays).
For gateway-based NAS, the NAS administrators are required to write SAN storage ledger checks to increase or decrease NAS gateway SAN capacity. The old system used tape-based Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), which meant entries had to be made in the backup ledger. Ford has been migrating to a pure FAS-based NAS environment with a non-tape backup infrastructure supplied by a single vendor. In addition, only a single performance type of NAS storage is now offered. As a result, the NAS ledger has become simpler to reflect the less-complicated environment.
From a customer perspective, the NAS entries are the amount of data needed and the location of primary storage; the capacity columns track the amount of primary and backup mirrored storage requested. When there are a lot of small entries for the NAS ledger, they're bundled together to reflect a forecastable amount. NAS team entries consist of mainly major projects, a bundle of small projects for a specific month and organic growth predictions. NAS file systems that aren't protected by file system size quotas are the main causes of organic growth.
Backup storage ledger
The backup ledger is the most complicated ledger; Ford Motor Company is currently in the process of rolling out this ledger. Backup capacity isn't as straightforward as NAS or SAN capacity. For NAS and SAN capacity, the actual amount of storage is the dominant key performance indicator (KPI). But for backup, the amount of storage is just one of many criteria that must be tracked. Ford uses a progressive incremental backup approach, meaning that after an initial full backup only changed files are backed up. The team couldn't create a forecasting ledger without first understanding the backup system design criteria.
The first step in creating a backup forecast strategy is to develop criteria to address design tradeoffs, otherwise the backup systems could inadvertently slip into sub-optimal performance. The team developed the following design criteria:
- Daily backup disk pools are large enough to contain a single day's worth of file system incremental backup.
- Weekly backup disk pools are large enough to contain one week's worth of backup data before it's pushed to tape.
- Database size shouldn't exceed 60 GB (to ensure that DR recovery targets can be met).
- Data migration infrastructure must be able to dump disk pools to tape within four hours.
- Server backups will be co-located to dedicated tapes.
- Workstation backups will be co-located to dedicated tape groups.
For the daily incremental disk pool, a 14-day high-water mark of the disk pool average is derived and then averaged with all of the servers in that same environment. For example, assume there are 10 backup servers at a data center, each disk with 500 GB of disk pool for an aggregate disk pool of 5,000 GB. The 14-day average of each of the 10 servers is 350 GB (aggregate of 3,500 GB). The aggregate high-water mark backup capacity shouldn't go above 90%, so additional disk pool capacity should be provided before the 90% threshold is reached. Therefore the capacity is 5,000 GB times 90% minus 3,500 GB or 4,500 GB minus 3,500 GB = 1,000 GB of available aggregate disk pool.
It should be noted that there's a difference between capacity forecasting and day-to-day tuning and monitoring. Capacity forecasting is used primarily to determine future infrastructure capacity requirements; efficiently balancing current infrastructure should be a normal part of a storage admin's tasks.
The ledger's bottom line
Ford Motor Company's data storage forecasting and purchasing meetings are now more effective and collaborative, which helps ensure that the right amount of infrastructure is delivered at the right time. Storage forecasting capacity meetings are now data-driven and leverage dynamic what-if scenarios that can be created instantly. If there are questions on source data, stakeholders can quickly view ledger or spreadsheet data for more information. The ledger process also allows Ford and its IT service providers to work together better to ensure that capacity is tracked and forecasted appropriately. Any organization can implement new technology, but what truly makes a difference is how the organization adapts its actions to maximize the return on the investment.
BIO: Tom Woods is currently global ITIL services transition manager at Ford Motor Company. At Ford, Tom has held storage operations, engineering and architecture positions, and has supervised the backup and NAS teams.
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The agent remained unthanked. So did the family, and actually everyone else, when Merritt Wever won best supporting actress in a comedy series.
In fact, Wever, of Showtime's "Nurse Jackie," spoke so briefly that we can report the entire thing here: "Thank you so very much," she said. "Um, I gotta go, bye."
Wever said backstage she made a quick exit when she realized she was about to cry. She added she wished she had given a shout out to her show's star, Edie Falco.
Still, her brief words were a hit with the Emmy audience — and the show's host, Neil Patrick Harris.
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Plans underway for the release of more Army mobile apps
By Mike Casey
November 25, 2016
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- The Army is picking up the pace to make more training mobile applications available for Soldiers' smartphones and computer tablets.
Recently, a team of Soldiers and civilians at Fort Eustis, Virginia, started using software to ensure Army mobile apps meet government security requirements and other standards.
"With this new vetting software, we can expedite getting proponent-approved and cyber-secure mobile apps to the force," said Lt. Col. Joe Harris, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Capability Manager-Mobile (TCM Mobile). "Soldiers are getting accurate, up-to-date training content."
TCM Mobile has used the software to vet nearly 80 mobile applications for infantry training, gunnery practice, reporting sexual harassment and other topics. The effort is part of a broader Army campaign to get training and educational materials to Soldiers when and where they need them.
Last year TCM Mobile started posting mobile applications to the TRADOC Application Gateway hosted by TRADOC Capability Manager, Army Training Information System as well on commercial sites such as iTunes, Google Play and Windows Phone.
To ensure each of the applications met standards, TCM Mobile had relied on a private company or another defense organization.
"The process was expensive and time-consuming," Harris said. "We decided to get our own vetting software from a private company. Now we can do the vetting ourselves. Our goal is to have 200 or more mobile applications, vetted, approved and posted by the end of next year."
TCM Mobile also is certifying units' applications for wider use in the Army.
"A number of Army organizations developed mobile applications for themselves," said Matt Maclaughlin, TCM Mobile's senior mobile instructional design specialist. "By vetting these units' applications, we're building a validated, secure, mobile application library to help Soldiers throughout the Army."
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By John Goralski
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Coach Tony Mauro has trouble hiding his disappointement when asked about the upcoming state tournament, but it has nothing to do with his team.
The Blue Knight tennis team met all of his pre-season goals with a 7-0 win over Fermi and a 4-3 loss to RHAM in the final week. The coach expected his team to win about 60 percent of their matches, and they finished at 11-8 (.579).
It's not his team that upsets the coach. It's the postseason format.
"I'm really not a fan of the format," he said about the bracket-style playoff that differs from the girls tennis team-style system. "Being an individual tournament, it makes things tough for our young guys. It really doesn't give you a good gauge."
Southington competed in both of their final matches. On Monday, they swept Fermi, 7-0. On Tuesday, they were just edged, 4-3, by a senior-laden RHAM team.
Nate Mullins and Luke Pfanzelt won both their singles matches. Alex Angelillo and Grant Ogrin won both their matches at doubles. Kunal Kataria and Kevin Wormer captured singles victories against Fermi. Gary Beaumont-Will Lefkovich and Chris Hupper-Wyatt Lavoie both captured wins at doubles.
"Overall, I'm pleased with the team," Mauro said about his young team that only fields three seniors. "I thought they matured. Their games matured, and they showed more assertiveness."
And that sets the stage for the postseason. Mauro doesn't expect his young players to battle into the later rounds. He expects to use this as a springboard into next season. Experience and maturity continue to be the goals.
"I just want them to get through the first rounds. If they get through the preliminary rounds I'll be happy," he said. "I want them to get some good experience. I want them to see the level of play, and I want them to keep their composure whether they're winning or losing. To be perfectly honest with you, the outcome of the match is secondary. I want them to improve like they did all year."
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Amanuensis Monday - A letter from 1867
Kate wrote this letter to her Aunt Mary (Jones) Dominis in Hawaii, and it is obvious she had never met Mary. Because they had never met, she gives a great deal of genealogical information, much to my delight! The Morse's were very successful grocers in Omaha, Nebraska, and I found much information about Mr. L. V. Morse in the city directories, newspapers and other sources.
You can see that Kate kept the family tradition of naming her own daughters after her mother's sisters. Here she has named her daughters Annie and Mary, and later another daughter Kittie (Catherine) was born about 1875. Before I found this letter in the Hawaii archives, I thought that Mary Dominis was the only family member to leave Boston. Now I have found this and other letters that show how the family scattered across the United States. This letter also describes the hardships the family faced during the Civil War. It is quite a bit of American history!
Dear Aunt,
Doubtless you will be
greatly surprised to receive a letter
from one of your nieces who never
seen you, but I have had a very
great desire to see both you and
cousin John and to hear from you.
I am your sister Laura's daughter
Kate. Was married eight years since
to Mr. L. V. Morse of Massachusetts.
We have had two children, one named
Mary who died four years ago, our
little girl living is nearly three years
and a half, her name is Annie.
You perceive we have kept up the
family names.
My husband is in the
grocery business in this city.
Omaha is the capitol of Nebraska
and is situated on the western side
of the Missouri River, number fifteen
thousand inhabitants and is increas-
ing in wealth and population very fast.
We have three national banks,
churches of every denomination and
some fine first class hotels and last
but not least it is the terminus
of the great Union Pacific Railroad
of which doubtless you are aware
extends to California now. The
track is laid to Summit, Cal.
The first "China Mail" passed over this
Route last week. Now you see, I
Feel, Aunt, quite near you as it
Is only two thousand miles from
Omaha to California.
We have been from Massachusetts
Over two years, and I have not
seen one of the family since.
When we first married we went
to Tennesee, and intended to make
that our permanent home, but the
War, which broke out in '62 shooed
us from home, we left all, and
came away penniless, leaving fifteen
thousand dollars there because my
husband would not desert the
Union. I need not describe to you
Our flight or its consequences.
You often hear from William, no
Doubt, and know a good deal about us all.
And my dear Aunt, I hope you
will at least answer my letter and
though we know nothing of each
other personally let us establish
relationship by our letters. I
wish you would send me you photo
graph and we will return the com
-pliments. I forgot to tell you, I am
at present, preceptress in our finest
school in Omaha.
Write us all about your country
and how you live, to be sure we
read all this in journals but we
cannot rely upon the statements.
A letter from you would give me
the greatest pleasure. My husband
joins with me in love to you
and our cousin. I hope this
will find you enjoying the greatest
of blessings, good health, and
may a speedy answer be returned.
From you aff[ectionate] Niece
Kate L. Morse
P.S. When you write
Omaha, Douglass Co.,
Please see my blog post http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/amanuensis-monday-1870-letter-from.html for an 1870 letter from Laura Williams (Jones) Lee to her sister Mary (Jones) Dominis in Hawaii.
Source for the letter: Hawaii State Archives, Queen Liliuokalani Collection, M-93, Box 11, Folder 91, Letter from Kate Lee Morse to Mary Dominis, December 1867.
Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Nothing like old letters to really give you a feel for people. This is great!ReplyDelete
WOW. What a find!ReplyDelete
Reading that over, I could sure sympathize with Kate. I've written more than one letter to a newfound relative I didn't know, hoping to get a reply. These days we do it by Facebook or email, but that sense of trying to hook them in is exactly the same.
I wonder if her aunt wrote back, and whether they did strike up a relationship.
Kerry, I did find another letter from Kate to Mary, and it referenced letters back and forth. There were many letters from Laura and Mary (they were sisters!) but I'm amazed at the correspondence! Imagine the route a letter had to take from Boston to Hawaii in the 1860s. I wonder how long it took to get there?ReplyDelete
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Excavated Shellac -- Strings LP
Excavated Shellac is an incredible resource for rare international 78rpm recordings. With each post, shellac excavator Jonathan Ward takes great care to ensure that the transfer is as clean as possible. His blog posts always go the extra mile in placing the music within a larger cultural and historical context (on the side, JW is a professional writer and researcher).
With the motto "good music is best when it's shared", JW has done just that for upwards of 100 songs that might otherwise go unheard, and we're honored to be hosting the Excavated Shellac archives here on the FMA.
For those who would prefer to hear this music on vinyl, we're in luck! Excavated Shellac has produced its first-ever LP, titled Strings, in collaboration with Dust-to-Digital's Parlorphone imprint. Strings collects fourteen previously unissued performances on various stringed instruments from around the world, including the fiddle, shamisen, charango, Paraguyan harp, Indian vina, Vietnamese moon guitar, Persian violin, and Lebanese oud,. These recordings -- made between 1920 and 1950 -- are all presented with the detailed liner notes we've come to expect from Excavated Shellac.
Anybody with an interest in historical music might already be familiar with the Dust-to-Digital catalog, which includes releases like the Ian Nagoski-curated Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics 1915-1955. Here's one of my favorite tracks from that compilation -- a rare performance by the Irish uilleann piper Patrick J. Touhey:
Black Mirror is available here, and you can pick up a copy of Excavated Shellac's Strings LP here. The new LP featured tracks that are not otherwise available -- not even from the Excavated Shellac blog -- but after the jump there's a fantastic mix of other stringed tunes from Jonathan Ward's archives.
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Miss Inah & The Sweet Malay Entertainers
Allow me to present to you to a type of music that has a special place in my heart: the Nasib, or "Song of Fate" from Indonesia and Malaysia…part of what once was the Dutch East Indies.
'Nasib' in Malay means 'fate.' The Nasib song is an aching, slow lament; a deeply melancholic popular song type which is built around the singer's misfortune in life. On the surface, this description would make the Nasib similar to the fado, rebetika, or blues, but that would be a mischaraterization. The origins of the Nasib derive, in fact, from Indonesian/Malaysian stambul theater music. Stambul theater (also referred to as bangsawan) developed in the late 19th century and was an urban affair, where theatrical groups would perform musical dramas, many with stories which had origins in India or the Middle East. Stambul songs were most popular from 1920-1935.
The Nasib is sung by a singer who is in fact playing – or at the very least channeling – a character or situation from these classical stories, rather than singing her own blues. Interestingly, much of the stambul music that I've heard from that era is quite cultured – operatic, even. However, the Nasibs, although derived from stambul, are a different thing altogether. The operatic aspect has gone out the window, and what we have here is swooning sadness – the Nasib adopted to a bar band setting!
Today's Nasib features Miss Inah singing "Sesalken Oentoeng" (a Dutch transliteration of the Malay "Sesalkan Untung"), which more or less means "I Regret My Luck." She is accompanied by her smooth yet lurching Malay Entertainers on harmonium (another Indian connection), saxophone, bass, and percussion.


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Entertaining: Casual Dining in a Carriage House
Designer Frank Ponterio hosts a lovely dinner in an old carriage house
Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Sea Scallops and Caviar
Osso Buco with Mushroom Risotto and Gremolata
Grapefruit and Spinach Salad with Raspberries; Champagne Vinaigrette
Spice Cakes with Apricot Caramel Sauce
A "take-out" approach to entertaining has nothing to do with fast-food meals wrapped in paper at the home of Chicago designer Frank Ponterio and his wife, Becky. When this couple hosts an intimate dinner, there's a good chance it won't be in the dining room of their 1920s suburban home, designed by prolific architect David Adler. Instead, the meal is often taken out to a separate structure they call the "Pour Room." Just steps from their back door, the Pour Room was originally the carriage house of what was once a 500-acre estate, and it has become the go-to spot where Frank and Becky now enjoy casual dinners and indulge in their extensive collection of wine, housed in temperature-controlled units at one end of the room.
"Our property is full of architectural history," explains Frank. "Long ago, the estate included 27 buildings, and we live in what was the gate lodge. It's interesting to dine in the Pour Room, because not only does it speak to the casual but elegant way we prefer to entertain, but it acknowledges the tranformations we've made."
Outlined in worn brick, the interior walls of the small, narrow Pour Room beg for furniture that supports its country charm. Weathered café chairs skirted in ivory-colored linen surround a rough-hewn French farm table that has a perfectly imperfect finish marked by dents and scars. Frank opted not to use a tablecloth that would hide its rugged patina. Instead, sage green place mats establish each setting.
Wanting to enhance the Pour Room's old world aesthetic, Frank chose sturdy porcelain dinnerware that sports a handsome pewter rim. The substantial pieces were an ideal choice for a hearty menu of cauliflower soup, traditional Osso Buco, a spinach salad with grapefruit, and warm spice cakes. Voluminous glass service plates elegantly frame the hefty pewter-edged dinnerware.
The napkin—a faded, Batik-like print in sage green—is tied with vines clipped from the outside walls of the carriage house. Amber wine goblets and water glasses with bubbles blown into the glass offer textural and colorful departures from the usual clear water glasses. Flatware is also stylishly mismatched. Knives with resin handles made to look like tree bark contrast with the modern sensibilities of vintage midcentury Dansk soup spoons, while orange ranunculus and ferns dance down the middle of the table. All is illuminated by purposely burned-down pillar candles.
"Candles burned midway with wax dripping down the sides are more natural than using new ones every time you throw a party," explains Frank. "Candles that have obviously been used before make you wonder what the last gathering was and who attended."
The Ponterios could have used the carriage house for anything. In fact, it was first outfitted as an office for Becky, but they prefer it as the spot where they celebrate and enjoy their passions for food and wine.
"When you buy an old house, you always get that one surprise spot, whether it's a little nook or a secret room that makes the house individual, with its own unique character," says Frank. "For us, that space is the Pour Room. Because it's separate from our house, every time we step into it, we are reminded that we are there for a special reason."
Photography: Tyllie Barbosa
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Heartier food choices call for weighty dinnerware. "Tesoro" glass chargers with beaded rims are by Arte Italica. Pewter-rimmed ceramic dinner and salad plates are "Convivio" from Match
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Pick one intentionally mismatched element such as this vintage flatware. "The beauty of vintage pieces is in their imperfections," says designer Frank Ponterio.
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Introduce glasses that have texture and mimic the table's accent color. The "Ambra," amber glass and "Minerale" bubble glass are both from Arte Italica.
Menu & Shopping List
Salt-and-pepper shakers are the perfect opportunity to add a bit of whimsy, like these vintage garlic-head pieces from Frank's personal collection. Linen napkins and place mats are made of "Arabesque" in Mallard by Rose Tarlow.
Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Sea Scallops and Caviar
Osso Buco with Mushroom Risotto and Gremolata
Grapefruit and Spinach Salad with Raspberries; Champagne Vinaigrette
Spice Cakes with Apricot Caramel Sauce
Shopping List
Check your pantry for these necessary items before shopping:
- Bay leaves (need 2)
- Whole cloves (need 6)
- Ground clove (need 1/4 teaspoon)
- Ground nutmeg (need 1/8 teaspoon)
- Vanilla extract (need 1 teaspoon)
- Salt
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Granulated sugar (need about 1-1/3 cups)
- Brown sugar (need 1/2 cup)
- Molasses (need 1/2 cup)
- Light-colored corn syrup (need 2 tablespoons)
- All-purpose flour (need 1-1/4 cup)
- Baking soda (need 1 teaspoon) (Check expiration date)
- Unsalted butter (need 1/2 cup or 1 stick)
- Eggs (need 1)
- Extra-virgin olive oil (need about 1-2/3 cups)
- Lemon juice (need 1/4 cup or 1 additional large lemon)
Specialty grocery store
- 1 ounce American black sturgeon caviar
- Truffle oil
- Champagne vinegar
- Arborio rice
- Instant espresso coffee powder
- Pecorino cheese
- 1 bunch rosemary (need about 10)
- 1 bunch thyme
- 1 bunch Italian (flat leaf) parsley
- 1 bunch mint
- 4 lemons
- 2 oranges
- 4 pink or ruby red grapefruit
- 2 onions
- 1 medium shallot
- 1 medium leek
- Sliced baby portobello mushrooms
- Oyster mushrooms
- Shiitake mushrooms
- 1 bunch celery (need 2 stalks)
- Carrots (need 2)
- 1 large head cauliflower
- 1 head garlic (need 6 cloves)
- 1 bunch fresh spinach (need 4 cups)
- 1/2 pint fresh raspberries (need 1 cup)
- 3 (32-ounce) containers chicken broth
- 1 (11.2-ounce) container carrot juice
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (7-ounce) package dried apricots
Baking aisle
- Ground ginger (need 2 teaspoons)
- Ground allspice (need 3/4 teaspoon)
- 2 (2-ounce) packages pine nuts (need 1/2 cup)
- 1 (2-ounce) package walnut or pecan pieces (for garnish)
- Crystallized ginger (3 tablespoons plus more for garnish)
- Non-stick cooking spray
Meat counter
- 8 veal shanks (3 to 3-1/2 pounds)
Fsh counter
- 8 fresh or frozen sea scallops
- 3 (1/2 pint) containers whipping cream
Cheese counter
- Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- Dry white wine for cooking (need about 3 cups)
Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Sea Scallops and Caviar
Roasting the cauliflower before preparing the soup brings out the sweetness in this earthy vegetable. Don't let it overbrown. This soup can be served as a hearty country-style potage, or thinned with additional broth to a smoother consistency.
Wine: "I often like to keep my dinner to two wines," Frank says. "Everyone feels better the next day. Based on the robust flavors of the first course, I'd skip whites all together."
"I'd start with a Sea Smoke Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara. It's light enough for the scallops and will hold up to the roasted components of the dish."
- 8 fresh or frozen sea scallops
- 1 large head cauliflower, cut in florets
- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- Salt and ground white pepper
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 medium leek, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can chicken broth
- 2 cups whipping cream
- Chicken broth (optional)
- 1 ounce American black sturgeon caviar
- Shaved Pecorino cheese
- Truffle oil (optional)
Thaw scallops, if frozen. Pat dry with paper towels; cover and chill until serving time. Preheat oven to 375°F. Place cauliflower on 15x10x1-inch baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons oil; sprinkle with salt and white pepper. Toss to coat. Roast, uncovered, 30 minutes or until tender and just beginning to brown.
In large saucepan, heat 2 more tablespoons oil over medium heat. Add onion, leek, and garlic to saucepan. Cook and stir 10 minutes or until soft.
Add roasted cauliflower, broth, and cream to saucepan. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Cool slightly.
With immersion blender, blend soup until smooth, or transfer to blender or food processor, half at a time, and blend or process until smooth. Return soup to saucepan. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Heat through. Add additional broth to reach desired consistency.
In large skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Sprinkle scallops with salt and pepper. Cook scallops in hot oil for 2 to 3 minutes or until brown and just opaque in center, turning once halfway through cooking time.
Place one scallop in each serving bowl. Spoon soup around scallop. Garnish soup with caviar and Pecorino cheese. Drizzle with truffle oil. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Recipe from Chef Joe Schroeder
Osso Buco with Mushroom Risotto and Gremolata
This traditional dish has a very simple preparation—and the long and slow cooking process results in fork-tender meat. Risotto is the classic accompaniment—the addition of exotic mushrooms is an elegant, flavorful touch.
Pre-order veal shanks from your butcher at least one week in advance.
Wine: "My favorite Bordeaux, Calon Segur from St. Estephe, is pure perfection," Frank says. "Because of the how the wine changes in the glass, by the time dessert comes around it opens to be a fitting companion to the complex sweet flavors of the Spice Cakes." (For tasting notes, visit The Wine Cellar Insider.
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 whole cloves
- 1-1/2 lemons
- 1-1/2 oranges
- 8 veal shanks (osso buco) (3 to 3-1/2 pounds)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- 1 quart chicken stock or broth
- 2 cups dry white wine
- 3/4 cup carrot juice
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, undrained
- Mushroom Risotto (recipe follows)
- Fresh rosemary sprigs
- 1/2 cup minced Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
- 4 teaspoons finely shredded lemon peel (2 lemons)
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Preheat oven to 350°F. For sachet, place rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, and cloves in center of double-thick 6-inch square of 100 percent cotton cheesecloth. Tie closed with clean kitchen string; set aside.
Remove zest from lemons and oranges and set aside. Squeeze juice from oranges; reserve.
Tie veal shanks with clean kitchen string to hold together while cooking. Sprinkle shanks with salt and pepper. In 6- to 8-quart pot (large enough to place shanks in single layer), heat oil over medium-high heat. Add shanks to hot oil and brown on all sides. Transfer shanks to large plate; set aside. Add onions, celery, carrots, and sachet to pot. Cook and stir until vegetables are golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add tomato paste. Return shanks to pot. Cook 10 minutes more.
Add chicken stock, wine, reserved orange juice, carrot juice, crushed tomatoes and juice, and reserved zest to pot and bring to boil. Remove pot from heat. Cover pot with tight lid or aluminum foil.
Place covered pot in preheated oven. Bake 1-1/2 hours or until shanks are very tender and meat almost falls off bone. Remove shanks from pot; let stand while reducing sauce.
Strain liquid in pot through fine mesh sieve. Discard sachet and vegetables. Return liquid to pot. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Boil gently, uncovered, about 25 minutes or until reduced to 2 to 2-1/2 cups.
Meanwhile, for gremolata, in small bowl combine parsley, lemon peel, and garlic. Serve shanks with sauce and gremolata. Garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs. Makes 8 servings.
Recipe from Chef Joe Schroeder
Grapefruit-Spinach Salad with Raspberries; Champagne Vinaigrette
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- 4 cups fresh baby spinach
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1/4 cup snipped fresh mint
- 4 pink or ruby red grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
- 1/2 cup Champagne Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
In small skillet toast pine nuts over medium heat until golden brown, stirring often. Set aside to cool.
In large bowl combine spinach, raspberries, mint, and grapefruit. Drizzle vinaigrette over salad; gently toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Arrange salad on chilled plates; garnish with toasted pine nuts. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Champagne Vinaigrette: In food processor or blender combine 1/4 cup champagne vinegar, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, and 1/4 cup sugar. Cover; process or blend until combined. With processor or blender running, slowly add 1 cup extra virgin olive oil in steady stream until mixture is thickened. Chill. Stir or shake vinaigrette well before using. Cover and refrigerate for up to one week. Makes 1-2/3 cups.
Recipe from Chef Joe Schroeder
Spice Cakes with Apricot Caramel Sauce
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Pinch kosher salt
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso coffee powder
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 2-1/4 teaspoons granulated sugar
- Apricot Caramel Sauce (recipe follows)
- Slivered dried apricots, toasted walnuts or pecans or chopped crystallized ginger (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat 9 round panettone baking cups* (2 inches tall and 3 inches in diameter) with nonstick cooking spray. Cut nine 3-inch diameter circles from parchment paper; place one in each panettone baking cup.
In medium bowl combine flour, ginger, baking soda, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, and salt; set aside. In 1 cup measure combine water and instant espresso coffee powder; set aside.
In large mixing bowl beat butter with electric mixer on medium to high speed 30 seconds. Beat in brown sugar until combined. Beat in molasses and egg. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternating with espresso mixture in 2 additions. Mixture may appear slightly curdled.
Divide batter among prepared baking cups (about 1/3 cup each). Sprinkle each with 1/4 teaspoon sugar. Place cups in a 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
Remove panettone cups and parchment to serve. Drizzle with Apricot Caramel Sauce. If desired, top each cake with slivered dried apricots, toasted pecans or walnuts, and/or crystallized ginger. Makes 9 cakes.
Apricot Caramel Sauce
- 2/3 cup dried apricots, thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons crystallized ginger, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup warm water, divided
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons light-colored corn syrup
- 6 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
In food processor combine apricots and ginger; pulse mixture gradually adding 2 tablespoons water. Mixture should resemble pieces the size of grains of rice. Set aside.
In heavy medium saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, and remaining 2 tablespoons water. Cook and stir over low heat until combination is liquid. Increase heat to medium-high; boil until syrup is deep amber color (360° on a candy thermometer), about 7 to 8 minutes, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling mixture occasionally.
Remove from heat; carefully add whipping cream and vanilla (mixture will steam). Return to low heat; add butter and apricot mixture. Cook and stir until butter is melted. Remove from heat; transfer to serving bowl. Serve warm. Makes 2 cups.
Recipe from Chef Joe Schroeder
More Informal Entertaining Ideas.
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Zdenka Kalendovsky had been champion of amateur woman's tennis in Czechoslovakia.
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Kalendovsky became a world-renown research neurologist.
She was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic, in 1936. Brno is the second largest city in the country.
Kalendovsky studied medicine in her native country.
In 1968, Kalendovsky and her husband to be escaped oppression in the communist country.
She wound up in New York City, where she was accepted at Cornell University Medical Center. While there she did postgraduate work for three years.
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While living in Boulder she became an assistant clinical professor at the University of Colorado Medical Center and was on the staff at a Denver clinic at 701 E. Colfax Ave.
She was aclaimed for her research in several areas. She was looking at the cause of strokes in young people and the cause of migraine headaches.
A national research group gave the doctor an award for her research on the causes of migraine headaches.


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Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America
The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, though it is not, properly speaking, a synod.
At the first meeting of the Assembly, the SCOBA members present voted to dissolve the organization and permit the Assembly to supersede it and assume all its functions, agencies and ministries. It differs from SCOBA in two significant respects: it includes all the Orthodox bishops in the region (not just the primates), and it was officially mandated by the hierachies of the mother churches (rather than being of purely local provenance). It is also notable in that it is the first pan-Orthodox body in North America to include bishops of the ROCOR.
At the first meeting of the Assembly, May 26-28, 2010, officers were elected and committees formed to work together on numerous issues of common concern to the Orthodox in the region. It was also decided to request of the mother churches that Canada be given its own Episcopal Assembly and that the bishops of Central America be allowed to join the Episcopal Assembly of South America.
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TechCrunch has published the first photos of the iPhone wearing its new shiny coat. In addition to the traditional black and white, Apple's next smartphone will reportedly be available in a pale gold color dubbed "champagne."
While this new, flashier color is said to be obtained simply by anodizing the smartphone's aluminum shell, fans of all that glitters can already acquire iPhones made of solid gold, or even encrusted with diamonds, from third-party brands. Amosu offers an ultra high-end version of the iPhone 5 at around $25,000, while Goldgenie sells its 24 CT iPhone 5 at prices exceeding $75,000.
A more affordable alternative, the potential champagne iPhone 5S could be a hit in Asian markets, where the color is particularly in vogue.
Official presentation on September 10
Apple will officially present the iPhone 5S on September 10, most likely alongside a more affordable version of the smartphone that the rumor mill is calling the iPhone 5C. As far as the 5S, rumors suggest the presence of a fingerprint reader for enhanced data protection, as well as a more powerful processor, a higher-resolution camera (13MP), a double flash and a new home button.
Of course, the iPhone 5 will run on iOS 7, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, which was upgraded with an entirely new interface last June.


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Announcing the 2013-2014 LEEC SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE PROJECT (SIP)
This grant is being offered by the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission (LEEC), which is under the direction of Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries (LDWF). The LEEC is offering this grant in order to encourage sustainability initiatives in the EPA Region 6 area. Volunteer opportunities, educator workshops, and other projects that have a fundamental environmental education component and clear sustainability message will be considered. Projects are to involve environmental steward ship initiatives that focus on voluntary commitment, behavior, and action that result in environmental protection or improvement. Open to local education agencies (accredited public & private schools), colleges, universities, state education or environmental agencies, or 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Maximum award: $5000. Round 1* Deadline: September 6, 2013 *Additional rounds will be offered as funding permits. Project funds are provided via a grant from the EPA Office of Environmental Education Sub-Grants Program to LDWF.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. expert panel assessing Novo Nordisk's ultra long-acting insulin, degludec, will study its heart safety, raising a potential obstacle to approval in the world's top market.
The panel will meet November 8 to focus on the issue, "as meta-analyses of several clinical trials suggest an excess risk for cardiovascular events with this insulin over its comparators," according to a document posted on the Food and Drug Administration's website (tinyurl.com/dxlpvyq)
The FDA document did note that degludec has been associated with lower risk of hypoglycemia, or dangerously low blood sugar, and said that factor "will be an important consideration in the overall benefit-risk assessment of this product."
The news stokes concerns that degludec's benefits may not outweigh its potential risks in the eyes of U.S. regulators, who have already delayed a decision on the product.
Any setback for degludec - which Novo plans to market under the brand name Tresiba - would be good news for rivals Sanofi and Eli Lilly.
"Given the known concerns of the FDA towards cardiovascular risk from new diabetes drugs, today's statement is likely to create volatility in the Novo Nordisk share price," Deutsche Bank analyst Tim Race said in a research note.
"Based on published data to date we expect a positive panel vote and eventual approval of Tresiba. However, we have not seen all the safety analysis and as such the risk remains that the FDA could require further analysis or clinical studies in order to gain confidence in Tresiba's profile," Race added.
Degludec was recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency last week, but the U.S. decision is seen as pivotal, since this is where the bulk of future sales is expected to be generated.
Degludec is central to Novo's aim of ending the dominance of Sanofi's Lantus, the current market leader in the long-acting insulin market. Eli Lilly is also developing a rival drug that is a few years behind.
Novo is the world's largest insulin maker and a key player in treating diabetes, a disease that is on the rise worldwide.
Reporting by Ben Hirschler and Bill Berkrot; Editing by David Holmes and Steve Orlofsky


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #612
Great God, we sing that mighty hand
By which supported still we stand;
The opening year thy mercy shows;
That mercy crowns it till it close.
By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still are we guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.
With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.
In scenes exalted or depressed,
Thou art our Joy, and thou our Rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.
When death shall interrupt these songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our Helper God, in whom we trust,
Shall keep our souls and guard our dust.
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2/26/2014 – MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) – With the semiannual Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) upcoming, Navy Physical Readiness Program officials remind Sailors to verify their results in the Physical Readiness Information Management System (PRIMS).
"After each PFA, Sailors need to log into PRIMS and ensure their data is entered and accurate," said Bill Moore, director, Navy Physical Readiness Program.
All commands are required to report their PFA data via PRIMS no later than 30 days after conducting the PFA in accordance with guidelines established in the Navy's Physical Readiness Program instruction, OPNAVINST 6110.1J. Each Sailor must have a record for both PFA cycles in the year, even if the record reflects non-participation status due to deployment, individual augmentee, medical waiver, etc.
Sailors need to verify their data within 60 days so that any corrections can be made by the Command Fitness Leader at the command level. After six months of PFA completion, record changes can only be made by PRIMS administrators at Navy Personnel Command, which requires a Letter of Correction from the individual's commanding officer, on letter head, that grants authorization to make the change.
For more information in PRIMS and physical readiness, visit the Navy' physical readiness Web page at www.npc.navy.mil/support/21st_Century_Sailor/physical/Pages/default2.aspx.
For more news from Navy Personnel Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/npc/.