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In a current project, I need to collect performance counters from a set of virtual machines that are performing different tasks and running a variety of workloads. In a similar project last year, I used LogMan to collect performance data. This time I decided to try PowerShell because, well, all the kids are doing it, I felt a little passé, and a lot of the other tasks in this project (such as building out VMs and running workloads) were already being accomplished via PowerShell. And after all, I did include "to become better at PowerShell" as one of my goals for this year.
I searched around and quickly found this post from Rhys Cambell (blog | twitter). He was collecting a set of counter samples every n seconds and outputting each sample to its own CSV file. I thought this was a very useful starting point to where I wanted to be. But, I had some troubles getting the script to work correctly at first: if I combined -ComputerName and multiple counters, I would receive this error:
Get-Counter : Unable to connect to the specified computer or the computer is offline. ... + CategoryInfo : InvalidResult: (:) [Get-Counter], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CounterApiError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetCounterCommand
It would work fine if I either omitted -ComputerName *OR* only used one counter. So not sure exactly what the problem was there, as it certainly wasn't a connectivity issue. But a workaround I stumbled upon several hours later was to use the @(counter, counter) collection notation instead of the += syntax Rhys had presented. So instead of:
$listOfMetrics += ("\processor(0)\% processor time"); $listOfMetrics += ("\processor(1)\% processor time"); ...
I used something more like this:
$listOfMetrics = @( "\processor(0)\% processor time", "\processor(1)\% processor time", ... );
Because I wanted to collect different sets of metrics from different computers (some are SQL Servers, some are not), I made some slight adjustments to Rhys' script. I made it parameterized and, based on server role, I would define a different set of counters. This would allow me to very easily call the same script with slightly different arguments for each of the servers I wanted to monitor. My script (CollectPerf.ps1) looks like this – for brevity, I'm not going to list out all of the roles and all of the counters I'm actually collecting, but it should give you an idea of how to collect different counters for different computers or roles:
param([string]$server, [string]$role, [string]$test, [int]$delay, [int]$count, [string]$path) function CollectPerf { param( [string]$server, [string]$role, [string]$test, [int]$delay, [int]$count, [string]$path ) if ($role -eq "app server") { $counters = @("\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time", "\System\Processor Queue Length" # -- other counters ) } if ($role -eq "db server") { $counters = @("\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk sec/Read", "\SQLServer:SQL Statistics\Batch Requests/sec" # -- other counters ) } # other roles... $sequence = 1; $metrics = Get-Counter -ComputerName $server -Counter $counters -SampleInterval $delay -MaxSamples $count foreach($metric in $metrics) { $obj = $metric.CounterSamples | Select-Object -Property Path, CookedValue, Timestamp; # add these columns as data $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Sequence -Value $sequence -Force; $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name LoadTest -Value $test -Force; $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Computer -Value $server -Force; # export with unique file name $obj | Export-Csv -Path "$path$server.$test.$sequence.csv" -NoTypeInformation; $sequence += 1; } } CollectPerf -server $server -role $role -test $test -delay $delay -count $count -path $path
Now, the problem with the script approach is that if I wanted to simultaneously collect metrics from different servers involved in the workload, I would expect to be able to do this (let's pretend there are only two arguments, again for brevity):
C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 "server1" "app server" C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 "server2" "database server"
However this runs the set of counters for server1, and doesn't start collecting for server2 until server1 is finished. Because I needed these to run asynchronously, and I didn't want to open dozens of individual PowerShell windows, I realized I should use a PowerShell job. So I could instead do this:
StartJob -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 "server1" "app server" } StartJob -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 "server2" "database server" }
Which worked fine if I hard-coded the arguments. But another strange thing happened with this syntax (admittedly, it's not "strange" – just strange to me) when I tried to parameterize the server and role. If I used any of these conventions (and several other attempts I've omitted for their silliness):
Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 $server $role }; Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 $server $role } -ArgumentList $server $role; Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 $server $role } -ArgumentList $server, $role; Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 $args[0] $args[1] } -ArgumentList $server $role; Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 $args[0] $args[1] } -ArgumentList $server, $role;
In each case the job would start fine (or return an error about params), but even though it would run, it was clear from the output that the parameters were not passed in correctly (they were treated as empty strings). So instead I tried this, once again switching to @(arg, arg) notation…
Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 $args[0] $args[1] } -ArgumentList @($server, $role);
…and suddenly all was well with the world. (I talked about this in a recent blog post, entitled, "PowerShell, Start-Job, -ScriptBlock = sad panda face.") So, if you're trying to use Start-Job with -ScriptBlock, keep this convention in mind. Once I had the syntax down, I was able to collect metrics from dozens of servers using one command line call, by creating a second PowerShell script (CollectPerfAcrossServers.ps1) with this code and a command for each of the servers I was interested in:
param([string]$test, [int]$delay, [int]$count, [string]$path) function CollectPerfAcrossServers { param( [string]$test, [int]$delay, [int]$count, [string]$path ) Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 "VM1" "db server" $args[0] $args[1] $args[2] $args[3] } -ArgumentList @($test, $delay, $count, $path); Start-Job -ScriptBlock { C:\path\CollectPerf.ps1 "VM2" "app server" $args[0] $args[1] $args[2] $args[3] } -ArgumentList @($test, $delay, $count, $path); # ...more servers, more servers, more servers... # arguably, I should probably be pulling the list of servers and roles from a config file } CollectPerfAcrossServers -test $test -delay $delay -count $count -path $path;
Now that I have dozens of servers configured this way, I can log onto a central monitoring server and collect all of their role-based performance counters simultaneously, every 30 seconds for an hour, with this single command line:
C:\path\CollectPerfAcrossServers.ps1 "Jan.31.Baseline" 30 120 "C:\csv\"
And when I want to run a different test, all I have to change is the first argument. Once I run this command, it fills the directory up with CSV files – it can add up quickly (one file, per server, per sample). If I have 20 servers and collect a sample every 30 seconds for an hour, that's 2,400 files. However, even if I am collecting 50 counters for a specific role, the files are quite small and very easy to consume. (Note that the files won't be dumped into the folder until the last sample is collected, so to verify it's working, start with a small number of samples.) The output is not as pretty as it could be, but it works:
"\\vm1\\network interface(_total)\bytes received/sec","19150.7500680961","17636201111", "1/31/2011 3:43:24 AM","58","Jan.31.Baseline","VM1"
"\\vm1\\network interface(_total)\bytes sent/sec","65151.1215576817","12987234638", "1/31/2011 3:43:24 AM","58","Jan.31.Baseline","VM1"
"\\vm1\\network interface(_total)\output queue length","0","0", "1/31/2011 3:43:24 AM","58","Jan.31.Baseline","VM1"
There are a couple of things worth noting here. One is that everything is output as a string and has delimiters, so in order to perform any calculations or to get it into a table with numeric / datetime data types, you need to first strip the quotes. The computer name is redundantly included in both the Path column and the Computer column – I could have left the extra Computer column out of the CSV, but it's just as easy to parse it out of the Path after load – however the Path value is exported as lower case to the CSV file, so that needs to be accounted for as well. Another thing to watch out for is that the output for the Timestamp property obeys regional settings of the collecting machine, so if you are pulling counters on a server with mm/dd/yyyy and loading the data into a SQL Server that is using dd/mm/yyyy, you're going to need to manually convert the original string to the correct regional format.
Once I sorted those variables out, I created a table that would house all this data, and whipped up the T-SQL that would generate BULK INSERT commands for all of the files and then move everything to a table with proper datatypes and with string delimiters removed:
CREATE TABLE dbo.PerfCounters_Staging ( [Path] NVARCHAR(255), CookedValue VARCHAR(32), [Timestamp] VARCHAR(32), [Sequence] VARCHAR(12), LoadTest VARCHAR(32), Computer VARCHAR(32) ); CREATE TABLE dbo.PerfCounters ( [Path] NVARCHAR(255), CookedValue DECIMAL(18, 5), [Timestamp] DATETIME, [Sequence] SMALLINT, LoadTest VARCHAR(32), Computer VARCHAR(32) ); -- generate bulk insert commands CREATE TABLE #c(x VARCHAR(2048)); SET NOCOUNT ON; INSERT #c EXEC MASTER..xp_cmdshell 'dir /b "C:\csv\"'; SELECT 'SET NOCOUNT ON;'; SELECT 'BULK INSERT dbo.PerfCounters_Staging FROM "C:\csv\' + x + '" WITH (FIRSTROW = 2, ROWTERMINATOR=''\n'', FIELDTERMINATOR='','');' FROM #c WHERE x IS NOT NULL; DROP TABLE #c;
When I was done with a load test, I would run the above command (with SSMS set Results to Text), focus on the results pane, press Ctrl+A, press Ctrl+C, then paste the lot to a new SSMS window, and then finally run that script. Then I would run this command to clean it up and put it into the real table:
DELETE dbo.PerfCounters WHERE LoadTest IN ( SELECT DISTINCT LoadTest FROM dbo.PerfCounters_Staging WHERE LoadTest > '' ); INSERT dbo.PerfCounters ( [Path], CookedValue, [Timestamp], [Sequence], Computer, LoadTest ) SELECT [Path] = REPLACE(REPLACE([Path], '\\' + RTRIM(LOWER(Computer)) + '\', ''), '"', ''), CookedValue = REPLACE(CookedValue, '"', ''), [Timestamp] = REPLACE([Timestamp], '"', ''), [Sequence] = REPLACE([Sequence], '"', ''), [Computer] = REPLACE(Computer, '"', ''), [LoadTest] = REPLACE([LoadTest], '"', '') FROM dbo.PerfCounters_Staging;
Then I would empty out the folder manually (I could automate that too, but I wasn't running 500 tests a day, so it seemed to be of little benefit). Now I had the data loaded for that specific test; I just had to be careful to make my test names unique – so I would include the date and, if necessary, some other identifier in the test name. This kept tests unique but, if necessary, allowed me to re-run a specific test later, without having to go back and manually delete anything from the database.
Now I could query away. The reason I included the [Sequence] column is so that I could correlate the event order across multiple tests, without worrying about specific datetime information, rounding, etc. This let me easily compare any given metric between tests run on different days. I wrote two generic stored procedures that would allow me to compare anywhere from 2-5 different tests on a given system; one would give me the average and maximum values for a certain counter, and the other would give me the series:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[Perf_AvgMax] @counter VARCHAR(255) = '\processor(_total)\% processor time', @computer VARCHAR(32) = 'VM1', @test1 VARCHAR(32) = 'Jan.31.Baseline', @test2 VARCHAR(32) = 'Jan.31.TPCLoadA', @test3 VARCHAR(32) = NULL, @test4 VARCHAR(32) = NULL, @test5 VARCHAR(32) = NULL AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON; SELECT computer = @computer, [counter] = @counter; SELECT test1 = @test1, test2 = @test2, test3 = @test3, test4 = @test4, test5 = @test5; ;WITH x AS ( SELECT CookedValue, LoadTest, Sequence FROM dbo.PerfCounters WHERE [Path] = @counter AND Computer = @computer ) SELECT AVG(a.CookedValue), AVG(b.CookedValue), AVG(c.CookedValue), AVG(d.CookedValue), AVG(e.CookedValue), MAX(a.CookedValue), MAX(b.CookedValue), MAX(c.CookedValue), MAX(d.CookedValue), MAX(e.CookedValue) FROM x AS a INNER JOIN x AS b ON a.Sequence = b.Sequence AND a.LoadTest = @test1 AND b.LoadTest = @test2 LEFT OUTER JOIN x AS c ON b.Sequence = c.Sequence AND c.LoadTest = @test3 LEFT OUTER JOIN x AS d ON c.Sequence = d.Sequence AND d.LoadTest = @test4 LEFT OUTER JOIN x AS e ON d.Sequence = e.Sequence AND e.LoadTest = @test5; END GO CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[Perf_Series] @counter VARCHAR(255) = '\processor(_total)\% processor time', @computer VARCHAR(32) = 'VM1', @test1 VARCHAR(32) = 'Jan.31.Baseline', @test2 VARCHAR(32) = 'Jan.31.TPCLoadA', @test3 VARCHAR(32) = NULL, @test4 VARCHAR(32) = NULL, @test5 VARCHAR(32) = NULL AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON; SELECT computer = @computer, [counter] = @counter; SELECT test1 = @test1, test2 = @test2, test3 = @test3, test4 = @test4, test5 = @test5; ;WITH x AS ( SELECT CookedValue, LoadTest, Sequence FROM dbo.PerfCounters WHERE [Path] = @counter AND Computer = @computer ) SELECT a.[Sequence], test1 = a.CookedValue, test2 = b.CookedValue, test3 = c.CookedValue, test4 = d.CookedValue, test5 = e.CookedValue FROM x AS a INNER JOIN x AS b ON a.Sequence = b.Sequence AND a.LoadTest = @test1 AND b.LoadTest = @test2 LEFT OUTER JOIN x AS c ON b.Sequence = c.Sequence AND c.LoadTest = @test3 LEFT OUTER JOIN x AS d ON c.Sequence = d.Sequence AND d.LoadTest = @test4 LEFT OUTER JOIN x AS e ON d.[Sequence] = e.[Sequence] AND e.LoadTest = @test5 ORDER BY a.Sequence; END GO
So to compare seconds per disk write on VM1 during three different load tests, I could run this:
EXEC dbo.Perf_Series @computer = 'VM1', @counter = '\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time', @test1 = 'Jan.31.Baseline', @test2 = 'Jan.31.TCPLoadA', @test3 = 'Jan.31.TCPLoadB';
Now, I could take those results, paste them into Excel, and build nice pretty charts with very little effort (click to embiggen):
I have my 120 samples in a chart (regardless of when I ran each test) and, while I don't see any obvious trends in this specific case, I can try various metrics and combinations to see where any performance outliers may be. If nothing else I've proven to myself that my load tests are not CPU-bound in any way. For this project I am interested in the ways each specific computer's counters respond to changes in input variables (most importantly, the type of load put on the system). Of course you could write other queries around this data that compared how a certain counter responded on two servers for the same test, or several other analytic variations. What you do with the data is a different exercise altogether; I just thought I'd share how I collect the data in the first place.
There are probably 20 ways to do this, and I am by no means suggesting this is the way you should do it. I could have told PowerShell to load the data directly to the database, I could have easily generated and executed the BULK INSERT commands from PowerShell, I could have automated the reporting better using SSRS or charting tools – and there are likely 100 other ways this process could be further automated. This is just the method I settled on after a lot of trial and error, with a healthy balance of automation and manual labor. I'll get to full PoSH automation when I'm good and ready – in the meantime, I'm all ears for suggestions, but am unlikely to change much about how I'm using this process for the project at hand. 🙂 I find it fairly straightforward and easily extensible for adding servers, counters and tests.
For some other ways to collect performance counters with PowerShell, check out these posts by Dave Ballantyne (blog | twitter), Laerte Junior (blog | twitter), and esteemed PowerShell guru Allen White (blog | twitter):
Dave Ballantyne : My first useful powershell script – capturing performance counters
Laerte Junior : Gathering Perfmon Data with Powershell
Allen White : Performance Data Gathering
Allen White : SQL Connections Presentations (download Allen's PowerShell decks and sample code)
What I like about PowerShell so far is that it seems, unlike in T-SQL, there is no "one way" or "best way" to do something – there may be a dozen ways to skin the cat, and you can use whichever one is most intuitive or works best for you, and you can even determine what reasons help you arrive at that decision.
In a future post, I'll talk about how I run load tests in this environment using remote sessions and jobs.
Tips for DBA: Store Performance Counters in Database (Job-Step: Power Shell)
Good timing…Ed Wilson posted a counter script on http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/ from 31 Jan about collecting performance counters with PowerShell. I got done reading it and was wondering if you or Aaron Nelson had a post about doing this with SQL Server counters.
Hi Aaron
Great post, thank you
C:\path\CollectPerfAcrossServers.ps1 "Jan.31.Baseline" 30 120 "C:\csv\"
In above can you expain what does 120 value mean? What impact?
Uri, the arguments are:
-test $test -delay $delay -count $count -path $path;
-test is the name of the test (e.g. "Baseline" or "HighLoad")
-delay is how long, in seconds, to wait between samples
-count is how many total samples to take
-path is the folder to output the CSV files
So 30 120 means take 120 samples, 30 seconds apart. This covers a workload that has been tuned to run for approximately one hour.
Thanks Aaron
So if I need to cover two hours for example what do I need to change?Sorry about it , I am learning from you such good things
It's all math, Uri. If you want to take a sample every 30 seconds for 2 hours, then you would use 30 240. If you want to take a sample every 15 seconds for 2 hours, then you would use 15 480. If you want to a sample every minute for 2 hours, then you would use 60 120. Etc. etc.
Hi Aaron,
I hope you can give me a hint.
Running with -MaxSamples ex. 20 with you code in CollectPerf.ps1
Does not give me a result in the csv file for each of the 20 samples on the counters. I just receive the last sample on each counter (in my example sequence 20)
What am I missing?
Another thing is that I am not able to run GET-COUNTER specifying a server in windows 7. I recall that i have seen (in another forum) you had the same problem. Any updates on that? Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a solution anywhere.
Ok I figured the first part out myself.
On you script i was supposed to get 20 small files and not 1.
It was the parameter $c with no value that caused the filename to be the same and therefore overwriting. Guess there is no append property …
I would still be pleased if you have any info on my 2nd question
Sorry MortenDvinge, $c should have been $sequence (I prettified my lazy variable names before publishing).
As for append, no, Export-CSV does not currently support append. We should finally see this in the next version of PowerShell.
I was unable to fix this issue for Windows 7. The script was originally derived from a post by Rhys Campbell, and that is probably where you saw more dialog about this issue:
Thanks Aaron,
I figured that c$ was sequence.
And yes the other post is indeed the post i found and read.
For now i have moved the development to a server and will wait patiently for patches/upgrades to PS
hi Aaron,
I have been trying to your scripts to get perfmon data using powershell. The main problem I am having is adding additional filters to the counters e.g. If I run the following:
$listOfMetrices=(Get-Counter -ListSet "*Databases" -ComputerName $Hostname | where {$_.paths -like "*\transactions/sec"} ) $listOfMetrices | get-counter
It shows me all counters under database category…but what I really want to see is transactions/sec for each database.
i don't want to specify the exact counter name because I am running this on various remote servers.
Please help
Iam getting this error if iam selecting the counter values
positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '\System\Processor Queue Length'.
At C:\perflogs\NewPerfmon.ps1:10 char:25
$counters = @("\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time", "\System\Processor Queue Length"
and running the counter in the below given command
$metrics = Get-Counter -ComputerName $server -Counter $counters -SampleInterval $delay -MaxSamples $count
Can you help me on this?
soumya, I'm not at a machine where I can test right now, but is it possible you've just forgotten the closing parenthesis?
$counters = @("\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time", "\System\Processor Queue Length"
Thank you very much for ur help it has worked now perfectly.
Hi Aaron,
Iam getting the below error when iam accessing some of the performance counters for SSAS not for all the other perfmon counters but for only few, Do u have any idea why this happens?
r : Internal performance counter API call failed. Error: c0000bb9.
At C:\Soumya\PowershellPerfmon.ps1:4 char:39
+ $Counters = $CounterList | Get-Counter <<<< -computer $Servers
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidResult: (:) [Get-Counter], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CounterApiError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetCounterCommand
Sorry, no, I've found PowerShell to be quite immature about reporting the right errors. I have encountered many issues where the reported error is not really what happened. This may be one of those cases. Have you verified that you can pull the same counters using perfmon or logman from the same machine? Is it a difference of pulling a single counter vs. multiple? What if you change the order?
Aaron, eventhough it fires the error in powershell window, but if iam running this powershell command under SQL server agent job it works perfectly alright and does what is expected to do.
When I do
get-counter "\\ServerA\processor(_total)\% processor time" I get result without any error but
when I do
get-counter "\\ServerB\processor(_total)\% processor time" I am getting the following error
Get-Counter : The specified object was not found on the computer.
At line:1 char:12
+ get-counter <<<< "\\ServerB\processor(_total)\% processor time"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidResult: (:) [Get-Counter], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CounterApiError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetCounterCommand
If I log into ServerB and run the command
"\processor(_total)\% processor time" I get the result without any problem. What is missing in ServerB that I cant get results from a remote machine.
Aaron, is using multiple counters on remote machines using the Get-Counter cmdlet, wrapped in a function just not possible? I cannot get past this "Unable to connect…" message. I've tried Windows 7 32/64 (of PoSh ISE), Server 2003, 2012 32/64 (of Posh ISE)
Oh so splatting is 'by reference' in vb or really a pointer to memory kinda like C?
I had to make reference of the variable from the calling function with an '@' and not a '$'
ExecutePerformanceCounter -Machine $computer -CounterSet @CounterSet -Interval $Interval -MaxSample $MaxSample
Thanks for the article!
How far this affects the performance of a server the mentioned solution is being run for?
Ahmad, I didn't do any performance impact analysis, and if I had, it would quite likely be different from your environment because of the number of variables involved. However if you have to collect performance counters, that's going to be the bulk of the cost, regardless of whether you use Powershell or other methods.
Thanks Aaron for your prompt response. Any suggestion to baseline a heavily used OLTP system considering that the process/method used to gather system/sql server counters doesn't affects the systems performance?
Consider that no monitoring is free. The only way you can really compare is to have one set of metrics being collected in a consistent way through all tests, then add an additional second collection for each method. I don't know how you can baseline a system without collecting metrics – seems kind of chicken and egg to me. The only other way would be to see if collection has any direct impact on the normal activity of the box – is your workload slower when you collect? How much slower? Again, collecting performance metrics is not free, but it's highly doubtful that collecting a reasonable set of perfmon counters at a sensible interval will cause any significant strain.
Thanks.. I had the same thing in mind.. I need to first test run the collector program on test and measure if it causes any performance issues.. and keep the collector sets small in size..or multithreaded…
Hi Aaron,
Great BLOG…Just an FYI several counters use a comma in thier paths, so people might have to add a quotation after the comma field delimitor for the bulk insert command above to get it to work correctly (ex. FIELDTERMINATOR=","").
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$Counter = @"
Processor(_total)\% processor time
Memory\Available MBytes
Physicaldisk(*)\% Disk Time
(Get-Counter -ComputerName $ComputerName -Counter (Convert-HString -HString $Counter)).counterSamples |
The above code is a part of the shell script that collects perfmon counters from remote servers.I am trying to run it and I get the following error
Get-counter:unable to connect to the specified computer or the computer is offline
Get-counter -computername -counter $ComputerName -Counter (Convert-HString -HString $Counter)).counterSamples |
Category info : invalid result[get-counter]exception
fullyqualified error: CounterAPI Error,Microsoft.Powershell.Commands.GetCounterCommand
I tried some solutions from remote_troubleshooting but nothing worked.Plz help me resolve it.
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17-09-15 Brisant about New Pop Festival
A report about Anastacia's appearance at the 'SWR3 New Pop Festival' was broadcasted at the german TV magazine 'Brisant'. She got the 'Pioneer Of Pop' award there, coming back to the event after she had her first ever appearance in Europe there 17 years ago!
- Recording Length: 00:03:01
- Recording Date: 20170913
- Date Aired: 20170915
- Year: 2017
- Country: Germany
- Category: appearance, Live Performance, Performance, Promotional


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Here is why sleep is critical to your heart health
ATLANTA - If you can't get through the day without a cup of coffee in your hand, you're not alone.
"Here in America we run on constant sleep deprivation," cardiologist Dr. Salil Patel of the CardioVascular Group says. "It's well known that Americans don't get the hours of rest that they need. And there is a real consequence to that in terms of health."
And as a heart doctor, Dr. Patel sees the real-life consequences of being chronically starved for sleep.
"We see arrhythmias of the heart, atrial fibrillation, a problem called congestive heart failure, another problem called pulmonary hypertension," Patel says.
He estimates about half of his heart patients struggle with insomnia, sleep apnea or some other sleep disorders. We each have different sleep needs.
Most experts recommend getting 7 hours of sleep a day. But many Americans don't get nearly that much sleep. Studies show people who get less than 6 hours of sleep a night are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke than people who get the recommended amount of sleep.
"There is a common fallacy that you can catch up on the weekends, and make it up," Patel says. "And, you can't. Once the damage is done, the damage is done. You don't get to make it up."
So, what can you do to get better sleep? Patel says that's the good news:
"It's never too late to change your habits," he says.
Start by getting regular exercise, about 30 to 40 minutes a day.
Cut out caffeine and other stimulants later in the day.
Watch the alcohol in the evening, which can make it harder to stay asleep.
Patel says give yourself time to wind down before bedtime.
"If you're using electronics later in the day, try to put those away an hour before you got to bed," he says because the blue light given by your smartphone or laptop can disrupt sleep.
Finally, cut out those daytime naps, which can also make it harder to sleep at night.
"But, if you are going to nap during the day, the experts recommend 20 to 30 minutes' maximum, to sort of recharge," Patel says.
If you're struggling to sleep or waking up tired, ask your doctor about seeing a sleep specialist.
Dr. Patel often refers patients with insomnia or sleep apnea to a specialist.
He says many come back feeling better, with fewer symptoms.


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I did it. I am super proud of myself for safely, calmly and generally staying alive on the longest drive I've ever done. I don't mean to sound OTT but I have never driven so far on my own before. This is a massive accomplishment for me as I hate getting lost so driving all the way down to Sherborne on my own was a test for me, and in my opinion 'because, y'know who's else matters when you're travelling alone' I passed with flying colours.
I knew I needed to be prepared for a long drive. Anything up to 4 hours maybe longer if traffic was terrible. So the first thing I did was prep my silver stead.
That leads me to No.1 on the DO list:
- Check your car. Make sure, a couple of days before setting off, that you've checked your car over. You want to make sure all your wheels are pumped and road legal. Check your oil, lights and whipper washer. I say a couple of days before as you want to leave enough time for any repairs you need to make.
- Playlist, Playlist,Playlist. Make sure you've got an awesome play list to listen to. This is a big one for me and TBH my younger self would of put this at the top of my priorities. You need a good balance of singalong tunes, old school anthems and something that is just great to drive to.
- Snacks and drinks. The day before I left I went and brought myself a large bag of salt and vinegar twirls and sweet and salty popcorn. Two of may favourite, hand in the bag and straight in the mouth, snacks. For drinks I made my super refreshing Grapefruit smoothie 'see her for recipe' and made sure I had enough water. You don't want too much other wise nature will be calling to you more than once or twice on your trip.
- Plan and print your route. Its always a good idea to plan the route you want to take and print the map and directions off so you have them beside you on the passenger seat. Sat nav's are great and google maps has saved my arse more than once BUT nothing beets good old fashioned map. If your like me, you'll take one look at a road map and think it looks like a two year olds scribbles. A print out of the directions and your route lade out on the map in clear blue line is the happy medium between sat nav and old fashioned map.
Now we come to the DON'TS:
- Don't stress. If you go a bit cross country, take a wrong turn or find yourself wanting to throw your sat nav out the window and tell it to DO ONE! Take a deep breath, find a safe place to pull over and find your bearings. Don't stress that you won't arrive at the time you wanted to, or that the person you went to see will be annoyed because you missed dinner. Just ring them or give them a quick text to say "I might be a bit late". If they're any kind of friend they'll understand.
- Pick your bottles. Don't put your drink in a screw top bottle. This is extremely fiddly to do one handed, and once you get the teeth involved you know its going to end in 'look who's just wet themselves' looking pants. So stay clear of the screw tops.
- Don't always go with what sat nav says. We all know the woman (or man) in the sat nav can get a bit confused and suddenly turn into one of your nightmare teachers from primary school. Choose to ignore the evil voice telling you there is a quicker way. Its not always quicker. Its just different
My final and biggest tip is:
Enjoy your drive. When spending at least 3 and a half hours in the car, you want to be able to enjoy yourself as much as possible.Its the beginning of a great trip, start it off right.
Ta-ra for now


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Food: Byron Burger, Hoxton
Today's post is all about the time that me and V attempted to do a lovely walk around Hackney from Islington. We got as far as Hackney Downs and it started to absolutely pour it down. Instead of doing the logical thing and waiting for the rain to stop and continue walking to Black Kat Cafe, we got on a bus to Hoxton. We ended up in Byron Burger because V really wanted to get her Mac and Cheese and Chicken Wings. I debated for awhile what I wanted to get and ended up settling a Veggie burger and mac and cheese.
The burger was good especially with the the blue cheese sauce that I ordered with it. I was especially happy that there was a pickle on the side because I looooove pickles. The mac and cheese was very tasty but after awhile it was it got a bit too sickly. Overall, I felt that I should have ordered either the burger or just the Mac and Cheese as it was just too much for me.
Next time I return I would like to try one of their milkshakes!
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Anyone who loves ramen knows the key ingredient is the soup base. Rich creamy and bursting with multe layers of flavour, restaurants create recipes over days of reducing stock, drawing everything out of pork and chicken bones, and adding various ingredients to which the dinner's experience is a magical taste mystery.
Recreating a ramen of this standard is of course rather impossible for home cooks on lets say, a Wednesday evening. But through cravings and for the satisfaction that comes after polishing off a bowl of ramen, I have endeavoured to test out various cooking methods that produce a stock with a close enough match to favoured restaurant recipes, which can be made in under 2 hours.
You will be surprised at how much flavour can be obtained in your stock with this cooking method. Reducing the stock with an initial rapid boil is the most important part of creating this dish. Roasting the bones and using them as a base to the stock lends the all important oily cartilage element that is the foundation of a ramen dish and cannot be recreated though reducing instant stock alone.
Finally the small but significant amounts of butter, milk and sugar elevates the stock to the rich creamy indulgent flavour that makes a ramen so sumptuous and memorable. Any ramen loving home cook will love this recipe.
Roasted Chicken Ramen
Serves 2
2 chicken thighs
6 chicken wings
6 shallot onions
1 whole garlic bulb
Japanese togarashi spice
4 spring onions, chopped fine
2cm piece ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic
1 red chilli
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 red chilli, minced
1.5 litres chicken stock
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp sugar
2 eggs
1 sheet nori seaweed
Soba noodles
Seasoning Sauce:
60ml soy sauce
1 cup cucumber, chopped into small pieces
2 spring onions, sliced thin
1/4 garlic clove minced
2 tsp chilli flakes, crushed with a pestle and mortar
2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- Preheat Oven to 200C. Place chicken, shallots and garlic bulb on a roasting tin, drizzle with a little vegetable oil and sprinkle with salt and togarashi seasoning. Roast for 35 – 40 minutes (depending on your oven temperatures).
- Remove tray from oven and let cool. When chicken is ready to handle, carefully remove the meat in medium-sized pieces, cover to keep the heat in and set aside for later. Keep left over chicken skin and bones. Rough chop the shallots into large pieces, removing an unnecessary peel. Squeeze roasted garlic out of its casing. Keep aside.
- In a large pot fry garlic, ginger, chilli and spring onions gently for a minute. Now add the chopped shallots, garlic and chicken bones to the pot, and using a potato masher, lightly mash ingredients so they are broken up. This is to extract more flavour. Pour in 1 litre of light chicken stock. Bring to a rapid boil and boil uncovered until the liquid has been reduced to half. Once reduced add the remaining 500ml chicken stock, bring to boil then cover and turn to simmer for 20 minutes. The soup base should be rich and slightly thickened by the end of cooking.
- Seasoning sauce: Combine all ingredients in bowl.
- Shred nori seaweed into thin pieces.
- Cook noodles according to packet instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Boil eggs. Remove from shell and cut in half. Season with a little salt.
- In a small pan gently heat milk, sugar and butter until butter has just melted (do not let it simmer or boil). Immediately remove from heat. Add this mixture to your chicken soup base, stir and heat through for a minute.
- Remove soup base from heat and strain. Discard chicken and vegetables. Now strain the soup base for a second time in a fine sieve for a clean smooth consistency.
- Assemble soup. Add noodles to a bowl, pour over soup base. Top with chicken pieces, shredded nori, egg, seasoning sauce and a sprinkle of togarashi spice.


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I have a slash 4x4 but I'm wanting to buy one of these. Is traxxas going to make a nitro version?
Probably not.
I bet they do. It seems like it would be easy enough... I might have to pick up another one and see what I can see. Hmmmmm.
i dont think they will. It seems electric has been picking up while nitro is fading. but you never know!
XMAXX, 1/16th SUMMIT, EREVO
I don't follow Traxxas super close, but... have they released any new nitro products in the last few years?
The X-Maxx may be a foot-in-the-door as far as size. But a plastic chassis will not hold up to the heat of a nitro engine so they may have the same bulkheads but different chassis. You'd need a pretty big nitro engine for it too. And who knows (other than the guys deep within Traxxas), they may be working on a gas engine. IF they are, I hope they took many notes of the flops from HPI and Losi that could have revolutionized the industry.
The Super Derecho
Might as well buy a MiniCooper. LOL
Good times don't just happen.
Nitro is as popular as electric, but I wouldn't call it dead. I for one love nitro, and would love to own a nitro version of the X-Maxx. I can just imagine such a behemoth rolling a dirt path with the mixture of blue smoke, and dust in the air.
I will keep my fingers crossed for such a release...
"We know who you are"
I would think if you had the right plate cut to sit in the chassis you could do just about any (big block obviously) nitro motor to sit in there and you would have room for a transmission as well.
Not me. Nothing like a worthless pile! I had a T-maxx and now an E-maxx. Way better!
it would have to have a pretty big nitro engine, plus if the stock brushless system is overheating that thing would really would be getting hott.
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I would be first in line for a Nitro or Gas version
Go all the way and make it 4 stroke
Why would you want nitro?? Electric is far more efficient and less messy. Plus nitro is not good for our environment sir. Let's go green


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- Sold
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142 Barcladen Rd Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Get directions$440,000 $268/Sq. ft.
- Stylecolonial_revival
- Age 74 Years
- Listed 6 Months 26 Days Ago
Don't miss this 3-4 BD, 2.5 BA brick colonial in the sought-after Conestoga Village neighborhood of Radnor Twp. New windows, a whole house generator, and a flexible floor plan with multiple bathrooms highlight this home. Large windows brighten the Living Room and Dining Room. The updated Kitchen has more storage space than many homes in the neighborhood and features newer cabinets, tile floor, tile backsplash, and appliances. Modern open shelves provide convenient display space and storage for dishware & glassware over the sink. Doors near the front Foyer and Kitchen lead to the 1st floor Den, which has a closet and attached 2nd Full BA, making it ideal for use as a main floor 4th BD if needed. The Basement is partially finished with a paneled Rec Room plus there is ample storage in the Laundry & Utility room. Upstairs are 3 spacious Bedrooms (all with wood floors), a hall linen closet, and another Full BA. BD 1 has a walk-in closet with access to the Attic. BD 2 has several closets plus an en suite Half BA, so this room could also be the Master BD. The rear yard has grassy open recreation space bordered by mature plantings for privacy. A large shed provides great storage space for garden and sports equipment. Newer Roof (2005) & HVAC (2015) and a whole house Generator too! Warm & inviting neighborhood with activities which foster a sense of community. Great location, within walking distance of train stations, shops, restaurants, Villanova Univ., and parks. Convenient to Blue Route, Airport, and Center City.
- Cooktop
- Built-In Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Dryer
- Oven - Double
- Refrigerator
- Washer
- Total Bathrooms: 3
- Full Bathrooms: 2
- 1/2 Bathrooms: 1
- Bedrooms: 3
Heating and Cooling
- Cooling Features: Central A/C
- Heating Features: Forced Air Heating
Interior Features
- Wood Floors
- Basement
Land Info
- Lot Size Acres: 0.1609963
Exterior and Lot Features
- Lot Size Square Feet: 7013
Garage and Parking
- Parking Features: Driveway
School Information
- Elementary School: RADNOR
- High School: RADNOR H
- Middle School: RADNOR M
Homeowners Association
- Association: No
- Calculated Total Monthly Association Fees: 0
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- Annual Tax Amount: 5442.0
- Source Listing Status: Closed
- County: DELAWARE
- Ownership: Fee Simple
- Area: DELAWARE
- Source Neighborhood: CONESTOGA VILLAGE
- Subdivision: CONESTOGA VILLAGE
- Source System Name: C2C
Building and Construction
- Square Feet Living: 1640
- Year Built: 1945
- Above Grade Finished Area: 1640
- Property Age: 74
- Levels or Stories: 2
- Structure Type: Detached
- House Style: Colonial
- Total Area Sqft: 1640
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|1.7 mi
|Radnor Middle School
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|Radnor Senior High School
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|The Agnes Irwin Private School
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Whatever you may think of Gibraltar itself, nobody can deny that it is a fascinating place due to its history, geography, culture and unique status within the EC. The passengers on cruise liners calling at Gib have less than a day to explore The Rock. Most make it no further than Main Street. To fully appreciate Gib can take many days, weeks and some make it a life's work. I hope this short offering, that takes you to two places not often visited by toursists, will encourage more people to open their eyes to what Gib has to offer.
There is only one road into Gibraltar from the border. Whether you opt to drive or walk, after going through customs (don't forget your passport), you will go over the airfield runway. The original runway was built during the second world war and has been extended a number of times since. It is still in use as an RAF base, host to naval aircraft and for civilian flights. From here you can appreciate the Rock itself, a massive, almost sheer, limestone buttress. The caves you see, used as defensive gun positions, are the ends of the miles of tunnels excavated since the British gained Gibraltar in 1713. An entire city is hidden within the rock.
The town is entered through one of the gates through the massive walls built during the 18th and 19th Centuries. In those times the sea came right up to the walls, all the land outside the walls has been reclaimed over two centuries.
Walk up Main Street to the square just before Marks and Spencers and take the small alley at the top right hand side of the square that leads to the Gibraltar Museum. For £2 from 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 2pm on Saturdays you can discover the fauna, flora, history, geography and, through an excellent film, the geology, of Gibraltar. The museum itself appears small from the outside but is a rabbit warren of small rooms within. There is so much packed in that one visit is never enough.
From the museum return to Main Street and turn right. Walk up the street and you will soon see Governors House on the right. On occasional Saturdays at noon the changing of the guard ceremony takes place here with all the pomp and ceremony the Brits are renowned for. This ceremony used to take place every Saturday but security measures in 2005 were iintroduced and the dates of the ceremony are not announced so it's a case of being lucky.
One smaller ceremony that does happen at noon every Saturday starts at Casemates Square at the lower end of Main Street. Nine volunteers in 18th Century Infantry uniforms, to the sound of fife and drum, march up Main Street turn around and march back again for a well earned pint. The statement they are making is pretty obvious. Notice the smallest volunteer, well into his sixties, only as tall as his musket and with a grin from ear to ear.
Continue up Main Street and through the Cemetery Gates following the signs for the Alameda Gardens. The Alameda Gardens were opened in 1816 at the instigation of Lieutenant-Governor George Don who wished to provide a scenic walk for residents and visitors to Gibraltar "where the inhabitants might enjoy the air protected from the extreme heat of the sun". They have been developed and expanded ever since and provide a small tranquil sanctuary in the centre of this bustling town. The Alameda is now the home of the Gibraltar Botanical Gardens with displays of native foreign plants that grow in a Mediterranean environment. Many native and rare insects, reptiles, butterflies and birds have taken up residence. Sad that I am I try to go there once every couple of months so as not to miss anything in its season.
By the time you leave the Alameda you will be ready for a coffee. I have a theory there is a competition in Gib for serving the worst coffee on the planet - Morrisons are winning so far. The Piccadilly Garden Bar is on your left as you leave the gardens car park. Not only is it good coffee they are also known for their excellent, home made, churros and papitos. Churros are the round dough confections eaten with sugar and hot chocolate, the papitos are similar but straight. A sweet way to end the visit.
In July it was too hot for the "Top of the Rock" but now, as we move into autumn, another aspect of Gibraltar can be explored in comfort.
For this day out we took the car into Gibraltar rather than use the official taxis to tour the Rock. Our main reason was that the guided tours tend to be rushed and, as Julie will tell you, I like to read every plaque and explore every cranny. Having got onto the Rock follow the signs for the 'Upper Rock'. Just past the Rock Hotel and Casino do not miss the left turn that takes you to the pay booth.
The car costs £1 and each person in it costs £7. Those prices include entrance to St. Michaels Cave, the Apes Den, the Great Seige Tunnels, the Moorish Castle and the 100 Ton Gun. If you do read every plaque it is a very full day.
From the pay booth, immediately ahead is the Pillar of Hercules monument and from there you can see, on a clear day, the Pillar in North Africa on Jebel Musa just west of Ceuta. The pillars feature in Greek mythology with all sorts of dire warnings designed to dissuade adventurous traders from going further west, thus protecting their trade routes. Beyond the pillars a mariner had to face turbulent seas, sea monsters, rapacious sirens, and, if he were really unlucky, he would sail off the edge of the world.
The next stop on the tour is St. Michael's Cave. Car parking is some way away up a steep hill so drop your passengers off and then park up, don't forget your entrance tickets. The cave is a natural series of passages and caverns worn out of the soluble limestone rock by the action of water.
There are some good examples of stalagmites, stalactites and calcite curtains. The largest cavern has been converted into an auditorium and must make a stunning setting for the Son et Lumiere shows. Unlike other caves on the Rock, there is no evidence that St. Michael's was ever occupied by prehistoric man despite the prominent cabinet containing a replica of the Neanderthal skull found at Forbes Quarry.
Having retrieved the car take the road to the Apes Den. This is an area where the Barbary Macaques (Macaca Silvanus) are fed. One tale, told by the guides, says they were imported into Gibraltar by one of the Moorish rulers to remind him of home. A more likely story is that they were imported by the Brits in the early 18thC since the first written record of them dates back to 1740. The legend goes that if the apes leave Gibraltar then so will the British. There seems little danger of either occurrence. Keep your car windows shut.
These rascals are so used to humans that they swarm over your vehicle and, without the benefit of screw drivers, will relieve you of aerials and windscreen wipers. The local guides carry a stick for obvious reasons. Although you are not encouraged to feed the apes a blind eye is turned. They seem to appreciate dry pasta. Remove wrist watches, necklaces, rings and chains or the apes may remove them for you. It's good fun really.
Making sure you have no unwanted passenger within or on your car, carry on to the Great Siege Tunnels. The tunnels you visit are only a very small part of the 60 kilometres of tunnels that honeycomb the Rock. They were excavated during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, the Peninsular War and the Second World War. The Rock shelters a whole town complete with communications rooms, store rooms, magazines and so on.
The part open to visitors concentrates on the siege period and contains some good exhibits including the famous downward depressing gun. A certain Sergeant Major Ince was the man responsible for the idea of siege tunnels and as a reward was given a plot of land on the Rock which is still known as Ince's Farm. The gun ports give fabulous views over the airport and La Linea. During the Great Siege, 1779 - 1783 over 200,000 cannon balls were fired from these embrasures. Mind you the Spanish retrieved quite a few and fired them back.
The Moorish Castle is next. This small fortress commands the only land connection with Spain and dates back to the 11th Century. From the flag pole on the roof flies the Union Flag, just as a reminder you understand. The castle has undergone (2006) a long overdue renovation, the previous one was in 1333. Inside there are some lovely examples of Moorish wall and ceiling decorations. A couple of years ago some Spanish students infiltrated the castle and hoisted the Spanish National Flag. They found the Gibraltarians have no sense of humour.
Leaving the Rock follow the signs for the 100 ton gun which is situated just south of the docks. The gun was manufactured by Sir W C Armstrong at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1870 and was one of twelve. Eight were built for the Italian Navy, two were sent to Malta, and two to Gibraltar.
The 17.72 inch Rifled Muzzle loader has a barrel length of 32.65ft, of which 30.25ft are rifled and was capable of firing a 2000lb shell up to 8 miles. Hydraulic power generated by a steam engine was used to elevate and traverse the Gun. It took a minimum of 3 hours to develop the necessary head of steam to operate the mounting though this was quite acceptable since it took a Man O'War at least 3 hours to enter the bay of Gibraltar after being sited off the point of Tarifa in Spain.
It is said that during a visit of the Inspector-General of Artillery in 1902 the Gun was prepared to fire 5 rounds at full charge. On the first order to fire, the tube fired but that was all. After further attempts still nothing happened so the misfire drill was carried out but to no avail. At the end of the stipulated 30 minutes wait, the General asked for a volunteer to go down the bore and fasten the shell extractor to the projectile so that the Gun could be unloaded. After a long pause for consideration a small thin soldier stepped forward and volunteered for the task. Stripped to the waist, a rope round him and the extractor ready, he was himself 'loaded' into the Gun. A few moments later, to everyone's relief, he was hauled back safely, having completed his task.
The gunner's reward, though not princely, was immediate, as it is said that he was promoted to the rank of Bombardier that same day.
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- Ice Guide : Southcentral : North Anchorage : Eklutna River : Eklutna Canyon : Astroturf
Rating: WI3+
Length: 40 meters
Hike to the base of a low angle moss covered face to begin. Climb unprotected for approximately 5 meters to the large tree on the right-hand side. From there climb a thin runnel of ice up to a small ledge. If you wish to continue climbing, take the hand sized crack just left of the ice finish to the canyon rim. This climb has also been called Thunderipple.
Anchor: Small trees and/or alder exist at the top of the canyon. At the top of the ice a fixed anchor is located in the rock buttress approximately 10 feet to the left.
Alert: The Eklutna Canyon drainage is private property belonging to Eklutna Incorporated and their website indicates ice climbing is not allowed on their property. It is strongly suggested that before venturing into the canyon, check with the climbing groups within the community regarding the current access status for the canyon. Alaska State Parks require vehicles parking in the Thunderbird Falls Trailhead parking lot to have a current Alaska State Parks parking pass.
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Head upriver past T.J. Swann to where the Northside Climbs are sometimes located on the north walls of the canyon. You will know your there when you see a very distinctive yellow colored ice flowing from the canyon walls. On most years, these climbs do not form enough to climb. Astroturf is the climb furthest to the right.
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Starwood's fourth Australian Four Points by Sheraton will open in the Brisbane CBD on March 3.
Starwood's fourth Australian Four Points by Sheraton will open in the Brisbane CBD on March 3.
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The hotel, which took two years to build and is the first new-build property to go up in Brisbane's city centre in the last decade, is set to open its doors on time.
Owned by Felicity Hotel Pty Ltd, Starwood secured the long-term management contract under its Four Points by Sheraton brand. The 32-storey, 246 room contemporary city tower designed by Brisbane-based Noel Robinson Architects and is located at 99-103 Mary Street.
An artist's rendering of the guest room decor
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Years of silence. Decades of silence. 400 years of silence
Or—At least it seems that way.
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It's hard to wait.
It's hard to listen when all I hear is . . .
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I didn't either.
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As marine contractors working in the offshore oil and gas industry contend with ever-deeper waters, lifting operations have become ever more complex and vital. Deepwater subsea lifting increasingly involves fiber ropes, often because of their relative lightness. They may be short lifting slings or long running rigging which passes through sheaves and is stored on winch drums. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) established an international Rope Forum in the first half of 2010 to address rope-related issues. Now the Forum has established a sub workgroup to look at the subject of fiber ropes. The workgroup has now identified members and will be meeting for the first time early in 2011.
"The establishment of the fiber rope sub workgroup was just one of the topics discussed at the second meeting of the IMCA Rope Forum in early November," explained IMCA's Technical Director, Jane Bugler. "Other topics included the need for guidance documents on Flemish eye and socket terminations. The interest in the Rope Forum continues to grow and the next meeting has been arranged for February 2011 in Aberdeen. IMCA members and non-members are encouraged to participate in this lively and active event. If anyone would like further information on the on the activities of the Rope Forum they should contact my colleague Paul Bayliss at IMCA."


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Today the Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu – which, as part of the Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary, has been designated a World Heritage natural and cultural site is the most important and most popular hiking trail in South America, followed by many thousands of ecotourists and modern-day pilgrims in the past 3 decades. Its extreme popularity in recent years — more than 75,000 people a year hike the famous Inca trail — has led to concerns among environmentalists and historians that the Inca trail is suffering potentially irreparable degradation.
The National Institute of Culture (INC) and the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Integration, and International Trade (MITINCI), reacting to pressure from groups such as UNESCO (which threatened to rescind Machu Picchu's World Heritage Site status), instituted far-reaching changes in practices designed to limit the number of visitors and damage to Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail, though these alone may not be enough to forestall the trail's damage.
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The Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 4 days route is along hand-hewn stone stairs and trails through sumptuous mountain scenery and amazing cloud forest, past rushing rivers and dozens of Inca ruins. The zone is inhabited by rare orchids, 419 species of birds, and even the indigenous spectacled bear. The trek begins at Qorihuayrachina near Ollantaytambo – more easily described as Km 88 of the railway from Cusco to Aguas Calientes. The 43km (26-mile) route passes three formidable mountain passes, including the punishing «Dead Woman's Pass» to a maximum altitude of 4,200m (13,800 ft.). Most groups enter the ruins of Machu Picchu at sunrise on the fourth day, although others, whose members are less keen on rising at 3:30am to do it, trickle in throughout the morning.
Hiking the Classic Inca Trail is one of a lifetime experiences, hiking the passage that the Incas walked. People come from all over the world, not only to visit the spectacular Machu Picchu but to hike the renowned Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, the most famous trek in South America. Enjoy the wondrous, changing landscapes and scenery like mountains, cloud forest rich in flora and fauna. Be in awe and thrilled every step of the way visiting archeological sites and much more on route to the acclaimed Sanctuary of Machu Picchu to finally bask in its beauty and magic.
Cusco – Piscacucho (Km. 82) – Huayllabamba.
6:00 am, early morning departure from Cusco to Piscacucho (2,663mt./8,735ft.) by bus. The Inca trail meanders easily alongside the river with views of snow-capped peaks before reaching the ruins of Llaqtapata. There are views of the Urubamba mountain range and its most spectacular peak, Veronica (5,832mt./19,128ft). Campsite is at Huayllabamba (2,928mt./9,606ft).
Meals: Lunch,Dinner.
Huayllabamba – Warmihuañusca – Pacaymayo
Today will be the most strenuous part of the trek going up to Llulluchapampa where the hike becomes truly spectacular with scenery that more than compensates for the effort. Vegetation thins and the day warms on the approach to the highest point of the Inca trail – Warmiwañusqa Pass (4,236mt./13,894ft). Camp on the Pacaymayo Valley (3,526mt./11,566ft).
Meals: Breakfast , Lunch, Dinner.
Pacaymayo – Runkuracay – Wiñaywayna.
The group climbs an Inca stairway to Runkurakay and begins the final push to the Runkurakay pass (3,962mt/12,996ft.). After visiting the impressive ruins of Sayacmarca (3,657mt./11,998ft.), continue on to the Phuyupatamarca Ruins (3521mt./ 11,552ft). The Inca trail becomes increasingly more dramatic as it leads down to the next campsite at Wiñaywayna.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Wiñayhuayna – Inti – Punku – Machu Picchu – Cusco
Morning arrival to the spectacular Machu Picchu. After a professional guided tour, catch a bus to Aguas Calientes where the group boards a train for Cusco; a journey winding through the beautiful Urubamba River Valley. Transport to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
The destination at the end of the Classic Inca Trail is Machu Picchu, making the trek, although difficult in some parts, very rewarding! After your Inca Trail trek you can get a great view of the citadel after your Machu Picchu tour, you can also climb Huayna Picchu Mountain.
Depending on your entrance time for Huayna Picchu you can walk around for a while before entering, but they are very strict about the entrance times, so make sure to be on time! You will need to show your entrance ticket for Huayna Picchu and your passport. If you had a student discount when you booked, you will also need to show your ISIC (International Student Identity Card).
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Viewed through the prism of the Petrine ministry, Christianity reveals that the history of the world and the history of salvation are one and the same. Many of us never knew or have forgotten this identity. Our lapse in this regard contributes to the enervating sense of purposelessness so prevalent today.
To recap the trajectory: God created the universe and us so that we might participate eternally in his ineffable goodness. But, endowed with free will we rejected his invitation and found ourselves in a world crippled by sin and death. Two millennia ago, fulfilling the promise he had delivered through his Chosen People God laid the foundation for the restoration of our relationship with him. This was attained by the redeeming sacrifice of his Son whose incarnation, passion and resurrection established his kingdom among us.
Already here, this universally available kingdom will not be fully realized until the Parousia, the Second Coming of Christ. In the meantime, God wills that we cooperate in this endeavor by fostering everywhere human dignity and all it entails, a mission embraced essentially by the animating force of charity. This is our purpose and the purpose of history. Those who refuse to commit will suffer the consequence.
Perhaps it has always been so, but it seems today we are particularly prone to forget this. Unconcerned about anything other than basic survival and undirected by a larger cause we succumb to the numbing allure of aimless distraction. We let atrophy those creative talents our Creator has given us to build his kingdom.
Here technology is both friend and foe. While it liberates us from our tiresome drudgery and enables our extraordinary feats, it can also, if we allow it, paralyze us with the belief that its putative omnipotence is sufficient to solve the world's problems. This surrender to technology coupled with our sense of purposelessness might well free us from care and relieve us of commitment. But neither of these 'liberations' is consistent with the advance of the kingdom.
Our society has a bad case of TJS, the 'torn jeans syndrome.' Granted: 'chacun un a son gout,' or, "each to his own," but these intentionally frayed garments epitomize the insouciance of purposelessness. They are the uniform of the post-moderns, those less than joyful souls who have resigned themselves to the sad belief that there is no objective reality let alone a purposeful relationship with one. Truth, Beauty and Goodness no longer reign supreme if they ever did. Any power they may have had cannot be recharged. Aware of this post-modern mindset each time I see denim trousers stylishly ripped at the knee I imagine a sullen voice somewhere sighing: "too late, never again."
Christianity on the other hand with its insistence on the salvific role of history champions hope, that indispensable virtue that engenders all others. Christianity is a faith bolstered by the conviction that God's Holy Spirit is guiding the progress of the world. Furthermore, because his kingdom is preliminarily among us now, we humans are more inclined than our distant ancestors to accept his invitation to cooperate.
Christians tend to be happy and committed souls. Their motto might be: "already, not yet". Beyond being post-modern, they are pre-Parousial.
Dana Robinson is chair of the board of trustees of the National Catholic Community Foundation.


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- Options – A contract giving the purchaser the opportunity to buy or sell the security at a fixed price on a certain date.
- Swaps – This type of derivative allows two parties to "swap" cash flows.
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EP Review: Godthrymm – A Grand Reclamation (Transcending Records)
UK Epic Doom Metal crew Godthrymm are gearing up for the release of A Grand Reclamation, the debut EP from the band. The EP will be out March 16 on CD and digital formats via Transcending Records. Vinyl treatment for the EP will come courtesy of Cosmic Key Creations.Keep On Reading


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The politics and substantive rules of the road for the Affordable Care Act are more stable now than they have been in years. But chaos is never far away.
What to watch: The upcoming ACA enrollment season, which starts Nov. 1, will be the first one with the Trump administration's agenda fully in place, and it will test just how effective that agenda is.


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Steve Brine took his family to the Easton Fete on Monday 29th August, where he was co-opted to man the bar!
The Itchen Valley MP saw the event opened by villager Geoff Dee, who was attending his 49th fete, and the afternoon included a dog show, egg catching, wheelbarrow time trials, Stuart the Minion and kids races, along with the traditional summer fete fayre.
Steve said: "I spent a happy (if not warm) afternoon serving drinks at the bar and I know the local Red Cat Brewing team's Scratch and Prowler ale certainly went down a treat.
"We had a great time, and I'm delighted the day raised money for the Easton & Martyr Worthy Cricket Club, the Easton Village Hall and the Itchen Valley Churches."
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- As an ESL teacher for a primarily Latino caseload, Matt de la Peña is my literary hero. In honor of him becoming the FIRST Latino to win a Newberry Award last week, here is an article he wrote for NPR to pull at your heartstrings.
- I just finished the final book in the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children trilogy. Ransom Riggs takes antique photographs and twists them into illustrations for his story. Perfect recommendations for grades 7-10, or someone who's found themselves snowed in…
- As a runner, Lauren Fleshman is my idol. Due to injury, Fleshman recently went from Olympic hopeful to zero. Reading her blog, as she not-so-gracefully pulls herself out of this hole, reminds me that running is the same experience for her as it is for everyone else.
- Did you know that it's a myth that Ellis Island officials changed your last name? Each summer, I pick my genealogy project back up and start from where I left off last August. This is an interesting read even if you think your last name was changed!
- Being an integral part of the baggage my students bring into the classroom, immigration issues spark my interest. Do you know what's involved in becoming a legal US citizen? Click HERE to enlarge.
Month: January 2016
Honoring Our Interests
Describe an interest that you had as a young person, whether or not that interest was recognized as learning in school. Write or make something about it that you can share with others … Tell us about what might have piqued this interest. How did you pursue that interest or what did it make you think about? What and who supported you as you dove deeper? In what ways were your interests connected to school, or not? What were the implications?
When I was in seventh grade, my parents bought me my first horse. In the moment, it was the end of a long and tortuous wait, but looking back, it was the first day of a lot of learning.
- As a young girl, I learned to enjoy hard work. Sometimes there were three inches of ice on top of water buckets that needed to be broken, other times there were ten or twelve horse stalls to be mucked. My parents were adamant that this hobby was my sole responsibility, and I found pleasure in proving to myself, and to everybody else, that I COULD do it.
- I learned how to fall (in the field, on a jump, in the ring, at a show) and get back on. There was times when I was bruised, afraid, utterly frustrated, or all of the above, but I swallowed those anxieties and got back into the saddle.
- I learned how to make judgement calls. Some were easy, but others were the toughest of their kind, like the ones that you must make without having all the facts, or the ones that continue or end a life.
- I learned what an iron is (no, you don't press clothes with it), how to pull a mane (yes, that's a thing), and how to tie a slip-knot (not the band).
- I learned how to cope. Owning horses is an emotional rollercoaster; any equine enthusiast would tell you the same. That world brought me down into valleys I had never been before, and I learned how to deal with being there.
- Most importantly, I learned how to learn. Bringing home a horse exposed to me how little I knew about what I was doing. To remedy, I joined the local Horsepark, I became President of the 4-H Horse and Pony Club, I started working for a local barn, and I became a stall-girl for the farm down the road. In retrospect, I joined learning communities that connected me to the people who I wanted to learn from.
My interest, and these lessons that came along with it, were never recognized in school. However, all of these lessons that I learned shaped my character that I brought to school. My parents, who brought this entire fortunate experience to my backyard, certainly saw this connection. They recognized that the barn was where I might grapple with life's biggest challenges and learn to work through them. And I thank them for taking that chance for me.
Getting Connected
Hi, ED677! Looking forward to a great semester together!
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Daryl Tubiello