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Object storage gains steam as unstructured data grows
Object storage isn't a new concept in the NAS world, but some new products are bypassing traditional file system interfaces as an industry debate emerges about the best way to cope with unstructured data.
Object storage isn't a new concept in the NAS world, but some new products are bypassing traditional file system interfaces as industry debate emerges about the best way to cope with unstructured data.
In the age of Web 2.0, the cloud and the digital content explosion, enterprise data storage managers are reevaluating how they store unstructured data as vendors roll out new object-based storage systems designed to offer simplified management and more scalable metadata schemes.
Unstructured data is expected to far outpace the growth of structured data over the next three years. According to the "IDC Enterprise Disk Storage Consumption Model" report released last fall, while transactional data is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.8%, it's far outpaced by a 61.7% CAGR predicted for unstructured data.
"There are going to be extreme amounts of data as things like digital video and mobile networks grow; in five years, pretty much every phone will be 'smart,'" said Robin Harris, senior analyst at StorageMojo. "All of us storage geeks agree on that, and different people are beginning to visualize what that kind of growth needs in terms of storage infrastructure."
Think APIs, not files
Traditional hierarchical file systems organize data into "trees" consisting of directories, folders, subfolders and files. Files are a logical representation of blocks of data associated with an application and are the most familiar means of working with data. Network file system interfaces like NFS and CIFS are well-understood, standardized methods of conveying the logical groups of blocks from a storage repository to an application.
A problem arises, however, when a traditional file system, which has a theoretically limited number of files it can address in a single directory and tracks only simple metadata, runs into massive repositories of similar files.
"File systems make less sense over time as the amount of data grows," StorageMojo's Harris said. "Architecturally, it makes more sense for each file to have a unique 128-bit ID and use an Internet-like system for locating that file; a URL points to an address and there are files at that address, and object-based storage interfaces are essentially operating on the same principle."
With an object ID replacing a file name, more extensive data can accompany an object than the simple "created," "modified" or "saved on" fields available in traditional file systems. Thus, detailed policies can be applied to objects for more efficient and automated management.
Without NFS or CIFS to serve up files to applications, object-based storage systems need to replace that layer of abstraction between raw blocks of data on disk and files that applications can recognize. Today's object-based systems use standard APIs such as Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), or proprietary APIs to tell applications how to store and retrieve object IDs.
New object-based storage products target the cloud
For companies like Amazon, Flickr, Google or YouTube, whose intellectual property and differentiation comes from offering Web-based applications, programming their own interfaces isn't such a big deal. But for companies with dozens or hundreds of applications, cobbling code to make each app work with object-based storage is likely to be an onerous and uneconomical task. There are, however, some storage vendors that offer pre-built but flexible architectures that do the job.
Caringo Inc. was first to position a content-addressed storage (CAS) system for nearline rather than archival storage, where CAS systems like EMC Corp.'s Centera (designed by the same engineers who later founded Caringo) historically played. In May 2008, the company claimed that its CAStor product can take the place of a file system or global namespace in traditional clustered storage products. CAStor runs CIFS or NFS using a file system gateway that can also be clustered (although no global namespace is available on the gateway), as well as HTTP access natively. According to the company, CAStor can be installed on nearly any x86 hardware with direct-attached storage (DAS).
EMC entered the market in November 2008 with its Atmos system, which it dubbed cloud-optimized storage (COS). Atmos uses object-based metadata to allow users to set policies that determine where to store data, which services to apply to it, and how many copies should be created and where they should be stored. REST and SOAP Web services are built in, as are capabilities such as replication, versioning, compression, data dedupe and disk spin-down. Users don't have to set up file systems or assign logical unit numbers (LUNs); during setup, they simply answer a few questions to set policies.
DataDirect Networks Inc. announced Web Object Scaler (WOS) in June 2009, and was expected to ship the system before the end of 2009. EMC said Atmos can scale to multiple petabytes and billions of files, but DataDirect Networks said WOS can handle more than 200 billion files and 6 petabytes (PB); the company also claims a performance advantage over Atmos because its system holds object metadata in memory on its server nodes. Atmos metadata is partitioned and stored in a collection of databases spread across many disks in the system.
Cleversafe Inc. brought its dsNet Object Store out of the beta testing phase in September 2009. Cleversafe's SliceStor storage nodes can break a single file into as many as 11 pieces for redundancy, creating a hash that's appended to each slice for reconstruction. Cleversafe provides built-in encryption and previously offered the product with a block-level iSCSI or WebDAV interface. It's offering APIs for object-based access to the dsNet based on the Java software development kit (SDK) or using REST.
More recently, NetApp Inc. cloud czar Val Bercovici revealed in a blog post that the company best known for network-attached storage (NAS) will also be offering a native object storage interface "in the not too distant future."
The object debate
Paul Carpentier, Caringo's CTO and co-founder, invented CAS as founder of FilePool, which became Centera after it was sold to EMC in 2001. Carpentier has become perhaps the most outspoken proponent of object-based storage systems as a replacement for file systems altogether. "It's a heated debate," Carpentier said. "Personally, I'm very convinced we've stretched the hierarchical thing way too long."
Carpentier argues that file systems were originally built to allow concurrent access to smaller groups of objects shared among a few users. But now, he said, there's a "mismatch between prevailing use cases [for unstructured data] and how those systems work. Ninety percent to 95% of us don't need a storage system with concurrent locking for reference information."
Carpentier noted that the management of file systems is too meticulous to be practical at petabyte scale. "Some products create a virtualization layer that presents a global namespace, but there might be 20 underlying file systems you have to manage individually, and sooner or later the Web 2.0 business model bumps into an impossibility," he said. Furthermore, at scale, "backup just doesn't cut it anymore, you need live replication."
Object interfaces decouple data from the underlying disk hardware in a way file systems can't keep up with, said Cleversafe CEO Chris Gladwin. "With objects, there isn't a size limit or a concept of drive size; there's just a single namespace that can theoretically encompass all the hard drives on the planet."
One EMC and NetApp user said he agrees with this point of view. "I feel really strongly that the file systems we have today are not all that great. In the mainframe days, you could include attributes with a file to help manage them," said Tom Becchetti, a veteran storage professional who asked that his company not be named because of organizational policy. "With file systems, if you need to manage some files differently from others, you do it in separate server buckets today."
That runs counter to the consolidation going on with server virtualization, and Becchetti said object-based storage "could be a key enabler to grow the virtual [server] world, where an object isn't a file but a VMDK [virtual machine disk file]. It could mean I could share a VMDK between more physical servers than is possible with today's file systems, and protect it on a grander scale with policy-based management, where I could say anything with 'P' in the VMDK name should be protected this way vs. anything with 'D' in the name."
Still, even in some of the most demanding environments, users said file systems can get the job done. Speaking on a recent Wikibon.org conference call, Eugene Hacopians, senior system engineer at The California Institute of Technology (the academic home of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory), said the 2 PB of storage in his environment, comprising billions of 5 KB to 25 KB files, still runs mostly on traditional storage systems from Nexsan Technologies Inc.
But that's been a matter of timing, project lifecycles and budget rather than technical preference. "We have looked at [object-based storage] and are considering it for newer projects," Hacopians said. "It's difficult to convert to new technology and fork out additional money when you're in the middle of trying to deliver on a project."
Different products for different use cases
Another viewpoint maintains that file vs. object doesn't have to be an either-or proposition. NetApp and EMC, for example, have both expressed this point of view.
"If there are limits to traditional file systems, we're not running into them today," said Peter Thayer, director of marketing, midrange products at EMC. "It's more a matter of application-centric use cases in Web 2.0 requiring additional metadata than running out of gas in the traditional file system space today."
John Hayden, EMC's CTO of NAS engineering, added that if users require shared read/write access to the same files, "you'll get more horsepower out of traditional file systems today in terms of performance."
NetApp's Bercovici echoed that outlook. NetApp continues to roll out file system-based products, most recently its Ontap 8 operating system, which will support scale-out. However, "if you need to support millions, hundreds of millions or billions of similar objects, like medical images, storage interfaces are just overhead," he said. "You don't want to create LUNs, folders and permissions; you just want a single scalable directory."
Some users find a combination of products works best for different needs within the same environment. At the Johns Hopkins University Bayview Research Campus Center for Inherited Disease Research, data processing for genetic research processing is done using clients attached to a 72 TB Isilon Systems Inc. clustered NAS system, but once data passes from being actively shared among researchers to being kept as reference information, it's moved to Caringo's CAStor object-based system.
"Isilon provides a large shared file system to support desktop data analysis for the computers that drive instruments in our lab," said Lee Watkins Jr., the center's director of bioinformatics. It's important to have file-locking capabilities and the ability to manage permissions across both Windows and Linux OSes in this environment, though Watkins said this can often carry management headaches. "We have very large files people need access to from Linux, Mac OS X and Windows desktops, some reading, some writing, and we have to decide how to balance throughput to the different [Isilon] nodes -- which file system is going to mount to each node," he said.
Once data passes into the archive stage, Watkins said it's more important to be able to access the data and metadata quickly when it's needed. "We also produce a tremendous amount of data. It can be between a terabyte and 3 TB per day," he said. For Johns Hopkins, writing an application to access the Caringo storage through an API "was pretty simple," according to Watkins. "We can move files around on the back end and not worry about addressing and where it is, and it doesn't matter what operating system is requesting the file."
Combining file protocols with object stores
File and object aren't necessarily mutually exclusive ideas even within the same system. In fact, several existing scale-out NAS systems already have object stores underlying a file interface, including BlueArc Corp.'s Titan, Panasas Inc.'s ActiveStore and ParaScale Inc.'s Hyper-scale Storage Cloud.
"Objects are kind of an overloaded term," said Brent Welch, Panasas' director of software architecture. "Different people define it differently, but it's essentially a container for data that serves as a building block for higher-level storage systems." The Panasas distributed file system knits together NFS with an underlying object store to meet the scalability demands of high-performance computing.
Systems like CAStor and Atmos essentially peel back the network protocol layer and let the application interface directly with the object store. Some products, like BlueArc's Titan, also allow administrators to search using more detailed object-based metadata schemes, though end users in the environment access the system through NFS.
James Rainey, BlueArc's executive director of strategic technology, said BlueArc has allowed some partners to integrate applications directly into the object store using a proprietary API, and they're considering opening up that API for more general use.
Some enterprise users are looking to ease object-based systems for archival data into their environments by putting together standard file-based access with one of the newer object storage systems built on commodity hardware. BlueArc stores file system and object metadata in proprietary field-programmable gate arrays -- FPGAs -- and Panasas uses a proprietary NFS client (see "Peaceful coexistence: Object meets file" below).
|Peaceful coexistence: Object meets file
"We have a lot of legacy stuff -- we want to use objects for scalability of medical image archives long term, but we're not a Web 2.0 company that can start fresh with a database and objects. Meanwhile, almost any computer system on the planet can connect through CIFS and NFS," said Michael Passe, storage architect at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Passe is working with EMC Corp. engineers to get file access into Atmos. "They're helping us push forward the file protocol side, but there's significant work to do with Samba to connect to Windows systems via CIFS," he said.
While managing objects will become a necessity down the road, Passe said Atmos' commodity hardware and scale-out architecture has appeal right now. "We went from Centera, at $8 per raw gigabyte of data, to Atmos, at less than a dollar per raw gigabyte," he said. "Even if it makes four copies for data protection, it's still only $2.80 per raw GB."
Connecting Windows systems via CIFS and Samba to an object-based system is fairly esoteric. However, Brent Welch, Panasas Inc.'s director of software architecture, said that Version 4.1 of the NFS standard will include support for connecting via the pNFS client to file, block or object-based storage systems, potentially easing integration of object-based storage into enterprise environments with legacy data like Passe's.
Despite the efforts to meld object and file systems, StorageMojo's Harris predicts the debate over files and objects will continue. "There has been a low-level religious war going on for quite some time," he said. "File systems have been a key technology for decades, but we're rapidly reaching the point … where it doesn't make sense to tie data to a specific disk drive attached to a specific path name anymore."
BIO: Beth Pariseau is senior news writer for SearchStorage.com.


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Adame helped organize JFK visit to Houston
David Adame, a longtime civil rights leader who helped organize a historic meeting between President John F. Kennedy and Mexican-American leaders in Houston the day before he was assassinated, died Tuesday.
Adame, 95, had been waging a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
On Nov. 21, 1963, Kennedy was in town to honor U.S. Rep. Albert Thomas. Until the last moment, however, it wasn't clear whether the president would stop at the old Rice Hotel to meet with the League of United Latin American Citizens.
"Sure enough, he came. It was just electrifying in that big ballroom," said Tina Adame, who was married to the civil rights leader for 60 years.
David Adame exchanged greetings with Kennedy in the receiving line then joined the president at the podium.
"He kept saying, 'I'm nobody. What am I doing here?'" Tina Adame recalled.
The president and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy - who thrilled the audience by speaking fluent Spanish - remained for 17 minutes, almost twice as long as their scheduled time.
The next day, 50 years ago this year, the president was killed in Dallas.
Adame was born in Houston on April 11, 1918. He served in the Army, fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
After the war, Adame returned home to major in business administration at the Southwestern Business College.
He joined the League in 1948. In those days, life in Texas could be tough for a Mexican-American even those who fought for the U.S. in combat.
"We had segregated schools and there were restaurants that would not serve Mexican-Americans," said Belen Robles, former League president.
She said veterans like her friend Adame would not accept the status of a second-class citizen when they returned from combat.
"It was an eye-opener. Many of them realized things didn't need to be the way they were," Robles said.
'Beautiful talking'
Adame crisscrossed the state, helping to set up organization chapters, job placement centers for Latinos, and a forerunner of the Head Start program, in other cities throughout Texas.
Adame's wife said she will always remember seeing her husband, humble and largely self-educated, speaking before crowds that at times numbered in the thousands.
"I couldn't believe that was David up there doing all that beautiful talking," she said.
The life of a civil rights activist was a sacrifice for a man with a growing family that would eventually include four children.
"Sometimes we didn't have money to pay the lights. I was trying to stretch the nickels and raise the kids while he was out," Tina Adame said.
But, she said the volunteer meant the world to him. In addition to serving in organization positions at both the state and national level, Adame also was ordained a deacon in the Roman Catholic church.
"He was an inspiration to a lot of people. He had a big impact," said Johnny Mata, who also worked for Latino civil rights.
"He wanted to even the playing field for everybody," Mata said.
Tina Adame said her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2001.
At the end of his life, Adame was at peace and surrounded by a family that included 13 grandchildren and a pair of great-grandchildren.
"He kept saying he was going home. He told us we were put on this Earth to help people," Tina Adame said.
A public viewing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Annunciation Church, 1618 Texas Ave. followed by a funeral Mass and burial on Friday.

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Please, please, be patient, I'm going to se if I can find the backups from several years ago and restore everything, since (from the server logs) it looks as if there is still an interest in some of the files. In particular, the parker and staendebuch directories, as well as Liam's Sportsmen's pages, if I can find them, will be restored.
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Found most of the Compendium, most of the Staendebuch, and most of Tasha's old home directory. Still looking for the last bits. I have several backup versions of this to go through, so it might be possible to get those last little pieces.
I need to be certain that everyone knows that this is NO LONGER anything at all whatsoever (Am I getting this across yet?) to do with the Society for Creative Anachronisms, Inc., the Middle Kingdom, or the defunct Shire of Far Reaches. It's all my own stuff, blame none other if there's any problem. The domain name has been mine, registered and paid for every year out of my own pocket without ever any recompense from anyone, including the SCA, the Midrealm, or the Shire.


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I need to figure out the math for this program.
I have 2 inputs, Amount Owed and Amount Paid. Then from that I get Total Change (Amount Paid - Amount Owed). So if I have 500 Amount Paid and 272 Amount Owed, then Total Change is 228.
Now from that I convert that into dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies. So 228 would be 2 dollars, 1 quarters, 0 dimes, 0 nickels, 3 pennies. 844 would be 8 dollars, 1 quarters, 1 dimes, 1 nickels, 4 pennies.


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This is a 4 way xover, better dont be on a budget.
Thanks, I hope so. I'd like to hear to concentrate my money towards the 4, 6, 24, and 80 caps. Then a lower level for the 8, 40, & 30, and that the 350 shunt cap was fine with anything? Please, oh please, oh please...? And for what it's worth, I'm looking for anything with good air, clarity, detail and decay, and correct timbre, not necessarily warmth. Honesty, I suppose. I'm a bit backwards too, as I listen bottom up. I listen for bass tautness and quickness, midbass snap, an open mid, and a smooth treble. Smooth but not rolled off. But since my high end extension isn't what it used to be, I'm not as picky about treble performance, as bass. I don't do Boom!
What you are asking for is a list of hi-end sound qualities to be drawn from this vintage speaker.
Oh yea, another thing that I've been wondering about is cap mixing? If I'm using a Brand A cap on the tweeter, should I continue with Brand A for the mids and Brand A on the woofers? Or can you and should you mix-and-match, depending on the specific drivers? I want consistency of sound across the speaker, and was hoping that using one primary brand would achieve this? Then, I was wondering about bypass caps, and even cascoded bypass caps? Should you or shouldn't you? If using multiple brands, this is where that I thought that they'd come into play?Again, Thanks.
Voicing an audio product is a difficult, costly and time consuming task for the factory designers, it demand detailed knowledge of the circuit and in the case of speakers knowledge of acoustics, drivers, music and hypothetical average custumer room oriented, its a Herculean task.
Welcome Stimpy!Let me see if I have this straight. You want to know if certain cap positions in a XO are inherently more sonically important than others. Mostly, because you are on a tight budget. Then, the initial post is followed by more questions up to the point were it sounds like you are interested in playing around with the XO... More of an educational exercise? While there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, there will be a conflict. Education, and cheap do not coexist in audio. And do not confuse less expensive with "cheap".
Now, to answer a few of your questions (direct or implied):1) Series caps typically influence the sound with greater magnitude over a larger bandwidth than paralleled caps in a paralleled network.
2) Caps in paralleled RLC networks tend to have the least amount of impact on the network with the exception of parallel cap operating no higher than 300Hz.
3) Optimizing a crossover often calls for different brand and construction caps.
4) While bypassing (XOs) was a very viable thing 15-20 years ago, it is seldom the solution today. This is due to the quality, and shear number of different flavors, available today.
A few things to note. That speaker sounded good with "all" electrolytics. The age of the caps has caused their ESR to rise, so not they sound darker, slower, and have less detail. Replacing all the electrolytics with new electrolytics would be the best bang for the buck. If you are trying to stretch your money, trial and error (an education) don't live here. I have had a couple of poor experiences with erse electrolytics, so I no longer recommend them.
I'd be happy to make an official recommendation, but I need a couple of things first. Budget? Top six sonic improvements you are looking for? If you have less than six, that is OK.
Good about the 300Hz cut-off too, as I didn't want to have to use anything exotic for the 350uf cap.
I wasn't expecting this. I had assumed bypass caps were more accepted, and the norm? Aren't the SoniCap Gen II caps bypass caps?
I'm not opposed to using NPE's.
It's just that I've read comments from retired AR engineers, stating they would have used poly caps in their crossovers, if they'd been available then.
In fact, I've recapped speakers, using NPE's, and been happy with the results.
Just looking to 'step-up' to the next level
Budget? Ha! I sometimes feel as though I work for the U.S. Government, as my funds seem to always get reallocated to another project, without my prior knowledge or approval. So, I usually buy a little at a time, when the mood arises! In secret!
a little more overall detail, especially in the lower mids, would be good. Plus, a bit more air, and openness in the upper mids, lower treble
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Still never seen the film! This is Alice requested by Syrupp. Also "someone"(fashine) ;P let me know that I havn't had any drawings in a while soo... enjoy :) (the jacket was a frikin pain to colour and the skin tones were difficult, grr.. but fun!
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OH I love this! I just realized how amazing you made this look! Stunna! ;D
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's SOOOOOOO good!!!!!!
Awesome drawing! I love the twilight saga. I am a twilighter. Love this drawing!
Awesome!! 5/5 a fave and I love Alice,she's one of my favorite characters :D
omg!!!!! wat on earth! how on earth did u do this??? this is amazing, but i can think of sumthing more amazing... U coz u sum how mae it!!! good job!. u should see the movies, they are good at least the first one! 5/5 for sure!!!!!! and fav^_^


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North Western Railway Recruitment 2013 – 290 Post Recruitment notification for Railway Recruitment Cell, Durgapura, Jaipur-302018
RRC Employment Notice No.01/13 (NWR Ex Servicemen)
Important Dates RRB Group D Ex-serviceman recruitment 2013:
Opening Date : 13.07.2013
Last date for submission of application : 13.08.2013 Time Upto : 17.00 HRS
Applications are invited from Ex Servicemen as detailed under Para 9.5, who are citizens of India and such other persons declared eligible by Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India for 290 number of posts against Ex Servicemen Quota in Pay Band-I of Rs.5200-20200 with Grade pay of Rs. 1800 (erstwhile group'D') for different Division(s), Workshop(s), Unit(s) of North Western Railway. The application should be submitted on good quality plain paper, on the given/prescribed application & Datasheet format (enclosed) through ordinary post addressed to Assistant Personnel Officer (Recruitment), Railway Recruitment Cell, Durgapura, Jaipur – 302018, or may be dropped in the Application Box kept in the office at above mentioned address upto 17.00 hrs. of the last date i.e 13.08.2013 positively. Last date for candidates living in Andaman-Nicobar-Lakshadweep islands shall be 28.08.2013 upto 17.00 hrs., repeat only for candidates living in Andaman-Nicobar-Lakshadweep islands. Applications received after last date and time will not be entertained on any ground whatsoever.
North Western railways, Jaipur invite applications for recruitment of Trackman, Khallasi/ Gateman & Helper Vacancies. Eligible Candidates may send their applications in the prescribed format on or before 13-08-2013 & 28-08-2013 for applicants residing at remote areas. More details like age limit, qualification, selection process, how to apply are given below…
North Western Railway Vacancy Details:
Total No of Posts: 290
Name of the Posts:
1. Trackman: 174 posts
2. Khallasi/ Gateman: 51 posts
3. Khallasi/ Helper: 65 posts
Eligibility :
Ex Servicemen who has retired after putting in 15 years of service and those passed Army Class I certificate or equivalent will be considered eligible.
3. Minimum Educational/Techanical Qualification:-
Matriculation pass or ITI or equivalent.
4. Age Limit, including relaxation provisions : (As on 01.07.2013)
4.1 Age Limit – 18 to 33 years
Age Relaxation:
(i) By FIVE Years for SC/ST and by THREE years for OBC candidates in possession of valid certificates issued by the appropriate authority.
(ii) Relaxation up to FIVE years will be given to the candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir division of the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 1st day of Jan'80 to the 31st day of Dec'89, subject to production of a residential certificate from the appropriate authority of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
(iii) The Upper age limit is relaxable for Ex-servicemen up to the extent of service rendered in Defence Forces plus 3 years, provided they have put in a minimum of 6 months attested service. Ex-servicemen who have already joined the Govt. Service on civil side after availing of other benefits given to them as Ex-Servicemen for further employment are not eligible for Ex-servicemen status for the purpose of this recruitment and such a person will be deemed to be civil employee and will not be considered against Ex-servicemen quota. Sons/Daughters/Wards of Ex-servicemen are not eligible to apply for the posts reserved for Ex servicemen.
(iv) No relaxation will be permissible to SC/ST/OBC candidates against unreserved posts.
4.2 PROOF OF AGE: (a) Matric certificate issued by Board or (b) Army Class I passed certificate and (c) School leaving certificate counter signed by Inspector of Schools/District Education Officer etc.
5. Names of the Divisions / Workshops/Units for which recruitment is being done:-
(i) Divisions – Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner (ii) Workshops – Ajmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner
6. Priority for choice of division/Workshop/Unit: Sr.No.1 of Personal Data Sheet
Candidates are advised to fill up codes as given below for priority for place of posting:
|Ajmer W/S
|Jodhpur W/S
|Bikaner W/S
|Code no.
7. Priority for choice of category : In the Personal Data Sheet at column 2, candidates are advised to fill up code number as given in para 1 of this notification.
8. Fees : Ex-servicemen are fully exempted from payment of any kind of fees.
9. Procedure for submission of application, including Personal Data Sheet :
9.1 Candidate should carefully read the instructions given under this Employment Notice for filling up application form. Application (including Personal Data Sheet) should be made on a good quality white paper of A4 size (210mm x 297mm) using ONE SIDE ONLY. The candidate should use the FORMAT published in this Employment Notice only. The candidates are required to fill up all desired information with Blue/Black Ink Pen / Blue/Black Ball Point pen. The application should be written either in English or Hindi, not in any other language.
The application should be submitted under clear signatures of candidate applying. Application received in any language other than Hindi/English, and with any correction/errasing in application or any change in the format will be rejected summarily.
9.2 Candidate should mention "Application for Vacancies against Ex Servicemen quota in PB I 5200-20200 of Grade pay 1800 – North Western Railway" on the top of the envelope containing the application. Each candidate should submit his/her application in separate envelope
9.3 The candidate should send application duly filled in along with required documents by ORDINARY POST, at address mentioned above within the closing date and time positively. Application received after due date & time, for any reason whatsoever, will not be considered. Speed post / Courier / Registered AD envelopes will not be acknowledged / accepted.
9.4 Candidates who have already been debarred for applying/ appearing in exams by any of the Railway Recruitment Board/Railway Recruitment Cell or other Government Recruiting agency, need not apply unless their debarration period expires before the last date of submission of application.
The term Ex-Servicemen means a person : (a) who has served in any rank (whether as a combatant or non–combatant) in the regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union but does not include a person who has served in the Defence Security Corps, the General Reserved Engineering Force, the Lok Sahayak Sena and the Para Military Forces and who has retired from such services after earning his/her pension or (b) who has been released from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded military service or other disability pension or (c) who has been released otherwise than on his own request as a result of reduction in such establishment. (d) The persons serving in the Armed Force of the Union, who on retirement from service would come under the category of Ex-Servicemen, may be permitted to apply for re-employment one year before the completion of the specific terms of engagement and avail themselves of all concessions available to Ex-Servicemen, but shall not be permitted to leave the Uniform until they complete the specified terms of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union. Such service Personnel who are to be discharged from military service on or before 01.07.2013 are eligible to apply against this employment notice.
How to Apply: Interested candidates may send their applications in the prescribed format along with attested (duly by Gazetted Officer or self) photocopies of certificates in proof of age, qualification, caste, recent passport size photograph should reach Assistant Personnel Officer (Recruitment), Railway Recruitment Cell, Durgapur, Jaipur – 302018 super scribing the name of the post applied for through ordinary post on or before 13-08-2013 & 28-08-2013 for applicants in remote areas.
Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 13-08-2013 by 5:00 PM.
For Remote Areas: 28-08-2013 by 5:00 PM
Download RRC Jaipur Group D Application form
Employment Notice to fill up vacancies for Ex Servicemen in PB I of Rs 5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs 1800 (Erstwhile Gr 'D)'on North Western Railway.


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The idea of A Thousand Grandparents, as it turns out, is not as small as first thought and there are now a number of future phases outlined beyond the initial plan to gather 1,000Â beautiful stories.
The project so far ….
Fifty stories have been recorded and the next one hundred are scheduled for recording in 2011. The plan for the first phase is to collect 250 stories and establish a solid library for all ages, from the very young children through to young adults, prior to public release. (Expected release date, March 2012).
Whilst the first 250 stories are being recorded and edited we will be making them available for viewing to selected groups of children by working in conjunction with children's charities. This will enable us to get feedback for the service and the stories so that we can fine tune the project. The stories will also be made available to Delight Maker Members, from October 2011, as they are recorded and edited.
From this point on, after the public launch, new stories will be recorded and released each month, with a target to bring out 20 new stories a month in the first year and then growing as the project expands throughout 2012.
Languages & Nations
The vision for the project is that it will be recorded and translated into many languages to encourage the greatest level of cross-cultural appreciation and unity. The first round of stories have been recorded in the UKÂ and Australia, and over the next few months more nations and languages will be included. Throughout 2011 and 2012 we will be recording in Kenya, South Africa, Spain, France, Germany, Nepal, Tibet, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Polynesia, Scandinavia, UK and USA. Further plans are being made for stories from the Middle East, Asia, South & Central America for 2012 and beyond.
Next Phases
Our initial launch of the project is through the internet and we are looking at other media options for mainstream access. To enable us to reach more children and extend our delivery beyond those with internet access we are working with a number of children's charities across the world to reach children in need and provide them with access to the nurturing stories and beautiful grandparents.
There are children in every nation, rich and poor, across the world that have experienced or are experiencing traumatic life situations. Care organisations must give priority to the physical emergencies and it is often the case that there are scarce resources left to take care of emotional needs. The challenge, simply expressed by the explanation given by one orphanage, "We can get the children off the streets, give them a bed, clothes and food, but we cannot help them sleep at night."
We will be creating mobile cinema packs to take to impoverished areas, orphanages and to provide to agencies working with street children, where the films can act as a bridging point to create safe contacts and links to those who can help them back to safe communities.
At the most basic level our intention is that the stories will bring comfort, inspiration, wisdom, healing and beautiful dreams to the children. However, we feel that the stories have the potential to bring much more :
- Exposure to, or the experience of humanity at it's best : joyful, honest, conscious, loving, wise and grounded.
- A basis for re-establishing bridges of trust between young and old.
- The opportunity to experience people as individuals and look beyond colour, race, nationality, gender or belief.
- The ingredients for a beautifully lived life.
Children are not the only beneficiaries ….
The project also brings to light the growing absence of grandparent presence within many societies today, as more and more elders become isolated from families and a growing gap between the old and the young is becoming more evident and alienation stronger. Not only are the generations missing out from the absence of this deep connection between generations, but we are collectively losing beautiful cultural wisdoms and histories from many societies.
The projects goals are to transform lives though joy, to offer an experience of clear truth, to show that wisdom comes from all cultures and that the Elder that you may have come to overlook, could be the keeper of a treasure trove of magical knowledge and beautiful wisdom; and through this realisation, young eyes may be opened to a re-evaluation of our elders.
In addition to taking stories and films into communities we will, at the same time, be collecting and preserving stories from communities. This is a key element to the project and of great importance to the communities as whole, especially to the esteem of young people, enabling them to see that their heritage and culture is important and of value. To see that the stories and voices of their grandmothers and grandfathers are valued equally to a story from a well known person for example, can go some way to rebalancing the current situation, where global culture is dominated by the voices of a few people in a few nations.
Beyond the recording and delivery of Bed Time Stories there are future phases and sub-projects outlined to encourage participation across the generations. We will post more information on these phases as the plans are finalised. Essentially we are working towards the creation of a safe online community for young people to access wisdom and gain self realisation where we can build more projects, more creativity, more love and more unity.


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The Award database is continually updated throughout the year. As a result, data for FY19 is not expected to be complete until April, 2020.
Plasma-Enhancement of Absorbers for Improved Removal of PFOS and PFOA from WaterSBC: AA Plasma LLC Topic: 17NCER1A
New regulations and advisory levels for perfluoroalkyl substances have resulted in increased drinking water treatment costs or abandonment of drinking water sources. Treatment technologies are needed that can achieve low parts-per-trillion levels. Presently, there are insufficient treatment technologies that can destructively remove perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and/or perfluorooctane sulfonic aci ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
An Enhanced Contact Plasma Reactor: A Competitive Remediation Technology for Per- and Perfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Contaminated WaterSBC: Dmax Plasma LLC Topic: 17NCER1A
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have received considerable attention due to their toxicity, ubiquitous presence and recalcitrance. Manufacture and disposal of PFAS-containing products has resulted in PFAS contamination of numerous water supplies. Recent reports indicate the Air Force alone is expecting to spend > $2.25 billion for cleanup for PFAS-contaminated sites. Thus, there is a huge market ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
Capacitive removal of PFOA and PFOS from Drinking WaterSBC: MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORPORATION Topic: 17NCER1A
Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) have been used commercially since the 1940's due to their high level of chemical stability, almost frictionless surface or waterproofing characteristics. Elevated levels of PFCs have been linked to cancer and other health problems including reproductive and developmental risks. PFOA and PFOS are amongst the most prevalent of the PFCs with low l ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
Replacements for PVC and PE Water PipesSBC: MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES CORP. Topic: 17NCER1C
METSS proposes to design a novel polymer system based on polypropylene with covalently attached antioxidants to mitigate issues with chemical permeation and water quality with current waterpipe materials. Polypropylene was selected as it has inherently good physical properties and low permeability that will limit chemical migration from the outside, addressing one critical factor impacting water q ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
Drone-Based Gas Mapping LiDAR for Leak MitigationSBC: Bridger Photonics, Inc. Topic: 17NCER2C
Bridger Photonics, Inc. proposes developing a drone-based Gas Mapping LiDAR™ sensor to mitigate the loss of valuable product across the Oil & Gas supply chain.The sensor will uncover leaks and physical changes to infrastructure and pipeline right-of-ways using high-resolution 3D topographical imagery with methane gas concentration overlays.The technology will enable reliable detection, precise l ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
A Novel, Nanostructured, Metal-organic Frameworks-Based Product Loss Prevention Technology in the Oil and Natural Gas SectorSBC: Framergy, Inc. Topic: 17NCER2C
To reach the end user, oil and gas production at the wellhead must be transmitted through the country and distributed to a wide range of customers. This logistical system requires natural gas gathering lines, processing facilities, product storage tanks and lots of other equipment. What results is air pollution caused by industry losses during these operations and the use of continuous or intermit ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
Applying Passive Samplers to Assess Perfluoroalkylated Substances in Soils and SedimentsSBC: Accurate Environmental LLC Topic: 17NCER3A
The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment represents an emerging issue due to their stability, bioaccumulation potential, and risks to human and ecological well-being. There is a critical need to develop sampling methods for PFAS to assess risks and inform remedial investigations and feasibility studies (RI/FS) at locations where historical releases have elevate ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
Phytoremediation of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via phytoextractionSBC: NUTTER & ASSOCIATES, INC. Topic: 17NCER3A
NAI has a strategy to identify plant species best suited for proof-of-concept testing for phytoremediation of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via phytoextraction. Phytoextraction refers to the uptake and translocation of contaminants in the soil by plant roots into the aboveground portions of plants. Once the phytoextraction concepts are proven at the bench-scale (Phase I) and followed with succe ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
Novel Remediation Technique for PFAS contaminated Soil and SedimentSBC: QMetry Corporation Topic: 17NCER3A
Both chemicals Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) are very persistent, toxic, and bio-accumulate in the environment and human body. PFAS can end up in soil from multiple sources, often mixed with other pollutants. Because of their unique lipid- and water-repellent characteristics, PFOS and PFOA are used as surface-active agents in various high-temperature applicatio ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency
Development of Innovative Broad-Spectrum Analysis Methods for PFASSBC: SEACOAST SCIENCE, INC. Topic: 17NCER3A
This SBIR addresses EPA's need for improved sampling and analysis technologies to detect Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). PFAS are used in firefighting sprays, at airports, and for wild fires, and have been used in textile treatments (e.g., it is a component in Scotchgard). It is estimated that 65 million Americans are at risk of PFAS exposure in their drinking water. Seacoast propose ...SBIR Phase I 2018 Environmental Protection Agency


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NASCIMENTO, Paulo Roberto do y ZIONI, Fabiola. The Brazilian unified national health system as an observatory for universal rights: a reflection based on the social sciences1. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1414-3283.
The bibliography on the crisis of modernity is wide-ranging. One particular school of thought takes the view that various pillars of modern social life are under threat: among them the achievements represented by universal rights. The public health literature also points out that the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) is a development going against the worldwide movement towards flexibilization of these rights. The principles of universality and comprehensiveness not only constitute an institutional, financial, political and social challenge, but also express society's decision to implement universal rights. We have used Souza Santos's theoretical instrument to characterize SUS as an observatory regarding effective application of these rights. Institutional remodeling and democratic deliberations for establishing a social contract emerge again as matters of importance.
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J/121 Class & Open Course Racing
J/121 Open Course racing combines the best of distance and buoy racing and packs it into a half-day time-slot to better fit people's time-crunched schedules. Sailors are trending towards events that offer more variety and adventure, and not just 4-leg, windward-leeward W-4 courses. Open Course doesn't eliminate windward/leeward sailing, it simply expands it to include other points of sail on a stretched-out track that rewards navigation, weather routing and strategy as much as it does boat-handling, racing rules and tactics.
In a shift from traditional scoring, every race is 5-6 races in one, with incentives built in for great performances during the race. The overall race has its normal placings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.), but each leg has its own elapsed time trial, providing an opportunity for any team to pick up bonus points for having won a leg, even if they happen to be deep in the fleet at the time. One leg of each race is additionally designated as the SPEED RECORD leg where the boat with the top recorded speed (as documented in the satellite GPS race tracker) is rewarded. The idea is to acknowledge and reward highlights teams have during a race - highlights that might not otherwise show up on a normal score. This incentive-based scoring system can easily be expanded in a fun way to encourage the development of other offshore skills in preparation for an upcoming signature offshore event.
Open Course racing is inspired by and tailor-made for the J/121, the newest J/Boats design that's optimized for half the normal number of crew, and with the hull form, stability and sail plan perfectly suited for all-points, open style sailing.
The idea is to expand the typical W/L closed course racing into distance day racing with more course variety, less athletic boat-handling, and built-in scoring incentives for winning individual legs. The Open Course concept is growing and we're currently engaging with event organizers to help introduce this format for future regattas.
J/121 Class Rules apply the best practices from years of one-design management and condensed them into an easy-to-read document that underlines the design mandate of the J/121 –a 40' speedster that can be day raced or distance sailed by a short- handed crew.
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These are the first shots of Sienna Miller on a red carpet since Us Weekly was the first to report she's pregnant. Far as I know, Sienna never confirmed it officially but there can't be any doubt now. Sienna was in New York last night for a fashion event, and there it is, unmistakeably, Sienna Miller + Tom Sturridge, growing. And lovely. She looks like Naomi Watts a little in these photos, non?
There were no interviews so we still haven't yet heard from Sienna herself about the pregnancy and possible engagement, and I kind of love this, you know? As opposed to Hilary Duff whose entire pregnancy has been paparazzi documented, hopefully in exchange for some kind of weight loss or book deal, and then, surprisingly, at the other end is Sienna Miller, well known for her hunger for attention, declining to live every day of her expectancy in public. So far, at least.
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Can You Love Someone With A Religious Faith?
Several times I have read AN members mentioning their religious or even very religious spouse, mostly I remember men talking about their wives.
So I am puzzled. For me, love needs the mutual appreciation and respect for the other as for an equal person. But I consider religious faith as a form of mental illness or at least a serious flaw in their thinking, so I have no respect for religious people, only condescension and compassion.
Logically, I cannot love a religious man or one, who has similar absurd beliefs like astrology. I perceive some invisible chasm between them and me.
Christians are supposed to be tolerant. But what is tolerance between people of incompatible basic values other than the resignation of not being able to share intellectual intimacy?
Are mixed couple having any seriously incompatible attitude concerning religion or politics formed of persons reciprocally taking advantage of each other?
Are mixed couples those who just follow their instincts - the man wants a body, the woman his money, both serving their instinctive urge to procreate?
Do mixed couples sacrifice their own emotional needs in favor of the survival of their genes?
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My answer to this is hell no. I've tried it, so I am not being a bigot, either. It's just that it doesn't work. I truly view religious belief as socially acceptable mental illness. Furthermore, I need a deep, rational, intelligent people. Sorry to say this, but, while religious people can be deep, rational, intelligent thinkers in other areas of thinking, there is one where they are absolutely deluded, intellectually stunted, and content to remain that way. That would make me a) not know or understand that part of them, and I need deep understanding of my partner and b) not respect them.
Besides, gay theists are a special kind of fucked up. There is something definitely wrong there.
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Yes, I think it's possible. as long as the couple respects each other's beliefs. To be honest, if I end up marrying someone who's religious, I just hope he isn't very religious. He needs to be tolerant of my beliefs, and I will be of his. Hopefully we never have to argue over religious stuff. I'd rather marry an atheist though
Can it be done? Of course it can.
For me, it depends on the level of religiosity. People are more than just their faiths, but if they have it as a domineering aspect in their lives, then I doubt I can be in a long term relationship with such a person.
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Given all the problems in the UK justice system including racism, self interests (clearly wrongly convinced people taking ages to get out becuase it is embarrassing for prosecutors and police), class, police have been involved in conspiracies, press coverage of trials and treatment of judiciary, before we even get to human fallibility, UK court system should not power over life and death.
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TV Preview: "666 Park Avenue"
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The owner of a snazzy Manhattan apartment building and his wife are glamorous, generous and unimaginably wealthy; they're also representations of The Devil and Mrs. Devil in "666 Park Avenue," a promising horror-drama premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. on Channel 7. Terry O'Quinn and Vanessa Williams play the owners of the fictional Drake; they entice a young wide-eyed Midwestern couple, played by Rachel Taylor and Dave Annabel, into their grand way of life, only to demand their souls in return.
Better than a haunted house story, "666 Park" has the potential to seduce audiences with a mix of grandeur, drama and horror and an underlying message on what's truly valuable in life. If "Revenge" succeeds by letting folks peek at the lifestyles of the rich in the Hamptons, "666 Park" aims to do the same on the Upper East Side of New York, with the addition of special effects. Violence and supernatural creepiness play a large role; additionally, a rich mythology seems to be developing in the building's basement–enough to draw us to future episodes.
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There's a lovely irony to the Globe making Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus part of their The Word Is God season. Faustus is a demonic tale and one in which words, books, can be tools of evil, can lead you terribly astray.
Marlowe's best known play is packaged here in a marvellously batty production by director Matthew Dunster; though it sometimes plays more like a cautionary children's tale than chilling psychological tragedy, it is as enticing and entertaining as the devious spirits that Faustus follows blindly into hell.


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End of the Year Awards
As the end of the 2010 regular Major League Baseball season rapidly approaches, the Yankees once again have lived to play autumn baseball in New York. At the very least, the Bronx Bombers will go into the postseason as the American League Wild Card team. Yet they can still capture the American League Eastern Division over the Tampa Bay Rays.
At press time they are a ½ game out of first place in the AL East.
With only three games left after tonight's 8-3 loss vs. the Toronto Blue Jays, it is once again time to hand out the Yankee Yapping End of the Year Awards. Last year I gave out various commendations to numerous Yankees who showed what being a Bronx Bomber is all about.
Since 2010 was a stark contrast to 2009, there are new awards this year to accommodate what each player has done or accomplished this past season. Without any further ado, here are the 2010 Yankee Yapping Awards!
Yankee Yapping Most Valuable Player
Winner: Robinson Cano
The Yankees are very lucky to have a player like Robinson Cano. This season, the slugging second baseman has put together an MVP caliber season with 28 home runs and 106 RBIs to this point. His numbers indicate a great year, but he did not win the YY MVP simply because of his offensive production.
His defense and overall character put him over the top.
In 155 games at second base this season (talk about durability!) Cano has only committed three errors. He has also helped turn 111 double plays and has secured a fielding percentage of .996.
Can you say Gold Glove?
Cano has also had the most consistent season among all Yankee hitters. Derek Jeter is currently hitting under .300, Mark Teixeira got off to a tortoise-like start, and Alex Rodriguez spent time on the disabled list. Cano did not slip under .300 this year, nor did he start off slow or get injured.
His season has all the makings of a valuable player.
Congrats Robinson!
Yankee Yapping's Most Pleasant Surprise
Winner: Marcus Thames
I'll be the first to admit that when the Yankees let Johnny Damon go…or he let himself go…that I thought picking up Marcus Thames was a bad idea. He had already been a Yankee in 2002, although he was not what we would call a real Yankee.
Everyone knows that, in his first stint in pinstripes, Thames clubbed his first career home run in his first career at-bat off brand-name future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson. What most people don't know is that home run was the only long ball Thames hit in his first go-round with the Yankees and he only played seven games.
2010 was his second chance and he certainly took advantage of it.
To go along with his batting average of .291, Thames has smacked 12 home runs this year and has driven in 33 runs. Two of his homers this season stand out to me.
First off, his third home run of the year, which came on July 11–only because of who he hit it off: Brian Sweeney of the Seattle Mariners.
As almost everyone knows by now, I interviewed Sweeney over the summer and he is a graduate of my College. That home run was bittersweet for me. I was happy to see Thames get around on a hanging curveball and smash a homer, but at the same time I felt bad for Sweeney.
Being such a nice guy and, without any sarcasm, the best interview I have ever conducted, I had no choice but to feel remorseful for my fellow Mercy alumnus. But Thames did a fantastic job of clubbing the ball!
The second home run that sticks out was his walk-off blast against Jonathan Papelbon and the Boston Red Sox on May 17. After A-Rod tied the game with one swing of the bat, Thames played the role of hero and swatted Papelbon to a loss.
A glorious home run to cap off a glorious victory over Boston in the Bronx.
I may have said some harsh things about him at the beginning of the year when he struggled, but he has proved me wrong. Congrats Marcus!
Yankee Yapping Player Who Needs to Improve for 2011
Winner: A.J. Burnett
He had a terrible season. I know. All of Yankee Universe knows. The whole world knows.
A.J. Burnett has one more start this season (on Saturday in Boston) and will finish 2010 under .500. He is currently 10-15 with an earned run average of 5.33. In his last 10 games Burnett is 1-6 with an ERA of 6.26. Opponents are hitting .286 against him and he has allowed 107 earned runs this season.
If that doesn't scream the words "off-year" I really don't know what does.
Many Yankee fans are skeptical about how he will perform in the postseason and would not trust Burnett with the ball in an important game. Yankee Universe also feels he should be bumped from the number two spot in the starting rotation; some are even going as far as saying he should be put in the bullpen.
I agree. He should be bumped from the number two spot and I doubt that he will be plugged into any spot in the starting rotation, at least for the American League Division Series. If he goes to the bullpen, he might be able to carve a niche for himself, the same way Phil Hughes did last year in relief.
Although Burnett had an abysmal year, the one thing I will not do is give up on him. I understand how poorly he produced over the summer, but something many fans forget is that he began the year at 4-0 with an ERA under three. He got off to the best start of his career only to have it collapse on him; the most successful start of his life tragically morphed into the worst season he has ever had.
The other day I was asked if the Yankees would trade Burnett over the off-season because of his poor season.
The answer is easy: No. Here are three reasons Burnett is staying in pinstripes.
1) His salary. He is owed $49.5 million over the next three years. Give me the name of a team who is going to pick up that tab? Oh, that's right. You can't.
2) His trade value. With his lopsided numbers, who would want him?
3) The Yankees' faith in their big free agent pitchers. Anyone remember Carl Pavano? He was owed less money than Burnett, pitched worse than Burnett, and the Yankees held onto him without even trying to shop him.
It's no contest. Burnett will be in pinstripes for awhile.
And while he is in pinstripes, he needs to learn how to handle himself, go out and win games. I have seen how physically capable Burnett is really is when he is pitching. He can throw 96-98 mph fastballs, something not even Mike Mussina could pull off in 2008, the year he won 20 games.
I think it's all mental when it comes to Burnett's struggles. Perhaps he should consult the team psychiatrist. Wait, is there a team psychiatrist?
At any rate, it's a not a particularly good award to win, A.J. But I still have faith that you can improve, bounce back, have a solid postseason like last year and return strong in 2011.
I still believe in you, A.J. We A.J.s have to stick together through thick and thin.
Yankee Yapping Sayonara Award
Winners: Javier Vazquez and Nick Johnson
First of all, allow me to explain the nature of this award. I am handing out this award to two players who the Yankees signed, are not under contract for next season, and are most likely not coming back next year.
I had no choice but to give it Javier Vazquez and Nick Johnson.
When the Yankees decided to acquire Vazquez during the off-season, I was unbelievably confused. With a somewhat failed season in pinstripes already under his belt (2004) it shocked me that the Yanks went out and traded Melky Cabrera for Vazquez during the winter meetings.
This season just proved to me that Vazquez is not and never was suited for pinstripes. The reason the Yanks wanted him was because of how well he pitched last season, but what they did not take into consideration was that he pitched in the National League.
Vazquez made the move from the NL to the AL, and not just the AL–the AL East, where the best of the best play. And when he made that move, he traveled to a 10-10 record this year with an ERA over five.
That's enough to say, "Thanks, but no thanks. See ya, Javy."
Now onto Johnson…
Talk about a waste of money and time. I think his uncle, Larry Bowa, should chastise him for being such a mediocre and otherwise useless ballplayer. The Yanks signed Johnson to be an everyday designated hitter and replace Hideki Matsui in the lineup.
His numbers: 24 games played, two home runs, eight RBIs, and a .167 batting average.
Sorry, I had to run to my bathroom and puke.
Both Vazquez and Johnson are no longer under contract for 2011. Thank God.
Congrats on the award, fellas. Have fun on another team next season!
Yankee Yapping Ace of the Year
Winner: CC Sabathia
When all the dust had cleared at the end of 2009, CC Sabathia had 22 wins, including the postseason. The postseason has not even begun this year and the Yankees' number one man has 21 wins. With that, he became the first Yankee to win 21 games in the regular season since Andy Pettitte, who accomplished the feat in 1996.
If the regular season is any indication of how Sabathia will perform in October, the Yankees will be in excellent shape every time he toes the rubber. Just as Burnett has had the worst season of his career, Sabathia has statistically had the best season he has ever had.
Needless to say, he is a shoe in for the Cy Young Award. CC might very well be "Cy Cy."
Sabathia logged 237 2/3 innings this year, coupled with 197 strikeouts. He made 34 starts, tossed two complete games, and opponents only hit .239 against him.
If all goes right for him again, he could capture another postseason MVP award, as he was the American League Championship Series MVP in 2009. Either way, I have no doubt that Sabathia will have more hardware in his trophy case very soon.
Until then he is the Yankee Yapping Ace of the Year. Congrats CC!
*Note: CC has won this award for the second year in a row!
Yankee Yapping Best Trade Deadline Pickup
Winner: Kerry Wood
When the trade deadline neared the end, the Yankees picked up three notable players: Lance Berkman, Austin Kearns, and Kerry Wood. Without a doubt, Wood has made the best impact of all three players.
Wood was the Cleveland Indians' closer and the Yankees needed to add a reliever to aid their scuffling bullpen. Suffice it to say, they added the right man. Wood has posted a low ERA in pinstripes and has really become a solid arm in relief.
Throughout his career, Wood has taken a lot of criticism because of his injuries; I am sure the Yankees knew about that when they traded for him. However, he was a former National League Rookie of the Year (1998, with the Chicago Cubs) and certainly possessed the capability to change the atmosphere of the bullpen.
It's almost as if when Wood arrived, things started to turn around for them.
I remember his first outing as a Yankee against the Tampa Bay Rays. When Wood tossed that knee-buckling breaking ball and caught Evan Longoria looking like a deer in headlights, I knew right then and there he would fit in right away.
And he has.
Looking at his last 10 appearances alone is proof of that: 10 innings, no runs, four hits, five walks, 12 strikeouts, and an ERA of 0.00. He has flourished in his role as a late-inning relief pitcher and if he keeps it moving, he will be a wonderful asset when the playoffs begin.
Congrats Kerry!
Yankee Yapping Reliever of the Year
Winner: David Robertson
I know what everyone is thinking: how in the world could I have not awarded this honor to Mariano Rivera?! I would just like to say that The Great Rivera is his own "Walking Award," so-to-speak. Rivera won it last year and he followed that up with another Mo-like season.
32 saves and a puny 1.32 ERA. Typical Mo.
But I am giving it to David Robertson simply because of how far he has come this year. At the outset of the season, Robertson could not get anyone out. He was placed in easy-going situations and lost control of everything.
Case-in-point: Opening Day vs. the Los Angeles Angels.
Robertson came into the game in a situation where there was absolutely no pressure; the Yankees were ahead 7-1 in the top of the ninth inning and he allowed that pressure get to him. He wound up surrendering a grand slam to Bobby Abreu and he nearly gave up the game because of it.
Yet, what struck me was what he said the day after it happened. I remember reading in the news the next day that he grabbed his glove before the game and had two words:
"New day."
That's precisely the attitude that won him this award. Well, that and his 67 strikeouts in 59 2/3 innings pitched this season. He never gave up, battled back from defeat, and is a solid and trustworthy arm out of the bullpen.
He deserves the honor. Congrats David!
Yankee Yapping Warrior Award
Winner: Mark Teixeira
As I mentioned before, Mark Teixeira began the season awfully slow. He was singled out on ESPN and every other sports media outlet about how he was not producing along with being criticized for his low batting average and meager power numbers.
But by around June it all changed and the sleeping giant woke up.
The power-hitting first baseman flipped the "on switch" and quickly became the dangerous hitter he has always been. Teixeira will finish 2010 with over 30 home runs and 100 RBIs for his second straight year in pinstripes.
He has 33 home runs and 107 RBIs at press time.
The reason he is regarded as a warrior is because he has been playing for a number of days, possibly even weeks, with a broken toe. Despite a relatively painful injury, he managed to keep himself in the lineup and at first base every day.
Obviously playing in pain, Teixeira maintained his season and never let it affect him; Paul O'Neill, revered as the consummate "Yankee Warrior," would certainly be proud of him.
Congrats Tex!
Yankee Yapping Grand Slam Champion
Winner: Alex Rodriguez
Whip out the mustard and rye: it's grand salami!
Not once. Not twice. But three times this season Alex Rodriguez has delivered with the bases loaded. The former three-time AL MVP clobbered three grand slams this season, which accounts for 3/10 of the Yankees' grand slams this year.
In fact, the Yankees tied their single season record for grand slams, originally set in 1987–Don Mattingly led the Yanks that year with six grannies out of their 10.
On May 14, Rodriguez visited granny for the first time this season. Minnesota Twins reliever intentionally walked Teixeira to pitch to Rodriguez–a strategy that never seems to pay off, according to the numbers. The Yankee third baseman responded by crushing a go-ahead grand slam over the left field wall to give the Yanks a 7-4 edge.
They went on to win 8-4.
On May 31, merely 17 days after the slam vs. the Twins, A-Rod stepped up to the plate against the Indians. With a full count, Rodriguez smashed a bomb into Monument Park, a glorious grand slam home run to give the Yanks a 6-1 lead over the Tribe.
Once again the Bombers cruised to a victory, 11-2 over Cleveland.
Rodriguez struck one last slam on July 6 in Oakland vs. the Athletics. A-Rod helped slam the Yanks to a 6-1 win. He came up in the top of the third and blasted a grand slam off Trevor Cahill, driving in four out of the Yankees' five runs that inning.
In addition to his slam, Rodriguez later came up in the sixth and hit a solo homer, as he knocked in five of the Yanks' six runs by himself.
A-Rod's excellence and ability to come through when the bases are loaded earned him this award. Hopefully he can continue to rake when the postseason starts.
Congrats Alex!
Well that does it for this year. Either way it goes, the Yankees have an opportunity to repeat as World Champs. While whether they win it all or not remains to be seen, it's clear these standout players made a difference in New York this season.
Congrats to all the Yankee Yapping Award winners and to all of the Yankees.
We'll see you in October. Good luck!


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Midfielder Michael Duffy admitted he was shocked to get a call up into Northern Ireland's squad for next month's World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic.
The 22-year-old is over the moon that he's in Michael O'Neill's squad and concedes he expected to be part of Jim Magilton's U21 set-up.
Hopefully I can go away, do well in the training or whatever, see what happens and hopefully do enough to get into the next squad and stay thereMichael Duffy
"It was unexpected but I'm delighted to be in the squad," he said.
"I have got off to a good start at Dundee and I have been playing but it never really came across my mind that I could get picked for the squad.
"I was sitting waiting on an U21's e-mail for the next but I have been called up to the senior squad and I'm delighted."
The Celtic man, who is on-loan at Dundee, is hoping Northern Ireland's Euro 2016 feel good factor continues and he concedes that he knows a few of the squad.
"It's a big campaign for us, especially with how well they have been doing, so it's great to be involved in it," he added.
"Hopefully I can go away, do well in the training or whatever, see what happens and hopefully do enough to get into the next squad and stay there.
"Look the group is hard and it's going to be tough but look how well they did at the Euro's group, so we are coming into positive anyway.
"I know a few of the boys and I played against Liam Boyce already this year when we played against Ross County, so yeah I know a few of the players and as I said I'm really looking forward to it."
Duffy joins the likes of Maiden City men - Shane Ferguson, Paddy McCourt and Danny Lafferty - to be involved in a Michael O'Neill squad.
"(Niall) McGinn is also in the squad and that's good for people either playing for Derry City or from Derry itself that they are getting involved in the squad," he said.
"I was in the U21 squad whilst I was playing for Derry and obviously there has been a few players in and around both the U21 and senior squads over the last number of years and that's good to see."