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Special Supplement: iSCSI: Low-cost alternative to FC
Based on the familiar TCP/IP networking protocol, iSCSI arrays are easy to implement and manage, and cheaper than Fibre Channel (FC)-based systems. They're also becoming a popular alternative to NAS and DAS for SMBs and remote office locations.
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iSCSI is less complex and cheaper than Fibre Channel, making it a good choice for small- to medium-sized businesses replacing DAS.
Deployments of IP SANs by small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are growing rapidly and many large data centers are starting to use iSCSI-based storage to support non-mission-critical applications. Stamford, CT-based Gartner Inc. forecasts that the number of servers connected to an iSCSI SAN will exceed Fibre Channel (FC)-attached servers by 2009.
SMBs are embracing iSCSI because of the following:
- iSCSI SANs are less expensive than FC SANs.
- An iSCSI SAN is based on the familiar and ubiquitous TCP/IP protocol.
- iSCSI SANs are less complex and easier to manage than FC SANs.
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Despite the obvious benefits of iSCSI vs. FC, iSCSI isn't impinging on FC's dominance in the enterprise. iSCSI SANs are replacing DAS, not FC. "Fibre Channel and iSCSI are complementary technologies today," says David Dale, chairman of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) IP Storage Forum.
DAS has been an IT administration pain point for many years because it lacks scalability, is very difficult to expand and more susceptible to failure. Companies that based their storage infrastructure on DAS ended up with many distributed, standalone storage islands, all managed independently. "By deploying an iSCSI SAN from LeftHand Networks [Inc.], we were able to consolidate 86 servers with [DAS] down to 40 servers that are connected to an iSCSI-connected storage pool," says Charlie Maner, chief information officer at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, MA. "Besides drastically simplified administration, we ended up with a less-expensive, yet more robust and easier to expand, storage infrastructure."
One of the driving forces for transitioning from DAS to SAN is accelerating data growth. Looking to expand capacity and get a better handle on backup and disaster recovery, Terence Choy, network manager at Nancy's Specialty Foods in Newark, CA, decided to replace an overburdened DAS environment with an iSCSI SAN from StoneFly Inc., San Diego. "We have slashed administrative costs while optimizing our storage in ways that weren't possible before implementing the StoneFly IP SAN," explains Choy.
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The TCP/IP protocol
iSCSI uses TCP/IP instead of a proprietary storage protocol such as FC. As a result, iSCSI SANs can be built with commodity network components, eliminating the need for costly FC host bus adapters (HBAs), which are typically priced between $800 and $1,200, and FC switches. In fact, most servers are equipped with dual on-board gigabit network adapters and gigabit switches are available for less than $500. A regular network admin can easily manage the iSCSI storage network rather than requiring the help of an FC expert.
iSCSI products, especially from pure iSCSI players like EqualLogic Inc., Intransa Inc., LeftHand Networks and StoneFly, focus on simplified storage administration, providing wizard-based configuration and plain English dialogues for tasks like storage provisioning and expansion. Despite the attention to simplicity and low cost, almost all first-generation iSCSI arrays provide sophisticated data protection capabilities, including mirroring, snapshots and remote replication.
The vast majority of iSCSI deployments today are on Windows, followed by Linux, reports Dale. "Unix vendors were initially slow to embrace iSCSI, but that's changing fast," he says. One of the reasons iSCSI is predominantly seen in Windows environments is Microsoft Corp.'s firm support of iSCSI since its ratification as a standard in 2003. With the 2.0 release of its iSCSI Software Initiator, Microsoft was the first OS vendor to offer a full-fledged initiator that includes high-end features like multipathing I/O (MPIO), which enables the same level of reliability as FC. "As far as Linux and Unix are concerned, they should be caught up by the second half of 2006," says Dale.
While SMBs use iSCSI SANs as their primary storage, large enterprises use iSCSI to complement their FC storage for less mission-critical departmental apps, remote offices and data protection purposes. Typical applications for iSCSI are messaging apps like Microsoft Exchange, databases, Web apps, file serving and disk-to-disk backup.
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|Security issues: iSCSI vs. FC
When Fibre Channel (FC) was initially specified in the mid-1990s, security was of little concern. As a result, the FC protocol is inherently insecure, depending on external methods such as zoning and LUN masking to authorize access. While Ethernet switches in iSCSI SANs are used only for transport, FC switches perform both transport and security functions. This means that a security breach on an FC switch is far more severe, as an intruder can access the data. While FC backers argue that iSCSI is risky because it's connected to nonstorage networking components, this is somewhat hypocritical because the great majority of storage administrators use TCP/IP-based methods to manage FC gear.
On the other hand, iSCSI defines authentication, authorization and encryption in its specification. iSCSI supports the Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) for authorization. While FC depends on zoning and LUN masking for access, iSCSI authorization is based on CHAP users. Because the iSCSI protocol resides above the transport layer of the OSI protocol stack, IPsec can be used to encrypt iSCSI traffic. Encryption isn't defined in the FC specification and only the rarely used Internet variations of FC-- Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) and the Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP)--can take advantage of IPsec.
Storage management is one of the weaker aspects of iSCSI. Storage management vendors are just starting to add iSCSI support to their suites. While FC switches are well supported by all major storage management apps, only some aspects of Ethernet switches--like availability--are addressed by storage management suites. Security is another controversial aspect: Although FC proponents are quick to point out security concerns with iSCSI, in reality, iSCSI is an inherently more secure protocol than Fibre Channel (see "Security issues: iSCSI vs. FC," at right).
With the reliability and feature gap closed, the slower performance of iSCSI is now the primary technical argument FC advocates use for not considering iSCSI for enterprise-level applications. But iSCSI speeds are beginning to catch up with FC, and the two protocols are on a leap-frog path with each one boasting new product releases that bests the other, but not for very long. However, the FC protocol has a slightly lower latency than TCP/IP.
"With all things equal, we have seen a 5% to 15% performance advantage of Fibre Channel for transactional applications like e-mail, databases and file access," says Brian Garrett, technical director at ESG Lab, Milford, MA. "For bandwidth-intense applications such as backup or video editing, Fibre Channel clearly eclipses iSCSI."
Obviously, 10Gb/sec Ethernet iSCSI surpasses FC in performance. But with an average 10GigE port price of $2,000, 10Gb/sec Ethernet isn't ready for widespread use in iSCSI SANs. For 10GigE to be widely used in iSCSI SANs, it will take the final ratification of 10GigE over copper and CAT7 copper cabling, the availability of 10GigE copper ports on switches, iSCSI targets supporting 10GigE and the cost per 10GigE port to drop to near 4Gb/sec FC port pricing. According to James Opfer, research vice president for Gartner's storage research group, 10Gb/sec Ethernet won't start ramping up until 2007.
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|Components of an iSCSI SAN
iSCSI initiator: The host-side endpoint of an iSCSI session. iSCSI initiator software runs on the operating system or in an iSCSI host bus adapter (HBA) to communicate with an iSCSI target.
TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE): A PCI or PCI-X adapter that offloads TCP/IP processing from a server's CPU. With TCP/IP overhead less than 10% for 1Gb/sec sessions, TOEs will become more important with 10Gb/sec Ethernet.
iSCSI HBAs: A PCI or PCI-X adapter that offloads TCP/IP and iSCSI processing. iSCSI HBAs typically provide an on-board iSCSI initiator and have been required to boot from iSCSI storage.
iSCSI target: The endpoint of an iSCSI session. Examples of iSCSI targets are storage arrays, tape drives and iSCSI gateways.
Ethernet switches: Standard Ethernet switches connect clients running iSCSI initiators and iSCSI targets.
iSCSI gateways: Multiprotocol routers that support iSCSI and Fibre Channel (FC); mainly used to provide access to back-end FC storage via iSCSI.
The iSCSI product landscape
iSCSI target vendors can be grouped into three categories: pure iSCSI players, traditional storage vendors adding iSCSI support to their existing arrays and iSCSI gateway vendors (see "Components of an iSCSI SAN," at right).
Among the pure iSCSI players are iSCSI pioneers EqualLogic, Intransa, LeftHand Networks, StoneFly and Sanrad Inc., as well as younger startup companies such as Nimbus Data Systems Inc. Most offerings in this group are running iSCSI target software on a server--in most cases concealed in an appliance form factor--with attached storage and some flavor of a general-purpose OS. Vendors in this category have added storage features previously available only in FC SANs, including snapshotting, remote replication, load balancing and virtualization, which enables them to compete head to head with FC vendors.
Traditional storage array vendors such as EMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co., Hitachi Data Systems and Network Appliance (NetApp) Inc. have added iSCSI support to their arrays to more effectively support their large customer bases. "EMC is protocol-agnostic and supports FC, iSCSI and NAS ... enterprises run more than one protocol," says Ken Steinhardt, EMC's chief technology officer. Conspicuously absent from the list is IBM Corp., which hasn't added iSCSI support to its high-end arrays. With the exception of the low-end TotalStorage DS300, IBM depends on its partnership with NetApp to fulfill higher end iSCSI customer requests.
"If the demand for iSCSI increases at the higher end, IBM will respond to the market demand," says Craig Butler, IBM's brand manager for midrange storage products.
Similar to large array vendors, FC switch vendors Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and McData Corp. have either added iSCSI support to some of their FC switches or are offering dedicated iSCSI gateways to enable enterprise customers to attach iSCSI servers to existing FC storage.
"By adding iSCSI support to our MDS 9000 series directors and switches, we enable midrange and workgroup servers to inexpensively connect to FC storage," says Rajeev Bhardwaj, product management manager for Cisco's data center and storage technology group.
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|iSCSI boot from SAN not so easy
One of the shortcomings of iSCSI has been the inability to boot from iSCSI-attached storage through a regular network interface card (NIC). The boot process is performed by the system BIOS and with the iSCSI software initiator running at the OS level, iSCSI storage is out of reach until the OS has booted. The only practical solution in the past was adding an iSCSI host bus adapter from companies like QLogic Corp., which provides the interrupt 13 (INT13) extensions required for booting, as well as an on-board iSCSI initiator.
This changed in April when Microsoft Corp. announced support for software-based SAN boot of Windows using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator and standard NICs through a technology co-developed by Microsoft and IBM Corp. Software-based SAN boot requires a NIC firmware upgrade or an upgrade of the System Options ROM of blade servers.
Although the Microsoft announcement is a big step forward, iSCSI boot still requires a dedicated LUN for each server. "Microsoft is looking into a single-boot image solution that allows multiple servers to boot from a single LUN, but this is post-Longhorn," says Claude Lorenson, Microsoft's group product manager for storage. For a single Windows boot image to become reality, Microsoft needs to eliminate System Identifiers (SIDs), rework Windows licensing and possibly eliminate the notorious registry. The upside, however, is huge: Multiple systems booting from a single LUN will let corporations extend iSCSI-to-desktop computers and eliminate DAS by booting desktop computers directly from an iSCSI SAN.
Trends and developments
One could argue that the popularity of NAS was the main reason for the ever-increasing interest in iSCSI. NAS dependency on higher level file-system protocols (CIFS/NFS) makes NAS less suitable for block-based transactional applications like databases; as a result, NAS vendors are adding iSCSI support to their offerings. Because NAS and iSCSI are both based on TCP/IP, iSCSI is a more natural SAN supplement than FC in NAS environments.
NetApp provided iSCSI support for its filers after iSCSI was ratified, and has been a staunch promoter ever since. Microsoft will release a Feature Pack for Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 this summer to make its NAS an iSCSI target through WinTarget software acquired from String Bean Software. And EMC's Multi-Path File System for iSCSI lets the Celera NAS use iSCSI to return a NAS request, resulting in a big performance boost for large file requests.
The number of innovations and companies developing for the TCP/IP and iSCSI space today greatly surpasses the number of FC developments. Besides 10GigE, network packet processors--from companies like Broadcom Corp. and Cavium Networks--for packet inspection, prioritization, encryption, compression and TCP optimization are the building blocks for next-generation TCP/IP and iSCSI products.
An example of the high level of innovation in the networking space is Broadcom's development of 2.5Gb/sec Ethernet components that support 1Gb/sec and 2.5Gb/ sec Ethernet on a part-by-part basis. The 2.5Gb/sec Ethernet components are targeted mostly toward blade servers, enabling blade-server vendors to offer transparent upgrades of server blades to 2.5Gb/sec Ethernet, resulting in a 2.5 times performance boost. Unlike 10Gb/sec, 2.5Gb/sec Ethernet allows leveraging of existing backplanes and cabling.
There's no doubt iSCSI will dominate the SMB storage space and will be the preferred storage option for workgroup servers and, eventually, corporate desktops (see "iSCSI boot from SAN not so easy," this page). What's still unclear is if iSCSI can push FC out of the enterprise data center. With FC's large installed base, long-standing support for mission-critical apps and the availability of 8Gb/sec FC, it's the preferred technology for most large data center storage. For a transition to happen, it will take large storage vendors like EMC, HP and IBM to recommend iSCSI over FC, which is unlikely to happen in the near future.


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Sturla Gunnarsson's Beowulf & Grendel asks a fairly interesting question: What if the ferocious beastie from the ancient poem was not a mindless brute or animalistic killing machine -- but instead was a big, hairy, terribly misunderstood giant who was just really pissed off at the guys who killed his father?
That's the question at the heart of this newest and most democratic look at the old-old-school epic adventure, and (barring a handful of really slow spots) it makes for a pretty diverting new movie. The cast is pretty strong, the look of the film is surprisingly effective, and the story moves along at a fairly appreciable clip ... for the most part, anyway.
Gerard Butler stars as legendary hero Beowulf, the man who shows up to help drunken King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgard) rid his countryside of a ravenous, murdering ... something. "Troll" is what the bloodthirsty Grendel is most commonly referred to, but as a strangely haunting prologue informs us, Grendel might just have a pretty good reason for his murderous ways.
Toss into the equation a saucy young witch, a babbling priest, and some truly stunning Icelandic cinematography, and you've got a surprisingly watchable flick on your hands -- even if a few of the performances skirt dangerously close to Uwe Boll territory. (Sarah Polley's witch character almost comes off as parody, and there's a weird amount of anachronistic profanity laced throughout the movie.)
But it's pretty clear that this particular version of Beowulf & Grendel was crafted with a half-decent budget and a lot of good intentions. It's not a dry and chat-heavy period piece, and it's not a low-budget hack-'em-up action-fest. More like a little from both columns, which means that if you normally dig this sort of olde-school adventure tale, you'll probably find enough to enjoy here. Purists, however, should stay far away, as Gunnarsson takes more than a few liberties with the source material.
The DVD
Video: Anchor Bay delivers the limited release/festival flick in a generally solid anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) transfer. The (rare) colors look fine and the landscapes are lovely, but darker shades tend to blur together on occasion.
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1. Solid audio presentation. (English captions, not subtitles.)
Par for the Anchor Bay course, the platter comes with an impressive array of extra goodies:
Director Sturla Gunnarsson, screenwriter Andrew Berzins, first assistant director Wendy Ord, and costume designer Debra Hanson provide an amiable audio commentary that focuses on the hazards of A) taking new liberties with such a well-known tale, and B) shooting a movie in the harsh climates of Iceland.
Wrath of Gods is a ten-minute collection of excerpts from a feature-length documentary film about the making of Beowulf & Grendel. Also included are 26 minutes of cast & crew interviews (Butler, Gunnarsson, Skarsgard, Berzins and producer Paul Stephens), a handful of costume artwork and sketches, a storyboard comparison, and about nine minutes of deleted scenes.
Rounding out the disc are some trailers for Beowulf & Grendel, Heartstopper, and Dan Aykroyd: Unplugged on UFOs.
Final Thoughts
I expected the flick to be either "low-budget silly" or "film festival stuffy," and was surprised to realize it was actually a fairly compelling mixture of both. If you're looking for a film that "faithfully" tells the Beowulf tale, you should probably look elsewhere, but if you're game for a strange and beautiful-looking new version of the story, you can safely give this one a rental.

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The Planning Board voted 11-0 on a proposal to rezone a 4.5-acre site on State Road A1A at the eastern tip of Oakridge Boulevard to allow for a 29-story condo building and a 26-story hotel.
DAYTONA BEACH — A plan to build two massive condo hotel towers on the oceanfront gained a key approval Thursday night.
The Planning Board voted 11-0 on a proposal to rezone a 4.5-acre site on State Road A1A at the eastern tip of Oakridge Boulevard to allow for a 29-story condo building with 105 rooms and a 26-story hotel with 500 rooms.
If city commissioners also OK the rezoning from tourist accommodation to planned commercial development when they vote in March, the project will stay on track to begin construction in August and shoot to open by the fall of 2015.
"This is a transformative project that can help the area," Charles Lichtigman, CEO of Charles Wayne Properties, a commercial real estate company in Daytona Beach, told Planning Board members.
Don Poor, director of the Ocean Center, also spoke in favor of the 1.22-milllion-square-foot complex that would be an independent four-star facility.
"What's your dream for Daytona Beach?" Poor asked. "Is status quo our vision, or do we want something loftier than that?"
Poor said for the Ocean Center to be successful, the beachside core tourist area needs 2,000 quality hotel rooms, but currently has only 1,000 — half of which can't always be relied upon for availability.
The new $100 million development could bring that tally up to 1,500 rooms, Poor said.
An official with the neighboring Daytona Beach Regency hotel spoke in favor of the project, as did others. But the owners of the Sea Dunes Apartments, a small two-story building that would be surrounded by the new complex, asked Planning Board members to force the project's developers to adjust plans to respect their property rights.
Paulita Kundid, whose parents bought the Sea Dunes in 1960, said the two towers would block sea breezes around the building she co-owns with her brother, attorney Mike Kundid, and create excessive heating.
"Consider carefully what you're doing and everyone's property rights," she said.
"It's an amazing project, but it's so much on a small piece of property," said the Kundids' attorney, Jim Morris.
The project is being headed up by a group of Russian hotel developers. The complex could create 15,100 square feet of meeting space, 14,000 square feet of retail space and 400 permanent jobs.
The plan also shows the condo hotel towers with shops fronting A1A at street level, indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, a fitness room, a ballroom, a roof garden, meeting rooms, penthouses and a state-of-the-art automated parking structure with machinery that would move cars into spaces and hold more than 600 vehicles.
The design would maintain beach access to the public in the same area where people can walk and bike to the oceanfront now.


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MEFMI Combined Forum for Ministers and Secretaries of Finance and Planning and Central Bank Governors. 20th Anniversary Meeting, Washington DC.
On the eve of the World Bank-IMF meetings in Washington DC, central bank governors, finance ministers and reserve managers from Southern and Eastern Africa met for the 20th anniversary of MEFMI's Combined Forum. The central theme that underpinned the forum was "stimulating opportunities for growth and development in Eastern and Southern Africa". Discussions centred primarily on methods for prudent public financial management, exploring opportunities for cross border infrastructure development, attracting and managing foreign direct investment and an analysis of the growing local and international bond issuance by African countries.
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Suzy Favor Hamilton confirms work as a call girl
Report: Hamilton worked at $600/hr. escort
MADISON, Wis. — Former U.S. Olympic runner and Madison area resident Suzy Favor Hamilton confirmed she worked in the last year as an escort in Las Vegas.
A report at thesmokinggun.com stated she was a $600-an-hour call girl and went on numerous dates in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and other cities.
Hamilton confirmed the report to WISC-TV and via her Twitter account.
In her Twitter posts, she said she realized she made irrational choices and takes full responsibility for them.
She tweeted, "As crazy as I know it seems, I never thought I would be exposed, therefore never hurting anybody."
She also posted on her Twitter account: "I cannot emphasize enough how sorry I am to anyone I have hurt as a result of my actions and greatly appreciate the support from family and those closest to me. I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter and friend."
She said she is not a victim.
"I was drawn to escorting in large part because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very challenging time with my marriage and my life," she said. "It provided an escape from a life that I was struggling in. It was a double life."
She said her reasons for working as a call girl are related to depression and she's seeking the help of a psychologist.
Hamilton is a three-time Olympian and has worked in recent years as a motivational speaker.
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If all goes as planned, the Pease Greeters will welcome their 500th flight at 5:40 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2.
Since 2005 it has been the mission of the group to welcome troops returning from overseas — day or night, year in and year out. In fact, as these words are being written, Pease Greeters were scheduled to spend time on Thanksgiving Day greeting arriving flights at Pease.
"It's what we do," Pease Greeter Church Cove told the Portsmouth Herald. "It's an honor to take care of our troops. They do such a magnificent job of taking care of us."
As the Seacoast pauses for the holidays, the editorial board here at Foster's Daily Democrat would like to pay homage to the Pease Greeters, whose members do their own magnificent job.
Those readers long of tooth remember a time when the men and women of our Armed Forces were not so honored. It was during a time of an unpopular war in Southeast Asia. There were reports of troops spat upon and called baby killers as they returned home from Vietnam.
Thankfully, the Pease Greeters have done much to set the politics of war aside and allow some of the valiant men and women who serve overseas to be honored upon their return.
As Greeters co-chair George Davidson recently told Dover Rotarians: "We're there for one reason and one reason only — to show them love, honor and respect."
Over the years, Davidson said, more than 4,200 people have helped the greeters welcome troops.
That mission began at in 2005 with founders Bill Hopper and Al Weston, who worked at the Tradeport. Davidson said the two felt there should never be anyone coming home or going overseas who didn't have anyone there to greet them. Knowing that families of these service men and women are sometimes far away, that tradition grew over the years, Rotarians were told.
Davidson said there are never fewer than 100 people at the terminal, lined with photos of military units that arrive there, to honor those who serve.
"When troops open the doors, the greeters are lined up," he said.
Through the "Heroes Walk" and a "Hall of Flags," the terminal is decorated with American and military pride, on display to show support for each branch of service. Outdoors, a "Fence Force" of vehicles lines up along a fence near the runway shining headlights on an American flag as soldiers depart from the airport.
While the number of Greeters may seem large, more are needed as the 500-flight mark nears.
According to Cove, the group plans to welcome 24 flights through Dec. 7.
"We're going to be really busy," he said while seeking more volunteer Greeters.
"Any help anybody wants to give us is certainly appreciated," Cove said. "The biggest thing people can do is be there."
In addition to more Greeters, Cove said the group is also looking for help collecting donations. Along with needing donations such as cell phones, headphones and snacks to boost troop morale, Cove said Greeters need help collecting knit hats for the troops.
"It's cold in Afghanistan," Cove told the Herald. "We have knitted hats that we like to give to the troops, but with the amount of flights we have coming up, we're going to need about 2,000 hats. Any knitters out there who want to help us out are more than welcome to reach out."
For information on the Pease Greeters or to check out the current flight schedule, visit, www.peasegreeters.org.
Greeters nearing a milestone
If all goes as planned, the Pease Greeters will welcome their 500th flight at 5:40 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2.


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U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Summers talks with News 8
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Republican Charlie Summers says he has a history of working with his Democratic colleagues to get things done in government.
It's a skill that he wants to take to the United States Senate.
"It would serve no purpose to go to Washington and get your feet stuck in cement on things," the 52-year-old tells News 8 in his Scarborough home. "You have certain principles, obviously, that you stand by and when you can't agree with someone, you do it in a way that is not disagreeable but when you can agree, then I think you have a responsibility to do so."
Maine's Secretary of State is campaigning on the issues of curbing government spending, reducing the deficit, and tossing out President Obama's health care reforms.
Summers doesn't think his opponents are as focused as he is on fixing the nation's financial situation.
He says, "There's a very stark political reality that there's a $16-trillion debt facing this country and unless we begin to take steps to curtail our spending and get our deficit under control so we can set our country on the path to to fiscal sustainability... unless we start doing that, then we're going to end up where Greece is, where Spain is, where France is headed..."
Summers says his message is taking hold with voters, telling us, "I think that's why you're seeing the number of outside groups coming in against me at this point because they know that we can win this race."
The money coming from outside Maine has played a major role in this contest.
The candidates have no control over the millions of dollars being spent to smear their opponents.
Summers says, "Harry Truman once said that he didn't give them hell. He only told the truth and it felt like hell."
Political wrangling aside, Summers says voters can relate to his principles and his story.
He raised two kids as a single father after the sudden death of his first wife.
Summers has experience running a small business, working in government, and serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
Charlie Summers has run for higher office in the past but feels good about pulling off an upset this time.
"I happen to believe in getting up and dusting myself off," he explains. "Just because I wasn't successful before doesn't mean that I don't feel strongly about my country... doesn't mean that I don't feel strongly about doing the right thing and being involved."


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A vehicle break-in was reported Wednesday afternoon in the 600 block of East Market Street.
A 100-block Coe Street man reported Wednesday afternoon his house was broken into overnight. A gun, TVs and a game system were taken. According to the report, some fingerprints were found by police and the criminal division was contacted.
A theft from a vehicle was reported early Thursday morning in the 600 block of East Market Street.
Michael L. Covington, 18, of Columbus, was cited with driving under suspension early Thursday morning.
Tyler J. Parrish, 21, of Amherst, was charged with public urination early Thursday morning.
A gasoline drive-off was reported Thursday morning at Pit Stop, 210 N. Washington St.
Two thefts from a vehicle were reported Thursday in the first block of Achre Court. A GPS and golf clubs were stolen from one of the vehicles.
A caller from Seneca County Juvenile and Probate Court 108 Jefferson St., reported Thursday afternoon a juvenile's father made threatening comments to a magistrate after a meeting.
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A first-block Wentz Street woman reported a possible phone scam Wednesday afternoon. She said a caller told her she had been audited and that if she didn't provide payment, she would be arrested. The woman was advised it was likely a scam.
A first-block Beeghly Avenue woman reported Wednesday evening someone used her address and phone number to pay medical bills in Texas.
A first-block Jefferson Street man reported Thursday morning $600 was taken from his bank account from a sporting goods company in the United Kingdom.
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A 200-block East Tiffin Street woman reported Wednesday night someone kicked in her backdoor.
A 1000-block Kennedy Lane woman reported Thursday morning someone had attempted to break into her vehicle.
A 300-block South Poplar Street woman reported Thursday afternoon her son stole items from the residence while she was at a funeral.
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A one-vehicle non-injury accident was reported Thursday morning at Sycamore Street and Brookwood Park. An AEP pole was damaged and a sign was knocked down. The driver was cited with failure to control.
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France, which plans to send hundreds of extra soldiers to the Central African Republic, on Monday proposed a UN Security Council resolution authorizing international troops to use force to end mounting chaos. As calls mount to head off what some UN officials call a genocide risk, the resolution, which would also impose an arms embargo on the strife-torn country, could be passed by the 15-member Security Council next week.
Central African Republic Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye said after talks in Paris that French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius had talked of adding 800 troops to the 410 French soldiers already based in the capital, Bangui.
Tiangaye said "serious war crimes" are being committed in his country, where rebels forced Central African Republic President Francois Bozize to flee in March. A transitional government has since lost control of the country of 4.5 million people.
French officials had already spoken of increasing troop numbers in the Central African Republic, but France's foreign ministry would not confirm the figures given by Tiangaye.
France, which has joined the genocide warnings also made by the US and the UN, circulated a draft Security Council resolution which expresses deep concern at the "total breakdown in law and order" and "inter-sectarian tensions."
Raids by Seleka rebels who forced Bozize to escape the country have degenerated into battles between Muslim and Christian groups, and militias. The country is majority Christian, while Seleka is dominated by Muslims.
The resolution, obtained by reporters, aims to strengthen an African stabilization force in the Central African Republic as a first step toward turning it into a formal UN peacekeeping force.
The resolution would allow African and French troops to use "all necessary measures" under Chapter VII of the UN Charter to protect civilians in the Central African Republic. Chapter VII can give legal backing to the use of force.
The resolution would also impose an embargo on all types of arms and ammunition against the Central African Republic.
It would allow for a special committee to order sanctions against any individual who holds up moves toward elections due in just over a year or is found to be committing human rights abuses.
An African force, officially known as MISCA, currently has about 2,500 troops, which should increase to about 3,600 when it is taken over by the African Union next month.
However, UN officials and experts say the force is not big enough.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said up to 9,000 peacekeepers could be needed in the Central African Republic.
The draft resolution would order Ban to draw up a report in three months on whether a UN force is needed.
In a heady spiral into anarchy since the Seleka rebel coalition overthrew Bozize, the UN and aid workers say whole villages have been burned down and rapes, torture and indiscriminate killing have become the norm.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson called for the Security Council to act quickly on the crisis.
Eliasson said the Central African Republic is "becoming a breeding ground for extremists and armed groups in a region that is already suffering from conflict."
"A country in the heart of Africa is descending into complete chaos before our eyes," Eliasson told the 15-member council. "The situation requires prompt and decisive action."


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In this course, students learn to recognize and to apply the basic concepts that govern integrated body function (as an intact organism) in the body's nine organ systems.
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Lectures are very concise. This course can help you grasp the most important core concepts and key woking mechanisms of human physiology. But I don't know why it do not have the immune system.
In this module, we consider two types of cells: one that relays information to the central nervous system (brain) for interpretation and a second set, motor neurons which relay information away from the central nervous system to govern voluntary movement. The input pathway to the brain is mediated by specific cells called senses. The senses convert energy (such as light or heat) into an energy form (electrical potentials) recognized by neurons in the brain. The brain, in turn, interprets this information (as vision or pain) and then sends out a motor response via the motor neurons of the somatic nervous system to effector cells in the body. The motor neurons activate skeletal muscle to control breathing and the movement of the limbs. The things to do this week are to watch the 5 videos, to answer the in-video questions, to read the notes, and to complete the problem set. It will be most effective if you follow the sequence of videos. The notes provide a more detailed summary of each topic. We encourage you to find which resource (videos and/or notes) works best for you and to try the problems sets. The problem sets are not graded. Both your understanding and retention will increase with application of the new learned information.


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FOXBOROUGH - Linebacker Adalius Thomas expressed confusion in place of contrition while explaining his tardiness to a Wednesday morning meeting, underscoring the tension simmering between some veterans and coach Bill Belichick as the reeling Patriots prepare for Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers.
"I can't figure out what Bill thinks or knows,'' Thomas said. "I don't know. I promise you I don't. I'm dumbfounded. I really don't try to figure it out. Whatever I'm told to do, that's what I do.''
Thomas, one of four players Belichick sent home Wednesday for arriving late, said he believes he acted appropriately and "there's nothing to really apologize about.''
Thomas believes the weather gave him - along with Randy Moss, Derrick Burgess, and Gary Guyton, the three other disciplined players - a valid reason for not arriving on time. Thomas got stuck in traffic caused by snow.
Thomas said he nearly got into an accident and he notified the Patriots that he would be late. In the past, Thomas said, calling ahead to explain a tardy arrival was accepted. When he arrived at "8:09 or something like that,'' Thomas said, Belichick told him to leave the facility for the day.
"I mean, I could have been in the ditch,'' Thomas said. "They really don't give a damn, honestly. Hey, as long as you ain't in the meeting, they really don't give a [expletive]. So, that's how I feel.''
Thomas traveled by himself, but said one of the other three players was present when Belichick ejected him. Thomas still could not understand why yesterday, and he used both defiance and humor to make his point.
"There's one thing about Mother Nature - you can't control that,'' Thomas said. "You can't run people over getting to work. There's nothing to apologize about. I wasn't trying to be late.
"You leave home, there are people there, cars sitting in the road, you're sitting there, what are you gonna do? It's not the Jetsons. I can't jump up and fly.''
Belichick could have pointed to the roughly 50 Patriots who found a way to arrive on time. According to one Patriot, Belichick gathered the team at the end of Wednesday's practice and told them, "It's not summer anymore. It's New England in December. Plan accordingly. An 8 a.m. meeting is still an 8 a.m. meeting.''
This marks the second time Thomas and Belichick have opposed one another this season. Against the Tennessee Titans in Week 6, Belichick made Thomas inactive even though Thomas was healthy.
Thomas has 28 tackles and three sacks this year. His season has been "real frustrating,'' he said.
"But it is what it is. That's one thing about being a professional. It's good things and it's bad things. It's just not a good time.
"I don't want people to think . . . it was put out there like I just didn't show up and didn't have a reason, and nobody knew. That's not true. That's not the case at all. I was trying to be a professional.''
Even if the apparent strain between Thomas - the lone late arriver to speak with reporters - and Belichick escalates, it will be difficult for the Patriots to cut him. In 2001, Belichick released Terry Glenn, another high-profile and insubordinate player, in midseason. (The Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl, while Glenn surfaced in Green Bay and then moved to Dallas, where he enjoyed several productive seasons.)
But this situation is different. The Patriots are responsible for $4.4 million in guaranteed bonuses for Thomas each of the next two seasons, a total of $8.8 million that counts against the salary cap if Thomas is cut.
But the league is currently scheduled to operate without a salary cap in 2010, which alters the ramifications. Cutting Thomas, according to league sources, would force the Patriots to add all of the additional $8.8 million of Thomas's bonus to this year's salary cap. That makes releasing him prohibitive.
So for the next month at least, Thomas will remain a Patriot. Yesterday, Thomas chafed at the notion that Wednesday's dismissal was motivating.
"Motivation is for kindergartners,'' he said. "I'm not a kindergartner. Sending somebody home, that's like, 'You're expelled until you come back and make good grades.' Get that [expletive] out of here. It's ridiculous.''
In the middle of Thomas's 10-minute session with a throng of reporters, healthy-yet-inactive cornerback Shawn Springs walked past. Springs peered over the pack and in a playful voice called out, "Sorry, AD.''
Thomas laughed and called back, "Sorry, Shawn.''
Then he continued to answer questions. Thomas explained that he had watched several Panthers games to keep up with film study.
"I was told to go home, I went home,'' Thomas said. "Enjoyed my day off. Put my toes up in the air and relaxed.''
Thomas emphasized that he would continue to do what he was told, even while some of his answers seemingly poked at Belichick's authority. Rarely has that happened in Foxborough, but then, these are not normal times.
The Patriots have lost three of four games for the first time in seven years. One player speculated Belichick sent home the four players to make clear the "urgency'' of the moment.
"It's been pretty rough,'' linebacker Jerod Mayo said. "But we have to right the ship, and that's the plan.''
Christopher L. Gasper of the Globe staff contributed to this report.


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I'm still considering jumping into Reaktor someday, which is a completely different animal and so many others have created synths that I could just use it and only configure things when I really wanted to - although I opted to buy my analog modular instead of an upgraded pc and Reaktor a few years back. Knobs and hardware just excite me too much.


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Our 99% speaks out about foreclosures today
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(Un)occupy Albuquerque folks will be at Broadway and Cesar Chavez to educate people about stopping foreclosures. They'll post up at 4 p.m. today and hang around during rush hour.
The movement was the subject of this week's feature. In addition to an overall look at Burque's 99%, reporter Andrew Beale cleared up some misconceptions.
Beale's been following the camp and the protests since the beginning. He spoke with some of the demonstrators about their reasons for participating.


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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) Ohio says Wednesday night's home game against Eastern Michigan is postponed because the campus shut down as a precaution amid a search for an armed robbery suspect.
The Bobcats (15-5, 6-0 Mid-American Conference) say the game against Eastern Michigan (10-10, 3-3 MAC) has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. on Feb. 20 in Athens.
Ohio University officials had called in extra police officers and notified students Wednesday morning following an armed robbery at an apartment complex near campus. The school says the suspect allegedly had a handgun and fled on foot in the direction of the university.
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Q: What is your coaching experience?
A: I am entering my 15th year of coaching. I had the great privilege to be an assistant coach for two years at San Juan High school under Dennis Jones. Then going to college I was an assistant at Parowan for 3 years. Then as you know I spent 6 years in Moab, and I am starting my 5th year here at San Juan.
Q: Tell us a little bit about your team this year.
A: This year's team is a fun team to coach and watch play. We are really looking to up-tempo the game. Our motto this year is "Run, Gun, and Have Fun."
Q: What experience do you have returning?
A: We only lost 2 kids last year, so we bring back a lot of experience. I have several kids with a ton of varsity experience.
Q: So far into the season at 6-0, what has been your team strength?
A: I feel our biggest strength is our experience coming back. Several of our kids have played since their freshman year. Another strength is our depth. I am not afraid to play anyone off the bench. And most of all, I love our team chemistry.
Q: Any weaknesses you dare discuss openly?
A: I feel we have a great start, but at times we struggle on the boards, which has been a big emphasis for us in practice lately.
Q: Who are your go-to players?
A: We teach all our kids to be aggressive and be a threat out on the floor, but Kyle Johnson, Nate Einerson, and Dane Lyman have really emerged as confident go-to players.
Q: Who is your top defensive player?
A: I have two kids who really excel on the defensive end of the floor. Nate Einerson and Teddy Royer have been our defensive stoppers against our opponents. But again we teach each player must be a great defender to be able to play for us.
Q: Who is your top offensive player?
A: Right now Kyle Johnson averages 17 points a game along with 5 assists. He is an outstanding player. He is fun to watch create for his teammates. Nate Einerson is averaging 10 points, Teddy Royer and Dane Lyman at 9 a piece. I feel we usually get a great balance of scoring.
Q: Who is having a break-out, surprise everyone season?
A: If you really like good hard play, guys who get on the floor, and play passing lanes, Teddy Royer is that kind of player. He never gives up on a play. He is all over the floor. He is going to surprise a lot of people. He is our sleeper. Most teams will focus on Kyle, Dane, and Nate, and Teddy will get a quiet 10-15 points. I love how he plays basketball.
Q: How about the JV and C teams? How are they looking?
A: I have great young kids who have worked hard in the off season to become better basketball players. They will have a great season and they will be fun to watch in the future.
Q: What kind of basketball do you play?
A: If you were to walk in our locker room, you would know right then how we teach our kids to play. On the window are our Goals for practice and games; "PLAY HARD, PLAY SMART, PLAY TOGETHER, AND HAVE FUN."
Q: What has been a highlight so far this year?
A: I guess our highlight is our competitiveness. It is so nice to see all that hard work that we have done in the off season and over the years pay off in games. I feel we have a great chance to win every time we step on the floor.
Q: Of the six wins, which one had the most "wow"!
A: I really enjoy them all, but I guess the Emery game was one that I felt showed we could compete really well in 2A. Emery is a great 3A program and a well coached team, so I felt that was a great win.
Q: Best case scenario, how do you see this team doing?
A: Baring any major injuries, I feel these kids will be right in the middle of the mix this year, if they continue to work hard and improve their game.
Q: What is an effective method you use in practice and in games to build the team concept in basketball?
A: We preach team a lot. We try to communicate with our players. We sit down with each one of them and discuss their role on the team and talk to them on what they need to work on and get better. We want this to be a positive experience for all our players and we want them to enjoy the moments they have together as a basketball family.
Q: Who are your assistant coaches?
A: I feel our strength this year is our staff. We have great experience and knowledge on the bench. I am a lucky head coach to have these men help me. Jason Torgerson, Jimmy Johnson, Travis Black, Steve Olsen, and Cardon Slade.
Q: What is a must-see game this season?
A: I hope all our games became a must see. I hope the fans enjoy watching these kids play. But any game in our region is going to be a battle. South Sevier, Manti, Richfield, North Sevier, and Gunnison are all excellent teams who are all well coached who will all be tough to beat. It should be a great year.


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ScaleXtreme makes cloud hopping easier
Xpert system, Xpress freebie take on the big boys
Cloudy toolmaker ScaleXtreme has rolled out an easier-to-use update to its Xpert server-admin tool in its continuing effort to take on the big initials of systems management: IBM, HP, BMC, and CA.
You have to keep the heat on if you want to win business from incumbents in the data center. Since the launch of its Xpert service last June, ScaleXtreme has raised the toolmaking temperature with both a new twist on systems management for virtual and physical machines, and very aggressive pricing.
ScaleXtreme is a cloud-based service for managing physical servers as well as virtual ones that run either in your own data center or in public clouds such as Amazon's EC2 and Rackspace Hosting's Cloud.
The company was cofounded by Nand Mulchandani, formerly CEO at OpenDNS and senior director of product management and marketing at VMware before that, and Balaji Srinivasa, who was a member of the engineering team that created system management tools at BladeLogic (acquired for $800m by BMC Software in March 2008) and formerly a software engineer at Platinum Technology, Computer Associates, and IBM. Mulchandani is CEO at ScaleXtreme, and Srinivasa is CTO. The company has raised $13.5m in two rounds of financing from Accel Partners and Ignition Partners.
Xpert is an agent-based management tool – like many systems management tools out there – but it is unique in that it only requires encrypted HTTP links between any client and the Xpert service, and that service and your physical and virtual servers, to do its management thing. You don't have to do anything crazy like opening up ports on your firewall to let Xpert tickle your servers.
The server side of the Xpert tool is written completely in Java, and on the client side it uses a mix of JavaScript and HTML, based on Google Web Toolkit (GWT), to make the tool accessible through Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, or Firefox. The tool's agent, an HTTPS transport method, allows admins to not only stand up physical and virtual servers, but to browse file systems, open up command lines, and do just about anything else you need to do on those server images. The service has thousands of customers, but ScaleXtreme is not talking specific numbers yet, Mulchandani tells El Reg.
Typically, companies that offer software as a service don't like to talk about version or release numbers on their code – but if you twist their arm a little bit, they will admit that they do, indeed, have version and release numbers and are not somehow magically immune from this practice just because they are running on a cloud. In this case, ScaleXtreme is rolling out Xpert 1.6, which includes three key new features.
The first new feature is an installation wizard that doesn't force system admins to plow through all of the possible configuration options in Xpert just to get started. Moreover, says Mulchandani, the wizard understands that companies are federating EC2 and Rackspace clouds with internal clouds based on VMware hypervisors as well as physical servers residing inside company data centers.
The second new feature is an updated user interface that allows for on-premise and cloud servers to be viewed together or separately, as admins need.
Third, ScaleXtreme is adding templates for the dynamic server-assembly feature of the Xpert tool and putting them in an online store – called the ScaleXtreme App Store, of course – so that customers don't have to build templates for their code stacks themselves.
The dynamic server-assembly (DSA) feature now has version control, which includes a rollback feature and an automatic update feature that works just like iOS and Android apps on smartphones and tablets. DSA is a key feature of the Xpert tool that allows customers to describe a generic server stack – this operating system, that middleware, those apps – and bind it to a generic operating system.
Different clouds have different operating system kernel levels certified on them, and DSA is meant to abstract these away and deploy your image on the closest variant of an OS that a cloud or your IT department has certified, without having to manually create an image. The way it works, according to Mulchandani, is that you preposition what the target OS image will be for internal and external servers, and DSA has workflows to do whatever changes are necessary to make the code stand up and work properly.
While the Xpert 1.6 tool will run on the Safari browser, there is not yet a version of the Xpert admin interface that runs natively on iPhones and iPads. But Mulchandani says that this is in the works and will be available shortly.
ScaleXtreme has two versions of its service. The Xpress tool is available for free and is intended as a loss-leader for a single admin that is managing a handful of servers. The Xpert service, on the other hand, is aimed at companies with multiple admins managing lots of physical and virtual servers, and who want tech support for the product. Xpert costs $15 per server under management per month, and Mulchandani quips that this is less expensive than the maintenance fees you have to pay for BladeLogic. ®
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text: Semifinal playoff tickets now on sale September 30, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that they will play the first leg of their United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1) semifinal versus Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo in Montreal on Friday, October 3, at 5 p.m. PT (Webcast: USLlive.com – Webaudio: team990.com). The second leg will be played at Swangard Stadium on Sunday, October 5, at 3:30 p.m. PT (TV: Fox Sports World Canada – Radio: TEAM 1040). The Whitecaps and Impact have already met five times this year. Vancouver took the regular season series with two wins and a draw, while Montreal won both matches in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship. Tickets for the Whitecaps USL-1 semifinal home playoff match are now available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at ticketmaster.ca, and by phone at 604.280.4400. For information on group tickets call the Whitecaps office at 604.669.WAVE (9283). Vancouver advanced to the semifinals on the strength of their 5-4 aggregate score series victory over Minnesota Thunder. The Whitecaps won the first leg of the quarterfinal 2-0 at Swangard on September 26, but lost the second leg 4-3 at the National Sports Center Stadium in Blaine, Minnesota, on Sunday. Montreal reached the semis by defeating Seattle Sounders 4-3 on aggregate in the first round. The Impact dropped the first match on the road 2-1, but responded with a 3-1 win at home on Sunday. In the other USL-1 semifinal, Commissioner's Cup winners Puerto Rico Islanders will travel to Rochester to face the Rhinos in the first leg on Friday, while the return leg will be played in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The USL-1 semifinals are a home-and-away aggregate goals series. If the aggregate score is tied at the conclusion of the second leg, then two 15-minute extra time periods will be played to determine the series winner. If both sides remain tied at the end of extra time, then the series will be decided using a penalty shootout. The away goals rule is not in effect as a tiebreaker in the USL-1 playoffs. The winners of the two semifinals will meet for the USL-1 championship on Saturday, October 11. The highest-seeded team will have the option to host the final. This season, the Whitecaps set a new modern-team franchise record for total attendance, which included six sellouts at Swangard. As a result, fans are advised to purchase their playoff tickets in advance. For additional information on Whitecaps playoff tickets, call the Whitecaps office at 604.669.WAVE (9283). Previous Next


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Savage Moon
Euro PSN update, May 7 – Savage Moon demo, LocoRoco, LBP
Content for the European PSN Store is a bit sparse this week. Sorry 'bout that. However, there should be something on the list to occupy you – a demo of Savage Moon, DLC for HAWX, LBP, Trivial Pursuit, Wheelman and LocoRoco for PSP. Full thing after the break.
Savage Moon headlines
Savage Moon is "tower defence" PSN game
SCEA's released first proper details and screens of Savage Moon, the PSN title shown for the first time at Games Convention last week. Apparently, "Savage Moon is a frantic, action-packed tower defense game in a gritty sci-fi setting. You are tasked with protecting mining facilities from ravenous space bugs using some truly fearsome weaponry. And […]
Sony details upcoming PSN titles, including Savage Moon
Videogamer.com's got details of all the PSN games on show at Games Convention, including confirmation of Savage Moon. Read it over there. We'll keep typing.
Sony-published Savage Moon pops up on USK
Whoops. According to this USK listing, Sony's publishing a military strategy game called Savage Moon. It's a PS3 title, apparently, and the fact it's been rated in Germany now means – using our super-sleuth skills – that a Leipzig showing next week is a tad likely. Just checking with Sony now. Thanks, Blerk.


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What is the best way to pass more than one argument to the LPVOID parameter of CreateThread -- No MFC? (I am actually using _beginthreadex, which is virtually identical.) I, of course, am assuming it is possible.
I have tried everything but only get compiler errors.
If it isn't possible, how else can I pass arguments to a thread before it starts?


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Susan Granger's review of 'Grudge Match'
It's a bit misleading to believe that just because 67-year-old Sylvester Stallone and 70-year-old Robert De Niro are sparring in a boxing ring, there's going to be a retirement-age match between Rocky Balboa and Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta. `Cause that's not what happens.
Having retired from boxing, Henry "Razor" Sharp (Stallone) works in a steel mill, which helps pay retirement home bills for his curmudgeonly former trainer, Lightning Conlon (Alan Arkin). Razor's perennial Pittsburgh rival, womanizing Billy "The Kid" McDonnen (De Niro), owns a car dealership and a steakhouse, where he continues to milk his fleeting fame in a nightclub act. As light heavyweights, they fought each other twice -- back in the 1980s -- each scoring one victory. But then Razor abruptly -- and inexplicably -- quit boxing, leaving McDonnen yearning for that elusive third battle for the crown. Cue the fast-talking son of their former promoter, Dante Slate Jr. (Kevin Hart), who cleverly manipulates both men into participating in a video game. Their unexpected brawl during a motion-capture session becomes a viral sensation, leading to a real rematch, which is dubbed "Grudgement Day." Adding emotional complications, the woman who once came between them (Kim Basinger) resurfaces, along with McDonnen's now-grown, illegitimate son (Jon Bernthal), who becomes his trainer.
Screenwriters Tim Kelleher and Rodney Rothman ("First Kid," "Two and a Half Men") have patched together snippets of cliched nostalgia, mixed with legendary imagery, crudely masquerading as a script. The flaccid direction of Peter Segal ("Get Smart") encourages both Stallone and De Niro to unabashedly ham it up. And watching these two wrinkled, leathery grandfathers -- who are way past their prime -- strip to the waist, touch gloves and duke it out in a big arena showdown in front of cheering crowds is not only callously cruel but also pathetic. Adding insult to injury, the CGI placement of Stallone and De Niro's youthful faces on other actors' bodies is visually ludicrous.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Grudge Match" flails at a 5 -- with the funniest scenes occurring during the end credits.


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