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The Confucius Institute at WKU received the Confucius Institute of the Year Award on Dec. 7 during the 8th Global Confucius Institute Conference in Beijing.
The prestigious award for extraordinary achievement was given to 28 Confucius Institutes worldwide. Dr. Wei-Ping Pan received the award on behalf of the Confucius Institute at WKU. The award was presented by Liu Yandong, Vice Premier of the Peoples Republic of China, who spoke about the importance of this award.
More than 2,500 participants from 118 countries attended the annual conference. Currently, there are 433 CI's worldwide, so the selection process is rigorous with well documented facts of exceeding the mission set forth by Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters.
Both WKU President Gary A. Ransdell and Dr. Pan, assistant to the President, presented and chaired special sessions during the conference. They discussed in detail the achievements and gave hints of what the future holds for the Confucius Institute at WKU.
First, during academic year 2013/2014, the Confucius Institute at WKU again received Kentucky Certification for 10 new teachers. In addition, WKU had a Hanban Volunteer Teacher's return rate of 42 percent (15/36). The Confucius Institute at WKU is poised to offer certified teacher in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia for school districts seeking certified Chinese teachers.
Second, the Confucius Institute at WKU was selected as the site for the first ever 2013 Joint Meeting of U.S. Confucius Institute (Classrooms) Sept. 28-30. More than 260 people representing more than 85 Confucius Institutes were in attendance, including Madame Xu Lin, Director General of Hanban; Lu Kang, minister of Chinese Embassy; U.S. Sen. Rand Paul; Dr. Ransdell; and Dr. Yang Yongping, Vice President of NCEPU.
Third, the Confucius Institute "The Chinese Cultural Experience" was established to bring a new innovative and economic platform to Kentucky as it relates to the dissemination of the Chinese culture and language throughout the state. The mobile unit is a low cost economic recruiting and marketing tool, which will be transported strategically throughout the state of Kentucky to promote the Chinese language and culture.
Fourth, the Western iMedia project was heavily featured during the conference, and more than 600 participants visited the exhibit and discussed the project during the 8th Global Confucius Institute Conference in Beijing. The project is spearheaded by Kerry Northrup and was presented by Brieonna Logsdon and Hannah Murphy, is a multifaceted and detailed look into the Confucius Institute programs around the world by using visually enticing, intuitively explanatory infographic banners, which are digitally overlaid with mobile-accessed video articles.
Fifth, in April 2013, the Confucius Institute at WKU became an official testing site to administer the HSK test. In April 2013, 14 WKU undergraduate students took the test; of which eight of the students received a Hanban scholarship and will attend the Chinese language and culture classes at North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) in the spring of 2014. David Williams received a full, one-year scholarship at NCEPU.
Sixth, during May 2013, the Confucius Institute at WKU led its largest group of 80 to China at part of the two-week "2013 China Concert Tour" with more than 56 Symphony at WKU students and faculty who performed at four major universities in China (North China Electric Power University-Beijing, Beijing Language and Culture University, Hebei University, and North China Electric Power University-Baoding), in front of more than 6,000 individuals.
In conclusion, the Confucius Institute was approved and opened three affiliated Confucius Classrooms in the state of Kentucky during September 2013 in Barren County Schools, Simpson County Schools, and Bowling Green Chinese Learning Center (located at the Housing Authority of Bowling Green). In addition, in August 2013, Confucius Institute at WKU received an anonymous donation of $250,000. Of these funds, $50,000 has been earmarked to create a Chinese American Friendship Garden on the WKU campus, with another $25,000 being earmarked to provide scholarships to send more students to China. The balance of the funds to go toward an interest bearing endowment account, in which the funds will be used to continue to support student travel to China on an ongoing basis.
The CI at WKU and Hanban, China's Ministry of Education, work to promote understanding of the Chinese language and culture through children's programming, training courses, cultural workshops and community events. Together, these organizations have Introduced fully articulated K-16 instruction in Modern Standard Chinese into local school systems, serve as a regional center for Chinese teacher training and Chinese curriculum development, and build connections and partnerships between Kentucky and China.
Contact: Betty Yu, (270) 745-2836; or Terrill Martin, (270) 745-2530.


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OSEE Application - How do I...
open, close and customize perspectives
OSEE has a number of perspectives based on the included applications. All perspectives can be accessed through Window pulldown > Open Perspective. To easily navigate through OSEE developed perspectives, select the OSEE pulldown and select your desired perspective.
change OSEE icon in toolbar based on which workspace is open
Once you have gotten used to running one OSEE, you'll realize that you can run 2 or more. Or, if your a developer of OSEE applications, then you could have one for development, another for run-time testing and another for production use. It can get confusing to figure out which to switch to in a windowing environment.
OSEE provides the ability to override the icon shown in the Windows toolbar.
OSEE > ATS or Define Perspective > Enter "icon" in the navigator > Select "Set Workbench Override Icon". > This opens an editor where you can select a 32x32 image to use as the application icon. > Select Run.
You'll now see that icon in the top left of your workbench and in the windowing toolbar.
Here are a few that you can use
Branch Manager - How do I...
Branch Manager > Select Branch > Open Associated Artifact > This will either open the Action or show the User that created the branch.
quickly open an Artifact Explorer from selected branch
Branch Manager > Double-click branch > This opens an Artifact Explorer to the branch selected
show baseline branches first
When OSEE starts collecting many Baseline and Working branches, it may be nice to see the Baseline branches first before all the Working branches. By creating a Table Customization from the branch manager, this view and any branch selection dialog will sort/filter based on your saved and defaulted selection.
Sort and filter Branch Manager as you wish > Select Table Customization > Select Save Customization > Enter in customization name eg "Baseline First" > Select saved customization on left > select "Set as Default" > Select Ok in dialog.
Artifact Explorer - How do I...
show more information, like attribute values, on each artifact?
You can show artifact types, versions and even valid attributes next to the name of the artifacts on a branch in Artifact Explorer. Simply use the white pulldown to select items you want to show. If you want to save these selections for future Artifact Explorers, just select "Store Label Settings".
quickly open a new Artifact Explorer?
You can open a new Artifact Explorer using the "Open Artifact Explorer" button on the top right of the Artifact Explorer. It will open the new Explorer to the same branch as the one open.
open the Action associated to the selected branch?
For branches that were created from an ATS Action, the "Open Associated Action" button will open those Actions in ATS. If a branch was created manually by a user, it will show a dialog of the user that created the branch.
open the selected artifact in another branch?
There is an easy way to open the selected artifact on another branch. Select that artifact > right-click > Reveal on Another Branch. This will open another Branch Manager and reveal the artifact on that branch.
quickly search the currently selected branch?
Select the "Open Quick Search View" button. This will open the Quick Search view, set the selected branch to the same as the Artifact Explorer and place your cursor in the Search text box.
ATS - How do I...
understand the difference between an action and workflow
ATS was designed to be 100+ PCRs systems in one. You can write an action against one thing, and then add new workflows as you learn all the teams and products that are impacted for that action.
The "Action" is the top object that groups all the "Team Workflows (workflow)" that have work to be done.
A good example is a bug found in a software product. You can write an action against the "code" and you will get the "action" object and the "team workflow" object created. The "Team Workflow" is where the work is done by the Code Team. Now, let's say the coder determines that the problem isn't a code issue, but a requirements one. You can add a new "Team Workflow" to the existing action against the "requirements". You now have one "action" object and 2 "Team Workflows". You can then cancel the Code workflow with a note that it's a requirements issue. Now, the requirements are changing which requires a test fix. You can add a Test "Team Workflow". And, you realize that some tool changes will be needed, so you can add a Tool "Team Workflow". You now have 4 teams doing work to fix the single "bug" that was found. Each team workflow is going through it's own flow of work to complete the task.
configure to automatically add new Actions to a Goal
Goal artifacts are used as an ordered list of Actions, Reviews and Tasks. If you want Actions written against an Actionable Item (AI) or Team Definition to be automatically be added to your Goal: Open an Artifact Explorer > Select to Common Branch > Open "Action Tracking System" > Expand down to find your AI or Team Definition > Open your Goal artifact in the ATS Editor > Select the "Workflow" tab > Expand the "Relations" section > Drag your AI or Team Definition to the "AutoAddActionToGoal" relation. > Save
visit recently opened ATS Actions
Write or open an Action, Review or other ATS object and can't find it? Select "My Recently Visited" in the ATS Navigator to view all ATS objects viewed in the current OSEE session. This list gets cleared after restart.
ATS Searching - How do I...
search ATS for Workflows, Tasks, Reviews and Goals
There are a number of ways to search ATS for what your looking for. Searching by Id includes ATS Id, GUID (system generated unique id) or Legacy PCR Id. Using specific searches in Navigator gives more detailed search options.
quickly search open ATS actions
The ATS Navigator has a quick search field to quickly find open actions. This field will not only work for text, but also ATS ids (eg ATS10001) and system ids, like guids (A61fqvlZOGa83OyWbCQA) or artifact ids (12453).
The IC checkbox stands for "Include Completed/Cancelled" (cursor over to see tooltip notation). This will include completed and cancelled actions in the search.
Remember, as with any search you want to try to limit the result set that comes back.
find Actions that I originated
The ATS User Search provides more searching criteria that would allow you to easily find an Action that was written by a user. Once common case is finding an Action that you originated.
OSEE > ATS Perspective > ATS Navigator > Select "User Search" > Select User > Select "Originator" checkbox and un-select "Assigned" > Check objects you want to search for, Workflows, Reviews or Tasks > Select Team that Action was written against, if desired > Select Search
As with any search, the more fined grained the criteria, the faster it will return and the closer to the answer you'll get.
You can also widen your search and use the advanced filtering, searching that ATS World provides to narrow in on what you're looking for.
find Actions targeted for a version
There is an easy way to show all Actions that were targeted for a version associated with a team.
OSEE > ATS Perspective > ATS Navigator > Expand "Versions" > Select "Workflows Targeted-For Version > Select your Team > Select your version.
This will open an ATS World to show all the Workflows in that version.
show open ATS objects you are assigned to
Select the world icon or select "My World" in the list to show all workflows, tasks and reviews you are assigned to.
show ATS objects that you have marked as your favorites
In the ATS Editor, you can select the yellow star in the menu bar and in ATS World, you can select items > right-click > Add to Favorites. This will mark these items as your favorites.
In the ATS Navigator, you can select the yellow star in the toolbar or "My Favorites" in the list. This will open an ATS World view of all items you have marked.
show a Change Report managed by an ATS workflow
If you have created a branch or committed changes via ATS, you can easily open a Change Report by selecting the "Open Change Report by ID" > enter in ATS Id. Change Report for that ATS Workflow will open.
You can also select the "Open Change Report(s) by ID(s)" in the list to perform the same operation.
Select the "ID" toolbar icon > Enter in an ATS Id or a Legacy PCR Id or a guid. All items matching that id will be opened in ATS World. You can also open multiple items by entering in a comma delimited list of Ids.
ATS Emailing - How do I...
email team leads / members
ATS Team Definitions are configured with Team Leads, who automatically get assigned an Action when it's created, and Team Members, who have have extra configurations and permissions to operate on Team Workflows.
In addition, ATS has a feature that enables you to easily email Team Members, Team Leads or both.
Open OSEE > ATS Perspective > ATS Navigator > type "email" in filter box > You will see "Email Team Leads/Members", "Email Team Leads" and "Email Team Members". Select one of these > Select Team > Select "Include all children Team Definition Actions" if you wish > select "ok" > OSEE will open your configured mailtool with the appropriate email addresses based on your selection.
email groups of users
OSEE has a User Group artifact type with a Users relation. Create this artifact on the common branch and drag in User artifacts to this relation. Then, from ATS, Select "Email User Groups" and select the appropriate group. Osee will open your configured mail tool with the related User's email addresses.
email message to a set of workflow assignees or originator
Select "Email Message to Action(s) Assigness or Originator from the ATS Navigator > Drag in the Team Workflows, Tasks or Reviews into the "ATS Workflows" box > enter a subject > select the recipient (Assignees or Originator) > Enter the body of the message > Select Run.
The appropriate users will receive an email with your subject and message and the list of workflows that you selected which the user is an assignee or originator.
ATS Action View - How do I...
show a graphical representation of Action, Workflows, Tasks and Reviews
In the ATS Workflow Editor, select the "Action View" icon at the top of the editor. This will open a graphical representation of the "Action", "Team Workflows", "Reviews" and "Tasks"
ATS Workflow Editor - How do I...
add a new impact/Team Workflow to an action
To add a new Team Workflow to an action, select the "Actionable Items" hyperlink at the top of the ATS Editor. On the right pane, select the other Actionable Items that are impacted. New Team Workflows will be created as needed.
show a hierarchical representation of Action, Workflows, Tasks and Reviews
In the ATS Editor, select the "Open in World Editor". This will open the object starting at the "Action". Expand-all will show all items in the hierarchy.
ATS World and Task Editors - How do I...
filter out completed/cancelled items
Select the pulldown-menu next to the gear and select "Filter Out Completed/Cancelled". You can also use the Ctrl-F hotkey.
only show items assigned to you
Select the pulldown-menu next to the gear and select "Filter My Assignee". You can also use the Ctrl-G hotkey.
open selected ATS items in a new ATS World or Task View
You can easily open selected items in a World or Task View by selecting the World or Task icons in the top right of the editor. You can also right-click > Open With > and select the desired editor for the selected items.
Review - How do I...
show all review defects in readable format
The Defect table of a Peer Review only shows 5 lines by default which makes reading the defects difficult. In addition, the Description and Location columns are too narrow to see all the text. There are a few things you can do to help view this data easier.
- Make any column wider. Select the line between columns in header > drag the columns out to make it wider
- Make the table larger. Select the gray line under the table and drag down to show more rows.
- View the entire table with wrapped columns. Right-click anywhere in the table > select "View Table Report". This shows in an HTML format that wraps all the columns.
Java Editor - How do I...
incrementally search a Java file
Open Java File > Ctrl-F (search) > Select "Incremental" checkbox > Enter text to search. This will highlight the first occurrence of what you type as you type.
XViewer - Advanced Tree/Table Widget - How do I
The XViewer is an advanced and dynamic Tree/Table Viewer that has the filtering and sorting the capabilities of a spreadsheet while providing the users the ability to customize their table to suit their current needs and save/restore these customizations for future use by individual or group.
OSEE has used this widget in many of it's views and editors including: Branch Manager, Results Editor, ATS World Editor, ATS Task Editor, Change Report Viewer, Commit Manager, Merge Manager etc...
There are many advanced features of the XViewer that will help organize and manipulate your view of whatever you're looking at.
email, export to csv and print the contents
Select any item inside the table > right-click > View Table Report. This will open an HTML view of the data. The top left options allow for emailing, printing and exporting to csv. The export to csv will write the file to disk and open whatever application is configure to view comma separated value files, like Excel or Open Office.
Editors - How do I...
easily maximize and minimize the current editor or view
Within the current editor or view, select Ctrl-M to maximize. Select again to minimize.
switch to different open editor
Ctrl-Shift-E shows a dialog of all open editors with editor name and file path, if applicable. Options to select editor to open, close all editors and save selected editors.
restore changes or deleted files from local history
OSEE stores versions of most text files as changes are made. You can access these versions to restore these changes. This includes a file or directory that was deleted. Select the file or folder in the Package Explorer > right-click > Restore from local history.
prevent multiple editors from cluttering up your workbench
OSEE will show the '>>' indicator after 4 to 8 files are opened. You can configure your workbench to automatically close editors automatically. Select Window pulldown menu > Preferences > General > Editors > select "Close editors automatically" > enter number of editors open before auto-close.
Workbench - How do I...
show and open current workspace
After selecting one or more of the OSEE views and editors, you will notice that the current workspace is shown at the bottom of the workbench. You can see the full workspace path by placing your cursor over. This will open a tooltip. If you double-click this label, it will open an explorer window (OS Specific) to that location.
remove old workspaces from startup selection
If you start OSEE with multiple different workspaces, it will remember the last 5. To clear these you can go to Window > Preferences > General > Startup and Shutdown > Workspaces. You can also change the number of workspaces to remember.
learn the basics of the workbench
One of the best things a new user of OSEE can do is learn how to navigate the workbench. Switching perspectives, moving editors and views and restoring default are a critical part the efficient use of OSEE.
Select Help pulldown > Help Contents > Workbench User Guide > Getting Started
go deeper into Eclipse usage
OSEE is built on the open source eclipse.org integrated extensible development environment. Learn more about Eclipse through this Eclipse IDE Tutorial

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Enterprise Qatar has been created under the guidance of his Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, and his Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Heir Apparent, and initiated by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani in 2008 as the country's champion of Small and Medium sized business entities (SMEs).
Enterprise Qatar will lead a new phase of development for this dynamic sector of the economy. A project team was formed in July 2009 under the leadership of HE Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, State Minister of International Cooperation and the acting Minister of Business and Trade and under the management of Sheikh Mohammed Abdul-Rahman Al-Thani , Director, Public Private Partnership at Ministry of Business & Trade, to develop an appropriate model for the new entity and build a culture of excellence in, and for Qatar. Enterprise Qatar will serve as a gateway between innovative companies and the financial and business support they need to succeed. It will incorporate three key strategic principles of partnership, public purpose, performance and value.Less...
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1 June : Today, officially my all exams are over and from now onwards I will give my 100 percent to my GSoC project. I have written TODO tasks for upcoming two weeks.
2 June : I have found a couple of shortcomings bugs in my scripts which I have shared before community bonding period. Also discussed these bugs with my mentor.
3 June : Yesterday, Yorik (my mentor) gave some suggestion that how to fix these bugs. Today, I was trying to make the logic which will work on any type of reinforcement and trying to implement that logic through programming. Also, explored functions like
5 June : Today, I have integrated the task panel UI of straight rebar with backend scripts. This script will take input values from task panel and then pass input values to
makeStraightRebar() function which will create reinforcement of straight rebar in the structural element. For more detail, here are my commits.
6 June : Today, I have shared my scripts to the mentor for review. Here are the reviews: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22760&sid=edc3a89eda2a484d1af55128b1781e6b#p177059
7 June : Today, I have learnt that how to add an image in the dialog box using PySide. For eg. I simply added QLabel object at the top of the dialog box using Qtcreator and then use
label.setPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(<path>)) command to add an image. Also, followed some links/tutorials to learn Inkscape.
8 June : Today, I have added checks to my Python code. These checks will verify that user have selected the face or not and if only user have selected a single face then only rebar object is created. Commit9-10 June:
11 June: Not done too much, finalised what has done till now and made a planned for things coming in the next weeks.
12 June: Discussed following things with Yorik:
EdgesAngle(edge1, edge2),
checkRectangle(edges) functions.
Here is the commit.14 June:
getBaseStructuralObject(obj) functions.
editDialog() and
editStraightRebar() in the StraighRebar.py file.
getParametersOfFace()) in the Rebarfunc.py file.
Here is the commit.17 June:
18 June: Today, a whole I was struggling to find a reason behind why rebar created in a wrong direction when user set an option "remove external geometry of base sketches when needed" in the Arch preferences. Finally, I found a reason behind this bug and then fix it. Commit19 June:
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Arch_Rebar_UShape) in the RebarTools.py file. Commit
Here is a commit.23 June:
Arch.makeRebar() function.
Here are the few screenshots of stirrup created from my code:
getParametersOfFace() function according to Yorik's commit in the FreeCAD master. Change


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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.1 -- Web Conferencing Server Installation Quick Start
From DocWiki
Main page: Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.1
Up one page: Installation
Note: To install Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 7.1 MR1, first install Release 7.1 FCS, then upgrade to Release 7.1 MR1. See How to Upgrade the Web Server.
Caution! This section is a brief overview of the web conferencing server installation for advanced administrators only. If you are new to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system, we recommend that you read this entire chapter before you attempt to install the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server.
For information on the values to enter, see Gathering Installation Values.
- Double-click the CiscoUnifiedMeetingPlaceWebConferencing.exe file to begin the installation.
- The system displays informational screens. Click Next.
- The system copies files and when finished, displays the first of two screens stating that the Gateway SIM installation is complete.
- Enter the hostname (FQDN) of the Application Server.
- Enter the IP address of the Web Server that you are currently installing.
- The system installs the Gateway SIM. When finished, click Next.
- The installation wizard continues to install the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace web conferencing software.
- Select the type of SQL Server you will install, either local or remote.
- If you chose a remote SQL Server, enter the hostname (FQDN) of the SQL Server.
- Enter the user name and password for the SQL Server.
- On the Web Conferencing InstallShield Wizard Complete window, click Finish.
- The installation program continues installing the web conferencing server. This part of the installation is done silently. The program reboots the server up to four times.


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Kitchen Tour: Ariana's Charming Bavarian Kitchen
Ariana is a long-time Kitchn reader who shared her sweet Portland kitchen with us in last year's Small Cool Kitchens contest. Since then, however, she has moved with her husband and daughter to a 300-year-old rental home in Bavaria, Germany. Here's a peek into her charming German kitchen!
Ariana says that when they moved to Germany from Portland they sold or gave away almost everything, and they set up the new kitchen through antique stores and local flea markets. They are renters, so they haven't changed major fixtures or the appliances or countertops. But Ariana says that they have added their own personal style and functional touches.
You can see Ariana's previous kitchen in Portland here, too:
• Ariana's Cheerful, Colorful Portland Kitchen
10 Questions for Ariana (and Her Kitchen)
1. What inspires your kitchen and your cooking?
I feel really inspired by our location! I am living in a home that is 300 years old, in an adorable town in Bavaria. We are surrounded by farms and forests, and have amazing access to all kinds of fresh, local foods all year. I cook differently here than I did in Portland, because I am in a completely different place!
2. What was the biggest indulgence or splurge in the kitchen?
When we moved, we got rid of virtually everything. All but about ten items in our kitchen are newly acquired. Our biggest splurge was probably dishes and glasses from Zara Home. We really haven't indulged in much, but I am extremely happy to have that baker's cabinet — we got it really cheap locally. Although inexpensive, it certainly feels very indulgent to be able to shop at local flea markets here for the majority of our home purchases!
3. Is there anything you wish you had done differently?
Actually, I am not really thrilled with the color we painted it. The walls were in terrible shape, and even though the paint was turning out WAY brighter than I had wanted, I went ahead and finished the room just so it would look clean, finally. It's possible that we'll try again soon, but we have a lot of other rooms in the home to address before we get back around to the kitchen again.
4. Is there anything you hope to add or improve in your kitchen?
Depending on how long we stay here, I'd like to change out the cabinet hardware and the faucet. I'm thinking about taking some doors off of the cabinets for a more open feel. If I wasn't renting, I would change the counter tops right away, since they are kind of textured and hold onto every little thing-- I would go for more traditional choices, more natural wood.
5. What is your favorite kitchen tool or element?
I don't think I could live without an immersion blender. I use it at least 3 to 4 times a week. All of the windows in the kitchen make me very, very happy. I like to just hang out in there.
6. What is the biggest challenge of cooking in your kitchen?
My previous kitchen was very challenging in terms of size and counter space, so I don't really have many complaints here. Our fridge is tiny, so I don't keep more than a day or two's worth of food on hand. Our oven is also very small, with only one rack. We haven't thrown any parties, but I expect that when the time comes, it will be pretty tricky.
7. How would you describe your cooking style?
Ingredient-based. I basically shop every other day, and see what's fresh and available, then create a meal around that. My family is on an anti-inflammatory diet, which means we mostly eat fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, nuts and seeds. It's actually pretty simple to cook this way, and we have never enjoyed our food more!
8. What's the most memorable meal you've ever cooked in this kitchen?
Well, we have only been here for four months, and have only had dinner guests twice so there aren't too many. But one of our favorite meals is a venison roast, cauliflower puree, and roasted Brussels sprouts.
9. Best cooking advice or tip you ever received?
Always use the freshest, highest-quality ingredients possible!
10. What are you cooking this week?
I picked up a venison roast this morning at the open market, so I'm definitely looking forward to that! I'll also be making chicken stock for soups, and we usually have one meal a week of bratwurst and spiced sauerkraut.
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Kershaw Brawler Assisted Series
The Kershaw Knives new entry:
A cold front blew in from the West the other day, leaving us with sunny skies and-oh look, the awesome new Kershaw Brawlers! These are a whole lot of knife for the money. They offer Kershaw's smooth SpeedSafe® assisted opening, accessed via the thumb studs or the built-in flipper. A nice, solid liner lock secures the tanto-style 3 1/4″ blade, featuring 8CR13MOV stainless steel with a non-reflective black DLC coating, available in both plain and partial-serrated edges. Grab one today before somebody else beats you to the punch! Check them out at www.knifecenter.com!
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Style # 209587
AVAILABILITY: Unavailable for immediate shipment.
Elegant pleating bodice and a romantic overlapped high-low effect make this bebe dress a truly lovely evening piece. Try it with a leather jacket and a pair of embellished booties for a punch of dark glamour.
- 96% polyester, 4% spandex
- Center back to hem: 24" (61 cm)
- Padded bust
- Removable straps
- Invisible zipper
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Overlapped High Low Dress is rated out of 5 by 16.
Rated 5 out of 5 by KrisLR from Well made The zipper sticks a bit. I am 5'4 and with heals an xs drags on the floor a bit. Wonderful dress.
Date published: 2013-07-12
Rated 4 out of 5 by Danibe from Lovely dress Dress is beautiful. Perfect for any height girl. But does run small in the bust. I usually wear xs and the small fits great on me. About the zipper, anyone who bought special occasions dresses before. Will know that zippers are always problematic when it comes to close it.. As long you have someone to help you close it. You should be fine.I usually don't write reviews. But this dress is definitely worth the time
Date published: 2013-06-27
Rated 4 out of 5 by GeeWhiz from Beautiful dress but... This is a beautiful dress on, but I had trouble with the zipper!
Date published: 2013-06-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lourdes22 from Gorgeous Dress! My boyfriend helped me select this dress online. I was a little worried when reading the reviews about the zipper. I have not had any trouble, thank goodness! The dress falls gracefully around me. I will be wearing this for a beach wedding. I am very excited!
Date published: 2013-06-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by jennifercar1 from the dress is gorgeous the dress is beautiful and great, I loved it, thank you very much
Date published: 2013-05-31
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sassy06 from Very Pretty Dress This dress instantly caught my eye the first time I saw it on-line. I was hesitant to purchase it after reading more than one review, stating that the zipper was faulty. I took a chance, & I'm glad I did. I had no zipper issues. I love the shiny fabric underneath the sheer, & the dress drapes so nicely on the body. This is a very beautifully designed dress!
Date published: 2013-05-19
Rated 4 out of 5 by Di22 from Zipper Gone Wrong Wow! The other reviewers were right about the faulty zipper. But first let me say, this dress is stunning. It drapes and flows so beautifully, I don't want to take it off. I am 5'6, around 108 lbs and the xs fits like it was made for me. Ok, now the zipper...really? How hard can it be to make a decent zipper? I unzipped it when I went to put it on and I have not been able to rezip it since - neither on nor off my body. Clearly I'll be taking this in to be replaced. So keep in mind when ordering this dress, that you might be paying extra for a zipper and due the time of alterations, this might not be for you if you are needing the dress in a hurry.
Date published: 2013-05-07
Rated 3 out of 5 by ToniMc from Zipper problems Like other reviewers, I had a problem with the zipper. Ordered two dresses and had problems with both. When I finally got the zipper up, there was a weird bulging at the base. If Bebe would get the zipper right, I would have given the dress 5 stars because it really is beautiful otherwise.
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In the review New Food Product Hits & Misses 23 June 2010, Phil gives us an 80
An 80 is pretty good but he really hammered us for our ingredients. He says:
..one concern that I have is just reading these ingredients things like fructooligosaccharide and sodium acid pyrophosphate are sure to make moms concerned about ingredients; even if you do have a gluten allergy! While you certainly have to give up certain ingredients to follow a gluten-free diet I think that this product asks a bit too much.
We sent Phil a note basically saying that while we absolutely agree that just because a consumer is avoiding gluten doesn't mean they should eat packaged foods with unhealthy or unnecessary additions, these "scary" ingredients in Kinnikinnick's donuts (and all our products that use them) are actually intended to make the product healthier.
The ingredients he's referenced are fructooligosaccharide (FOS) and sodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP ). We want to clarify for our customers what these ingredients are and why we use them.
Sodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP) is used in baking powders to react with baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to provide leavening in baked goods. Many commercial baking powders contain sodium aluminum sulfate (SAS). Some studies have shown a link between aluminum and organ toxicity and even Alzheimer's Disease. We make our own corn & aluminum free baking powder called KinnActive Baking Powder, which we sell and also use in many of our baked products. SAPP is used in KinnActive, making it a healthier and functional addition.
Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) & Inulin are most commonly made from chicory, and are soluble fibers. Both are naturally occurring in many common fruits and vegetable including Asparagus, Banana, Chicory, Garlic, Leek, Jerusalem Artichoke and Onions. They have been clinically shown to have many health benefits:
- Studies have shown that FOS & Inulin help Calcium absorption. * Calcium deficiency is a major problem for those with Celiac Disease.*
- They are prebiotic and help maintain intestinal health.*
- They help regulate Triglycerides, Glucose and Insulin response in Diabetics (and Celiac Diabetics).*
- They help reduce the amount of sugar required in a product, keeping calories lower.*
Phil's reply was:
As you know we base the reviews solely on what a shopper sees on pack - without explanation on the package its too confusing to make the purchase decision.Our policy is not to do follow up or clarification unless there was an error
We do understand the reasoning behind basing a review of ingredients solely upon what a person can read on the package but we also can't list what every ingredient does and why we use on the packaging either. Fortunately, we have the web and this blog and I hope this clears up a few things.
As always, we are more than happy to answer most any questions you have about our ingredients or procedures either publicly on this blog or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com


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Offer with your favorite tossed green salad and some crusty bread.
- Yield
- 2 Servings; can be doubled or tripled
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
- 4 ounces fresh wild mushrooms such as shiitake or oyster, trimmed, sliced
- 2 large shallots, minced
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 6 eggs
- 4 teaspoons cold water
- 2/3 cup grated Gruyère cheese (about 2 ounces)
- Minced fresh parsley
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy small skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and shallots and sauté until mushrooms are tender, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and mix in 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley.
- Beat 3 eggs and 2 teaspoons water in small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Heat small omelet pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons butter and heat until foam begins to subside. Add egg mixture. Stir eggs with fork several times, drawing back of fork across bottom of pan. Lift edges of egg and let uncooked egg flow under until top is almost set. Spoon half of cheese, then half of mushroom mixture down center of omelet. Fold omelet over filling in thirds and transfer to plate. Make second omelet with remaining eggs, water, salt and pepper, 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, mushrooms and cheese. Garnish with parsley.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories586
- Carbohydrates19 g(6%)
- Fat45 g(69%)
- Protein28 g(57%)
- Saturated Fat24 g(120%)
- Sodium787 mg(33%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat4 g
- Fiber4 g(18%)
- Monounsaturated Fat14 g
- Cholesterol572 mg(191%)


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Rockport truWALKzero T-Toe Sport Review
Rockport has been expanding its reach and continues to innovate and modernize its footwear collections, and the new truWALKzero T-Toe Sport Review will expand their customer base starting today. The T-Toe is one of the most lightweight shoes that Rockport has ever developed and you get the sense of floating at times when walking or exercising in them. Our test shoes were black and orange with uppers that are made of a combination of synthetic/textile mesh that wicks away moisture and enhances breathability. The shoes are also extremely flexible and the Lightweight EVA cushioning in the footbed conforms to the shape of the foot for a personalized fit.
I spent considerable time in the T-Toe Sports and felt they pretty much looked good with whatever I chose to wear, and that's a major plus for any style shoe! The answer to the comfort side of these shoes is the truWALK Architecture that provides a natural full range of motion, from shock absorption at heel strike (adidas adiPRENE®) to forefoot flexibility during push off (adidas adiPRENE®+) for a responsive, springy, energized stride. And your feet will thank you for it! Sometimes you have to see things to believe them, so check out the launch video below.
The truWALKzero T-Toe Sport for men is a sleek, low profile, lace-up sneaker with leather/mesh uppers available in black/charcoal. The truWALKzeroWingtip is a dressier low profile, lace-up sneaker for men with wingtip detailing, available in black/charcoal and dark brown/orange. All the styles include contrasting soles for an added color pop. We really like these new entries from Rockport, so check them out here. truWALKzero footwear have suggested retail values between $120 and $140, and can be found at Rockport retail stores worldwide and select mid-tier retailers, as well as through Rockport.com beginning right now!
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Slow Trickle Down for Elkhart County Recovery
March 14, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Slow Trickle Down for Elkhart County Recovery
Editor's Note: The following story about the economic recovery in Elkhart County, Ind., was written by Tom Coyne of the Associated Press and appeared in several newspapers, including The Goshen News.
John Sinning has been looking for work since he was laid off from his job as a manufacturing engineer two years ago. Insurance executive Joe Christophel has been without steady work since October 2009.
Both see reports that the economy is improving, and they've watched the unemployment rate in Elkhart County drop from 18.9% in March 2009 to 12.2% in January. But like so many others across the country, Sinning and Christophel say the fledgling recovery hasn't trickled down to them yet.
"I do see more positions out there that are in areas where I feel I have some qualifications for. That's probably about the most hopeful thing I see," Christophel said. "But it's still very difficult to actually get interviews."
Nearly two years after the recession's official end, the road to recovery is still a slow climb in places like northern Indiana's Elkhart County, which President Barack Obama held up during his campaign and in two postelection visits as a symbol of the nation's economic woes. Even as Indiana officials herald a drop in the statewide jobless rate to 9.1%, its lowest since January 2009, many in this manufacturing-dependent county are still grasping for the opportunities Obama said were the key to economic recovery.
Aid groups say demand for help is on the rise, and economists say the flickers of life in the economy are still too weak to compensate for all the jobs lost — many when the recreational vehicle industry collapsed.
"Those who have been able to find work in many cases haven't been able to get back to the sorts of work or the level of work they were doing before. It's just a sign that the recovery has been slow to create new jobs to regain the millions that were lost," said Jerry Conover, director of the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.
"It's going to be uncomfortable for lots of folks to deal with that reality in the coming years," he said.
That uncomfortable reality is evident each week when a support group for the unemployed called People Between Jobs convenes in Elkhart.
Pam Duncan runs the meetings, working at times as a cheerleader and others as a career counselor for the mostly white-collar workers who gather.
The meetings start with a prayer and the reading of blessings, then Duncan asks how many of those present applied for jobs in the past week and had job interviews. During a recent meeting that Sinning attended, all seven present had applied for jobs, and four had interviews.
None had job offers.
Sinning, 62, who was laid off from his job at a company that makes products for motorhomes, said he has applied for jobs in management and as a journeyman tool and die maker. He's getting by on his savings and an antique and art business that he started while he continues his hunt.
"This stuff is OK, but it's just so slow," he said.
Duncan says more jobs are cropping up, but it's not all good news.
"What I have found is that people who are getting jobs are getting not as many hours and not as much money," she said.
Ed Swartley, executive director of The Window, a community volunteer center that offers free clothes and food to those in need, said the charity saw the number of meals it serves each month double to about 400 last August.
"Last year was our toughest year, and I don't see this year changing," he said.
Swartley estimates about 65% to 70% of the people who visit The Window have been laid off or have jobs that don't pay enough to make ends meet. Before August, those seeking help primarily were people living on the edge of poverty to begin with. Now, more people from the middle class are seeking assistance, he said.
David Schrock-Shenk, who founded a grass-roots group called Elkhart County Works Together to help the unemployed in the Goshen area, thinks things are getting worse for many residents.
"Two years in, we're starting to see a new victim of that economic recession at a time when people's attention goes to other places. People are much closer to the edge. The margin is gone. The emotional resilience is gone," he said.
Christophel, 63, who has 27 years' experience in the insurance industry, isn't giving up.
He sets up his computer along the wall of The Electric Brew cafe in downtown Goshen most weekday mornings and starts looking for work.
Christophel has been getting by on unemployment and the money his wife earns as a school social worker while he searches for full-time work.
If a full-time position doesn't arise, he hopes to get off unemployment by cobbling together part-time jobs. He already has one lined up working one day a week with the Mennonite Church USA and hopes to land another one-day-a-week job with another church group soon. The two would eliminate the need to collect unemployment, and that alone would be a victory, he said.
"I'd really like to get off unemployment," he said. "If I can move on and move off that, it feels positive."


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A broader array of treatments is unfolding for millions of people whose atrial fibrillation increases their risk of strokes. New therapies, approved or nearing approval in the U.S., target a small patch of the heart that's a hotbed for blood-clot formation.
LAKELAND | A broader array of treatments is unfolding for millions of people whose atrial fibrillation increases their risk of strokes.
New therapies, approved or nearing approval in the U.S., target a small patch of the heart that's a hotbed for blood-clot formation.
And new blood thinners approved within the past two years are challenging the dominance of Coumadin, best known of the strong blood thinners used to prevent clots that could cause strokes.
"The field is exploding right now," said Dr. Sanders Chae, assistant professor and cardiac electrophysiologist at the University of South Florida College of Medicine.
The risk of clot-induced strokes is four to five times greater for people with atrial fibrillation, a condition in which there are irregular and rapid contractions of the atria, the heart's upper chambers.
Lakeland researchers are part of a national trial of one device, the Amplatzer cardiac plug, and are awaiting the chance to use another, the Watchman closure device, which cardiologists expect will get U.S. approval by mid-2013.
For a device already approved, the Lariat, they're compiling a registry of patients getting it at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
All three treatments are designed to prevent clots from escaping the left atrial appendage, a small pouch attached to the left atrium of the heart. Atrial fibrillation boosts clot development in the appendage, where a large percentage of those patients' clots form.
"We're always looking for better therapies," said Dr. Kevin Browne Jr., a Lakeland cardiologist who is medical director for Watson Clinic's Center for Research.
"Each one of these will fall into a specific niche."
An estimated 15 million people worldwide have atrial fibrillation, with the numbers increasing in the U.S. as the population ages.
Blood-thinning medications are standard therapy for reducing the risk of strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Most who have it go on blood thinners, typically aspirin if their risk is low and stronger ones if their risk is higher.
Not all patients are able or willing to use Coumadin, whose generic name is warfarin. Patients on it need frequent monitoring to make sure they're getting the right dose, and dietary restrictions are recommended.
In the past two years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pradaxa and Xarelto as alternatives to Coumadin for atrial fibrillation. Approval is expected soon on a third, Eliquis.
"These new drugs cause less bleeding complications and are equally or more effective than Coumadin," said Dr. Arthur Labovitz, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the USF College of Medicine.
Blood thinners will remain the standard care for stroke prevention in atrial-fibrillation patients, Labovitz said, but alteratives are needed for patients who can't tolerate them or won't take them.
That's where the new therapies will come in.
The device used in a procedure already granted FDA approval, the Lariat, looks like what its name implies — a tiny lariat. Labovitz describes it as "a suture on a stick."
Approved as an alternative to get a suture into hard-to-reach places, it now is coming into use on the appendage.
After it is inserted into the body through a small incision, magnets are used to guide the suture to the place where it can "choke off" the appendage, Labovitz said.
Basically, it does what surgeons have done for some patients during heart surgery, Browne said, but this is from the outside.
Although it got FDA approval, Browne said, the Lariat didn't go through the trials required of Watchman and Amplatzer closure devices.
"It's a new technology with such limited experience in it," Browne said, explaining why the patient registry has been created to monitor LRMC patients' experience with it.
Chae said one advantage of the Lariat procedure is that blood thinners won't need to be used, even temporarily, after a successful procedure. That would be important for patients who have had bleeding problems, he said.
The Center for Research will start enrolling patients in 2013 in the Amplatzer study.
It's a self-expanding device, made from a nickel-titanium alloy mesh, that's designed to keep blood clots from moving out of the appendage. Small stabilizing wires keep the device in place, according to study guidelines.
People in the trial must be able to tolerate blood thinners, however, because the results of the plug will be compared to standard therapy with Coumadin or Pradaxa.
The device expected to get approval next year, the Watchman LAA closure device, operates in a similar manner.
"It opens up like an umbrella and isolates the appendage from (blood) circulation," said Labovitz, who participated in early trials of the Watchman.
"It's very effective," Labovitz said. He predicted, "This will be in place long term, especially in people who can't take blood thinners for one reason or another."
Both are inserted through small incisions rather than in surgery that opens the chest. The Watchman and Amplatzer are approved in Europe for patients who need an alternative to drug therapy. In the U.S., they are only for investigational use as they await FDA approval.
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Since temperatures this past week were warm yet cooler than normal in the upper 70s and low to mid 80s with cool nights in the upper 50s, combined with a few afternoon rain showers, I thought I might discuss powdery mildew for this week's column
Since temperatures this past week were warm yet cooler than normal in the upper 70s and low to mid 80s with cool nights in the upper 50s, combined with a few afternoon rain showers, I thought I might discuss powdery mildew for this week's column.
This fungal disease is most prevalent in the spring when temperatures are warm between 68-86 degrees F, but can be a pest anytime when the conditions are right.
When I worked at a local greenhouse in St. Louis County, it was always a battle to keep powdery mildew from attacking our zinnia and gerbera daisy plants.
It was inevitable as the temperatures rose and the plants grew too large for their four-pack containers, that the need for water in the late afternoon would mean creating the ideal conditions for powdery mildew to take over the zinnia benches.
It was either let the plants dry out and become un-presentable, or water them and try to space them out as much as possible, waiting for the inevitable powdery mildew to arrive on the scene.
Powdery mildew is a common fungi disease that affects a great deal of plant species including common vegetables and landscape plants. Caused by different types of host specific, obligate parasite fungi, powdery mildew is prevalent, overwintering in plant debris in and around a garden site.
Powdery mildew, like many fungi, spreads by water splashing and wind, developing during warm periods when the humidity next to plant leaves surfaces is above 90 percent. Humidity, warm days and cool nights are the environmental requirements for powdery mildew inoculum to develop and cause an infection.
Some plants are more susceptible than others. In my open woodland garden I manage, monarda and garden phlox are the most prone to infection of powdery mildew.
As powdery mildew develops, signs of the disease (actually evidence of the fungi present) become visible, as it forms a mat of multiple hypha (a strand of vegetative fungi growth) called mycelium. This whitish gray mold appears on the surface of the leaf, stems and fruit.
Powdery mildew fungi penetrate and take nutrients from the plant, causing a slump in vigor of the plant and yellowing tissue. Although typically powdery mildew does not directly kill a plant, it leaves it susceptible to diseases caused by other organisms.
For vegetable growers this could mean a decrease in vegetable production and quality if the infection is widespread. Plants in the Cucurbit family such as zucchini and pumpkins are also notoriously susceptible to powdery mildew.
To control powdery mildew it is important to first follow a few steps to prevent the infection from occurring and or to limit its severity.
First space out vegetable and landscape plants to increase air circulation. Stagnant humid air is a sure way to spread the infection. Second, use drip irrigation and limit overhead irrigation. Although powdery mildew does not develop in "free moisture on leaves," overhead irrigation can splash up spores of different fungi and creates a humid environment for powdery mildew to develop.
If overhead irrigation is the only option, water as early in the day as possible, allowing the leaves to dry completely before evening. This goes along with the garden saying "Never let your plants go to bed wet."
Powdery mildew develops most rapidly on cool nights when the humidity is high. Powdery mildew infections tend to be most severe on shaded plant material.
There are many chemical fungicide control methods available to homeowners, many of which can be sprayed on susceptible garden plants to prevent powdery mildew development.
Limiting the use of pesticide and rotating mode of action can limit the development of resistance of the fungi to the fungicide treatment. Copper, chlorothalonil or sulfur based contact fungicides can be used to prevent powdery mildew development.
For more information on other fungicides labeled to control powdery mildew, see http://soilplantlab.missouri.edu/plant/diseases/mildewfungicide.aspx.
The entire leaf and plant surfaces should be sprayed for best results.
Cultivars of common vegetable and landscape plants are available that have been bred for resistance to powdery mildew. For Monarda, "Purple Mildew Resistant" and the deep reddish-purple flowering "Colrain Red" and for Phlox paniculata white flowering "David" and "David's Lavendar," both have showed resistance to the diseases.
Powdery mildew covered plant parts and diseased debris should be removed from the site to limit reinfection.
The good news is that as temperatures become hot this summer, instances of powdery mildew also tend to diminish, but keep an eye out for powdery mildew which may be lurking in a cool shaded garden or deep underneath the leaf canopy in vegetable gardens, waiting for environmental conditions to change and become perfect to spread.


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what is "h-a" as related to a linux cluster...
does it pertain only to clusters. what about multi-CPU system
it usually refers to fault tolerance of some sort. if one system/server/drive/whatever kicks the bucket, another system/server/drive/whatever kicks in and take it's place without any service downtime.
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\"Is the firewall there to protect you from the outside world or is it there to protect the outside world from *YOU*?\"
The below information is provided:
High Availability
As more and more critical commercial applications move on the Internet, providing highly available services becomes increasingly important. One of the advantages of a clustered system is that it has hardware and software redundancy. High availability can be provided by detecting node or daemon failures and reconfiguring the system appropriately so that the workload can be taken over by the remaining nodes in the cluster.
Example implementations of HA
In this example we will theoretically create an Active/Passive cluster running an apache server, serving the intranet.
To create this small cluster, we will use one good machine with lots of RAM, and many CPUs and another one with just enough RAM/CPU to run the service. The first machine will be the master node while the second will be backup node. The job of the backup node is to take over the services from the master node if it thinks that the master node is not responding.
Cruise on over to http://www.google.com/linux then enter High Availability in the Search Box and press Google Search. You will find a multitude of results relative to your inquiry.
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High availability, like your GF, won't go down on you much.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA omg gore your horriable
id give you greenies but i still cant since the last time i did
work it harder, make it better, do it faster, makes us stronger
HA features are meant to be implemented for Mission Critical Activities... In simple terms it implies implementing redundancy into your servers in means of its Power Supply, Memory, Hard Disk, Even CPU. The aim is very simple To eliminate Single Point of Failure for mission critical activities
The High availability solution can be implemented using technologies like clustering , mirroring, SAN replication, Hot swap features for many hardware devices, Pre-Failure alarms for early detection of problems, making OS failover proof etc.
I hope this will give you some idea on the concept...
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HA is the difference between 99% and 99.999% uptime (the last one meaning only 5 min. downtime a year!). It's all about how much "nines" you can handle
To get HA one usually resorts to clustering or hot-standby as it's the 'easiest' way to get 99.999% uptime (of your application).
A cluster has the added bonus of being able to load-balance. A hot-standby doesn't do anything (accept to keep state) until the "main" server/networkequipment dies. So it usually just sits there gathering dust.
Oliver's Law:
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
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A cluster has the added bonus of being able to load-balance. A hot-standby doesn't do anything (accept to keep state) until the "main" server/networkequipment dies. So it usually just sits there gathering dust.
Actually, there are "clusters" that do not load balance, that is a specific type of clustering. "Hot-standby" is considered a form of clustering (called Failover clustering by some). There are other cluster types as well.
Wikipedia has some good info for those interested. Follow the link to the "Two Node Cluster" reference.
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Is your whole family retarded, or did they just catch it from you?
Originally posted here by gore
High availability, like your GF, won't go down on you much.
But if you have a girlfriend cluster then maybe... one goes down, the other maintains the HA?
Or in the case of a demanding environment, one goes down, the other too [maintaining HA] thus ensuring a competitive service.
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Jim Carrey to star in Ricky Stankicky
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- 10 April 2013
Jim Carrey is to star in forthcoming ensemble comedy 'Ricky Stanicky'
Jim Carrey is to star in 'Ricky Stanicky'.
The comic actor will re-team with his 'Bruce Almighty' writer and 'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls' writer-and-director Steve Oedekerk in the ensemble comedy.
The picture - which is being produced by Michael De Luca and John Jacobs - is described as being in the vein of 'The Hangover' and begins when three teenagers execute a prank that sees them burn down a house in their neighbourhood. To dodge the blame, they create a fake person to take the rap, Ricky Stanicky.
The story then jumps to 20 years later, where it emerges the three guys have used the same alibi to get out of every uncomfortable situation they have ever faced - and so when their partners force them to set up a meeting with their fake pal, they hire an out-of-work actor to step in.
The film was originally picked up by Summit in 2010, with James Franco attached to play Stanicky. When he departed, Joaquin Phoenix was briefly linked with the project but it then went quiet until now.
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I am a born and raised Moabite as well as my children. We are proud to call ourselves Grand County Red Devils.
The idea of Moab residents supporting a satanic idol is ludicrous! You said the name change wasn't an important topic when it came to Negro Bill Canyon. But you can justify the name change of our mascot? Double standard?
The Devil only has power if you give it to him. And you, Gail, are giving him that power!
I will always vote "No" for the change of our loved mascot!
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Crazy Chilean first-person-brawler Zeno Clash has been making people happy on Steam all week, but the happiness is short-lived, as the game is, well, short. So the developers are releasing DLC and an editing suite.
In an interview with LagZero, ACE Team's Andres Bordeu says that the team "definitely...want to do" more Tower challenges, along with some "other things" they're not willing to discuss yet. He stresses that any and all DLC will be free.
Bordeu also says they're planning on "releasing a compatible SDK so users can edit levels and other assets", which given the assets on hand, should lead to some kooky, kooky stuff.
For those still on the fence about the game, our review will be up next week.
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When: Tonight, Wednesday, March 6th
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LARRY KUDLOW: Speaker John Boehner, as always, we welcome you back to "The Kudlow Report."
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Nice to see you.
LARRY KUDLOW: You're back. And we're going to take a quick break later and complete the interview with Mr. Boehner if you'd please stay with us. Sir, allow me to begin with this. Just a few days after the sequester order to cut spending was signed, the stock market goes to an all-time high, okay? So maybe the rest of the country believes that lower spending and limited government is good for economic growth, rather than all the pessimism here in Washington.
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: We've got a structural spending problem that has to be addressed. The president sequester-- is in effect, and it will be in effect-- until there is an agreement on cuts and reforms that put us on a path to balance the budget over the next ten years.
LARRY KUDLOW: I was going to ask you to ca-- I want to come back to the issue of spending, 'cause President Obama sometimes says spending's not the problem. But just right now, today, you all are voting on a continuing resolution. Two questions, sir: number one, will that keep the government open through the end of the fiscal year?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Yes.
LARRY KUDLOW: And secondly, will that include the lower level of spending from the sequester?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Yes, it will. Our goal here is to cut spending. It's not to shut down the government. And-- keeping the government open after March 27th-- is our goal. We're going to add the appropriation bill for the Department of Defense and military construction and the VA-- in this bill. And we'll hopeful-- that the Senate will not load up the bill, not put extraneous items in the bill. The president the other day indicated-- his willingness and desire-- to see the government funded after March 27th. So I'm hopeful that Senate Democrats-- will work with us to make sure that there's no threat of government shutdown.
...but the idea that we're going to shut down tours at the White House-- during-- the Easter season-- when-- Washington's overrun with visitors-- is-- it's just silly. And I want to know who's being laid off at the White House. Is this what's going on? All I can say is the Capitol is open-- to visitors. We welcome the American people to come to their Capitol. We've been preparing for the president's sequester for months. And so we didn't have to go through this-- this big reduction in spending because frankly, we've been planning for it since last October.
LARRY KUDLOW: But this is politics, it seems to me. I mean, I-- as I understand it, the president is not going to roll out-- you can call it campaigning, you can call it politics, whatever. Dire consequences, 750,000 lost jobs-- no meatpacking inspection, even though the Department of Agriculture is holding conferences far and wide around the country with wine tastings and other pleasantries. And it's all because of the big, bad Republicans. It's all your fault. Mr. Speaker. That's the Obama line, because you wouldn't agree to another tax-- hike. You want to defend rich people and their loopholes rather than allow the rest of the country--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Larry--
LARRY KUDLOW:--to benefit. That's what the president--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: The president--
LARRY KUDLOW: --thinks. How do you react to that?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER:--demanded the sequester. You go back to summer of 2011-- there was an agreement between Senator Reid, Senator McConnell, and myself-- to-- do-- the cuts in discretionary spending. But the president wanted more. He wanted no chance of having to deal with the debt limit before-- a second time before his reelection and demanded that we put the sequester in place. And we've known the sequester was going to be in place for the last 16 months. And yet the president-- nor … democrats passed any plan to replace the sequester. House Republicans-- and here in the House, we passed a bill twice last year to replace-- these cuts with what I would call smarter cuts. And the sequester is-- it's a way to cut spending, but it's not the smartest way to cut spending. Nor does it address the real structural spending problem that we have, and that's on the mandatory spending cuts--
LARRY KUDLOW: Why does he say-- why does the president then say-- okay, he's going to blame you, I want to get back to that. But he said it again in his news conference on Friday, "Spending is not the problem. We have a healthcare cost problem, but spending is not the problem." You've got a couple of hundred economists around the country who don't agree with that--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: 170 economists telling me that spending is hurting our economy--
LARRY KUDLOW: Why does he-- why does he keep saying that? What's that mean? Is he signaling to you? What's up with that?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: I think he believes it. He told me directly, "We don't have a spending problem. We have a healthcare problem." All right, I'll agree that healthcare spending is in fact a problem for the government. But we've got a spending problem much bigger-- than just healthcare.
LARRY KUDLOW: All right. So he also-- he also says that you agree to another $800 billion loophole-closing exercise and that you renege. But Bob Woodward reports that in fact, "That moves the goalpost because the original Obama sequester had nothing to do with tax revenues." So who's right and who's wrong?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: I had $800 billion on the table of new revenue out of reforming our tax code. Which means more growth, a more efficient tax code, of bringing rates down for all Americans. After we have an agreement, the president came back and said, "No, I need $400 billion more." I said, "Mr. President, we have-- we have an agreement. You know I can't put a dime more on the table." He insisted on it and then that's why we ended up with the sequester--
LARRY KUDLOW: But he's saying even right now, after the election, you came in with an $800 billion revenue increase ala tax reform. You wanted no rate hikes, as I recall--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: That's correct.
LARRY KUDLOW: --but you'd go for $800 billion. So his point to you, and he's repeating this again and again, trying to clobber you I guess politically, he's saying, "What happened to John Boehner's $800 billion revenue hike?"
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Because the president never agreed to real spending reforms. You know, a year and a half ago, we had changes to Medicare or Medicaid that would've saved-- the federal government about $150 million off the table in December. We had changes-- to Medicare, especially on the eligibility issue off the table in December. And so the things that he was for in the summer of 2011, all of a sudden in December of 2012, he wasn't for anymore. And-- without real cuts and reforms, they'll put us on the path to balance the budget in ten years. There was going to be no revenue. But since then, he's gotten his revenue increases. He got his tax hikes on the 1st of the year. There were no spending cuts in there. It's time to deal with Washington's spending problem.
LARRY KUDLOW: So he says again, I saw this in the Friday news conference, he says it constantly two entitlement changes, and I'll get your take on this, see if there's a possible deal. Number one, President says he will accept a lower cost-of-living adjustment, the so-called Chain C.P.I. A lower cost-of-living adjustment. Two, he says he will accept means testing on Medicare. Which means the wealthier Medicare recipients would get less. Are those two entitlement points on the table? Would you do business with them? Would you compromise on that? Is such a thing possible?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: No, no. The-- those issues are clearly on the table. But we've got to do more than that if we're going to put these programs on a sustainable path. They're not sustainable in their current form. We've got 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every year. At seven-- I mean, every day. 70,000 this week, 3.5 million this year. And this is just year three of a 25-year demographic bubble. And it's not like there's money in the social security trust fund or money in the Medicare trust fund, it's all been spent. And so we've got to get serious about our structural spending problem. And until we do, we're going to live under the sequester--
LARRY KUDLOW: But you don't think-- m-- literally-- I don't think anybody knows what's the black box here. In the continuing resolution, and in the discussion on the budget, which is coming with Paul Ryan's-- budget soon next week, or whenever. COLA adjustments for social security and-- benefit adjustments, means testing for Medicare. Could those two points serve as the basis for a larger deal?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Oh, absolutely. I mean, the-- they're going to be on the table. They should be part of the agreement. But there's a lot more that needs to be done-- if we're going to put these programs-- start them on a path that-- where they're sustainable for the long term--
LARRY KUDLOW: So you're open to that?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Oh, absolutely.
LARRY KUDLOW: All right, question then. The is presently your relationship to President Obama? What is it like? What's the good point? Where can it be improved? You're going to have to deal with him-- I know you want to work through the committee process, I respect that-- I worked in Washington myself. How do you get along with Obama and can you do business with him?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Oh, I get along with him fine. We have a very pleasant relationship. We have-- we have very different thoughts about the appropriate role of the federal government in our society. And we have, obviously, big dis-- disagreements-- over the size of the spending problem that we have here. But I learned a long time ago there's a way to disagree without being disagreeable.
And-- so I continue to-- I work with the president and I'll certainly talk to the president. But when it comes to actually doing something-- it-- it's time for the Congress to be engaged in this process as well-- both the House and the Senate. And going through the committee of process, moving bills across the floor, letting members participate, I think is an important part of this process if we're going to get to a successful outcome--
LARRY KUDLOW: So no more big, top-down deals? No more Obama-Boehner, top-down deals?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: We--
LARRY KUDLOW: Or really--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: --those haven't worked very well--
LARRY KUDLOW: In the--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: --if you've watched over the last two years.
LARRY KUDLOW: Well, I understand. But hope springs eternal. I mean--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: But--
LARRY KUDLOW: --a lot of people would like a deal out there.
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Yeah, but I don't think it's the way to get to one. Because you don't have enough member buy-in. Listen, two people-- hiding behind closed doors-- doesn't replicate the 535 members of Congress, or the wisdom of 535 members of Congress or for that matter, 300 million Americans. This really ought to be done out in the open, members-- have a chance to participate. And I think that we need to grow this organically-- through the House and the Senate.
LARRY KUDLOW: All right. You mentioned the other day HR1, big tax reform bill. I guess that's personal and corporate taxes?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Yes, it is.
LARRY KUDLOW: Some people think-- reforming the corporate tax code for large and small business would be a huge growth measure. Are you going to push this? Is there any chance this could go through? Is there any Democratic cooperation? Sometimes the president mentions tax reform. Where is this?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: There-- we've spent a lot of time-- preparing-- to do tax reform this year. It's a big undertaking. I understand Max Baucus, the Senate-- Finance Chairman, Democrat from Montana, is interested in doing tax reform as well. So you're going to see a big effort on our part-- to try to take on this big job. You know, make our economy-- more competitive. It'll help spur more economic growth in America, it will help create more jobs in our country and increase wages for middle class Americans--
LARRY KUDLOW: That-- is that the Republican message you want to promote? Is it an economic growth message? You have your critics, not you personally, but the G.O.P. has its critics inside the party that says, "What is the G.O.P.-- what is the Republican message? Where do we go after that election in 20-- '12"--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: We're serious--
LARRY KUDLOW: Is it a growth message? Is that what it is?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: If we're serious about solving-- America's problems and getting-- our economy on a more solid foundation, two things that we have to do. We have to-- address the long-term spending problem that we have, and that we need to fix our ca-- tax code to promote more economic growth. We can't cut our way to prosperity, nor can we tax our way to prosperity. We need to do both of these things-- if we're really going to help the average American-- be able to lift their lives. So they all know, they have to balance their budget-- every week. They expect Washington to live within its means as well.
LARRY KUDLOW: All right. So you said to a bunch a people-- "You need this job like a hole in the head." You said a couple interviews, I think you might of just said it over the past weekend, but I've seen it in interviews. Let me ask you. How long is your tenure going to be as speaker? Are you going to go one more term? Is this your last term? What are you thinking about? You don't want holes in your head--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: I-- I've--
LARRY KUDLOW: What are you thinking--
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: I've been-- I've been on a mission-- to address America's biggest problems: spending and growth. And I expect to lead that effort as Speaker of the House.
LARRY KUDLOW: For at least another term?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: I'll be here for a while.
LARRY KUDLOW: You'll be here for a while. Speaker John Boehner, we appreciate it as always, coming back on CNBC's "The Kudlow Report." Thank you, sir.
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Thank you.
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Ex-Employee Alleged a Series of Retaliatory Actions By Store Manager After Complaining About Discrimination
SARASOTA, Fla. - OfficeMax, an office and technology supply store, will pay $85,000 and target recruitment of African-Americans and Hispanics to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC's lawsuit (EEOC v. OfficeMax North America, Case No. 8:12-cv-00643-EAK-MAP in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida) charged that OfficeMax violated federal law when its store manager retaliated against a sales associate after the associate complained that he had been terminated because he is Hispanic. The store manager was required to immediately reinstate the sales associate, but then engaged in a series of retaliatory actions designed to generate reasons to terminate him again and/or force the sales associate to resign, the agency alleged. The sales associate's charge of discrimination was investigated in the EEOC's Tampa Field Office.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
In addition to the monetary settlement, the four year consent decree contained injunctive relief: OfficeMax agreed to target additional recruitment efforts in the Sarasota/Bradenton area to reach more African American and Hispanic applicants, provide training for its management and human resource personnel in three locations in the Bradenton/Sarasota area on racial harassment and retaliation, and will report future internal discrimination complaints to the EEOC.
EEOC's Miami District Director Malcolm Medley said, "We understand how difficult it may be for an employee to stand up against his employer and voice concerns about discriminatory treatment. The Commission is dedicated to protecting all employees when they assert their rights."
"The anti-retaliation provisions in Title VII were created to provide a safe haven for employees when they speak up against workplace wrongs," said EEOC's Miami regional attorney, Robert E. Weisberg. "It is important that the Commission support and empower employees to continue doing so without fear of reprisal from their employers."
OfficeMax is a nationwide retailer of office and technology products with more than 900 stores and approximately 29,000 sales associates in the U.S. and Mexico.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's website at www.eeoc.gov.


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Volume 17 Issue 16 | SEPTEMBER 10 - 16, 2004
East Side producer looks to archive work
By Deborah Lynn Blumberg
Now Beall, founder of the former ShowWorld Theater in Times Sq. and a co-founder of New York Citys International Fringe Festival, is trying to save his own archives playbills, scripts, costumes and props from the several thousand shows produced in the Midtown theater and the Lower East Side theaters he once ran.
Bealls Piano Store on Ludlow St., House of Candles on Stanton St. and ShowWorld served as incubator spaces for performers across the city, and his Todo Con Nada (Everything With Nothing) theatrical company on Ludlow St. was responsible for more than 2,500 productions. The remnants of these shows now sit in a warehouse in Midtown but not for long. To preserve the archives, Beall and his art partner, Rafaele Shirley, have created an innovative solution: crafting materials into performance sculptures that will debut at next years HOWL! Festival and then tour museums around the world.
Archives tend to hide in libraries; I wanted a way to make [them] more exciting, Beall said. A big challenge is finding places to store massive amounts of memory, and this idea is born out of that challenge.
So Beall and Shirley will gather materials from each former theater into a sculpture, or as Beall calls them, a performance mandala. Mandala means infinite universe in Tibetan, an apt name for the pieces, he said, because each theater once represented its own unique world. December 16, 2000, the first of the sculptures, meshes costumes and props from ShowWorld drag queen dresses, plastic knives, pool tables, huge pairs of old shoes and boots with Christmas trees, tinsel, lights and lockers left behind by dancers.
[The mandalas] are very charming and funny and abstract. Theyre very Dr. Seussian, Beall said. Theyre meant to charm and seduce in a way, to evoke a remembrance of things past.
In addition to documenting ShowWorlds October 1999 to June 2002 existence, December 16, 2000 also explores the idea of the millennium, Beall said, and is an archive of the millennium experience in Times Sq. Podiums from the theater and Christmas lights strewn in the lockers create an image of buildings and give the sculpture a skyscraper effect. Beall briefly displayed the sculpture at ShowWorld from December 16, 2000, until May 2001 and said the response was remarkable. People were fascinated with it and spent a lot of time looking at it and interacting with it, he said.
Clayton Patterson, an artist and documentarian who owns the Clayton Gallery and Outlaw Art Museum on 161 Essex St., calls Bealls project an inventive, creative idea to save the archives at a time when interest in archiving is low. Theres really no interest in archives in New York, so this stuff is constantly being swept under the rug, Patterson said. We allow making garbage out of the historic archives that are here its a very tragic trend.
Patterson has lived on the Lower East Side since 1979 and along with other local artists laments the recent closing of small theaters such as Bealls as gentrification transforms the neighborhood, and supports the preservation of the theaters memories. Aaron is one of the really important theater entrepreneurs, Patterson said. A lot of people had the opportunity to get involved in theater because of him. Hes culturally significant to the Lower East Side, a visionary and an independent. Bealls sculptural monuments and traveling show are yet another sign of his inventiveness, Patterson said.
Bealls second completed mandala, The Wreck of Todo Con Nada, gives a history of the theater group using video footage of shows the company produced, such as scenes from the groups Hamlet Festival and Faust Festival. Each festival included more than 30 different productions of its respective play. Other sculpture materials include coins, tiny cameras and monitors.
Eventually, Beall wants the different mandalas to communicate with each other so that through a special video network, a museum patron in New York could watch a museum guest in Asia explore the sculptures, and vice versa. This would create some sort of synergy and global interconnectivity, which was one of the great ideas during the millennium, Beall said. He also plans to put images of the sculptures on the Web.
During the Third Annual HOWL! Festival, tentatively scheduled for next summer from Aug. 21-28, 05, Beall hopes to display his sculptures at The Angel Orensanz Foundation on Norfolk St., a neo-gothic structure originally built as a synagogue in 1849. Aaron has been a huge part of the community, said Phil Hartman, HOWL!s executive director. Its a loss hes been displaced from the neighborhood and any way that HOWL! can help him we will.
Beall hopes that after HOWL! the mandalas will travel to museums such as MoMA and spaces in Stuttgart, Germany, Australia and Seoul, Korea. I see [the sculptures] as ambassadors for the whole New York artistic experience, as windows into what it means to be an artist in the global city, he said. Hopefully, theyll inspire people to consider the artistic life.
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PY04 Dislocated Worker Entered Employment Rate State RankingsThis map shows the Entered Employment Rate rankings for the WIA Dislocated Worker program in PY 04. The rate ranges from a high of 95.8% in Nebraska to a low of 74.9% in Puerto Rico. The ten highest and ten lowest states for this ranking are highlighted on the map. The ten highest states in order are Nebraska, Wyoming, West Virginia, Michigan, Idaho, Arkansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Delaware. The ten lowest states, from top to bottom, are California, Hawaii, Kansas, New Mexico, Montana, Alabama, New York, Mississippi, Florida, and Puerto Rico
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