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Hot Standby
From PostgreSQL wiki
Hot Standby is the name for the capability to run queries on a database that is currently performing archive recovery. Log Shipping replication allows you to create one or more standby nodes that are replicas of the primary node (or master node). Standby nodes can then be used for read-only query access.
Hot Standby was developed for inclusion in PostgreSQL 9.0 by Simon Riggs of 2ndQuadrant via public sponsorship.
The feature was committed in PostgreSQL 8.5 Alpha3 and is available in PostgreSQL 9.0 and above. See the Hot Standby docs for full details.
This feature augments streaming replication feature that was introduced in PostgreSQL 9.1, though it does not rely on it and has minimal interaction with it.
Questions, issues and bugs
If you have a question/issue or wish to report a bug then you are welcome to do that via the pgsql-bugs or pgsql-hackers mailing lists. Please also copy email@example.com on hot standby related mail.
Quick Start
There is also a more extensive Binary Replication Tutorial, but your best starting point is the PostgreSQL documentation on hot standby.
Setting up Hot Standby is much the same as Warm Standby, with a few extra parameters. It is strongly recommended that you read the PostgreSQL documentation on hot standby for your PostgreSQL version rather than relying on this quick-start guide.
The most basic set of instructions you'll need to try out hot standby are as follows:
- Create the master database
- Configure the master for WAL archiving
- Create a backup of the master
- Start up the hot standby instance
Create the master database
Use initdb to create the master database if you don't already have a suitable PostgreSQL master you wish to use.
Configure the master for WAL archiving
The most limited set of parameters you'll need to change are:
wal_level = hot_standby archive_mode = on archive_command = 'cp -i %p /path/to/archive/%f'
Since you'll likely want to use pg_basebackup you should also set max_wal_senders to at least 2 or 3:
max_wal_senders = 3
(More settings to control WAL retention, feedback, apply latency, etc are recommended for production deployments. This is just a quick-start guide.)
Now start the master database.
Create a backup of the master
Use pg_basebackup to copy the master (9.1+)
The best option for creating the base backup is to use the standard pg_basebackup tool that comes with PostgreSQL 9.1 and above. If you intend to use 9.0 you will need to use your own scripts using pg_start_backup, pg_stop_backup, rsync or similar, and WAL archiving. pg_basebackup is strongly recommended instead.
A simple example might be, as the postgres user who wants to put a trial hot standby in the current directory, to run:
pg_basebackup -D hotstandby2 -w -R --xlog-method=stream --dbname="host=master user=postgres"
A more typical location to put the standby would be under /var/lib/pgsql or /var/lib/postgresql, depending on your install.
Windows and Mac users can use pg_basebackup, it isn't limited to unix/linux. It doesn't have to be run as the postgres user, that's just convention on unix/linux systems.
Script the copy of master to replica
If you're setting this up for testing purposes on the same machine and have WAL archiving enabled on the master, a script as follows will probably work for you instead of using pg_basebackup:
#!/bin/sh psql postgres -c "select pg_start_backup('backup')" cp -pr hotstandby1/ hotstandby2 psql postgres -c "select pg_stop_backup()" rm hotstandby2/postmaster.pid rm -r hotstandby2/pg_xlog/*
Configure the copy of the master to run as a hot standby
echo 'hot_standby = on' >> hotstandby2/postgresql.conf echo 'port = 5433' >> hotstandby2/postgresql.conf echo "standby_mode = 'on'" >> hotstandby2/recovery.conf # If you're using WAL archiving: echo "restore_command = 'cp -i /path/to/archive/%f %p'" >> hotstandby2/recovery.conf
YMMV with that - if you're shipping between two distinct servers or VMs, you'll need to configure your master server so that the WAL is shipped with something like RSYNC.
Start your standby server
Start up your standby server with pg_ctl or equivalent startup command for your operating system, running as the same user you made the pg_basebackup with:
pg_ctl -D hotstandby2 -l hotstandby2.log start
Diagnosing problems
There are sometimes reasons why you cannot connect. Check the log for messages.
First, check that you are connected to the correct server and that the server is in recovery. You can check this by looking at "ps" output and looking for a "startup process". If you can't find one, you aren't in recovery.
If you can connect, check you are in recovery by running:
SELECT pg_is_in_recovery();
If you think you should be able to see an object or some data, check that the standby has processed all outstanding WAL. It may just be the standby is lagging behind.
Look at the current snapshot using:
SELECT txid_current_snapshot();
Look at pg_locks and pg_stat_activity.


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RiT Technologies Reports Results of Special Shareholders Meeting
Feb 27, 2013, 08:00 ET
TEL AVIV, Israel, February 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
RiT Technologies (NASDAQ: RITT) today announced that at its Special Meeting of Shareholders held on February 27, 2013, the item on the agenda, which was to approve the liability insurance covering our directors and officers, was voted upon and duly approved by the Company's shareholders.
About RiT Technologies
RiT is a leading provider of intelligent infrastructure management (IIM) solutions and a developer of a new revolutionary indoor optical wireless technology solution. Our IIM products provide and enhance security and network utilization for data centers, communication rooms and work space environments. They help companies plan and provision, monitor and troubleshoot their communications networks, maximizing utilization, reliability and physical security while minimizing unplanned downtime. RiT's IIM solutions are deployed around the world, in a broad range of organizations, including: data centers, enterprises, corporations, government agencies, financial institutions, airport authorities, healthcare institutions, and education institutions. RiT's indoor optical wireless technology solution will help our clients streamline deployment, reduce infrastructure design, installation and maintenance complexity and enhance security in a cost effective way. RiT's shares are traded on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol RITT.
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Edit: Also isn't the clothes they're wearing a little too risque? I mean for crying out loud kuro-chan is wearing a thong. Isn't this enough for watashiya to get into trouble?
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Does seeing 24 (with Jack Baueur) makes you a killer?
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I'm talking about our societal taboos. While we can show breasts to advertise shampoo, and we occasionally see naked children in the news without the censors going apeshit, I think a series linking kids and sexuality as much as KnJ does, and showing so many naked children, especially on the goddamn covers, would be a bit much, even for us.
You think those taboos are irrational? Fine, you're entitled to your opinion.
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It's pretty clear though.
Sorry to disapoint you, but viewing/reading about lolikon anime/manga doesn't makes you a "pedo", just like viewing/reading harry potter and 24 doesn't makes you a wizard and a killer.
So watching KnJ doesn't makes you a pedo.
But now that you talk about that.
A children is a human being, she/he has a gender (male or female), like anybody else in this society, stop talking about children like asexual beings. ( don't know if it's the correct word, but some people think that children don't have a specific gender until they goes to puberty.)
I'm against forcing children to do things they don't want of course, I think someone who does something like that must have... capital punishment. (I tell you that, just so you don't misunderstand me)
But, I'm also against people who doesn't go as far as their own nose.
Like I said, whats the difference between watching:
1- Harry Potter?
2- KnJ
3- 24
4- A movie with a serial killer.
All is FICTIVE, nothing is real.
Does watching those makes you: a pedo? a killer? a wizard?
Why do you have to tell "pedo" when you watch a lolikon anime, but not "killer" when you watch a movie about a killer?
It's all the same thing.
Now when we see a pedo we tell "it's KnJ fault/ it's anime fault"
But... when we see a killer, why don't we tell the same thing?
But, the 2 things (pedophilia and killing) are forbidden by the law...
So... I'm outraged when I learn that KnJ got canceled, and that we can watch other things with murders, serial killers etc... freely, without nobody telling anything about it!
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Please pay attention here.
I'm talking about you using the word "pedo" AND NOTHING ELSE.
Joke aside... I'm not. Not until they are at least 16-18.
What I was talking about with children, is more of an understanding that other perverted things you think about.
Well, I can't seems to explain it fully.
I want to change mentality ( yea yea I know, I can't make it, i'm not "all mighty" xD) about things like "it's anime fault that they are pedo" ( Or like the thing with School Days ending also.)
KnJ got canceled because it has a loli chara, true? ok. I want to cancel 24 because it has a serial killer in it, can I? Of course not, cause it's "normal" that a killer is not influenced by 24 to kill but a pedo is influenced by KnJ ( or other loli anime...)
So what I want to tell is "just stop thinking as children can't think/act by themselves."
That's just a stupid way of thinking.
Just put KnJ at midnight... kids are in beds at this hour.
Anime is not only for kids.
Movie is not only for adults.
At least for me.
Well, it's a bit touchy for "they". I will not deny that. ^^
But then again, with the "material for pedophile"... "material for killers", I can just make a list of 200 000 pages with like... ALL the "american" action movies. That's just so a stupid way of thinking. ( Of course I'm not talking about yours, but whom thinking the way you describe it)
BUT.. again, all this just because I was telling you not to use the word "pedo", because watching KnJ does not makes you a pedo (and you agree with that...)
Matter closed for me.
( Yeah that's selfish, after I write all this I tell on my own that the matter is closed...)
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The interesting thing lately in the US are all the crime shows (CSI, Law&Order) that are now airing plots involving pedophile crimes, telling stories about such situations. Many of them are fairly explicit and quite disturbing. Yet they air on prime time evening television and involve live actors.
Yet an animated story about a similar situation (but without violence and only potential crime) .. which is portrays a mixed bag of principles and ethics and to a large extent is a positive story about getting through such issues. Well that gets stopped dead from exportation
Literature is full of such stories written with all sorts of slants ... some of them are required reading in humanities coursework.
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Another problem is that Kokonoe isn't exactly presented as a helpless victim, here. Or Reiji as a complete monster.
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Kazumi sure is cute...
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Also why must the story end happily (or morally correct). This whole story could be a tragedy. It could end with reiji marrying rin against her will and making love to her before her 16th birthday, and mimi cutting her wrists because she couldn't have her true love reiji. We have no idea how the story will end up.
Aoki is just as bad as reiji "technically. Rin has seen both of their dicks (at the very least the print of aoki's dick) Aoki kissed rin (willing or not), Aoki touched rin's breasts (or lack thereof...). Now regardless of aoki's intentions, these things happened. Is he really that much better than reiji? Or is intent more important than actions? For example is it okay to touch rin's breats if you think she is a male. Is it okay to have sex with a 15 year old girl if she tells you she is 18?
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New York - Officials announced a plan to supply partial power to a heavily trafficked line of the nation's second largest commuter railroad as tens of thousands of commuters took to the highways and continued to scramble for alternative routes after a power failure disrupted service along the line serving New York City and the densely populated Connecticut suburbs.
New York-based utility Consolidated Edison was setting up three transformers to try and supply the needed 27,000 volts of power to a high-voltage line that failed Wednesday at a suburban New York Metro-North Railroad station, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said at a news conference in New York City's Grand Central Terminal Thursday evening.
But it was unclear how many electric trains could be served by the transformers' power, which would take power from lines in residential areas and step them up to reach the needed 27,000 volts, Malloy and Con Ed said. Officials said they'd be testing the alternative power source over the weekend to see whether it could work.
A second high-voltage line serving the trains to New Haven had been out of service for two weeks for planned repairs, officials said, and it was unclear whether its absence caused extra strain on the line that failed Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority, which oversees Metro-North, and Con Ed both said Thursday they believed full service could be maintained by the single feeder line. It hasn't been determined what caused the outage.
Meanwhile parts of Interstate 95 turned into a virtual parking lot for much of Thursday as commuters facing hours-long delays took to the roads despite warnings that the problem could last for weeks.
"I'm the governor of 125,000 pretty unhappy commuters right now," said a frustrated Malloy, calling the service disruption "a horrendous situation."
Metro-North has said it could accommodate about 33 percent of its regular ridership and has urged customers to stay at home or find alternative transportation. Twenty-four diesel trains have been running Thursday, said a MTA spokesman, in addition to about 60 shuttle busses.
At Grand Central Terminal on Thursday, ticket windows for the New Haven line were closed. Commuters who rode other lines said those trains were more crowded than usual.
Matt Sullivan, 27, an architect, said it usually takes him half an hour to get to Grand Central from his home in Greenwich. That doubled when he drove into New York's White Plains and took the Harlem line.
"It's disappointing but my company will give me a laptop so I can work from home a couple of days," he said.
The broken circuit could take two to three weeks to repair, Consolidated Edison has said.
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"What are my increased fares going toward?" she asked. "You don't see the results of these increased rates."
Amtrak said it would offer limited service between New York and Boston on Thursday because of the power problem.
Associated Press writers Karen Matthews and Verena Dobnik in New York, Susan Haigh in Mashantucket, Conn., and Stephen Singer in Hartford, Conn., contributed to this report.
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Dave Ramsey Support Thread Oct 8 - Oct 14
We are here to support each other now while we live like no one else, so that in the future we can live like no one else.
The Baby Steps:
Pre-Step 1: Get current on your debts and do a budget
Before you begin the baby steps, you must be current on your bills and, if you aren't doing one already, begin doing a monthly budget.
Baby Step 1: Save $1000 cash in the bank
Start your emergency fund. If your income is less than $20,000, make that $500.
Baby Step 2: Get out of debt
With Gazelle intensity and using the debt snowball, pay off all your debts.
Baby Step 3: Finish the emergency fund
With the money you were paying towards debt, now with no debts, you can save 3-6 months of expenses into a fully funded emergency fund.
Baby Step 4: Save for retirement
Saving 15% of your income didn't seem possible before, but with no payments, you'll be ready for retirement and not have to take a job as a Wal-Mart greeter.
Baby Step 5: Save for College
Instead of taking out student loans, your kids will be eternally grateful you thought ahead and had a plan for their higher education.
Baby Step 6: Pay off the house
Baby Step 7: Build Wealth and Give It Away
Expanded Baby Steps:
0.1 Commit to NEVER borrow $$$ EVER for ANYTHING other than possibly a house
0.2 Talk with spouse and get him/her on the same page as you concerning finances
0.3 Do a written budget
0.4 Temporarily stop all retirement contributions
0.5 Get current on the basics (You MUST have Food, Utilities, Shelter, Basic Transportation)
0.6 Amputate "toys" (bikes, boats, ATV's etc) if they will keep you from completing the snowball within 12 months
0.7 Cut lifestyle (Cut CATV, Cellphone, Regular phone "extras", Internet, Eating out, etc) and/or take a second job if $1000 EF will take more than 30-90 days. (depending on income)
0.8 Get current on ALL bills.
1.0 Save $1000 in Baby Emergency Fund (EF)
1.1 Chop up CC's. (You have an EF now, no NEED to keep those CC's!!!)
1.2 Get Health Insurance NOW (chances of getting sick w/major medical bills are larger than that of death), especially if you have children.
1.3 Get Life Insurance NOW if you have debt/your family couldn't make it financially if you died. Especially important if you have children! Social Insecurity only provides a small amount of coverage if you have dependents.
1.4 Amputate cars that you can't pay off within 24 months (you have an EF to fix "bondo buggy" if something should happen)
1.5 Consider raising insurance deductibles to $500 or $1000 and dropping full coverage on paid for "bondo buggy" (you have an EF ya know)
1.6 Draw up a will.
1.7 Get Long-Term Disability Insurance.
2.0 Do debt snowball, paying all your debts from lowest BALANCE to highest.
2.1 You can take your first vacation since finding Dave if you can pay cash for it. (no using the EF!!!)
3.0 Save 3-6 months EXPENSES in EF (FFEF)
3.1 Start replacement car fund.
3.2 Save up 20% for home purchase OR pay down existing mortgage to the point that you can drop PMI.
3.3 Start furniture or other non-essential stuff replacement fund.
3.4 Move up in car if you still feel the need to (must pay cash for it!, you can only buy NEW if you have a net worth over a million dollars)
4.0 Start contributing 15% of your paycheck to retirement.
5.0 Save for kids college fund.
6.0 Pay off the house early.
7.0 Live like no one else since you have lived like no one else! Give, Build Wealth and Have Fun!
Here's a link to some of Dave's budgeting forms - check them out if you need a place to start with creating a written "zero based" budget.
Some good quotes for motivation...
"If broke people are making fun of your financial plan, youre on track." -Dave Ramsey
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of majority, it is time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain-
"What can you do when you have no payments? Anything you want!" - Dave Ramsey
"Debt is dumb, cash is King, and the paid off mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice" - Dave Ramsey
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathingthat's why we recommend it daily." Zig Ziglar
"We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." - Dave Ramsey
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Re: Dave Ramsey Support Thread Oct 8 - Oct 14
I get paid on Wednesday and I'm just hoping my gas holds out until then. Gas prices jumped $0.60/gallon in the last week! I got my AAA paid, and made payments on my cards last pay day, but I still feel so behind I'm hoping this pay day (with a bigger paycheck) will help alleviate that feeling.
How is everyone else?
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Re: Dave Ramsey Support Thread Oct 8 - Oct 14
Kearson, I can't believe how much gas went up either! I'm thankful that DH rides his motorcycle to work and the children can take the bus to school.
AFM, it's going to be a long week. Found out DD missed the fundraising for cheerleading, so she needs $180 for that plus $55 for insurance since we don't have any. Add in that she also needs an eye exam (and likely glasses), plus I have normal bills to cover, I'm a but overwhelmed and it's not even 8 AM on Monday morning! It's going to be a long week of sewing! I might list some of my hand spun too, to see if I can at least cover the eye exam with it.
Edit: Joke's on me, my serger died this morning. Guess I'll be doing a lot of cutting instead of sewing this week
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Re: Dave Ramsey Support Thread Oct 8 - Oct 14
I need to come back for some more motivation. We are having a hard time not spending right now. We are on Baby Step 6. Last month my dad died of a massive stroke and so our snowball went to funeral, travel, eating on the road etc. This month it's now hard to pay that extra to the house. I've got a bad case of the "I WANTS". Partly because I think I'm miserable and miss my dad. I'm tired of feeling deprived. I know I will be so much happier if I wait. It's just hard to convince myself right not that "stuff" isn't gonna solve my unhappiness and loss. So here, I said it out loud and now I gotta stick to what I know is right. It's just hard.
My youngest son has also been having some speech issues. Now our doctor feels he needs an MRI and to see a neurologist. Which I'm stressing over. Luckily, it's not a money issues that have me stressed. We have enough set aside for medical this year in our HSA.
So I'm trying to commit to: "use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without."
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Re: Dave Ramsey Support Thread Oct 8 - Oct 14
new week, thank goodness! New resolve. I got my paycheck from my parttime gig and used the money to buy Christmas for our kids. So, that's done other than the "something to read" portion, we're waiting on a book to be released for that. One of the other employees is quitting so my hours should go up, and while I'm not looking forward to that, I am looking forward to the money.
I also have a huge case of the wants. I want to just spend freely, and that's super bad! There are so many things I want it's crazy. I need to learn more about satisfaction with what I have. It's just such a hard lesson to learn.
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I would think in this day and age, the word Integrity would mean something to so many. To be honest with you, I don't think a majority of the population really understands what Integrity means anymore. I remember growing up, there was a time when people would say, a man with integrity is a true man. He has a life of purpose and a life of true sound morals and judgement. These were the people who stood out above the rest.
Those days are long gone and the evidence of it is clear as day. Last night, I, as well a many of you watched a show on ESPN called 30 for 30. It went on and on about these STAR athletes who lost their entire worth because of bad management of their money. Well, I don't blame the man for losing the money. I blame his morals. He/She has lived a life with no Integrity. They lived as if tomorrow would never happen. And then to top it off, they make excuses as to why they are where they are and when no one is there to hand them the golden spoon, they complain and say it is everyone else's fault.
So let me introduce you to the true definition of Integrity.
4. Integrating one's words with their actions.
What does this mean to the Raider Nation? You knew there was some tie in here, right? Well there is. I will ask you, who was your favorite Raider of all time? Would you say Tim Brown? Rich Gannon? How about Marcus Allen? Kenny Stabler? Jim Otto? George Blanda? Otis Sistrunk? Warren Wells? Art Powell? Ben Davidson? Art Shell? Gene Upshaw? Phil Villapiano? Daryl Lamonica? Mark Van Eeghen? George Atkninson? Jack Tatum? Rod Martin? Todd Christensen? Dave Casper? Mike Haynes? Lester Hayes? Jim Plunkett? John Madden? Fred Biletnikoff? Cliff Branch?
Do you notice something here? It's very obvious. Let me refer back to the first paragraph of this blog...... " there was a time when people would say, a man with integrity is a true man. He has a life of purpose and a life of true sound morals and judgement. These were the people who stood out above the rest."
These MEN who I listed all had something in common. It was a key element that brought to the team a mindset of Championship football. It was called...... wait for it...... INTEGRITY!!!!!!!!!!! It was the message that Al Davis created when he said "Commitment To Excellence" & "Just Win Baby". It was the cornerstones that this team was built on. It is why so many of you who are new to the Nation can gravitate to the players of old. You believed in them. You believed in their message, because they had the integrity to back it up!
You ask, how is that? Remember the "Criminal Element"? For some of you younger Raider fans, you see tapes of it. I lived through it. The Criminal Element I am referring to is what this defense was labeled by one Chuck Knoll of the Pittsburgh Steelers, because our defensive backfield was considered rough and dirty players. Guess what? That's what they wanted you to think. They wanted you to be scared as fuck to come over the middle of the field. They wanted you to challenge them and try to make a catch in THEIR backfield. Know why? Because they were going to knock you the fuck out. And when they had their chance to do it, they took it. They didn't say it and not follow up with the game to back it up. THAT'S CALLED INTEGRITY!!!!!!!!
How about Gannon and Brown? Gannon came in before Jon Gruden would get in. Sometimes 4:30 or 5 AM. While the other players were pulling buggers out of their eyes getting out of bed, these guys were breaking down tape and putting in the effort that would bring a Championship. Why? BECAUSE THEY HAD INTEGRITY!!!!!!!!!! Brown caught just about everything his way. Why? Because he said he would and he backed it up. Marcus Allen was one of the greatest of all time. Why? Because he said he was going to be the greatest and he backed it up.
Who do we turn to now Raider Nation? Who? Darren McFadden? How about Carson Palmer? Tommy Kelly? Lamar Houston? Rolando McClain? Shawntae Spencer? We are looking for ONE guy to show some integrity and that's where the problem lies. One guy doesn't win the entire game for you. It's a team game. Its an attitude that we are going to say something and back our shit up! Who is going to do that for us this year? I see guys trying. I see Marcel Reece doing HIS JOB. I see Wheeler and Burress doing their job. I see Carson play steady football. But I don't see the extra effort that it takes to bring the Lombardi back to Oakland.
I hate that these guys earn tons of money, they love being in the spot light but they hate criticism. I said it on my twitter account, these guys have no accountability or integrity and the acceptable culture is that we, the Raider Nation, should just endure the growing pains of this turnover of the team. I'M CALLING BULLSHIT ON THAT! I don't accept that culture. I don't accept losing.
Simply put, I hope somehow based on 6 degrees of separation that Dennis Allen gets this message..... Dennis..... DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT go back and look over schemes and this and that and try to reinvent the wheel at this point. It's ride or die with the choices and decisions you made before this journey started bro. To go back now shows that you do not trust the system and in turn your players will not trust you. Fuck that. You need to get these guys in a room and you need to ask every single one of them why they are there. You need to ask every one of them why they play. You need to have them tell you, the coaches and the rest of US why they deserve to wear that jersey with those colors. Their careers will come and go, but our LIVES as the Raider Nation is loyal to the team. The name. The colors. So while their careers may be over, our fan hood is still there and we deserve better. We deserve something from each and every one of those 53 roster players, an individual note to the Raider Nation as to why they deserve our continued respect and fan hood. We deserve it from you too Dennis.
No one should have a mentality of entitlement. No one. You have not earned it. You don't deserve it from the lack of Championship football you have displayed, and you are not going to get it from the Raider Nation.
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Magic Moments - The Best of 50's Pop (My Music #102) This reunion brings together some of the great recording artists from the 1950s pop era: the McGuire Sisters, Debbie Reynolds, Patti Page, the Chordettes, the Crew Cuts, the Four Lads, the Four Aces, the Four Coins, and Gogi Grant. Hosts include Mary Lou Metzger, Phyllis McGuire and Pat Boone. Recorded in Atlantic City, special moments include Don Cherry telling of "A Band of Gold" and Pat Boone crooning "Love Letters in the Sand."G
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Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music) Rock and pop legends Ronnie Spector (the Ronettes) and Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (Sha Na Na) team up to host this May 2010 concert event featuring 1950s and early 1960s favorites. New performances feature Spector, La La Brooks (the Crystalls), Jay Black, Len Barry and the Orlons. Footage from archives around the world return classic performances to the spotlight; they include "Get a Job" by the Silhouettes and "Book of Love" by the Monotones.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Beast Below" Amy Pond takes her first trip in the TARDIS when the Doctor whisks her away to the distant future and they discover Britain in space. Starship UK houses the future of the British people as they search the stars for a new home. But when Amy explores, she encounters the terrifying Smilers.G


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To the Editor:
I have had my disability for 56 years. It has been my privilege to have been a part of the Independent Living/Disability Rights Movement for 27 years.
During that time, people with disabilities have fought for and won numerous battles in our fight for equality. Illinois has several laws that protect the civil rights of its citizens with disabilities.
In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, guaranteeing that disabled Americans finally enjoyed equal rights. There have also been numerous setbacks in our struggle for equality.
However, the U.S. Senate's rejection of that United Nation's Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is deplorable.
This treaty would have simply provided a legal and moral framework for activists to push for disability rights legislation policies in their own countries. The treaty would have had little or no impact on the United States.
Yet, despite the fact that Presi-dent George H. W. Bush and former Senator Robert Dole (who is a WWII disabled veteran) supported this treaty, it was rejected along political lines.
I have read and heard many of the reasons why some Senators rejected the treaty. None of their reasons had anything at all to do with the treaty's wording.
In fact, most, if not all of the so-called reasons were preposterous. I am simply dumbfounded that this treaty, which had no enforcement powers, was rejected simply for partisan reasons.
My hope is that the Senators who voted against the treaty will hear from their constituents with disabilities who will express their outrage on this travesty.


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The section "Unified CCX-Specific Information for OVA Templates" mentions non-existant CLI commands. The correct commands:
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The current (and wrong) commands:
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questions about Boot from SAN in vSphere ESXi 5.0 Features for CUCM 188.8.131.5200-9 UCCX 22.214.171.12403-32 CUPS 188.8.131.5200-1
I would like to ask if boot from SAN of VMWare 5.0 is supported for CUCM 220.127.116.1100-9 UCCX 220.127.116.1103-32 CUPS 184.108.40.20600-1
The current page states
The support for VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 as hypervisor on Cisco Servers and boot from SAN have been enabled for Unified CCX 9.0(1).
As support for VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1 as hypervisor on Cisco Servers and boot from SAN have been enabled for Unified CCX 8.0(2) SU2, Unified CCX 8.5(1), and Unified CCX 9.0(1); you can host Unified CCX 8.0(2) SU2, 8.5(1), and 9.0(1) Virtual Machine (VM) on ESXi 4.1.
Does it mean VMWare 5.0 boot from SAN only support on UCCX 9.0(1)?
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Cummins Diesel 1984 Jeep Grand WagoneerPosted in Project Vehicles on March 1, 2012
Toby Boyer didn't know he wanted a Cummins-powered Grand Wagoneer, but a few years ago he headed to Moab with his friend Todd Farrand from Mercenary Off-Road for the Easter Safari, and after a week of watching folks climb slickrock and traverse boulder fields he started to get the itch for a rig of his own. On the drive home Toby mentioned wanting a 4x4 and the discussion lasted most of the drive back to California.
Toby wanted a Jeep of some sort and Todd suggested a Wagoneer, claiming he could build one like no other. From there the build snowballed, from a basic cruiser to a trail monster to the diesel wagon you see here. We found them on their inaugural run again at Moab after the two-year buildup and are convinced they built a Jeep to envy.
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1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
Engine: '981⁄2 5.9L Cummins diesel, Power Puck programmer, custom intercooler, FASS fuel air separator
Transmission: 47RE
Transfer case: 3.8:1 Atlas II
Front Axle: '98 Ford Dana 60 4.56 gears, Detroit Locker
Rear Axle: GM Corp. 14-bolt, 4.56 gears, ARB Air Locker, Mercenary Off-Road disc brake conversion
Springs & Such: Atlas custom leaf springs, Poly Performance BBCS shocks, Offroad Design shackles, 3⁄4-inch U-bolts, Mercenary Off-Road spring plates
Tires & Wheels: 39x13.50R17 BFGoodrich Krawler TAs on Hutchinson 17-inch beadlocks
Steering: Lee Mfg. upgraded stock gear box, pump, and hydraulic ram assist; Mercenary Off-Road pitman and high-steer steering arms and links
Other Stuff: Mercenary bumpers, rocker panels, Warn Endurance 12,000-pound winch, Great Lakes diff cover, Driveline Tech driveshafts


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Which book shall I get?-superboyac (December 28, 2007, 06:01 PM)
Learning to code in C++ is a relatively easy task.Learning to write great code and understanding the language, however, is quite a task -f0dder (January 03, 2008, 04:34 AM)
Unless you're going to deal with very very limited embedded devices or kernel programming, don't get into malloc/free and the muck of pointers in general. Today's compilers are good and std::vector has very very little overhead.-f0dder (January 03, 2008, 07:02 PM)
C teaches you bad habits, gets you in the habit of not supporting unicode, and using the horrendously unsafe str* libc functions. -f0dder (January 03, 2008, 07:02 PM)
Oh, and multiple inheritance is not "unnecessary complexity"; sure, many people have used it wrongly and designed some horribly nasty class diagrams, but it's very useful for adding "decoration" to classes.-f0dder (January 03, 2008, 07:02 PM)
Well, just to clarify, I just want to familiarize with the language. I'm not trying to actually do any functional programming. I just don't want to be rejected from the program because a lack of programming skills. Most people in the field say it's best to know the C++ language in general.-superboyac (December 29, 2007, 11:28 AM)
You're right that in C++ you won't use malloc/free, but the discipline of managing your own memory is (in my way of thinking, anyway) just the same as dealing with new/delete. And in C++ you most certainly will be mucking in pointers, although many of them will be references.-CWuestefeld (January 03, 2008, 07:54 PM)
True, which is why I suggested starting with java or C#: get into the correct habits through those simpler languages first, and then apply their principles.-CWuestefeld (January 03, 2008, 07:54 PM)
OK, I admit to a bit of exaggeration, but it's mostly true. I have on many occasions wanted multiple inheritance again for use as mixins (which I think is what you're getting at). But it's generally not needed: most of the time you can accomplish what you want with interfaces and aggregation.-CWuestefeld (January 03, 2008, 07:54 PM)
While we're at it, what other C++ constructs do you think he should stay away from? Another that comes to my mind is implicit type conversions.BTW, one of the concepts from C++ that I really wish I had in C# is const parameters and mutable.-CWuestefeld (January 03, 2008, 07:54 PM)
Buy a book.-mouser (October 11, 2007, 07:30 PM)
I Made that mistake only once, and swore never to even go near C# ever again. I'm perfectly happy using runtime free pure Win32 API C++ code. Sure it takes a bit longer to code, but at least I know it'll run anywhere I go when I'm finished.-Stoic Joker (January 03, 2008, 10:28 PM)
Oh, I just remembered...Read the book "Effective C++" by Scott Meyers. Then read it again. It's easily one of the 10 best computer books I've ever read, completely changing my world view. It won't teach you c++, but if you know the language already it will help you understand the language.-CWuestefeld (January 04, 2008, 06:33 AM)
I Made that mistake only once, and swore never to even go near C# ever again. I'm perfectly happy using runtime free pure Win32 API C++ code. Sure it takes a bit longer to code, but at least I know it'll run anywhere I go when I'm finished.-Stoic Joker (January 03, 2008, 10:28 PM)Except for anything non-windows that isn't emulated - at least dotNET languages (although not the entire framework) has been ported with the MONO project. And gawd, GUI coding with pure Win32 API is so painful... and it's so darn obvious that the PlatformSDK was written years ago, and for C not C++.-f0dder (January 04, 2008, 06:41 AM)
I may get in trouble with some of the heavy hitters here (I have before ), but I will tell you that my NANY '08 app, "Trucker's Log Watch," was start to its present functional beta stage in two days and I didn't break a sweat AND it was my first try with EBASIC!. I used Emergence BASIC (SMACK!~ I knew it! f0dder, cut that out!) -CodeTRUCKER (January 05, 2008, 01:07 AM)
All kidding aside, I chose it because it requires no runtimes, no .NET and it makes tiny fast execs. BASIC can be used to learn good techniques or it can cause problems in learning. Take me, I use Emergence BASIC like I've used every other language I have tried just like what little C++ I've used; for instance; I don't use spaghetti code and I can use pointers in EBASIC if I want to. -CodeTRUCKER (January 05, 2008, 01:07 AM)
I don't know Emergence so can't speak of that, but the implicit type conversions of VB are evil.-f0dder (January 05, 2008, 04:31 AM)VB= EBASIC= Actually, EB can do 3D, so sumpin's up! Gotta be fast for that!-CodeTRUCKER (January 05, 2008, 07:23 PM)
I don't know Emergence so can't speak of that, but the implicit type conversions of VB are evil.-f0dder (January 05, 2008, 04:31 AM)
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How the 'Power Pose' Could Change Your Career
New research shows posture has a bigger impact on body and mind than anyone believed. Striking a powerful, expansive pose actually changes a person's hormones and behavior, and even have an impact on how you are perceived in the working world. Sue Shellenbarger explains, and marketing executive Katy Keim shares her personal experience.
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Author Notes: A Carpaccio is usually made with raw beef. Sometimes lamb, seafood, beets, and pineapples have been used for a Carpaccio. This version uses sliced cherries! Carpaccio was named after an Italian painter whose paintings were famous for their red sunsets so the color of the cherries, reddish, fits in with a Carpaccio color theme! I boiled the cherries just briefly to have their natural sweetness become more intensified. The cherries are thinly sliced into rounds to keep with the traditional oval shape of a Carpaccio. A cherry sauce reduction is used, then a diced raw cherry and mint mixture is added to a dollop of creme fraiche on the top. My aim was to have the flavor of the cherries remain dominant in this dessert. —michelle lynn
Serves: 4
packet cherries
teaspoon organic vanilla
tablespoon honey
pinch salt
dash balsamic vinegar
tablespoons water
handful fresh mint leaves
tablespoons creme fraiche
grated orange peel
- Wash and rinse cherries. Slice each cherry individually. A serrated knife works best. Slice in rounds. It works best if you slice two round pieces on one side of the cherry, then slice two more round pieces on the opposite side of the cherry. Set the round pieces aside. Slice off remaining cherry around the pit. Discard the pit and set aside remaining cherry pieces.
- Place round cherry slices into a small saucepan. Add the water, vanilla, honey, and dash of balsamic vinegar. Also add a pinch of salt (this helps to bring out, even further, the sweetness of the cherries). Heat on medium for a minute or two. Remove cherries from liquid and let round cherry pieces cool on a plate.
- With the remaining liquid in the saucepan, bring to a boil and reduce the liquid so that it is thicker yet still pourable. Let cool.
- With the raw cherry pieces that were sliced from around the pit, dice these even further. Then dice the mint leaves. In a bowl, toss both the diced cherry pieces and diced mint leaves together.
- With the cooled round cherry pieces, arrange on a plate in a rosette oval form. Pour the cooled cherry reduction sauce on top. Add a tablespoon of creme fraiche to the top of the cherry rosette. Then place the diced cherry/mint mixture on top of the creme fraiche.
- One may add a mint leaf, grated orange peel, or a whole cherry with stem to garnish. Serve. Enjoy!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe for Cherries
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Some of those things include getting settled in at the VIS. In the last 3 weeks I've seen their doctor, physio, strength & conditioning coach, physiologist, masseur and nutritionist. It's nice to have the luxury of having some breathing space now before the next race target, which is nationals in early January. It means I can really get back to basics and iron out all those niggles I've been keeping under control during race season. Despite what the ID man at Liquorland says, I am getting OLD. And with the Melbourne weather being as charming as a slap in the face from a polar bear, now is a good time to get into the gym.
One of my favourite core strength activities is pilates. I was introduced to it last year when I got injured for 6 months. I had a very frustrating year in 2009 – I had some blinding form, and then I got injured for pretty much the entire racing season. All my mates were overseas doing amazing things and I was stuck at home feeling sorry for myself. Getting injured for that long is a real headcrack and there were 2 people in particular who really helped me through it. The first was Andrew Wynd, who now heads up Balwyn Sports & Physio Centre in Balwyn. The amount of time he put into my rehab was incredible. Wyndy has spent his fair share of time as an elite athlete himself and is now keeping busy managing everyone else's injuries at his clinic. If you have a sports injury, I really recommend giving him a shout.
The second was Marcus Speed at Perfect Pilates in Brunswick. Everyone has their favourites, but I think he is the best pilates instructor in Melbourne. It helps that he's a cyclist too! Marcus used to take the pilates classes at my old work gym and, when I couldn't do anything else except rehab exercises, twice a week I'd rock up to his classes. I started off pretty crap and inflexible, but slowly got better, and my pilates classes became the highlight of my week. Marcus went out of his way to give me help and encouragement and it really helped get me through a very difficult period of injury, mentally and physically. It's also improved my core stability no end, which is a big thing for a bike rider. I now count pilates as an essential building block for my training. When I went to Europe I missed it so much that I had to put in an emergency call to Marcus, who sent me a heap of 'pilates homework' to keep me going. Now that's service! Marcus has just invited me to be part of the Perfect Pilates family and this week I've been to a couple of his classes. If you want a good hard workout, try his Thursday 5:30pm sessions - if you can do all the exercises I'll send you a free St Mel Ride Happy t-shirt!
Till then, ride happy


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John Kinney and Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours propose adding a two-story, 2,700-foot addition to the north side of Water Street Landing. The structure would sit above the current ramp that leads down to the Water Street Landing patio bar. The ground-level floor would be open air, and serve as pre-trip registration. It would also feature a gift shop. The lower level would offer bathroom and changing areas.
by Joshua Maloni
Niagara County developer Jerome Williams intends to file an Article 78 lawsuit against the Village of Lewiston, seeking relief over what he calls hastily approved variances granted for the proposed Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours expansion on Water Street.
Williams says the Village Board of Trustees failed to look into the legal ramifications of adding a structure to Water Street Landing, the WJBT-owned restaurant that currently serves as the starting point for boat riders.
"Now I have to do it," Williams said Wednesday after the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting.
At the heart of Williams' argument is a decision made Monday by the Village Board. After hearing WJBT President John Kinney's plan to add a two-story, jet boat-related structure to the north side of Water Street Landing, the board voted unanimously to discontinue a 196-foot-long stretch of South Water Street situated directly in front of the restaurant. WJBT was previously granted an easement to use the land, which encroaches village property.
Calling the parcel obsolete, trustees transferred the land to WJBT for $1.
"This (parcel) has been a liability on our hands," Village of Lewiston Mayor Terry Collesano said.
The board's action, coupled with four variances granted Wednesday by the ZBA, makes the WJBT proposal legally permissible, thus paving the way for the Village Planning Board -- and ultimately the village trustees -- to approve the application.
Williams disputed the logic of giving away a piece of waterfront land.
"Monday night, I ended up coming into the meeting ... when they were talking about voting on giving Mr. Kinney a piece of property," Williams said. "A portion of that property, the building encroached prior. There was a prior encroachment. But, the piece of the property that they gave to him on Monday night was not encroached, and it had total public access."
"The reason they gave it to him was they said there's liability," he continued. "Well, there's liability on every sidewalk in the village. And if they felt there was some excessive liability, Mr. Kinney should give them some insurance certificate like it says in his lease ... holding the village harmless."
ZBA Chairman John Ritter told Williams his point was off topic. He said his board was voting on variances, and nothing more.
"I'll get to the point," Williams said. "You're going to look at some variances that are using that piece of property as part of that. I'm filing a lawsuit that the village acted irresponsible. One, they didn't have counsel (village attorney Edward Jesella is out of town). I haven't seen anything from counsel -- looking at it, saying that it was right. And I don't believe the Village Board has the right to give away public access property. In fact, I think it's an ordinance that they're not allowed to do that. So I'm going to contest it.
"The problem tonight is, if you give him the variance to build, and he starts to build, the minute -- if we win, and he doesn't have access through those variances -- he then will sue you. So maybe if we put the whole thing on hold, and set it back a month -- or six weeks -- give me a chance, give the village attorney the chance to come back to town, and we can look at the whole thing and see if you gave it to him properly. Maybe at that point, if it was proper and you give him the variance and he builds, there's no problem. But, if it wasn't proper and he doesn't build, then there's no problem either."
Ritter responded by saying, "I have to believe the Village Board acted on what was proper."
"That's how it wound up before this board, is because they think what they've done is right," he said. "That's what we're going to go by."
Williams said a long-form environmental assessment form should've been conducted when WJBT first approached the village about its operation, but the short form was done instead. Village Clerk Anne Welch said the long-form EAF was, in fact, completed.
A second EAF, related to the WJBT expansion, was also completed. Trustees voted Monday to give it a negative declaration, meaning the board doesn't anticipate any significant environmental changes to arise from the new building's construction and expanded operations.
Kinney, in pitching his proposal to all three Lewiston boards, said a driving force in creating the add-on was a need for more bathroom and changing room facilities.
Ritter agreed.
"He needs bathrooms," Ritter said. "This needs to be done."
Williams disagreed.
"There needs to be bathrooms; that doesn't mean he needs a new building," Williams said. "Maybe he should shrink the size of his restaurant? There's plenty of space."
Ritter, who works as a harbormaster, said he knows first-hand of the need for added washrooms.
"This (addition) is going to eliminate that problem," he said. Ritter reminded Williams of tourists caught urinating in Water Street bushes and changing their clothes out on the street in recent years. "You're down there walking around with your family. You don't want to see stuff like that."
ZBA member Ed Finkbeiner reminded the room the board was "here to look at physical layout and things like parking issues and that."
"We're here to debate the setbacks. That's the only thing we're supposed to be looking at. Nothing else," he added. "Our job is to just to look at the physical lines and the requirements for space and parking."
With the ZBA voting in Kinney's favor, the project proposal now returns to the Planning Board for approval.
Williams said he plans to enlist an army of residents to speak out on the validity of the WJBT expansion. He's also creating a website, savethelowerniagarariver.com.
"We're going to run a campaign," Williams said on Friday. "We're going to run it like a candidate for governor."
When told Planning Board members sometimes hold special meetings so as to not hold up development, Williams expressed some chagrin.
"The Planning Board ought to meet at the regular time," he said. "The Planning Board should meet on Dec. 13 (its regularly scheduled night)."
Village residents Bob Giannetti and Claudia Marasco attended the ZBA meeting and spoke out against the proposal.
"I think of that river as sacred, and as wonderful a place as the Grand Canyon," Giannetti said.
"You have not looked at the overall process of what's going on (with the waterfront)," he added. "I'm very concerned that the process is moving along without due public input."
Marasco questioned why waterfront property was sold for $1.
"Isn't the waterfront our main area?" she asked. "Why do we have to give them this property for $1?"
"This is just over-the-top for our village," Marasco continued. "(Lewiston) will be a jet boat destination, not a Lewiston destination."
"The strip we're talking about, it's not developable," he said. "It's just a buffer."
By taking it over, "We feel that there would be a reduction in the village's liability," Kinney said.
"This is really about John's company taking responsibility for his customers," attorney John Bartolomei said.
Kinney called the addition to WJBT's operations phase one of a potential two- or three-phase renovation plan. Part two would likely involve demolishing the south side of Water Street Landing -- also known as the kitchen area -- and building a new addition in its place. Removing the WJBT elements from the south side would also free up space for a new sound system and live entertainment within the restaurant.
Moreover, Kinney said his plan should be considered as part of a move to revamp the entire waterfront. Of the three locations WJBT operates -- including Queenston and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario -- "Lewiston has the best opportunity to have a really functional waterfront," Kinney said.
He proposed a public-private partnership, which would work to strengthen the shoreline, increase tourism and possibly transport patrons between countries via a cross-border ferry.
Deputy Mayor Bruce Sutherland said a ferry service "would be a big, big win for the village."
Collesano expressed his satisfaction with Kinney's presentation.
"I particularly like the concept of (the design's) openness," he said of the estimated $1 million proposal. "More importantly, I like the idea of the investment; (it's) a large investment to make. That's great for our village."


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According to Ray Kurzweil, scientist & Singularity theorist, "We [as human beings] can 'go beyond' the 'ordinary' powers of the material world through the power of patterns . . . It's through the emergent powers of the pattern that we transcend."
Similarly, these concepts of materiality, patterns, technology, and transcendence haunt the mixed media paintings of Nick Gentry, who hails from the London street art scene and beyond.
As far as process goes, Gentry engages in what he calls a "social art project", whereas people mail archaic technology (film negatives, floppy disks) to his studio/gallery to help build the base of his work. Instead of just relying on a pictorial image, Gentry allows the "history" and "variety of unique memories contained in used objects" to also serve as the subject of each piece. The result is reminiscent of 1990s Electronica and aches of a strange collective sense of contemporary loss.