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Poor old Frank W. Woolworth must be spinning yet again in his trustworthy, bargain-basement "5 and dime" grave at the latest, and perhaps mercifully final death-throws of his century-old (nearly) retail chain.
The venerable outfit folded its operations here in Canada about 15 yrs. ago when it sold out most of its stores to Wal-Mart giving that chain a ready-made commercial network of anchor tenancies in shopping malls and plazas across the land. Since then, its vestigial remnants have been desperately thrashing about in foreign markets — sort of like the same way that slaughtered animals continue to stubbornly "live" for a bit of time, twitching in a rather disturbing manner long after the sentient parts of their bodies have been cleanly severed.
Oh well. Such is the way of things — retailers come and go. Who would have thought 25 years ago that Eaton's would disappear overnight in a puff of smoke? Accountancy of the free-market and all that. Personally, I miss the grand department stores and stylish icons of yesteryear (i-Magnin, The Bon, etc.) as opposed to the sterile "big box" hyper-marts (or "Mega-Lo-Mart" as they call it on King of the Hill).
But back to old F.W. Woolworth… Apparently, he had an inordinate fondness for Gothic-Revival architecture, in particular the Houses of Parliament in London. The Cass Gilbert designed skyscraper that Woolworth built to headquarter his company was intended to be a "Cathedral of Commerce" — a motif that comes across loud and clear.
Constructed in 1913, the tower reaches a height of 241,2m (793.5 feet). Until the completion of the Bank of Manhattan tower and Chrysler building in 1930, the Woolworth building was the tallest building in the world. The tower has a 3 story stone base, 52 stories clad in terra-cotta and a 3 story roof topped with the crowning pinnacle. An observation deck at the 58th story attracted about 100,000 visitors each year, but it was closed in 1945.
The building's height caused several challenges at the time: it was the first building to have its own steam turbines and it had the fastest elevators (30 in total). The tower was built to withstand a wind pressure of 200 mph (322 km/h). Special kinds of scaffolding were used to minimize the danger for the construction workers.
Below is a picture of the Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, AK.
Perhaps there's some message to be drawn from the contrast between the glorious, ridiculously fantastic, neo-Gothic "Cathedral of Commerce" that F.W. Woolworth built as a manifest paean to Capitalism and the rather drab, stridently buttoned-down, utilitarian bunker favoured by the current Masters of the Retail Universe.


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Ranks 11th in Harvard history with 1,265 points.
Ranks fourth in Harvard history with 322 free throws.
2-time All-Ivy League first team (2011-12 & 2012-13)
2010-11 Ivy League All-Rookie selection.
Has earned 10 Ivy League weekly awards (7 Player of the Week, 3 Rookie of the Week).
Has recorded six double-doubles.
Career Highs
Points: 28, twice
FG made: 11, twice
FG attempts: 22 at Michigan (11/23/12)
3FG made: 3, twice
3FG attempts: 5, 4 times
FT made: 12 at Columbia (2/4/12)
FT attempts: 13 vs. Providence (12/4/12)
Rebounds: 11 vs. Princeton (2/11/12)
Assists: 6 at Drexel (3/23/13)
Steals: 5 at Cornell
Blocks: 3, twice
2012-13 (Junior)
Named All-Ivy League first team ... Also named to the College Sports Madness Ivy League preseason first team ... Led the team in scoring in each of the first six games ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after averaging 16.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 2.5 apg at North Dakota State and North Dakota ... Scored 15 points with three rebounds at North Dakota State (Nov. 9) ... Netted 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting and dished out four assists at North Dakota (Nov. 11) ... Recorded 18 points, four assists and three steals against BYU (Nov. 16) ... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week Nov. 26 after turning in 21.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 2.7 apg in three games ... Registered 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting, 3-of-4 from three, with six rebounds, three assists and three steals at Holy Cross (Nov. 20) ... Went for 23 points on 11-of-22 shooting at Michigan (Nov. 23) while also grabbing eight boards ... Scored 16 points and added four rebounds and four steals at Eastern Michigan (Nov. 24) ... Matched her career-highs in assists (5) and blocks (3) while scoring 14 points at Hofstra (Dec. 1) ... Recorded 17 points, four assists and two steals against Providence (Dec. 4) ... Scored eight points and added six rebounds and four assists at BU (Dec. 10) ... Tallied 15 points and three assists against No. 14/13 Oklahoma State (Dec. 28) ... Registered 11 points with four rebounds and three assists against SMU (Dec. 30) ... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week Jan. 7 after averaging 20.0 ppg and shooting 51.7 percent in a pair of wins ... Scored 19 points to enter Harvard's 1,000-point club against UMass (Jan. 2) and added four assists ... Recorded 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting with six rebounds at Rhode Island (Jan. 6) ... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week after scoring 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting with seven rebounds, two assists and two steals vs. Dartmouth (Jan. 12) ... Turned in her third straight 20-plus point performance with 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting at Dartmouth (Jan. 26) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after averaging 12.5 ppg and 6.5 rpg at Yale and Brown ... Recorded 19 points, six boards, three assists and three steals at Brown (Feb. 2) ... Just missed a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds versus Cornell (Feb. 10) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after averaging 18.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg against Brown and Yale ... Scored 16 points and went 9-of-10 from the line against Brown (Feb. 22) ... Registered her first double-double of the year with 20 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against Yale (Feb. 23) ... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week after averaging 16.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg and shooting 81.3 percent against Princeton and Penn ... Tallied 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting against Princeton (March 1) ... Turned in 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds against Penn (March 2) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after averaging 13.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg at Columbia and Cornell ... Recorded 22 points while going 10-of-11 from the line with six rebounds at Cornell (March 9) ... Posted a double-double with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 10 boards at Hartford (March 21) ... Tallied 15 points and a career-high six assists at Drexel (March 23).
2011-12 (Sophomore)
First Team All-Ivy League ... Ranked third in the Ivy League in free-throw percentage (84.6), fifth in scoring (15.3), eighth in minutes played (31.8), 10th in steals (1.5), 12th in rebounding (5.6) and 12th in field-goal percentage (41.3) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll, Hawkeye Challenge All-Tournament Team and CollegeSportsMadness Ivy League Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.0 apg and shooting 55.5 percent at the Hawkeye Challege ... Matched her career-high of 28 points at Iowa (Nov. 12) with six rebounds, three assists and three blocks ... Scored 17 points, including 15 in the second half, on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and 7-of-8 at the line vs. Butler (Nov. 13) ... Tallied 10 points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals at Providence (Nov. 18) ... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week Nov. 28 after averaging 17.5 ppg and 7.0 rpg against Rhode Island and Holy Cross ... Scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds versus Rhode Island (Nov. 22) ... Notched 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting with five rebounds, two assists and two steals against Holy Cross (Nov. 27) ... Went 11-of-11 at the line and finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists at New Hampshire (Dec. 6) ... Scored 16 points and was 8-of-8 at the line against Alcorn State (Dec. 9) ... Tallied 12 points, nine rebounds and three steals against St. John's (Dec. 22) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after scoring 15 points with nine rebounds and three steals at Hartford (Dec. 29) ... Registered 13 points and a season-high four assists at UMass (Jan. 3) ... Scored 13 points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists and blocked two shots at TCU (Jan. 7) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after registering a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double at Dartmouth (Jan. 14) ... Tallied 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting and three steals in just 15 minutes of action against Brown (Jan. 29) ... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week Feb. 6 after averaging 22.0 ppg at Cornell and Columbia and going 17-of-17 at the line ... Scored 23 points at Cornell (Feb. 3) with six rebounds and a career-high five steals ... Notched 21 points at Columbia (Feb. 4) while going 12-of-12 from the line, matching Reka Cserny '05 for the best single-game performance in program history ... Recorded back-to-back double-doubles with 17 points and 11 rebounds against Princeton (Feb. 11) and 20 points with 10 reboundsat Brown (Feb. 17) ... Named the Ivy League Player of the Week Feb. 20 after averaging 21.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg, including back-to-back 20-point performances, at Brown and Yale ... Netted 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds at Yale (Feb. 18) ... Scored 18 points, grabbed seven boards and dished out three assists against Columbia (March 2) ... Tallied 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting with seven rebounds and two steals at Hofstra (March 15).
2010-11 (Freshman)
Named to the Ivy League all-rookie team ... Started all 28 games thiss season ... Was fourth on the team and eighth in the Ivy League in scoring, averaging 12.1 points per game ... Made 50.6 percent of her field goal attempts ... Was second on the team and 18th in the Ancient Eight in rebounds per game, averaging 4.7 boards ... Made 33 steals ... Scored seven points, handed out two assists, grabbed two rebounds and collected a steal in collegiate debut against Maine (Nov. 13) ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 22) for averaging 12.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in a win and loss for Harvard ... Scored a career-high 13 points, grabbed a career-high seven rebounds and handed out a career-best four assists in an 84-76 win over Oral Roberts (Nov. 19) .... Led the Crimson with 12 points at Navy (Nov. 20) ... Scored 11 points, grabbed five rebounds and handed out three assists against BU (Nov. 23) ... Scored a team-high 12 points which included a 4-for-4 effort from the free throw line at Holy Cross (Nov. 28) ... Went 4-for-6 from the field for 11 points and three rebounds in win over Hartford (Dec. 3) ... Named Ivy Leage Rookie of the Week (Dec. 6) ... Posted 10 points which included a 6-for-6 effort from the free throw line and a career-best five assists at Florida (Dec. 7) ... Scored a career-high 18 points on a 6-for-11 performance from the field, grabbed three rebounds and handed out three assists in win over UNH (Dec. 10) ... Led the Crimson with 18 points on a 7-for-9 effort from the field and grabbed five rbounds in loss to Sacred Heart (Dec. 22) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Dec. 23 ... Had nine points and three assists at Dayton (Dec. 30) ... Made 7-of-8 attempts from the field for 16 points and grabbed six rebounds in win over UMass (Jan. 2) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Jan. 3 ... Converted on 5-of-11 shots for 11 points at Boston College (Jan. 6) .... Grabbed a career-high eight reounds, scored six points and handed out four assists in win over NJIT (Jan. 9) ... Notched first collegiate double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds on a 7-of-10 effort from the floor against Dartmouth (Jan. 15) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Jan. 17 ... Scored the game winning basket against Columbia with 3.5 seconds left on the clock. Had 10 points against the Lions (Jan. 28) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Jan. 31 ... Had game-high 18 points on an 8-for-8 effort from the line, five rebounds and two assists in win over Princeton (Feb. 4) ... Scored 13 points against Penn (Feb. 5) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Feb. 7 ... Scored a career-high 28 points on an 11-for-13 effort from the field in win over Columbia (Feb. 19) ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for Feb. 21 ... Dropped in 19 points in season finale at Dartmouth (Mar. 8).
Before Harvard
A McDonald's All American Nominee and four-sport athlete from Tucson Magnet High School, is ranked No. 57 as a point guard on ESPN HoopGurlz. ... Led her team to a compelling 26-2 record averaging 18.5 points, 4.3 assist, 8.7 rebounds and 4.4 steals a game in senior season ... A three- time 5A All-State and three-time first-team All-Southern Arizona region honoree ... Three-time 5A Southern Arizona Player of the Year ... Nominee for the USA Basketball U-18 team as a senior ... A two-time Tucson Magnet High School Athlete of the Year ... The 2009 State Champion in the 300-meter hurdles, 2010 state champion in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles and finished fifth in the 2010 high jump ... Holds the high jump and 100 meter hurdles record at her school ... A finalist for the 2010 Arizona Scholar-Athlete of the Year.


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Back in 2005 I retired from the Vancouver Police Department to become a civilian police dispatcher for VPD at ECOMM for Southwestern BC. The plan was for me to work a few years to pay off the mortgage and then retire completely from law enforcement in order to pursue my writing full time. Then the economy went pear shaped, prices went up, the number of shifts went down, and my finish line started to slide further into the distance. Stress was taking its toll on me and I started to reassess what I was doing.
At the end of April 2013 I made a decision: Sell the house, move to a cheaper house in Sechelt, BC, and retire as soon as possible. I know that I startled a lot of people with the sudden news of my impending retirement and move. My wife and I succeeded in achieving this, with me retiring in July 2013 and moving to the new home at the beginning of August.
This was a big readjustment, and for months I've been packing, staging, unpacking, renovating, and otherwise establishing a new life for myself. Retiring was the best decision I've made in a while: I've experienced much needed healing. Unfortunately, due to the aforementioned necessities of re-establishing our home, I've not been able to spend any time writing. I'd accepted this as part of the plan before I started packing. It's taken a bit longer than I'd hoped (as is often the case in life), but I'm now about to get going on that writing. I never viewed this change as a retirement. Rather, I saw it as a change in profession to full time writer.
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Want to Be a Millionaire? Move to Hong Kong
Hong Kong mints millionaires faster than any of the world's other top 25 economic powerhouses, according to a new survey on the rich by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management.
Tis the season of wealth reports – the new 2014 World Wealth Report is the second global survey of the world's rich in as many weeks (Boston Consulting Group released its wealth tome last week). And again, the latest survey confirmed an obvious outcome of Asia's economic boom: The region is home to more millionaires than ever.
But the Capgemini/RBC report says Hong Kong is a particularly fertile place for millionaires. In the past five years, the total number of high-net-worth individuals—those with more than US$1 million in investable assets, not including primary residence, collectibles or consumer goods—grew at an annual rate of 27%.
That growth rate of wealthy individuals is by far the fastest, above the global 10% average and far higher than the growth rates for Singapore and China, which sat around 12% and 16%, respectively.
Overall, Hong Kong ranks 20th in the world in total millionaire population count, with 124,000—far below the U.S., Japan and China but still higher than regional rivals Singapore (105,000) and Taiwan (112,000).
The city's booming real-estate market, along with its ties to China, were cited as reasons for the huge surge in the wealthy ranks, according to Boudewijn Chalmers, one of Capgemini's researchers.
However, counting the rich is hardly an exact science, and figures vary wildly from one survey to another. Last week's BCG report, which counted millionaire households instead of individuals, painted a much different picture of China's wealth. According to BCG, China had 2.4 millionaire households, second after the U.S., which it said has 7.1 millionaire households. But Capgemini's report found that there are just 758,000 individual millionaires in China, putting it in fourth place below the U.S. (4 million), Japan (2.3 million) and Germany (1.1 million).
The methodology of the two reports was similar: Both used macroeconomic data from national sources or international organizations like the International Monetary Fund, and both said they used similar wealth-distribution curves to determine how many millionaires reside in the country.
So how could the two be so wildly different?
Mr. Chalmers said he wouldn't comment on the competitor's report, though he emphasizes that counting millionaire households would result in different figures from counting individuals.
Countries With the Most High-Net-Worth Individuals in 2013
(High-net-worth individual is defined as a person with investable assets of US$1 million or more, excluding primary residence, collectibles and consumer goods.)
- Japan – 2,327,000
- Germany, 1,130,000
- China – 758,000
- United Kingdom – 527,000
- France – 472,000
- Switzerland – 330,000
- Canada – 320,000
- Australia – 219,000
- Italy – 203,000
- South Korea –176,000
- Netherland – 173,000
- Brazil – 172,000
- Spain – 161,000
- Russia – 160,000
- India – 156,000
- Saudi Arabia – 151,000
- Mexico 130,000
- Kuwait – 125,000
- Hong Kong – 124,000
- Norway – 120,000
- Taiwan – 112,000
- Argentina – 109,000
- Austria – 108,000
- Singapore – 105,000
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A switch separates a network into segments. This helps to manage network traffic by passing traffic at wire speeds to only the segment(s) that host destination nodes. But, network needs vary dramatically, and switches have proliferated in size and features -- often adding intelligence that can support high-level capabilities like storage virtualization, security, and a variety of other tasks.
QLogic's SANbox 3050 is another entry-level SAN switch offering eight 2 Gbps FC ports and management software featuring a wizard-driven GUI. The SANbox 5600 is a stackable switch from QLogic, starting with eight 4 Gbps FC ports and expanding to 16 ports in four-port increments. Four high-speed ISL ports allow fast inter-switch connectivity -- four switches can be stacked, allowing up to 64 ports in total. Like the 3050, the stackable 5600 is also configured and zoned with simple wizard-driven management software.
In the mid-range, blade switches are readily available, but are typically intended for specific blade server chassis models. For example, McData's 4314 and 4416 FC switch models support the Dell PowerEdge 1855, sporting a total of 16 FC ports running up to 4 Gbps. A McData FC blade switch module with 10 or 20 4 Gbps FC ports can be purchased for the IBM eServer BladeCenter. Optional security software is available to help manage data access. The HP p-Class BladeSystem is served by a 10 port, 4 Gbps McData SAN blade switch with features like ISL trunking, zoning, binding and authentication. As with edge products, the blade servers tout ease of installation, configuration, operation and maintenance.
Another mid-range switch product is exemplified by Brocade's SilkWorm 4900 with up to 64 ports offering 4 Gbps FC connectivity in a 2U enclosure. The 4900 can be expanded in 16-port increments and offers high-availability features like non-disruptive software upgrades and redundant hot-swappable components. Management can be accomplished across the network using any Web browser with SSL. The large port count makes the 4900 ideal for switch consolidation and fabric simplification.
Numerous director-class switches are available at the high-end of the switch spectrum. Cisco's MDS 9513 is one of the largest director switches available, sporting as many as 528 fibre channel ports in a single chassis -- each port capable of 1, 2, 4, or 10 Gbps. The 9513 includes support for VSANs and VSAN routing, along with advanced security features. Brocade's SilkWorm 48000 SAN director scales non-disruptively from 32 to 256 active 4 Gbps FC ports in a single domain, supporting enterprise management, high-volume transaction processing, and backup tasks. Features like continuous monitoring, non-disruptive upgrades, and redundant hot-swappable components ensure high availability. Centralized management supports heterogeneous device connectivity within a variety of server and storage platforms and operating systems. McData's Intrepid series of directors also support enterprise-class SAN switching. The i10K director provides up to 256 FC ports running at 2, 4 or 10 Gbps, depending on the service modules that are installed. Redundant components and hot swappability allow for availability rated to 99.999%, while a variety of management options let administrators configure and maintain the switch using existing management tools.
Selecting the right product
Choosing the best switch for your environment can be challenging. Considerations like compatibility, expandability and intelligence are often the most important factors, but issues like cost and existing vendor relationships can frequently influence the choice. Once you narrow the field, a few potential candidates can be thoroughly tested in-house. Analysts suggest the following points that can help you identify the best product for your own production environment.
Evaluate the switch's support in your data center. Although switch interoperability issues have largely been resolved, analysts recommend checking the switch to verify that it supports the elements of your specific environment. "Support for the storage devices, and the operating systems, and the drivers that you have is still something that needs to be checked," Garrett says, noting that EMC had trouble interoperating with early McData i10K director-class switches. This delayed the broad adoption of McData switches in EMC environments for up to six months before EMC could adequately support them. "The fact that it wasn't on the interoperability matrix and supported by the storage vendor yet caused them to wait until it was."
Consider the available switch ports and bandwidth. A switch will need an adequate number of ports, and should offer adequate scalability -- either by licensing and activating additional (spare) ports or by interconnecting additional switches. Each switch port should also provide adequate bandwidth to support the anticipated network traffic. When interconnecting switches, analysts emphasize the importance of ISL (inter-switch link) traffic since moving data between switches can introduce unwanted latency to the network.
Leverage additional switch intelligence on the network. "Increasingly, users are looking to centralize the configuration, the monitoring and the services that are running right now on storage systems and servers and instead have them run on the network," Garrett says. Hot data migration (moving data while the application runs), centralized LUN management, virtualization, replication and copy services are just a few of the tasks that can be centralized onto the network and handled through advanced switch devices. Users considering network management consolidation should pay close attention the vendor's roadmap for future feature support.
Consider switch cost and commoditization. Switches are experiencing significant price pressure due to intense vendor competition, and new products are quickly becoming commodities. This provides appealing purchase opportunities for established switch products, but also helps make advanced features more affordable. "One of the things that's driving price also is the arrival of four gig [4 Gbps Fibre Channel]," Schulz says. "As the four gig volumes ramp up, we should see more price reduction -- or be able to buy more for the same amount."
Best practices for implementation
Switches are at the core of most network infrastructures, so it's particularly important to document any installations and carefully track any changes to the switch setup or configuration. Switch upgrades or reconfigurations are also excellent opportunities to address congestion or bottlenecks that may have evolved over time. Another common trap to avoid is over-consolidation -- foregoing critical network resiliency in favor of simplicity. Some well-grounded policies can help smooth any switch implementation issues.
Implement change control in the network. Undocumented changes can eventually make it impossible to troubleshoot or upgrade the switch and its configuration on the network. An organized process must be invoked to manage changes as they occur. "Have a change control process in place that is understood and documented so that you can plan for storage networking changes," Garrett says. "And have the change documented and auditable afterwards."
Take the time to plan and document switch deployments. Switches are the focal points in many networks, so proper implementation must include adequate pre-installation planning. It's important to define the physical interconnections that are required, but also the switch's logical setup and configuration. Proper preparation will always make the actual deployment proceed far more smoothly. Once the installation and configuration are completed, the new deployment should be completely documented for future reference -- documentation facilitates future troubleshooting, and forms the basis for change management.
Configure switches for availability and resilience. When considering the introduction of new switches to the data center, analysts underscore the need to plan for growth, plan for upgrades and plan for inevitable maintenance. An important part of that is to design deployments that eliminate single points of failure. "For example, if you were going to deploy a director to consolidate multiple smaller switches, don't go a single director; deploy a pair of them," Schulz says. "Avoid that temptation to over-consolidate."
Design switch deployments to remedy traffic congestion and bottlenecks. Bottlenecks are common in networks -- especially when networks experience significant growth in a short period of time. Analysts suggest that any switch deployment should be preceded by an evaluation of network bottlenecks. In many cases, points of congestion can be addressed and remedied during switch deployments or upgrades. "The key thing is [to] design for the applicable level of performance that you need both for normal and for peak processing workloads," Schulz says.
Implement security measures. As switches assume more control over network behaviors, security is becoming a greater concern. Secure any switch management tools by changing default passwords, and make the effort to change passwords regularly. Secure (disable) unused ports to prevent onsite hacking. Set policies and procedures that limit access to switch management tools. ***


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Uribe leads Dodgers in Freeway Series walk-off
Third baseman hits three-run homer, scores winning run vs. Angels
LOS ANGELES -- Juan Uribe, who never complained when he was a forgotten man on the Dodgers' bench in years past, was a hero on Tuesday night. So was Andre Ethier, who hasn't complained while being the club's current forgotten man on the bench.
Uribe slugged a three-run homer early, scored the winning run late and escaped from the clubhouse afterward without talking to reporters. In Juan's World, that's a perfect night.
Ethier put the ball in play that scored Uribe with the run that edged the Angels, 5-4, on a walk-off throwing error by third baseman David Freese with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Ethier talked about the play. And about not playing.
"[Not playing] is not an ideal situation, not where you want to be, but it's what we need right now and what we're doing," said Ethier. "We're a first-place team right now, we're playing good baseball, and I don't think anybody is going to be griping right now."
Uribe got the winning rally started with a one-out single to right field off Kevin Jepsen. With Uribe running on a 3-2 pitch, A.J. Ellis singled him to third base. Ellis was 1-for-25 at the time and had cut short a second-inning rally by getting picked off at second base.
Now with the Angels using a five-man infield and loading the right side, Ethier, batting for reliever Kenley Jansen, hit a tapper to the left side that Freese barehanded, but his throw home went off the glove of catcher Chris Iannetta as he tried to tag Uribe. It was scored Freese's second throwing error of the game.
"It was a curveball breaking down, and he filets it to third," said Jepsen. "I don't think he could have placed it any better."
Ethier wasn't apologizing for the way the Dodgers won it. He was just happy to get in the game, something that hasn't happened much since Carl Crawford returned from a sprained ankle.
"Put the ball in play. Don't strike out," said Ethier, who has only three RBIs since the All-Star break. "It was not the prettiest way to win, but it counts all the same. It's been a long time since I've done that right there."
Jansen, who struck out the side in the ninth inning, picked up the win after Brian Wilson blew a lead that had Clayton Kershaw in position for his 14th win, despite one of Kershaw's stranger starts. Wilson allowed a tying eighth-inning home run to Albert Pujols.
Kershaw fell behind early, then lost a lead, then had a lead, then wound up with a no-decision. During an eight-batter stretch over the second and third innings, Kershaw allowed hits to six batters, four of them doubles, all of them hit hard. But Kershaw didn't allow a base hit after the third inning, striking out five in a nine-batter stretch while battling through seven innings and finishing with seven strikeouts.
"I struggled at first and don't know why," said Kershaw. "I was just missing and they were putting good swings on it. It was almost like Zack [Greinke] last night. They're a great team with quality hitters. Give credit to them."
In a Freeway Series featuring five-tool stars Yasiel Puig and Mike Trout, it was the Dodgers' "former" superstar outfielder that put Kershaw in line to become the Majors' first 14-game winner in the sixth inning.
Matt Kemp reached first when Freese's throw pulled Pujols off the bag. Kemp stole second with a head-first slide as catcher Iannetta's throw bounced into center field. Trout, backing up the play, charged the ball, but Kemp tested Trout's arm and beat his throw to third base. Kemp then scored on Scott Van Slyke's sacrifice fly to Trout.
"Got my swag back," said Kemp.
The first Dodgers runs came in the second inning on a three-run homer by Uribe off Angels starter Hector Santiago, erasing the Angels' 2-0 lead.
In the Trout vs. Kershaw subplot, Trout doubled, singled, scored a run and struck out.
Trout's first-inning at-bat was so close, high technology was needed to resolve it. Trout pulled a one-hopper intercepted by diving third baseman Uribe, whose throw arrived in Adrian Gonzalez's glove as Trout hit the first-base bag. Don Mattingly spent his only review, but the original safe call by Jim Reynolds was allowed to stand.


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4 Tips for "Homegating"
Game day has arrived and you'Äôve opted to host this year. After you'Äôve cleaned the house, what can you do to make sure the party goes well from kickoff to touchdown?¬Ý
- Decorate to get everyone in the spirit. Who are you rooting for and what are their team colors? Paper or melamine plates, napkins and plastic can all be coordinated. Use streamers to create a festive atmosphere. Tie balloons to your mailbox so guests can spot the party from down the street. Blow up more balloons to scatter throughout the house, tie to chairs and for kids.
- Prep a large batch of a classic beverage with a unique twist and create a football inspired nickname for it, or name it after the team you're rooting for. Infuse iced tea or lemonade with a few drops of food coloring, or find soda with cans in your team's colors. For alcoholic beverages, try sangria; it's traditionally red, but with white wine you can make it any color. Vodka drinks could also be dyed. Name drinks after your favorite players or fun football lingo.
- Set up a face painting station so everyone can declare loud and proud the team they are rooting for. This is a fun activity for kids and adults alike. Set up free-standing mini mirrors, baby wipes and a new, damp sponge in a bowl (to wet face paints). Will you sport the team logo, perhaps eye-black (what football players use to reduce glare on the field), or go all out and paint your entire face?
- Giving each guest a tour of the food and beverage area can be difficult, so a little creativity comes in handy. Use a large chalkboard or black poster board to list food and/or drink items. Write and decorate in the style of a coach's game plan strategy. You could also use this idea for a welcome sign at the front door.


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With Denis safely out of Loreos, the outlaws make for shelter in the Lenfald forests. However, they have underestimated the might of Loreos and are now pursued by a division of knights. Bruno hold off the tide a some stone stairs while Denis, weakened by his long imprisonment goes with Gronis and Thenre.
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Evangelist Billy Graham tries to inspire a revival, fusing faith and patriotism to battle "godless communism." Americans flock in record numbers to houses of worship; nonbelievers and religious minorities appeal to the Supreme Court for protections. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as a modern-day prophet, calling upon the nation to honor biblical teachings and the founders' democratic ideals.
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This giveaway is now closed. The winner was Pinky from the blog Designs by Pinky. Congratulations, Pinky and thank you everyone who participated.
Do you want to know what I love about ice cream, especially ice cream loaded with toppings, sprinkles and a cherry on top? Ice cream sundaes can turn any day into a special occasion. A scoop of ice cream is special, but a scoop of ice cream loaded with a variety of toppings is even better.
Since the beginning of school a few weeks ago, we have started a tradition of "Sundae Fridays". As soon as the kids get home from school, we get out the ice cream, all of our toppings, sprinkles, whipped cream, and more and sit down to welcome the weekend with ice cream sundaes. Sometimes friends join in to make the occasion even more fun and sometimes its just us. Either way, the kids love being given the freedom to scoop up their ice cream, load up on toppings, and devour their "Sundae Friday" treat.
Our friends at Smucker's want to give Dine & Dish readers the chance to create their own traditions using Smucker's toppings! They have provided a basket full of goodies for one lucky Dine & Dish reader. Included in this giveaway is:
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Family of 8 displaced by townhome fire
Firefighters: Boy playing with lighter started blaze
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A family of eight was displaced from their two-story townhome after fire ripped through it Friday morning.
Firefighters were called to the blaze in the 3200 block of Justina Terrace in Arlington about 10:30 a.m.
They said the townhome was fully involved when they arrived, with flames shooting out a window. The home was destroyed.
Everyone in the home got out safely, including three adults and several children.
Firefighters said Derek Jackson tried to douse the flames himself but could not.
Jackson told firefighters his 4-year-old son was playing with a lighter upstairs and started the fire.
Two parents and their six children -- ages 10, 8, 4 and 1, including two sets of twins -- are now homeless.
"Gone, everything's gone," Jackson said.
"Money got burned up. It was upstairs, all our bank cards," Ciarra Jackson added.
Dominique Jackson was also there when the fire broke out.
"I grabbed my cousin, and that's when the fire went to bursting out," she said. "And we ran down the stairs and everybody ran out the door. We got out just in time."
"We heard the fire alarm go off," Ciarra said. "We didn't see any smoke, checked the one down here, and nothing. We checked upstairs and there was smoke and fire. He was so nervous that he set the bed on fire, he didn't even run down to let us know."
The Red Cross was assisting the family with immediate needs such as food, clothing and emergency lodging.
"It's just a blessing that we made it," Dominique said.
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Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which Nozlee Samadzadeh breaks down our favorite seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more by the numbers.
With tan, green, and yellow skin that yields to bright orange insides, winter squash provide a cold-weather splash of color at farmers' market. Though they're closely related to melons and (of course) summer squash, winter squash have unique characteristics -- their tough skin, delicious seeds, and sweet flesh make them kitchen staples from the beginning of autumn until spring.
1. Squash in General: Unlike summer squash, which reach baseball bat-like proportions when grown too long, winter squash are left to fully mature before being picked. Like potatoes, they must undergo a curing process if they're to be stored in the long term -- basically, the squashes are allowed to dry out a bit in a cool, dark environment. (This is why it can be so tough to peel them!)
As you can see, there is a wide array of squash types -- although hilariously, we forgot to include the prototypical orange pumpkin, which is also a winter squash! The winter squash genus contains over a dozen species of squash, that each in turn has multiple cultivars. The three species that yield most edible squash (as opposed to inedible gourds) are Cucurbita maxima, moschata, and pepo. Let's take a closer look at some of the most popular cultivars:
2. Butternut: If it weren't so perfect -- it's by far Melissa Clark's favorite squash to cook with -- it would be easy to get bored with butternut squash. Thin-skinned with dense orange flesh that's flavorful without being cloying, butternut is by far the best all-purpose squash for everything from roasts to pumpkin pie. Butternut squash is a member of the Cucurbita moschata species, known for their tan skin, oblong, bulbous shape, and sweet flesh. Fun fact: almost all canned pumpkin is made from C. moschata cultivars!
3. Acorn: This squash falls in the C. pepo species along with traditional orange pumpkins, spaghetti squash, delicata, and -- confusingly! -- all summer squash varieties. Acorns are named for their shape, of course, and have a signature orange blush on their green skins. Their ridges make them almost impossible to peel, but no matter: they quickly break down into wedges that are perfect for roasting. Smaller acorns are just the right size for halving and stuffing -- a wonderful vegetarian-friendly entree.
4. Seedy Characters: The peeled, roasted seeds of any winter squash are called pepitas. The seeds are just as good unpeeled -- just clean them off, toss them with salt and olive oil, and roast them. Although all squash seeds are technically edible, once the seeds get larger than your thumbnail they're likely to be too tough to be pleasant. (As a rule of thumb, thinner-skinned squashes produce better seeds for snacking.) Squash seeds are also used to make a flavorful oil perfect for salads and garnishes.
5. Kabocha: Although all squashes -- summer and winter -- originated in South America before spreading around the world, kabocha is a specifically Japanese variety. Squat, wide, and round, with a green exterior and dense, moist, fluffy flesh, kabocha will hold its shape when simmered where other squash would start to fall apart, making it perfect for soups and traditional Japanese tempura. Other cultivars in the same species as kabocha, C. maxima, include Kuri, Hubbard, and Buttercup squash.
6. Spaghetti: At first glance, the name is confusing. The squash looks kind of like a colorless watermelon, after all. But when cooked, the flesh of the squash falls apart into strands that look just like spaghetti -- they're tender and sweet and not al dente at all, but the name has stuck.
7. Delicata -- and more: Long and thin-skinned, delicatas are one of the most fragile winter squashes. Its sweet, nutty flesh is almost dessert-like -- try swapping it in for the sweet potatoes in your next Thanksgiving casserole.
And there are many, many winter squashes you'll find at winter farmers' markets that we couldn't cover today -- the powder-blue Fairytale squash, the aptly named Banana squash, the enormous South American Calabaza, and more. Fortunately, they all cook up (and break down) the same way: try mixing and matching next time you make your favorite winter squash recipe!
Delicata Rings with Relish
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I have this pair of magnets on my fridge. They don't really belong to me. I confiscated them years ago from a student. He was throwing them up in the air, and as they whizzed past each other they bumped against each other making clicking and zinging noises as they fell back towards his outstretched hands. Over and over he threw them up in the air. The young man throwing them was a very intelligent student. It was possible for him to comprehend every word I said during those few precious minutes of instructional time, BUT there were students around him that weren't as fortunate. They were being distracted.
So was I for that matter.
I confiscated them because they were disturbing a lesson….I confiscated them because I was protecting the general welfare of my classroom. I simply grabbed them and kept on going with my lesson without missing a beat. While I continued to talk I took the few steps to the back of them to place them on my desk.
To find out what happened to those magnets and how they could even remotely relate to President Franklin Pierce, the Doughfaces, and a plan to wrest Cuba from the Spanish read the rest of my post at American Presidents Blog.


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Cyber Defense Through Fault-Tolerant Security Architecture
Nov 23 2016
28 mins
James Chillingworth, Founder of The Consulting Practice
Is your security architecture up to date and able to defend against the latest cyber attacks? Every technology vendor will likely tell you that they have the most solid infrastructure, and that their roadmap is the one to follow. You may want to consider a fault-tolerant approach with security, as it can be more comprehensive than selecting one particular vendor for a specific requirement.
Fault-Tolerance means that you assume that a particular solution will fail, but are theoretically protected as another solution can be there if this failure happens.
Join this presentation and learn how fault tolerance can be deployed against breach scenarios and how it helps improve cybersecurity in 2017.
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Don't Be the Next Big Headline - Proactive Steps and BCDR Planning
Nov 18 2016
40 mins
Brenda Piazza, Director of Cybersecurity Management at CBIZ MHM, LLC
In light of recent data breaches and the increasing cost of a breach, it is clear why good IT and cybersecurity management is key to your business, especially when it comes to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning. Join this presentation and learn about the human error in breaches, as well as what managers should know about their IT environment. Learn the steps you need to take today to ensure the right BCDR plans are in place before a disaster strikes.
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Virtualization: The Key to Approachable Disaster Recovery
Oct 19 2016
58 mins
Jim Hannan, Principal Architect & Chris Vacanti, Senior Consultant, House of Brick Technologies
Come prepared to look at disaster recovery planning with a 360 degree view for the enterprise and SMB space, and walk away with technical ideas you can begin to implement immediately. During this presentation, we will discuss disaster recovery planning considerations and partnerships. We will also walk through technical solutions that provide a way to use virtualization and storage strategies for an approachable DR solution.
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Protect Your Applications and Data with Fault Tolerant Software
Aug 18 2016
27 mins
James Chillingworth, Founder (CEO), The Consulting Practice Inc.
Learn how your organization can achieve better data protection through leveraging fault-tolerant technology. Cybersecurity expert James Chillingworth will review how applying hardware architecture concepts, in addition to other abstractions can form the framework for developing software that becomes more robust, reliable, expandable and secure. By implementing this, organizations can better protect their applications, data, databases, and improve security, operability, code quality and redundancy.
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Ransomware Realities for Healthcare: Cloud Backup and Security Answers
Aug 18 2016
49 mins
Tim Vogel, Co-Founder and CEO, Xtium & Kevin Lancaster, CEO ID Agent
With the healthcare industry experiencing a dramatic increase in the volume of successful ransomware attacks, it is critical that organizations upgrade their security policies and approach.
This means understanding the evolving cyberattack landscape and developing effective strategies to protect the integrity of systems, applications, and data. A critical aspect of that strategy is proactively identifying employee email credentials that have been compromised. In our 2016 benchmark study of healthcare firms, Xtium and ID Agent recently found that 65% of firms analyzed have employees with visibly compromised accounts. These findings illustrate the need for ongoing monitoring as well as 100% reliable and responsive business continuity solutions.
The urgency stems from the fact that stolen health records are worth more than 10 times the value of stolen credit card numbers. The FBI recommends combating these cyber-threats by establishing a solid business continuity plan which includes the regular creation of secure, isolated data backups.
This presentation will a) explore the common misperceptions and security holes that can lead to ransomware vulnerability, b) discuss the study results and the measurable ongoing threat represented by compromised email accounts, c) compare the various alternatives for responding to cyberattacks, d) explain the pros and cons of cloud-based security and backup strategies, and e) provide real-world case study examples of how recent ransomware attacks have been quickly and successfully resolved.
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Redefinition of Business Continuity Strategies using Cloud Native Enterprise Arc
Aug 18 2016
49 mins
Frank Stienhans, CTO at Ocean9
Both production and non-production landscapes are massively effected by the rewritten laws of physics in the cloud.
One opportunity of Cloud Native Enterprise Architectures is to redefine the approaches to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
Using SAP workloads on AWS as example we will show how and why enterprises run different than before and how Disaster Recovery needs accelerate all in migrations to the cloud.
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Monitor with Discipline – Protect Your Data Protocol
Aug 18 2016
36 mins
Kong Yang, Head Geek of Virtualization & Cloud Practice, SolarWinds
Data is the new currency. It is the gold waiting to be mined, the oil waiting to be refined, and the resource waiting to be taken for ransom or stolen for its intellectual property. Wait, that last piece didn't rhyme. And that lack of rhythm and rhyme is why data recovery is evolving from naturally occurring events i.e. system failures and natural disasters to unleashed beasts such as social-engineered phishing attacks and schemes designed to take your data hostage.
In this session, we'll discuss how to monitor with discipline in order to protect your data protocol with effective and efficient process management.
· What is monitoring with discipline?
· How do I optimize my backup and recovery process?
· How can I extend my current data recovery protocol to encompass ransomware protection?
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Aligning IT Disaster Recovery with Business Requirements
Aug 17 2016
42 mins
Dustin Mackie, Managing Consultant at Avalution Consulting
Although most organizations have been performing elements of IT disaster recovery for years to decades, it's still common for organizations to struggle to ensure alignment between IT capabilities and business application recovery needs. Even if IT exercises run flawlessly and meet planned recovery capabilities, there often remains gaps between the business requests and IT committed capabilities. This can inhibit organizations from having effective (yet reasonable) strategies in place that meet all stakeholder expectations.
This presentation will explore potential methods organizations can execute to help all groups in the disaster recovery process understand each other's intent, priorities, dependencies, needs, and considerations, as well as the impacts of system downtime. These methods seek to truly synchronize business continuity and IT disaster recovery by enabling ongoing discussion, understanding and insight, continued coordination, and communication. Taking such measures will ensure an effective IT disaster recovery program that meets the expectations of all stakeholders.
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Data Protection in the Era of Hyperconvergence
Aug 17 2016
61 mins
Jim Whalen, Taneja Group; Patrick Rogers, Cohesity; Jesse St Laurent, SimpliVity; Joe Noonan, Unitrends; Rick Vanover, Veeam
Hyperconvergence is a rapidly growing and evolving force in the IT infrastructure space. Emerging from the factory pre-configured racking programs of the big IT equipment suppliers, it quickly morphed into a variety of VM-centric architectures where compute, storage and networking (and more) are all integrated below the hypervisor and provide a unified platform to run virtual workloads on. The questions surrounding Data Protection are many: Is a DP mechanism even needed in a distributed cluster architecture that hyperconverged platforms typically drive? What's the role of traditional backup software and appliances? Is physical server backup still important? What's the optimum solution for backing up a hyperconverged platform? Is there an optimum solution?
In this presentation, some of today's leading vendors will give their take on what the intersection of Hyperconvergence and Data Protection means for the end user.
* Cohesity - Patrick Rogers, VP Marketing & Product Management
* SimpliVity - Jesse St Laurent, VP of Product Strategy
* Unitrends - Joe Noonan, Director, Software Product Management
* Veeam - Rick Vanover, Director of Technical Product Marketing
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Database Backup and Recovery Best Practices
Aug 10 2016
31 mins
Manjot Singh, Data & Infrastructure Architect at Percona
In the case of a failure, do you know how long it will take to restore your database? Do you know how old the backup will be? In this presentation, we will cover the basics of best practices for backup, restoration and business continuity. Don't put your company on the line due to bad data retention and backup policies.
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Windows 10: Digital Transformation through Affordable Innovation
Jun 16 2016
17 mins
Peter Gossin, Digital Transformation Manager, Microsoft
Digital transformation is the process of using today's technology to modernize outdated processes and meet the most pressing needs of your business.
Thanks to recent advances in lower cost tablet technology and Microsoft's suite of cloud and productivity services, complete digital transformation is more accessible now than ever before. A new class of affordable devices is revolutionizing the way businesses and their employees work and interact with customers.
Sign up now to:
•Engage your customers
•Empower your employees
•Optimize your operations
•Transform your products
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IT Security: Incident Planning and Response
Jun 16 2016
59 mins
Mark Essayian, Microsoft
It's critical to know what is going on inside your network, what technology is being snuck into your firm, and how to educate employees about security precautions. IT management has a clear responsibility to protect, defend and remain vigilant over all systems and it doesn't stop at antivirus on the desktop and a firewall to the Internet.
Join this webcast to learn:
•Why SMB's are a prime target
•How to help prevent your employees from being your biggest security threat
•Proper asset inventory – you cannot protect what you do not know about
•Protection and planning to prevent and/or mitigate a breach
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Managing Vendor Resiliency Through Audits and Contract Management
May 19 2016
43 mins
Melinda Rahe, Business Continuity Program Manager Dell, Inc.
Outsourcing shifts the burden to mitigate risk to the vendor. But, it does not shift the impact of the risk. Your company's reputation and its' customers can be negatively impacted when your vendor experiences failure.
This presentation discusses how to formulate a vendor resiliency strategy. And, will equip participants with practical solutions for effectively, as well as efficiently, assessing the business continuity risk exposures introduced by outsourcing business functions
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Playing a Dangerous DR Game? Take Your DR and Backup Plan to the Next Level
May 18 2016
54 mins
Lilac Schoenbeck, VP of Product Management & Marketing and Dante Orsini, SVP of Business Development
Whether your nemesis is a malicious attack, a hurricane or (more likely) human error, have you collected all the tools you need to triumph and save the day?
There are a host of technologies available to those prepping for potential business disruptions: backups on-premise, backups in the cloud, on-premise failovers, Disaster Recovery as a Service, and, of course, delivering an offering of cable and silicon to your mainframe every Tuesday at noon.
Obviously, you don't need all of these options – but which do you need? And why would you choose one over the other? Join this webinar to learn:
- What has changed since your tried-and-true backup plan was hatched in 2010
- How to evaluate on-premise vs. cloud-based options
- How to marry different technologies to create a complete solution
- What to consider when selecting a technology or cloud partner
With 10 years of experience leading the DRaaS and Backup market around the world, we've seen a lot of technologies come and go – and have some strong opinions and solid guidance for our customers on how best to evaluate options.
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New Rules for Recovery: Setting Expectations for Today's Continuity Platforms
May 4 2016
47 mins
Jim Whalen, Taneja Group; Dave LeClair, Unitrends
Traditionally, when people talk about data protection, they're talking about some form of backup. However, if those backups effectively end up in a "write-only memory", they're not much good. So really, the bottom line is recovery is what people are most concerned about when they talk about data protection. With the degree to which today's technologies have been refined and the plethora of data protection platforms available, users should maintain a baseline set of simple expectations to be met no matter who or what they choose for the job. In this presentation, Taneja Group and Dave LeClair of Unitrends will discuss the "New Rules for Recovery" that everyone's solution should adhere to.
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Kick the Legacy Backup Habit with Veeam and Quantum
Apr 19 2016
29 mins
Nick Serrecchia, Systems Engineer at Veeam and Terry Grulke, Sr. Technical Advisor at Quantum
With the average company experiencing unplanned downtime 13 times a year, the costs associated with continuing to invest in a legacy backup solution can be extensive. For this reason, more customers are switching to Veeam® and Quantum than ever before. Update to a modern data center and achieve Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™ with Veeam coupled with Quantum's tiered storage that increases performance, reduces bandwidth requirements and executes a best practices for data protection.
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After one of the latest iTunes updates the iTunes plugin does not work any more. I found out that it's because Apple renamed the Library file from "iTunes Music Library.xml" to "iTunes Library.xml". If I manually remove the "Music", Decibel sees the Songs but iTunes creates an new library on the next start. So no good solution. Please fix this because the iTunes Plugin is very important for me!
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I think the library was renamed the other way around, but whatever, it doesn't work. This is an important plugin to me also.
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A box containing half-a-dozen high-capacity magazines was displayed on the counter at The Outpost Guns & Ammo in Montville on Wednesday. They were on sale for $39 apiece. A sign on the box said "Going fast."
A box containing half-a-dozen high-capacity magazines was displayed on the counter at The Outpost Guns & Ammo in Montville on Wednesday. They were on sale for $39 apiece. A sign on the box said "Going fast."
Eliminating those magazines is among the proposals made by President Barack Obama to curb gun violence.
"You can tell everyone's scared of losing their Second Amendment rights," manager Nick Santiago said.
Santiago said he supports the idea of expanding background checks. He opposes bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, however.
"Banning them wouldn't change anything," he said.
Jacob Ouellette, of Norwich, a customer at The Outpost, said he was torn.
"I kind of agree with it a little bit," he said of the president's proposal. "But I don't know what effect it's going to have in the long run."
Different parts of Obama's sweeping proposal were picked out as key points by Eastern Connecticut residents and officials.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., supports a proposal to require background checks on anyone buying ammunition, something not included among Obama's proposals.
"I don't think that's going to solve our problems," said Roger Palmer, a member of the Colchester Fish & Game Club. "They've got to worry about the hands guns get into."
Democratic state Sen. Cathy Osten, who is also Sprague's first selectman, said she would need to see the specifics before she could support an assault-weapon ban.
Instead, she said, she'd like to see steps taken in other areas. "We need more mental health care," Osten said. "I think the focus should be in that arena."
Obama's proposals include bolstering mental health care by training more health professionals to deal with young people at risk and giving communities grants to institute programs to keep guns away from people who shouldn't have them.
"I think more background checks and making sure people with mental problems don't get guns is a good thing," Putnam Superintendent of Schools William Hull said.
Norwich Police Chief Louis Fusaro agreed that better reporting on people who might have mental health problems is needed.
"Certainly someone who has those kinds of issues shouldn't have access to a firearm," Fusaro said.
On Tuesday, Democratic and Republican legislative leaders created a task force on gun violence prevention and school safety, with a goal of producing a bill to be voted on in late February.
Connecticut already bans assault weapons but does allow the sale of high-capacity magazines.
"President Obama's proposal to mandate background checks for all firearms sales, to ban assault weapons and prohibit high-capacity magazines is a positive step to reduce violence," state Sen. President Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn, said. "We can't, however, rely on Congress to act. In Connecticut, our children's safety is not a partisan issue, and I am pleased to join with
Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly in crafting a plan to reduce violence, improve school security and address access to mental health services."
"President Obama acted on the promise he made 30 days ago at Newtown High School to make our kids safer," U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, said. "His orders will plug holes in the background check system and help local school districts have police security. The common-sense changes to the background check program will stop guns from getting into the hands of criminals and the mentally disturbed, while preserving the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens."
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