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This is the 2nd day of RootsTech 2014 and my third day including the #InnovatorSummit. This is a measurably larger and more complicated event than those of the past years. Welcome by Shipley Munson and introduced by another very touching FamilySearch video. Now, Judy Russell. I was not familiar with Judy Russell, but after only a few minutes, I realized why she was giving the keynote for this conference. She is spell binding to genealogists.
Oral family history can be lot in three generations. Stories are not passed down in a deliberate way. Judy asks a series of questions about our ancestors and asked everyone to stand. Those who could not answer the questions had to sit down. They were specific questions about specific ancestors. Everyone (almost) was sitting by the end of the series of questions. The point is well taken, the detailed history of the past is very volatile and disappears in time. She talks about the crossing of the Delaware by the Revolutionary Army and the Battle of Trenton. Only one record was preserved of the ordinary soldier's loss of life. This is the only record, a pension record, of this one member of her family. This was the brother of her ancestor. The stories were passed down but only written down many years later. She relates how all of the traditions about George Washington and the Mayflower connection in her family were not true.
How do we accurately pass down information to our descendants? She talks about the Genealogical Proof Standard. I have written about this many times. See Genealogical Proof Standard. The stories passed down, we must verify and document and pass on to the generations that come after us. If we don't make the record, the stories will be lost in just three generations. Great presentation.
Ori Soen of MyHeritage. They add a million profiles every day to their website. He introduces Spencer Wells of the The Genographic Project. See National Geographic. He tells the story of his full name and how it was passed down from his ancestors. He became obsessed with ancient history by visiting the King Tut Exhibit in 1978. Ultimately, he got into genetics and began looking for the patterns in the human experience. Questions of origin. Did we all come from a common source? How did we come to occupy the entire world? Paleoanthropology. The question of origin is actually a question about genealogy. We are related through our common family tree. He speaks of mapping the details of the origin and pattern of settlement of the entire human population. He also relates this project to the linguistic diversity of Eastern Europe. This is a community based project to trace all of the connections and map them across the world. They also give your percentage of Neanderthal genes.
One point that came up in my meeting with Tim Sullivan, the CEO of Ancestry.com, was the need to tie the genetic information to a meta-family tree (my term), that is a family tree that contains a representative combination of all of the existing individual family trees.
Spencer goes on to explain how the business of genographics works.
Shipley Munson back on stage to talk about the Developer's Contest Winners. Photo FaceMatch is 3rd, 2nd Place Find-A-Record, Grand Prize Winner is Saving Memories Forever. I will be writing in depth about each of these projects in the near future. I have had an opportunity to visit with each of these and they have fantastic stories to tell.


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Note: This guide was written well before WotLK as released. The information and modeling done here is based completely on a BC version of WoW. While I thing this information is still generally correct, It does not apply direct any more. I do plan on writting a new guide and will post on my blog when it is done.
Spell Haste is the most misunderstood stat within the Moonkin community. If you watch the WoW druid forums regularly you see plenty of Spell Haste questions. The sad part about his is many of the people answering these questions provide incorrect or miss leading information. With this post I hope to provide the answers providing the Pros, Cons, and Breakeven points of Spell Haste.
1. Spell Crit is excluded from the calculation due to the fact that it affects Spell Damage and Spell Haste equally in terms of DPS. I ran the numbers with several levels of crit and the ratio between Spell Damage and Spell Haste is the same for all levels of Spell Crit used.
2. Spell Hit is excluded from the calculation due to the fact that it affects Spell Damage and Spell Haste equally in terms of DPS. I ran the numbers with several levels of hit and the ratio between Spell Damage and Spell Haste is the same for all levels of Spell Hit used.
3. This analysis has been written using Starfire but all moonkin spells are very similarly affected by Spell Haste. Therefore this analysis can be applied to Wrath and other Moonkin Spells.
4. Calculations assume that the caster is level 70.
Talents and other Buffs Affecting Spell Haste:
There are several items and spells that temporarily buff haste, but none of these last longer then 30 seconds. Therefore they will be excluded from the calculations.
General Spell Haste Info:
* Spell Haste lowers a spells casting time and lowers the global cooldown. Haste cannot lower the global cooldown below 1 second. However it would take 785 Spell Haste to lower the global cooldown to 1 second. This level is not possible to achieve long term with gear currently available in game.
* Spell Haste has no affect on the damage caused by a single spell. It only changes the casting time.
* Spell Haste has diminishing returns. Your first point of Spell Haste will affect your cast time more significantly then your second point.
* Cast Time Calculation: Base Cast Time / (1+(Spell Haste / 1570)) = Actual Cast Time. Ex: 3.0 sec / (1+(157/1570) = 2.73 sec for Starfire with 157 Spell Haste.
The Math:
As with all of the Spell DPS stats the value of Spell Haste and Spell Damage are highly dependent on each other. Obviously the amount of DPS you gain from one point of Spell Damage increases the more Spell Haste you have since Spell Haste will decrease your cast time. The amount of DPS you gain from one point of Spell Haste increases with the amount of Spell Damage you have because Spell Damage increases how much damage your spells do per cast.
How much additional DPS will you receive from an additional point of Spell Damage?
Moonfury, Wrath of Cenarius and your Spell Haste all affect the amount of DPS you gain from Spell Damage. Starfire has a base Spell Damage Coefficient of 1, and let X equal your Cast Time. So the additional damage from one point of Spell damage is:
Damage = ((1 + 0.2)*1.1)/X, So if you have zero haste Then
Damage = ((1 + 0.2)*1.1)/3.0
Damage = 1.32/3.0 = 0.4400 DPS per point of Spell Damage with zero Spell Haste.
How much additional DPS will you receive from an additional point of Spell Haste?
First we need to figure out how much DPS Starfire does on a normal cast. It has two components, base spell damage and bonus spell damage. Base spell damage is the damage that comes with the trainable spell with no bonus from gear. A max rank Starfire can hit for between 550 and 646. It is increased by 10% because of Moonfury, so the average base spell damage for Starfire is 657.8. Bonus spell damage is what you receive from gear and is calculated on your character screen. It is modified based upon the base casting time of the spell and talents. Starfire has a Spell Damage Coefficient of 1, and it is modified by Wrath of Cenarius and Moonfury as I said before. Of course all of this need to be divided by your Spell Cast Time. So the DPS of your average non-miss Starfire is equal to:
DPS = (657.8 + (Spell Damage)*(1 + 0.2)*(1.1)) / Cast Time
DPS = (657.8 + (1100)*(1 + 0.2)*(1.1)) / 3 = 703.2667, If you have 1100 Spell Damage and zero Spell Haste.
Now, if we had one point of Spell Haste to the equation then we increase the average DPS per spell cast. Using the equation
DPS = (657.8 + (Spell Damage)*(1 + 0.2)*(1.1)) / Cast Time
DPS = (657.8 + (1100)*(1 + 0.2)*(1.1)) / (3/(1+(1/1570))) = 703.7146, If you have 1100 Spell Damage and zero starting Spell Haste.
So from one point of Spell Haste you gain 0.4479 DPS with 1100 Spell Damage and zero starting Haste. Lets compare this value to the DPS value I calculated for one additional point of Spell Damage.
0.4479/0.4400 = 1.0180
So, at 1100 Spell Damage and zero starting Haste, one additional point of Spell Haste is worth 1.0180 points of Spell Damage.
I have calculated this value for several levels of Spell Damage and Spell Haste. Here is a graph that shows the results.
Break-Even Point:
As you can see from the graph above the value of Haste is below that of Spell Damage ever for some reasonable amounts of Spell Damage. Not only that, but as your starting haste increases the value of an additional point of haste decreases relative to Spell Damage.
This brings up two important questions. When should you start picking up haste? How much haste is too much haste? If we ignore the mana concerns that come with Haste, these questions are very easy to answer from a mathematical standpoint.
When should you start picking up haste?
Assuming that you are starting with zero Spell Haste, one point of Spell Haste, will provide more additional DPS then one point of Spell Damage when you have 1,072 Spell Damage fully raid buffed. This is a fairly easy level to reach if you uses flasks and other consumables, but hasted should not be equipped before you reach this level.
How much haste is too much haste?
Unlike Spell Hit, there is no reasonable level of Spell Haste where Spell Haste becomes worthless on its own. However, if you collect to much Spell Haste you can push its value below that of Spell Damage as we can see from the graph above. You can find this break even point with a simple equation.
Spell Damage > Spell Haste + 1,071
If that equation is correct for your toon, then you do not have to much haste. So for example, if you have 75 Spell Haste, then you should have at least 1,146 Spell Damage fully raid buffed.
Gemming for Spell Haste:
Another very common question is when should you gem for spell haste. And it is a little more complicated to answer. It depends on stat your not gemming because your gemming haste, and what quality of gems you are using. Lets look at each of the stats and see how they affect the choice.
Spell Hit – Assuming you are not hit capped. Spell Hit is always more valuable then Haste. If you are not hit capped do not gem for Haste.
Spell Crit – Spell Haste will always improve your short run DPS more then Spell Crit. My math showed that Spell Haste was better then Spell Crit even if you had very low crit and very high haste. So don't be afraid to put a Reckless gem in those yellow sockets instead of a Potent gem if your above the break-even point.
Spell Damage – This is the complicated one. Unlike the other stats Spell Damage has a lower stat value then Spell Haste. So you will get more Spell Damage on a gem then you will Spell Haste. For Example The Runed Crimson Spinel will give you 12 Spell Damage. The Quick Lionseye on the other hand will give you 10 Spell Haste. So right off the bat Spell Damage has a 1.2 greater value then Spell Haste. This cause us to have a different break-even point when gemming for Spell Haste over Spell Damage. It is:
Spell Damage > 1.2 * (Spell Haste) + 1,386
If that equation is correct for your toon, then you can gain more DPS by gemming for Haste instead of Spell Damage. So for example, if you have 75 Spell Haste, then you should have at least 1,476 Spell Damage fully raid buffed before you gem for haste over damage.
1. My results show that moonkin shouldn't consider equipping haste until they have at least 1072 Spell Damage raid buffed. This however is an absolute minimum and higher levels of Spell Damage are recommended to be safe.
2. You can always gem for Haste over Spell Crit to increase your DPS, but should never gem for Haste over Hit if you are not hit capped.
3. You need at lease 1,386 Spell Damage raid buffed to gem for Haste over Spell Damage, but should probably have significantly more.
4. This whole article ignores the mana issues associated with Haste. If you find that you are running out of mana at the end of long fights then you should probably hold off on equipping haste until your mana situation is more stable.


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You can now see up the west passage but the length of it means that you can not see too much.
Photo Taken: Friday, 12th April 2002
Upon the rediscovery of the east passage one of the first people to enter it was a workman called John Rock. I like that!
On its rediscovery one of the first people to enter the east passage was a workman called John Rock. Superb!
For a very good (and definitive) read on Knowth, the book by George Eogan, the chief excavator, is a must. It is beautifully written and full of information and excellent drawings of the art-work at knowth.
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HBA Boston chapter is pleased to announce its receipt of the HBA 2012 Chapter Excellence award.
The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Boston chapter is pleased to announce its receipt of the HBA 2012 Chapter Excellence award. This award recognizes an entire chapter board that has excelled in an area of chapter operations that exceeded the HBA's membership and/or financial targets and the chapter's own expectations.
The Boston chapter's 2012 accomplishments that contributed to winning the award include:
- Achieved a strong operating efficiency
- Formalized local corporate outreach program and sponsorship program
- Instituted an official membership ambassador program within major area healthcare companies
- Excelled as chapter leader in areas of marketing innovation, consistency, social media, public relations and webpage
- Launched a flagship event, "Healthcare Forum: The Impact of Reform on Healthcare Innovation," with more than 225 attendees
- Served more than 1,200 attendees by hosting 17 programs in 2012
- Started the year with 650 members and reached 725 to date (11% growth in 2012)
The Boston chapter is the third largest of 15 HBA chapters worldwide, all of which share best practices at the annual Leadership Institute, held this year in Orlando, Florida. For the 2012 Chapter Excellence Award, Boston excelled through its operating efficiency, increase and maintenance of membership, innovative programs, and impact on members. Some of the Boston chapter's innovative programs include: the Ambassador program (Boston chapter is the first to formalize this corporate outreach program, which ensures that programs are meeting the needs of companies' members and prospects), Women in Science, Mentoring, Leadership Success Series, and Executive Women's Series.
Contributing to the Boston chapter winning the award was its recently-held inaugural signature event, the Healthcare Forum, in which high-profile speakers, all leaders in local healthcare institutions, discussed healthcare reform and innovation.
"I am thrilled that our chapter has won this award. Our standard is to provide value to our members in everything we do. The principles by which we measure our success are in retaining and increasing membership, as well as diversity to all sectors of healthcare," said Keri Collette, president of HBA Boston chapter. "Winning this award is a validation of the hard work accomplished by the many volunteers and board members for the chapter."
Other internal HBA honors include the Leadership Excellence and Dedication award (LEAD), given annually to an outstanding member who adds considerable value to the chapter. This year's winner for the Boston chapter was Courtney Buzzell.
About Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Boston Chapter
Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) is in its fourth decade as a global not-for-profit organization dedicated to furthering the advancement of women in healthcare worldwide. With 15 chapters throughout the US and Europe, HBA provides educational opportunities for women and men to develop cutting-edge healthcare industry knowledge and leadership skills, recognizes outstanding women and men in the industry, provides opportunities for networking, creates greater visibility for women in the industry, fosters mentoring relationships and serves as a conduit and sponsor for research on career advancement issues. HBA has over 6,200 individual members and over 120 corporate partners, and is widely recognized as a catalyst for leadership development of women in healthcare worldwide.
The Boston chapter has over 700 members and serves a network of over 2,000 professionals in healthcare. In 2013, the chapter's programming theme will be "Equipping for Change", focusing on delivering the vital industry information and skill development that are critical in this time of significant change in the healthcare industry.


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When discussing what's wrong with the world today, we can start by looking at what's happening in schools and with children. There is bullying that seems far worse than anything happening 20 years ago. There is violence of children against children -- Sandy Hook and Columbine just to name two. There are teachers who do inappropriate things. I could go on and on. And so as a result of this, a school has banned hugging. At St. Mary's County public elementary schools in Maryland, parents can hug their own child, but they cannot hug or touch any other child.
What's sad is everything that is wrong with the world today forces us to make these kinds of rules. And these are the kind of rules that are somewhat dehumanizing. We could become emotionless and rigid. We could end up fearing socialization.
A panel of parents and teachers came up with this rule after a series of meetings. It's not just the hugging that is banned. Kids at St. Mary's County schools cannot hand out party invitations at school in fear those not invited would feel bad. Any food brought in by parents cannot be home-baked and instead must be store-bought with an ingredient list (due to allergies). Parents cannot discipline other people's kids (a rule I very much approve of). They also instated the rule that parents can't walk with their child when he or she leaves the cafeteria and they cannot approach teachers for a meeting in person -- it should be planned. Siblings are not allowed to visit and parents cannot walk with their child when leaving the cafeteria. Anyone visiting the school must check in with the front desk and have their photo taken.
Some of these make sense for safety. Some may be a result of issues the school had. And a lot has to do with what our society has become. These rules were decided upon prior to the Sandy Hook shootings, but because of it, they decided to roll them out sooner. "Everybody's anxiety is high," Kelly Hall, executive director of elementary schools, told Southern Maryland Newspapers Online.
But I just can't help but think about the hugging. What comes to my mind is that perhaps they fear inappropriate hugs from other parents, which is hopefully a very rare thing. This rule also extends to any kind of touching, so even a high-five would be prohibited. It seems like we make this kind of rule because of a small minority of the population and then everyone has to change to prevent some sort of issue that probably won't happen. I also think a hugging ban isn't going to prevent someone from doing something sinister ... if that's what this is about. Evil doesn't follow rules.
If this rule was in place at my kids' school, we'd have an issue. My daughter hugs everyone -- other moms, other kids, her teachers. Some of the moms we've had playdates with, but she has hugged moms who we've only so far seen at pick-up and drop-off. In this case, it's not one of the parents who initiates the hug, it's the child. What happens then? What kind of action comes when someone breaks this rule? What should a parent do if another child initiates a hug?
Maybe we've gone too far. Maybe we're too worried about too many things. But when we live in a world like we live in and what it's become, I guess we have to be.
What do you think of a no hugging rule? Do you think this school district went too far?
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Bell has been involved with Share Our Strength (SOS) for years and received a 2009 SOS Community Leader Award. Conley and Susser also are SOS supporters, with Conley, for one, having hosted, with visiting guest-chefs, an SOS benefit-dinner at Buccan last year.
Taste of the Nation Palm Beach will feature a walk-around food-and-wine tasting, live music, and silent and live auctions. Among the participating restaurants and others from Palm Beach County and elsewhere in South Florida: 3800 Ocean, Buccan, Burger Bar, Cafe Boulud, Cafe Chardonnay, Casa D'Angelo, Chops Lobster Bar, City Fish Market, Dada, Echo, Gazebo Cafe, Grease Burger Bar, Guanabana's, Hollywood Cupcake, I Heart Olive oil, Ironwood Steak & Seafood, Joe's Stone Crab, Leila, Max's Harvest, PB Catch, Pistache, Rocco's Tacos, Talay Thai, The Restaurant at the Four Seasons, Angle at The Ritz-Carlton, The Sugar Monkey, Whole Foods Market and The Wine Dive.
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Grundarfjörður is a growing community on the fjord Breiðafjörður near the midpoint of the northern coast of Snæfellsness peninsula. The site is characterized by a unique climate and unusually beautiful surroundings. Fishing is the chief industry in Grundarfjörður, half of the town's working population being employed in this sector, although other services and industry are growing as well. The town is considered unusually beautiful and well-kept and has received several awards for its neat appearance.
The geology of Grundarfjörður is unusual, as it spans the entire geological history of Iceland. Volcanic activity is thought to have begun here about 18 milion years ago, dying out about 6 million years ago. The volcano Rauðukúla í Helgrindum is about 3000 years old.
The harbour is the district's lifeline. Excellent harbour facilities and favourable natural conditions have encouraged the growth of the fishing sector. Well-established fishing companies operate in Grundarfjörður. They possess quotas for a variety of species, which means that fishing activity is evenly distributed throughout the year. The industry has been developed with a view to the future, and today, Grundarfjörður's harbour is one of the 10 largest quota-fishery harbours in the country, and the largest demersal catch in West Iceland is landed here. The entrance to the harbour in Grundarfjörður is secure and easily navigated. Minimum depth at the main pier for ocean-going vessels is 6 metres at low tide. The range of services available to ships has grown as the fleet has expanded and harbour activity increased.
Grundarfjörður has long enjoyed a stable employment situation, which has created a positive atmosphere and strengthened community life. Cultural and social activities thrive in the town with the active participation of both local residents and the district's rural population. Sports activities are popular: the riding club has built excellent facilities, and there is an active gold club with a good nine-hole course. A parents' association called Tilvera has been active in local school activities for many years. The group has attracted national attention and received awards for its successful work with young people. The town boasts three restaurants, each with a different emphasis: Kaffi 59, Krákan and Hótel Framnes are all known for excellent food, service, and the various social events that add variety to the town's social life. The relatively long distance from the capital has encouraged local residents and visitors to create and enjoy their own town atmosphere without the noise and stress of city life.
Nature, community life, and the area's history have attracted many tourists from both Iceland and abroad to Grundarfjörður. The opportunity to enjoy natural beauty in such peaceful surroundings is considered a privilege by those who normally have to cope with the noise and bustle of city life. People who enjoy the beauty of the fjord and take an active part in the life of the community welcome the absolute relaxation that this peaceful district offers. The town is probably the only one in the world where the building authorities have provided allotments for the "hidden people" or elves. Grundarfjörður residents hold their annual summer festival, "Good Times in Grundarfjörður," on the last weekend in July.


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Yes I am still alive. I just haven't had much to write about lately and I wouldn't want to waste your time dear reader with idle chit chat.
Last weekend we had one of the very rare home visit fro our son Richard who lives aboard his narrowboat Bankside near Huntingdon. Surprisingly we talked very little about toilets and batteries, but the subject of keeping warm on a boat did come up. Richard uses a squirrel for this purpose. Now for anyone who thing Richard snuggles up with an arborial rodent, let me explain the a squirrel is a popular make of solid fuel stove.
A couple of posts back I mentioned that a stove would be one of my "must haves" when choosing a boat. Talking with Richard reminded me of things I should have added.
Stove position. – if you have a 70ft boat and the stove is by the front door, it won't keep you very warm in a rear bedroom unless the stove has a back boiler to drive radiators. The best place for a stove is as near amidships as you can get it. On Herbie we are lucky, in that our stove is bang in the middle, both fore and aft wise and side to side wise. Actually we're in a good position to judge the relative efficacy of stoves versus central heating because on Herbie we have both. Does the central heating get the boat as warm as a stove? No way! Not by a country mile. The CH gives a gentle background heat, but the stove if well stoked up, can get you to open the windows on a frosty night!
Every now and then some unwitting soul puts a post on Canal World Forums on the Interweb asking for opinions on the efficacy of Ecofans. For the non cognoscenti, an Ecofan is a clever fan that sits of top of the stove and by fiendish electronicery converts heat into electricity to drive itself round, thus moving the hot air from the stove to further afield. For about a week after the question gets asked the forum buzzes with alternate praise and scorn for this rather expensive but fascinating device. People who have them generally believe they make a difference. People who don't have them generally have doubts.
Well we've got one and Richard has one too. What do we think? In a practical sense they certainly do work, in as far as when the stove top gets hot the fan whizzes round very fast and does generate a gentle current of air. Does it help warm up the boat? Hmmm, Richard does and we feel as though it does, although that might be the placebo effect. But hey, if a placebo works, it works! Here's an old snap of Kath with her feet up in her favourite spot by the fire. You can make out the fan whizzing round atop the stove.
I've lost the Ecofan instructions now, but as far as I recall,I think you're supposed to position the fan in front ofthe chimney flue so that it daws air around the hot flue and pushes it out front. Sadly our little stove is a bit too small for us to be able to do this. Late in the evening we generally try to position it so that it wafts the warm air towards the bedroom.
Ecofans are great fun anyway, and do give an indication of the state of warmth of the stove – the hotter the faster. Richard uses his as an indicator of when to put on more coal. I use ours as an indicator of where the fire is capable of rekindling when we get up in the morning. If the fan is still slowly turning, I can generally re kindle from the embers. If the fan has stopped I usually have to relay the fire.
There are ways to keep warm on deck on cold days, including eating porridge for breakfast, keeping the hot drinks going and being dressed properly. As the old saying goes, "There's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes".


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Greenpointers Exclusive: The DieHipster Interview
Meet Jaime Kimpo, the true identity of the notorious Die Hipster.
After months of sleuthing, we have finally tracked down the king of the anti-hipster movement, only to have found a queen, a hipster queen at that. I met up with the Die Hipster at her favorite cafe on 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
GP: So, wow, I'm a little bit in shock here. You appear to me as a young, creative, Brooklyn type. What many may call a hipster, is that a fair assessment?
Die Hipster: I'm not a f—ing hipster, I'm from New York.
GP: So only hipsters come from outside of New York?
DH: (smirk; eye roll)
GP: Ok, so you started writing the Die Hipster blog over six years ago. You must have been like 12 years old, how did you even know about hipsters and this lifestyle that you wrote so much against?
DH: I have four older brothers, one in IT, who helped me start it out. It really was started by my middle brother, Jimmy, but he didn't enjoy the attention like I did. It was never about writing quality journalism anyways.
GP: I guess you're right, now that I think about it, it was quite juvenile writing, but you really touched on some emotional issues and certainly hit some serious nerves with people. In September 2010, you wrote a post making fun of a "hipster" girl who got killed on her bike. You even went as far as saying that you looked forward to seeing her sister and mother also run over by a bus.
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Monday, May 28, 2007
Luncheon Under the Ash Tree
I had the galleries to myself on Saturday afternoon (the only time I have ever seen another human other than the desk-minder at the Museum was at an opening). Until then my peripheral awareness of the travelling exhibition, Luncheon Under the Ash Tree: The Ian & Elespie Prior Collection, had stalled on the Evelyn Page paintings and her pretty, impressionistic, domestic style doesn't interest me so much these days as they would have a few years ago. That's why it's taken me two months to get round to checking out this show, despite the proximity of the Museum to the building where I spend most days. Silly, silly me.
The exhibition is diverse; an idiosyncratic showcase of mid-late 20th century New Zealand art, including lots of prints (my special interest at the moment). The collection developed in the context of a network of friends and family which includes many of the 'big names' of NZ art and literature.
The networking aspect is what hooked me actually as the first piece to catch my eye was a name and a face I thought I recognised: an Douglas McDiarmid portrait of Charles Brasch who looked uncannily like my friend Ian McDiarmid- note to self, find out if Ian is related to Charles or Douglas or both. From that moment of (imagined?) personal connection I was swept along by a series of pieces that delighted and stimulated me.
A colourful monoprint by Stanley Palmer of a windswept Southern landscape in a long narrow format that made me want to know how it was made. With my limited knowledge of printing I measured the monoprint against the various plates and presses at TKPT and realised how Palmer must have (literally) stretched the boundaries of normal processes.
Pat Hanly's 1967 drypoint, Invention of Area, was a lovely composition but looked to have been printed on acidic paper as I'm sure the surface wouldn't have been the colour of old tea bags back in the 1960s (though I could be wrong). I took it as a caution to myself creating works on paper that I would really like to look just as good in 40 years as they do when they are made. But since I am also engaged in a stimulating exploration of what it means to print and create ephemera, I appreciated Invention of Area's deterioration as an intrinsic quality of the piece, perhaps unintentional but nonetheless dynamic and interesting.
It's probably result of the intense self-imposed contemporary-art-education-reading programme I am engaged in, but I finally saw a Ralph Hotere work that I really really like. I didn't write down the name but it was something about anenomes at night with a Charles Brasch poem (him again! See what I mean about the network?). What I liked about it most was the way that Hotere wrote the poem in ink onto wet watercolour paper, so the letters seemed to glow softly like sparkler writing, which really suited the poem which compared stars in the sky with anenomes in the water. Half the page was the text on white paper and the other half was a typical Hotere field of dark dull colour but enlivened with splurts of rich red exploding in that way that watercolours do when you drop them on wet paper.
But the highlight, the absolute highlight of the exhibition for me, were two of the three works by John Drawbridge, whose name I remembered from the Mervyn E Tayl0r book. There was an abstract watercolour with stunning, rich, sumptuous colours in broad vertical stripes overdrawn with graphite on a dark background. How can I describe these colours? They weren't clear and they weren't bright but they were vivid and deep and intense and made me think of velvet curtains and red wine and autumn leaves and candlelight. And then later, I was captivated by the composition of John Drawbridge's black and white print, Big Scape which frames a mountain range in a proscenium arch, like a beautiful brain-teasing optical illusion.
So, it's a great exhibition, go see it if you are in Whangarei and you haven't been yet. Maybe you will like the pretty Page paintings more than the abstracts, or be captivated by something quite different that just didn't happen to sing to me like the ones I've described here. But there will be something, I promise, that you will be glad to have seen. Don't miss out.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Press Calls
Delightfully, and disconcertingly, instead of the screen telling me 'you have a message from...' there was this photograph of the Arab press:
At that moment, immersed in the mundane pleasures of my daily life beyond printing, it felt like a siren call from a sweetheart.
Obviously the crowded pocket environment had pushed buttons at random, setting up the phone to send the photo (taken a while ago) as a message, which I wasn't aware of until a friend sent me a text.
But on the other hand, if I can use my imagination to create the reality I want and use reality to manifest my creative vision, why wouldn't the press be calling me?
Monday, May 21, 2007
Dream poem
offcuts of precious paper,
creamy, thick, luscious scraps
follow me around the Quarry
like a flock of tiny lambs.
In the night:
type chatter in the cases,
shivering with anticipation.
Inside the door:
the Arab squats patiently,
inscrutably relaxed and
eager to work.
Me and the sweet Arab press,
we are mother and father,
raising an orphanage
of talented children,
teaching them to dance and sing:
songs of freedom, redemption songs.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Fascinating Phenomenon
I do like the invitational resonance for the series which is called Addicted to Capitalism and consists of a collection of 5 aphorisms I made up in the middle of the night recently. Sample text: Drink Coffee- Capitalism's drug of choice.
Anyway, with these cards I am indulging the Arab's capacity for mass production- though my runs of 50 at a time are just a warm up for this enthusiastic machine. Thus on Friday afternoon I had a table top at TPKP covered in 150 postcards drying their ink. A third of them were the lolly-pink cards printed with Use Pornography - Let capitalism commodify all your desires.
I've noticed that the couple of men who encountered this aphorism prior to the print-run had misheard or misread the phrase (none of the other cards seem to have this problem for either gender). My nascent theory, that the word pornography has the power to make men's brains stall, was reinforced by the reaction of a visitor to the word in wet pink multiplicity.
This guy came in, as many people do, but instead of a quick look and a quick chat like most, he lingered. And lingered. He did run home for his portfolio to show me some of his (impressively realistic) drawings but then there was no getting rid of him. I just kept printing as he told me about his life in jail, drawing superheroes on commission for gang members (fee: two joints for a small drawing). Finally the conversation petered out and after a long pause he asked, "So what made you decide to use pornography as your gag?"
Of course I've been just dying for someone to ask me something like that, so as I continued to pump the treadle and print Watch Television - A capitalist occupation, I launched into a cheerful exposition on how I want the whole series to provoke consideration of personal preferences in a socio-economic context and how pornography is an example of a market-driven mass addiction pervading public spaces with compelling, fascinating images, how it conditions (especially, but not only) men to perceive (especially, but not only) women as a product-line of body parts to be consumed, and co-opts fetishes into a niche-marketing paradigm channeling intimate relationships into pre-determined narratives of desire and gratification...
Well! That got rid of the malinger. I don't think I had really understood the phrase 'slunk out' until yesterday when I paused in my monologue. Perhaps he had thought I was a pornographic enthusiast and hoped that we could bond over a shared appreciation of the genre. Anyway, whatever he was anticipating, he looked utterly crestfallen when he slunk out of the building in the wake of my feminist rant.
Luckily the porno cards will never be seen en masse again so their apparent brain-numbing powers will be diluted by isolation or in the context of the other, slightly less provocative, cards.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Three Gentlemen of Printing
Ron de Rooy got me grooving on the marvelous proofing press, and together we fixed up the ink plate on the Arab so it moves sweetly as it should. I enjoyed hearing his stories about his life as a printer and the history of some of the gear I am using. Come back Roy, my cleaning project has made a massive leap since you were here.
Neil Perfect is the problem-solver extraordinaire! If he happens to be in earshot as I mutter to myself about some little challenge or another, inevitably before I even realise he was listening, he has swiftly provided or promoted an ingenious solution. Together we replaced the packing behind the runners that support the rollers as they glide (smoothly now) over the chase. He figured out how to get tissue paper to stay on the tympan. He entertained me with pipe-laying anecdotes that brought back fond memories of my own days of driving a trencher.
But best of all, most of all, Murray Inder is the Man! He arrived into a moment of hysteria on my part as the chase had flipped into the rollers as he drove up to the building. Calmly and without hesitation he took charge of situation, rescued the chase, and proceeded to take me through step by step of setting, locking and proofing type; creating a new tympan and positioning the gauge pins (gauge pins have changed my life, I would sell my second-born [if I had one], for a certain supply of gauge pins. With gauge pins I no longer feel the lack of a frisket). Murray is a brilliant teacher who explains things clearly and sensibly, answers all questions but is unswayed from his curriculum. Nothing he said or did ever allowed me to feel dumb. I envy his apprentices (I assume he has had apprentices) and I aspire to his teaching style.
I am very glad I got over my curmudgeonly attachment to working alone. The supportive presence and active contributions of these good men (and others who spend time at TKPT, especially Daniel Lyons) not only make my work go infinitely better but add unanticipated social delights.
Finishing Capacious
Why? Why don't I go back and reprint those pages I am least pleased with? Why am I not more of an obsessive compulsive perfectionist? (And why do so many people seem to assume I already am beyond the pale in this department- don't they see the flaws I see?) Truth is I've decided to cut my losses and move on to the next project. Capacious was always only my printing-learner-wheels book. It embodies in its imperfections all the struggle and frustration of that damn etching press. It also embodies in its ambitions (those realised and those not) a massive transition in my life; at the centre of which is my return to passionate book-making after a year and a half in the wilderness.
Right now I don't like Capacious very much and, nose to nose with it as I bind, all I can see are its agonising defects. Ideally I would finish it, put it away for a year or two and come back to it with fresh eyes and the indulgence that adults have for the cute and clumsy creations of children.
I recently rediscovered the last serious book I made before my long dry-up. While I could still see why I hid it away for so long, the sharp shame I remembered was gone. From my current vantage I am more interested in all the ways it succeeded in manifesting my intentions than in the ways it fell short. I hope to feel that way about Capacious eventually.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Ricky Eyre's Shell Book
As a book structure it is extremely functional and well balanced. The 'pages' move easily on their 'spine' and the base is very stable even with all the weight of the bags being shifted about. Despite the utilitarian materials it's also attractive and eye catching, and perfectly suits the content and purpose.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Containment Class Notes
Today I taught a short workshop on making books and boxes to 2nd year art students at Northtec, the local polytechnic. The students and tutors were a delight to work with and I promised I would post my class notes here for them to access. The following notes may not make much sense if you weren't there seeing the examples and demonstrations to illustrate. There are many excellent books available for teaching yourself how to make books and that is how I learned most of what I know. For beginners I recommend Shereen La Planz, Peter and Donna Thomas and Alisa Golden for easy to follow instructions and inspiration.
What do books and boxes have in common?
"A book is a sequence of spaces." Ulises Carrion 1975 The New Art of Making Books.
Many of the techniques and tips which make a good box are the same for making book covers, but covers are much quicker and easier to demonstrate and practice.Making a perfect accordion book block (the Heidi Kyle method)
Terminology: In the world of instruments an accordion is rectangular and a concertina is hexagonal. So unless you are making a hexagonal book this structure is correctly called an accordion fold (Thomas & Thomas)
Why use this structure? It's simple, versatile, it opens out for exhibitions or for a long view.
It's simple, but there is a trick to getting it right. If you measure and fold a strip of paper from one end it will be uneven and if you trim it you will lose the grain (plus potentially some content/registration).
Always fold with the grain, always align grain with spine. Finding the grain: flop, roll, tear, wet, rub finger along edge. Grain folds are cleaner and crisper; and minimise/eliminate warping from adhesive/ time/ damp. Use a bone folder or similar. Go slow. Paper is unforgiving of mistakes.
Fold strip of paper in half. Fold each end in towards middle fold to make quarters. Repeat so each quarter is folded in half one at a time. Accordions must be made with
Refold as necessary to get alternate mountains and valleys. Put under weights for a while.
Making boxes is very fiddly. I don't know of a quick and easy way to make a box from scratch. If you are in a hurry for a box and aren't to worried about custom fitting, you can cover a found box, whether appropriated from the rubbish, another use or bought at a craft store.
So why bother making boxes from scratch? To have pretty much complete freedom to convert a flat piece of board into a three dimensional box of any size or shape: perfect fit, customised openings or compartments.
- Careful measurements: For snug fit without rubbing, the inside space should be a mm or two larger than object. Remember to allow for the width of the board where overlapping. Lip should be width of board plus cover paper.
- Grain: board and cover paper should align grain, and grain parallel to any hinges
- Covering box with paper: outside first, then inside.
Covering cover boards is similar to making boxes in terms of careful measurements and right angles, attention to grain. These notes are for covering separate boards, but a case bound book or a separate spine will follow more or less the same principles.
When c
When cutting boards, measure off the book block. Cover boards should be 2-3mm bigger around than book block. Eyeball, then measure and mark, then eyeball again (and repeat as necessary until 100% confident) then cut. Make sure both boards match, are square, have smooth edges. Lightly sand if necessary.
Cutting: change blades frequently, between almost every cut into board; snap blades into a waste container, facing down; cut on waste side of the edge, even if you have to turn the board or paper; use light repetitive strokes until cut is complete
Cover paper: Use boards to measure paper about 3-4 cm beyond each edge of the board (eyeball, measure, eyeball). Make sure grain will be parallel to accordion folds.
Pasting: Wheat (wallpaper) paste and EVA/PVA have different qualities suitable for different materials and tasks. Board to board ie box framework, use EVA/PVA. Attaching paper or cloth to board, use paste. Half and half is what I use for general use ie paper to paper. Adhesive shouldn't be too watery, or applied to heavily, or the paper will warp.
Always apply adhesive to the lighter material. Put on a very thin layer, start from middle and work out in star burst. Leave corners dryish. Use masking materials where appropriate so adhesive only goes where it is wanted and needed. Smooth air bubbles out with bonefolder and work the edges so they are square and tight. Trim corners after board is attached, making sure the corner tip won't be exposed when you fold over (2-3mm). Reapply paste to flaps and fold over. Get corners as flat as possible and smooth with bone folder. Protect with sticker backing or wax paper, place under weights to dry.
Attaching covers to book block: In the demonstration we used end panels of accordion as end papers/ means of attachment. If using a separate spine, attach it first, making sure spacing is even and sufficient for book to open and close smoothly and completely without stressing the paper. Put adhesive on paper, using masks and protector sheets. Carefully place on cover, smooth with bone folder. Place under weight to dry.Being precise and accurate allows more creative freedom, as your concept is not obscured or undermined by sloppy presentation.


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Fish Don't Care If It's Rainy and Cold
A beam sea rolls F/V Pontos to starboard as she enters Montauk Harbor, June 7 2013, Montauk NY
For more photos of Montauk's commercial fishing fleet, click here.
by David Ryan · June 7, 2013
A beam sea rolls F/V Pontos to starboard as she enters Montauk Harbor, June 7 2013, Montauk NY
For more photos of Montauk's commercial fishing fleet, click here.
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David Ryan is a boat builder and USCG licensed master captain. He is the owner of Sailing Montauk and skipper of Montauk''s charter sailing catamaran MON TIKI You can follow him on Twitter @CaptDavidRyan
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Avenatti, the California lawyer who gained fame representing adult film star Stormy Daniels, was found guilty Friday afternoon of honest services wire fraud, extortion and transmitting a threat in an interstate communications charges.
He could face up to 42 years in prison.
There are other trials still awaiting him for defrauding multiple clients, including Stormy Daniels. It's not clear if any of his clients will or can ever be made whole for the money he (allegedly) took from them. From Hero of the Resistance to possible Presidential candidate to convicted felon, it's been a long and awful fall from grace.Comment →
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The bill does not apply to hair color but rather to styles.
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After the DOJ reversed course on the sentencing recommendation, the prosecuting US Attorney notified the court of his immediate resignation.
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A federal prosecutor in the criminal case against President Donald Trump's ally Roger Stone dramatically resigned Tuesday shortly after the Department of Justice said it will force prosecutors to cut their recommended prison sentence for Republican political operative.
Aaron Zelinsky's resignation as a special assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., was announced in a footnote of a court filing notifying a judge that Zelinsky was withdrawing from Stone's case.
"This Court is advised that the undersigned attorney has resigned effective immediately after this filing as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia," the filing said.
A spokesman for prosecutors did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the departure of Zelinsky, who earlier worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
On Monday night, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington told the judge in a filing that Stone should get a prison term of seven to nine years when he is sentenced Feb. 20 for crimes related to lying to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential election and his efforts to get an associate, comedian Randy Credico, to cover for his lies.
Zelinsky was one of four prosecutors who signed that sentencing memorandum.
But Justice Department officials reportedly objected to the very stiff recommended prison term for the 67-year-old Stone, right after it became public, and now plan to recommend a lower sentence later Tuesday in court.
Trump early Tuesday morning blasted the original recommended sentence for Stone.
Trump called the original sentencing suggestion "disgraceful" and also tweeted that "this is a horrible and very unfair situation."
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It just shows for me how durable this idea is, of some aristocracy of humans either naturally occurring or man-made.
Eugenics isn't just some idea that percolates up from data. It always starts out as a fantasy, like perpetual motion or synthesizing gold and then has science fitted to it.
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On Stuff this morning:
New Zealand's most notorious stalker has appealed his latest prison sentence saying he got confused about who he was stalking and lavished undue attention on the wrong woman.
Entirely understandable - this kind of thing can befall a chap with a busy stalking schedule.
Mr Stalker, through his long-suffering and presumably highly embarrassed lawyer, claims:
...the judge had erred by giving him the same sentence for both his victims, when he had actually stalked one of the women much worse than the other.
Well, yes, it seems clear there's been a terrible miscarriage of justice in giving him the same sentence for both. However, an alternative to his suggestion of giving him a lighter sense for one of them immediately presents itself...


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Object Explorer
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Query Tabs
Projects and Solutions
Customizing SSDT
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Module Review
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The great tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin is heard in top form on this near-classic quartet set. Assisted by pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Kenny Dennis, Griffin is exuberant on "The Congregation" (which is reminiscent of Horace Silver's "The Preacher"), thoughtful on the ballads, and swinging throughout. It's recommended for bop collectors. ~ Scott Yanow


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Every new student is required to complete a Housing Agreement Contract and is strongly encouraged to also submit a Housing Questionnaire. These tasks are completed in the StarRez housing portal. Visit go/starrez for details about the portal and to begin your forms.
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What will Cisco's embedded virtual SAN technology in its new MDS switch line mean to storage managers? For starters, a new way to manage SANs as they spread across the company.
- Marc Farley, Microsoft
Cisco has embedded virtual storage area network (VSAN) technology in its new Multilayer Director and Fabric Switch (MDS) line. This new technology will let you construct fabrics as collections of ports--not collections of switches. You can also segregate not only just traffic, but fabric services, between the virtual SANs.
|Integrating VSANs into your fabric
An MDS switch can act exactly like a non-VSAN switch by using a single VSAN and using only E ports and ISLs to communicate with other switches. This single VSAN and its fabric would communicate with all the non-VSAN switches in exactly the same way they do and participate fully in whatever topology exists.
A VSAN switch could also have several VSANs and connect to multiple non-VSAN switches over multiple E ports and ISLs. It is possible that these non-VSAN switches could all have their own independent fabrics. In this case, the topology would look like a hub with spokes, where each spoke represented a unique fabric connection. It is conceivable that an MDS switch could be used to connect to several different fabrics and act as a centralized point for implementing changes to all attached fabrics. For example, an MDS switch connecting to four different non-MDS fabrics could be used to manage changes to zones in all four of these fabrics, relieving the administrator of managing zoning changes on four different administrative sessions.
The result is nothing less than a new way to plan, implement, operate and manage SANs. VSANs are destined to become one of the most important advances in SAN technology for many years.
VSANs shouldn't be confused with storage virtualization. Instead, VSANs are all about Fibre Channel (FC) network communications. While it's true that MDS switches have excellent IP integration options, the benefits of VSANs can be achieved in a homogeneous FC SAN.
The most powerful aspect of a FC fabric is the way it spans multiple network switches to create a consistent network context for all nodes in the SAN. In multiswitch--also called multielement--fabrics, fabric service information is relayed over interswitch links (ISLs) and aggregated in each participating switch to form a complete, replicated instance of the fabric.
With their port-level granularity, VSANs allow a single switch to have multiple fabrics. They also allow a fabric to combine some ports from several switches. Without VSANs, you can only add to a fabric by adding an entire switch. With this flexibility, VSANs could be assigned based on the management goals of the IT organization. For instance, different business units or server/application groups could be assigned to different VSANs and managed according to cost and service level targets.
With VSANs, IT organizations can architect storage networks with distinct SAN service groups and service levels. There's no reason to have a one-size-fits-all fabric for every node that connects to a switch or director when it's possible to have application- or server-specific fabrics for each group of communicating nodes. A fabric that's established for a specific purpose can operate without interruption from other changes made in the SAN.
Other VSANs operating in the same switch could be created, removed or have properties changed or be connected to remote SANs through FCIP gateways--all with minimal impact on the original transaction processing VSAN. To limit the scope of changes in the fabric, VSANs create a more stable environment for all SAN users.
Segregating traffic and services
VSANs go beyond FC's current traffic segregation mechanism--zoning--to include fabric services.
In the implementation in "VSANs enable more flexible fabric design" (this page), no traffic or fabric service information is exchanged for ports belonging to VSANs 1 and 2. Only one-third of the normal fabric service information is transferred over an enhanced interswitch link (more on that later). More bandwidth becomes available for storage I/O data transfers. In a local SAN this isn't so important, but in SANs connected over WANs, it could make a difference.
|VSANs enable a more flexible fabric design
Here's how a SAN could be made from two 16-port switches that have three VSANs: VSAN 1, which is unique to switch A, VSAN 2, which is unique to switch B and VSAN 3, which has ports in both switches. The two switches are joined by an enhanced interswitch link (EISL), which carries traffic routed between the switches as well as all fabric service information needed to operate VSAN 3.
Current zoning technology is inadequate in an environment that doesn't tolerate errors well. Zoning is adequate as an optional connectivity service, but not robust enough to be an architectural element in SANs. It has no mandatory or default behaviors, which leads to confusing scenarios. For instance, a node that's not restricted by belonging to a zone should be able to communicate with all other nodes in the SAN, yet another node that does belong to a zone should supposedly only be able to communicate with other members of the same zone. This creates a rogue zone of non-zoned ports (the zombie zone) that's difficult to understand, troubleshoot and manage.
All ports in a SAN should be assigned to a zone to avoid confusion and configuration errors. In data management applications that depend on changing zone sets in a switch, the potential for confusion and error significantly increases. The burden of managing zones falls on administrators with relatively few tools to verify that zoning is applied correctly. Mistakes can happen, even with highly skilled staff.
In Cisco's implementation, every port must belong to a VSAN. All ports are assigned to a default VSAN unless they are explicitly assigned to another VSAN. There's no way to have undefined membership status.
Fabric service isolation
Each service in each VSAN fabric is a separate software process tracked individually by the switch's operating system. You can identify services that have stopped running and attempt to restart them, which makes it less likely that faults will ripple over to other fabrics and switches. Let's say a transaction processing system is connected to its storage through an MDS switch and isolated on its own VSAN. Now suppose that a service failure occurs with a zoning service in another VSAN fabric. The fabric that experiences the zoning service failure might encounter some difficulties, but the VSAN used for the transaction processing system continues to run without interruption or loss of functionality.
Each switch has at least one VSAN running and can actively participate in as many as 1024. The total number of possible VSAN IDs is 4096, starting at VSAN 0 and continuing to VSAN 4095. This fabric address space can simplify management in an enterprise SAN environment with many different entities using SANs. Each business entity could be assigned different VSAN IDs or ranges of IDs.
Consider two manufacturing plants located in different cities. Let's say they both create SANs and use the VSAN IDs 20 and 30 for their material requirements planning systems. A year later, they decide to mirror SAN data between the two locations. At this point, they could either establish a new VSAN ID for mirroring or change one of the VSAN IDs at one of the locations to create a common VSAN ID. With so many VSAN IDs available to the SAN administration team, there are many ways to get the job done with minimal impact on the operations of other VSANs running in the organization.
Each VSAN has its own zoning service that supports multiple zones and interchangeable zone sets. Nesting zones within VSANs give administrators a hierarchical method of creating safe methods for dynamic data access requirements. For instance, two servers could share a disk subsystem through mirroring and snapshot where one server writes the data to a subsystem and the other accesses it for testing a new application. Both servers could belong to the same VSAN and make use of changing zone sets to ensure no access mistakes occur when creating the snapshot or testing the data. Any problems would be contained to this VSAN and not affect the operations of other storage I/O processes in other VSANs.
|Work that still needs to be done
VSAN routing
In most SAN switches, there's a single routing table shared by all ports in the switch. With VSANs, there are individual fabric shortest path first (FSPF) routing tables for each VSAN. The routing tables in SANs are small, but with enterprise SANs they grow and could affect switch latency.
One of the advantages of VSANs is they can each have their own weighting schemes applied to them for route selection. FC's FSPF routing mechanism provides a way to influence the route used by assigning different weights to different network routes. This provides a mechanism for failing over to a secondary route if the first route fails. By virtue of having their own independent routing tables, different VSANs in a switch can be directed to use different routes that may have different characteristics. The usefulness of VSAN weighted routing becomes more obvious when combined with MDS port channeling.
Port channeling in MDS switches
Port channeling is a technology for aggregating ISLs in MDS switches. It isn't a part of VSAN technology, per se, but VSANs take advantage of it. With port channeling, several ISLs can be combined to form a virtual link with much higher bandwidth and better reliability than a single link. For instance, a port channel made up of three ISLs has approximately three times the bandwidth and reliability of a single ISL.
Port channels have their FSPF weighting automatically adjusted to reflect the higher bandwidth available. Without establishing special weight values, routes with port channels in them will be selected over routes without them by the FSPF.
By changing weighting for VSANs you can assign weights to servers and applications that give them preferential route selection over less-important or time-sensitive applications and servers. A company could have separate VSANs for their transaction processing applications, all of them weighted to use a port channel comprised of four physical ISLs.
Less time-critical application servers could be placed in VSANs that are weighted in the opposite fashion to avoid using the port channel and offer more economical single link ISLs. If their ISLs failed, they could be switched over to use the port channel ISL.
Port channels can be formed from any combination of ports in an MDS switch and don't have to be formed from ports belonging to the same communication module. This adds an element of reliability as the port channel doesn't have to depend on the availability of any single module for functionality.
VSAN trunking
VSAN communications between switches using frames with VSAN tags are transmitted over links called enhanced ISLs, or EISLs. In Cisco's nomenclature, EISL links are considered trunking links. A single trunking EISL can be used as part of a SAN route or multiple trunking EISLs can be combined to form a port channel.
As FC has well-defined port types, Cisco had to invent a new type of E port, called a trunking E port (TE) to carry VSAN tagged frames. A TE port only communicates with other TE ports. For use with other vendors' switches, an MDS port can be configured to operate as a standard E port. MDS switches have a number of ways to configure port functions in a switch, including auto-detection--TE-only, E-only and F-only--to ensure mistakes don't occur when connecting switches to other switches, servers and storage subsystems.
An MDS switch can have both TE and E ports running simultaneously. An EISL can support multiple VSANs simultaneously because the TE ports have the ability to interpret VSAN tags. However, an ISL link doesn't carry VSAN tags, so it's not possible to have VSAN trunking. That means an MDS switch is restricted to mapping a single VSAN over a non-trunking ISL. The fabric for this VSAN becomes part of the fabric running in the other switch.
It will be interesting to see if Cisco attempts to create a standard around their VSAN technology, as they have with so many other networking technologies. I assume they will, but that assumption is based purely on wishful thinking for the SAN industry. The sooner VSANs are made into an industry standard, the better off the whole industry will be, including all the other FC switch vendors. The adoption of Cisco's VSAN is the shortest, most efficient path to moving to a new level of functionality.
Related Resources
- Expert Tips to Address 3 Virtualization-Related Storage Issues –SearchStorage.com
- Storage in a Virtual Environment: Expert Answers to 4 FAQ –SearchStorage.com
- eGuide: Storage Challenges in Virtualized Server Environments –SearchStorage.com
- The Best Storage for Virtual Environments –SearchStorage.com
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This was brought up briefly before, but I'd like to flesh the idea out a bit. I think it would be helpful to have a "Challenges" section here at PM. In my mind, it should be a bit larger in scope than just Golf. The guideline would be to post questions that have specific qualifications, or rules, as to what kind of answer is being asked for. The best place PM currently sports for this is SoPW, and there are a few reasons I feel like SoPW isn't a totally natural place to post questions like this.
The first reason is that SoPW is a section where very 'real world' questions are asked. While that's helpful in a lot of cases, when I want to post a more theoretical question, the usual response is largely, "What are you actually trying to do? There's probably an easier way." I think PM would benefit from a better place to post more theoretical questions.
The second is that there seem to be a fair number of posts related to challenges. Golf is one that we see fairly often, but other kinds of challenges come up from time to time, too. It seems to me that putting them in their own category might foster more attention for posting challenges, which I, at least, would like to see encouraged. In my experience, solving difficult problems has been one of the most effective ways of learning.
The third is the most mundane of the three: grouping. We have sections on PM for different kinds of answers (Snippets, Code, Craft, Meditations), even to specific challenges (Obfuscation). It seems to me like the community would benefit equally from the separation of Perl questions into categories.
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Pregnant at 46, medical advances on Halle Berry's side
- Pregnancy after age 35 is considered risky
- Babies of older moms more likely to have chromosomal changes linked to birth defects
- New blood test is safer method to detect birth defects
An earlier version of this story misstated physician Ranit Mishori's affiliation. Mishori is an associate professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Having diabetes and being an older mother pose multiple health risks for both Halle Berry and her unborn child, but the latest advances in testing and medical care will go a long way to guard against problems, experts say.
Berry, 46, and fiancé Olivier Martinez are expecting their first child together. The Hollywood actress told CNN the baby is healthy, she feels fantastic and she "thought I was past this point in my life." The baby-to-be will be Berry's second. She and ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry also have a child, Nahla, her 5-year-old daughter.
Any pregnancy after age 35 is considered risky, says physician Martin Chavez, but "the paradigm has drastically changed because of noninvasive tests that are available now. It's no longer the case of doom and gloom." He is chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y.
The baby of an older mother is more likely to have chromosomal changes that can lead to serious birth defects, including Down syndrome and heart abnormalities.
The chances of having a child with Down syndrome at age 46 are about 1 in 18, or 5.5%, says medical geneticist Brian Skotko, co-director of the Down syndrome program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Among medical advances for the fetus: A new blood test is a safer method to detect birth defects than amniocentesis (drawing amniotic fluid from the uterus with a needle) which carries a slight risk of miscarriage. Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring has been associated with a significantly decreased rate of neonatal death and infant mortality.
Berry's diabetes can create other risks.
"Mothers need to control their glucose levels or their babies can be be born larger,'' says physician Ranit Mishori, an associate professor of family medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. "That can pose problems at birth."
Older moms with diabetes are also more likely to miscarry or have stillbirths, but that's usually only in a case when the diabetes hasn't been adequately managed.
"We're assuming with Halle Berry that she'll have top medical care and good nutrition,'' says Mishori. "In that case everything could be fine for her and her baby."
For any mother 35 or older, there are also higher risks for developing breast cancer, since hormonal surges are occurring just as her natural risk for breast cancer is going up; and higher risks for placental abruption, when the placenta pulls away from the uterus and causes severe bleeding.
"Older moms are also at higher risk for developing high blood pressure and diabetes,'' says Mishori, "but it sounds like she's doing a good job monitoring her diabetes."