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Overview of In-Memory computing, SAP HANA, Linux on Power and SAP HANA On Power
This course provides an overview of In-Memory computing, SAP HANA, Linux on Power and SAP HANA On Power. It explains the basics of IBM Power8 Servers, PowerVM and virtualization fundamentals, Linux on Power. Covers basics of SAP HANA, pre-requisite listing, SUSE Linux installation and tuning as per best practices. Also covers HANA on Power (HoP) installation concepts, HANA sizing, High Availability and Disaster Recover (HADR) setup configuration and deployment. Health check and migration from Intel to Power are discussed as well. Labs are demos explained by the instructor.
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- Summary: One of 1st Special Service Brigade's Army Commando units makes arrangements for its forthcoming cross-Channel excursion.
- Description: As a precaution against infection, men serving with No 3 Commando have their hair cut. Troops hand in their English currency. Mechanics from the Commando's motor transport section assemble Welbike miniature motorcycles and take them for test runs and check on the condition of bicycles belonging to the Commando's cycle troop. Commandos attached to 1st Special Service Brigade sing hymns during an inter-denominational Whit Sunday church parade. No 3 Commando's commanding officer, Lieutenant- Colonel Young, briefs Major Pooley, his second-in-command, and his adjutant, Major Hopson, on their unit's role in the Normandy invasion; watching over the proceedings is Captain Evans, Army Film and Photographic Unit (?). French invasion currency is issued to commandos during a pay parade.
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- Featured Period: 1939-1945
- Production Date: 1944-05-28
- Production Country: GB
- Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Laws, George E J1916-02-15 (Production individual)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Young, Peter Francis (person) Pooley (Major) (person) Hopson (Major) (person) Evans, L J (person) British Army, 1st Special Service Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, 3 Commando (regiment/service) British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
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When I tell people that I'm a writer, the first thing they say (usually), is:
'I wish I had the time to write.'
To which I (usually) reply with heavy sarcasm, which (usually) also goes way over said person's head:
'I know what you mean; I wish I had the time to be a brain surgeon too.'
What is it about writing that makes people think that all you have to do is to pick up a pen or keyboard, write whatever you want and millions of adoring fans will fall at your feet, crying at the sheer brilliance of your written work?
My first book was published in 2004. Since that time, I've forged a career in writing in various guises – freelance, employee, business owner – and like most writers, usually all at the same time. In all honesty, I can say that writing is one of the hardest things to do and professions to break into. I know that most people have a romantic notion that it's a hobby, something we do with a harp playing in the background, from the comfort of our quaint ramshackle cottage in the remote countryside, but it is not. And anyone who embarks on a writing career or tries writing anything in general finds this out soon enough.
Consider the latest findings from the UK-based Authors Licensing and Collection (ALCS), the society that collects money for authors from secondary uses of their work:
- 90% of writers earn an income from sources other than writing
- The average income of a professional author (those who earn an income solely from writing is £11,000, way below the minimum wage in the UK
- A writer earns on average £4000 a year from their writing.
Read the full, depressing report.
I'll stop with the depressing figures. But before I do, here's a startling statement from the report: 'There is a high concentration of earnings in a handful of successful writers whereas most do not earn much at all.'
Most writers I know work very hard. They know that there are no short cuts to success, so they set aside the time to work on their craft and also learn about the business of writing.
What is success, anyway?
I think that a successful person is someone who inspires other people in more ways than one. So, as far as I am concerned, the writers who work on their craft consistently, and never give up on their writing dream, even as the rejection pile threatens to overload their inbox, are successful. And even if they do give up, I still think they're successful, because they've tried to do something that a lot of people talk about, but never actually do, because 'they haven't got the time.'
Here are four other habits of successful writers:
They make time for what is important
A wise person once told me that Jesus had the same 24 hours as everyone else and all he had was a pair of leather slippers. Today, we have the internet, airplanes, 100s of television channels, social media… and we complain we don't have enough hours in the day to do what we need to do.
Most writers I know write after a long day at work, after putting the kids to bed, after a tired argument with their partner/children/whoever and they wake up an hour early to do some more writing before taking care of their family and going to work.
So if you think you haven't got time to write, even though you really, really want to, think again. If writing is that important, you would make the time. Seriously.
They're willing to grow and develop
I may be the author of eight books and counting, but I do not know all there is to know about writing. I also run my own business (abidemi.tv, thanks for asking), and I can tell you that I do not know everything about writing, either.
Before running abidemi.tv, I freelanced for well over 10 years. Freelancing is tough. I knew I had to be good, so I went on at least three training courses a year, some of them costing thousands of pounds.
As for writing books, I went on courses and made sure I read every book three times (the first for pleasure, the second to learn the author's writing techniques and third for both pleasure and writing knowledge), so that I could become a better writer. Nowadays, I just read the books twice.
You want to be a successful writer? Great. However, I must ask: how are you growing and developing your skills as a writer? You may not have the time to go on a course, but there's a practical solution, right here; this ridiculously affordable ebook, which is currently available for USD$2. It's a practical, easy-to-follow guide that will help you develop your novel writing skills.
Get it, read it and apply the techniques you learn to your own writing. Permit yourself to grow as a writer.
They do not give up
I'm sure you've heard that the road to publication is strewn with the dead dreams of discouraged writers. Writing is tough, but that does not mean that you can't make a career out of it.
The most important thing is starting: set up your own blog with either WordPress or Blogspot, two of the most popular blogging platforms and start writing away. If you're not ready to share your writing with the world, set it to 'Private', and when you're ready, change it to 'Public'.
And if you're not sure what to blog about, sign up for our Blogging for Authors course (click on link and choose from dropdown on the contact form to pre-register, and you'll be notified at launch).
Seeing your work on a public platform (even if you set it to 'Private') is a great confidence booster. I know people who have done this and testified of the difference having the blog made to their writing dream: 'It made it more real'.
Even better, buy your domain name, e.g., www.abidemi.tv and host your blog on your website. That way, all your digital assets are built on your own website/platform, which is much better for your author brand.
Having set up your blog, as you build your confidence, start sending out pitches to editors of your favourite publications. The web is built on content. You may not get paid for your work initially, but if they say yes and publish your work, it means that you still get some exposure as a writer.
And remember, every rejection is just an opportunity to work and improve your craft.
They start their day right
Everybody's busy these days, aren't they? Of course, we are now under more pressure than ever before, but that is no excuse to neglect your spiritual self.
I start my day with a good meditative session armed with nothing else but my Bible and a fabulous cup of coffee. Afterwards, I go for my power walk. This lovely balance of the spiritual and the physical keep me centred and energised me for the day ahead.
If Bible reading and coffee are not your thing, then find an alternative; it really is worth the investment.
Develop these traits and you will be well on your way to becoming a successful author (whatever your definition of success is).
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Alright Molly, ready, let's take a selfie.
Your Grammy will love that one, let's send it to her. Ohhh, my neck, it kind of hurts.
Hey everybody, it's Doctor Jo. Today I'm gonna show you some stretches and exercises for
text neck. This is the new fad, everybody's doing it. Looking at their phones, trying
to make sure nobody's seeing them texting on their phones. The first thing that's gonna
help with text neck is to change your posture. You know, if you're trying to be sneaky texting
on your phone, you probably shouldn't be texting on your phone, so when you're looking at your
phone, bring it up so you don't have to hunch your neck down. Cause what happens is the
neck muscles back here get over stretched, the upper back gets over stretched, and then
all these muscles get tight in the front. So the first exercise is a simple chin tuck.
Not down to your chest cause that's what you're doing, you want to take your chin, and push
it backwards. So I always have people put their finger on their chin, just as a little
target, and then tuck it in. It's gonna look funny, gonna have lots of chins. Hold it for
about 3-5 seconds, and then relax. Come in, pull, hold, and then relax. Do that about
3-5 times. The next one is to open up the chest area cause if you're hunching over,
these pec muscles are gonna be tight. So just a scapular squeeze, pulling back, and then
coming forward will help. So you want to imagine that somebody's got their hand on your spine
in the middle of your back, and squeeze and hold, and then come back. I'll turn a little
bit so you can see it. Squeeze and hold, and then come back in. The next stretch is gonna
be a chin tuck lying down. So this time you're gonna roll up a towel and put it right in
the curve of your neck. Again, you're not tucking your chin this way, but you're tucking
it in towards you. Pushing down towards the floor. So just nice and relaxed, and then
pushing down. Holding that for about 3-5 seconds. And then coming up. Tucking in, and then coming
up. The towel's there to give you a target, so you're pushing those muscles in towards
the towel. And then up. So the last exercise, grab a pillow, turn over onto your stomach,
and put the pillow right at your stomach and chest area. This is to stretch again your
upper back. Put your hands kind of on your lower back. Keep your neck in a neutral position
and come up. Just a little pause, 1-2 seconds, and then come back down. There you have it.
Much better! So those were your exercises and stretches for Text Neck. If you have any
questions, leave them in the comments section. If you'd like to check out some other videos,
go to AskDoctorJo.com. Don't forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter. And remember,
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Malton Foreclosures & Power of Sale
Buying a house from foreclosure listings can be a great way to buy a home or investment property at a huge discount! Why don't more people take advantage of this untapped market of houses? Largely this is as a result of lack of understanding about the procedure or fear from misinformation they may have heard about buying a foreclosure. Foreclosuresearch.ca is a great resource to learn about the foreclosure market and how best to negotiate a deal that suits your unique needs. Click below for foreclosures, power of sale and bank owned homes in Malton.
How can I find bank owned homes in Malton?
I use Foreclosuresearch.ca for my foreclosure needs because it is a one stop shop so to speak for knowledge about the market and foreclosure process as well as lists of available properties with images and descriptions.
This saves me a great deal of time and effort. I don't have to search the internet for hours looking at different Realtors websites combing through houses in Malton that are not really foreclosures or don't fit what I am looking for.
Other options for finding foreclosed houses is to get in touch with your local bank to see if they are keeping properties in their portfolio or to contact a local Realtor that concentrates in foreclosure listings. Many Realtors will list which ever property they can get their hands on but they may not be well versed in the foreclosure buying process so you need to be enlightened before going in.
How to buy a power of sale house in Malton with bad credit.
Let me start off by saying that investing in a foreclosed house in Malton with bad credit is conceivable!
To begin with, you have the option to buy a house for cash at a real estate auction. Your credit doesn't play a factor at all because you are not taking out a loan. Not everyone has this form of money lying around though so lets take into account other options.
Research federal home buying programs. There are many programs offered again to help those with low salaries or poor credit to buy homes.
Search for houses in Malton and look for loans with low down payments. Save up money for your down payment but expect to pay a somewhat higher interest rate as a result of your lower credit score. You should be able to refinance in a couple of years after making on time payments to acquire a lower rate.
Tips on how to buy a foreclosed condo in Malton, ON.
The very first step is to get pre approved for a mortgage through a bank of your choosing or gather enough money to buy a residence through an auction for all cash.
Next, find condos in Malton, ON that you are interested in. Find a Realtor that focuses in foreclosures and will be able to help you through the method of buying.
If you have questions about the process, I would consider speaking to a real estate or foreclosure attorney before purchasing to make sure you understand the method and the complexities of purchasing foreclosed properties.
One thing that needs to be considered before you buy is that some foreclosure properties are not open to having a home inspection done before buying and/or the bank that owns the property may not want to make any repairs. This could end up costing you some money to make the repairs after purchasing. This is the only downside in my opinion when buying foreclosed homes.
How long does it take to buy a bank owned home in Malton?
This depends upon how you are buying the real property. Properties that are obtained in cash at an auction are turned over within a week or two maximum depending upon how much time it takes your funds to transfer to the bank and the title to be completed. Personally, I have had properties move to me within three days in most cases.
If you are investing in a property through a mortgage then the closing process takes a small amount longer. My experience has been about thirty days to closing, which is pretty standard when purchasing a property. The key is to get your down payment to the bank quickly and arrange monies to pay for your closing costs. Any paperwork that the bank sends you must be filled out promptly and sent back to expedite the process.
Are there reasons not to buy a distress sale home?
repo houses are usually sold "as is," suggesting the bank is not willing to make any repairs before selling the property. This means that any repairs could fall back upon the new owner to fix. Sometimes the repairs are small-scale and other times they are significant.
Often a foreclosed property in Malton ON has sat empty for a while so maintenance has been neglected and will need to be looked after immediately.
Sometimes, just because the title has changed to a new owner doesn't mean that all problems have passed. This is the importance of having a title search done prior to buying a property due to the fact that liens or lawsuits could be attached to the property and you could inherit them without knowing it.
How to negotiate for distress sales.
Patience is key here! The bank is in business to make money so they will be trying to get the highest possible price for the house that they can.
Keep in mind that working with banks is a mechanical process and usually taken care of by computers and not real people. This can be annoying for you the buyer but it is what it is. Eventually if you are persistent the bank will probably cave if they have no other offers because they realize they need to transfer the property quickly.
Are Malton repo homes good or bad?
This all relies on your goals and the risk level that you are prepared to accept. If you agree to take on the possible repairs yourself and not expect the bank to pay for them then this is a good deal!
Remember to do your due diligence on foreclosures and on your property before purchasing to know exactly what you are getting into.
Power of Sale Intro
There are numerous things you might not know about the power of sale. When do you understand you are confronted with a power of sale or foreclosure in Malton, and how do you know if it is the right financial investment for you? Supplied below are responses to seven commonly asked questions regarding the power of sale, and how it can assist you make informed purchases in Ontario.
What is power of sale or foreclosure?
This is a term that few everyday people have become aware of. But if you have an interest in buying real estate, particularly those on the foreclosure market, then you want to be familiar with this term. A power of sale is a clause that is written into a home mortgage which enables the lender to sell the property in case of default to pay back the home mortgage financial obligation. It technically is the stipulation that allows foreclosure on a home when a financial obligation is not paid. This kind of sale happens so that the lender, which is normally a bank, can recuperate losses that they sustained by the loan default.
A power of sale also describes the power revealed or suggested in a trust agreement allowing the trustee to offer the investment comprising the trust.
Basically, this provision in a home mortgage or trust permits the lender to offer the property without litigating to do so. It is a kind of faster way to enable recovery simpler and faster. For those wanting to purchase foreclosed house, this is much easier as the loan provider does not need to go through the courts to make the sale take place.
If you are looking to purchase a power of sale foreclosure home, there are some advantages. This consists of an expedited procedure. Generally a foreclosure through the courts can take a lot of time; whereas those that go through a contract clause can be much quicker.
Where can you discover power of sale houses?
It is really easier than you believe to discover power of sale homes. In Ontario, as in all of Canada, the usual procedure is to offer the residential or commercial property by power of sale, which is unlike the majority of the United States which tends to go through the courts for a foreclosure. Typically, when a home is being offered through power of sale, it really goes through a real estate agent. That makes it simple to discover homes under power of sale. A real estate agent, or other real estate sites, will likely have listings of power of sale homes in your area.
How do you purchase a power of sale homes in Ontario?
It is a fantastic choice to purchase power for sale foreclosures in Malton Ontario. The procedure is quite quick and simple. The procedure for the sale is generally set out in the mortgage, so they may differ a bit differently for residential or commercial properties depending on the lending institution.
In Ontario, there are 2 kinds of power for sale – contractual and statutory. A legal power of sale is when the mortgage files have actually included the power of sale provision. A statutory power of sale is when the power of sale provisions is not included, but these are really uncommon.
The general process consists of:
Notification provided to the customer after fifteen days of default
Notice given to anyone who has an interest in the residential or commercial property
For contractual power of sales, the borrower has 35 days to pay, if statutory, the debtor has 45 days
As soon as the duration ends and the default is not fixed, the loan provider can offer the residential or commercial property
The property can be sold by auction, personal contract, or by tender. The home is generally listed with a real estate agent and placed on the market for sale using multiple listing service (MLS).
The ownership of the residential or commercial property will alter hands just if the residential or commercial property is offered. This is likewise not a fire sale, although it is quicker than a court procedure. The deals from the purchasers like you are thoroughly analyzed, and the current owner may request an accounting.
How do you discover power of sale listings?
One of the very best ways to discover a power for sale listing in Malton is to utilize an excellent MLS. These services are readily available on line and supply an excessive quantity of listings so that you can discover the precise home you are trying to find. A website, such as foreclosuresearch.ca, can supply you with all of the listings in Ontario under power of sale. Sites like this one allow you to browse in your area for power of sale home, in addition to the timing and costs included.
Are power of sale properties available for sale?Yes. There will constantly be those who can not afford to pay their home mortgage. Although this can be a catastrophe, the opportunities that come along with a power of sale are terrific. It is an excellent method to acquire your home, or to end up being a real estate investor. Throughout Canada, there is a consistent rotation of foreclosure houses that are readily available for you to pick from anytime. However they do go quickly since they can be such a lot!
Get more information on buying a home at this link. When buying or selling any home, use a real estate agent for your own safety and peace of mind. Find an agent here. A lawyer would be a good idea also.


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tiger_s13 replied to UNDR8D MOTORWORKZ's topic in Australia - Victoria=TypeX=, you've been warned. Such a personal attack, totally unprovoked, if you want to be this personal, keep it off NS forums plz. I havnt warned shamal, he didnt start anything and he was doing great keeping this thread on topic. Im going to clean up the thread and keep it open hoping it stays on topic. Any issues TypeX, shoot me a PM.
Status Tuning gone AWOL? Other places in Melb to get a clutch installed?
tiger_s13 replied to noobcake's topic in Australia - VictoriaI highly recommend FEENIN Performance aswell. Any business you have left voice messages for, sms's, emails, and hear nothing back, they dont deserve your moolah.
WRX suspension
tiger_s13 replied to Tsuro's topic in Australia - VictoriaStand their smiling with a boner at vic roads and hope they dont bother checking out the car?
Life's been a bit crazy latley. But things are starting to settle down. And yep, as of last week, i am licensed again. WooHoo!
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tiger_s13 replied to kriss's topic in Australia - Victoriahe's already been payed out and bought another car and started modding it In that case, Unpinned, and locked. Enjoy the new car Alan.
Take this sh!t away please...
tiger_s13 replied to AnDyStYLe's topic in Australia - VictoriaNo kidding. Wise move on his behalf!
The amount of threads ive seen asking this question over the years! Even when people show lots of interest, they never seem to go through with it.
Deej selling his car
tiger_s13 replied to stufeet's topic in Australia - VictoriaYeah deejs car is now in perth. After the buyer flew down here and his car wouldnt start
You've pretty much said never take a design to a tattoo artist, let them come up with 1 IMO the best tattoo artists are the ones where no matter how much detail is in a picture you supply them, they can tattoo it SPOT ON. Ill get what i want drawn on my body, not what some artist wants to draw. I see what you mean to an extent, but like with my shoulder, i said to them "i want clouds, the sky, angel wings/halo etc, and to make it look like my sisters name is in heaven", then together we came up with some ideas and he just freehanded on my arm for the majority of it. Ill still tell them what i want, but they can use their skills and expeirence to manipulate it and look the best it can. On that note, i must head back there soon to get more done to that. Fun fun!
Tattoo Discussion
tiger_s13 replied to ONE_VIA_S13's topic in General Off Topic Discussionsdo you say that about people with R.I.P type tatts for family members who have passed away?
big JON and JINNS, thanks guys! kempo, 3 tattoo's on a arm doesnt make a sleeve! you got a long way to go before ur in dori_guru's e-pants
not as many tatt pics as i expected there to be in here!! this is my pet dragon these feathers are on same arm as the dragon and this tattoo has a bit more meaning my sister passed away last year, so this is a 'work in progress' i slowly get more and more added and have a few more little plans for it. - Jap style dark clouds around my shoulder - Rays of light shining from them - Laimas (sisters) name with date of birth/death - Angel wings and Halo as Laima is now a angel in the sky - The 3 ribbons represent Organ Donor, Sister, Brain Anurysm. the clouds and blue sky will end up going the whole way around my arm, but i cant do all the background work until ive done more foreground work first.
yeah i agree ive always wanted a Indian face tattoo, but a real angry warrior type indian. and jazzman a 4hr session isn't that bad when you know the guys that work there, we just had a laugh and talked crap for a few hours. prob head back in a few weeks to keep slowly getting more and more added. jimmo, i agree with robert, prob around 16hrs, 3 or 4 x 4hr sessions, or something similar to that. so much awesome shading, the feet look amazing
Any one form Vic section done business with this guy?
tiger_s13 replied to DUSH's topic in Australia - Victoriatake it up with Loz
yeah i spent 4hrs in tattoo shop today, a good hour of that was touching a tattoo up i already have, adding better colour, stronger line work, and better shading, the other few hours were expanding it and adding more too it. longest i'd ever spent being tattoo'd in 1 session was 1.5hrs, after 4hrs today i was quite happy to be walking out of that door.


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Issai Stachyurus. There is something about this genus that totally infatuates me. Dr. Michael Dirr in his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants has said, "S. praecox is an enigmatic shrub with an element of mystery and beauty that few gardeners know anything about." Without a doubt, it ranks as one of my Top 10 (if not top 5), favorite shrubs. It is a deciduous, woodland shrub which has hanging racemes of yellow flowers, in February and March, at almost every node of the previous year's growth. These unusual Asian species grow mostly in Japan and China. The botanical name literally means "spiked tail," alluding to the flowering appendage which is a hanging raceme of anywhere from a few inches up to over 2' long that I have measured in the South Carolina Botanical Garden at Clemson University. Most are 6-12" in length and are lined with small yellow inverted, cap-like flowers. But the effect that one gets in late winter with the cascading racemes of soft yellow flowers is surreal. This particular cultivar 'Issai' has racemes up to 12" long and may have as many as 3 or 4 racemes at each node. 'Issai' means "first or number one" in Japanese and is a cultivar name given to a selection which is the best of its species. Japanese nurserymen have told me that one criterion for this name is that the selection must fruit or flower within two years of propagation. And that is true with this cultivar, because a plant will be covered in flower buds in its first year; whereas, if one just plants the species, it may take a number of years to begin setting flower buds. It has a spreading, arching habit of growth which may reach 6-8' with a greater spread. "mitsuzakii" is a subspecies from further south in Japan and has larger leaves and flowers and a somewhat more vigorous growth habit. The grace of the hanging racemes in full flower in late winter is hard to describe. It does best in filtered sun or possibly morning sun and afternoon shade with adequate moisture. But be warned, this is also one of our deer's to ten favorites as well. The last picture is compliments of Mike Chelednik.
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Friday, July 31, 2009
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
There have been many times during this process where it has felt like I learned just enough about technology X to get part of the project finished, only to discover that technology Y is also critical. And, of course, technology Y is something where I have little current knowledge.
As I repeated this process, it kept reminding me of one of my daughter's books, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. The book is an entertaining look at unintended consequences: You give the mouse a cookie, but now it wants milk. So you get the mouse some milk, but now it wants a straw. You get the straw, and .... You get the idea.
And so with apologies to Ms Numeroff and Ms Bond...
If You Give a Mouse Fedora
If you give a mouse Fedora, it'll want to be sure that it is version 3.x
If you give it version 3.x, it'll want to use the new Content Model Architecture (CMA).
To use the new CMA, the mouse will ask you to learn a bit more about FOXML and Content Model objects.
As you work through Content Models, you'll come across WSDL in the Service Definitions and Service Deployments.
WSDL will remind you to brush up on Dublin Core.
So the mouse will ask you to generate Dublin Core (DC) for descriptive metadata, but will want you to use PREMIS for preservation metadata.
Once your objects have been expressed in FOXML and PREMIS and DC, the mouse will want to start adding references to Datastreams. The mouse will need a MIME-type for each Datastream.
To get good MIME types for each Datastreams, the mouse will ask you to use the UNIX file command.
If you use the file command, you'll need to create your own local magic.mime database, since you'll likely have stuff that confuses file.
Once you've added MIME types and ingested your objects, the mouse will want to protect them against unauthorized access. So the mouse will want you to learn XACML.
Once you've learned XACML and written policies to protect your resources, the mouse will want an LDAP server to authenticate users and register attributes.
Once you've deployed the LDAP server, you document all of the steps that you have completed. The mouse will want a place to store this documentation you've written.
And chances are if the mouse wants a place to store important information, the mouse is going to want a Fedora repository.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
With Every Cloud a Little Rain Must Fall
But today at 4:09am I hated the cloud.
Here's why.
Jul 26 04:08:00 www dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Jul 26 04:09:01 www dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
This log snippet above shows the last bits of life for one of our instances, our cloud-based replica web server. This is the cloud version of a star going super-nova, or perhaps collapsing into a black hole. This message means that your instance is no longer on the network, and that means it isn't doing anything useful for you. It's still accumulating $0.10/hour or more of revenue for Amazon, of course.
The problem began during the previous afternoon when the instance went to renew its DHCP lease, as it does every eleven hours. (DHCP is a mechanism to auto-configure system attributes, and like many organizations, Amazon Web Services uses DHCP as the mechanism for virtual machines to get their network configuration).
Unfortunately for our instance, when it went to contact the DHCP server for a renewal, it never got an answer. This by itself isn't alarming; this sort of thing happens all of the time. The instance then got impatient as a five-year-old and starting bugging the DHCP server for a lease renewal. "Are we there yet?" "Are we there yet?" "Are we there yet?" Sadly the DHCP server never responded and after eleven hours of asking, "Are we there yet?" once per minute, our poor instance just gave up.
And that takes our story to just after 4am this morning. That's when the U-M Network Operations Center noticed that our replica was no longer on the network, and that's when their network management system generated a page to wake up the on-call.
I've learned that it's never a good idea to diagnose and trouble-shoot a problem while I'm extremely groggy, and so I took a little time to collect my wits before logging into the system as root and rebooting it. But reboot it I did.
Jul 26 04:26:59 www shutdown[13643]: shutting down for system reboot
And then a few minutes later, voila!, the replica was back online. If only I could fall back to sleep so quickly.
I really like the cloud. But since this is the second time we've experienced this problem in 2009 (and others have experienced it too), I really wish Amazon would fix this.
But until they do, I think I'm going to write a little utility that checks /var/log/messages to see if the instance is on the road to network meltdown. If it is, I'd rather know about it sooner rather than later so that I can reboot the instance during the day rather than the middle of the night.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
New ICPSR web site
In addition to the new look and feel, we've also made significant changes "under the hood." Perhaps the two biggest changes are with our search technology and with our overall technology platform.
Our new search technology is Solr, the search engine build on top of Lucene, which is a component of the Apache Project. Solr has all of the features and conveniences one expects in a modern search capability, and is a significant upgrade from the Autonomy Ultraseek product we have been using since the early 2000's.
Our new technology platform is largely Java servlets and JSP. While we still have many significant systems (e.g., our deposit submission system) on our legacy platform (perl CGI scripts), we'll build new systems on this new platform. We've been impressed with the quantity and quality of tools and supporting technologies that play well with Java, and by using JSP we also make it easier for the software developers and web designers to work together.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Restricted Contract System
For very sensitive data where a written security plan would ordinarily be required, our system will instead make use of three components: (1) a network scan of systems that will be used to store or analyze the data; (2) a self-conducted audit of the same systems using freely available software tools; and (3) an on-line survey asking basic, non-technical questions. Our intent is to streamline the system significantly, but at the same time raise the bar on the level of system security actually achieved.
We expect to wrap primary development at the end of the summer, and then test the system with specific projects in the fall. We'll then open it up for a bit more testing late in the year, and then perhaps launch the product officially in early 2010.
Monday, July 6, 2009
ICPSR Web Availability in FY2009
The first half of ICPSR fiscal year 2009 was a bit rocky. There was one long outage over a weekend in August 2008 where the portion of the web site that renders study descriptions and other dynamic content was not working, and there was a very long outage over the University of Michigan holiday break when ICPSR's building and other parts of Ann Arbor lost power for three days. Since that frosty, dark, cold holiday break we've made some changes to guard against extended outages.
One, we've implemented a 24 x 7 on-call rotation. The person carrying the pager that week is notified by the University of Michigan/Merit Network Operations Center (NOC) when any part of the ICPSR web delivery service has been unavailable for three minutes. This includes the actual web server, the database server, the search engine, and a handful of key web applications that we also monitor.
A recent interruption in service delivery occurred recently when it was my turn to serve in the on-call rotation. A Domain Name Service (DNS) server fault tripped up our web servers at 4:30am on Sunday, June 28, 2009, but because of the early morning page and follow-up phone call from the NOC, all service was restored by 5:00am. Just bringing someone's attention to problems in real-time during off-hours is enormously helpful in minimizing the length of an interruption.
Two, we've deployed a replica of our web systems in Amazon's cloud, Amazon Web Services. We tested the failover process in March, and used it again on May 14 when ICPSR once again lost power. In this case we lost power at about 3:30am on a Thursday, and it wasn't until nearly 1:30pm before we were able to fully recover. However, we were able to fail over to the replica in AWS at 4:30am, and so the outside world would have lost access to ICPSR data for only about one hour.
Because we've had such good success with AWS so far (and such lousy luck with the power in our building) we're likely to make the AWS replica our production system, and use our local system only for backup purposes before the end of this calendar year.
The reliability of the cloud and the transparency of the cloud providers has taken a real beating over the past year. (Here's a recent barb thrown at Google's App Engine cloud platform.) Our experience with the cloud has been very good so far: in addition to monitoring our production systems, the NOC also monitors our cloud replica, and the replica has enjoyed higher uptime than the production system.
My sense is that people are asking the wrong question. Is the cloud 100% reliable? Of course not. But is it more reliable than what you have today? Is it reliable enough to host one copy of your services or content? What's the cost to you (and your customers or members) to achieve 99% (or even 99.9%) availability using your own electrical and hardware infrastructure v. the cloud's?


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Path to medicine
I got a business degree right out of high school. Then my husband and I lost a daughter, my nurses were amazing --so sweet and caring to her. I all of a sudden decided that's what I wanted to do so went into nursing school. I worked 10 years as an ER RN and then went back to school to be NP. I love it!!
I like to watch my kids play sports. I run. Or the family and I ride bikes or horses.
I grew up in Southwest Iowa in a small town of 1500. My family owns a large cattle feedlot and we all rodeo a lot. I love being outside! If cold and rainy I love just being home drinking coffee and watching movies.


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Week 1 is in the books! So here's what I'll do in my weekly post: I'll obviously recap what my running workouts looked like, but I'll also detail what I did in terms of my yoga practice, recovery work, and strength training. Then I'll give a short little impression of the day and the week as a whole in terms of what worked and what needs tweaking. As always, feel free to comment and ask questions!
Monday, September 10th: Yoga
Purpose: posterior chain flexibility
Yoga is a great way to start my day. It is something that I can do when I get up early, and with the later sunrises, it doesn't affect my ability to practice. Being someone that is pretty neurotic, it is so helpful to start my day with finding my breath and flexibility. That way I can come back to my breath and be figuratively flexibility throughout the rest of the day. That's in theory of course ;)
While I'd much prefer the trails, I figured a weekday speed work would be able to increase my VO2 max given the time constraints of the week. Monday through Thursday, I'm practicing physical therapy 10-12 hours per day, and Fridays I treat patients 7-12/1 and then have meetings and do admin/managerial stuff in the afternoon. So this is perfect for me.
Wednesday, September 12th: Yoga and recovery work
Purpose: hip flexor/quad length
If this table makes no sense to you. That's totally ok. It will make more sense. I co-created The PrePose Method which teaches you how to move mindfully in any activity. This is the PrePose Yoga progression. Click here to learn more!
Thursday, September 13th: Yoga and mobility
Purpose: thoracic extension and breathing
So this practice was all about relaxing and finding my breath. By Thursday, I'm already so amped up from the week, I find it really useful to try to calm myself a bit.
Friday, September 14th: yoga and strength
Yoga purpose: thoracic extension flexibility with shoulder external rotation and scapular protraction
This idea of shoulder ER, scapular protraction, and thoracic extension is something that I talk about a lot. It is so important if you're going to be doing anything with your upper body, even swinging your arms while running. The better you're able to position your shoulder and spine, the less likely you are to do that body-cross swing while running. That just wastes energy. You want to be moving forward, not side to side when you're running. That seems obvious cognitively, but your body doesn't always listen to that. Therefore, I work on it.
Strength purpose: finally start strength training again.
It is soooo easy for me to totally forget about strength training while running is in my forethought. I much prefer running and hiking. I like being outside. I do like weight training, though it inevitably falls by the wayside when I start doing any type of endurance activity. So let me try to be consistent with it. Clearly I wasn't that consistent considering I only did 1 day this week. But next week will be 2. It felt good to front squat, though I knew not to push it considering I was going to be super sore. And yep. I was. Just in time for my long run/hike
This is why I like trail running. I like hiking and then running what's runnable. I just love being out in nature for several hours. I've run/hiked for around 3 hours several times throughout the summer, and each time I try something slightly different when it comes to hydration and nutrition. I am someone who ran 15 mile long runs without water or food when I was in college. I also am aware of the fact that that was nearly a decade ago. So I take a 1.5 L pack and some salt tabs. I eat breakfast before hand too. I have taken some fig newtons and a lara bar before, but lately I hadn't been eating it. I'm thinking that if i went any longer than 3 or 3.5 hours, that I'd need something more. So I'll keep that in mind for the future. Suggestions are welcome!
By running at South Mountain, I could still get on the trails with some technical pieces and elevation while still being able to run the whole thing. I could definitely feel my legs from the previous day. That's mostly, because I was lazy about actually doing anything to prepare myself to feel remotely good the next day. But surprisingly I warmed up pretty easily. I was definitely ready to be done. And you would have thought that I would have learned my lesson about not foam rolling or stretching after, but no. I may tell my patients all of these sorts of things, but sometimes I don't even listen to myself when I know better. And I definitely paid for it after standing and cooking all day on Sunday afternoon. But, at least, the run was good!
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Overall, I'm really pleased with my first week particularly given the fact that I had just gotten back from vacation and was pretty jet lagged. Next week will build on this week with similar runs but will have an increase in volume or elevation or intensity. I'm already looking forward to it.
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So I'll just come out and say it: I've started training for a 25k trail race. (For those of who don't think metric, that's 15.5 miles or so.) I wanted to use this space to share my weekly training with you, but I first wanted to start by sharing a bit about myself in terms of my athletic background, my inspiration, and my training plan
Athletic background
I ran competitively for 10 years, and when I stopped racing, I pretty much thought that I was going to be done forever. To say that I was a headcase would be an understatement. I'm generally a less anxiety-ridden person (extra emphasis on generally and less). I've also been able to put racing and training into perspective. When i get into something, I get really into it to the point of total consumption. For 10+ years I only ran. Then I decided that I was inflexible so I started yoga, though running was still the most important part of my day. Then I decided that I was weak, so I almost exclusively did some type of weight training for 4ish years. I would still periodically come back to running, because one thing that I couldn't deny was that I loved the feeling. Over the last few years, I've done a mix of running, yoga, and weight training with the addition of hiking, but even then, I would be consumed by 1 of them for a few months. Temperance is not a strong suit of mine.
My inspiration
More recently, I have been so inspired by so many of my patients. I hear about their training; I'm a part of their training and recovery; I get invested in their training and racing. First, it got me to transition some of my hiking to some running, and I quickly fell in love with trail running. So gradually, I've been doing a bit more of it. Well really, I'm kind of a weekend warrior. I choose to work long hours during the week, which leads to the majority of my running/hiking to the weekends. Regardless, I've been really enjoying these past 2 or 3 months. I've been enjoying telling my patients about it, and they're all quick to ask what race I'm training for. Well nothing really. But over the past 3-4 weeks, with each passing inquiry, route planning, run, and discussion of my run, I've been getting more and more excited about trail running. It's all because of my patients. The people that I'm helping are helping me.
My training plan
So since I've been feeling more inspired, I've been thinking about transitioning my running into something with more structure. I started thinking about it being more like training. I think training implies that there's a plan. I currently have no plan; my schedule looks like 2 massive mileage days on the weekends (about 23-27 miles over 2 days, hence the weekend warrior status), 2-3 days of yoga, walking to/from work, and inconsistently lifting weights.
So I decided to create some structure and simultaneously practice some temperance. I regularly help my patients to balance their endurance activities with mobility and strength work. I should really be no exception, so I want my training to be balanced between running, yoga, and weight training. So here is the general idea:
3 days a week of running/hiking
4 days a week of yoga
2 days a week of weight training.
I will detail my training each week. I realize that what I have planned is a general template, and that it will need to be adapted. I only wrote 4 weeks right now for that very reason. I will get a baseline in this first month. At the end of each week, I'll be writing a post about my training including what I did, how it went, how I felt, and if anything needs to be adjusted. I hope you follow along, and I welcome any comments, suggestions, and questions!
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Drs. Chloe Costigan and John Giacalone are both physical medicine specialists, former competitive athletes, and strength and conditioning coaches.
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Chase Goehring is the only male singer left competing on America's Got Talent, Season 12. For his Live Finals performance, he sang another original song, one he hasn't released before. Simon Cowell has told Chase how much he appreciates the fact that Chase "hasn't compromised himself" for the show. The Live Finals were just more proof.
For his Live Finals performance, Chase strummed his acoustic guitar and sang a song that included the lyrics: "Mirror mirror on the wall you know it's all your fault." And yes, he did the quick-tempo rapping that AGT judge Heidi Klum loves. After the performance, Heidi said, "I know I'm going to turn on the radio soon and hear you." Simon Cowell, "Bloody loved it." And the song is "brilliant." The winner of America's Got Talent will be announced on Wednesday, September 20 at 8pm on NBC.
Mirror, mirror on the wall. "Mirror" is the most ? original from @chasegoehring yet. #AGTFinale
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Reverse #Innovation Revolution: "When you live in a society that doesnt fill ur needs, u find a way 2 fill them urself" ow.ly/fyM5G
now imagine .. we unleashed the *impoverished in school bldgs. everywhere, ny, la, Kampala, Jackson, Vegas, Perth, ...
and come to find out... every one of them has some neglected genius. every one.
now innovation, crazy, unthinkable, ... is the norm.
isn't that how learning goes..? authentic learning, by every person ..unleashed to their authenticity.
*ie: those labeled unfit.. or labeled.. exceptional, exceedingly bright...
yet if you listen to each one of them... each one... they are craving more.
imagine.. city as school... where no genius hides or dies, because we're finally listening to every soul..
then, perhaps, we cease to create/manufacture problems we seem to have no time to solve.. and in good health, we do/ be/become work/play that matters.
I think we could do that on a multi trillion dollar budget. no?
problem today... we're using that money to perpetuate and /or bandaid-ize problems, rather than not create them in the first place.
how to get from here to there...?
we have brilliant people in school blds, 7 hrs a day, 5 days a week... they could pull us out... back to us... if we set them free.. even just for one year.
we should try.
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Growing up, I was taught that Thanksgiving was a Jewish holiday. It was a fact! While our family Thanksgiving meals are remembered for the preference of my Bubbe's brisket over a Turkey, we were still sure to always add ritual. My grandfather — my Pop-Pop — always made sure that there was a challah to say the motzi over, even though it was just a regular Thursday on the Hebrew calendar. Most importantly though, in addition to sharing what we were thankful for, we always recited the Shehechiyanu blessing, the blessing which thanks God for sustaining us and allowing us to reach this day and this moment. To this day, my family makes sure that the turkey is not sliced until we say the Shehechiyanu!
There truly is so much for us to be thankful for and nothing reminded me of that more than the day before Thanksgiving, when I went with the Middle School students of our Martin J. Gottlieb Day School to help deliver food to those in need. Students — along with staff, alumni, and parents — worked with dozens of other volunteers at the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation to sort, bag, pack, load, and deliver food to Jacksonville residents.
We delivered 61 turkeys, 75 bags of groceries, and 31 gift cards to those in need! Kol Hakavod – a special thanks – to Edith Horovitz, our Middle School Vice Principal, for arranging this and all of our weekly Mitzvah programs that are an essential reminder to our students that Judaism is not just about learning. It is about action!
We are obviously so grateful for all that we have, but sometimes we focus too much on what we are missing. We complain because our peers and co-workers have what is new and "in" while we are still stuck using last year's outdated model.
Not only did we bring thanksgiving cheer to families — and more importantly, food to hungry children — but we were also reminded that we need to stop complaining about what we lack and instead be thankful for what we have. Students were surprised when one house we delivered food to did not have a working phone number to call to let them know that we were on our way to deliver groceries. Another did not have kitchen counters for us to put the bags of food on. The kitchen was an empty room with an oven. Yet, these families who have so little were so grateful. This one act of hesed, of kindness, brought a smile to their faces. In one instance, a student said "Happy Thanksgiving" as we left a family's residence. The family members responded, "it will be now!"
The ride back toward our community and our homes was silent. Reflecting on the great mitzvah we just participated in, experiencing values in action, was a great reminder of how thankful I am for the food on my table and the roof over my head, for my loving family and friends, and such a warm and supportive community.
Pirkei Avot, the Ethics of our Sages, teaches: "Who is rich? One who is happy with his portion" (4:1). We all left feeling like the richest people in the world, being so thankful and grateful for what we have, and knowing that it is our responsibility to care for others as well.
Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech HaOlam, Shehechiyanu, v'Kiyamanu, v'Higiyanu lazman haZeh.
Praised are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, who gave us life, sustained us, and gave us to the opportunity to reach — and appreciate — this moment.
May we all take a moment to forget about what is missing in our lives and truly be thankful for all that we have.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Our NHL picks have been added to both the free pick section and members page.
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The only way I could maybe be okay with it is if Teen Jon is an alternate timeline Jon who goes to chill with the legion, while 10 year old Jon stays in the present with his parents and Damien.
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Yeah, if Bendis wants to put Jon on the Legion, fine. I dont think its a good fit at all but whatever. But if hes burning all of the bridges Jon has going for him in the present day dcu, the Damian partnership, being raised by his parents not his crazy grandpa, Kathy etc. Then this just sucks and needs to be reversed asap.
I feel the same way guys. But atleast he is sticking around. Who knows how long that is going to last.
God I really do not want him shipped to the future. Short trip there sure. But they tried that stuff with Chris back in the day. Didnt work. Let the kid grow normal. It's why YJ worked so damn well in the first place and why it makes sense to have had Damian and Jon form an all star squad or something with the younger crowd if kids with powers.
We can have two super boys. Sheesh.
The way I see it, The only thing that can save Jon from the same fate as Chris is the sales of supersons book and Jon's popularity.
There is 3 scenerio, I have:
If this thing does not end well and supersons sells reasonably well. then Jon will be reverted back and everything will be as before.
if it is good and supersons sell well then, an aged up 14 year old Jon will continue to have adventures with damian and his own parents.
But if, supersons does not sell well and this bendis thing does not work out. Then you can kiss Jon goodbye like chris.
Also, seems like people are remembering Chris in regard to at least the fans. So that's a good thing.
So if an aged up Jon doesn't go to the legion, where do people want him to go? TT, work with YJ or form his own new team with Damian?
They could play cir like she is actually lois and Clark's real daughter from the future,not a brainiac experiment.it would be cool to see a sister for jon,older than him,even when she is supposed to be younger than him,and you can make her SBs age,and have them bounce off each other.
I am very much in the "want 10 year old Jon back" camp,so I dont really want that jon going to the future,I want him with his parents.course I'm sure bendis will keep his older Jon around,so having him with the Legion,where bendis will probably reboot the book is a option.
Just read adventures of supersons #6.Does anyone know who Tommy tomorrow of planeteers is. He had a hawk symbol on his chest.


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I was lying on the carpet, unable to move. Pain and fatigue pulsed through my body, and every limb felt heavy, like I was being pressed into the floor. A woman appeared, looking down at me. "Are you finished?" I nodded, and she disappeared, only to return a few seconds later, ripping open a little plastic pouch with her teeth. She pulled a gorgeous multi-colored medal from the pouch, and I reached up, slowly, and took it from her. I pushed a few words out, in between gasps for air: "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." She laughed and walked away, and as I rested the medal on my chest, my vision suddenly got cloudy. My eyes were filling with tears, and I started sobbing, nearly 500 feet above the Dallas sidewalk.
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Before I begin this recap of my experiences at the Dallas Vert Mile, I want to remind everyone reading this that you are stronger than you think. When it comes to your abilities and goals, ignore those that say you can't, and go get it done.
I'm surrounded with supportive, loving people, but my strongest naysayer has always been me. I have a history of struggling with self-doubt and low self-esteem. One of the reasons I love stair races is that they help me prove, again and again, that I am capable of extraordinary things.
While I relish sharing these races with all of you, who I'm proving it to is myself. I need these memories burned into my bones for the next time I catch myself thinking that I'm not good enough, not worthy, or a failure. I thrive on new accomplishments not only because they feel incredible in the moment, but because they'll come in handy when I struggle. I know those struggles lie ahead, shadows darkening my path forward, and stair races provide a bright light that can vanquish those shadows.
I competed in the Dallas Vert Mile on Saturday, and now I have the brightest light yet.
The Dallas Vert Mile is a monster of a stair race. The objective is to race up the Reunion Tower 12 times. Whoever can do it the fastest wins. Why 12? Because the stairwell is 470 feet tall, so climbing it 12 times means you've climbed the equivalent of one vertical mile.
The Reunion Tower is 50 stories tall. It was cloaked in darkness when I arrived, a few minutes past 5am.
The center column houses the stairwell, and the two outer, narrower columns are elevator shafts. (There's a third elevator shaft that you can't see from this angle.)
We were allowed two and a half hours to complete our 12 climbs, and two and a half hours is a helluva long time to climb stairs. I've done three races that involved one hour of continuous climbing (in Denver, Minneapolis, and Springfield), and I did a two-hour race in San Diego twice (recaps here and here), but never 2.5 hours.
I felt confident that I'd be able to finish eight climbs before time was up, and climbing nine would an achievement. My buddy Dan told me a week prior that I would definitely do all 12, and I refused to believe him. I was even quoted, in a little article about me on Facebook, saying that I probably wouldn't complete all 12.
To say I was nervous would be the understatement of the year. I was petrified.
What helped calm my nerves was that my friends were everywhere. This is the second year the Dallas Vert Mile was being held, and it already had gained a reputation for being one of the best races in the country, so enthusiasts from coast to coast were there. I'm friends with two or three dozen of my competitors.
I wanted a photo of the entrance to the stairwell, but what I got was a photo of my friend Jason looking like a badass.
Here's how the race worked: We climbed 807 stairs, divided between 56 flights. We wore timing chips, so only our time in the stairwell would count towards our final time. Once at the top, a man outside the stairwell door pointed us either left or right to the next elevator. There was a table with water, gatorade, fruit, and Clif bars. I left, on a separate table, a little bag that held extra gum (which I chew during races to keep my mouth from drying out) and packets of energy gels.
The elevator took us down one floor lower than the stairwell entrance, so we had to cover about 40 feet, then go up two flights on a grand staircase in the lobby (I called these the 'bonus stairs' because climbing them didn't count towards our time), the go another 40 feet to the stairwell entrance. There was a second table around the corner, in the lobby, with water, Gatorade and fruit.
In addition, our first climb up the stairs would count towards a separate event, the Sprint – a race to see who had the fastest time for one climb. Our first climbs would be compared against those who had signed up for the 1/2 mile event, the 1/4 mile event, and those who just signed up for the sprint.
My strategy was to stay consistent, start slow, and never stop moving. I knew in order to get eight climbs in, I wouldn't be able to take breaks above and beyond being in the elevator and waiting for it to arrive. That meant jogging to each elevator, and jogging out of it, and running up the bonus stairs after every lap.
Here I am after two climbs:
The great thing about the elevator is that one side is all glass, so we had spectacular views on the way down. It was still dark when the race began, and the city was highlighted by the changing colors of the LED lights in the elevator. Sometimes everything was blue…
…and other times green.
Soon, though, the sun came up, and all of Dallas glistened in the morning light.
Looking back, I felt really good throughout the entire race, and that's pretty remarkable. And by that I mean that I found a maintainable rhythm, double-stepped as much as possible, kept a consistent pace, and stayed positive. Physically, it was brutal. Fatigue, pain, and exhaustion sets in pretty early when you're climbing stairs, but I expected that to happen, and was ready for it. I'm used to the aching legs, the searing lungs, the pounding heart. There were times that I felt my sides cramp up a little bit, but by that point everything was throbbing, so I barely noticed it.
I did notice that, during the second half of the race, the arches in my feet were especially achy, which was new to me. I quickly realized it was because I was often landing on the next step on my arch. I tried my best to get my heels on each step, but it wasn't easy with my size 13 feet, while everything hurt, and while trying to maintain a certain speed.
And have I mentioned that the stairwell was open, so you could see all the way down? Spectacular!
Thirty minutes in, I realized that all the fastest folks had a different strategy than me. Whereas I couldn't spare any extra minutes, these men and women knew they'd finish 12 climbs with plenty of time to spare, so they were taking longer breaks in between each climb – sometimes five or six minutes – in order to complete each climb as fast as possible.
At first I was jealous of their ability to take longer breaks, and annoyed that they were passing me on every single one of my climbs, but before long I went back to respecting and admiring their athletic ability. These guys had been my role models for years, and I was witnessing both their strength and strategy in action. I cheered them on when they passed, and they encouraged me as well.
I definitely wanted to capture, on camera, a selfie after my eighth climb. But I didn't have enough fingers to hold up and take the selfie, so I had to borrow three of my friend Larry's fingers:
I get to a point, during these long races, where smiling hurts, because even the muscles in my face are achy. But that's a big wide smile, because I had finished eight laps with about 40 minutes left. It was on this elevator that it started dawning on me that completing all 12 climbs was possible.
That realization provided a huge boost, and just when I needed it. My clothes were drenched with sweat. My legs felt like jelly. My entire chest was on fire. But goddamn it, I can keep going!
The rules state that if you enter the stairwell before the 2.5 hour mark hits, you can finish that climb and it will count. I started my 12th climb with about 10 minutes to spare. I was so utterly spent by that time that I used the 12th climb to celebrate. I had achieved something I didn't think I could do. I chatted with other climbers, and climbed slowly. The organizers had made a motivational sign for every climber, and I couldn't resist a selfie with mine.
The celebration started in the stairs, but the magnitude of what I had done really hit afterwards, while I was collapsed on the carpet, and that's what brought on the tears that I mentioned at the start of this post.
It may have been an ugly cry, but they were happy tears. I let my pride envelop me, and thought about how far I had come. I thought about my workouts, and the time and energy I had spent keeping myself in a near-constant state of readiness for races that I do almost every month. Every minute I spent exercising was time well spent.
Mostly, though, I thought about how strong I had become, and how I'm stronger than I ever thought I could be. I told myself to focus on this feeling, this moment, and these tears, because the next time the shadows start to fall, I'll need a bright light to keep them away, and I had never felt so luminescent.
And then I enjoyed a phenomenal view.
Let's dig into some numbers!
Let's start with the obvious one: 12 climbs up 50 stories equals 600 total stories raced. In one morning! This blows my previous record of 360 stories out of the water. In total, I climbed 9,684 steps, which beats my previous record of 7,596. (There's a good chance that if I added in the bonus steps, I'd come extremely close to hitting 10,000. But I can't add in the bonus steps, because I never counted how many there were!)
Here are my times for my 12 climbs:
- Climb 1: 7:30
- Climb 2: 8:55
- Climb 3: 8:46
- Climb 4: 9:31
- Climb 5: 9:29
- Climb 6: 9:49
- Climb 7: 9:57
- Climb 8: 10:08
- Climb 9: 10:38
- Climb 10: 11:44
- Climb 11: 11:55
- Climb 12: 15:06
Here's some more number-crunching:
- It took me 2:34:58 to complete all 12 climbs, including elevators. My actual time in the stairwell was 2:03:28. Over two hours of climbing stairs!
- My breaks, in between climbs, averaged under 3 minutes. 3 minutes to get on an elevator, travel down 50 stories, make it down two hallways and up two flights of bonus stairs.
- 113 people competed in the Vert Mile. I finished 79th. I finished 60th among men (out of 75), and 14th (out of 16) in my age group (men 30-39).
- My first climb, which I did in 7:30, was also counted in the Sprint event. For the Sprint, I finished 75th out of 391 total participants – top 20%! I also finished 53rd (out of 185) among men, and 15th (out of 44) in my age group.
- My average heart rate for the entire event, including breaks, was 151 bpm. My maximum heart rate, likely reached during my first climb, was 175. I burned 1,999 calories – how awesome would it have been had I burned exactly one more?
Another nice touch was that there were volunteers at the top, passing out stickers for your bib, so you could keep track of your climbs. I normally don't keep my race bibs, but I'll definitely be holding on to this one!
A went to lunch with friends after the race, a couple blocks away. I saw the Reunion Tower for the last time after lunch, as I got into a Lyft, and I got chills. The memory of what I did, with my very own two legs, was so very vivid then, as it is now, and as it will be, for a long time to come.
Keep it up, David!
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Versace Strikes Again
You may remember the stir Donatella Versace's collection for H&M caused just a few weeks ago when devoted, ahem, crazy, shoppers queued for hours to get their hands on some of the designers cut price offerings. Well, are you ready for some more?
The cruise collection is the second and final collection for H&M and this time customers can delight in some shopping from the comfort of their own home as the line will only be available online for those in the UK,Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Holland – so frenzied fingers at the ready!
If you weren't feeling the bold and brash of the last collection then this next one may be for you. Packed with pastel colours, playful
prints and more summery hues, it boasts a wide range of goodies with everything from handbags to shoes and belts to lingerie.
Donatella said: "After celebrating the Versace heritage with the iconic collection for H&M, it's so exciting to start 2012 with something completely new."
"This cruise collection is full of pretty, elegant pieces for women and strong new staples for men, all with a fresh feeling for a new year. It has been such a pleasure working with H&M, I am thrilled to be collaborating with them one more time for this online exclusive collection."
The high street giant are on a roll with guest designers aplenty with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo collection hitting stores yesterday and two designer collaborations scheduled for the new year.
For those mourning the loss of the final Versace collection, Marni is set to be the next label to follow in the footsteps of Versace. Launching a spring collection in March, the Italian label's founder Consuelo Castiglioni's line, directed by Sophia Coppola will arrive in stores worldwide – including online – on 8 March.
The Versace cruise collection for H&M debuts online on January 19 2012.


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- 3 beds
- 2 baths
- $495,000 price
- 185268 mls id
- Square Feet: 3,009 sqft
- Year Built: 1938
If you were ever looking for a large place in the country to live ,this is the place for you. This property features comes with 82 acres of land with two houses and 7 apartments located at three intersections known as Knights crossroad. The main house is around 1800 heated square feet and the second home is around 1100 heated square feet. There are also 7 apartments with a rental income of around $1775 a month income . The best feature are rows and rows of pecans tree planted all over the 82 acres of land. Large covered area for parking any type of farm equipment or personal big boy toys. Also a great place to build a store or some other type of commercial business
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Listing Agent: MARK OUCHLEY
Updated: 9th April, 2020 8:27 PM.
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Hello. I just left staff and server but i came back because i realised mistake i made. I know that my applications never make me admin so i'm fine with mod rank. (But if ya want me to be admin i will accept.). (Seriously tpo and vanish are good for mods to stalk hackers, take evidence and punish.).
Nearly year and half time of the day i joined. I'm not sure that i will be chosen for rank, but i try. So i will present you my application.
Hi, i'm _Hopeanuoli_ or Hopsu. I'm 13 years old experienced server builder and good moderator. I'm very mature, but still my temper is short and i make sometimes mistakes. I have Asperger and i wear glasses. I like playing minecraft. I have a server at this moment. It's not noob! And i like creating servers, managing servers and moderating. As i said i have short temper. But i'm sure that i will help the server in anyways. Except illegal. So yeah. I have knowledge of many plugins as server owner and maker. But most important aspect is being fair, ethical, respecting others and being friendly. Rules are important.
I have big big history here. It all started at 10.2.17. I joined the server. Thankfully Xer1us was online. I talked to Xer1us. I currently don't remember any of it. Well later i got to the forums and i registered. Well there was only me and Xer1us. I found staff application forum. I wanted to apply for mod rank. Well i only got builder rank, but i was happy with it. Later i asked if i can build offical town to server. I got permission and i started working. I remember that i struggled because i didn't have gm 1. But later Xer1us promoted me to mod. I was so happy. I were many times disappointed with my builds so i abanoned them. I totally regret. I had happy life there and got promoted to worldedit moderator. I was happy. I also got to test massivetickets with Xer1us. I had fun. Yeah it was funny. But best of all is that i got promoted to forum moderator. It was awesome. I even got to ban people who were #NoReasonToRegister #MostOfThoseWereFloweristsFromPoland. It was awesome. So awesome. Well i got bored cuz nothing happened and if happened, i never got to be part of it. It made me sad. Sometime ago i left staff and server. But i came back now because i made mistake. And now i'm applying. HuH.
I don't know if this is good knowledge, but let's count.
Well i'am owner of public server. I have configured plugins, i have been frustrated my life off and i have done things that good owners do. I also have learned the mastery of creating localhosts for windows. And i'm pretty good with phpbb and mybb. It's easy to conf, set ranks, create forums and cats and manage profiles. Essentials plugin is EZ. But with core i only know how to rollback and inspect. But that's usual things to know about. And of course other plugins. Well it's totally about plugin. Punish plugs are EZ. But APIS and those. I get nightmares.
Well my own: Owner
Nightslash_network: Head Operator
EA_Network (Noobs steal copyrighted names): Co Owner
Soppalandia: Admin (Access to panel)
Wendainetwork: Helper
Sorry for leaving this too short. My previous apps will tell other things.
- _Hopeanuoli_ (YT:xLunalaXx)
Exciting!... new world created this weekend: Chrysalis .. hope you like it. I havent decided what format, ie creative, survival, mobs etc. maybe you can offer some suggestions. for now its survival without mobs. You can get to it through the spawn.
Join us at Discord --> https://discord.gg/WcNsYtm
Well, it's almost here. The big 'Update Aquatic' is coming in Q2 of this year and it's going to require significant time and effort to update the server. I've done some reading on it and it will take the server down for a few days to get it done and debugged. Or so it seems. It's a required update because minecraft has grown and the programming needs to change with the feature set now available in the game. All of the plugins will need to be updated to match the version. So I may wait until I see that all of the plugins are ready before I pull the trigger on this project. It would be even nicer if I could run 2 servers but alas that's not an option right now. ANyway, stay tuned. I hope there is a way to keep the worlds and everyone's progress. It would suck if I have to build from scratch. Wish us luck ***
Ok, Discord channel was already there, but I added an admin channel to the server channel. Enjoy!
Our forum has many accounts. I focus on newest accounts. They are advertisers or just register account when this forum is not meant for them. We have been watching and punishing at present time. Please don't notice these accounts.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards, Hopsu
I suggest adding more ranks to towns. Like military ranks and standard jobs. This is good for bigger towns. And renaming existing ranks like sheriff could be cop or warden.
Best regards, Hopsu.
Yeah, happy easter.
Yeah. Now i need to craft concrete powder and dry oceans to get concrete.
We got it!
Because of this i will randomly choose from members of forum memberlist who are active. I will pay 1000.


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Those of you who follow me on Instagram are probably tired of seeing me post about Hannah Arendt's book The Origins of Totalitarianism – and yet here I am writing about it in ever MORE depth. I thought I would take a moment to not only update this poor neglected blog, but also to explain in a little more detail why I have been absolutely enthralled by this book. In other words, I wanted to explain my love for Hannah Arendt.
I have come across Arendt's work in the past through my interest in critical theory, as well as my interest in her time period, which was during and around WWII. I have read some of her writing in a few of my classes, but I have never sat down and worked through an entire text. Since I was delving more deeply into postcolonialism, I kept seeing her name come up in conversations about imperialism and the negative impact that imperialism had on the colonies, as well as Europe itself. This is an argument that is quite common in postcolonial studies, but I wanted to see how Arendt constructed her argument, so I picked up this book and started reading. Not only has this been a phenomenal way to reconsider imperialism from the position of the Occident, what has struck me the most about Arendt's writing is how applicable her ideas are to what is happening in the United States today.
I will include a few quotes below to help illustrate what I mean:
We can no longer afford to take that which was good in the past and simply call it our heritage, to discard the bad and simply think of it as a dead load which by itself time will bury in oblivion. The subterranean stream of Western history has finally come to the surface and usurped the dignity of our tradition. This is the reality in which we live. And this is why all efforts to escape from the grimness of the present into nostalgia for a still intact past, or into the anticipated oblivion of a better future, are vain. (ix)
When, in the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen…(138)
Racism may indeed carry out the doom of the Western world and, for that matter, of the whole of human civilization. When Russians have become Slavs, when Frenchmen have assumed the role of commanders of a force noire, when Englishmen have turned into "white men," as already for a disastrous spell all Germans became Aryans, then this change will itself signify the end of Western man. For no matter what learned scientists may say, race is, politically speaking, not the beginning of humanity but its end, not the origin of peoples but their decay, not the natural birth of man but his unnatural death. (157)
Race-thinking, rather than class-thinking, was the ever-present shadow accompanying the development of the comity of European nations, until it finally grew to be the powerful weapon for the destruction of those nations. Historically speaking, racists have a worse record of patriotism than the representatives of all other international ideologies together…(161, emphasis mine)
There are many more quotations I could have pulled out of the text, but these are a few that resonated with me. What strikes me the most are the similarities between what Arendt was discussing post-WWII and what we are seeing in the United States. For instance, the last quotation above stood out to me because it articulates, in many ways, the bizarre contradiction in the pro-Trump camp. The focus of a lot of Trump's campaigning was a very vague sense of "nationalism" through his catch-phrase
You're Fired, I mean "Make America Great Again". Furthermore, a lot of the campaign was built on a kind of xenophobia – like the refugee crisis, the Muslim registry, and his Great Wall of Mexico.
Yet when there is clear evidence that there was an outside government tampering with America, as with the Russian hacking, there is no outcry. What I found astounding here is that many of the pro-Trump camp don't even want to look into possible outside influence. If you truly are as "American" as you claim to be, why would you be against America investigating this possibility? Even if you believe it may not be true, it is surprising that these "Make America Great Again" voters are so quick to dismiss something that threatens something that is deeply rooted in American culture, which are the elections. What is the harm in investigating, when you were happy to spend a lot of energy investigating Hillary Clinton, who is (even if you do not like her) an American citizen.
In many ways, Arendt is a breath of fresh air for me, because her writing helps me to articulate the odd connections and contradictions that are swirling in the air. However, I will be honest and say that I also find myself feeling quite discouraged. As I read her work, it becomes increasingly surprising how contemporary all of this is. The text was published in 1966, yet this could be a think piece in The New Yorker with very minimal changes. It's discouraging that we don't learn from history and that we continue to make the same mistakes as human beings. On the flip side, I find a glimmer of hope in Arendt as well since the same issues I see now actually are much, much older. The world did not end in WWII and the world did not end in 1966 when Arendt was writing – although there is a lot of doom and gloom in the air, there is still hope that we will eventually learn from our mistakes.
Until then, I encourage anyone, regardless of your political leanings, to read Hannah Arendt. I think she creates a very compelling argument of how Anti-Semitism is connected with Imperialism, which in turn connects to Totalitarianism. I am also a fan of her genealogical approach, which you will see in Edward Said, Michel Foucault, Friedrich Nietzsche, etc., so I am biased towards this particular argumentative structure. I also enjoy the connections Arendt makes between culture, economics, and politics, all of which she presents in a really understandable manner.
This has quickly moved up the ranks as one of my favorite books, so hopefully everyone can forgive me for writing about it so much 😉


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Port State Measures, Minimizing The Risk in Your Dish
This lightning round presentation will focus on how the private sector and seafood supply chains have used the Port State Measure Agreement (PSMA) to ensure the legality and absence of IUU fish from their supply chains. While the PSMA was originally intended as solely a governmental intervention, businesses in Thailand have been using the results of these checks to add assurances that can be passed to purchasers. This represents a major step forward for the private sector to address IUU fishing. Actions in Thailand over the last year by the Seafood Task Force have demonstrated the concept and a pilot program is being developed that will help the private sector and the government increase the effectiveness and transparency of this work in ways that should be replicated elsewhere.
The pilot program is making use of a variety of information technologies to ensure compliance and the sustainable management of fish stocks. It is through the use of vessel tracking data such as Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) which allows for validation against a variety of permit requirements and other regulations on fishing activities. This plethora of information is collected by satellite and terrestrial systems and along with other specialist fisheries databases are vital for governments to properly monitor fishing activities and vast areas of water. The interpretation and analysis of the data from these sources has given port states confidence in accepting vessels from other regions.
To maximize the full potential impact of the PSMA, collaboration is needed between the public and private sectors to ensure a level playing field and sustainable fish stocks. Commercial fisheries players have a responsibility to share knowledge and intelligence on fisheries activities, playing their part in supporting government efforts to verify compliance with legal regimes half a world away. This provides an opportunity to demonstrate their own compliance while aiding the identification of higher risk shipments. Businesses that both supply and receive fish products in port states have an opportunity in this regard. NGOs, too, have a supporting role, offering ideas on and solutions to IUU fishing, particularly to countries that are resource poor.
This pilot program shows that PSMA offers an opportunity to move the global seafood industry to a culture of compliance that rewards transparent and trustworthy actors with easier access to global markets and which helps identify suspicious indicators. If information is passed in a timely manner to government AND to supply chain actors, there will be an incentive for both sides to investigate the potential issue further and prevent that product from progressing in the supply chain while the relevant government agencies investigate and hopefully clear the shipment. Given the globalized nature of the seafood supply chain and the purpose of PSMA to encourage global collaboration between governments, this is an opportunity to develop a solution that can assist everyone.