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Why persistence for containers makes sense and which Nutanix technologies enable this persistence
By: Pat Romanski
May. 9, 2017 09:45 PM
Persistent Storage for Containers
In recent years, containers have taken the world by storm. Companies of all sizes and industries have realized the massive benefits of containers, such as unprecedented mobility, higher hardware utilization, and increased flexibility and agility; however, many containers today are non-persistent. Containers without persistence miss out on many benefits, and in many cases simply pass the responsibility of persistence onto other infrastructure, adding additional complexity.
In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 20th Cloud Expo, Denis Guyadeen, a Product Manager at Nutanix, will explore the benefits of persistent containers, talk about why persistence for containers makes sense and explore some of the Nutanix technologies that enable this persistence.
Speaker Bio
Denis has over 24 yrs of experience in the Information Technology industry in various roles spanning Pre-Sales Engineering, Consulting Technologist, Solutions Architect and Systems Administrator. Prior to Nutanix he spent 12.5 years at EMC in a variety of roles. Most recently he was a Consulting Technologist in the EMC Solutions Group CTO Office where he was focused on Big Data, DevOps and OpenStack Solutions.
Denis has numerous industry certifications including AWS CSA, Cloudera CCAH, VCP2, VCP3, VCP4, VCP5, VTSP, VSP, CCNA, CCDA, ITIL, EMCIEe, EMCTAe, BCFP, LCNA, NCSA, SCP.
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All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @CloudExpo | @ThingsExpo, June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.
Track 1. FinTech
Delegates to Cloud Expo / @ThingsExpo will be able to attend 8 simultaneous, information-packed education tracks.
There are over 120 breakout sessions in all, with Keynotes, General Sessions, and Power Panels adding to three days of incredibly rich presentations and content.
Join Cloud Expo / @ThingsExpo conference chair Roger Strukhoff (@IoT2040), June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA for three days of intense Enterprise Cloud and 'Digital Transformation' discussion and focus, including Big Data's indispensable role in IoT, Smart Grids and (IIoT) Industrial Internet of Things, Wearables and Consumer IoT, as well as (new) Digital Transformation in Vertical Markets.
Financial Technology - or FinTech - Is Now Part of the @CloudExpo Program!
Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 20th Cloud Expo / @ThingsExpo June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA will find fresh new content in a new track called FinTech, which will incorporate machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and blockchain into one track.
Financial enterprises in New York City, London, Singapore, and other world financial capitals are embracing a new generation of smart, automated FinTech that eliminates many cumbersome, slow, and expensive intermediate processes from their businesses.
FinTech brings efficiency as well as the ability to deliver new services and a much improved customer experience throughout the global financial services industry. FinTech is a natural fit with cloud computing, as new services are quickly developed, deployed, and scaled on public, private, and hybrid clouds.
More than US$20 billion in venture capital is being invested in FinTech this year. @CloudExpo is pleased to bring you the latest FinTech developments as an integral part of our program, starting at the 20th International Cloud Expo June 6-8, 2017 in New York City and October 31 - November 2, 2017 in Silicon Valley.
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MADRID (AP) -- A car bomb was defused in a megabrothel's parking lot in northeast Spain early Monday and 300 people were evacuated from the site, the Interior Ministry said.
A security guard at Paradise, one of Spain's largest legal brothels, called police late Sunday in La Jonquera, which is on the border with France, after masked men sped up to the brothel in two cars.
A man got out of one vehicle brandishing a weapon and shouted he was leaving behind a car with a bomb in the back. He then sped off with four other people in a second high-performance vehicle.
A regional ministry spokesman said it took a bomb squad several hours to deactivate the device. He spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with ministry rules.
Spain's Europa Press agency, citing sources within the investigation, said the explosives placed in the car consisted of two butane gas tanks, around a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of TNT and dynamite, with a fuse attached.
Town Mayor Sonia Martinez said she would take action to try and close Paradise, because it "seriously damages the image of the town."
Paradise employs around 200 sex workers and was inaugurated in October near the Spanish end of a tunnel under the Pyrenees Mountains linking the two countries, after years of disputes and construction delays.
The establishment is well known in the area for offering private entrances to guests seeking secrecy, attracting Spanish and French clientele.
Local media reported a previous attack earlier this month when two small explosive devices — one of which exploded — were thrown at it from a car, and many of the town's 3,000 residents think the bombs are evidence of gangs involved in a turf war.


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
This T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by Argenis Fernandez (Blog|Twitter) is devoted to the question, "Are you a Jack-of-all-Trades? Or a specialist?" This question really hits home for me, on a number of levels.
(Aside: I have huge respect for Argenis – he's smart, funny, no-nonsense, very accomplished. If you don't follow him, do.)
If you have read any of my previous ramblings on this blog, you may know I was originally educated as an architect – the bricks and mortar kind, not the information systems kind. While I didn't stay in that profession, I'm afraid it had a permanent influence on the way that I am wired. Architecture, especially architectural education, is grounded in a particular way of thinking about the intersection of design and engineering, which sticks with me.
A building is a problem with an unimaginable number of variables. There are so many that, for one building program (that's the problem statement about what the building is supposed to be for, and how big, etc.) on one site, there is probably an infinite number of really good solutions. There are variations on structure, light, materials, function, climate, culture, history, on and on. A very good architect can make a building that works, keeps the rain out, and lasts, but at the same time is also inspiring, creative, and enriches the lives of the people who use it.
Contrary to popular belief, architects don't do a lot of math. They don't do the calculations for structural engineering, for example. In fact, in most places they are prohibited from doing it because they aren't qualified. The skill that I think an insightful architect has is not engineering, but synthesis. From all the intertwined systems that make a building, structural systems, enclosure systems, mechanical and electrical systems, patterns of use, cultural influences, colors, natural light, the landscape, the architect can, through design, form a building into something that reveals and expresses those systems in a way that is not only functional but beautiful at the same time.
In order to do that, the architect does need to genuinely understand how those systems work, their internal logic, but perhaps in a different way than an engineer understands them. The architect has to "zoom out," to understand how each system works at a macro level, and how it relates to all the other competing systems, interests and priorities that compose the larger problem of making the building. The architect's understanding has to be accurate, without necessarily being microscopic in detail. The micro-level answers are available when you need them, by hiring someone or by doing research -- and the world is just too large and complicated to literally know it all.
Put another way: the hack architect either willfully stuffs a building into some predetermined form, or is ignorant or uncaring about making something, and settles for cheap, expedient corner-cutting. The skilled architect can synthesize the functions of the building, the site and the building's construction into something elegant and beautiful, by understanding something about how each of those things work.
So, what has all this got to do with the topic at hand? I would like, in my small way, to work in IT the way the serious architect designs buildings. It's interesting to think about whether or not working that way is a specialty – and I don't really have an answer. But I have found that zooming out, taking an interest in related systems, helps me tremendously as a DBA. Sometimes it's not the micro details of other systems that matter, but spending the time "getting" the logic of other systems, languages, interfaces.
Example: other computer languages. I am no developer, but I have great respect for the really good ones. I have tried to learn at a macro level how to code in Scheme, Java, JavaScript, VB.net, C# and recently PowerShell. I have put a lot of effort into understanding OO concepts. The same way an architect doesn't actually calculate structures, you would not want me to code up your complex application. But as I try to formulate IT solutions, it's been really helpful to know something about how that all works, and how what I do relates to it. I hope it will make me less likely to do the IT equivalent of jamming a square peg in a round hole, and more likely to help find the elegant solution.
Example: Windows, Storage, Failover Clusters. To me it just seems natural to want to know more about the systems that my SQL Servers are running on. I'm not a very experienced Windows guy, and when I go and see the good ones present, I am humbled and amazed. But I have certainly tried to get some macro-level understanding of these other systems as a way to get better at my own job, and I've learned how to build things like failover clusters ground-up.
That brings me back to the title of this post. "Not my job" is actually an interesting and nuanced concept. On the one hand, there are a lot of things I really don't know about, and many I know barely enough about to be dangerous. I came late to this profession and I'm still a novice. I think it's important to recognize that fact, in the same way the architect needs the engineer, and not create havoc imagining that I know more than I do. In short, I need other people who really know things. That's the positive version of "not my job."
Of course, there's the other interpretation, where "not my job" is really code for "I can't be bothered," or, "that's not interesting." That attitude I don't get. There is very little in this world that is not interesting in some way. Architects tend to be interested in everything.
I will leave you with two of my favorite buildings in the world, and a thought: these are made of the same steel, stone, wood and concrete as other buildings – what is it that makes them so amazing?
Have a look at Louis Kahn's iconic Salk Institute and Kimbell Art Museum
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- A SCIENTIST'S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE. Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the "soul" is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have been the first to explain, might feel real to the people having them, but in truth they are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then came the day when Dr. Alexander's own brain was attacked by an extremely rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion--and in essence makes us human-- shut down completely. For seven days Alexander lay in a hospital bed in a deep coma. Then, as his doctors weighed the possibility of stopping treatment, Alexander's eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexander's recovery is by all accounts a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. This story sounds like the wild and wonderful imaginings of a skilled fantasy writer. But it is not fantasy. Before Alexander underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. That difficulty with belief created an empty space that no professional triumph could erase. Today he is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.
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In an era when too many politicians seem to be focused primarily on staying in office, U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has announced that she will be stepping down, and State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. has already done so. We, and the people of Nassau County, will miss both of these effective, well-liked legislators.
McCarthy, a Democrat from Mineola, announced last week that she would not seek re-election to a 10th term in Congress this fall. Although she was labeled by many a single-issue politician for her passionate pursuit of gun control, she has proven to be the epitome of a public servant. She does not seek the limelight, but honestly wants to make life better for her constituents.
McCarthy was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, three years after her husband, Dennis, was killed and her son, Kevin, was seriously injured when gunman Colin Ferguson opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and wounding 19. She became known as the fiercest gun control advocate in Washington, but she also took an active interest in education, health and finance.
McCarthy is a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce; a ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and also serves on the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Her National Instant Criminal Background Check System Improvement Amendments Act was signed into law in 2008. The law is designed to provide states with grants to upgrade their systems for determining who is and is not eligible to own firearms. It also requires all federal agencies to update their databases with information on those who may be ineligible to purchase guns.
McCarthy, who's now 70, has been battling lung cancer since June, and says that's one of the main reasons why she will not run again, but she vows to continue her service as a volunteer and advocate.


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Barry Fey, Concert Promoter, Dead At 73
Barry Fey, who spent 30 years promoting concerts in the Denver area, including U2's famous 1983 Red Rocks performance, has died at the age of 73.
The Boulder Journal is reporting that Fey committed suicide via an on-air report by Greg Moody, a Denver entertainment critic and friend of Fey. Fey had been recovering from a recent hip replacement surgery.
Fey started in the business in 1965, promoting concerts in the Chicago area. He moved to Denver two years later to run the Family Dog concert hall, which brought psychedelic acts like Big Brother & the Holding Company and Jimi Hendrix to Denver.
He then started his own company, Feyline Presents, which began booking rock concerts at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre just outside Denver. The U2 concert video, 'Under a Blood Red Sky' was filmed at Red Rocks, and promoted by Fey.
Known throughout the music industry as a colorful character - he billed himself on his Facebook page as the "Rockfather" -- Fey could be notorious in his business dealings. But he also had a generous side, giving money to anti-youth violence campaigns and helping to create the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in 1989.
In 2011, Fey wrote his memoir, 'Backstage Past,' which features forwards by Pete Townshend and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, in which both recalled his personal touch. Fey's relationship with Osbourne began in 1971, when, as Ozzy recalled, he was the first promoter to book Black Sabbath as an opening act for Mountain. Osbourne recalled that, because Sabbath outdrew Mountain, after the tour Fey gave the four members of Black Sabbath a gold watch, which Ozzy still has.


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- Just like any other electrical office or household equipment, television and computer screens generate low-frequency electric and magnetic fields.
- Modern flat screens do not have tubes and due to their design and operating mode they do not emit X-rays, and, moreover, their magnetic fields are considerably weaker than those of tube screens.
- Up to today, occupational regulations related to work with display screen equipment have been established solely for ergonomic reasons.
- TCO Development's recommended maximum emission limits for screens are very low, thus pursuing TCO's ambitious aim of not additionally increasing current exposure to electromagnetic fields at one's workplace.
- The TCO standard is not mandatory for Germany.
Just like any other electrical office or household equipment, television and computer screens generate low-frequency electric and magnetic fields.
- These are mainly alternating electric and magnetic fields with a frequency of 50 Hz, which is the regular power supply frequency.
- To a lesser extent, harmonics (multiples of the basic frequency of 50 Hz) also occur.
- Static electric fields and higher-frequency electromagnetic fields up to the kilohertz range are also generated.
- Display tubes (cathode ray tubes) also produce weak X-rays. These, however, are almost completely screened due to the way the tube is constructed.
The intensity of the emitted non-ionising radiation and X-rays is so low that health risks can be ruled out when working at visual displays, and even if several devices are operated in the same room.
Magnetic fields of modern flat screens are considerably smaller
Modern flat screens do not have tubes and due to their design and operating mode they do not emit X-rays, and, moreover, their magnetic fields are considerably weaker than those of tube screens.
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Similar advice should be followed when watching TV. Special attention should be paid to
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A sufficient viewing distance should be adhered to in order to avoid eye damage. If for instance, the screen is much brighter than the background or if there are light reflections on the screen, the viewer's eyes are under considerable strain.
As a rule, one can say: The bigger the screen, the longer the viewing distance should be.
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TCO Development (an enterprise founded by TCO, the governing body of the Swedish trade unions for employees) grants approval for office equipment. Approval procedures involve
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TCO Recommendations for maximum emissions of screens
TCO Development's recommended maximum emission limits for screens are very low, thus pursuing TCO's ambitious aim of not additionally increasing current exposure to electromagnetic fields (e.g., from various electric devices) at one's workplace. This must be appreciated from a precautionary point of view.
The TCO-cachet is regularly updated and adapted to the state of technology. Today it is widespread, and a considerable number of screens adhere to a TCO standard. For further information, see the TCO Development web site.
TCO standard not mandatory for Germany
The TCO standard is not mandatory for Germany. Display screens, like any other electric devices, must adhere to the provisions of Germany's legislation on product safety. Requirements related to emissions of electric and magnetic fields are contained in DIN regulations.
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I am placing this here versus the Tea Magazine topic partly because it is more than simply a magazine project as they also represent a real presence in Taiwan where readers and visitors are welcome to visit and learn of the tea culture of Taiwan ... I felt a dedicated topic would be most beneficial to members and Global Tea Hut projects.
Wu De wrote:This year Global Tea Hut is shifting from a community newsletter to a professional tea magazine, and one that comes every month with organic tea! The magazine describes the tea, and is packed full of tea wisdom.
Furthermore, all proceeds support our non-profit organization, which is dedicated to building free tea centers that our readers can visit. This represents a new kind of media in the world—one in which the media constructs real space, and the reader can travel from magazine to center and then back to the magazine.
In this way, we build community together. Many of you are familiar with The Leaf Magazine. This new Global Tea Hut will be the continuation of that. We will never include advertising of any kind.
Here are our incentives as membership increases (we currently have around 260 members worldwide):
•At 500 members we will switch to a full-color magazine
•At 1000 members we will begin traveling to tea regions, writing more journalistic articles and sourcing more organic tea. This also allows us to start connecting sustainable farmers to each other so that Global Tea Hut itself can have an impact on the tea world.
•At 1500 members we will start translating modern and ancient tea texts to English.
Our February issue already has glimpses of many of these features.
You can sign up at: http://www.globalteahut.org
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Vines Center gets acoustics upgrade
The Vines Center hosts some of the most exciting Christian speakers, musicians, and sporting events in the country – but a strong sound reverberation was making it difficult for students to hear from some of the seats.
Newly installed "sound baffles" are expected to make reverberation a thing of the past, though. The baffles, which look like red and blue flags hanging from the dome ceiling, will absorb excess sound.
"We're going to try to make sure that no matter where you are, you can hear," said LU Director of Planning and New Construction Charles Spence.


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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.1 -- Configuring the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server for the IBM Lotus Sametime Web Conference Integration
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Main page: Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.1
Navigation: Integration > Integrating with IBM Lotus Sametime Web Conference
This procedure describes how to set up permissions for users and how to configure the IBM Lotus Sametime server hostname on the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server.
It also describes how to set the Extend Meeting and the Meeting Extension Length to the same value on the Application Server and on the IBM Lotus Sametime server.
Before You Begin
- Make sure that the IBM Lotus Sametime server is up and running so that when you specify the IBM Lotus Sametime server hostname in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Administration Center, the connection between the servers will be successful.
- Determine the value of the Meeting Extension Length (Minutes) by doing the following:
- Log in to the IBM Lotus Sametime server as the administrator.
- Click Administer the Server.
- Select the Configuration > Meeting Services > General tab.
- Write down the setting for Meeting Extension Length (Minutes).
- Log in to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Administration Center.
- Select User Configuration > User Groups to enable outdial permissions for users.
- Click the group name to open the Edit User Group window.
- Select Yes in the Permissions section for the Can Call Out From Meetings option to enable all users to outdial.
- (Recommended) Select No in the Outdial Meeting Defaults section for the Ask For Profile Password to No to disable the password requirement for outdial so that users do not have to enter their passwords every time the phone rings.
- Click Save.
- Verify that the Meeting Password Required option is set to No for all Cisco Unified MeetingPlace user profiles, including the special admin profile.
- NOTE: Changing this option to Yes prevents users from scheduling meetings.
- Select System Configuration > Sametime Configuration > Sametime Server.
- Click Add New.
- Enter the Sametime server hostname.
- Click Save.
- Select System Configuration > Meeting Configuration.
- Scroll to the Meeting Settings section.
- Set the Extend Meeting (Minutes) to the same setting as the Meeting Extension Length (Minutes) on the IBM Lotus Sametime server.
- Click Save.


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A typography piece inspired by the BBC Series "Sherlock". Part of a set.
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In his biggest audition yet for the Buffalo Bills starting quarterback job, former Raven Tyrod Taylor completed 7-of-10 passes for 65 yards and ran four times for 41 yards last night against the Cleveland Browns.
It wasn't a tour-de-force performance by any means, but given that the Bills were without their top five running backs and their top three receiving targets, it was a solid effort by Taylor.
He certainly didn't hurt his chances to win the job over Matt Cassel and EJ Manuel. The Ravens would love to see that happen.
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Nope, it wasn't, but I was loving it.
Now, first of all, let me just say I know that makes me a horrible person. I should be supporting my husband at all times, and never taking delight in his foibles. But THE MAN HAS NEVER HAD A TICKET! Me? I've had lots of tickets. Driving is not what you would call my "forte." I've been to traffic school so many times I could have a Masters degree. When our insurance goes up I am the reason. And every time I get a ticket? Or get in a little "fender bender"? I am reminded that Ryan has a perfect driving record.
All that was going to change though.
I very helpfully got out the insurance card and the registration for the Trooper as he walked up to the car. "Going a little fast, sir," he said. Ryan admitted it, saying he realized that hill had gotten the better of him. The trooper took our information and said he would be right back.
I wondered if it would be mean to have the ticket framed for Ryan as an anniversary gift. I thought about the advice I would give him about driving school. I wondered how long I should wait before I blogged about the ticket. I texted Tara immediately.
Me: Ryan is getting a speeding ticket.The trooper came back.
Tara: Tell him NOT to thank the cop.
"I'm going to let you off with a warning this time," he said, "because you are the only person who admitted to speeding today."
My jaw dropped. I grabbed my phone.
Me: He got off with A WARNING!I think she was more disappointed than I was. That's why I like her so much.
Tara: Of course he did! Who would give Ryan a ticket?
Me: He said Ryan was the only person all day who admitted to speeding, so he gave him a warning.
Tara: That is EXACTLY how I would have written that scene.
I know, for a fact, that if I had been driving I would have gotten a ticket. Maybe even two. I probably would have gotten one for texting Tara while waiting for my other tickets. Then Ryan would have told me once again about his perfect driving record.
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FTP Load Balancing on ACE in Routed Mode Configuration Example
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The goal of this document is to configure an ACE Module or ACE 4710 to perform FTP load balancing. It will cover the basics of the FTP protocol, and explain why specific configuration elements are necessary to allow FTP to function.
FTP Protocol Basics
FTP is a protocol which allows client PCs running FTP client software, to transfer files to and from a remote FTP server. An FTP session is itself composed of two TCP flows, each with a very specific role. The first flow is created as the user initiates the FTP connection to the server. It is used to pass FTP commands (such as GET, PUT, etc) back and forth between the client and server, and is known as the control channel. This flow is always sourced from the client PC, with the destination being the FTP server (generally TCP port 21), never the other way around. The next TCP flow is known as the data channel, and it is created when data needs to flow between the client and the server (file copies, directory listings, etc). This flow can be established in either direction, depending on whether ACTIVE FTP or PASSIVE FTP is being used. To establish the data connection during an Active FTP session, the server initiates the TCP connection to the client PC. To establish the data connection during a Passive FTP session, the client initiates the TCP connection to the FTP Server. It is important to note that when an FTP session authenticates properly but then hangs on directory listings or file transfers, generally some piece of network equipment is preventing the data channel from being properly established.
Clients will establish an FTP control channel connection with the VIP configured on the ACE. Once established, the ACE will forward the control connection to one of the configured real servers. The ACE will inspect the commands being sent through the control connection, and will take action as necessary to ensure the data connection can also be established between the client and the server in the appropriate direction when necessary. Generally this will involve performing NAT on the IP addresses embedded within the FTP control channel messages, as well as opening any necessary ports in the ACE access-lists. Only the TCP port for the control channel must be explicitly permitted in the ACE access-list. The TCP port for the data channel is dynamically assigned by the client or server (depending on which FTP mode is used), and ACE will open a pin-hole in its access-list to allow traffic through to the real server on this port.
The ACE configuration is performed in a layered fashion, making the order it is built in important. Each configuration step builds upon the previous step; the order this document will follow is outlined below.
- Configure a management policy to allow admin access to the ACE
- Configure access-list to permit traffic into the ACE from the client facing interface
- Define real server addresses (create the rservers)
- Group rservers together (create a serverfarm)
- Define the virtual address (VIP)
- Define how traffic is to be handled once it is received (L7 policy-map)
- Associate traffic handling policy with VIP address (multi-match policy)
- Create client and server VLAN interfaces, and apply service-policy, access-list, and management policy to them
- Add a default route
To begin the configuration, configure a management policy-map to allow all types of management access to the ACE. This policy will be applied to the necessary interface in a later step.
ACE-1/routed(config)# policy-map type management first-match remote-access ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-mgmt)# class class-default ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-mgmt-c)# permit
Next configure an access-list to permit the desired traffic to enter the ACE. Before the traffic can reach any configured virtual servers, it must be permitted by an access-list.
|While this example shows a "permit any any", it is recommend ACLs be used to only permit specific traffic through the ACE.
ACE-1/routed(config)# access-list everyone extended permit ip any any ACE-1/routed(config)# access-list everyone extended permit icmp any any
The ultimate goal of this configuration is for ACE to distribute FTP connections to a group of real servers. The ACE must have each of these real servers configured as rservers, so that it knows each of their IP addresses. Note that unlike previous SLB products, a TCP/UDP port is NOT specified during this step; it will be defined when the rservers are added to a serverfarm.
ACE-1/routed(config)# rserver host lnx1 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# ip address 192.168.1.11 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# rserver host lnx2 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# ip address 192.168.1.12 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# rserver host lnx3 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# ip address 192.168.1.13 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# rserver host lnx4 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# ip address 192.168.1.14 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# rserver host lnx5 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# ip address 192.168.1.15 ACE-1/routed(config-rserver-host)# inservice
The rservers must be grouped into a serverfarm, accomplishing two things. It allows the whole group of rservers to be attached to any load balancing actions with a single command, and it provides an opportunity to define the port on which the rservers are configured to accept traffic.
|In this example, no port is configured on the rservers. This instructs the ACE to inherit the port from the virtual server which will be defined in a later step.
ACE-1/routed(config)# serverfarm host ftp ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host)# rserver lnx1 ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# rserver lnx2 ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# rserver lnx3 ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# rserver lnx4 ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# inservice ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# rserver lnx5 ACE-1/routed(config-sfarm-host-rs)# inservice
In order for the ACE to accept traffic on a virtual server IP, it must be configured using a class-map. In this example the VIP address is configured to accept traffic on TCP port 21, the standard port for FTP control channel connections.
ACE-1/routed(config)# class-map match-all 102-vip ACE-1/routed(config-cmap)# 2 match virtual-address 172.16.1.102 tcp eq ftp
Once the ACE accepts traffic destined to the virtual address, it must be told how to handle the traffic. This is accomplished by configuring an L7 policy-map. In this example the policy-map is configured to match all traffic (class-default matches anything), and to send it to the ftp serverfarm.
ACE-1/routed(config)# policy-map type loadbalance first-match slb ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-lb)# class class-default ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-lb-c)# serverfarm ftp
The final "glue" which ties all of the previous steps together, is the multi-match policy. It can contain multiple class references; each would be configured with a different VIP address. In this case only one class is referenced, instructing the ACE to only accept traffic destined to the single VIP address. The class reference also references the L7 policy-map, and a command to put the VIP in service.
ACE-1/routed(config)# policy-map multi-match client-vips ACE-1/routed(config-pmap)# class 102-vip ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-c)# loadbalance vip inservice ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-c)# loadbalance policy slb ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-c)# inspect ftp
At this point the traffic handling logic is completely defined within the configuration. The final step is to apply this logic to the interfaces of the ACE. The following steps create the client facing interface, and apply the multi-match policy and access-list to it.
ACE-1/routed(config)# interface vlan 20 ACE-1/routed(config-if)# description Client Side ACE-1/routed(config-if)# ip address 172.16.1.5 255.255.255.0 ACE-1/routed(config-if)# access-group input everyone ACE-1/routed(config-if)# service-policy input client-vips ACE-1/routed(config-if)# no shutdown
The next steps create the server facing interface, and apply only the management policy to it. The access-list is not needed on this interface, since all outbound and established connections are permitted by default on an interface.
ACE-1/routed(config-if)# interface vlan 40 ACE-1/routed(config-if)# description Default gateway of real servers ACE-1/routed(config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 ACE-1/routed(config-if)# service-policy input remote-access ACE-1/routed(config-if)# no shutdown
The last step is to add a default route. This allows the ACE to be reachable from remote networks, and allows the ACE to return traffic to distant clients.
ACE-1/routed(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.1.1
Related show Commands
Certain show commands are supported by the Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only), which allows you to view an analysis of show command output.
The following command can be used to verify that both the control channel and the data channel were successfully established. In this example conn-id 3 illustrates the control channel being established from the client to the VIP on TCP port 21, and conn-id 19 illustrates the data channel being established from the VIP to the client on TCP port 4726. The directionality of the data channel indicates that this is an active mode FTP session. Note that normally the data channel is torn down immediately after use; in order to observe its behavior a long-running file transfer must be in progress.
ACE-1/routed# sho conn total current connections : 4 conn-id np dir proto vlan source destination state ----------+--+---+-----+----+---------------------+---------------------+------+ 20 1 in TCP 40 192.168.1.11:20 220.127.116.11:4726 ESTAB 19 1 out TCP 20 188.8.131.52:4726 172.16.1.102:20 ESTAB 3 2 in TCP 20 184.108.40.206:2045 172.16.1.102:21 ESTAB 18 2 out TCP 40 192.168.1.11:21 220.127.116.11:2045 ESTAB
The following command can be used to observe the behavior of the FTP inspection engine. The hit count should increase over time, and dropped connections should not increment.
ACE-1/routed# show service-policy client-vips detail Status : ACTIVE Description: - ----------------------------------------- Interface: vlan 20 service-policy: client-vips class: 102-vip VIP Address: Protocol: Port: 172.16.1.102 tcp eq 21 loadbalance: L7 loadbalance policy: slb VIP Route Metric : 77 VIP Route Advertise : DISABLED VIP ICMP Reply : DISABLED VIP State: INSERVICE curr conns : 0 , hit count : 8 dropped conns : 0 client pkt count : 169 , client byte count: 7771 server pkt count : 193 , server byte count: 12506 conn-rate-limit : 0 , drop-count : 0 bandwidth-rate-limit : 0 , drop-count : 0 L7 Loadbalance policy : slb class/match : class-default LB action : primary serverfarm: ftp state: UP backup serverfarm : - hit count : 8 dropped conns : 0 inspect ftp: L7 inspect policy : - strict ftp: DISABLED curr conns : 0 , hit count : 8 dropped conns : 0 client pkt count : 169 , client byte count: 7771 server pkt count : 193 , server byte count: 12506 conn-rate-limit : 0 , drop-count : 0 bandwidth-rate-limit : 0 , drop-count : 0
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access-list everyone line 8 extended permit ip any any access-list everyone line 16 extended permit icmp any any rserver host lnx1 ip address 192.168.1.11 inservice rserver host lnx2 ip address 192.168.1.12 inservice rserver host lnx3 ip address 192.168.1.13 inservice rserver host lnx4 ip address 192.168.1.14 inservice rserver host lnx5 ip address 192.168.1.15 inservice serverfarm host ftp rserver lnx1 inservice rserver lnx2 inservice rserver lnx3 inservice rserver lnx4 inservice rserver lnx5 inservice class-map match-all 102-vip 2 match virtual-address 172.16.1.102 tcp eq ftp policy-map type management first-match remote-access class class-default permit policy-map type loadbalance first-match slb class class-default serverfarm ftp policy-map multi-match client-vips class 102-vip loadbalance vip inservice loadbalance policy slb inspect ftp interface vlan 20 description Client Side ip address 172.16.1.5 255.255.255.0 access-group input everyone service-policy input client-vips no shutdown interface vlan 40 description Default gateway of real servers ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 service-policy input remote-access no shutdown ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.1.1


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The Green Bay Packers missed Randall Cobb's gifts during Sunday's 37-34 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, but the wide receiver and return man says he'll be ready for Saturday's night's NFC wild-card rematch.
NFL Replay will re-air the Minnesota Vikings' 37-34 victory over the Green Bay Packers from Week 17 in its entirety on Thursday, Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. ET.
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"100 percent," Cobb said of his chances to play for the first time since spraining his ankle during a Week 16 win over the Tennessee Titans.
"I wanted to be out there (against the Vikings), especially a game like this," Cobb told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "You want to play, but we were just being smart about it. It was a mutual decision."
Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters a slippery Metrodome turf factored into Cobb sitting out the regular-season finale.
"He was close, but he wasn't ready," McCarthy told the Green Bay Press Gazette. "Part of the decision not to play Randall was the surface and just the ability for lateral movements. We'll see how he is (Tuesday)."
McCarthy also revealed that injuries to linebacker Clay Matthews (undisclosed) and wide receiver Jordy Nelson (knee) aren't considered serious. Both players left the loss to Minnesota before returning to the game.
The Packers won't have to worry about the Metrodome's slick surface this weekend. The wild-card game will be played at Lambeau Field, and -- if all three players return -- Green Bay will be healthier than it has been in some time.
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Mississippi's state and local officials can tell you that defending the state's military bases from closures can get expensive. The state spent a reported $60 million to $65 million in the 2005 round of base closings, an effort that helped to save such Mississippi military mainstays as Keesler Air Force Base, Naval Air Station Meridian, Camp Shelby and Columbus Air Force Base. The state, however, lost a Navy installation in Pascagoula and Air National Guard Air Wing in Meridian.
Now state and local officials are gearing up again for what could be an expensive campaign to ensure survival of the air bases, naval stations and National Guard training centers around the state.
This year's state bond issue included $2 million to ready Mississippi's military communities for the likelihood of a return of 2015 of the Base Realignment & Closure Commission, or BRAC. Under BRAC, a panel appointed by the President and approved by Congress selects bases for closing and submits a list to Congress for an up-or-down vote. No changes can be made to the list after submission.
The state's $2-million allocation is likely to be a mere down payment as the intentions of the President, Congress and the Pentagon become clearer.
Even without a formally appointed BRAC panel, key members of Congress from both parties have acknowledged that significant cuts in defense spending, especially in the military's domestic infrastructure, are ahead. The hundreds of billions in federal cuts over the next 10 years through the federal budget sequester guarantee across-the-board pain, officials say. "If the cuts already passed come to be, they are going to have to do something," especially with infrastructure, said Bill Crawford, a Meridian resident who was involved in the state's 2005 BRAC as deputy director of the Mississippi Development Authority.
For instance, Crawford said, a reduced Navy carrier force could put at risk one of Navy air training stations in either Meridian or Kingsville, Texas.
Reductions in military shipbuilding and unmanned drone aircraft could also occur, as could cuts in defense research at Stennis Space Center.
As Crawford sees it, the nation's fiscal reality says a BRAC is needed. But "politics says 'no,'" he added.
Regardless of whether the draw down in the military's domestic infrastructure occurs through
BRAC or through congressional politics, "now is the time for the communities to gear up and get ready," said Crawford, who now tracks government and politics in the state as a columnist syndicated in the Mississippi Business Journal and other newspapers.
The best approach, he said, is to make sure the bases stay in prime shape, as shown by Kessler's recent selection as the top Air Force's installation.
"Sometimes that is getting military construction done and making sure the quality of life for folks stationed there is good," Crawford said.
Particular focus must be put on preventing civilian encroachment that would diminish the effectiveness of the installation's mission, he added.
A key bit of advice Crawford has for state and local officials going into a new BRAC round is to expect the unexpected. "We had things pop up in 2005 we never thought would come up," he said, including BRAC panel consideration of closing Kessler Air Force Hospital and cut backs at the Army Engineer Research & Development Center in Vicksburg and the closing of Army National Guard Camp McCain training center in Grenada.
"We learned some lessons early on that we applied later," Crawford said. Specifically, he added, state and local officials learned to keep the installations off the list "and when they get on the list get them off."
The state continues to keep its pipeline to Washington open through lobbyist Barry Rhoads, managing partner of the Cassidy Group. Rhoads has worked with the state on base defense since the early 1990s. "He's been through thick and thin with us," Crawford said.
Meanwhile, top officials of the Navy and Marine Corps say they do not expect to cut much spare capacity if a new base closing round goes ahead in 2015, according to a bloc posted by the national Association of Military Defense Communities.
Ray Mabus, former Mississippi governor and current secretary of the Navy, told Congress this month the Navy has already shed "most of our duplicative and overlapping bases and services."
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos said the Corps is preparing to trim its end strength by 20,000 troops to 182,1000 Marines over the next several years, even though there is "not a lot of fluff" in the corps.
Army leaders say they plan to accomplish their strength reductions by eliminating six brigade combat teams in the United States, or about 80,000 troops by 2017. The Army is spending millions of dollars on installations that are "simply unusable" as the cost of upkeep for antiquated facilities climbs exorbitantly, Secretary John McHugh said in media interview this week.
The Association of Military Defense Communities reports that Air Force Secretary Michael Donley put an official estimate of excess Air Force base capacity at roughly 20 percent. The closures carried out following the 2005 round of base closures were relatively small, he said in a report by the American Forces Press Service.
Funding constraints already are causing the Air Force to curtail training for 13 fighter and bomber squadrons through the end of the fiscal year, the Association of Military Defense Communities reports.
Manning McPhillips, chief administrative officer of the Mississippi Development Authority, is coordinating the state's military current installation defense efforts. Though he declined to discuss anything that touches on the state's strategy, including lessons learned from previous BRAC rounds in 1995 and 2005, McPhillips said the state's main focus will be to help localities with military bases enhance the mission of the bases. This could be infrastructure projects such as an access road getting built for Navy Air Station Meridian or a firearms range in Columbus for use by Air Force personnel and the general public.
Paying for those projects included matching shares from the communities. Allocation of the $2 million from this year's Legislature and future allocations will also require community matching shares, McPhillips noted. The match ensures "local communities have some skin in the game," he added.
Each part of the state that is home to a military installation has a military communities council. Each council sends a representative to a state council chaired by Army National Guard Maj. Gen. William "Bill' Freeman Jr., who is chairman of the state council.
Freeman, former Mississippi adjutant general and a longtime executive at Newton County Bank, declined to discuss the work of the council without MDA authorization. The MDA is considering whether to let Freeman speak with the media, McPhillips said, emphasizing the competitiveness of the BRACC process and the state's desire not to tip its hand.
The state, he said, is "sensitive about what can be said," especially this early in the process.
The local councils will participate in developing overall strategy as well as strategies specific to their installations. In requesting infrastructure help, the councils will send their proposals to the state councils to be vetted by a process that includes members of the state body as well as the MDA.
"The MDA scores it based on asset criteria," McPhillips said. "Then we make our recommendations to the council."
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Musical Theatre West is packing a lot of music from one of the most successful songwriting teams into each performance of " 'S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical" beginning this week.
The West Coast premiere of the vibrant and energetic show that celebrates the music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin, with the help of a handful of love stories, is set for Saturday at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. The show runs through April 20 with a preview performance scheduled Friday.
"I hope the audience has their hearts opened up by the music of George and Ira Gershwin, open to the joy of love," said Ray Roderick, who conceived, wrote and directs the tribute musical that includes more than 40 songs from the Gershwin brothers. "If couples walk out hand in hand at the end of the evening humming some of those songs, that would be wonderful, it would be ' 'S Wonderful.' "
The show includes a cast of five experienced musical theater performers including Rebecca Ann Johnson, who has appeared in MTW's productions of "Young Frankenstein" and "Silk Stockings," and Damon Kirsche, whose recent MTW credits include roles in "42nd Street" and "Man of La Mancha."
Audiences will likely recognize much of the music, which dominated early 20th century Broadway musicals with songs like "Funny Face," "Rhapsody in Blue," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" and the show's title song, " 'S Wonderful."
"We found a world in which the songs could really live and actors could act the songs and play the songs in fun ways and different styles all night," Roderick said about his show shortly before a recent rehearsal.
The New York-born Gershwin brothers helped define musical comedies and the sound of the jazz age. They worked closely together until George's death in 1937 from a brain tumor at age 38.
During their time together, the brothers created more than a dozen scores for Broadway and Hollywood, including "Of Thee I Sing" in 1931, which became the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Roderick's tribute and repackaging of their songs is divided into five "mini-musicals" — each featuring one of the five cast members in a lead role — that tell love stories set in different places and times that fit into particular Gershwin songs.
The stories jump from 1916 New York to 1930s Paris, 1940s Hollywood, 1950s New Orleans and the present.
"It's all wrapped in stories but the music and lyrics are the most important things in the show," Roderick said. "It really serves up the brilliance of George and Ira Gershwin all night in different ways, in different styles, in these different worlds that George and Ira were a big part of."
The show starts with the mini-musical called "Nice Work If You Can Get It," which Roderick describes as a "wacky 1920s frothy, fun, silly" story. It includes songs like "I Got Rhythm," "I've Got a Crush on You," "Sweet and Low Down," and the title song, "Nice Work If You Can Get It."
Kirsche, a North Dakota native who lives in Los Angeles, has the lead in the segment named for the Gershwin song "An American in Paris," about a young tourist who falls in love with a waitress he meets in Paris just as World War II starts.
It includes songs like "Fascinating Rhythm," "Somebody Loves Me" and a lesser-known song by the duo called "Somebody From Somewhere."
"It's just a beautiful song," Kirsche said. "The songs are colloquial and popular in their own time and they make references to things in their eras, but they're just eternal in their message of how people find relationships and love together that still speaks to audiences today."
Johnson, who grew up in South Florida and now lives in L.A., takes the lead role in the segment called "Funny Face," which is set in the 1940s. She plays a makeup artist on the set of a big movie musical who dreams of becoming one of the beautiful starlets she makes up.
"The story is really about her learning to love herself and who she is and not about wanting to be someone she's not," Johnson said. It's told with songs like "They All Laughed" and the title song, "Funny Face."
"There's something about these songs that is timeless. They could all be talking about the modern day," she said.
The musical ends in a very modern way with a segment called "Someone to Watch Over Me," which is about a grandmother who gives her grandson an iPod filled with her favorite old songs, including the Gershwin tune "They Can't Take That Away From Me."
"It sort of brings the digital age into George and Ira. It's about the handing of things one generation really holds dear to other generations that follow," Roderick said.
And it's a clear message about the longevity of the music.
"This music is going to outlive all of us," Roderick said. "It deserves to."


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Ever since the Navy launched its first submarine it has kept a log of all their locations. It's either in port or on patrol. If the sub fails to come back and its fate remains unknown, it is officially listed as "On Eternal Patrol." But, what if 70 years later one of those missing subs came back? What if there sudden appearance is part of their mission?
For this book I researched every aspect of submarines and their operations. I found two subs still listed as "On Eternal Patrol" that disappeared under mysterious circumstances. These two boats and the events surrounding their disappearance are the backbone of this thriller adventure with a time travel twist and some espionage which spans seven decades.
When Marine Archeologist Dr. George Washington sets out on an expedition to find a sunken ship filled with lost Nazi gold, the last thing he expected was to be taken prisoner aboard a submarine and fight for his life decades before he was born.
With Eternal Patrol, I take you inside these submarines and you will feel like you are there with those men as they wait for the depth charges to pass by them. Share the tension with the crew as one of their own torpedoes goes rogue and comes back at them. You will discover right along with them, when you surface in the middle of the Pacific, it looks the same now as it did in 1944. Only you don't know if the war is over or still waging and there is a ship approaching on the horizon.
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As adults, most of us have forgotten that instinct to stretch.
Animals do it and so do babies, but how many adults do? As adults, most of us have forgotten that instinct to stretch. However, it can be revived.
I once read an article on exercise which said aerobic type exercise should be done three times per week but stretching is a must do every day if you are to experience good health.
Nearly forty years ago, I began to learn the value of stretching. For about eight years, I had been plagued with such extremely painful back that I couldn't take a step without pain, and lifting was out to of the question. Doctors, of all persuasions, brought no relief; morning and night I was doing their prescribed set of exercises. Finally, a trip to the University of Iowa back clinic solved the problem when a young therapist taught me two simple stretches in such a way that in less than three weeks, I was pain free. The stretches he taught me have become a daily habit. First thing when waking, while still in the bed, I do back stretches, along with some others I have learned and added. They are a part of arising and retiring routine—morning and night. Five minutes of stretching makes all the difference. The therapist told me if I did them the rest of my life he guaranteed I would have no more back trouble. So far, he has been right. He said back pain is caused by weak out-of- balance muscles. Muscles get weak and can't do their job of holding the bones in place.
Stretching helps keep our muscles strong and in balance. Yoga, which incorporates stretching with emphasis on body, mind, and spiritual awareness, has stood the test of time. No one knows for sure how long people have been doing yoga, but we do know it has been around for at least 4,000 years and possibly as long as 8,000 years. As one who is about to complete 11 years of participating in a yoga class 3 to 5 times every week in a class—I can vouch for its benefits.
In his book, The Genius of Flexibility, Bob Cooley calls stretching "becoming untangled". Being hit by an automobile and left with a mangled body started him on a path of learning that led him to stretch physically, mentally, emotionally, and spirituality. Even though he had been told by all the doctors he would never walk again and it was doubtful if he would live, he regained his body and became healthy by "stretching with resistance".
Everyone can relearn what they knew at birth, how to stretch. Regardless of age, flexibility, or state of health, you can learn to stretch and benefit. Stretching needs to be a valued part of your daily routine, whether or not you do any exercise. Even if you are bedfast, or unable to walk, you can stretch. There are simple stretches you can do while watching TV, at the computer, talking on the phone or getting into or out of bed.
Stretching doesn't require much time and it can be done as you go about your daily activities. Some of its huge benefits are reduced muscle tension, increased range of movement in the joints, enhanced muscle coordination, increased circulation of blood to the various parts of the body (which increases healing capacity), increased energy levels, body awareness, and flexibility.
Rule number one in stretching is do not bounce! Bouncing can cause small tears in the muscles, resulting in scar tissue. At the point of pain, stop! Your body is telling you that you have gone a little too far. If you persist in stretching each day, you will find that you will become more flexible, and you can stretch further without pain. Stretch slowly and with concentration with your awareness completely on your body and breathing into the stretch.
A few simple stretches you can do before you get out of bed are: 1. Stretch your right arm above your head as you stretch your left food with your toes turned up toward your body; repeat on the other side. 2. With your knees bent, and your feet flat on the bed, push the small of your back toward the bed tilting the pelvis while breathing out. Relax and repeat. 3. With your hands around your knees, slowly pull the knees toward the chest while breathing out. Relax and exhale as you slowly lower your feet to the bed with the knees still bent. As you get used to stretching do more repetitions but remember to move slowly and breathe into each stretch. You may be surprised how much better you will feel by doing these few simple exercises before you start your day. If you get up with a stiff sore back, you will see improvement within a week.
The more you stretch, the more you will want to stretch as it feels so good to get the kinks out. Stretching mentally, emotionally, and spiritually is important to overall health and well being. Get out of the rut and learn do something new and different. Remember, "A closed mind is like concrete; thoroughly mixed up and permanently set."
(Janice Norris lives in Heber Springs, has a B.S. in home economics from Murray State University, owned and operated health food stores in Illinois and Heber Springs, and wrote a weekly column in Illinois for 15 years. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com)


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Undisclosed USPTO Employees Write Report Saying USPTO Does A Great Job Handling Software & Smartphone Patents
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Principally, the article highlights how the US Patent Office acts responsibly when it engages constructively with principled criticisms and calls for reform, as it has during the passage and now implementation of the landmark Leahy–Smith America Invents Act of 2011.What was odd, the folks at Wayfinder noted, was that the bio lines for Graham and Vishnubhakat significantly play down their connection to the USPTO:
Stuart J. H. Graham is an Expert Advisor at the US Patent and Trademark Office. He is an Assistant Professor, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, and is an attorney licensed in the State of New York. Saurabh Vishnubhakat is an Expert Advisor at the US Patent and Trademark Office. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia, and is an attorney licensed in the state of Illinois.Notice that they are named as "advisors" to the USPTO, but their full-time roles are not mentioned. In response to the Wayfinder piece, the Journal explained that the roles had changed "at the last minute." That is, right before publication, they apparently went from being full-time employees to mere advisors:
Ms. Ann Norman Assistant Editor, JEP relayed the following, "Stuart Graham was Chief Economist at USPTO and now is an Expert Advisor. That status changed only at the last minute, apparently, at the last stages of preparing to send this paper for printing…From the sound of that, it certainly appears that the paper itself was written while they were still employed by the USPTO. Given that, it seems highly appropriate for the paper to make their former full-time employment clear. While it's good that Graham and Vishnubhakat disclosed the proper info, it's unfortunate that the Journal of Economic Perspectives more or less tried to bury this important piece of information.
"So the authors did disclose their potential conflicts of interest to us, and it was/is an editorial decision as to whether these conflicts were significant enough to post online. We can, in-fact still post the full disclosure statements with the paper, though of course it is too late to mention in the paper itself that the online disclosure statement exists."
As for the report itself, it seems rather meaningless: they point out that it appears that patent examiners covering "software patents" (and they work up a definition) more or less treat them similarly to other patents. And the USPTO's "internal" quality review suggests they mostly get it right. Also, they point to courts generally ruling disputed patents valid as if somehow everything is working just right. Those don't exactly seem like the right metrics for determining if a patent really is good or bad, or if it's causing various innovation-killing issues such as in the smartphone wars and in the wider software ecosystem.
In the meantime, if you talk to anyone actually working in these spaces, all you hear are horror story after horror story about how patent trolls with completely bogus patents are effectively killing off businesses every day. So, while it's great that the USPTO wants to pat its own back, picking self-serving but meaningless metrics hardly helps to convince the world that the patent system is actually working.