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Cisco WAAS Troubleshooting Guide for Release 4.1.3 and Later -- Troubleshooting the MAPI AO
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This article describes how to troubleshoot the MAPI AO.
MAPI Accelerator
The MAPI accelerator optimizes Microsoft Outlook Exchange e-mail traffic. Exchange uses the EMSMDB protocol, which is layered on MS-RPC, which in turn uses either TCP or HTTP (unsupported) as the low level transport.
The MAPI AO supports Microsoft Outlook 2000 through 2007 clients for both cached and noncached mode traffic. Secure connections that use message authentication (signing) or encryption are not accelerated by the MAPI AO. Such connections and connections from older clients are handed off to the generic AO for TFO optimizations. Additionally, Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Exchange-Exchange connections are not supported.
Note: Microsoft Outlook 2007 has encryption enabled by default. You must disable encryption to benefit from the MAPI application accelerator. In Outlook, choose Tools > E-mail Accounts, choose View or Change Existing E-mail Accounts, and then click Next. Choose the Exchange account, and then click Change. Click More Settings, and then click the Security tab. Uncheck the Encrypt data between Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server check box, as shown in Figure 1.
Alternatively, you can disable encryption for all users of an Exchange Server by using a Group Policy.
- Figure 1. Disabling Encryption in Outlook 2007
In the following cases, the MAPI AO does not handle a connection:
- Encrypted connection (handed off to the generic AO)
- Unsupported client (handed off to the generic AO)
- Unrecoverable parsing error. All TCP connections between the client and server service are disconnected. When the client reconnects, all connections are handed off to the generic AO.
- Client attempts to establish a new association group on the connection when the WAE is overloaded.
- Client establishes a connection when the WAE is overloaded and MAPI reserved connection resources are not available.
The Outlook client and server interact in a session over a group of TCP connections called an association group. Within an association group, object accesses can span across any connection and connections are dynamically created and released as needed. A client can have more than one association group open at the same time to different servers or the same server. (Public folders are deployed on different servers from the mail store.)
It is essential that all MAPI connections within an association group go through the same pair of WAEs in the branch and data center. If some connections within an association group do not go through the MAPI AO on these WAEs, the MAPI AO would not see the transactions performed on those connections and the connections are said to "escape" the association group. For this reason, the MAPI AO should not be deployed on serially clustered inline WAEs that form a high availability group.
The symptoms of MAPI connections that escape their WAE association group are Outlook error symptoms such as duplicate messages or Outlook stops responding.
During a TFO overload condition, new connections for an existing association group would be passed through and escape the MAPI AO, so the MAPI AO reserves a number of connection resources in advance to minimize the impact of an overload condition. For more details about reserved MAPI connections and their impact on device overload, see the section "MAPI Application Accelerator Reserved Connections Impact on Overload" in the Troubleshooting Overload Conditions article.
Verify the general AO configuration and status with the show accelerator and show license commands, as described in the Troubleshooting Application Acceleration article. The Enterprise license is required for MAPI accelerator operation and the EPM application accelerator must be enabled.
Next, verify the status specific to the MAPI AO by using the show accelerator mapi command, as shown in Figure 2. You want to see that the MAPI AO is Enabled, Running, and Registered, and that the connection limit is displayed. If the Config State is Enabled but the Operational State is Shutdown, it indicates a licensing problem.
- Figure 2. Verifying the MAPI Accelerator Status
Use the show statistics accelerator epm command to verify that the EPM AO is functional. Check that the Total Handled Connections, Total Requests Successfully Parsed, and Total Responses Successfully Parsed counters increase when a client is started.
Use the show running-config command to verify that the MAPI and EPM traffic policies are properly configured. You want to see accelerate mapi for the Email-and-Messaging application action and you want to see the MS-EndPortMapper classifier and traffic policy defined, as follows:
WAE674# sh run | include mapi map adaptor EPM mapi name Email-and-Messaging All action optimize full accelerate mapi WAE674# sh run | begin MS-EndPointMapper ...skipping classifier MS-EndPointMapper match dst port eq 135 exit WAE674# sh run | include MS-EndPointMapper classifier MS-EndPortMapper name Other classifier MS-EndPortMapper action optimize DRE no compression none accelerate MS-port-mapper
Use the show policy-engine application dynamic command to verify that dynamic match rules exist, as follows:
- Look for a rule with User ID: EPM and Map Name: uuida4f1db00-ca47-1067-b31f-00dd010662da.
- The Flows field indicates the total number of active connections to the Exchange service.
- For each MAPI client you should see a separate entry with the User ID: MAPI.
Use the show statistics connection optimized mapi command to check that the WAAS device is establishing optimized MAPI connections. Verify that "M" appears in the Accel column for MAPI connections, which indicates that the MAPI AO was used, as follows:
WAE674# show stat conn opt mapi Current Active Optimized Flows: 2 Current Active Optimized TCP Plus Flows: 1 Current Active Optimized TCP Only Flows: 1 Current Active Optimized TCP Preposition Flows: 0 Current Active Auto-Discovery Flows: 0 Current Reserved Flows: 12 <---------- Added in 4.1.5 Current Active Pass-Through Flows: 0 Historical Flows: 161 D:DRE,L:LZ,T:TCP Optimization RR:Total Reduction Ratio A:AOIM,C:CIFS,E:EPM,G:GENERIC,H:HTTP,M:MAPI,N:NFS,S:SSL,V:VIDEO ConnID Source IP:Port Dest IP:Port PeerID Accel RR 342 10.56.94.101:4506 10.10.100.100:1456 0:1a:64:d3:2f:b8 TMDL 61.0% <-----Look for "M"
Note: In version 4.1.5, the Current Reserved Flows counter was added in the output. This counter refers to the number of reserved MAPI connection resources on the WAE that are currently unused but set aside for future MAPI connections. For more details about reserved MAPI connections and their impact on device overload, see the section "MAPI Application Accelerator Reserved Connections Impact on Overload" in the Troubleshooting Overload Conditions article.
If you observe connections with "TGDL" in the Accel column, these connections were pushed down to the generic AO and optimized with transport optimizations only. If these are connections that you expected to be handled by the MAPI AO, it may be because they are encrypted MAPI connections. To check on the number of encrypted MAPI connections that have been requested, use the show statistics accelerator mapi command as follows:
wae# sh stat accel mapi MAPI: Global Statistics ----------------- Time Accelerator was started: Thu Nov 5 19:45:19 2009 Time Statistics were Last Reset/Cleared: Thu Nov 5 19:45:19 2009 Total Handled Connections: 8615 Total Optimized Connections: 8614 Total Connections Handed-off with Compression Policies Unchanged: 0 Total Dropped Connections: 1 Current Active Connections: 20 Current Pending Connections: 0 Maximum Active Connections: 512 Number of Synch Get Buffer Requests: 1052 Minimum Synch Get Buffer Size (bytes): 31680 Maximum Synch Get Buffer Size (bytes): 31680 Average Synch Get Buffer Size (bytes): 31680 Number of Read Stream Requests: 3844 Minimum Read Stream Buffer Size (bytes): 19 Maximum Read Stream Buffer Size (bytes): 31744 Average Read Stream Buffer Size (bytes): 14556 Minimum Accumulated Read Ahead Data Size (bytes): 0 Maximum Accumulated Read Ahead Data Size (bytes): 1172480 Average Accumulated Read Ahead Data Size (bytes): 594385 Local Response Count: 20827 Average Local Response Time (usec): 250895 Remote Response Count: 70486 Average Remote Response Time (usec): 277036 Current 2000 Accelerated Sessions: 0 Current 2003 Accelerated Sessions: 1 Current 2007 Accelerated Sessions: 0 Secured Connections: 1 <-----Encrypted connections Lower than 2000 Sessions: 0 Higher than 2007 Sessions: 0
You can find the IP addresses of clients requesting encrypted MAPI connections in the syslog by searching for messages like the following:
2009 Jan 5 13:11:54 WAE512 mapi_ao: %WAAS-MAPIAO-3-132104: (929480) Encrypted connection. Client ip: 10.36.14.82
You can view the MAPI connection statistics by using the show statistics connection optimized mapi detail command as follows:
WAE674# show stat conn opt mapi detail Connection Id: 1830 Peer Id: 00:14:5e:84:24:5f Connection Type: EXTERNAL CLIENT Start Time: Thu Jun 25 06:32:27 2009 Source IP Address: 10.10.10.10 Source Port Number: 3774 Destination IP Address: 10.10.100.101 Destination Port Number: 1146 Application Name: Email-and-Messaging <-----Should see Email-and-Messaging Classifier Name: **Map Default** Map Name: uuida4f1db00-ca47-1067-b31f-00dd010662da <-----Should see this UUID Directed Mode: FALSE Preposition Flow: FALSE Policy Details: Configured: TCP_OPTIMIZE + DRE + LZ Derived: TCP_OPTIMIZE + DRE + LZ Peer: TCP_OPTIMIZE + DRE + LZ Negotiated: TCP_OPTIMIZE + DRE + LZ Applied: TCP_OPTIMIZE + DRE + LZ Accelerator Details: Configured: MAPI <-----Should see MAPI configured Derived: MAPI Applied: MAPI <-----Should see MAPI applied Hist: None Original Optimized -------------------- -------------------- Bytes Read: 4612 1973 Bytes Written: 4086 2096 . . .
Local and remote response counts and average response times are shown in this output:
. . . MAPI : 1830 Time Statistics were Last Reset/Cleared: Thu Jun 25 06:32:27 2009 Total Bytes Read: 46123985 Total Bytes Written: 40864046 Number of Synch Get Buffer Requests: 0 Minimum Synch Get Buffer Size (bytes): 0 Maximum Synch Get Buffer Size (bytes): 0 Average Synch Get Buffer Size (bytes): 0 Number of Read Stream Requests: 0 Minimum Read Stream Buffer Size (bytes): 0 Maximum Read Stream Buffer Size (bytes): 0 Average Read Stream Buffer Size (bytes): 0 Minimum Accumulated Read Ahead Data Size (bytes): 0 Maximum Accumulated Read Ahead Data Size (bytes): 0 Average Accumulated Read Ahead Data Size (bytes): 0 Local Response Count: 0 <---------- Average Local Response Time (usec): 0 <---------- Remote Response Count: 19 <---------- Average Remote Response Time (usec): 89005 <---------- . . .
Encrypted MAPI Acceleration
This section describes how to troubleshoot the E-MAPI acceleration feature introduced in WAAS version 5.0.1.
MAPI AO Logging
The following log files are available for troubleshooting MAPI AO issues:
- Transaction log files: /local1/logs/tfo/working.log (and /local1/logs/tfo/tfo_log_*.txt)
- Debug log files: /local1/errorlog/mapiao-errorlog.current (and mapiao-errorlog.*)
For easier debugging, you should first set up an ACL to restrict packets to one host.
WAE674(config)# ip access-list extended 150 permit tcp host 10.10.10.10 any WAE674(config)# ip access-list extended 150 permit tcp any host 10.10.10.10
To enable transaction logging, use the transaction-logs configuration command as follows:
wae(config)# transaction-logs flow enable wae(config)# transaction-logs flow access-list 150
You can view the end of a transaction log file by using the type-tail command as follows:
wae# type-tail tfo_log_10.10.11.230_20090715_130000.txt Wed Jul 15 19:12:35 2009 :2289 :10.10.10.10 :3740 :10.10.100.101 :1146 :OT :END :EXTERNAL CLIENT :(MAPI) :822 :634 :556 :706 Wed Jul 15 19:12:35 2009 :2289 :10.10.10.10 :3740 :10.10.100.101 :1146 :SODRE :END :730 :605 :556 :706 :0 Wed Jul 15 19:12:35 2009 :2290 :10.10.10.10 :3738 :10.10.100.101 :1146 :OT :END :EXTERNAL CLIENT :(MAPI) :4758 :15914 :6436 :2006 Wed Jul 15 19:12:35 2009 :2290 :10.10.10.10 :3738 :10.10.100.101 :1146 :SODRE :END :4550 :15854 :6436 :2006 :0 Wed Jul 15 19:12:35 2009 :2284 :10.10.10.10 :3739 :10.10.100.101 :1146 :OT :END :EXTERNAL CLIENT :(MAPI) :1334 :12826 :8981 :1031
To set up and enable debug logging of the MAPI AO, use the following commands.
NOTE: Debug logging is CPU intensive and can generate a large amount of output. Use it judiciously and sparingly in a production environment.
You can enable detailed logging to the disk as follows:
WAE674(config)# logging disk enable WAE674(config)# logging disk priority detail
You can enable debug logging for connections in the ACL as follows:
WAE674# debug connection access-list 150
The options for MAPI AO debugging are as follows:
WAE674# debug accelerator mapi ? all enable all MAPI accelerator debugs Common-flow enable MAPI Common flow debugs DCERPC-layer enable MAPI DCERPC-layer flow debugs EMSMDB-layer enable MAPI EMSMDB-layer flow debugs IO enable MAPI IO debugs ROP-layer enable MAPI ROP-layer debugs ROP-parser enable MAPI ROP-parser debugs RPC-parser enable MAPI RPC-parser debugs shell enable MAPI shell debugs Transport enable MAPI transport debugs Utilities enable MAPI utilities debugs
You can enable debug logging for MAPI connections and then display the end of the debug error log as follows:
WAE674# debug accelerator mapi Common-flow WAE674# type-tail errorlog/mapiao-errorlog.current follow


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Sept. 15, 2005
Tufts University Sports Information
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Chase Lochmiller headed in a cross from Christopher Desrochers in the 85th minute to lift visiting MIT to a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Tufts University on Wednesday. The neighboring rivals have played to 1-1 draws in each of the previous two years, with Engineers (2-1) last pulling out a win in 1991.
The first half held to the pattern of the last two outings, ending in a scoreless tie. The Jumbos (1-1) struck in the 53rd minute when Mike Guigli bounced a shot off the post and it went in. MIT answered quickly, with Desrochers feeding Andrew Bishara for the first goal of his career one minute later. Greg O'Connell regained a one-goal lead for the hosts with a tally off a corner kick from Andrew Drucker.
With nine minutes left in regulation, James Zorich and Dominic Powell found Walter Song who drove a shot from outside the box into the goal to tie the match at 2-2. Four minutes later, Lochmiller's header eluded the leap of Tufts keeper Brian Dulmovits for the winner.
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The Leavenworth County Commission has approved a resolution to send to the Kansas attorney general that will allow the county to continue to exempt public buildings from a concealed carry law.
The Leavenworth County Commission has approved a resolution to send to the Kansas attorney general that will allow the county to continue to exempt public buildings from a concealed carry law.
Commissioners approved the resolution Monday morning.
A state law that went into effect earlier this year requires cities and counties to allow concealed firearms in public buildings unless adequate security measures are in place.
The law applies only in cases in which people have valid permits to carry concealed firearms.
Buildings owned by the county government already are exempted from the law's requirements through Dec. 31.
Commissioners are sending the resolution to Attorney General Derek Schmidt to extend the exemption through the end of 2017.
The four-year exemption will allow the county to continue to prohibit concealed firearms in public buildings without the additional security measures in place.
Commission Chairman Bob Holland has said the county ultimately may allow people to carry concealed firearms in some of its buildings, but the additional exemption gives officials more time to study the facilities.
According to the resolution that was adopted Monday, the county has developed a plan for providing adequate security to its buildings. And, the commission will continue to review the plan as needed.
County Counselor David Van Parys said the security plan is intended to be a "living document."
Commissioner Dennis Bixby said something that is not included in the state law is a provision for exempting future county-owned buildings.
Van Parys said the county has to list the buildings that will be exempted in the information provided to the attorney general.
"You can't say, 'All county buildings,'" he said.
If the county constructs a building in the future, concealed firearms would have to be permitted inside the facility, Van Parys said.
He said the county could request the state Legislature amend the law to allow for the exemption of new buildings.
"We could request an attorney general opinion on that topic," he said.
Van Parys said the Attorney General's Office has to receive the resolution by 5 p.m. Dec. 31.
The resolution will be sent with a cover letter signed by Holland as well as an exhibit, or list of legal descriptions of the county buildings that will be exempt.
Commissioners previously said 13 buildings will be exempt. But, Leavenworth County Administrator Pat Hurley said the actual number is 11, at least in terms of legal descriptions.
He said that's because an EMS station that is part of the county annex previously had been counted as a separate building. And, a noxious weed building and the county shop previously had been counted as separate structures, but they will be considered one property in the legal descriptions.
The list with the descriptions of property was not ready when commissioners met Monday morning.
Bixby said he would approve the resolution and cover letter, but he didn't want to approve the list until he had a chance to read it.
Commissioner Clyde Graeber made a motion to approve the resolution, subject to the inclusion of the list, as well as the letter.
The motion passed 2-1 with Bixby voting against it because he had not yet seen the list.
With passage of the motion, the list won't have to be brought back to the commission for additional approval, Hurley said.
Graeber said he's sure Hurley will review the list to make sure it is correct.
The Leavenworth City Commission has decided to allow people with permits to carry concealed firearms in municipal buildings beginning Jan. 1. City commissioners have cited the cost associated with implementing new security measures as a reason for the decision.
The city of Lansing also will be allowing people to carry concealed firearms into municipal buildings beginning in 2014, Lansing City Administrator Mike Smith has said.


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The parallels are uncanny. Not only did japan use the same legal fiction: 'Our enemy is not a nation-state so international law does not apply', they also used the same cover-up: 'Our troops were out of control and there only isolated incidents' when in fact the imperial army repeatedly ordered the commission of war crimes. Japanese conduct at Nanjing was so appalling that the Nazi German consulate in Nanjing denounced it to Berlin as a war crime.
Such considerations shed light on three major underlying causes of the Nanking Atrocity. First, contempt for China as a modern nation led to a deficient concern for applying international law toward it. Just as serious fighting in northern China began, an undersecretary in the Army Ministry sent a notice dated 5 August 1937 to the China Garrison Army's Chief of Staff: "It is inappropriate to act strictly in accordance with various stipulations in 'Treaties and Practices Governing Land Warfare and Other Laws of War'." Similar notices went out to other units as well. The message can only be construed as: "there is no need to obey international law." Second, this overweening attitude diluted concern for protecting Chinese civilians, as well as foreign diplomats and residents, from the horrors of war. The CCAA was formed haphazardly on 7 November 1937. Since it was not supposed to move far west of Shanghai, it had no supply-and-support units to provision troops, who could only rely on plunder to sustain themselves en route to Nanking. This increased their frequency of contacts with, and opportunities for violence toward, civilians. The SEA and the Tenth Army had no liaison staff or units trained in diplomacy; so those armies' relations with Japanese diplomatic officials in China were bad, to say the least. Troops viewed diplomats as a thorn in their side; diplomats who tried to stop army brutalities exposed themselves to danger. A third and related underlying cause of the Atrocity lay in the CCAA's disregard for upholding troop discipline and morality. It had no specialized military police (MP) units, and the few individual MPs who were on hand could not possibly maintain order. As one attached to the Tenth Army bewailed, "With less than 100 of us to control 200,000 men in several divisions, what could we do?"
There may be a WWII precedent for the Bush administration's approach to the conduct of war, but it is certainly not Churchill.


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Alabama Finalizes 2014 Football Schedule
The University of Alabama completed next season's football schedule on Wednesday with an agreement to play Southern Miss in Tuscaloosa on September 13, 2014. Alabama's schedule includes seven home games, four road games, and one neutral site game next season.
The Crimson Tide will open the 2014 season against West Virginia, which will take place in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game for the second straight year and fourth time overall. Alabama opened the 2008 and 2009 seasons in Atlanta with wins over Clemson and Virginia Tech, respectively. UA and Virginia Tech kicked off the season this year in the Georgia Dome on August 31. Home games in 2014 include Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Florida, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Western Carolina and Auburn. Road games are Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee and LSU.
Date Opponent Site
Aug. 30 West Virginia Atlanta, Georgia
Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic Bryant-Denny Stadium
Sept. 13 Southern Miss Bryant-Denny Stadium
Sept. 20 *Florida Bryant-Denny Stadium
Oct. 4 *at Ole Miss Oxford, Mississippi
Oct. 11 *at Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas
Oct. 18 *Texas A&M Bryant-Denny Stadium
Oct. 25 *at Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov. 8 *at LSU Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nov. 15 *Mississippi State Bryant-Denny Stadium
Nov. 22 Western Carolina Bryant-Denny Stadium
Nov. 29 *Auburn Bryant-Denny Stadium
*Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponent
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Test Session for NASCAR Sprint Cup Stars
Logano, Biffle Talk About NHMS Test
NASCAR'S top drivers will be visiting the Granite State for a test session on Tuesday, June 25 and Wednesday, June 26.
Hometown favorites Roush-Fenway Racing along with Penske and Stewart-Haas Racing drivers will all be at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in preparation for next month's New Hampshire 300 weekend on July 11-14.
Grandstands will be open free of charge from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Several NASCAR drivers visited the Magic Mile last month for a two-day Goodyear Tire Test. This time drivers including defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski will be turning hot laps on the track, along with former champion Tony Stewart, and his teammates, Danica Patrick and Ryan Newman. Roush-Fenway Racing's Sprint Cup drivers Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will join Nationwide Series driver Trevor Bayne and Travis Pastrana.
Since NASCAR opened the door for drivers to do more testing, the testing sessions have become a "must see" event for fans. The sights and sounds of the practice session are very close to race day Sundays. Just last month, several drivers including Jeff Gordon and Joey Logano turned some of the fastest laps in Magic Mile history, testing new Goodyear tires and set-ups in preparation for summer racing.
"Drivers approach these practice sessions very seriously, and when you have drivers of the caliber of Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and defending champion Brad Keselowski, you are naturally going to see some competitive fires burning," explains Jerry Gappens, vice president and general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway. "We are thrilled to have these guys back at the track. It's free racing entertainment for anyone who wants to come and watch."
Fans are encouraged to watch from the grandstands free of charge. Fans will have the opportunity to get a look at some of their favorite drivers in a very up-close-and-personal environment. We've got former series champions, track champions and future Hall of Famers in this lineup.
And this is just the pregame ceremonies. You've got to come see the real thing. The Sprint Cup field will line up to run for the checkered flag in just a few weeks, and some of our best seats are still available. Group seating, camping, hospitality, and VIP packages are still available for the New Hampshire 300 on July 14 or the SYLVANIA 300 on Sept. 22. Purchase them now by calling the speedway ticket hotline at (603) 783-4931 or by visiting www.nhms.com.


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I liked Billingham...because he was sharp every time he pitched against us. I wanted him on my side
- Manager Sparky Anderson on why the Reds included 'Cactus Jack' in the famous 1971 trade with Houston
Outside of Cincinnati, Jack Billingham is best known to most baseball fans for one pitch. It took place on April 4, 1974, Opening Day in Cincinnati. Billingham had been given the coveted assignment of starting the Reds' first game of the season against the Atlanta Braves. The typical hoopla surrounding Opening Day was overshadowed by the Braves' Hank Aaron who ended the 1973 season one home run short of tying Babe Ruth's all-time home run record of 714. An anxious Riverfront Stadium crowd buzzed with anticipation over the possibility of seeing baseball history. They were not held in suspense for long as Aaron blasted a Billingham fastball over the left-center field fence in the bottom of the first inning to tie the record.
For Reds fans, of course, "Cactus Jack" is remembered for much more than surrendering Aaron's historic homer. In Cincinnati, Jack Billingham is recalled as the workhorse of the Big Red Machine's often-overlooked starting rotation and as one of the finest postseason pitchers in Reds history.
Signed out of high school by the pitching-rich Dodgers in 1961, Billingham spent seven years in the Dodger farm system before finally reaching the parent club in 1968. Used primarily as a relief pitcher throughout his Minor League sojourn, Billingham appeared in fifty games for the '68 Dodgers, all but one of his appearances in relief. When given an opportunity to start on August 5 against the Pirates at Dodger Stadium, he held the Bucs scoreless for eight innings in a game the Dodgers' won 1-0 in ten innings. Along the way, Billingham struck out eight batters including future Hall of Famers Willie Stargell (twice) and Bill Mazeroski (once). He finished the season with a 2.17 ERA.
Despite his impressive debut season, the Dodgers left Billingham unprotected in the 1969 expansion draft. Selected by Montreal, her spent spring training with the Expos before being dealt to the Astros on Opening Day to complete an earlier trade in which the Expos' Donn Clendenon had refused to report to Houston. Billingham worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen for the Astros throughout the 1969 season before moving into the starting rotation during the 1970 campaign, finishing that year with thirteen wins, a 3.98 ERA and a career high 187 2/3 innings pitched. A full-time starting pitcher in 1971, Billingham's record fell to 10-16 despite an improved ERA of 3.39.
As much as the Astros' home park, the Astrodome, was a haven for pitchers, it was a nightmare for hitters. The Astros finished the 1971 season with a 79-83 record despite sporting the statistically second-best pitching staff in the National League. While the pitchers excelled, Astros' hitters managed to score the third-fewest runs in the league. The Astros' struggle to score runs was the primary factor in a trade that is almost uniformly acknowledged as the most significant in Reds history.
Desperate for a power hitter, the Astros soon found a trading partner in the Reds. After winning the 1970 pennant, the Reds had slumped badly in 1971 and General Manager Bob Howsam decided that significant roster changes were in order. Howsam had been eyeing Astros' second baseman Joe Morgan for some time and was convinced that he was just the type of player the Reds needed to return to contention. The Astros' need for power coupled with the Reds' desire to add Joe Morgan resulted in the blockbuster trade of November 29, 1971. The Reds traded first baseman Lee May, second baseman Tommy Helms and utility player-pinch hitter Jimmy Stewart to Houston for Morgan, infielder Denis Menke, outfielders Ed Armbrister and Cesar Geronimo and Jack Billingham.
As great as the trade is understood to be today, it was anything but well received by Reds fans at the time. Of course, no one knew that in the deal, the Reds had acquired in Morgan a player who would became possibly the greatest second baseman in baseball history or that Cesar Geronimo would become one of the best defensive outfielders of his time or that Jack Billingham would blossom into an All-Star and a post-season stopper. Reds' coach George Scherger had been a manager in the Dodgers' minor league system when Billingham was a Dodger farmhand and he strongly recommended that the Reds be sure that Billingham was included in the trade. It did not take long for the Reds to see the wisdom behind Scherger's recommendation.
At 29, Billingham became the oldest member of a Reds staring staff that also featured Don Gullett, Gary Nolan, Ross Gimsley, Wayne Simpson and Jim McGlothlin. He finished the 1972 season with a rather pedestrian 12-12 record but managed to lower his ERA for the third consecutive season, posting a 3.18 mark that was the third lowest among the starting staff. The Reds ran away with the Western Division title that year, besting the Dodgers by 10.5 games. Once in the post-season, Billingham took a no-decision in the Reds' Game 2 victory over the Pirates before shutting out the Oakland A's for 132/3 innings in the World Series. The Reds lost the first two games in Cincinnati and with the Series moving to Oakland, Billingham was called on to stop the bleeding. He did so in impressive fashion, limiting the A's to only three hits in the Reds' 1-0 victory. After earning a save with a scoreless ninth inning in Game 5, Billingham allowed only one unearned run in five innings before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in Game 7. The A's emerged victorious in the game, 3-2, and claimed one of the most tightly contested World Series ever played.
Billingham's post-season showing was a precursor to back-to-back 19-win seasons in 1973 and 1974, years in which he became the unquestioned anchor of the Reds' rotation. Named to the All-Star team in 1973, he led the National League in innings pitched, starts and shutouts and was second in wins. While Billingham was enjoying the best seasons of his major league career, 1973 and 1974 were frustrating years for the Reds as the club was upset in the 1973 NLCS by the Mets and finished second in the division race to the Dodgers in 1974. Some began to wonder if this talented team was ever going to be as good as the sum of its parts.
The Reds answered that question decisively in 1975 with 108 regular season victories, a playoff win over the Pirates and a World Series win over Boston. Billingham contributed fifteen wins in the regular season and, picking up where he left off in 1972, put up stellar numbers in the World Series, allowing only one earned run in nine innings including two shut -out innings in relief of Don Gullett in Game 7. The Reds rolled to a second consecutive World Championship in 1976 but Billingham struggled with a 12-10 record and a career high ERA of 4.32. His reduced effectiveness coupled with the emergence of co- Rookie of the Year Pat Zachry limited Billingham to one relief appearance in the four-game World Series sweep of the Yankees. Coming on in relief of Fred Norman in the seventh inning of Game 2, Billingham allowed an RBI groundout that tied the game but held the Yankees scoreless for the remaining two innings. The Reds won the game with a run in the bottom of the ninth, earning Billingham his second World Series victory. For his career, Billingham sported a 0.36 ERA in 25 1/3 innings of World Series pitching, a major league record.
Following an ineffective 1977 season, the Reds traded Billingham to the Tigers where he resurrected his career with a 15-8 record. Another solid season followed before Billingham pitched his last season in 1980.
"Cactus Jack" Billingham, one of the greatest big game pitchers in Reds history and the mainstay of the Big Red Machine's starting rotation remains among the Reds' all-time career leaders in shutouts, wins, strikeouts and starts. He was inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 1984.
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|2009-03-12, 21:05
|Link #3763
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 42
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/0...o-manga-debut/ (Contents NSFW!) -- this satirical eromanga "demonstrates" the Man's sex appeal. Not much to be said for his Japanese counterpart, except for hitting on the current Secretary of State.
|2009-03-12, 23:37
|Link #3764
Gundam Boobs and Boom FTW
Join Date: Dec 2005
1. When I was born, I was given a choice - A big sex organ or a good memory.. I don't remember, what I chose.
2. Your birth certificate is an apology letter from the condom factory.
3. A wife is a sex object. Every time you ask for sex, she objects.
4. Impotence: Nature's way of saying 'No hard feelings....'
5. There are only two four letter words that are offensive to men - 'don't' and 'stop', unless they are used together.
6. Panties: Not the best thing on earth, but next to the best thing on earth.
7. There are three stages of sex in a man's life: Tri Weekly, Try Weekly, and Try Weakly.
8. Virginity can be cured.
9. Virginity is not dignity, its lack of opportunity.
10. Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
11. I tried phone sex once, but the holes in the dialer were too small...
12. Marriage is the only war where you get to sleep with the enemy.
13. Q: What's an Australian kiss? A: The same thing as a French kiss, only down under.
14. A couple just married were happy with the whole thing. He was happy with the Hole and she was happy with the Thing......
15. Q: What are the three biggest tragedies in a mans life?
A: Life sucks, job sucks, and the wife doesn't.
16. Q: Why do men find it difficult to make eye contact?
A: Breasts don't have eyes.
17. Despite the old saying, 'Don't take your troubles to bed', many men still sleep with their wives!!
|2009-03-13, 00:11
|Link #3765
Graphic Designer
|2009-03-13, 09:39
|Link #3766
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: God only knows
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|2009-03-13, 10:24
|Link #3767
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Derelict Apartment Block
Lol i really love this joke, it's totaly true about men, no offence guys
A husband looking through the paper came upon a study that said women use more words than men.
Exicited to prove to his wife that he had been right all along when he accused her of talking too much. He showed her the study results.
It read: "Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women use 30,000."
The wife thought for a while, then finally she said to her husband "It's because we have to repeat everything we say."
The husband said "What?"
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|2009-03-13, 16:26
|Link #3770
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: God only knows
Once upon a time, a man in a hot air balloon realized that he was lost.
He reduced altitude and spotted a man below. He descended a bit more and shouted. "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below replied. "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 50 and 51 degrees north latitude and between 114 and 115 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to do to make use of your information.
The fact is, I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all.
If anything, you've delayed my trip."
The man below responded, "You must be in management."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air.
You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is, you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, you've managed to make it my fault!!"
|2009-03-13, 16:33
|Link #3771
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Derelict Apartment Block
It was the final examination for an introductory English course at the local university. Like many such freshman courses, it was designed to weed out new students, having over 700 students in the class! The examination was two hours long, and exam booklets were provided. The professor was very strict and told the class that any exam that was not on his desk in exactly two hours would not be accepted and the student would fail. A half hour into the exam, a student came rushing in and asked the professor for an exam booklet.
"You're not going to have time to finish this," the professor stated sarcastically as he handed the student a booklet.
"Yes I will," replied the student. He then took a seat and began writing.
After two hours, the professor called for the exams, and the students filed up and handed them in. All except the late student, who continued writing. A half hour later, the last student came up to the professor who was sitting at his desk preparing for his next class. He attempted to put his exam on the stack of exam booklets already there.
"No you don't, I'm not going to accept that. It's late."
The student looked incredulous and angry. "Do you know WHO I am?"
"No, as a matter of fact I don't," replied the professor with an air of sarcasm in his voice.
"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" the student asked again.
"No, and I don't care." replied the professor with an air of superiority.
"Good," replied the student, who quickly lifted the stack of completed exams, stuffed his in the middle, and walked out of the room
best one i saw too it happened like this before
|2009-03-13, 17:27
|Link #3772
NERV Personnel
|2009-03-13, 23:13
|Link #3773
Gundam Boobs and Boom FTW
Join Date: Dec 2005
Why do you think we're in this economic crisis?
Edit: New joke for the day (it's not too funny this time >_<)
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?" He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." To stress his point he said to another guest, "You're a teacher, Bonnie. Be honest. What do you make?"
Bonnie, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, "You want to know what I make?"
(She paused for a second, then began...) "Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I make a C+ feel like the Congressional Medal of Honor. I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents can't make them sit for 5 without an I Pod, Game Cube or movie rental.
"You want to know what I make?" (She paused again and looked at each and every person at the table.) ''I make kids wonder. I make them question. I make them apologize and mean it. I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions. I teach them to write and then I make them write.
"Keyboarding isn't everything. I make them read, read, read. I make them show all their work in math. They use their brain, not the man-made calculator.
"I make my students from other countries learn everything they need to know in English while preserving their unique cultural identity. I make my classroom a place where all my students feel safe. I make my students stand, placing their hand over their heart to say the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, because we live in the United States of America.
"Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were given, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can succeed in life." (Bonnie paused one last time and then continued.) "Then, when people try to judge me by what I make, with me knowing money isn't everything, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are ignorant... You want to know what I make? I MAKE A DIFFERENCE!"
"What do you make Mr. CEO?" His jaw dropped, he went silent.
Of course...here's what they don't tell you:
Who makes the best teachers?
www.mathforamerica.org (math for America, a nonprofit organization started by a HEDGE FUND MANAGER that earned 1.5 BILLION dollars in 2007 who is the 55th richest person IN THE WORLD off of math...and the idol of all aspiring quantitative money-makers )
|2009-03-14, 12:49
|Link #3774
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In the Mix
Age: 36
Here's a golden oldie.
On a golf tour in Ireland, Tiger Woods drives his BMW into a petrol station in a remote part of the Irish countryside.
The pump attendant who obviously knows nothing about golf, greets him in a typical Irish manner completely unaware of who the golf pro is.
"Top of the mornin to yer, sir" says the attendant. Tiger nods a quick 'hello' and bends forward to pick up the nozzle. As he does so, two tees fall out of his shirt pocket onto the ground.
"What are those", asks the attendant.
"They're called tees" replies Tiger.
"Well, what on God's earth are dey for." inquires the Irishman.
"They're for resting my balls on when I'm driving", says Tiger.
"Fookin Jaysus", says the Irishman, "BMW thinks of everything."
|2009-03-15, 14:31
|Link #3777
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Derelict Apartment Block
A young executive was working late one night trying to impress his new boss. He stepped out of the office for a minute to get some coffee when he saw his boss standing at the shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. "Do you know how to work this darn thing?" the boss bellowed.
The young man ran over and took the paper out of his hand. "Oh yes sir," he said, "it�s quite simple." He then fed the piece of paper into the shredder.
"Thank you, son," the boss said. "A couple of copies will be fine."
he is totaly fired
|2009-03-15, 15:49
|Link #3778
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 26
@Solafighter, Video #2: Imagine if that happened mid-battle lol
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We're a big fan of polls and reporters who understand how to use polls to show a particular trend. In a recent story, though, one reporter found a strange way to twist data for a set narrative that didn't seem to hold up. In our most recent podcast, we discussed a rather confusing piece from The Economist that simultaneously suggested the evangelical landscape is changing due to younger and Latino evangelicals, but it also suggested that more evangelicals are self-identifying with the Republican Party.
As Chris put it in the comments, "They're growing more diverse AND they're more Republican? I'm confused." The article makes the point that evangelicals have struggled to vote for Mitt Romney in the Republican primary, but at the same time, many of the younger ones voted for President Obama in 2008.
Those who didn't vote for Romney in the primary probably voted instead for Rick Santorum. Romney's struggle in the Republican primary probably won't carry the same parallels in the general election.
We're also noticing a possible disappearance of the philanthropy beat where a reporter focuses specifically in that area. Sari wrote the following comment:
The Austin American Statesman has Andrea Ball, who covers charities and mental illness in the paper, as well as the paper's charity chat. Arts organizations, which are also philanthropies (e.g., the opera, museums), are usually covered by the guy who handles social events. I can't remember either of them ever taking. A religion angle.
While philanthropy doesn't necessarily have religion angles, we see some possible overlap. One thing is becoming clearer: newspapers seem less eager to assign reporters to such specific beats.
Finally, we also talked about a course Google is offering that appears to have possible Buddhist underpinnings. Unfortunately, the reporter didn't exactly spell out whether there were religious ideas and only mentioned the course founder's Buddhism like you might mention the color of his eyes.


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And it worked, for a while at least.
With a Bronx-born combination of chutzpah and humor, Koch steered New York back from the brink of financial ruin and infused the city with new energy and optimism in the 1970s and `80s while racing around town, startling ordinary New Yorkers on the streets by asking, "How'm I doing?" He was usually in too much of a hurry to wait for an answer.
Koch died of congestive heart failure Friday at 88, after carefully arranging to be buried in Manhattan because, as he explained with what sounded like a love note wrapped in a zinger: "I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone. This is my home. The thought of having to go to New Jersey was so distressing to me."
Fond tributes poured in from political allies and adversaries, some of whom were no doubt thinking more of his earlier years in City Hall, before many black leaders and liberals became fed up with what they felt were racially insensitive and needlessly combative remarks.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement that although they disagreed on many things, Koch "was never a phony or a hypocrite. He would not patronize or deceive you. He said what he meant. He meant what he said. He fought for what he believed. May he rest in peace."
During his three terms in office from 1978 to 1989, New York City climbed out of its financial crisis thanks to Koch's tough fiscal policies and razor-sharp budget cuts, and subway service improved enormously. To much of the rest of the country, the bald, paunchy Koch became the embodiment of the brash, irrepressible New Yorker.
He was quick with a friendly quip and a devastating putdown, and when he got excited or indignant -- which was often -- his voice became high-pitched. During his time in office and beyond, he dismissed his critics as "wackos," feuded with developer Donald Trump ("piggy") and fellow former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ("nasty man"), lambasted the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and once reduced the head of the City Council to tears.
"You punch me, I punch back," Koch once observed. "I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag."
Koch's favorite moment as mayor, fittingly, involved yelling. During a transit strike that brought the city's subways and buses to a halt in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to rally commuters who were forced to walk to work.
"I began to yell, `Walk over the bridge! Walk over the bridge! We're not going to let these bastards bring us to our knees!' And people began to applaud," he recalled many years later.
New Yorkers eventually tired of Koch.
Homelessness and AIDS soared in the 1980s, and critics charged that City Hall's response was too little, too late. Koch's latter years in office were marked by scandals involving those around him and rising racial tensions, stoked in part by Koch himself. In 1989, he lost a bid for a fourth term to David Dinkins, who went on to become the city's first black mayor.
On Friday, Dinkins called the former mayor "a feisty guy who would tell you what he thinks."
"Ed was a guy to whom I could turn if I wanted a straight answer," he told Fox 5 News.
In a statement, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city "lost an irrepressible icon" and called Koch its "most charismatic cheerleader."
"Through his tough, determined leadership and responsible fiscal stewardship, Ed helped lift the city out of its darkest days and set it on course for an incredible comeback," Bloomberg said.
Koch's mark on the city has been set in steel: The Queensboro Bridge was renamed in Koch's honor in 2011. Coincidentally, a documentary about the mayor titled "Koch" opened nationwide on the very day of his death. After viewing a final cut last summer, Koch applauded and congratulated the filmmaker.
A lifelong bachelor who lived in Greenwich Village, Koch championed gay rights, taking on the Roman Catholic Church and scores of political leaders. His own sexual orientation was the subject of speculation and rumors. During his 1977 mayoral campaign against Mario Cuomo, posters that read "Vote for Cuomo, Not the Homo" mysteriously appeared in some neighborhoods.
Koch offered a typically blunt response to questions about his own sexuality: "My answer to questions on this subject is simply, `F--- off.' There have to be some private matters left."
Koch was proudly Jewish and an outspoken supporter of Israel, willing to criticize anyone, including President Barack Obama, over decisions Koch thought could indicate any wavering of support.
"Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way," he said on a WLIW television program, "The Jews of New York." "I believe that you have to stand up."
After leaving office, he continued to offer his opinions as a political pundit, movie reviewer, food critic and judge on "The People's Court." Even in his 80s, Koch exercised regularly and worked as a lawyer.
Describing himself as "a liberal with sanity," Koch pursued a fearlessly independent course. When President George W. Bush ran for re-election in 2004, Democrat Koch crossed party lines to support him and spoke at the GOP convention. He also endorsed Bloomberg's re-election efforts at a time when Bloomberg was a Republican.
"I'm not the type to get ulcers," Koch wrote in "Mayor," his autobiography. "I give them."
Edward Irving Koch was born in the Bronx on Dec. 12, 1924, the second of three children of Polish immigrants. During the Depression the family lived in Newark, N.J.
The future mayor worked his way through school, checking hats, working behind a delicatessen counter and selling shoes. He attended City College and served as a combat infantryman in Europe during World War II.
He received a law degree from New York University in 1948 and started practicing law in Greenwich Village, where he began his political career as a member of a group of group of liberal Democratic reformers. He defeated powerful Democratic boss Carmine DeSapio, whose roots reached back to the corrupt Tammany Hall political machine, in a race for district leader.
Koch was elected to the City Council and then to Congress, serving from 1969 to 1977 as the representative for the "Silk Stocking" district that was then known for its millionaire Park Avenue constituency.
The liberal Koch was the first Democrat to represent the district in 31 years. But his politics edged to the center of the political spectrum during his years in Congress and pulled to the right on a number of issues after he became mayor.
His answer to the war on drugs? Send convicted drug dealers to concentration camps in the desert. Decaying buildings? Paint phony windows, complete with cheery flowerpots, on brick facades. Overcrowded city jails? Stick inmates on floating prison barges.
With New York City in dire financial condition in 1977, Koch defeated Mayor Abe Beame and Cuomo in the Democratic primary to win his first term in City Hall. He breezed to re-election in 1981 and 1985, winning an unprecedented three-quarters of the votes cast. At the time, he was only the third mayor in city history to be elected to three terms.
In 1982, he made a run for governor against then-Lt. Gov. Cuomo. But his bid blew up after he mouthed off about life outside his hometown.
"Have you ever lived in the suburbs?" Koch told an interviewer about a possible move to Albany. "It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life." He said life in the country meant having to "drive 20 miles to buy a gingham dress or a Sears, Roebuck suit."
It cost him the race, but it convinced many of the 8 million city residents that Koch belonged in New York.
Koch's third term was beset by corruption scandals. Queens Borough President Donald Manes, a close ally, committed suicide in 1986 after resigning over kickback and patronage allegations. The Bronx Democratic boss and others were also tarred. Koch's commissioner of cultural affairs, former Miss America Bess Myerson, stepped down after being accused of trying to influence the judge in a court case involving her boyfriend.
Koch fell out with many black voters for purging anti-poverty programs and making comments that many considered insensitive, such as saying that busing and racial quotas had done more to divide the races than to achieve integration.
He also said Jews would be "crazy" to vote for Jackson during the civil rights leader's 1988 presidential campaign after Jackson referred to New York as "Hymietown" and called for a Palestinian homeland in Israel.
It didn't help that Koch's combativeness came during an era of heightened racial unrest, first after the 1986 death of a black youth at the hands of a white gang in Howard Beach and three years later after a black teen was shot to death in Brooklyn's tough Bensonhurst neighborhood by a group of whites.
Koch later said the simmering racial tensions didn't lead to his defeat. "I was defeated because of longevity," he said. "People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out." But he also once said his biggest regret as he left office was that "many people in the black community do not perceive that I was their friend."
On Friday, Jackson said in a statement that Koch's "leadership and legacy will never be forgotten in New York City, New York state or our nation."
Koch wrote 10 nonfiction books, including the best-seller "Mayor," "Politics" and "His Eminence and Hizzoner," written with Cardinal John O'Connor. He also wrote four mystery novels and three children's books.
He also played himself in the movies "The Muppets Take Manhattan" and "The First Wives Club" and hosted "Saturday Night Live." In 1989's "Batman," the character of Gotham City's mayor bore a definite resemblance to Koch.
At age 83, Koch paid $20,000 for a burial plot at Trinity Church Cemetery, at the time the only graveyard in Manhattan that still had space. He had his tombstone inscribed with the last words of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants: "My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish."
It also includes an epitaph he wrote: "He was fiercely proud of his Jewish faith. He fiercely defended the City of New York, and he fiercely loved its people. Above all, he loved his country, the United States of America, in whose armed forces he served in World War II."
The funeral will be Monday at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan. Koch is survived by his sister, Pat Thaler, and many grandnieces and grandnephews.
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PART II: The PIRCs' Role in Preparing and Supporting Parents And Educators to Take Action for Student Learning
With the exception of home visits aimed at reaching specific parents, the kind of information dissemination described in Part I tends to be a broad-brush effort to reach as many parents as possible. In contrast, the efforts described in this section tend to be more selective and more time- and resource-intensive, as is needed for activities designed to ready parents and educators for action rather than simply to inform them. Even recruiting participants, particularly parents who traditionally have not been involved and educators who might not view the need for parent involvement as a high priority, can be difficult and time-consuming. Providing a broad range of training to meet the needs of constituents across an entire state also is challenging and can be expensive. But as will be evident in this section, the highlighted PIRCs have found ways to successfully meet these challenges.
Because PIRCs have a broad mandate and operate with limited funding (and, therefore, some have only a few staff members), they tend to leverage their resources by working with and through other organizations for both recruitment and training. More and more frequently, PIRCs are taking a train-the-trainers approach in a variety of avenues, such as parent leadership training, liaison training, and site council training. They also have begun working with the staff of education agencies who, in turn, train targeted school and parent populations with which they are in close contact. PIRCs also expend resources carefully, trying to assess in advance the kinds of training and other preparation needed in particular schools and districts so they can plan their own efforts accordingly.


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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series continues by remembering a first in Tennessee State basketball history.
Just last year, TSU notched its first-ever win over an SEC team with a thrilling, 64-63 win over South Carolina.
The victory over the Gamecocks was the first win over an SEC opponent for Tennessee State in 24 attempts. It also marked the first win over a major conference team since Dec. 30, 2007 when TSU upended Illinois, 60-58.
South Carolina went up by four to start the contest when Covington answered with a three-pointer to make it a 4-3 game. TSU took their first lead in the game with 12:59 left after a three pointer from Kharon Butcher. TSU extended their lead to 22-15 with a made free throw by Kenny Moore.
Back-to-back three pointers by the Tigers put TSU up 30-16 with two minutes remaining in the half.
Jordan Cyphers hit a triple at the 14:49 mark to give TSU the 47-25 lead over South Carolina. The Tigers made 5-of-6 of their first field goal attempts to start the second half.
South Carolina cut the margin back to 11 points after completing a 13-to-2 run with 10:07 remaining. The Gamecocks pulled within six with 7:47 left after Smith connected on a basket plus the and-1.
Moore added three freebies to extend the Tiger's lead to 58-51 with 4:51 left. Kellen Thornton added a layup to give TSU the seven point cushion.
However, USC wasn't done, adding a layup and plus-one. Wil Peters aced a three-pointer with 3:17 left to put the Tigers up 63-56.
South Carolina roared back as Eric Smith hit back-to-back threes to help the Gamecocks pull within 64-62 with 1:11 left in the game. The Tigers turned the ball over, giving the Gamecocks possession with 31 seconds remaining.
The Gamecocks missed a pair of three pointers before the Tigers gained possession after a free throw shot by R.J. Slawson. South Carolina then picked up another TSU turnover, but couldn't get the near the basket as time expired.
Tennessee State shot 40 percent (21-of-47) from the field for the game, including a stout 52 percent (11-of-21) in the second half. The Tigers connected on 10 3-pointers, shooting 46 percent (10-of-22) from the three-point line.
Three Tigers reached double-figures led by forward Robert Covington with 16 points and nine rebounds. The junior from Bellwood, Illinois reeled in eight defensive boards.
Jordan Cyphers reached a season-high 12 points, draining three treys out of five attempts.
Sophomore guard Patrick Miller added 11 points for the Tigers, dishing out six assists and three steals against USC. Nashville native Wil Peters added eight points and picked up three steals in 34 minutes for the Tigers.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
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President Obama has repeatedly called the US occupation of Afghanistan a "war of necessity", in contrast to the war of choice his predecessor waged (and of course is still ongoing) in Iraq.
While I am no mind-reader, I'm not sure the president really still believes that, or he may want to come up with a different way to describe the situation in Afghanistan and the region. Certainly there are grave problems in Afghanistan and in neighboring Pakistan that deserve attention and resources from the US, other countries in the region and the global community.
But, as my colleague Michael Beer of Nonviolence International said to me recently, if it really is a "war of necessity," why is the president taking so long to decide whether to send more troops? Shouldn't it be a no-brainer? Why is the Administration apparently preparing to try to persuade a war-weary public that more troops, maybe tens of thousands, need to deploy to Afghanistan?
My sense is the president's deliberation (for which I think he deserves some credit) and his Administration's desire to explore a broader range of issues (governance, aid, development, education, women's rights, local policing and judicial systems as well as others) than just troop levels indicates there is serious doubt about how "necessary" continuing and escalating the war really is. At least it is a confirmation of the many statements from military and diplomatic leaders, both within the Administration and outside it, that there is no military solution in Afghanistan.
Clearly the US public doesn't think Afghanistan is a war of necessity, as a majority of Americans now oppose the war or at least its escalation.
Another way to think of this is the "Just War" test, not the official Catholic doctrine, but the real definition of a Just War - one you'd send your kids to fight in.
Clearly this war fails that test for the overwhelming majority of Americans, and many veterans of Afghanistan and military families are now speaking out for an end to the eight years and counting US occupation, just as so many of them have regarding the Iraq war and occupation.
My children, at ages 12 and 15 a little older than President Obama's daughters, think the US is always at war, and why wouldn't they? The US has been involved in wars almost their whole lives. Of course the children of Afghanistan, and Iraq, and Palestine, Sudan, Congo and too many other countries know the horror of constant war much more personally. We, their parents, are failing them, aren't we? They deserve peace, and we all need to demand it for them.
Instead of a military escalation, we need a transition to non-military solutions in Afghanistan, and a plan to withdraw US and NATO forces as soon as possible. Support for comprehensive peace negotiations between the various parties to the conflict in Afghanistan, including some Taliban leaders, and a surge in economic development and humanitarian aid to grassroots programs led by Afghans are the key steps to the new direction we need for Afghanistan, and for the U.S.
Many national and local organizations are organizing Call-In days to the White House next week to oppose the escalation of troops and call for an end to the war. Please call the White House between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time next week at 202-456-1111, and urge your friends, family and colleagues to do the same. Afterward, please call your Member of Congress with the same message, and go to http://noescalation.org/ to find out more about our congressional pressure campaign, and you can report on what you learn from your representative on that webpage.


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Devinci Cycles have once again come out swinging for the new season. While their Dave Weagle designed Split Pivot full-suspension line is only in its sophomore season, they continue to add to and refine it. This year they'll offer a new split pivot 110mm travel 29er, called Atlas, which is available in two component builds.
In addition to the new model, Devinci refine two of their Split Pivot designs with updates to the rear seat stays on the Wilson Downhill bike (now carbon), and add a direct post-mount brake mount and ISCG 05 tabs to the Dixon trail bike. Aside from these specifics, the entire mountain bike line gets shorter stems and wider tires: cross-country bikes are upgraded from 1.9in to 2.1in and their trail bikes get 2.35in rubber.
For the road, Devinci continue to forge ahead with LEO design concept, an upright performance design, but add a new top tier model called LEO SL. The new bike is described as the ultimate gran fondo bike, and the frame is completely new for 2012 with the most apparent new features being the svelte, straight seatstays—the original LEO employs hour-glass stays—and raised seat tube, which is said to add comfort.
Atlas: a quick 29in racer
Devinci call their new Atlas a performance cross-country bike, but we'd go further to call it a true cross-country racer. The bike is exceedingly quick for a 29er and handles very much like the Dexter, Devinci's 26in wheeled 110mm bike. The bikes share a very similar geometry. Weagle and Devinci say they worked hard to keep the length of the bike as close as possible to the 26in wheeled model; the chainstays on the 29in Atlas are only 3mm longer than the Dexter (428mm on the Atlas, to 425mm on the Dexter). The head angle also fits squarely within the cross-country category where it's adjustable—via chip—between a 71.6° and slacker (but still fairly steep) 70.6° angle.
Atlas is a 110mm performance cross-country platform, and in our limited first ride it struck us as a super efficient pedaler
The Monarch RT sprung (our test ride was on a Fox RP23 damper) travel on the Split Pivot bike feels firm and efficient, which combined with the sharp handling characteristics of the Atlas gave us a 'race bike' first impression.
The Atlas' custom profiled G4 (6066-alloy) tubeset is hydro-formed and then sequentially welded, finished and painted in Canada. The new bike comes with a variety of contemporary features including a tapered head tube, 142x12mm rear through-axle, and Press Fit BB92 bottom bracket. BB92 is a departure from the Dexter's BB30 model; Devinci say that the wider bottom bracket shell helps accommodate the short stays and offers a better selection of cranks to be used without adaptors.
The Atlas will be available in four sizes—small through extra-large—in two builds. We rode a special demo model with SRAM X9, a RockShox Reba RL fork and Fox RP23 rear shock. The production Atlas XP costs US$3,000 and is fitted with a Reba RL fork and mostly SRAM X7 component kit. The pricier Atlas RC ($4,000) comes with Fox's RP2 shock and Float RL fork paired to a mostly SRAM X9 group.
Updates to the Split Pivot line: Wilson and Dixon
Devinci's flagship Wilson SL complete bike and those Wilsons sold as framesets will come with uni-directional carbon seat stays. The carbon stays are said to increase rear end stiffness by 30 percent. So much so that the shock required a re-tune according to Dave Weagle. "It's not often that a single structural change requires a different shock tune," he said.
Wilson SL's new carbon rear seat stays are said to boost stiffness by 30 percent
"We've gained more control from the frame because it isn't bending," said David Régnier Bourque, Devinci's marketing manager. In addition to the added stiffness, the new stays pare over 1/4lb (113g) from the frame.
Dixon, Devinci's 6in (150mm) trail bike, is also updated for 2012 with a 160mm direct post mount disc mount, and ISCG 05 chain guide mount. The complete models will feature shorter stems and wider tires for the coming season.
Dixon's new bottom bracket shell, which will accept an ISCG mount
On the Road: LEO SL
Though the LEO SL comes marketed for the same group as LEO, which is still available, it's presented as a ground up project. The result is a frame that's claimed lighter and more compliant than the previous generation. Devinci claims 930g for the medium frame.
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Video: Devinci's new LEO SL road bike
Devinci designed the frame with a 'top to bottom' philosophy. The top of the bike, which most closely interacts with the rider is said to be a forgiving conduit for the bottom of the bike's stiffness. The oversized down tube, BB30 bottom bracket and oversized chainstays set the bike's handling tone, but the stiffness is damped by the new, smaller, straight seatstays and extended seat tube that's said to designed to maximize comfort. The bike's geometry, too, is skewed toward a more upright and comfortable position.
While the new bike is available in a variety of component packages the most popular may be the new Ultegra Di2 package for US$4,500.
Want more? Check out this video of the Devinci factory in Chicoutimi, Quebec.
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OpenXava 4.2.3 released
XavaPro 5.4 released
November 17, 2015
The OpenXava team is pleased to inform you that a new version of XavaPro is already available.
XavaPro 5.4 has the next new features:
- PCI-DSS compliant.
- A new Configuration admin module to define password and user management policies.
- The user account is locked if the user does not login for n days, optional and configurable.
- The user account is locked after n failed attempts to login, optional and configurable.
- It's possible to lock the current session after n minutes of inactivity.
- It's possible to force users to change their passwords every n days.
- It's possible to force a user to change his password next time he uses the application.
- On changing password the last 4 passwords are not allowed, configurable by the administrator.
- The password must contain letters and numbers, configurable by the administrator.
- The minimum length of password can be configured by the administrator.
- Last login date for each user available for the administrator.
- New property initialPasswordForAdmin in naviox.properties.
- Images changed by monochrome icons for all actions.
- Includes OpenXava 5.4.
User management and password configurationNow there are a lot of new options available for user management and password policies. In the Admin folder you'll find a Configuration module:
You can configure these policies in order your system would be PCI-DSS compliant, something that some XavaPro users from banking sector has been asking for some time.
User forced to change password first timeOn create a new user you can mark a new field named "Force change password", thus the user must change the password before start to use the application:
Moreover, you can mark it for any existing user if you wish he changes his password.
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http://www.openxava.org/XavaPro (User: demo, Password: demo)
If you want to try the mobile features access to above URL using your mobile phone.
To learn more go to the XavaPro page.
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The Rugby Championship
Louw and Van der Merwe start for Boks
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South Africa have made two changes for Saturday's Rugby Championship clash against New Zealand with lock Flip van der Merwe and flanker Francois Louw set to line up in Dunedin.
Van der Merwe replaces the suspended Eben Etzebeth in the second row while Francois Louw comes in for Marcell Coetzee at flank. There are four more changes on the bench, where Coetzee joins Dean Greyling, Andries Bekker and Juan de Jongh amongst the replacements.
Former Boks lock Bakkies Botha had been linked with a surprise return to the international stage having been put on standby earlier this week but will now remain with his Top 14 club Toulon.
"The New Zealanders are good on the ground which is why we decided to go for a specialist openside flank in Francois," said Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer. "Marcell has been very good this season and has played a lot of rugby, but in this match we feel he will be more useful as an impact option."
Jannie du Plessis has been named at tight-head despite struggling with a hamstring niggle with Meyer prepared to give his prop until Friday to shake off his injury with Pat Cilliers primed to start should he fail to recover. "We will not take any chances with injured players and we have time to get him and Pat (Cilliers) match ready," said Meyer.
Greyling will be on the bench to provide prop cover, while Bekker takes over from Van der Merwe and De Jongh comes in for Lwazi Mvovo among the other changes on the bench.
South Africa: Zane Kirchner; Bryan Habana, Jean de Villiers (capt), Frans Steyn, Francois Hougaard; Morne Steyn, Ruan Pienaar, Tendai Mtawarira, Adriaan Strauss, Jannie du Plessis, Flip van der Merwe, Juandre Kruger, Francois Louw, Willem Alberts, Duane Vermeulen.
Replacements: Tiaan Liebenberg, Dean Greyling, Andries Bekker, Marcell Coetzee, Johan Goosen, Juan de Jongh, Pat Lambie
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