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You create a broker cluster by specifying cluster configuration properties for each of its member brokers. Except where noted in this chapter, cluster configuration properties must be set to the same value for each broker in a cluster. This section introduces these properties and the use of a cluster configuration file to specify them:
Like all broker properties, cluster configuration properties can be set individually for each broker in a cluster, either in its instance configuration file (config.properties) or by using the -D option on the command line when you start the broker. However, except where noted in this chapter, each cluster configuration property must be set to the same value for each broker in a cluster.
For example, to specify the transport protocol for the cluster connection service, you can include the following property in the instance configuration file for each broker in the cluster: imq.cluster.transport=ssl. If you need to change the value of this property, you must change its value in the instance configuration file for every broker in the cluster.
For consistency and ease of maintenance, it is generally more convenient to collect all of the common cluster configuration properties into a central cluster configuration file that all of the individual brokers in a cluster reference. Using a cluster configuration file prevents the settings from getting out of synch and ensures that all brokers in a cluster use the same, consistent cluster configuration information.
When using a cluster configuration file, each broker's instance configuration file must point to the location of the cluster configuration file by setting the imq.cluster.url property. For example,
A cluster configuration file can also include broker properties that are not used specifically for cluster configuration. For example, you can place any broker property in the cluster configuration file that has the same value for all brokers in a cluster. For more information, see Connecting Brokers into a Conventional Cluster
This section reviews the most important cluster configuration properties, grouped into the following categories:
A complete list of cluster configuration properties can be found in Table 16–11
The following properties are used to configure the cluster connection service used for internal communication between brokers in the cluster. These properties are used by both conventional and enhanced clusters.
imq.cluster.transport specifies the transport protocol used by the cluster connection service, such as tcp or ssl.
imq.cluster.port specifies the port number for the cluster connection service. You might need to set this property, for instance, to specify a static port number for connecting to the broker through a firewall.
imq.cluster.hostname specifies the host name or IP address for the cluster connection service, used for internal communication between brokers in the cluster. The default setting works fine, however, explicitly setting the property can be useful if there is more than one network interface card installed in a computer. If you set the value of this property to localhost, the value will be ignored and the default will be used.
The following properties, in addition to those listed in Cluster Connection Service Properties, are used to configure conventional clusters:
imq.cluster.brokerlist specifies a list of broker addresses defining the membership of the cluster; all brokers in the cluster must have the same value for this property.
For example, to create a conventional cluster consisting of brokers at port 9876 on host1, port 5000 on host2, and the default port (7676) on ctrlhost, use the following value:
imq.cluster.masterbroker specifies which broker in a conventional cluster is the master broker that maintains the configuration change record that tracks the addition and deletion of destinations and durable subscribers. For example:
While specifying a master broker using the imq.cluster.masterbroker is not mandatory for a conventional cluster to function, it guarantees that persistent information propagated across brokers (destinations and durable subscriptions) is always synchronized. See Conventional Clusters in Sun Java System Message Queue 4.3 Technical Overview.
Enhanced broker clusters, which share a JDBC-based data store, require more configuration than do conventional broker clusters. In addition to the properties listed in Cluster Connection Service Properties, the following categories of properties are used to configure an enhanced cluster:
imq.cluster.ha is a boolean value that specifies if the cluster is an enhanced cluster (true) or a conventional broker (false). The default value is false.
If set to true, mechanisms for failure detection and takeover of a failed broker are enabled. Enhanced clusters are self-configuring: any broker configured to use the cluster's shared data store is automatically registered as part of the cluster, without further action on your part. If the conventional cluster property, imq.cluster.brokerlist, is specified for a high–availability broker, the property is ignored and a warning message is logged at broker startup.
imq.persist.store specifies the model for a broker's persistent data store. This property must be set to the value jdbc for every broker in an enhanced cluster.
imq.cluster.clusterid specifies the cluster identifier, which will be appended to the names of all database tables in the cluster's shared persistent store. The value of this property must be the same for all brokers in a given cluster, but must be unique for each cluster: no two running clusters may have the same cluster identifier.
imq.brokerid is a broker identifier that must be unique for each broker in the cluster. Hence, this property must be set in each broker's instance configuration file rather than in a cluster configuration file.
The persistent data store for an enhanced cluster is maintained on a highly-available JDBC database.
The highly-availabile database may be Sun's MySQL Cluster Edition or High Availability Session Store (HADB), or it may be an open-source or third-party product such as Oracle Corporation's Real Application Clusters (RAC). As described in JDBC-Based Persistence Properties, the imq.persist.jdbc.dbVendor broker property specifies the name of the database vendor, and all of the remaining JDBC-related properties are qualified with this vendor name.
The JDBC-related properties are discussed under JDBC-Based Persistence Properties and summarized in Table 16–6. See the example configurations for MySQL and HADB in Example 8–1 and Example 8–2, respectively.
In setting JDBC-related properties for an enhanced cluster, note the following vendor-specific issues:
MySQL Cluster Edition
When using MySQL Cluster Edition as a highly-available database, you must specify the NDB Storage Engine rather than the InnoDB Storage Engine set by Message Queue by default. To specify the NDB Storage Engine, set the following broker property for all brokers in the cluster:
When using HADB in a Sun Java Application Server environment, if the integration between Message Queue and Application Server is local (that is, there is a one-to-one relationship between Application Server instances and Message Queue brokers), the Application Server will automatically propagate HADB-related properties to each broker in the cluster. However, if the integration is remote (a single Application Server instance using an externally configured broker cluster), then it is your responsibility to configure the needed HADB properties explicitly.
The following configuration properties (listed in Table 16–11) specify the parameters for the exchange of heartbeat and status information within an enhanced cluster:
imq.cluster.heartbeat.hostname specifies the host name (or IP address) for the heartbeat connection service.
imq.cluster.heartbeat.port specifies the port number for the heartbeat connection service.
imq.cluster.heartbeat.interval specifies the interval, in seconds, at which heartbeat packets are transmitted.
imq.cluster.heartbeat.threshold specifies the number of missed heartbeat intervals after which a broker is considered suspect of failure.
imq.cluster.monitor.interval specifies the interval, in seconds, at which to monitor a suspect broker's state information to determine whether it has failed.
imq.cluster.monitor.threshold specifies the number of elapsed monitor intervals after which a suspect broker is considered to have failed.
Smaller values for these heartbeat and monitoring intervals will result in quicker reaction to broker failure, but at the cost of reduced performance and increased likelihood of false suspicions and erroneous failure detection.
To display information about a cluster's configuration, use the Command utility's list bkr subcommand:
imqcmd list bkr
This lists the current state of all brokers included in the cluster to which a given broker belongs. The broker states are described in the following table:Table 10–1 Broker States
Broker State
Broker is operating
For enhanced clusters, broker has begun taking over persistent data store from another broker
For enhanced clusters, broker has finished taking over persistent data store from another broker
For enhanced clusters, attempted takeover has failed
Broker has begun quiescing
Broker has finished quiescing
Broker has begun shutting down
Broker is down
Broker state unknown
The results of the imqcmd list bkr command are shown in Example 10–1 (for a conventional cluster) and Example 10–2 (for an enhanced cluster).


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Part of a continuing series — House and Senate budget writers announced a deal early Thursday that would essentially freeze state education spending for the next two years while slashing funding on healthcare programs for poorer Texans. The budget produced from the complex negotiations uses deferrals, accounting tricks and "hopeful" costs projections to reach break even.
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As we continue our march to #1 worldwide market share in contact center, guidance and input from the analyst community, partner ecosystem and valued customers is critical. The last few months marked three important Customer Collaboration events for Cisco, which helped validate our messaging and execution plan, as well as educate these key audiences on our solution portfolio.
The Cisco Customer Collaboration Partner Sales Summit was a 3-city roadshow in Bangalore, Sydney and Singapore, which brought together nearly 150 partners and Cisco attendees for two days of product updates, live demos, best practice sharing, networking and interactive discussions. As an ongoing successful tradition, the Customer Collaboration Partner Sales Summit is also held in other parts of the world every year, including the Americas, Europe and Emerging Markets. In fact, the Americas Summit will be held on Oct. 2-4 in Westminster, Colorado. More details will be shared in my upcoming blog – stay tuned!
Next, we hosted the annual Cisco Customer Collaboration Analyst Day in May, where we spent 2 days with key contact center analysts, including Gartner, Forrester and IDC, to discuss market dynamics, share our portfolio update, and capture their commentary. We heard loud and clear from our analyst community on how to differentiate ourselves from the competitors, key areas of focus for fiscal year 2013, and what we need to do to be the #1 worldwide supplier in contact center.
Last, but not least, we held the annual Cisco Customer Collaboration Board of Advisors meeting in June, which was hosted by one of our Board members–FedEx–at their headquarters near Memphis, TN. The Cisco Customer Collaboration Board of Advisors is comprised of Cisco customers from around the world and includes senior level leaders responsible for strategy and oversight of contact center operations or technology. With the wide spectrum of knowledge and breadth of experience of the members, we had very interactive discussions and concluded the meeting with many insightful key takeaways.
The commentary and guidance from our analysts, partners and customers is instrumental in helping us continue moving full steam ahead and capturing additional market share.
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WESTFIELD, Mass. The Brandeis cross country teams competed at the 2012 Open New England championships at Westfield State University over the weekend. The men finished in 29th place overall out of 39 teams, ninth in Division III, while the women were 27th out of 37 overall and sixth in Division III.
On the women's side, junior Victoria Sanford (LaGrangeville, N.Y./Arlington) was the top performer, coming in 89th out of 251 runners with a time of 18:50.04 for the 5K course. Sanford was 20th among Division III runners. Brandeis's second finisher was Sanford's classmate Ali Kirsch (Sharon, Mass./Sharon), who came in 107th with a time of 19:03.06. A third junior, Amelia Lundkvist (So. Portland, Maine/Cheverus), came in 146th with a time of 19:27.46.
A pair of rookies rounded out the top five for the Judges, with Kelsey Whitaker (Kingston, Mass./Notre Dame Acad.) placing 160th in 19:39.10 and Maggie Hensel (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) taking 176th in 19:51.01. The Judges' 678 points put them just 16 behind UMass Amherst.
The Judges' top performance of the day came on the men's side, where senior captain Alex Kramer (No. Andover, Mass./No. Andover) placed 51st overall out of 261 runners, 12thamong Division III competitord. He posted a time of 25:33.66 over the 8K course. Kramer's co-captain, Mik Kern (Groton, N.Y./Groton), was the next runner in 143rd place with a time of 26:18.04.
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Robot Entertainment's Orcs Must Die was a welcome change of pace for the tired tower defense genre when it was released last year, letting players fight the invading hordes directly alongside carefully placed defensive towers. Now the developer has announced a follow-up that will add a new cooperative mode to the proceedings.
The new two-player mode also means the introduction of a new character, a Sorceress who "keeps enemies at bay with mind-control and magic." The developers have also promised more enemies, more defenses, and a new upgrade system, which sounds about par for the course as far as most game sequels go. Players of the original Orcs Must Die have slaughtered over 3.4 billion orcs so far, Robot Entertainment said, and those who helped contribute to that count will be able to unlock exclusive content in the sequel.
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No. 1: Warriors finally lose — Turns out the Golden State Warriors are human after all. Sure, they managed to win 24 in a row to start the season, but on the seventh game of a road trip, less than 24 hours after a double-OT win in Boston, it all caught up with the Warriors, as they lost in Milwaukee, 108-95. And now, as our own Steve Aschburner writes, the Warriors begin the real work of trying to improve and expand on that historic start…
The Warriors' streak ended at 24 victories as their long road trip, a succession of opponents' best efforts and their own human frailties (mostly fatigue) reared up in a 108-95 loss to Milwaukee.
The Bucks did so much right. Center Greg Monroe (28 points, 11 rebounds, five assists) asserted his bigness against the NBA's most dangerous band of smalls. Giannis Antetokounmpo (11 points, 12 boards, 10 assists) picked the best possible time to post the first triple-double of his young, versatile career. O.J. Mayo put starch in the home team's shorts early, while Jabari Parker and Michael Carter-Williams saved their best for later. And Milwaukee's lanky, reaching defense held the previously perfect defending champions under 100 points for the first time this season, limiting them to just six 3-point field goals in 26 attempts.
What did the Warriors do wrong? Nothing, really, beyond succumbing to the wear and tear of their record-setting start to the season. Stephen Curry scored 28 with seven rebounds and five assists but backcourt mate Klay Thompson was off after missing Friday's double-overtime game in Boston with a sprained ankle. The bench, other than Festus Ezeli, brought little offensively.
Still, to pick at them any more would seem out of line. Only one team in league history — or two, depending on how you're counting — ever strung together more victories: the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won 33 in a row, and the 2012-13 Miami Heat got to 27. Golden State made it to 28, if you count the four victories in April at the end of last season, or 24 if you don't.
Just in terms of this season, the Warriors went 47 days deep into 2015-16 before they lost for the first time. None of the NBA's other teams lasted more than 10.
"Y'all thought we were gonna be sad, huh?" Draymond Green said to reporters milling about, long after the final horn and the green confetti preloaded by the Bucks' operations crew in hopes of precisely what happened.
While the Bucks were thrilled — their 10-15 start largely had been a disappointment until Saturday — and their sellout crowd of 18,717 was giddy, the Warriors were a long ways from sad.
Green even made sure of that, speaking up immediately afterward to the crew that had accomplished so much. The streak is dead? Long live the season.
"I just told the guys that now we can have a regular season," the all-purpose Warriors forward said. "It's been kind of a playoff feel to this, with the streak and all the media and attention around. But our goal was always to get better each and every time we get on the floor. … I think that, probably the last seven or eight games, we've stopped getting better and we've just tried to win games."
Interim head coach Luke Walton had talked longingly for several days of teachable moments, the "issues that get swept under the rug" when a team keeps winning. It's hard to be hyper-critical, and to get players' attention, when small flaws don't undermine the big picture.
Now the Warriors can exhale. And clean a few things up.
"We didn't have our shots falling and we were a little slow on our defensive rotations," said Walton, filling in while head coach Steve Kerr recovers from back issues. "It happens. It takes nothing away from what they've done to start the season."
No. 2: Gentry, Pelicans look to move up — After a playoff appearance last season, the New Orleans Pelicans hired a new coach, Alvin Gentry, away from Golden State and embraced higher expectations for this season. Only, it hasn't worked out that way. Sure, the Warriors have been rolling, but the Pelicans have been beset by injuries, making it hard to implement Gentry's system. And as Jeff Duncan writes for Nola.com, for now the Pelicans are just focused on getting out of the Western Conference basement.
Where Gentry finds himself today isn't where he expected to be six months ago when he accepted the head coaching job here. After Friday night's 107-105 victory against Washington, the Pelicans are 6-16 and holding company with the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference cellar.
Gentry already has lost more games with the Pelicans than he did all of last season as an assistant with the Warriors (67-15).
"It's difficult," Gentry said. "I didn't anticipate having a record like this. I'm sure the guys didn't anticipate having a record like this."
This wasn't what Gentry signed up for last May. At age 61, New Orleans was likely Gentry's final chance as a head coach. After struggling in previous stints with the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix Suns, the Pelicans represented a shot at redemption, a chance to resurrect his head coaching career and move his career won-loss record from red to black. Here, he had Anthony Davis, one of the best young players in the world, and a talented young core in place around him. All systems were go — until they weren't.
Injuries beset the roster before the Pelicans took their first dribbles. Gentry's team opened the regular season against Golden State with projected starters Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans and Omer Asik and key reserve Quincy Pondexter sidelined. Gentry took the court one night without six of his top eight players because of various maladies.
He's fielded 13 different starting lineups in 22 games and is still defining roles and playing time as key regulars work their way back into the mix.
"Really we're going through a training camp right now," Gentry said. "The injury bug has bit us, and we didn't anticipate that. We have to commit ourselves to make a conscious effort to get ourselves back in the race."
To get there, the Pelicans must start playing more consistently, with better effort and execution nightly. Gentry is as confounded as anyone as to how the Pelicans can beat Cleveland one night then turn around and get blown out at home by Boston three nights later.
Gentry lit into his troops for what he thought was their half-hearted effort in a 111-93 loss to Boston on Monday night at the Smoothie King Center.
While he arrived in New Orleans with the reputation as a genial players' coach, Gentry has shown he's not afraid to bust out the "over-18 lecture" when necessary.
"He's liable to cuss us out if we don't compete or execute the plays," Holiday said.
No. 3: NBPA offers heart help — After several former NBA players passed away this summer from heart-related issues, the National Basketball Player's Association announced plans to offer free heart- and health-care screenings for retired players. The first of those cardiac screenings happened this weekend in Houston, writes ESPN's J.A. Adande…
About 25 retired NBA players showed up for the screenings, which included heart testing. The NBPA initiated talks on the screenings at their July meetings, and the effort was given added urgency with the heart-related deaths of Moses Malone and Darryl Dawkins.
In a conference room provided by the Houston Rockets, physicians met with the retired players to discuss their medical history, test blood pressure, administer EKGs to check the heart's electrical activity, perform an echocardiogram to check the structure of the heart, scan carotids to look for plaque buildup in the arteries, check for sleep apnea and draw blood. The retired players also received attachments for their cellphones that can perform EKGs and send the results to cardiologists.
"Even in this small sample of patients that we've done, we've been able to get some abnormalities," said Dr. Manuel Reyes, a cardiologist with Houston Cardiovascular Associates at the Houston Medical Center. "A couple of incidents with decreased heart function, weakened left ventricle, which is the main chamber of the heart."
Since 2000, more than 50 former NBA players have died of complications related to heart disease, according to the Philadelphia-based news site Billy Penn. It is unclear if basketball players are more susceptible to heart disease, which was one of the secondary aspects of screening former players.
"That's one of the things that we're looking to benefit is the research component," said Joe Rogowski, the players' union director of sports medicine and research. "We're looking for trends. There's never been a real study that looks at this population and looks for norms and trends. They're bigger. They carry more weight, which leads to other factors, such as diabetes and high blood pressure."
Union executive director Michele Roberts and NBA commissioner Adam Silver both said earlier this year that cardiac testing was a high priority. Silver said the NBA was prepared to provide the union with both financial support and a vast array of medical resources.
Union representatives presented their vision of comprehensive screening for retirees to current players at their annual Las Vegas meeting in July. Sources said players voted to set aside funds to implement screenings. The larger — and more costly — issue of supplementing health insurance is slated to be addressed at their February meetings, when a more comprehensive blueprint would be available.
The ages of the deceased players are alarming. Malone was 60. Dawkins was 58. Caldwell Jones, who died last year, was 64. Other recent deaths of former players include Jack Haley, 51, and Anthony Mason, 48.
"Something's got to be done," said Rogowski, who was an athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach for 10 years in the NBA. "The NFL is dealing with their issues with retired players. This may be our issue that we're dealing with retired players on."
No. 4: Harden remains a Kobe fan — Greatness attracts greatness, and as Rockets guard James Harden explains, after growing up in California, he had been a Kobe Bryant fan for years. But later, he was able to become a Kobe friend. And as Jonathan Feigan writes in the Houston Chronicle, Harden is looking forward to squaring off against Bryant this week in a Houston stop on his farewell tour…
James Harden had long known what he wanted in life. Before the shoe deals and stardom, before the first stubble on his chin, he had watched Kobe Bryant in his prime, young and gifted, hungry for greatness and a place in NBA history. That was, Harden decided, what he wanted.
"Kobe was my guy," Harden said. "I was a Laker fan. And I was a Kobe fan. Always."
Eventually, when Harden finally had his first chance to face his hero, Bryant might have seen something in Harden, too. They will face one another again Saturday night in Toyota Center as Bryant's farewell tour rolls through Houston. But their first meeting came far removed from the NBA, far from the media circus that follows Bryant through his final season.
They met in a summer pickup game at Loyola-Marymount. Harden was not in awe, he said, but remembered the day as more special than all the summer sessions to come.
"I wanted to go at him," Harden said, indicating he learned his lessons well.
"I remember he came in the gym, took off his shirt and was like, 'OK, let's go,' " said Harden's agent, Rob Pelinka, who also represents Bryant. "Kobe was (Harden's favorite) because he works so hard."
Years later, Harden considers Bryant a friend. He received texts from Bryant before last season's playoffs encouraging him, as if welcoming Harden to that highest echelon of stardom.
"He's my guy," Harden said. "We talk. He's a pretty cool guy. Obviously, on the court, he's a beast. He does whatever it takes to win games. He's a winner. He's passionate about it. But obviously off the court, he's so savvy. He's business-minded.
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In case you missed them when they were first published, check out our top 5 staff-picked blog posts from 2011 below:
- The Launch of Microsoft® Office® 365: A Cloud-based Solution for BlackBerry
- The Top Five Features of BlackBerry® 7 for Business Users
- The Introduction of BlackBerry® Mobile Conferencing
- BlackBerry® PlayBook™ for Business (Video)
- The Citrix® Receiver (Beta) for BlackBerry PlayBook
We were delighted to see these five posts in particular take off with views, conversation, and sharing over social media. Beyond individual blog posts, don't forget to check out a few of the ongoing series that we also launched including Paul's Challenge: BlackBerry PlayBook Edition (introduction, setting up a mobile office, presenting, and collaboration) as well as Marcy's SMB Cloud Series on cloud storage, the mobile web, and accounting.
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- Introducing New BlackBerry® 7 OS Smartphones
- The BlackBerry for Business Story
If I'm mentioning SlideShare here, then I can't forget to bring in the rest of the family: @BlackBerry4Biz on Twitter®, and our BlackBerry for Business discussion group on LinkedIn®.
At this point, we'll be slowly shutting down a few aspects of the Inside BlackBerry for Business social media operation and leaving the office to spend some time with our families and loved ones over the holidays. We hope that you have a fantastic few weeks and a well-deserved break. We can already feel the energy and excitement building up for a huge year in 2012 – join us in kicking it off here on the Biz Blog in January.
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Use this guide to help stay in touch with the people who are important to you and those who are key to getting your work done.
What do you want to do?
Let people know what you're up to
Microsoft® Lync™ 2010 communications software automatically sets your presence based on your activity or Microsoft® Outlook® Calendar, but you can set a location or add a note to give people more details.
Change your presence status
Open Lync 2010 and, in the Lync main window, click the availability menu under your name, and then select a different status, such as Be Right Back.
The following table describes the contact presence states that people may see, what each state means, and how it gets set.
Presence Status
You're online and available to contact. Automatic or user-selected setting.
You're busy and shouldn't be interrupted. Automatic (if user is in an Outlook-scheduled conference) or user-selected setting.
In a call
You're in a Lync call (two-party call) and shouldn't be interrupted. Automatic.
In a meeting
You're in a meeting (per Lync or per Outlook) and shouldn't be interrupted. Automatic.
In a conference call
You're in a Lync conference call (Lync meeting with audio) and shouldn't be interrupted. Automatic.
Do not disturb
You don't want to be disturbed and will see conversation notifications only if they are sent by someone in your Workgroup. User-selected.
Be Right Back
You're stepping away from the computer for a few moments. User-selected.
Your computer has been inactive for a period of time (5 minutes by default; value can be adjusted.) Automatic.
Off Work
You're not working and not available to contact. User-selected.
You're not signed in. If you have blocked individuals from seeing your presence, you'll appear offline to them. Automatic.
Your presence is not known. If others are not using Lync as their instant messaging (IM) program, your presence might appear unknown to them. Automatic.
Let other people know what's happening today
In the Lync main window, click the note box above your name, and then type a note, such as "Working from home" or "Working on a deadline, please IM instead of stopping by."
Set your location
In the Lync main window, under your presence status, Lync displays a location that is related to the network that you're connected to. You can make this location more meaningful by renaming it "Work" or "Home." Then, every time that you're working from this location, any contacts you want to share this information with will have a better idea of where you are. For information about configuring privacy relationships, see Control access to your presence information.
Connect with people who are important to you
Build your Contacts list in a way that will simplify your communications and let you see presence and contact information for the people most important to you. The easiest way to find people, whether or not they're already in your Contacts list, is to search for them in the search box. In addition to being able to search by name or phone number, you can search by another term a contact might have specified in a profile. If a Skill button appears below the search box, try searching for a skill or area of expertise, job title, and so on.
To help you organize your Contacts list, Lync automatically populates your Frequent Contacts, based on the 10 contacts you most often have conversations with. You can also pin your most important contacts to the top of this contact group for quick access. Lync 2010 pre-populates the pinned list with your team members.
Search for people
In the Lync main window, in your Contacts list, start typing a person's name in the search box. Results will appear below the box.
Pin frequent contacts
In your Contacts list or search results, right-click the person, and then click Pin to Frequent Contacts.
Create groups for people you regularly get in touch with
Do you need to send a quick message to a whole group? You can set up a group for each team you work with so that you can see who is available at any given time, or contact the entire team.
Create a group
In the Lync main window, in your Contacts list, right-click any group name (for example, Frequent Contacts), click Create New Group, and then give the group a name.
Add people to a group
In your Contacts list, do one of the following:
Drag contacts into a group.
Search for a contact, and, in the search results, right-click the person, click Add to Contacts List, and then click the new group name.
Send an instant message
In your Contacts list, do one of the following:
To send an instant message to a contact, double-click the contact's name. To send an instant message a group, right-click the group name, and then click Send an Instant Message.
In the conversation window that opens, type your message in the message input area, and then press Enter.
Invite more people to an IM conversation
In the conversation window, click the People Options menu, and then click Invite by Name or Phone Number.
You can also drag contacts or groups from the Contacts list into the conversation window to add them.
Tip: If you have contacts outside your organization, you can still add them. Just click Invite by Email, and they can join the conversation by clicking a link in the email message (whether or not they have Lync installed).
Track down a busy co-worker
Lync not only shows you a person's status (such as, Available, Busy, or Away), it also lets you determine his or her location and helps determine the best mode of communication. For example, you can "tag" a contact, which means Lync will display a notification as soon a contact's status changes to Available, so you know that it's okay to send an instant message or drop by.
Tag a contact
In the Lync main window, in your Contacts list, right-click a contact, and then click Tag for Status Change Alerts.
See the types of communication available to a contact
In your Contacts list, point to a contact's picture to open the contact card.
Along the bottom, you'll see the modes you can use to communicate with this person, such as email and IM. Just click one of these buttons to connect with that person.
Check a contact's location
In your Contacts list, point to a contact's picture, and then click the expand arrow, in the lower-right corner, to open an expanded contact card.
The contact card shows the person's current location (associated with the network to which he or she is currently connected), in addition to office and phone numbers.
Check a contact's calendar
In your Contacts list, double-click the person's picture to open the expanded contact card.
Look at the entry next to Calendar.
Keep up with your day-to-day communications
Lync is tightly integrated with Outlook. Not only can you manage your IM conversations through Lync, you can also send email and Outlook meeting requests to your Lync contacts. Both Lync and Outlook also let you know when you've missed conversations.
Send email to a contact
In the Lync main window, in your Contacts list, point to a contact's picture or presence indicator. The contact card opens, and if this person can be contacted by email, you'll see an email button along the bottom.
Click this button to open a new email message in Outlook.
Schedule a meeting with someone
In a contact card, click the options menu next to the phone button, and then click Schedule a Meeting.
Check for missed conversations
In the lower-right corner of the Lync main window, click the missed notifications icon, and then do one of the following:
Click Missed Conversations to open your Outlook Conversation History folder.
Click New Voice Mail Message to play back the message.
Note: In the Lync - Options dialog box, click Personal, and make sure that the Save my instant message conversation in the Outlook Conversation History folder check box is selected.
Stop those interruptions
You can set your status to Do Not Disturb to control interruptions. Everyone will see that you don't want to be disturbed, and if they try to invite you to IM conversations, you won't be bothered with notifications─unless they are sent from someone in your Workgroup. For more information about this, see the note below.
Set your status to Do Not Disturb
In the Lync main window, click your presence status, and then click Do Not Disturb.
Note: By default, your contacts are all Colleagues. To make someone a Workgroup contact so that you'll receive conversation notifications (even if your status is Do Not Disturb), right-click the contact in your Contacts list, click Change Privacy Relationship, and then click Workgroup. To turn off all notifications from everyone when your status is Do Not Disturb, click the Options button, click Alerts, and then click Do not display alerts.


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David Bruce
Sharon Daly used to live an active lifestyle.The Air Force veteran played softball for years and loved to exercise. But severe allergies worsened into chronic asthma, which sent the 59-year-old Erie woman to the sidelines. "It's gotten bad. I can maybe walk half a block before stopping," Daly said. "Even getting in or out of bed leaves me short of breath." Doctors prescribed all types of drugs and inhalers, but Daly's overall condition continued to worsen. A chance meeting with Kenneth Chinsky, M.D., at the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center led Daly to Saint Vincent Health Center, where she has undergone a series of new procedures, called bronchial thermoplasty, which is designed to improve her breathing. "I was filling in at the Erie VA for my partner when I saw Sharon," said Chinsky, a Saint Vincent pulmonologist. "I immediately thought she would be a good candidate for this procedure because while she has severe asthma, she is in otherwise good health." Bronchial thermoplasty is one of the few procedures or surgeries used to treat severe asthma. The Food & Drug Administration approved its use in 2010, and Chinsky said he is the first doctor in the region to perform it. Each of Daly's three procedures was done on an outpatient basis at Saint Vincent, three weeks apart. Chinsky worked on Daly's lower right lung first, then her lower left lung before heating the main airways inside both upper lungs Feb. 15. "Her bronchial tubes have developed abnormalities in how the muscles inside those tubes function," Chinsky said. "We call it excessive smooth muscle." During each procedure, Chinsky slid a catheter through a bronchoscope and down Daly's throat into her lungs. At the tip of the catheter was a wire electrode that delivered a 10-second blast of 120-degree heat -- not even as warm as a cup of coffee. Chinsky used the wire electrode to apply a low amount of heat to the inside of each of Daly's main airways. Applying low heat reduces the amount of smooth muscle inside the airways and widens them. The most difficult part of the hourlong procedure was guiding the bronchoscope and catheter into some of the curved airways, Chinsky said. "The device won't allow you to deliver a longer blast," said Chinsky, who uses the Alair system from Boston Scientific. "It eliminates the possibility of human error."
Daly's symptoms worsened for a few days after each procedure, but she said her asthma has improved significantly overall."I'd say it's about 50 percent better," Daly said Thursday. "I don't have those deep coughs from my lower lungs anymore. When I cough, it's more shallow and from my upper lungs," she said. Bronchial thermoplasty is not a cure for severe asthma, Chinsky said. Daly will continue to take at least some of her medications. "Our goal is that she feels better, that she doesn't have to visit the ER as often and hopefully take less narcotic cough medicine," Chinsky said. "Perhaps she won't need some of the other drugs she currently takes." Though doctors have been performing bronchial thermoplasty for three years, many health insurers still consider its use experimental and refuse to cover it, Chinsky said. The procedure costs about $20,000. "Sharon is our first patient," Chinsky said. "We have a number of others who are waiting to get insurance approval. It's a major issue." Daly said she hopes the procedures give her back her old lifestyle. She already has joined Weight Watchers and has lost 7 pounds in just two weeks. "I know losing weight will also help me feel better," Daly said. DAVID BRUCE can be reached at 870-1736 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNbruce. (c)2013 the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) Visit the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) at www.GoErie.com Distributed by MCT Information Services


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If You Had To Pick A New Pro Sports Team Name, Which Would You Choose? — Sports Survey of the Day
The recently completed NBA Finals featured a first in the four major American team sports: two teams (the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder) whose names were mass nouns, rather than plurals. It's not surprising, since each team's name is 20 years old or less.
Over the past 20 years, several new pro sports teams have eschewed traditional names for different and distinctive monickers (the Thunder and Heat, Minnesota Wild, Charlotte Bobcats, Tampa Bay Lightning, Columbus Blue Jackets). Creative, colorful and even sponsor-themed names are a regularity in Major League Soccer, where few teams have a basic pluralized name.
Whether the Utah Jazz finally decide to choose a name more fitting of their geographical location, or the NFL grants Los Angeles an expansion team, the next pro sports team name will be needed sooner than later. Maybe it will be traditional, in the vein of Tigers, or maybe it will be cutting edge, like the Wild. Who knows? What say you — let your voice be heard and tell us what team name you favor.


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Bartter's syndrome (BS) is a group of conditions involving enlargement of certain kidney cells, blood that is more alkaline than normal, high levels of potassium and chloride in the urine, loss of potassium from the kidneys (renal potassium wasting), dehydration, muscle weakness, muscle cramps, frequent urination, and growth deficiency, potentially resulting in dwarfism. It is thought to be caused by a defect in the body's ability to reabsorb potassium. Individuals with Bartter syndrome have a disturbed acid-base ratio (i.e., an accumulation of base or loss of acid) associated with a loss of potassium (hypokalemic alkalosis). Low amounts of potassium may result from overproduction of a certain hormone (aldosterone) that is essential in controlling blood pressure and regulating sodium and potassium levels (hyperaldosteronism). Even so, the blood pressure of people with Bartter syndrome is normal.
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2012 campaign hit record $7B, regulator projects
Meanwhile, the congressional midterm elections are nearly two years away, and 54 super PACs tied to House and Senate candidates already have been launched.
WASHINGTON — The final price tag on the bruising 2012 election is likely to hit a record $7 billion, according to a new estimate from the federal government's top election regulator. That puts political spending on par with the $6.9 billion that the National Retail Federation estimates that Americans spent on Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa decorations during last year's holiday season.
Presidential and congressional candidates will have spent the most — about $3.2 billion, according to the projection by Federal Election Commission chairwoman Ellen Weintraub. For the first time, it appears that spending by political action committees and other outside groups will exceed that of political parties, boosted by new super PACs that can spend raise and spend unlimited amounts from corporations, wealthy individuals and unions as long as the operate independently of candidates and parties.
Weintraub pegs super PAC spending at $950 million during last year's election, the first presidential contest in which super PACs have played a role. Other outside groups, many of which are tax-exempt organizations that don't reveal their donors, spent more than $300 million to sway federal races.
"This shows in stark terms that the balance of power is shifting away from candidates and parties," said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political money.
As a result, Krumholz expects an explosion of candidate-aligned super PACs that will raise and spend more than the candidates themselves. The congressional midterm elections are nearly two years away, and 54 super PACs tied to House and Senate candidates already have been launched.
They account for more than one in five of the 256 active super PACs tracked by Krumholz's group.
Opponents of campaign-finance limits, such as Indiana lawyer Jim Bopp, say it's time to dismantle contribution limits to candidates and parties. Currently, individuals cannot donate more than $2,600 to a federal candidate for a primary or general election, under updated contributions limits released this week by the FEC.
"That's the only solution," said Bopp, who helped launch the 2010 Citizens United case before the U.S. Supreme Court that helped pave the way for these new groups. "There's an increasing recognition that candidates and political parties are becoming bit players because they can't compete," he said.
Weintraub's estimate came as candidates and super PACs filed their year-end reports, providing a final accounting of their activities.
President Obama and the Democratic National Committee ended his successful re-election campaign with a combined $27.2 million in debt. The Republican National Committee, which entered the 2012 election cycle hobbled by more than $20 million in unpaid bills, started 2013 debt-free.
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney's campaign had nearly $826,000 in unpaid bills, and officials there spent more than $17 million in the final weeks of the year, winding down the political operation. The Romney campaign made a nearly $90,000 donation to the American Red Cross on Nov. 30 — just weeks after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, causing severe damage.
A super PAC supporting Romney's candidacy, Restore Our Future, raised more than $153 million during the 2012 election cycle, reports filed late Thursday show. A pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA Action, collected $79 million.


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December 28, 2012
Restaurant Review: Mondo Taco
I swear, hole-in-the-wall restaurants always have the best food. And that is in no way meant to be offensive to Mondo Taco, a newly discovered spot (thanks to Blackboard Eats) in the Miracle Mile/La Brea area, where the gourmet taco varieties are damn near endless.
Posted by Shoshana at 12/28/2012 0 comments
August 12, 2012
Product Review: Isabella's Cookie Company
I'd always passed by Isabella's Cookies while shopping in Whole Foods or other natural food stores, but I never thought twice about them. Of course I prefer to bake my own goodies, so it's not too often that I peruse the cookie aisle. What was unbeknownst to me was that of their 25+ cookie flavors, five of them are vegan. Vegan cookie review? Here we go!
Posted by Shoshana at 8/12/2012 5 comments
July 29, 2012
Product Review: Mini Pops
I have to admit: I wasn't immediately impressed when I tried these snacks. They looked, smelled, and tasted just like popcorn. So why not just eat popcorn, right? Mini Pops is actually air-popped sorghum grain, which from a nutritional standpoint turns out to be a lot healthier than popcorn. Here's where the points start adding up.
Posted by Shoshana at 7/29/2012 0 comments
July 28, 2012
Product Review: Nate's Meatless Meatballs
Vegan meatballs are very underrated. I don't know enough people that talk about or eat them, myself included. Now perhaps some of you may have heard of, tried, or are already loyal fans of Nate's Meatless Meatball, but I was a complete newbie. Sure, I've tried other brands of vegan meatballs, but I never quite liked the taste or the texture. Until I tried Nate's.
Posted by Shoshana at 7/28/2012 4 comments
April 22, 2012
Product Review: Cafe Rivva Juice Cleanses
My first ever juice cleanse, thanks to the fabulous Cafe Rivva! For the sake of the being able to say I've done it, I hopped on the latest bandwagon to check out this booming, oh-so-LA trend. Although I was a bit apprehensive, it ended up being quite an experience.
Posted by Shoshana at 4/22/2012 1 comments
April 21, 2012
Quinoa-and-Apple Salad with Curry Dressing
Somehow I just KNEW this was going to be amazing as soon as I laid eyes on the recipe. Quinoa, almonds, and apples tossed in a honey-curry-lemon dressing. I mean, what could be better? In fact, I'd deem this one of the best grain salads I've ever had in life! Everyone who knows me knows I don't like making the same thing twice, but this is definitely an exception.
Posted by Shoshana at 4/21/2012 1 comments
April 15, 2012
Cilantro-Lime Rice
Cilantro and lime, one of the great Mexican flavor combinations. Apply that to rice, and you've got an excellent side dish waiting to be paired with bold, spicy flavors. With a few adjustments to the original recipe, this can be a staple for almost any meal.
Posted by Shoshana at 4/15/2012 3 comments
Labels: Mexican/Southwestern, side dish, vegan
April 11, 2012
Update! (4/11/12) I've corrected all broken links with the exception of the following categories: Italian, Main Dish, Side Dish, and Soup/Stew. Thank you for your patience!
So it looks like Vegetarian Times, the magazine I've gotten most of the recipes on the site from, has revamped their website. And like a not-so-smart web redesign, they've changed the titles of each and every one of their recipe links. This means for me, and probably many other bloggers out there, that there are broken links galore running rampant through this site (probably around 400 recipes!).
I plan on fixing each and every one, but as you can probably imagine, that's not going to happen overnight. Please bear with me, and if you can't find a recipe, it's probably easiest to just do a search on the VT website.
Sorry for any inconvenience!
So it looks like Vegetarian Times, the magazine I've gotten most of the recipes on the site from, has revamped their website. And like a not-so-smart web redesign, they've changed the titles of each and every one of their recipe links. This means for me, and probably many other bloggers out there, that there are broken links galore running rampant through this site (probably around 400 recipes!).
I plan on fixing each and every one, but as you can probably imagine, that's not going to happen overnight. Please bear with me, and if you can't find a recipe, it's probably easiest to just do a search on the VT website.
Sorry for any inconvenience!
Posted by Shoshana at 4/11/2012 0 comments
April 6, 2012
Product Review: Lightlife
The Lightlife you've come to know and love--featuring vegan and vegetarian products in major supermarkets across the country--has a new look and a load of new items. They've expanded into the veggie burger and frozen meal realm, with four new varieties for each, available everywhere in June. The new items are only vegetarian (not vegan), which is strange, considering that seems to be the direction most companies are headed these days. But fret not veggies, you'll be able to add most of these new products to your quick meal option lineup.
Posted by Shoshana at 4/06/2012 2 comments
March 17, 2012
Product Review: Sol Cuisine
With so many veggie burgers on the market, how do you know which to choose? The possibilites and varieties seem endless: some are more "natural" than others, some taste flat out horrible, and some even contain egg whites and dairy (watch out, vegans!).
Posted by Shoshana at 3/17/2012 2 comments
March 3, 2012
Product Review: Galaxy Nutritional Foods
With so many "uncheese" cheeses in the market these days, how do you know which to choose? For over 20 years, Galaxy Foods has offered a wide range of cheesey products, including vegetarian, vegan, and rice-based slices. But it's perhaps their newest products that are giving other companies a run for their money...
Posted by Shoshana at 3/03/2012 0 comments
February 25, 2012
Restaurant Review: Sky's Gourmet Tacos
It baffles me that more Los Angelenos don't know about Sky's Gourmet Tacos, the self-proclaimed Mexican restaurant with a "splash of soul." Let me be the first to tell you, this place is WAYYYYY underrated. It's also the true definition of a hole in the wall: small and obscure, but some of the best food that may ever cross your palate. Plant-eaters and carnivores alike can dine here in culinary harmony, as there's an entire vegan/vegetarian menu containing faux meat, tofu, vegan cheese, and more!
Posted by Shoshana at 2/25/2012 1 comments
February 18, 2012
Kung Pao Tempeh Triangles
I'm still on the fence about tempeh. That bitter, slightly sour flavor just does not appeal to me. Well, until now, that is. Apparently, marinating it in a delicious, addictive sauce and broiling it is the way to go. Although this isn't a traditional kung pao dish in the sense of the ingredients, it's an absolutely wonderful Asian-inspired dish that you won't be able to get enough of!
Posted by Shoshana at 2/18/2012 4 comments
January 17, 2012
Orange Chipotle-Glazed Tofu
So I think I've found my new favorite way to cook tofu: broiling. It does things to tofu that you'd never think possible. This recipe is so delicious that you'll be amazed at how simple it is to make, and you may find yourself making it again and again. If you're trying to turn someone on to the joys of this soy food, this may be just the recipe to use.
Posted by Shoshana at 1/17/2012 6 comments
January 2, 2012
Curried Squash, Broccolini, and Tofu
Butternut squash, tofu, and broccolini in a Thai-inspired curry-coconut sauce...sounds amazing, right? Unfortunately, this dish was a disappointment on many levels. Although I did adapt the recipe a tiny bit, I can assure you it's the recipe (and not me!) that has problems. If you're a big fan of this type of dish, make your own modifications, but read on to see where things went wrong.
Posted by Shoshana at 1/02/2012 0 comments
December 27, 2011
Sun-Dried Tomato and White Bean Bruschetta
I wanted to use up a bag of dry-packed sun-dried tomatoes, so this recipe seemed like a sure winner. Unfortunately, it turned out to be something quite different from what I expected. It wasn't a total disaster, but look elsewhere if you're looking for a true bruschetta recipe.
Posted by Shoshana at 12/27/2011 1 comments
Product Review: Funky Monkey Snacks
Dried fruit is sooooo 2011. Enter Funky Monkey Snacks for 2012 and beyond! Freeze-dried fruit (as opposed to regular dried fruit) is where it's at, from flavor to texture to nutrition. This stuff is perfect for a quick snack any time, and it travels so well!
Posted by Shoshana at 12/27/2011 1 comments
December 17, 2011
Pesto "Pasta"
Pasta made out of...squash? And not the spaghetti kind? I can't tell you how frightened I was to try this. I know this is what a raw foodist's dreams are made of, but I'm not quite on that level myself. Still, the pesto on its own sounded delicious, so I was willing to give in to the idea of raw pasta.
Posted by Shoshana at 12/17/2011 1 comments
December 3, 2011
Product Review: Sophie's Kitchen Seafood
Seafood is probably one of the hardest vegan things to emulate AND make taste good. You can find a lot of faux fish products at your local Asian markets, but (speaking from experience) they're often unpalatable and always have a strange not-quite-right smell. Enter Sophie's Kitchen...
Posted by Shoshana at 12/03/2011 14 comments
November 26, 2011
Restaurant Review: Pepple's Donuts/Donut Farm
The glowing red neon "vegan" in the window and the huge pink sprinkled donut is all that distinguishes Donut Farm from the outside. This inconspicuous, cruelty-free Oakland bakery not only creates some of the tastiest and creative vegan donuts around, but there's also a fabulous weekend brunch that is clearly a popular choice with nearby residents. Don't be put off by its no-frills, hole-in-the-wall appearance: Donut Farm (aka Pepple's Donuts...actually, I'm not sure which is the "correct" name) is one of the Bay Area's best kept secrets.
Posted by Shoshana at 11/26/2011 1 comments
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Best Kids Parties: Yellow Elephant
Name: Max, 3
Location: Philadelphia Area
For my son's 3rd birthday, we chose all of his favorite things: 1. yellow (still and always); 2. elephants (forever); and 3. the letters M - A - X (he's obsessed).
We wanted an outdoor party, but Mother Nature had other plans. April and her showers poured and poured in the coming days so my planned party at the park became a house party instead!
In the end, the venue didn't matter. We played and bounced and planted and bubble chased and laughed the day away. We enjoyed the best of spring.
Thanks, Plum! For more photos and info, head over to her blog.
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It can be used at higher temperatures, and fibreglass reinforced PBT provides even better heat resistance. PBT has good UV and weather resistance and also good sliding properties, which means it is often found in cars. The material is suitable for metallising. The above properties mean that PBT is suitable for products such as downlights, where high temperatures occur and there is a need for metallised reflective surfaces.


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Outliers Or Inliers Like The Rest Of Us?
May 18 2010
I recently finished reading Outliers: The Story of Success (Amazon link) by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell also wrote The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Amazon link) and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Amazon link). I have not read either of the other two but have heard much about them. They were and continue to be top sellers. I was sent a copy of Outliers by I'm guessing a publicist several months ago when I was more actively blogging. I didn't get around to reading this one until just recently and it was a very interesting read. My overall takeaway is that I'm screwed. I'll never be an outlier, but my kids might have a chance.
He proves through a series of statistics, research, and anecdotal stories that outliers basically have to a) be born at the right time, b) have access to the right resources, c) have the right support/encouragement, and d) have had 10,000 hours (approximately 10 years of experience) in a particular skill when a bunch of economic factors line up. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, and Bill Joy, founder of Sun Microsystems, had about 10,000 hours/10 years of coding under their belts due to a series of fortunate occurrences that enabled them to start their businesses at the right time. They were both born around the same time as was Steve Jobs. In Rockefeller's day there were 14 other Americans including Andrew Carnegie and JP Morgan born within nine years of each other who were part of the top 75 all time richest people in the world.
I'm too old now to figure out how to get 10 years in of doing something like coding to make me an outlier. I have no idea if I was born at the right time. I do happen to like the year I was born. It's a cool year. Currently my set up is all about encouraging/supporting my kids and as adults we don't usually get that same kind of encouragement/support. The only thing I have been doing for a long time in different forms and fashions is writing. I took a huge break from singing. I have a lot of hours logged into thinking too much (not sure how useful that is) and I've been in the business world for some time. So my conclusion is that the odds are stacked highly against me being an outlier, but that's OK because the odds are currently in favor of my kids being outliers. Well, I think most kids at their age have the potential to be outliers.
My son loves to play soccer and practices at least 3 times per week with games on weekends. My daughter loves swimming but only gets to practice once per week. My son wants to be a professional soccer player. At his age, I think I was lucky just to know how old I was let alone what I wanted to do when I grew up.
I also learned the importance of cultural ways of communicating in urgent situations. He describes how several plane crashes could have been avoided if the Korean pilots were not playing to a cultural notion of not defying their superior. It was worse fate to contradict a sleep-deprived captain or challenge a New York sky control person that risk death. I can see that playing out in all sorts of relationships…business and personal. I come from a culture where despite living most of my life in America, we were taught to respect our elders and not challenge them. I had/have a challenging nature so I had a harder time communicating in my family, but I also picked up some of those ways of communicating so I can appear passive when I don't necessarily think/feel passive. In certain cultures, communication is rarely direct. It's often implied and those who are seen as being in positions of authority or someone you don't feel you can challenge, the person in the perceived lower position 'hints' or talks in non-threatening ways to influence the person in authority. Cultures who aren't used to that can make false assumptions about people who communicate that way.
There were several other interesting chapters in between but my final takeaway that I could relate to had to do with the color of your skin. Malcolm Gladwell is 1/2 Jewish and something like 1/8 Black Jamaican. His great-great-great grandmother was bought by a White slave owner in Jamaica who favored her. They had a son whose skin color let him escape slavery and get an education resulting in him marrying another 'mulatto,' as they call people of mixed race, and their kids were protected from slavery. Gladwell's mother had an opportunity to study in Europe and she met his dad. The South Asian culture (as I believe the African culture is too) is very much into skin color. The lighter your skin, the better off you are or shall we say are perceived as more socially elite. People are still judged by the color of their skin. I notice it much less now than I used to even among my South Asian peers, but it's still there. I'm often the only brown person in a business meeting and often the only woman too. Fortunately in the technology entrepreneurship world, there are a good number of South Asian brown men so I don't always feel out of place in that regards.
So, Outliers was a good, fairly easy read with interesting factoids and observations. Now I will wonder if my kids will be seen as Outliers some day. They are already outliers to me!Author: Aruni | Filed under: book review | Tags: andrew carnegie, bill gates, bill joy, blink, jp morgan, korean pilots, malcolm gladwell, outliers, rockefeller, slavery, tipping point | 2 Comments »


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Bed & Breakfast Gallery
As you approach the Inn, you will notice its distinctive Santa Fe architecture.
Our entrance is surrounded by thick adobe walls accented by green hedges and potted plants.
Our beautiful entry way welcomes you to explore our inn and its pool and patios.
The Atanacia Room is tranquil with a stunning eight foot high stained glass window and kiva fireplace.
Our living room invites you to relax with a good book or a good conversation.
In the wintertime, our guests enjoy sitting by the fire reading about Tucson's many attractions.
Our Rincon Room provides comfort and the charm of the Southwest. It includes hardwood floors original to the Inn which was built in 1933.
Our guests enjoy lively conversation with other guests in our dining room along with a full three course, irresistible breakfast to fuel their day.
Our Sam Hughes Room is a favorite of romantic couples with its comfortable, king-sized bed and kiva fireplace. In addition, the bathroom tub is a deep soaking tub surrounded by artistic mural tiles with a stained glass skylight overhead.
Our kitchen table is used on busy mornings to accommodate more guests or for guests who desire a private conversation at breakfast.
Our kitchen, with its bottomless coffee pot, is where Marion creates her renowned, irresistible breakfasts using locally grown food when possible.
Our guests appreciate a refreshing dip our pool which is surrounded by potted plants and flowers sharing the spotlight with Mexican tin wall art.
Our hot tub is a great way to relax and rejuvenate after a long day of exploring the Tucson region or a hard day's work.
Our Casita is a little piece of Mexico complete with bright colors, Saltillo tile floors, mural end tables made of hand painted Mexican tiles, Talavera plates and a Talavera sink.
Our peaceful east patio, shaded by oranges and lemon trees, is a perfect place to have a quiet conversation, check your e-mail using our complimentary WiFi or plan your next day's adventures.
Our lemon tree and bougainvillea archway beckons to you and encourages you to explore the Inn and its grounds.
Our fountain casts a soft glow on a beautiful desert evening.
The tile floor and walls of our Santa Catalina Room reflect our desert colors and vegetation. Photos taken by a local artist reflect our cultural heritage.
Our 2nd Street courtyard provides a secluded spot for quiet conversation.
Our Santa Rita Suite bedroom, with an adjoining balcony, features a comfortable king-sized bed and antique dressers. Local art and Southwestern sunset colors add to the ambiance of the room.
The suite also has a separate living room which can accommodate two more guests and kitchen which is great for dining in for the evening or at lunchtime.


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The players' union has struck down the "Manny Ramirez provision," which allowed teams to force players to donate to charity as part of their contracts. But it looks like the MLBPA might've hurt their own guys on this one.
As part of his two-year, $45 million contract with the Dodgers, Frank McCourt mandated that Manny donate $1 million to the Dodgers' charitable foundation. But the union and the commissioner's office came to an agreement yesterday banning that language from certain types of contracts. Here's where the MLBPA shoots itself in the foot.
Clubs can still mandate donations in the contracts of free agents and long-term deals, because those players have the right to sign somewhere else if they don't like the donation clause. But the provision is banned from contracts of players not yet eligible for free agency. Basically, anyone with less than six years of major league service.
And it's those young guys who most need to be compelled to donate. The MLB minimum salary this year is $400,000; that puts them in the highest tax bracket, starting at $373,650. With a donation of $26,351 (or more), they can put themselves in a lower tax bracket, and maintain a number of credits and deductions unavailable to the highest bracket.
Of course, they could donate on their own. But when have you known a professional athlete to make sound financial moves? Instead, we've got players losing out because they don't know their options, and charities losing out because teams can't mandate donations. The only winner here is the federal government. As always.
'Ramirez Provision' is banned [LA Times]


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Two of the most successful campaigns in recent times to change American constitutional law are the efforts to achieve recognition of an equal right to marry for same-sex couples, and to protect the individual right to bear arms. In both instances, civil society groups committed to a particular constitutional vision worked strategically and tirelessly to make their vision a reality.
This conversation with the former president of the National Rifle Association, David Keene, and the founder and president of Freedom to Marry, Evan Wolfson, explores the challenges each institution faced and the strategies they deployed to protect the right to which they are committed.
The discussion is moderated by David Cole, Open Society Fellow and Georgetown Law professor, who is writing a book on the role of civil society groups in enforcing and changing constitutional law.
- David Keene was president of the National Rifle Association from 2011-13, and continues to serve on its board and executive council. He is opinion editor at the Washington Times, and from 1982-2011 was chairman of the American Conservative Union.
- Evan Wolfson is founder and president of Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage equality nationwide. During the 1990s he served as co-counsel in the historic Hawaii marriage case that launched the ongoing global movement for the freedom to marry. Newsweek/The Daily Beast dubbed him "the godfather of gay marriage."
- David Cole is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and serves as the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation. As an Open Society Fellow, he is writing a book that explores the effectiveness of civil society organizations in making human rights meaningful.


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Short review: They have the right idea for a nice site here, but there does need to be some fine tuning to keep in the realm of holding its own on the web. The numbers didn't hold up to the number of models offered, which is 82, because when opening the sets, some will hold images, some hold videos, but the amounts aren't always equal. What they do bring holds some fair quality and lovely girls always.
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