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I have a mild case of dyslexia in which I frequently transpose numbers and mistake q's for g's and b's for d's when I read too fast. Growing up, I struggled with words but my parents read to me every night and encouraged me, and by about 9 or 10, I learned to love books.
I haven't been bored since. What a gift.
Whether or not you're in a position to give a kid the love of reading, you can at least give a child a book worth loving.
Last week's column listed recommendations from the Easton Area Public Library. Today's children and teen book recommendations and descriptions come from Edana Hoy, head of youth services for Bethlehem Area Public Library.
For pre-schoolers:
"Llama Llama Time to Share" by Anna Dewdney. Llama Llama does not want to share his toys with the neighbors but soon learns that it is much better to share than argue. Another winning addition to this series.
"Creepy Carrots" by Aaron Reynolds. Jasper Rabbit loves eating the carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field until he begins seeing carrots, creepy carrots everywhere. Clever, funny and just a little bit creepy.
"Skippyjon Jones Cirque de Ole" by Judith Schachner. The ever- popular Skippyjon Jones, the cat who thinks that he is a chihuahua, takes his talents to the circus this time. Look for others in this series.
"Max and Ruby's Treasure Hunt" by Rosemary Wells. "With their outdoor tea party ruined by rain, Max and Ruby head inside for a treasure hunt. This lift-the-flap book is full of fun and surprises.
"Bear Says Thanks" by Karma Wilson. Bear returns for another go 'round with his good friends, saying thanks as they contribute tasty additions to his dinner party.
Grades K-3
"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King. A picture book format presentation of King's inspiring 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial with rich, visually stunning illustrations by Kadir Nelson.
"Star Wars, Who Saved the Galaxy?" by Catherine Saunders. An exciting beginning reader for Star Wars fans, loaded with images of droids, villains and favorite characters like Luke and R2-D2.
"Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm" by Patricia MacLachlan. This is the story of the Alden children before they became the orphans of the beloved Boxcar mystery series. Readers will meet the children's parents and discover exactly what happened at Fair Meadow Farm.
"Clementine and the Family Meeting" by Sara Pennypacker. Eight-year-old Clementine must deal with the fact that her family will soon welcome a new brother or sister. Spunk and sincere, Clementine is a third-grader.
Grades 4-6
"Secret of the Fortune Wookiee" by Tom Angleberger. Are Star Wars origami finger puppets really giving stellar advice? Read this series and find out.
"One Year in Coal Harbor" by Polly Horvath. Twelve-year-old Primrose tries to play matchmaker for her Uncle Jack while facing lots of challenges and adventures in this excellent sequel to the Newbery Honor book "Everything on a Waffle."
"Showoff" by Gordon Korman. "When Luthor the Doberman goes berserk at the mall dog show, chaos ensues and he's taken to the pound. Griffin Bing and friends must rescue him in this fourth book. Read the Swindle series before the January release of "Hideout."
"Kingdom Keepers: Shell Game" by Ridley Pearson. The fifth title in the series that follows the after-dark adventures of young teen hologram hosts at Disney World. This thrilling series provides much information and a look at secrets behind park technology.
Grades 7 and up
"Reached" by Ally Condie. The third and final entry in the series that began with "Matched." Cassia searches for freedom and meaning in a dystopian society that controls all. A good option for teens who enjoyed "The Hunger Games."
"Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen" by Richard Paul Evans. Possessing special powers and dealing with Tourette's syndrome, Michael battles enemies in the jungles of Peru. It's the sequel to "Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25."
"Son" by Lois Lowry. Claire lives in a utopian society where all needs are met and decisions made for you. Or are they? The book is the fourth entry in the quartet series.
"Vietnam: Free-Fire Zone" by Chris Lynch. Rudi, a Marine, is one of four best friends who enlisted at the same time. He finds the war is dramatically changing him and not for the better. This is the third installment with number four due out in January.


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HASTINGS — Grant Robinson age 91 of Hastings passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at his residence.
Grant was born on May 1, 1921 in Middleville, the son of Earl and Esther (Schleh) Robinson. He attended and graduated from Thornapple Kellogg High School of Middleville in 1939.
Grant honorably served in World War II from June 2, 1945 through Dec. 29, 1946, stationed in the Aleutions. Following the war he was employed at Middleville Engineering for a year. Grant and Carolyn Shellington were married on June 14, 1947.
He and wife Carolyn worked as manager of Thornapple Manor, then called the County Farm. Grant farmed for 21 years on his 200 acre dairy farm on East State Road. He was a MABC technician and DHIA milk tester for Barry County. He retired from the Hastings Post Office after 12 years of service in 1984.
Grant has been a member of the Grace Wesleyan Church in Hastings since 1947. He was a church treasurer and board trustee and a member of Giddeon. Grant was also a Hastings township treasurer.
Grant and Carolyn traveled extensively in the United States, camping in their Airstream "condo on wheels", during retirement. He was a talented wood craftsman. Grant enjoyed gardening, reading and photography, as well.
Grant was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Esther Robinson; in-laws, Emmett and Mary (Bouck) Shellington; brothers-in-law: Howard Shellington, William Shellington and Robert Shellington; sisters-in-law: Ruth (Willard) Kidder and Dorothy (Jerry) Barker.
Grant is survived by his wife of 65 years, Carolyn (Shellington); sons: Lynden (Patty) Robinson, Gordon (Merry) Robinson, Ron (Patti) Robinson; daughter, Lois (Randy) Frantz; grandchildren: Sadie, Cale, Julia, and Kelley Robinson, Casey (Mitch) Edmondson, Sarah and Nicole Frantz, Nacole Kreiser-Budz, Nick and Christopher Kreiser and Alison (Mike) Stephens; great-grandchildren: Noah and Logan; brother, Wayne Robinson; sisters-in-law, Frances Shellington, Kathleen (Smith) Sherman, Pat Shellington, Verna Shellington and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Barry County Commission On Aging, 320 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI 49058.
Visitation will be held Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. The funeral service will be held on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 at 11 am at Girrbach Funeral Home. Burial will follow the funeral service at Freeport Cemetery. A luncheon will follow the funeral service at the Barry County Commission on Aging.
Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, in Hastings, please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guestbook or to leave a memory or message to the family.

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By Michelle Rindels
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police officers wearing olive search-and-rescue fatigues gripped a church lectern Monday, choking up as they remembered a colleague who died last week saving a hiker stranded on a mountain ledge.
Co-workers described David Vanbuskirk, 36, as a disciplined and humble man who rose before the sun, refused to take off his wedding band for training exercises and returned to the hospital the day after rescues to check on people he had saved.
"He was absolutely the best of us," said Sgt. Gavin Vesp, who was Vanbuskirk's supervisor. "He was a phenomenal human being."
The auditorium at Central Christian Church, which seats 2,900, was near capacity for Vanbuskirk's funeral. The church's upper seating section was a sea of police officers in tan, many wearing a black stripe across their badges as a reminder of the death.
Authorities are still investigating how Vanbuskirk died performing a maneuver he'd done dozens of times before. The officer was on the search-and-rescue team since 2007 and worked for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department since 1999. National Transportation Safety Board officials said they expect to release their preliminary report later this week.
Rescuers responded shortly before 9 p.m. July 22 to reports that a hiker was disoriented and stranded on a rocky ledge just above Mary Jane Falls. A wildfire had been burning in the area, and park workers closed some trails.
After landing, Vanbuskirk attached a safety harness to the stranded man. Vanbuskirk signaled to the rescue workers in the helicopter to hoist him and the hiker from the ledge. But the officer somehow detached from the line in midair and fell.


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A University Place man was able to volunteer as a junior high school wrestling coach and get a job at the state's Special Commitment Center for dangerous sex offenders despite being convicted in the 1970s of sex crimes against children, the News Tribune has learned.
David James O'Connor's previous convictions for indecent liberties in Lewis County might not have been divulged to people running a background check on him because a judge dismissed the convictions after he completed sexual deviancy treatment at Western State Hospital, court records show.
As a result, O'Connor's 1977 convictions do not show up in the Washington State Patrol's criminal database, which is frequently used by school districts and employers running background checks on potential volunteers or job candidates.
O'Connor volunteered as an assistant wrestling coach at Curtis junior and senior high schools from 2003 to 2007 and has worked for the state since 1985, most recently as an administrative review hearing manager at the Special Commitment Center where he earns $55,000 annually.
O'Connor, 60, was charged last week with four counts of child molestation. Two men, now 22 and 23, said O'Connor inappropriately touched them during strength-training exercises when they were junior high wrestlers in 2005.
Pierce County prosecutors dropped the charges against O'Connor, who had pleaded not guilty, on Wednesday after determining the statute of limitations had run out on those allegations.
He was released from jail Wednesday evening. Attempts to reach him for comment Thursday were not immediately successful.
University Place School District Superintendent Patti Banks said this week she was not sure if the district ran a background check on O'Connor before allowing him to serve as a volunteer coach. He had children attending school in the district at the time.
"We cannot find a record of a criminal background check on Mr. O'Connor," Banks said. "However, if we had, it would not have turned up anything, as his current (State Patrol) report contains only the current arrest."
O'Connor has been a Special Commitment Center employee since July 1, 2005, said Mindy Chambers, a spokeswoman for the center.
Records with the state's Personnel Resources Board show that O'Connor hired on with the state in 1985 and previously worked as security operations manager at the Special Commitment Center.
He was fired in March 2012 after subordinates said he "had intruded on or touched subordinate staff in ways that made them feel uncomfortable," Personnel Resources Board records show.
"A number of staff expressed concerns with appellant touching them or getting in their personal space but indicated that when they told the appellant to stop he did not repeat the behavior," those records show. "The incidents described included touching or rubbing the staff on the shoulder, touching or attempting to touch staff on the face or stomach, feigning tripping to rub up against a person and encroaching on individuals' personal space."
O'Connor argued that those complaining against him were upset by a recent staff reorganization at the Special Commitment Center and the fact they were asked to do extra work. Their complaints were retaliation, he argued.
The Personnel Resources Board decided O'Connor had committed the alleged behavior but ruled dismissal was too harsh a penalty. The board ordered him reinstated to a position that "represents a 15-percent reduction in salary and that does not have supervisory responsibility of subordinate staff."
Chambers said Special Commitment Center officials would be reviewing O'Connor's arrest last week after two young men came forward to say O'Connor sexually abused them when they were wrestlers at Curtis Junior High School in University Place.
"If an individual who works at the Special Commitment Center is arrested, we do a review of the situation before making a decision on whether that individual will return to work," she said. "We will do that in this case. At this time, I do not have the timeline for that review, or a decision."
Chambers could not say if DSHS knew of O'Connor's 1977 conviction for sex crimes before the agency hired him.
The News Tribune has filed a public records request for his personnel file, but those records were not available for review Thursday.
In 1977, O'Connor, then 23, was charged in Lewis County with three counts of indecent liberties and two counts communication with a minor for immoral purposes, court records show.
Charging documents indicate he had sexual contact with three kids under the age of 14 and talked to two others under the age of 17 for sexual purposes. The documents do not spell out the circumstances of the contact.
O'Connor ultimately pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent liberties, the records show.
Superior Court D.J. Cunningham declared O'Connor a sexual psychopath "not safe to be at large" and ordered him sent to Western State Hospital for treatment. Cunningham also ordered O'Connor to have no contact with children under the age of 15 without the supervision of another adult.
Cunningham deferred imposing sentence for five years to give O'Connor the chance to complete his treatment.
In November 1981, O'Connor petitioned the court to change his "plea of guilty to not guilty, be discharged from probation and that all proceedings in this case be terminated," court records show.
State officials, including his probation officer, certified that he had "successfully completed all phases of the Sexual Psychopath Program at Western State Hospital" and complied with Judge Cunningham's previous requirements.
Lewis County Judge David Draper signed that order on Nov. 13, 1981.


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The Sabres are looking for a spark, and the struggling team should get one with the next two games. They have a home-and-home series with the Maple Leafs that starts Tuesday in Toronto, and they're ready to use the passionate games against their longtime rivals as a springboard to a good second half.
"It's huge for us," Sabres right wing Patrick Kaleta said. "You can go with the rivalry, with the big points that are needed for the standings, you can go for us starting to get back on the right track here. These next two games are huge."
Ryan Miller will start in goal Tuesday, and he's likely to be in net again when the Sabres host the Leafs on Friday in the month's final home game. Miller is 25-12 in his career against the Maple Leafs.
Derek Roy (shoulder) and Andrej Sekera (upper body) returned to practice today. Both skated in noncontact roles. Roy is a possibility for the weekend, while Sekera wasn't ready to set a timeline.
"It happened in training camp, pretty much the same injury," said Roy, who got his shoulder wrenched Friday during a faceoff with Carolina's Jussi Jokinen. "The first time I was more nervous. The second time I knew what I was dealing with. It's a weird feeling and it doesn't feel good.
"I felt pretty good shooting. Just a couple battle drills feeling it a little bit. Now we know what we need to do to get it strengthened and work on it. Stick to the program every day."
To hear coach Lindy Ruff's news conference in First Niagara Center, click the audio file below.
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A High-Availability Cluster for Linux
A major design factor is resynchronization (mirroring back) of the files once a failed node has recovered. A reliable procedure must be employed so that data which has changed on the failover node during the failure period is mirrored back to the original node and not lost, because the original node overwrites or deletes it in the restoration procedure. The resynchronization procedure should be implemented so that a node cannot perform any mirroring while another node has taken over its services. Also, before the services can be restarted on the original node, all files associated with it must be completely mirrored back to this original node. This must be done while the services are off-line on both nodes to prevent the services from writing to the files being restored. Failure to prevent this could result in data corruption and loss.
The main problem when using this solution was with IMAP4 and pop3 mail spools. If an e-mail message is received and delivered on serv2, and serv2 fails before mirroring can take place, serv1 will take over the mail services. Subsequent mail messages would arrive in serv1's mail spool. When serv2 recovers, any e-mail received just before failure will be overwritten by the new mail received on serv1. The best way to solve this is to configure Sendmail to queue a copy of its mail for delivery to the takeover node. In the event that the takeover node is off-line, mail would remain in the Sendmail queue. Once the failed node recovered, e-mail messages would be successfully delivered. This method requires no mirroring of the mail spools and queues. However, it would be necessary to have two Sendmail configurations available on both nodes: one configuration for normal operation and the other for node takeover operation. This will prevent mail from bouncing between the two servers.
I am not a Sendmail expert. If you know how to configure dual-queuing Sendmail delivery, please let me know. This part is still a work in progress. As a temporary measure, I create backup files on resynchronization of the mail spool with manual checking on node recovery, which is quite time consuming. I also prevent such difficulties by mirroring the mail spool as frequently as possible. This has an unfortunate temporary side effect of making my hard disks work overtime. Similar problems would be encountered when clustering a database service. However, a few large UNIX database vendors are now providing parallel versions of their products, which enable concurrent operation across several nodes in a cluster.
A node could fail for various reasons ranging from an operating system crash, which would result in a hang or reboot, to a hardware failure, which could result in the node going into standby mode. If the system is in standby mode, it will not automatically recover. The administrator must manually remove a standby lock file and start run-level 5 on the failed node to confirm to the rest of the cluster that the problem has been resolved. If the OS hangs, this would have the same effect as a standby run level; however, if the reset button is pressed or the system reboots, the node will try to rejoin the cluster, as no standby lock file will exist. When a node attempts to rejoin the cluster, the other node will detect the recovery and stop all cluster services while the resynchronization of the disks takes place. Once this has completed, the cluster services will be restarted and the cluster will once again be in full operation.
My choice of Linux distribution is Red Hat 5.1 on the Intel platform. There are, however, no reasons why this could not be adapted for another Linux distribution. The implementation is purely in user space. No special drivers are required. Some basic prerequisites are necessary in order to effectively deploy this system:
Two similarly equipped servers, especially in terms of data storage space, are needed.
Three network interface cards per server are recommended, although two might work at the expense of some modifications and extra LAN traffic.
Sufficient network bandwidth is needed between the cluster nodes.
My system consists of two Dell PowerEdge 2300 Servers, each complete with:
three 3C905B 100BaseTX Ethernet cards
two 9GB Ultra SCSI 2 hard disks
one Pentium II 350 MHz CPU
High-availability clusters
The problem with using Linux-based (or an OS-specific) clustering software is that you'll always be tied to the operating system.
The folks at Obsidian Dynamics have built a Java-based application-level clustering solution that isn't tied to the operating system.
I think this is the way forward, particularly seeing that many organisations are running a mixed bag of Windows and Linux servers - being able to cluster Windows and Linux machines together can be a real advantage. It also makes installation and configuration easier, since you're not supporting a dozen different operating systems and hardware configurations.
The other neat thing about Gridlock is that it doesn't use quorum and doesn't rely on NIC bonding/teaming to achieve multipath configurations - instead it combines redundant networks at the application level, which means it works on any network card and doesn't require specialised switchgear.
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Contact: West Plains Motor Speedway at (417)-257-2112
West Plains Motor Speedway (WPMS) is excited to announce our continued relationship with Reliable Chevrolet. WPMS and Reliable Chevrolet joined together once again this year with more money than last year and WPMS plans to put this to use in the A-modifieds, Crate Latemodels, and the fast growing B-mod class. Reliable Chevrolet, located in Springfield, MO, is giving away 450 dollars a night to these 3 classes. The money for these 3 classes will be broken down accordingly for the highest finishing Reliable Chevrolet crate engine: B-Mod 1st place- $125 2nd place- $75 3rd place-$50, Crate Latemodels 1st place- $100, and the USRA A-Modifieds will also receive $100 a night as well. Keep in mind also that all this added money is in addition to the track purse too.
To qualify for the extra money in the B-mod division the driver must be using a sealed 602 crate motor purchased from Reliable Chevrolet. To be eligible for the money in the Latemodels the driver must be using either a sealed 602 or a sealed 604 crate motor purchased from Reliable Chevrolet. In the A-modified division to be eligible the driver must be using a sealed CT-525 crate motor bought from Reliable Chevrolet. The driver must be able to present a Reliable Chevrolet invoice at the pay window proving that he or she bought their engine from Reliable Chevrolet.
WPMS and Reliable have been working together on some big bonus money and an engine give-away for the 2012 season for competitors using their engines. The highest finishing Reliable engine in the B-mod class in championship points at season end will recieve a brand new 602 engine from Reliable Chevrolet, thats a $3245.00 value to that racer whether you are the points champion or 3rd place it doesnt matter just the highest finishing Reliable engine. Reliable has also stepped up and posted a $1000 reward for the first Reliable ct525 win at WPMS this season. To be eligible for the this bonus money and engine giveaway the competitor must run an engine purchased from Reliable Chevrolet in Springfield,MO and show proof at the first race of 2012 and continue to use a Reliable engine all season long. Engine is not allowed to be freshened or resealed must be as it came from Reliable and must pass all tech procedures. Car must also have Chevrolet Performance decals on both sides of car.
There will also be a $1000 bounty to the first Reliable Chevrolet CT-525 to win a race at WPMS. WPMS would also like to thank Reliable Chevrolet for donating a 602 crate engine to the highest finishing Reliable Chevrolet crate engine in the B-mod point's championship for the 2012 race season. WPMS are also excited to announce that we have a crate engine option in 4 of our 5 classes for the 2012 race season. For any of your crate motor needs contact Jason Ulven at Reliable Chevrolet parts dept. at (877)-441-4993
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Dale BeVier '56, O.D. '57 & Helen (Roberts) BeVier '58
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Our story of Pacific-based love is slightly different than most. I am Dr. Dale A. Bevier, a 1957 graduate of the School of Optometry was brought up in upstate New York and transferred to Pacific from West Virginia Wesleyan College in the fall of 1953.
I took four courses from Dr. John R. Roberts, Professor of Biology and other related sciences. One night, Dr. Roberts invited me over to his house to see his extensive model railroad. While there, his daughter, Helen Anne Roberts, came down the stairs and out the door past me on her way to a baby-sitting job.
Helen was a freshman at Pacific and I was immediately smitten by her happy persona and cheerful demeanor. I waited around to see her again when she came home from baby-sitting. After a second meeting, I decided she was worth looking into further.
We dated for the first time the following weekend along with a Gamma Sigma fraternity brother and his date. We attended a dance in Portland featuring an 18-piece big band. We continued dating, becoming very serious and married on March 23, 1956.
I graduated in May of 1957 and went into optometry practice with my father in New York but music still followed us across the country. During our time at Pacific, Helen and I listened to a piano and bass player jamming in Warner Hall. Helen told me as we left the jam session that she would like to play the bass fiddle. Ten years later, I brought a bass fiddle home to her and she learned how to play it. I took up playing the piano again and we found a drummer and a trio was formed!
That was the beginning of a 45-year career as part-time professional musicians playing in trios and as a duo a little later. We are now called "Side by Side" and after 56 years of marriage, we are still performing together.
I play multiple keyboards and Helen is the featured singer. Now we play mostly as volunteers at senior citizen's homes in the Richmond, Virginia area. We have played for 53 different homes in the past two years and we're booked up months in advance. Along the way, we have played in night clubs, fine restaurants and other venues. We have also formed and managed four different 13 to 18-piece big bands playing all the old big band tunes made famous by leaders like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and others.
We have had a very wonderful marriage and we're buddies as well as a couple and have four wonderful and highly successful children. I personally have a great love and fond memories of Pacific University and our time there. Of course, Helen grew up in Forest Grove and we plan on returning in the summer of 2012 to visit relatives and of course walk once again on the campus.
To conclude, Helen went on to graduate in Ornamental Horticulture from Clemson University when she was 50-years-old and raising four children. She enjoyed a very successful career as a Horticulturist at two highly respected gardens: Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania and Harry P. Leu Botanic Garden in Orlando, Florida.
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Common Recovery Tools in Active Directory: Part 1
Some of the things we will go through in this two-part article by Florian Rommel maybe not exactly be a requirement for the recovery process, but would still be useful to know and easier to understand when referenced.
In this part, things include what specific toolkits you should have installed, or at least have ready to be installed, on your DCs. We will also look at some tools for diagnosing problems, such as DcDiag.exe and NetDiag.exe to how you can use them to try and fix small issues.
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Active Directory Design Principles: Part 2
In the previous part of this article by Florian Rommel, we covered Active Directory elements, domain designs, and Lag Replication Site(LRS). In this part, we will cover designing your Active Directory and keeping it up-to-date and safe.Read Active Directory Design Principles: Part 2 in full
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Active Directory Design Principles: Part 1
In order to design a proper Active Directory infrastructure, knowledge of its workings, and what it is based on, is essential. The basis for Active Directory is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), which is an X.500 standard (to read more about the X.500 standard please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.500). LDAP defines that a directory is a tree of entries, with each entry containing a set of attributes. Each entry has a unique identifier and therefore cannot be duplicated. This way everything is an object in an LDAP-based directory.
There are many great books available for Active Directory design and some of them go into great detail. Compressing all this into a single article is just not possible, so in this two-part article by Florian Rommel, we will stick to the basics and a high-level view, instead of too much detail. This will provide a good overview of how to design a proper Active Directory, with different strategies in mind, and tailor it best for your organization.
In the first part, we will cover Active Directory elements, domain designs, and Lag Replication Site(LRS).Read Active Directory Design Principles: Part 1 in full
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In this article by Bob Griesemer, we will learn about how to synchronize objects, its use in mapping and also, the auto binding of tables to dimensional objects.Read Synchronizing Objects in Oracle Warehouse Builder in full
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In this article by Bob Griesemer, we will discuss about Mapping, mainly STORE Mapping in Oracle Warehouse Builder 11g. We will build mappings with the additional features of Oracle Warehouse Builder. We will introduce the concept of transformations and operators that are available in OWB, which can be used for transforming and manipulating data between source and target. Along the way, we'll get to build a quick mapping for creating and loading a table that will be used as a lookup table.Read Mapping in Oracle Warehouse Database in full
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Web enabling business data is one of the key devices used to advertise and market products. This can be done with various technologies such as VB, ASP, JSP, ASP.Net and many others. This article shows how you may view data from a table on a MySQL database server on a web page using ASP.NET. The table used in this tutorial was the one described in the first article in this series on Exporting data from MS Access 2003 to MySQL.
This article by Dr. Jay Krishnaswamy explains how to populate a GridView on an ASP.NET web page by data retrieved from a MySQL Server. MySQL.Data.MySqlClient is a connector (provider) provided by MySQL which you can use with the .NET Framework applications whose details may be reviewed here. MySQL is well integrated with Visual Studio (MySQL Visual Studio Tools: MySQL.VisualStudio.dll).Read Displaying MySQL data on an ASP.NET Web Page in full
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How can a company or organization minimize bandwidth costs when maintaining multiple Ubuntu installations? With bandwidth becoming the currency of the new millennium, being responsible with the bandwidth you have can be a real concern. In this article by Christer Edwards, we will learn how to create, maintain and make available a local Ubuntu repository mirror, allowing you to save bandwidth and improve network efficiency with each machine you add to your network.Read Create a Local Ubuntu Repository using Apt-Mirror and Apt-Cacher in full
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Linking servers provides an elegant solution when you are faced with running queries against databases on distributed servers or looking at your distributed assets on disparate databases.
This article by Dr. Jay Krishnaswamy explains how to set up a MySQL linked server on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. Configuring a linked MySQL server as well as querying a table on the MySQL linked server is described. The reader would benefit reviewing the first article on this series on MySQL Servers.Read MySQL Linked Server on SQL Server 2008 in full
Using Graphs to Manage Networks and Devices with Cacti 0.8
In this article by Dinangkur Kundu and S. M. Ibrahim Lavlu, we will see how to add network-attached devices in the Cacti system and produce graphs to monitor LAN-sized installations to complex networks with hundreds of devices. It is fairly easy to manage devices through the Cacti web front-end. It provides a fast poller, advance graph templating, and multiple data acquisition methods out of the box, wrapped in an easy to use interface that makes sense to the network administrator.Read Using Graphs to Manage Networks and Devices with Cacti 0.8 in full
Building a Facebook Application: Part 2
In the previous part of this article by Dr. Mark Alexander Bain and Hasin Hayder, we covered developing a simple Facebook application and the way to write the Facebook profile. In this part, we will cover Mock AJAX and data storage.Read Building a Facebook Application: Part 2 in full
Building a Facebook Application: Part 1
You'll obviously want to start building applications, and that's just what we'll do in this two-part article. By the end of this two-part article by Dr. Mark Alexander Bain and Hasin Hayder, you'll be able to:
- Extract Facebook information to be displayed by your application.
- Store information in the Facebook cache, so that it can be displayed on your users' profile pages.
- Store your own custom data.
The first part will cover the concepts of developing a simple Facebook application and also the way to write the Facebook profile.Read Building a Facebook Application: Part 1 in full
Troubleshooting and Gotchas in Oracle VM Manager 2.1.2
The journey with Oracle VM Manager is not free of troubles and errors. In this article, Tarry Singh will attempt to address the ones that are bound to bother you the most as far as Oracle VM Manager is concerned.
What will we cover in troubleshooting?
While we tackle the following issues in troubleshooting VM Manager. We are assuming that you are using the latest version of Oracle VM Manager and the Oracle VM Server version is 2.1.x:
- Oracle VM Manager login takes too much time
- VM guest creation fails
- Not enough disk space available for ISOs and Templates
- Cannot login to the VM remotely
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Storing Planning Data in IBM Cognos: D-Cube (Part 1)
In this two-part article by Ned Riaz, Jason Edwards, and Rich Babaran, we will discuss how data is stored in IBM Cognos Planning Analyst. We will begin by defining the D-Cube and explaining the things that you need to think about before creating the D-Cube. We will discuss the importance of the order of dimensions in enforcing calculation and format priorities. We will show you how you can view the multiple slices of the cube and how you can save a selection of the cube as a separate object. We will explain how you can restructure the dimensions of the cube by adding, deleting, substituting, and reordering dimensions. We will cover some of the important functions available with the D-Cube, including global formatting, exporting, and other options that can make it easier for you to work with the program. We will illustrate how you can use data entry commands that will enable you to enter data, execute mathematical operations, or set restrictions for a cell, a range of cells, or the entire cube. Finally, we will cover Breakback—a powerful feature that allows you to cascade changes throughout the cube simply by making the change to a calculated item.Read Storing Planning Data in IBM Cognos: D-Cube (Part 1) in full
Extending Oracle VM Management
In this article by Tarry Singh, we will learn more about Oracle VM Management.
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PASADENA, Texas -- On a scorching Texas day, they came to pay it forward -- seniors from Pasadena ISD helping another senior.
"I taught 42 years," said Phyllis Adair. "I taught everything from first grade to 12th, each for three years."
Adair, 90, began teaching at Red Bluff Elementary in 1953.
"I loved the students. I truly loved them. Once in awhile, one of them would get on my nerves," Mrs. Adair said. "On the whole, I truly did love them."
1953 was the same year she and her husband purchased a nearby home using a loan from Veterans Affairs. Now, thanks to volunteers, it almost looks as good as new.
"It's amazing to do that for so long, and for us students to give back to her, a teacher who has worked so hard all those years, it's really good," said high school senior Karen Cruz.
"That's a lot of years, a lot of lives she's changed," said Juan Vera, also a senior.
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On an LS460 using a Motorola Razr thru AT&T -- How do you set up the phone book so that the incoming caller's name and phone number appear on the nav screen when they call you. I have downloaded all my names and numbers from my phone, set up my speed dial etc. If I make the call, the name & number apppear--but if that same person calls me from that same phone, His name and number do not appear on my screen. I have had an 04 LS 430 with Nav and an 06LX 470, set them up the same way and could see the name and number on the screen when one of my contacts called me. I also remember reading something about a "1+" set up, but can't find it. Help, Please!
mannacio Posts: 1From the messages I've seen on this site, and other forums, it's as though people have forgotten or didn't know Bluetooth is a trademark for intellectual property licensed to the auto industry, phone manufacturers and others with the explicit understanding that Bluetooth devices be interoperable. When auto manufacturers post "supported phones" on their website they are, in my opinion, in violation of their agreement with the Bluetooth Organization. I have become something of an activist on this issue after an unbelievable experience with my 2007 Infiniti M35. After 4 months of ownership, with no problems, my entire console froze up on a trip back from Ashland OR to the SF Bay Area. This meant I had no radio, no CD player, no navigation system, no ability to change the temperature or the fan speed. I immediately went to my dealer when I got back and they had to consult with their engineers who said it was my AT&T 8525 that caused the problem. This phone was not on their list of supported phones. They did offer to buy me a new phone but there are no phones I could have gotten with Bluetooth, MS Office Mobile, a full slide out keyboard, Wi-Fi and a camera. So I adamantly refused and escalated the problem to senior management at Nissan. Suddenly, when faced with the potential for bad press, they agreed to fix the freeze up. An engineer had a CD on his desk which would change the programming of my console and avoid another freeze up. BUT they still wouldn't guarantee the continued operation of the phone. I since learned that many carmakers have websites which tell you what phones they "support". Some, such as Toyota even have legal disclaimers that imply that, should you use any other phones, they will bear no responsibility for whether the phone works or not. You'll have to call your phone maker. This is not only hostile to the users of Bluetooth phones it puts many of us in the position of having to choose between a car and a phone. And it is all being done despite the agreements these companies have signed with the Bluetooth Organization. My view is encapsulated in a movie quote: "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it any more". I would ask anyone who has had compatibility issues between a Bluetooth Certified Hands Free phone and their car, especially those the carmaker refused to resolve, to contact the Bluetooth Organization. There is a complaint form that can be found at: https://programs.bluetooth.org/apps/contactus/default.aspx
Your topic should be Brand and Trademark violations, because that is what this is all about: No interoperability or support for it and you should not get the trademark. Please feel free to pass this along to others who may have complaints too as well as any media that have an interest in the story.
> When auto manufacturers post "supported phones" on their website they are, in my opinion, in violation of their agreement with the Bluetooth Organization.
What is your reasoning here? Many phones are not properly compliant with Bluetooth standards or have bugs in their software. If they don't work, they don't work. Also, there are different versions of Bluetooth and even the standard itself has various gray areas that leads to implementation differences.
It's not "hostile" to users of Bluetooth phones. It's trying to deal with the real world. Some phones work and some phones don't.
Now, your particular problem of the whole system freezing up is not a Bluetooth issue. A non-supported phone no matter what it does should not cause your entire system to freeze up. That's a software quality issue.
Hello Mannacio. I'd like to ask you for help.
Have the same experience with Mercedes-Benz. We bought 3 luxury SUVs from them. They list "recommended phones" for their "Mercedes-Benz Bluetooth(R) (SAP) Telephone Module, Version 2" in official materials for the Czech Republic: 13 of 20 are NOKIAs, remaining 7 models just to cover-up Mercedes' NOKIA preference as those are out of reality: "VERTU" not sold at all in CZE afaik and, "SIEMENS" which is terminated brand as everybody in the biz knows.
Mercedes representatives end up with indistinct statements or irrelevant excuses and I suspect them that they've explicitly (per-customer) blocked SONY ERICSSONs specificaly (car I've tested doesn't operate with any high-end SE model, including Z610i, P990i, etc.)
It is likely that Mercedes is manipulating its customers and limits their "Bluetooth(R)" support artificially.
I've found the form before your article and sent complaint there. But I wonder if you have identified particular article in Bluetooth member agreements / materials ? Do you have some further tips or experience?
I'm attaching corresponding Mercedes-Benz material in English: http://resource.empyreum.net/temporary/Cradles_1207_en.pdf
I'm about to become an activist in this as well :-) Any message from you to my e-mail karel.panek vortex empyreum.com will be appreciated!
mdchachi, your opinion is incorrect. The problem stands in the fact, that vehicle manufacturer artificially limits its "Bluetooth(R)" support not due to technology (e. g. bluetooth device type or version), but based on its specific mobile phone brand preference. This could imply great harm to Bluetooth(R) brand itself according to my opinion. In my way of thinking such behavior of car manufacturer is manipulative, inadequate, unacceptable and perhaps illegal.
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Assembly Bill 253 Allows Owners of Floating Homes to Purchase Marina
Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) announced he has introduced legislation which would allow the residents of a floating home marina to create a condominium association for the purpose of purchasing their marina.
"When a floating home marina is up for sale, those with the most at stake are those who call the marina home," said Levine. "AB 253 is straightforward legislation that simply allows owners of floating homes to come together to protect their residences."
Generally, floating home marinas are privately owned and charge homeowners monthly berthage fees. Should a marina owner want to sell the marina, this bill would allow for a homeowner group to purchase it. While no specific set of tenants is currently seeking to buy a marina, AB 253 will remove a significant financial barrier for the floating home tenants should the situation arise in the future.
Absent the ability to create an association, it would be necessary to create a cooperative, which would be problematic for financing and insurance purposes. This bill builds upon existing provisions in state law that allows mobilehome parks to convert to residential ownership.
"We love our floating homes, and we love our Richardson Bay community," said Katherine Boschetto, President of the Floating Homes Association of Sausalito. "No one wants their land, or berths in this case, sold out from under them. The Floating Homes Association thanks Assemblymember Levine for his interest in protecting our homes."
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By R. Michael Koch, MD, New York Group for Plastic Surgery
My patient was in a hurry on this winter's day following a snowstorm—he needed to make the train, his wife had to drive the kids to school, and snow coated the driveway. He took the snow blower from the garage. Halfway into the job, the snow blower got jammed with a chunk of ice. He turned off the machine, and reached his hand in to clear it. Unfortunately, the blades were stuck under tension and began to move when the ice was removed; the tips of two of his fingers were severed.
Whether the winter brings many or a few snowstorms, residents of Westchester County bring their snow blowers out to clear driveways, paths and sidewalks. Snow blowers bring convenience and savings in time and money, but need to be handled with extreme care. As a microsurgeon treating hundreds of trauma patients each year, I see the unfortunate outcome of fingers and hands mangled or cut by home maintenance equipment.
Snow blower injuries include fractured bones, cuts to skin and soft tissue, and serious bruises or sprains. In more than 10 percent of injuries, the snow blower amputates the user's hand, fingers or both. Most injuries happen when someone tries to clear wet snow or ice clogging the machine's discharge chute. The hand and/or fingers get cut or entangled in the mechanisms that propel snow through and out of the snow blower.
Fortunately I was able to reattach and restore movement to my patient's fingertips with microsurgery, which uses microscopes and precision instruments to enable transfer of tiny blood vessels, nerves and tissue from one part of a patient's body to repair an injury in another part. But accident prevention is certainly best. Based on accidents I've treated, some tips to avoid a snow blower hand injury are:
- Keep hands and fingers out of the snow blower mechanism whether it's running OR turned off—tension stored in the blades may turn them when the stuck object is removed. Follow the snow blower's manual for tips on removing stuck objects safely.
- Take advantage of the safety devices built into most new-model snow blowers—do not disable them. Take time to review the key safety features in the owner's manual.
- PAY ATTENTION! Most snow blower accidents I've treated happened when the user's thoughts were elsewhere or they were distracted from the task at hand.
- Wear thick gloves when using your snow blower. They don't offer complete protection from injury, but may lessen the impact and are preferable to thin gloves or none at all.
For most of us, using a snow blower is not an activity that we do routinely, like driving a car. So put on your thick gloves, take a few deep breaths, and put all of your focus into running your snow blower. You'll get the satisfaction of a job well done, and done safely.
Dr. R. Michael Koch, a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is assistant professor of Surgery at New York Medical College, Chief of the Microsurgery and Replantation service at the Westchester Medical Center, and a practicing surgeon with the New York Group for Plastic Surgery. Dr. Koch specializes in microsurgical reconstruction, breast surgery and cosmetic surgery. http://www.nygplasticsurgery.com


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How would it be any different than a ref in the NFL deciding when and where to enforce the out-of-bounds line based on the score of the game or hockey waiving offsides calls for teams that are trailing? Geez Louise. Imagine a crisply played baseball game where at-bats were actually resolved based on the true merit of the pitch being thrown. I would pay more to go to those kinds of games.
Is data about individual umpires public or at least available to teams?
Perhaps teams might adjust how aggressive they are at the plate based on the home plate umpire.
A few points:
1. I don't think it's necessarily accurate to say that we KNOW a given pitch was a ball or strike based on pitch f/x. We only KNOW where pitch f/x measured it. There's no way to measure whether pitch f/x is accurate, other than blind trust. It might be quite accurate. Then again, it might not. How would we know? Not to mention, as far as I know the top and bottom of the pitch f/x strike zone is still human input guesswork, because that changes with every hitter.
2. Umpires are given pitch f/x data after every game they call behind the plate.
3. Teams have kept "books" on umpires for a long long time. Each individual umpires tendencies are known to hitters and pitchers.
Agree with the above, it is an active choice not to swing or to swing. A pitch should always be called for where it was thrown, regardless of the situation. It is the only truly fair way to play a game, by the rules. Otherwise, it is not a fair contest. I 100 percent hate umpire and referee bias.
To add to my thoughts....bias is one of the reasons I don't watch the NBA. Bias is one reason I stopped watching Braves baseball back in the day. How can we ever know that Jordan was the best basketball player ever, if he got every call? Call the game the same way, for everyone, all the time during a game. That's the only fair way to play a game. If two people are playing against each other, but one is playing by rules that give her an advantage, are they even playing the same game? I have no idea why anyone would like bias. Take the "let the players decide" idiocy of the NFL interference rules. By not calling interference, because you want the play to rule, you are actually not doing so. If it is interference, it is interference. By not calling the penalty, you are not letting the playerd decide the game, you are letting one player play by different rules, and making it an unfair contest. It's logical laziness to say you are letting the players decide the outcome of that play.
Have I mentioned how much I hate unfair application of rules in sports and other competitions? There is no good argument for the bad application of rules. None.*
*in professional or other high level competitions, we aren't talking about little kids here.....
While my first reaction would be that I hate umpire bias, my second thought is: "I love the game."
Given that what John is describing is unintentional umpire bias (i.e. human nature), I have to think that it has ALWAYS been present in the way that games have been umped.
Trying to rid the game of this unintentional bias could have a significant impact on the game -- and quite frankly, I'm not sure we'd be happy with the results.
Educate umpires. Keep monitoring performance. Make gradual improvements.
Just because we have technology to make changes doesn't necessarily mean that it would be an improvement. And, as pointed out above, it doesn't necessarily mean that the technology is totally accurate either.
I would love it if strikes were strike, and balls were balls. A totally fair contest between pitcher and hitter. That would be cool. As jb points out, making the change is not so easy.....and change always has unintended consequences.
We want the game called as accurately and consistently as possible. Surely we can all agree on that? I am not an advocate of instant replay nor of human umpires being replaced by technology. I am in favor of using technology to help the human umpires improve their performance, in this case, using the f/x technology to remove this bias.
Very interesting piece John. I really thought about the vaccination question before I read on and decided that vaccination would be the best idea. I would really like to see more commission than omission from home plate. I think borderline strikes should always be called, because the hitter has to know that it's close enough to where he could be caught looking. The 80% to 60% gap because of an 0-2 count is definitely not surprising and frustrating to say the least. Pitchers get squeezed in those situations a lot! Umpires need to stop taking pity upon batters and call the game the way it was designed to. You'd think they'd want to get out as quickly as possible, but that is never the case!
I was working on an article that addresses this issue, but in a different light. Do umpires "create" great pitchers & relegate others to average or poor pitchers. I have often wondered if umps have biases towards certain clubs/coaching staffs than others. It is human nature to "favor" someone who is favorable to you, while it is also human nature to be "less favorable" to those that may treat you less favorably; even though we are not inclined to admit as much. We have watch countless hours of baseball & probably all agree that we have wondered why pitcher "X" is getting the calls, while pitcher "Z" is not receiving the same calls. It can then be said, that pitcher "Z" now has to be more precise, thus possibly making more mistakes, leading to poorer performances. I can't help but think that some, not all, umpires have this bias towards certain clubs/managers. Any thoughts??
When Joe Mauer takes a close pitch he's more likely to get the ball call than Drew Butera. If the umpire doesn't have a great look at the pitch he might defer to a hitter that he thinks has a good eye.
Come to think of it, that may be an interesting research project. What % of borderline pitches go the way of the hitter when the batter is Derek Jeter, for example, as opposed to Trevor Plouffe?
Here's an article that I really liked on the topic.
The Compassionate Umpire
So the results here seem to support the idea that umpires, following years of fan and official comment that games should be decided on the field rather than by an umpire's call, are reluctant to make calls that could decide games?
Sounds like we're getting exactly what we asked for.
Regarding umpires & how they react to certain pitchers, I've wondered about certain pitches. Say a guy has a curveball that starts in the one but darts out of it late. If that pitcher can't get that pitch called a strike, that might be a significant handicap. Or if it is, he could be nearly unhittable.
Here's another question: should the zone be different for right-handed & left-handed batters? Must it be symmetrical?
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'Velvet Elvis' Author Encourages Exploration of Doubts
Megachurch pastor Rob Bell says faith in Jesus must be repainted for each generation if it's to avoid the fate of Elvis kitsch.
BY: Charles Honey
Religion News Service
Cryderman says he has "high expectations" for the book because, unlike most books about Christianity, it encourages readers to question their beliefs and church teachings.
"It's refreshing to have somebody say, `Go ahead, test it all you want,' instead of, `There must be something wrong with you because you've got some doubts."'
Indeed, Bell urges readers to test his own text. The Bible itself, he writes, is a book that constantly must be wrestled with and re-interpreted. He dismisses claims that "Scripture alone" will answer all questions. Bible interpretation is colored by historical context, the reader's bias and current realities, he says. The more you study the Bible, the more questions it raises.
"It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says," Bell writes. "We must first make decisions about what it means at this time, in this place, for these people."
Noting the Bible has been used to defend slavery and mistreat women, he writes, "sometimes when I hear people quote the Bible, I just want to throw up."
In similarly bold language, Bell tackles questions about Jesus, salvation, the institutional church and religious prejudice.
Sprinkled throughout are his own spiritual awakenings and struggles, from first feeling in awe of God at a U2 concert to freaking out over the demands of Mars Hill.
The book, one of two Zondervan has contracted him to write, is "just a reflection of my own journey," Bell says.
"My intent has always been to discover the real Christ and the resurrected Christ, and what (he) is saying to me and to us," says Bell, 34, with the excited intensity of someone equally at home with a Bible or a skateboard.
He is sitting in the warehouse offices of Flannel, a nonprofit film company that has produced a series of short videos featuring Bell. In each, he delivers a faith-based message in the hip, witty style that has packed worshippers into Mars Hill.
Many of them are looking for what Bell says his book offers -- "a fresh take on Jesus."
"I think a lot of people are deeply fascinated with Jesus and just can't do the Christian packages they've seen. Christianity is a little suspect, but Jesus, right on. So I'm trying to free Jesus from the religion that's built up around him."
Too many churches put Jesus and the Bible into a walled-in worldview where no questions are allowed, Bell says.
In this "brickianity," as he calls it, church doctrines are like bricks. Removing one can bring the whole wall tumbling down.
"What terrifies me are communities that don't have questions," Bell says. "If there's any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church."
Doctrines should be more like springs, helping people jump joyfully toward God, he writes.
He compares it to jumping on a trampoline with his sons, Trace and Preston.
"I am far more interested in jumping than I am in arguing about whose trampoline is better," he writes.
At Mars Hill and elsewhere, he sees thousands who want to jump on. They're hungry for the infinite mystery of God and the "revolution" Jesus could make in their lives and the world. He calls for a faith that fights poverty, injustice and suffering -- to make "this world the kind of place God can come to."
"We want a faith that demands everything of us," he says. "We want it to shake us up and turn us upside down."
Bell also shakes up traditional evangelical beliefs. While calling Christ's way "the best possible way to live," Bell writes Jesus did not claim one religion is better than another when he said he was "the way, the truth and the life." Rather, he writes, "his way is the way to the depth of reality."
As a follower of Jesus, Bell says, he is free to claim the truth wherever he finds it.
"One of the lies is that truth only resides in this particular community or that particular thought system," Bell says. "I affirm the truth anywhere in any religious system, in any worldview. If it's true, it belongs to God."
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