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Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette...
January 2010
One night during my drum solo the guys in the band walked off and left me all alone. The next set, during the vocalist's song, I walked off and went to the bar for a couple of shots. This seemed to upset her a great deal. Should I have ordered water or pop instead? John
Dear John:
I sincerely doubt it, since most club owners depend on the drinking musician to keep their room afloat. The owner's ideal ensemble is a big band made up completely of alcoholics; they can spend enough on booze to eliminate the need for a paying audience. All those notey arrangements are just an annoyance, anyway; a drunk big band can shed the pretense of "nailing" the charts and get down to what's important: seeing which guy in the trumpet section can play highest and loudest. Shit-faced lead trumpeters are the life of the party; besides their ear-piercing screeches, they can make horse whinnies and wet kissy-kissy sounds. I love them: they've kept so well in touch with their inborn sense of play, like very large, very loud, slobbery children.
So what was your singer upset about? Needing to keep the owner happy, she probably wanted you to drink more than just two shots, or to order a couple for her, or to stop cheaping out on well drinks. I can't be sure, but that really doesn't matter compared to the larger, more penetrating issue: Why, exactly, are you asking me instead of her?
You know perfectly well she's the only one who can answer your question. Yet for some reason you're afraid to approach her. The Freudian in me (though, believe me, I see him for the chauvinistic cokehead he was) suggests you were probably psychologically damaged by a vocalist during your formative years. It may be time to reopen that wound, under the clinical supervision of a caring professional, so that this time it can heal correctly. Maybe your singer would even take part in the process, abusing you like your earlier vocal tormentor, tweaking your vulnerabilities, exposing your raw nerves. It would be a great way for the two of you to bond on the deepest level! At the very least, it's time for you to stop drinkingexcept, of course, on gigsand take an honest, unflinching look within.
Dear Mr. P.C.:
I play a lot of solo gigs around Christmaslike, way too manyand my holiday cheer fades fast. You can only play "Let It Snow" and "Silent Night" so many times, so I try to find other Christmas tunes I can use. Maybe something actually worth blowing on, right? So yesterday I was in a department store playing "A Child is Born," and the manager came up to me and ripped me a new one because he said it wasn't holiday music. When I told him the title, he said it doesn't matter, because no one in the audience would recognize it, no matter what it might be about. Needless to say, I think that's a pile of crap. Help me out, okay? Billy P., Boston
Dear Billy:
Oh, what has jazz done to us? Holiday music that once brought us such joy is now an insufferable burden, the song of innocence lost. As I write this, my head fills with J.J. Johnson's "Lament," a requiem to the death of our inner child. Still, would I play "Lament" at a funeral? Yours, maybe, but surely not for a grieving assemblage of non-musicians who couldn't tell it from "Don't Get Around Much Anymore."
Like your rendition of "A Child is Born," so much of what we do in the jazz world turns out to be just for ourselves and our fellow musicians. Think about it: Quoting bop heads in the middle of a solo, working out a special lick that turns the diminished scale inside out, composing a new tune based on the changes of a jazz standard, telling jokes about constipated violinists... They're all wonderful self-affirming exercises that bring us together and empower us as a community. But throw one of us into a roomful of non-jazzers for a solo gig, and everything changes. Torn from our brethren, stripped of our special language, we're helpless, naked, unable to communicate; we might as well be on another planet. And still we try, our special Thad Jones/Roland Hanna Christmas reference tragically eluding the holiday shoppers, falling on deaf ears.
My own reality check in these situations is to ask myself: If a tree falls on Phil Woods and no one hears it, does it make a sound? And I'm sorry to say that, generally speaking, it doesn't. Unless he happens to playing in altissimo range, and really loud.
Dear Mr. P.C.:
I just finished a gig, and something happened at the end that seems to happen to me a lot. One of the other guys in the band, a good player, said, "You sounded great, man." Well, I happen to have played my ass off, so why is he saying I sounded great? Not I was great, or I played great? Is that some sort of veiled insult, like he thinks I "sounded" great even though I didn't really play that well? Like maybe my tone was good, but my note choices or my time sucked? I can't figure out why people say that, or what I should say back to them. - John, Los Angeles
Dear John:
You're right, they probably don't think much of your playing. Which is a real shame, because you seem like such a pleasant cat. I'll bet you'd be getting all the calls if you could just play worth a shit.
Dear Mr. P.C:
Why do so many jazz musicians dress in black? a puzzled audience member
Dear Puzzled:
Like jazz music itself, the answer is complex and not easily put into words. But I can at least distill it into a few of the most common scenarios:
1) Funereal: Many jazz artists are still mourning the death of John Coltrane (the other J.C.; in their world it's currently 42 a.d.). Others are mourning the rumored demise of jazz itself, or the music's aging audience members, who by now are dropping like beats at a vocal jam. Artists in tuxedos are also mourning the loss of their personal dignity.
2) Sartorial: Dressing in black can be a defensive fashion maneuverbeing more attuned to sound than sight, jazz musicians pick a safe color that doesn't risk clashing.
3) Economical: Some of the scrappier players buy stained designer clothes at thrift shops and spray paint them black.
4) Functional: Musicians dressed in black make better backdrops for singers.
5) Nocturnal: As creatures of the night, jazz artists find comfort and safety by blending into their darkened surroundings: unlit streets, back alleys, and seamy nightclubs. Imagine this: A man in tennis whites, preening before a mirror. The morning sun streams in through a side window, and his reflected image shines brilliantly, his skin radiant, his hair gleaming. This is a jazz musician's vision of Hell.
Great observation, by the way! Next time, just for fun, close your eyes, forget about what the artists are wearing, and focus on the music. Jazz players usually sound a lot better than they look.
Dear Mr. P.C.:
My friends and I love your column. But what we can't figure out is why you seem to always wind up going off on tangents instead of answering the questions. Are you maybe a little ADD? Jenni
Dear Jenni:
How lucky you are to have friends who share your passions! And for me to be the object of your shared affectionwell, I'm blushing; what more can I say?
Dear Mr. P.C.:
Disruption from crowd noise is often an issue at club gigs. I can usually take care of it with some eye contact or asking management to do something about it. However, what do you do when the OWNER of the club is the worst offender? Stan, Kansas City
Dear Stan:
It's easy for jazz players to get lost in their little jazz bubble. Life is so beautiful when you can just close your eyes, focus on the sounds of the instruments, and immerse yourself in spontaneous musical conversation. But outside that bubble is something much greater: humanity itself, with all the beauty, joy, sorrow, striving, and yearning that make man/womyn such a complex and passionate denizen of our wondrous planet.
Your dismissing the conversations beyond bandstand's edge as "crowd noise" saddens me. I wonder if you've lost touch with your more sensitive side, the yang without which your artistic yin becomes shallow and self-serving. Consider the possibilities: A couple finally reconciling after a string of rocky days, a clutch of philosophers closing in on life's greater meaning, an allergen-sensitive support group discussing air purifiers.... Is our music really more important than interpersonal communication itself, with all its power to advance civility and civilization? I think not. Although I value a rapt, attentive audience just as much as you do, my more evolved side tells me this may be just a tad selfish.
Can you really hear the club owner, beyond what you perceive to be his "noise"? What if he's just asking you to turn down, to afford the spoken word the space it needs and deserves in the special home he built? Stan, how about putting your musical ego aside and embracing this guiding rule: If you can't make out what people are saying, you're playing too loud. Someday, with the onstage volume down, and your ears attuned to every word in the house, maybe the audience's conversation and the band's instrumental dialog can be woven into one interactive whole, an integrative work of performance art whose narrative takes you places you'd never dreamed of.
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I'm having issues getting ColdFusion 9 working with Apache 2.2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard.
The server is brand new and it's a fresh install of Apache and ColdFusion 9.
Having installed Apache, I tested the web server and it was working fine, so I proceeded to install ColdFusion 9. I attempted to restart the Apache server through the Apache Service monitor, only to get the error dialog box 'The requested operation has failed'.
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I updated the ColdFusion installation to 9.0.1 in case there was an issue with version 9.0 and Apache. Still no joy.
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I have tried a number of things. I have run wsconfig and uninstalled all web server connectors and then re-created them.
I have to use Apache and IIS is not an option (I use rewrite rules extensively in an existing live installation and have many sites set up in a vhosts file), so please - no suggestions to use IIS instead.
The system requirements on http://www.adobe.com/sea/products/coldfusion/systemreqs/ state that Coldfusion 9 will work with Apache 2.2.17 and later on Windows 64 bit, so why am I having issues with a brand-new installation on a 'virgin' server?
Any help would be much appreciated. I have spent hours trawling the Web for solutions.
I missed an important detail in my opening post. My Coldfusion 9 version is 64 bit - not 32.
OK. Simple solution to this. I'll put it here for other peoples' reference.
To cut a long story short, after phoning Adobe support this morning I was told that you can't run a 64 bit version of ColdFusion with a 32 bit web server. In essence, the web server software and the ColdFusion server software must be the same - either 32 or 64 bit.
Apache is only officially released as a 32 bit version, but there is a 64 bit unofficial version available from http://www.blackdot.be/?inc=apache/binaries, so I downloaded that and installed it, based on the instructions at http://www.elxis.org/guides/developers-guides/64bit-apache-php-mysql-w indows.html.
Once I'd installed the 64bit version of Apache, the installation of Coldfusion 9 64 bit went smoothly and all appears to be working just fine now (well, I can get to the ColdFusion Administrator page and I have successfully updated the server software to ColdFusion 9.0.1).
The fact that you can't mix different 'bit' versions of software in this way may be obvious, but it wasn't obvious to me. Having been an early adopter of a 64 bit version of Vista on my own PC, I never experienced these kind of problems before. Software installed itself into the corresponding locations on my PC without any problem and just worked. This is the first time I've run into this problem.
Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any information regarding this very important requirement on the system requirements pages, so I suggested to the support engineer that he may want to make the recommendation that the page is amended to clarify the situation: e.g.
IMPORTANT: 64 bit versions of ColdFusion require 64 bit versions of web server software to function. You can not mix 32 bit and 64 bit versions of web servers and ColdFusion server.
Hope this helps someone else out.
jtchivers wrote:
Apache is only officially released as a 32 bit version,
Apache on Windows, maybe. But Apache on Unix is officially supported in 64bit.
I'm having this exact problem on a fresh R2 install. What is extremely weird is that I have multiple 2008x64 boxes running 32-bit Apache and 64-bit CF9, with absolutley no issues. I wonder what changed in R2??
I will just point out real quick that this is not true at all. CF9 64-bit works just fine with Apache 32-bit. I just got done setting it up. I did need to grab the correc mod_jrun22.so out of the wsconfig.jar and drop it in place. Then after reestarting CF and Apache all worked perfectly.
@Jtchivers, please kindly mark the question as answered. As you yourself say, it is bound to help others in future.
@Jason. Thanks for your information on this. Glad you managed to install it on a 32 bit version. At the time I placed the first post, that was not the view of Abobe when I spoke with them. They were certain that it couldn't be done. Unfortunately, I wouldn't have had enough system knowledge to know to do what you did. Nor, seemingly, did Adobe.
In the end, as I stated above, I went with the 64 bit unofficial version of Apache available from http://www.blackdot.be/?inc=apache/binaries and installed it, based on the instructions at http://www.elxis.org/guides/developers-guides/64bit-apache-php-mysql-w indows.html. Might as well make use of a 64 bit operating system if we can, I suppose. It has been working just fine since then.
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This article describes the business continuity capabilities provided by Windows Azure SQL Database. It also includes information about the built-in fault tolerance that supports high availability of the SQL Database applications.
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The purpose of creating database backups is to enable you to recover from data loss caused by such issues. Backing up and restoring data is different in Windows Azure SQL Database than an on-premises SQL Server and must work with the available resources and tools. For an overview of the backup and restore options provided by Windows Azure SQL Database, see Windows Azure SQL Database Backup and Restore. The following sections explain how Windows Azure SQL Database addresses these categories to help provide business continuity:
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By storing your data in Windows Azure SQL Database you are taking advantage of many fault tolerance and secure infrastructure capabilities that you would otherwise have to design, acquire, implement and manage. This section covers the things Windows Azure SQL Database does for you without any additional expense.
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Windows Azure SQL Database mitigates outages due to failures of individual devices, such as hard drives, network interface adapters, or even entire servers. Data durability and fault tolerance is enhanced by maintaining multiple copies of all data in different physical nodes located across fully independent physical sub-systems such as server racks and network routers. At any one time, Windows Azure SQL Database keeps three replicas of data running—one primary replica and two secondary replicas. Windows Azure SQL Database uses a quorum based commit scheme where data is written to the primary and one secondary replica before we consider the transaction committed. If the hardware fails on the primary replica, the Windows Azure SQL Database detects the failure and fails over to the secondary replica. In case of a physical loss of the replica, Windows Azure SQL Database creates a new replica automatically. Therefore, there are at least two physical transactionally consistent copies of your data in the data center. The following diagram illustrates how Windows Azure SQL Database keeps three replicas in the physical server racks in the data center.
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The goal is that failures within the data center will not result in data loss, but they will result in temporary disconnects and transaction failures.
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You can create a copy of your database in a different Windows Azure SQL Database server but the server must be in the same data center. A copy operation might take a long time but the final copy of your destination database will be transactionally consistent with the original database when the copy process completes. For example, if you start a copy process at 14:00 in the 24-hour time notation, Windows Azure SQL Database will immediately create the new copy based on the system backup taken nearest 14:00. Note that this wouldn't be longer than 5 minutes prior to 14:00. Windows Azure SQL Database will replicate transactions committed to the source database to the destination database until the destination database catches up to the source database. Once the destination database catches up, the copy operation is considered complete and the replication link between the source and the destination is severed leaving the new destination database isolated from any future changes to the source database. At this point, the new destination database becomes accessible. As an example, let's assume that a database copy process takes several hours to complete. The database copy process will mirror the source database at the point in time when the copy operation completes. Therefore, when thinking about the restore as a mechanism to recover from any user error at a point in time, you must know that if the user error occurs while the copy operation is in progress, the error gets replicated to the destination database as well.
Besides enabling a simpler recovery process, such as maintaining the original connection string, copying the database to a different server doesn't provide you with any additional disaster protection. The Windows Azure SQL Database server is a logical server and while the source database and the destination database may be grouped under the same logical server, the two databases aren't necessarily physically located on the same machine. Furthermore, when you consider the two secondary replicas for both the source and the destination databases, the likelihood of physical co-location of the 6 different copies becomes remote. In summary, copying to a separate logical server does not provide you any stronger protection.
After the database copy begins, you can query the sys.databases (Windows Azure SQL Database) and sys.dm_database_copies (Windows Azure SQL Database) views on the master database of the destination server to retrieve more information about the copying progress.
SELECT [databases].[name], [copies].* FROM sys.dm_database_copies copies JOIN sys.databases databases ON copies.database_id = databases.database_id
The frequency at which you choose to copy your database can vary and depends on business needs. To recover from user or application errors, we recommend that you create a daily copy and maintain two or three running copies on a rotating basis by dropping the oldest copy every day after a fresh copy completes.
Note that although we recommend daily copies, you can copy your database more frequently. We recommend that you perform a database copy operation once per hour maximum because each database copy process can finish at different times but each is transactionally consistent with the source database at the point in time when the copy completes. If you start two database copies 5 minutes apart, they may both finish almost at the same time. This creates an identical database copy and you would be billed for the same or similar copy of the data twice.
For more information on the database copy, see Copying Databases in Windows Azure SQL Database,.
Database Copy Restore
You can implement restore for your database and its copy on the same server by renaming them. For example, consider a database named "Database1" and a copy "Database1_copy_02_01_2012". The following Transact-SQL script demonstrates how to swap the database names in the same server when a source database and its copy are called as "Database1" and "Database1_copy_02_01_2012" respectively. After the script runs successfully, new database traffic is directed to the copy rather than to the original database.
ALTER DATABASE Database1 MODIFY NAME = Database1_OLD GO WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:30' GO ALTER DATABASE Database1_copy_02_01_2012 MODIFY NAME = Database1 GO
While the service runs the rename process, the existing connections to the original database are killed. Therefore, it's important to ensure that your application is resilient to connection-losses to Windows Azure SQL Database and will be able to re-establish the connection when such an event occurs. The Transact-SQL script includes WAITFOR DELAY statement between the two ALTER statements. This helps ensure that the new connections established during the recovery period do not accidentally connect to the old database before renaming is done. If you need to copy your database to a different Windows Azure SQL Database server, renaming will not work. In such cases, modify your application to point to the database copy on the separate server.
Important Notes
Database copies might take a long time and are variable in duration.
Your bill will include charges for each database copy. But you are charged for the new database copy only after the copy process completes successfully. Each database copy is billed at the same rate as the source database.
You are responsible for managing the copies and dropping them when appropriate.
Database usage is calculated daily, so if your database copy is active only for one day, you will be charged a prorated fee for one day for your copy database.
Restoring to a different logical server requires modifications in connection strings.
Restoring to a different logical server doesn't guarantee a better data-loss protection and improved system performance.
While a copy process is in progress, all changes to the original database are replicated to the copy. Therefore, deciding which database copy to restore is an important issue.
The SQL Database November 2011 release introduced Federations in Windows Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure). At this point you cannot copy a database that contains federations by using the database copy operation. Conversely, creating a federation fails if a database copy operation is active in the database. Database copy cannot be performed on federation members either.
The recovery time objective (RTO) should be equal to "time to recognize the error + time to rename the database + time interval between the two ALTER statements.
How to help protect your database from widespread loss of data center facilities
To help protect against any data center loss in the event of a disaster, you need to create offsite storage of database backups outside of the data center, in which your database application is deployed. To achieve that, we recommend that you use both the database copy described in the previous section and the SQL Database Import/Export Service. The database copy maintains the transactional consistency during export. The SQL Database Import/Export Service copies the object definitions from your source Windows Azure SQL Database database to a logical export file (BACPAC), and then bulk copies the data from the user tables to BACPAC. You should determine the specific destination of BACPAC and the specific recovery procedure based on your application's service level agreement and other business requirements.
For an overview of the backup and restore options provided by Windows Azure SQL Database, see Windows Azure SQL Database Backup and Restore. For more information on how to use the SQL Database Import/Export service, see SQL DAC Examples, and DAC Import/Export Hosted as a Service. For more information on how to use Windows Azure Management Portal to import/export database in Windows Azure SQL Database, see How to: Import and Export a Database (Windows Azure SQL Database).
To help protect your data against the loss of a data center, you can implement the following approaches:
Export the BACPAC file to a blob using storage account in a different data center.
Export the BACPAC file to a blob using storage account in the same data center and rely on Windows Azure Storage geo-replication to copy the BACPAC file to the separate data center.
Import the BACPAC file to your on-premises SQL Server.
The following sections describe these approaches and also the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Export the BACPAC file to a blob using storage account in a different data center
With this approach, you have to create a storage account in a data center in the same region but separate from the data center that you have your Windows Azure SQL Database account. For example, if your application and database run in the North Europe data center, we recommend that you maintain a copy of your database or BACPAC in another data center in the same region, such as West Europe. For more protection, you can also maintain a copy of your database or BACPAC in another data center in a different region, for example South Central US.
Once the file export operation is complete, you can immediately use the import operation to recreate the database and data on another Windows Azure SQL Database server in the same or different data center. Then, you can delete the used Windows Azure Blobs to reduce costs. Importing into Windows Azure SQL Database at the targeted data center validates the operation and reduces the overall duration of recovery. In this case, you will get charged for the database. Alternatively, you can defer the import operation until the actual failover completes. In this case, Microsoft charges you for the Blob storage. Note that you would still need to perform periodic imports into the database in each backup data center to validate the operation and test the disaster recovery procedure. Note that you also will be charged for the bandwidth cost of copying the BACPAC to one or more data centers.
The following diagram illustrates an enhanced data protection. The diagram demonstrates performing a database copy in the data center A, and then exporting it to the Windows Azure Storage in the data center B. Next, the diagram shows importing the BACPAC to recreate the database in data center B and copying the BACPAC to the data center C. Finally, it shows importing the BACPAC to recreate the database in data center C.
If the data center A fails, the recovery point objective (RPO) or potential data loss in your application will be determined by how often you perform export. For example, if you export data once a day, your data loss will be 24 hours of data. The recovery time objective (RTO) of the database itself will be minimal if you perform an immediate database import. If you defer the import, the RTO will be determined by the size of the BACPAC and the time it takes to import into the new database.
Export the BACPAC file to a blob using storage account in the same data center
With this approach, you need to have a storage account in the same data center where you have your SQL Database account. This recovery solution relies on the automatic geo-replication of Windows Azure storage objects, such as Windows Azure Blobs and Tables, to another data center in the same region, at no additional cost. For example, if your storage account is in the North Europe data center, your Windows Azure storage objects are automatically replicated to the second data center in the same region, such as West Europe.
With this approach, you do not have an option of immediately importing the BACPAC to the new database in the second data center. This is because the decision to failover is made by Windows Azure. Therefore, the geo-replicated BACPAC can be accessible only after Windows Azure executes the failover operation. You will be billed for the usage of the Windows Azure storage account but there is no bandwidth charge because the BACPAC copy is done within the same data center and the cost of geo-replication is included in the storage cost. It is important to note that the Import/Export service produces the BACPAC using the Block Blobs, which helps to preserve its integrity by replicating the entire BACPAC.
The following diagram illustrates copying a database in data center A, and then exporting it to the Windows Azure storage in the same data center. Next, the diagram shows that Windows Azure performs geo-replication of Windows Azure storage objects from the data center A to data center B automatically. Finally, the diagram illustrates importing the BACPAC to recreate the database in the data center B.
With this approach, the typical recovery point objective (RPO) should be equal to "archiving interval time x 2". If the failure occurs right after the archive is created, the Blob data may be lost. In that case, only the previous archive will be available. The typical recovery time objective (RTO) should be equal to "24 hours + time to import". Although the second option can take longer than then first option, it provides reduction in storage costs.
|Windows Azure Blobs and Tables are geo-replicated between two data centers 100s of miles apart from each other on the same continent, to provide additional data durability in the case of a major disaster, at no additional cost. For more information, see Introducing Geo-replication for Windows Azure Storage blog post. With this first release of geo-replication, we do not provide an SLA for how long it might take to asynchronously geo-replicate the data, though transactions are typically geo-replicated within a few minutes after they have been committed in the primary location and the estimated time that the data will be accessible to customers after a disaster is 24 hours.
Import the BACPAC file to an on-premise SQL Server
In addition, you can also download the BACPAC from your storage account to a local client machine and then import the archive into a local SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2005 instance by using the Import/Export functionality provided by provided by SQL Server Management Studio available in SQL Server 2012. Importing the archive to a local instance of SQL Server will help you ensure that you maintain a local copy of your data without needing an internet connection or the availability of Windows Azure data centers. To import an archive file to a local instance of SQL Server, download the SQL Server 2012 product here and install the Management Tools. For more information, see Install SQL Server 2012 in the SQL Server Books Online. After the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management Tools is installed, download the archive export file from your storage account to your local client. Once the download is complete, connect to the target database by using SQL Server Management Studio. In the Object Explorer, right-click on the server and select Import Data-tier Application… and then follow the steps to import the archive export file.
Important Notes
These options require a Windows Azure Storage account.
Your application should manage failover events.
Your bill will include charges for each database copy.
Your bill will include charges for offline archives stored in your Windows Azure Storage account.
You are responsible for managing the database copies and dropping them when appropriate.
You might need an on-premise SQL Server instance.
After failover, you might lose some data.
The SQL Database November 2011 release introduced Federations in Windows Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure). To implement a recovery strategy for your federated data, you can either write your own custom export scripts using the bulk copy utility (BCP.exe) or System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy class or use the SQL Database Migration Wizard on Codeplex currently.
Warning The SQL Database Migration Wizard tool is built by the community and not supported.
Data Sync Service and Disaster Recovery
Microsoft Windows Azure SQL Database Data Sync service provides data synchronization capabilities for Windows Azure SQL Database instances. The service currently has two main capabilities:
Synchronization of data between on-premises SQL Server databases and Windows Azure SQL Database instances, allowing on-premises and cloud-based applications to utilize the same data.
Synchronization of data between two or more SQL Database; the databases can be in the same data center, different data centers or different regions. This capability provides a scale-out mechanism for applications via multiple copies of the data. It also enables multiple application and database instances to be deployed around the world close to end-users with all the databases being kept in synchronization. Note that SQL Data Sync is often used with Windows Azure Traffic Manager.
When using Windows Azure SQL Database Data Sync, you can configure to synchronize data in a fixed interval. During the synchronization process, only the changed data is transmitted after the first initial synchronization; such as only the rows that have been inserted, updated, or deleted since the previous synchronization. SQL Data Sync keeps multiple copies of your database up-to-date and these copies can be stored in the cloud or on-premises.
We recommend that you assess the following design considerations of the SQL Data Sync service before using it as part of your disaster recovery strategy:
Data Sync does not synchronize transactions or preserve transaction boundaries. Data Sync applies net-changes in batches one table at a time, with each batch being a transaction. A small number of changes would be applied in one batch, but a large number of changes may be applied in multiple batches. If, for example, both an
Orderrow and the corresponding
OrderDetailsrow are inserted in one transaction on one database, it is possible that the
Orderrow and the
OrderDetailsrow might get inserted in different transactions of the other database. In the event of a failure during synchronization, such as a network error, some transactions may not be applied until the next synchronization. If there is a failover before the transactions have been applied in the following synchronization, the data could be in an inconsistent state for the application; such as the
Orderrow is present, but the
OrderDetailsrow is not.
The SQL Data Sync service has some limitations regarding the database schemas supported. For example, SQL Data Sync is unable to synchronize any table that does not have a Primary Key. In addition, SQL Data Sync synchronizes only data but not stored procedures and triggers. For more information, see Data Sync FAQ.
SQL Data Sync does not keep multiple versions of a database available to allow failover or restore to a particular time.
If these considerations are acceptable for your scenario and applications, SQL Data Sync may be an option for your disaster recovery strategy.
If you use the Data Sync service as a disaster recovery solution, we recommend that you build application logic to validate the operational capacity of the application after failover.
For more information about SQL Data Sync, see SQL Data Sync documentation and Data Sync Best Practices topic in the MSDN library.
|SQL Data Sync is currently available only as a Preview and is meant only for product feedback for future releases and should not be used in production environments.
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Requesting little help for my barb : feeling like missing CC & CD. Any suggestion ?
02-12-2012, 21:40 #53
Re: Pimp that barb....
You are missing a lot of crit, try and get rings with Strength, Increased Attack Speed and Critical Hit Chance and an amulet with Strength, Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage.
Never get a weapon without either a lot of Critical Hit Damage or a socket, preferably both. A cheap Skorn or even cheaper rare would be better. If you want to keep the set bonus then the IK gloves are a cheap option.
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so i got a socketd hell fire ring and new axe, more dps but it has no +str my screen dmg didnt change, was the new axe a good deal for 1 mil?
new axe has 140 total CD, and 905 dps, 535-859 avg dmg, and its black min/max
-compared to old axe 80 str 763 dps 401-774avg dmg 156 CD
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Re: Pimp that barb....
Hi folks!
I moved to act 4 now with my barb and was wondering how I could make him act3 farmer since it wasn't totally comfortable and fast run.
Here's profile http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Causa-2745/hero/2453199
Atm chest and amulet show old since I've upgraded those for set pieces from Blackthorne's sets (higher vita both). Yeah, didn't realize those were different sets before it was too late.
Now I got a drop from Act3 and I have few questions.
30min damage
attack speed 7%
506 life after kill
ChC 3%
Pretty darn good drop IMO. Price maybe around 40-50M? -edit maybe less.
(I have 20-25M atm)
1) Should I sell this and upgrade more urgent gear?
2) Should I use this myself and buy cheaper upgrades?
3) Been running with Cleave last 20 levels I think, mostly broad sweep but now been saving fury for rend.
Should I try to improve my build somehow? (propably but should I start to run with complitely different build?)
4) Any other ideas you guys have for my barbarian?
5) Is there something wrong with my lvl40 helm?
-Sincerely Causa
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Re: Pimp that barb....
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Re: Pimp that barb....
Long-time reader of D3 IncGamers (site and forums), first time poster here.
I just started playing the game last week, I want to be capable of running up to MP4-5 without too much trouble.
Aside from rares, what are some of the best Legendary/Set items I can gear up with to accomplish this on a typical WW/Sprint barb?
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Also looking for some suggestions on my barb. Got a 10 mil budget that would clean me out on US servers.
With passives and buffs I'm around 50k screen dps. I switched some gear around to get my high LoH ammy back on because of some survival issues without it. My vitality and AR are pretty low I feel, but I'm doing okay now with the higher LoH.
I just don't know the best place to look for vitality and AR while keeping a decent amount of strength, cc, and cd and not blowing the whole budget on one or two things.
Look to add more pieces of IK set? Switch from dual wield to skorn, IK maul, or other 2h'er?
I'm wanting to eventually be able to do ubers and get at least one ring for this guy and one for my DH. But I still want to be able to run him for some fast and efficient mf runs. In that case, should I hit the ubers, get a ring, and start going for Plvl's to boost my MF and just gear for mass destruction?
Sorry for the many questions, just trying to get the biggest bang out of my buck as I have never accumulated this much gold yet and don't want to see it going to waste.


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We are in the process of migrating an application from JBoss 5.0.1 to JBoss 7.1 Final.
We have a number of JAX-WS web services. Previously, since we were using JBoss 5.0.1 'as is', we were using the JBoss WS native stack.
After migrating to JBoss 7.1 Final 'as is' we obviously are now using the JBoss WS Apache CXF stack.
This is working apart from the way that unmodelled faults are handled i.e. services that throw service specific runtime exceptions (I have posted separately about this).
Looking at the modules directory I can see both the native and apache cxf libraries so:
Is it possible to switch between the Apache CXF stack and the JBoss WS Native stacks on JBoss AS 7.1?
Currently I am using JBoss AS 7.1 as shipped.
OR do I have to do some separate installation?
p.s. Should I be posting this question on the JBoss AS discussion forum or this forum?
You can see both native and cxf modules on AS71 because Native is still used for serving jaxrpc features when cxf is installed.
You can install jbossws-native for jaxws functionalities too (instead of jbossws-cxf) by downloading the latest jbossws-native release from http://www.jboss.org/jbossws/downloads and installing, but consider that JBossWS-Native is EOLed.
Thanks for the very prompt reply. The only reason why we are considering this is because of the unmodelled fault handling behaviour changes i.e.:
I'm not expecting identical behaviour from Apache CXF and can tolerate some code changes but at the moment the information coming back in the SOAP message does not contain as much information as we had with JBoss WS Native.
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My builder just finished our condo and during our final walkthrough he recommended sealing our ceramic tiles in the bathrooms and kitchen backsplash and also sealing our granite countertops. Any comments or recommendations? Do builders usually seal these while building? Do most people do this or even know to do it?
Most big box stores or anywhere that tile products are sold will carry a spray grout sealer. Some you spray and walk away, others you spray, let sit and then wipe dry. If you make the purchase I would rather deal with a tile store, as I am not a big fan of the working knowledge of Big Box employees.
Should your builder have sealed his work, in my opinion yes, but it may have not been in his contract, odd as that would seem. Or maybe he was cheap or just plain lazy.
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Some builders subcontract the tile portion etc. out to others. The subcontractor may or may not have sealed the floor, to be on the safe side the builder recommended re sealing it. Either way, I think the builder is good for mentioning it, you can't over seal it.
My friend works for a tile distributor and they recommend Porus Plus for stone and marble.
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Safari & Jungle Theme Party
If you've never had the good fortune to find yourself abroad on Safari but would love to go, we've got the way to bring the wild to you! A Safari themed party is easier to throw together than you think and can have a broad appeal! So grab a net and a camera, we're going on Safari!
Safari & Jungle Theme Party Invitations
Share your love of the wild with your friends by giving them a fun invitation to your gathering. Safari Fun can be a great invite for kids and the Safari Postcard is excellent for adults. But with over 20 invites to choose from, you may have to go on a hunt just to find the right one!
Drop in a little Wild Animal for your guests. Everyone likes getting free things, and a little wild animal should help put them in the Safari mood.
Safari & Jungle Theme Party Decorations
To make your guests feel like they are stepping out of the urban jungle and into a real one, you'll want to cover your indoor space thoroughly. If you have a backyard, and if the weather is cooperating, Mother Nature will give you a hand in creating your Safari locale.
Give your guests Safari pith helmets to help them fit right in with your setting. You can also offer them binoculars in case they spot any wild animals moving about your place.
Indoors, make use of scene setters. A 40' Bamboo scene setter can help transform walls into something more exotic. Some palm tree scene setter add-ons will round out the safari feel of the rooms.
Either inside or outside try stringing up some Hibiscus Leaf Garland. Dotted with multi-colored flowers, and dried grass, it adds a jungle effect which will help your party live up to its theme.
The same goes for these carved coconut papa and mama figures. They have a sort of 'jungle tribe' feeling to them.
Doorways should sport the palm leaf curtain. This will help your guests never miss the feel of your party theme even when they have to interact with the modern world.
Don't leave your Safari guests in the dark. Be sure to set out plenty of flameless candles for them to find their way. Turning off the lights will help to set the mood at your party and will help all your decorations work in concert better.
You can also use lanterns to give an outdoors-feeling.
For a finishing touch, place some plastic insects all over the place! You may not like them when they are real, but since you are on safari, you should accept these creepy crawlers as your guests. And don't be surprised when you hear a scream when someone finds them!
Safari & Jungle Theme Party Food
Out in the wild, people will eat just about anything to survive. At your party, try and give your guests better survival chances by providing plenty of eats.
This is a great chance to be creative by making or presenting food with strong animal themes. Celery, peanut butter, and raisins or, 'ants on a log', was great as a kid and still satisfies as a tasty treat.
Make jell-o with gummy worms on the inside! You can be really daring and actually buy chocolate covered insects if you want. Visit some specialty food stores and you'll be surprised what you can find!
Otherwise, try and offer a variety of everyone's favorite finger foods: chips, veggies, dips, and the like. People on Safari's are often cooking over an open flame so this could be a great excuse to BBQ! Round up the usual suspects with hot dogs and burgers, or keep your wild theme alive with alligator and snake meat!
Serve everything up on safari chic plates, with matching cups and napkins and table cover. Animal print and Jungle Safari paper goods available too!
An island palm 20" platter makes an excellent serving dish. Use it with the island palm sectional serving dish for a complete effect.
Safari & Jungle Theme Party Accessories
If guests aren't willing to wear the safari pith helmets you offer them, tell them their other choice is either a red parrot or a green one.
Remember slap bracelets? Of course you do! They are back and safe for your wrists! Check out these animal prints!
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For the First Time, We've Got the Extended Plot Details for Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem - ShockTillYouDrop.com
Well, we've landed - and pretty much had to re-type out - an extended synopsis you Zombie fans should enjoy. It gives you a taste of who the film's protagonists are. Read on!
Heidi, a blond rock chick, DJs at a local radio station, and together with the two Hermans (Whitey and Munster) forms part of the "Big H Radio Team."
A mysterious wooden box containing a vinyl record arrives for Heidi, a gift of the Lords. She assumes it's a rock band on a mission to spread to spread their word. As Heidi and Whitey play the Lord's record, it starts to play backwards, and Heidi experiences a flashback to a past trauma.
Later, Whitey plays the Lord's record, dubbing them the Lords of Salem, and to his surprise, the record plays normally and is a massive hit with his listeners.
The arrival of another wooden box from the Lords presents the Big H team with free tickets, posters and records to host a gig in Salem. Soon, Heidi and her cohorts is far from the rock spectacle they're expecting. The original Lords or Salem are returning and they're out for


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Sun has been in short supply over the past week, but we're seeing it Monday in Montgomery County.
However, according to the NWS forecast discussion, "Despite plenty of sunshine … max temps will remain below normal."
Temperatures are expected to hit just 49 degrees and drop to about 30 overnight.
Tuesday, Election Day, we'll see clear, sunny skies with highs in the mid-40s. Tuesday night, temperatures should drop to the mid-30s.
Back to cloudy skies Wednesday, when rain is likely during the day and at night and temperatures range from the mid-30s to the mid-40s.
According to the hazardous weather outlook, a coastal storm could hit the area beginning Wednesday, but "there remains uncertainty with regard to the exact track of this system."
If the storm does it, there is potential for "accumulating snowfall along with gusty winds and localized flooding due to heavy rainfall."
There's a chance of rain and snow Thursday, with mostly cloudy skies and a high of about 47 degrees. Thursday night, temperatures drop to the mid-30s.
The sun should return Friday, and temperatures should rise to the low-50s during the day and drop to the mid-30s at night.


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Pumas to win it in 2014, says Rodriguez
Former Argentina and Wallabies prop Topo Rodriguez has revealed that he believes the Pumas can become Rugby Championship winners by 2014.
Santiago Phelan's outfit have claimed a draw against South Africa and also pushed New Zealand close in their opening campaign.
And that has led to growing expectation they can overcome Australia in at least one of their two games with the Wallabies in the coming weeks.
Rodriguez is buying into the confidence and is adamant that the Pumas are only a couple of years away from shocking the southern trio.
"I think realistically speaking this year, they could finish third but next year they will have this experience and I think they will really give it a good crack," Rodriguez told AAP.
"If we want to be a bit more conservative, then 2014 Argentina will win it. But I think they will be ready next year for everything.
"Put it this way, I wouldn't put my money or my house on the Wallabies as they've been quite inconsistent," said Rodriguez, who bases himself in Australia.
"Their form in the last two years, they haven't played three or four games at hard level. They play one and then drop off a bit I would say (Argentina) could leave here with a few points and finishing it off in Rosario is a good possibility."


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Project Update
Leases—Joint Project of the FASB and the IASB
Last updated on March 28, 2014. Please refer to the Current Technical Plan for information about the expected release dates of exposure documents and final standards.
(Updated sections are indicated with an asterisk *)
This project update summarizes the project activities and decisions of the FASB and the IASB (Boards). It was prepared by the staff and is for the information and convenience of their constituents. All decisions of the Boards are tentative, may change at future Board meetings, and do not change current accounting and reporting requirements. Decisions of the Boards become final only after extensive due process.Due Process Documents
Project Objective and Summary of the Proposed Model
Outreach/Field Work
*Decisions Reached at the Last Meeting
Summary of Decisions Reached to Date
Next Steps
*Board/Other Public Meeting Dates
Background Information
Contact Information
DUE PROCESS DOCUMENTSOn May 16, 2013, the FASB issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842): a revision of the 2010 proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 840).
- Download the revised Exposure Draft.
- Read the press release introducing the proposed Update.
- Read the FAQ on the proposed Update.
- Listen Now or Download the Videocast on the proposed Update.
- Download the revised IASB Exposure Draft.
- Read the FASB In Focus and the IASB Snapshot, which provide summaries of the proposals contained in the revised proposals.
- Read the Exposure Draft Comment Letters.
- Read the Exposure Draft Feedback Summary.
Leasing is an important activity for many organizations—whether a public or private company, or a not-for-profit organization. It is a means of gaining access to assets, obtaining financing, and reducing an organization's exposure to the risks of asset ownership. Many organizations lease assets such as real estate, airplanes, trucks, ships, and construction and manufacturing equipment. Because of the prevalence of leasing, it is important for users of financial statements to have a complete and understandable picture of an organization's leasing activities.
The existing accounting models for leases require lessees and lessors to classify their leases as either capital leases or operating leases and to account for those leases differently. Those models have been criticized for failing to meet the needs of users of financial statements because they do not always provide a faithful representation of leasing transactions.
As a result, there has been a widespread request from users of financial statements and other stakeholders to change the accounting guidance so that lessees would be required to recognize assets and liabilities arising from leases.
In addition, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report on off-balance sheet activities in 2005 and recommended that changes be made to the existing lease accounting requirements to ensure greater transparency in financial reporting. A number of academic studies have made similar recommendations.
The objective of the revised Exposure Draft is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information.
The core principle of the proposed requirements is that an organization should recognize assets and liabilities arising from a lease. This represents an improvement over existing leases standards, which do not require lease assets and lease liabilities to be recognized by many lessees.
A lessee would recognize assets and liabilities for leases with a maximum possible term of more than 12 months.
The recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee would depend primarily on whether the lessee is expected to consume more than an insignificant portion of the economic benefits embedded in the underlying asset. For practical purposes, this assessment would often depend on the nature of the underlying asset.
Preparer Outreach
The Boards and staff participated in fieldwork meetings, where members of the Boards and staff visited financial statement preparers, both public and nonpublic, lessees and lessors. During these meetings, the members of the Boards and staff met with more than 20 different companies, who provided detailed information about the types and volume of leases that they enter into, as well as the systems that they currently use to track their leases. The purpose of these meetings was for the Boards and staff to use the information provided by the preparers to obtain a detailed understanding of the practical application of the 2013 revised Exposure Draft to help them evaluate the costs of implementation and any potential ongoing compliance costs.
Investor/Analyst Outreach
The Boards and staff conducted outreach with investors and analysts in the months of May through September 2013. This outreach mainly focused on the lessee proposals, but the Boards and staff also received feedback on the lessor proposals. For a summary of investor and analyst feedback on the lessee proposals, click here.
Public Roundtable Meetings
The Boards hosted several public roundtable meetings on their revised joint proposals on leases that were published in May 2013: the revised proposed FASB Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842) and the IASB's Exposure Draft, Leases.
The roundtable meetings are an important part of the Boards' due process. The meetings provided an opportunity for those that submitted a comment letter to discuss the proposals with the Boards and staff in further detail. To ensure that they received input covering a variety of perspectives, the Boards and staff sought participation from preparers, auditors, investors, and others.
The public roundtable meetings were scheduled as follows:
- Tuesday, September 10th at Conselho Regional de Contabilidade do Estado de Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil (one session)
- An audio replay is available here.
- Monday, September 16th at the IASB Office in London, UK (two sessions)
- An audio replay is available here.
- Monday, September 23rd at the FASB Office in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (two sessions)
- An audio replay is available here.
- Thursday, October 3rd at Sheraton Gateway in Los Angeles, California, USA (two sessions, one of which was focused on nonpublic entities)
- An audio replay is available here.
- Friday, October 4th at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre in Singapore (one session)
- An audio replay is available here.
On Monday, May 20, the Boards and staff hosted IN FOCUS: THE LEASES PROJECT, a live webcast taking place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. EDT (3:30 to 4:30 p.m. GMT). The webcast featured FASB member Russell Golden, IASB member Darrel Scott, and FASB and IASB staff members discussing the proposal and answering questions submitted by viewers.
*DECISIONS REACHED AT THE LAST MEETING (March 18-19, 2014)
The Boards continued redeliberations of the proposals included in the May 2013 Exposure Draft, Leases, specifically discussing the following topics: (1) lessee accounting model, (2) lessor accounting model, (3) lessor Type A accounting, (4) lessee small-ticket leases, (5) lease term, and (6) lessee accounting: short-term leases.
Lessee Accounting Model
The FASB decided on a dual approach for lessee accounting, with lease classification determined in accordance with the principle in existing lease requirements (that is, determining whether a lease is effectively an installment purchase by the lessee). Under this approach, a lessee would account for most existing capital/finance leases as Type A leases (that is, recognizing amortization of the right-of-use (ROU) asset separately from interest on the lease liability) and most existing operating leases as Type B leases (that is, recognizing a single total lease expense).
The IASB decided on a single approach for lessee accounting. Under that approach, a lessee would account for all leases as Type A leases (that is, recognizing amortization of the ROU asset separately from interest on the lease liability).
Lessor Accounting Model
The Boards decided that a lessor should determine lease classification (Type A versus Type B) on the basis of whether the lease is effectively a financing or a sale, rather than an operating lease (that is, on the concept underlying existing U.S. GAAP and on IFRS lessor accounting). A lessor would make that determination by assessing whether the lease transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the underlying asset. In addition, the FASB decided that a lessor should be precluded from recognizing selling profit and revenue at lease commencement for any Type A lease that does not transfer control of the underlying asset to the lessee. This requirement aligns the notion of what constitutes a sale in the lessor accounting guidance with that in the forthcoming revenue recognition standard, which evaluates whether a sale has occurred from the customer's perspective.
Lessor Type A Accounting
The Boards decided to eliminate the receivable and residual approach proposed in the May 2013 Exposure Draft. Instead, a lessor will be required to apply an approach substantially equivalent to existing IFRS finance lease accounting (and U.S. GAAP sales type/direct financing lease accounting) to all Type A leases.
Lessee Small-Ticket Leases
The Boards decided that the leases guidance should not include specific requirements on materiality.
The Boards also decided to permit the leases guidance to be applied at a portfolio level by lessees and lessors. The FASB decided to include the portfolio guidance in the basis for conclusions; the IASB decided to include the portfolio guidance in the application guidance.
The IASB decided to provide an explicit recognition and measurement exemption for leases of small assets for lessees.
Lease Term
The Boards decided that, when determining the lease term, an entity should consider all relevant factors that create an economic incentive to exercise an option to extend, or not to terminate, a lease. An entity should include such an option in the lease term only if it is reasonably certain that the lessee will exercise the option having considered the relevant economic factors. Reasonably certain is a high threshold substantially the same as reasonably assured in existing U.S. GAAP. The Boards also decided that an entity should account for purchase options in the same way as options to extend, or not to terminate, a lease.
The Boards decided that a lessee should reassess the lease term only upon the occurrence of a significant event or a significant change in circumstances that are within the control of the lessee.
The Boards decided that a lessor should not reassess the lease term.
Lessee Accounting: Short-Term Leases
The Boards decided to retain the recognition and measurement exemption for a lessee's short-term leases. The Boards also decided that the short-term lease threshold should remain at 12 months or less. Additionally, the Boards decided to change the definition of a short-term lease so that it is consistent with the definition of lease term.
Finally, the Boards decided to require disclosure of the amount of expense related to short-term leases recognized in the reporting period as well as any qualitative disclosures the Boards decide upon for leases generally. If the short-term lease expense does not reflect the lessee's short-term lease commitments, a lessee should disclose that fact and the amount of its short-term lease commitments.
Next Steps
The staff will perform additional analysis regarding the recognition and measurement exemption of leases of small assets for lessees. The Boards will continue their joint redeliberations of the May 2013 Exposure Draft at a future Board meeting.
SUMMARY OF TENTATIVE DECISIONS REACHED TO DATE (As of January 23, 2014)
January 23rd, 2014
The Boards began their redeliberations of the proposals included in the May 2013 Exposure Draft, Leases. The objective of the meeting was to have an in-depth discussion of the following topics:
- Lessor accounting model
- Accounting for "Type A" leases by lessors
- Lessee accounting model
- Lessee small-ticket leases.
The Boards did not make any decisions.
November 20th, 2013
The Boards discussed a summary of the feedback received in response to the proposed FASB Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842), and the IASB Exposure Draft, Leases.
The Boards also discussed the plans for redeliberating the issues raised by stakeholders.
The Boards did not make any decisions.
The Boards will continue redeliberations of all significant issues in the first quarter 2014.
Please see the Current Technical Plan for more information about the project timeline.
The IASB meeting summaries and FASB meeting minutes are provided for the information and convenience of constituents who want to follow the Boards' deliberations. All of the conclusions reported are tentative and may be changed at future Board meetings. Decisions become final only after a formal written ballot to issue a final Accounting Standards Update.
(View list of meetings prior to the issuance of the Exposure Draft)
IASB Meeting Summaries and Observer Notes
FASB Board Minutes
|Joint IASB/FASB Board Meeting
The Boards discussed the lessee accounting model, the lessor accounting model, small ticket leases, lease term, and short-term leases.
|March 2014
|March 18-19, 2014
|Joint IASB/FASB Board Meeting
The Boards began their redeliberations of the proposals included in the May 2013 Exposure Draft, Leases.
|January 2014
|January 23, 2014
|Joint IASB/FASB Board Meeting
The Boards discussed a summary of feedback received on the leases project through outreach activities, roundtable meetings, and comment letters. The Boards also discussed the plans for redeliberations.
|November 2013
|November 20, 2013
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