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the location between cow hollow and union street. a lot of local people and not overrun with other tourists. easy access to fishermen's wharf etc. staff were very friendly and obliging. room comfortable and we slept very well because of the quiet location.
unreliable wifi.
Clean, nice room, very friendly staff
It was a bit expensive considering that it wasn't so central
Location. Location. Location. Great value. Free parking. This motel has a nice 50's or 60's look on the outside. The rooms have been updated with nice carpet, flat screen tv, paint, shower. This motel is a gem in the heart of the city.
clean comfortable beds nice TV safety box fridge location free parking
Wifi was nearly not working most of the day but works good from 2am till 7am
wifi is very bad, cannot connect most of the time. Breakfast was very poor, dont bother trying. No early checkin allowed even when there were available rooms. The stipulated checkin is 3pm, my family first reached around 11am, of course we didt expected to get check in, however, when we returned at 2 15pm, they continued to deny us to check in.. sound proofing of the room very bad, you can hear ppl in the corridor or footsteps from upper level room.
Insect infestation in shower. Disgusting breakfast. Bad decor.
Location, 30 min walk to Fishermans Warf Parking free Rooms were quite nice
Surroundings were very worn down. Hallways, Lobby, Elevator etc Breakfast was not very good, nowhere to sit.
Stuff did their best, the beds were clean
Yuck yuck yuck!! Didn't / couldn't use bathroom - the mold round the bath was disgusting !! The towels smelt of chlorine and felt like sand paper... The doors were falling of the hinges and the stairs were filthy!
Staff very friendly and helpful, nice rooms, location walking distance to restaurants
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Wi-Fi was too unreliable!
In a quiet quarter of the city, 30 min walking from Fishermans wharf. Free breakfast. Rooms not very spacious but nice and clean.
Slow internet connection. No tables for the breakfast.
Very clean. Small room but nice and a really clean, nice neighborhood. Walking distance to cool little bars and restaurants and Starbucks.
Really small for the cost but comparable to other hotels in the area, in that respect.
We aimed for price/location and we got just that. The rooms and common area could need a update, but that was expected. Cleaning was ok. In addition the staff was nice. The room was very spacious for the 4 of us (me and wife + 2 teenagers).
The wifi was really bad.
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The hotels location and free parking policy were great for a one night stay while touring the city. The room has all new furniture and even the in-room coffee maker had never been used.
The staff was courteous when available. When we went to check the front lobby was completely locked up and we couldn't turn our keys in. The building as a whole is a little rundown and outdated. Bathrooms were a little small compared to almost every other hotel I have stayed in. Had the combined price of room and parking not been less than other hotels, I would have stayed elsewhere.
The hotel is situated no more than 20 min walking form the Wharf. Excellent and quiet even though it is in the middle of SF.
Room was clean and comfortable. Crowded for two adults and one teen. Complementary breakfast was very nice.
While the rooms were clean the property could use some care. Simply washing the stairways would be nice and keeping the lobby picked up and clean should be expected.
the ratio price/quality was ok
breakfast is VERY light Wifi was poor
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The breakfast... it is just a joke. Save your time and go to Mel's diner a few blocks away.
Really friendly staff, and it was well located near lots of nice restaurants and bars. The room was really clean and nicely refurbished, very comfortable.
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Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS provides
data availability across the full range of configurations —
from single nodes to large OpenVMS Cluster systems — so you
can provide data availability where you require it most.
There are no restrictions on the location of shadow
set members beyond the valid disk configurations defined in the SPDs
for the OpenVMS operating system and for OpenVMS Cluster systems:
For the OpenVMS Operating
System: SPD 25.01.xx
For OpenVMS Cluster Software:
SPD 29.78.xx
If an individual disk volume is already mounted
as a member of an active shadow set, the disk volume cannot be mounted
as a standalone disk on another node.
You can mount a maximum of 500 disks in two- or three-member
shadow sets on a standalone system or in an OpenVMS Cluster system.
A limit of 10,000 single member shadow sets is allowed on a
standalone system or on an OpenVMS Cluster system. Dismounted shadow
sets, unused shadow sets, and shadow sets with no bitmaps allocated
to them are included in this total. These limits are independent of
controller and disk type. The shadow sets can be mounted as public
or private volumes.
Starting with OpenVMS Version 7.3, the SHADOW_MAX_UNIT
system parameter is available for specifying the maximum number of
shadow sets that can exist on a node. For more information about SHADOW_MAX_UNIT,
see "Volume Shadowing Parameters " and "Guidelines for Using Volume Shadowing Parameters".
OpenVMS Version 8.4 supports six-member shadow sets as compared
to the previous three-member shadow sets. This is useful for multisite
disaster tolerant configuration. In a three-member shadow set, a three-site
disaster tolerant configuration has only one shadow member per site.
In this scenario, when two sites fail, the member left out in the
surviving site becomes a single point of failure. With six-member
shadow set support, you can have two members of a shadow set in each
of the three sites providing high availability.
For example:
Device Device Error Volume Free Trans Mnt
Name Status Count Label Blocks Count Cnt
DSA5678: Mounted 0 SIXMEMBER 682944 1 1
$6$DKB0: (WSC236) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA5678:)
$6$DKB100: (WSC236) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA5678:)
$6$DKB200: (WSC236) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA5678:)
$6$DKB300: (WSC236) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA5678:)
$6$DKB400: (WSC236) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA5678:)
$6$DKB500: (WSC236) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA5678:)
All systems that are going to mount a shadow set using "Extended
Memberships" (up to six members) must be on OpenVMS Version 8.4 .
If the systems that have the virtual unit mounted are not "Extended
Memberships" capable, then any attempt to mount more than three members
fails. If a system that is not capable of "Extended Memberships"
tries to MOUNT a virtual unit that is using "Extended Memberships"
on other nodes, the MOUNT command fails. Once
the virtual unit is enabled to use "Extended Memberships", the characteristic
is maintained until the virtual unit is dismounted clusterwide, even
if the membership is reduced to less than four members. This feature
is not ported to VAX. The virtual unit characteristic voting insures
compatibility. If an Alpha or Integrity server disk is mounted without
the new feature, then the virtual unit can also mount on the VAX.
A new area of the Storage Control Block (SCB) of disk is used
to store the extended membership arrays. Therefore, an attempt to
MOUNT a six member shadow set on a previous version works only if
the members are specified in the command line (maximum of three members).
The $MOUNT/INCLUDE qualifier in previous versions fails to find the
new membership area in the SCB and therefore it does not include any
other former members.
You can shadow system disks as well as data disks.
Thus, a system disk need not be a single point of failure for any
system that boots from that disk. System disk shadowing becomes especially
important for OpenVMS Cluster systems that use a common system disk
from which multiple computers boot. Volume shadowing makes use of the OpenVMS distributed
lock manager, and the quorum disk must be accessed before locking
is enabled. Note that you cannot shadow quorum disks.
Integrity server
and Alpha systems can share data on shadowed data disks, but separate
system disks are required — one for each architecture.
If you use a minicopy
operation to return a member to the shadow set and you are running
OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2–2 or Version 7.3, you must perform
additional steps to access the dump file (SYSDUMP.DMP) from a system
disk shadow set. This section describes these steps.
Starting with OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3–1,
this procedure is not required because of the /SHADOW_MEMBER qualifier
introduced for the System Dump Analyzer (SDA). SDA (referenced in step
2) is the OpenVMS utility for analyzing dump files and is documented
in the OpenVMS System Analysis Tools Manual.
When the primitive file system writes a crash
dump, the writes are not recorded in the bitmap data structure. Therefore,
perform the following steps:
Check the console output
at the time of the system failure to determine which device contains
the system dump file.
The console displays
the device to which the crash dump is written. That shadow set member
contains the only full copy of that file.
Assign a low value to
the member to which the dump is written by issuing the following command:
$ SET DEVICE/READ_COST=nnn $allo_class$ddcu
By setting the
read cost to a low value on that member, any reads done by SDA or
by the SDA command COPY are directed to that member. HP recommends
setting /READ_COST to 1.
After you have analyzed
or copied the system dump, you must return the
read cost value of the shadow set member to the previous setting ---
either the default setting assigned automatically by the volume shadowing
software or the value you had previously assigned. If you do not, all read I/O is directed to the member with the READ_COST
setting of 1, which can unnecessarily degrade read performance.
To change the READ_COST setting of a shadow set
member to its default value, issue the following command:
$ SET DEVICE/READ_COST=0 DSAnnnn
On each Integrity server system disk, there can exist up to
two File Allocation Table (FAT)s partitions that contain OpenVMS
boot loaders, Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) applications and
hardware diagnostics. The OpenVMS bootstrap partition and, when present,
the diagnostics partition are respectively mapped to the following
container files on the OpenVMS system disk:
The contents of the FAT partitions appear as fsn:
devices at the console EFI Shell> prompt. The fsn: devices can be directly modified
by the user command input at EFI Shell> prompt and by the EFI console or EFI diagnostic applications. Neither
OpenVMS nor any EFI console environments that might share the system
disk are notified of partition modifications; OpenVMS and console
environments are unaware of console modifications. You must ensure
the proper coordination and proper synchronization of the changes
with OpenVMS and with any other EFI consoles that might be in use.
You must take precautions when modifying the console in configurations
using either or both of the following:
OpenVMS host-based volume shadowing for the OpenVMS
Integrity server system disk
Shared system disks and parallel EFI console access
across Integrity server environments sharing a common system disk
You must preemptively reduce the OpenVMS system disk environments
to a single-member host-based volume shadow set or to a non-shadowed
system disk, and you must externally coordinate access to avoid parallel
accesses to the Shell> prompt whenever
making shell-level modifications to the fsn: devices, such as:
Installing or operating diagnostics within the diagnostics
Allowing diagnostics in the partition (or running
from removable media) to modify the boot or the diagnostic partition
on an OpenVMS Integrity server system disk.
Modifying directly or indirectly the boot or the diagnostics
partition within these environments from the EFI Shell> prompt.
If you do not take these precautions, any modifications made
within the fsn: device associated with the boot
partition or the device associated with the diagnostic partition can
be overwritten and lost immediately or after the next OpenVMS host-based
volume shadowing full-merge operation.
For example, when the system disk is shadowed and changes are
made by the EFI console shell to the contents of these container files
on one of the physical members, the volume shadowing software is unaware
that a write is done to a physical device. If the system disk is a
multiple member shadow set, you must make the same changes to all
of the other physical devices that are the current shadow set members.
If this is not done, when a full merge operation is next performed
on that system disk, the contents of these files might regress. The
merge operation might occur many days or weeks after any EFI changes
are made.
Furthermore, if a full merge is active on the shadowed system
disk, you must not make changes to either file using the console EFI
To suspend a full merge that is in progress or to determine
the membership of a shadow set, see Chapter 8.
The precautions are applicable only for the Integrity server
system disks that are configured for host-based volume shadowing,
or are configured and shared across multiple OpenVMS Integrity server
systems. Configurations that are using controller-based RAID, that
are not using host-based shadowing with the system disk, or that are
not shared with other OpenVMS Integrity server systems, are not affected.
To use the minicopy feature in a mixed-version
OpenVMS Cluster system of Integrity
server and Alpha systems, every node in the cluster
must use a version of OpenVMS that supports this feature. Minicopy
is supported on OpenVMS Integrity server, starting with Version 8.2
and on OpenVMS Alpha, starting with Version 7.2-2.
Shadow sets also can be constituents of a bound volume
set or a stripe set. A bound volume set consists of one or more disk
volumes that have been bound into a volume set by specifying the /BIND
qualifier with the MOUNT command. "Shadowing Disks Across an OpenVMS Cluster System " describes
shadowing across OpenVMS Cluster systems. "Striping (RAID) Implementation" contains more information about striping
and how RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks) technology relates
to volume shadowing.
The host-based
implementation of volume shadowing allows disks that are connected
to multiple physical controllers to be shadowed in an OpenVMS Cluster
system. There is no requirement that all members of a shadow set be
connected to the same controller. Controller independence allows you
to manage shadow sets regardless of their controller connection or
their location in the OpenVMS Cluster system and helps provide improved
data availability and flexible configurations.
For clusterwide shadowing, members can be located anywhere
in an OpenVMS Cluster system and served by MSCP servers across any
supported OpenVMS Cluster interconnect, including the CI (computer
interconnect), Ethernet (10/100 and Gigabit), ATM, Digital Storage
Systems Interconnect (DSSI), and Fiber Distributed Data Interface
(FDDI). For example, OpenVMS Cluster systems using FDDI and wide area
network services can be hundreds of miles apart, which further increases
the availability and disaster tolerance of a system.
Figure 1-3 shows
how shadow-set members are on line to local adapters located on different
nodes. In the figure, a disk volume is local to each of the nodes
ATABOY and ATAGRL. The MSCP server provides access to the shadow set
members over the Ethernet. Even though the disk volumes are local
to different nodes, the disks are members of the same shadow set.
A member that is local to one node can be accessed by the remote node
through the MSCP server.
Figure 1-3 Shadow Sets Accessed Through the MSCP Server
The shadowing software maintains shadow sets in
a distributed fashion on each node that mounts the shadow set in the
OpenVMS Cluster system. In an OpenVMS Cluster environment, each node
creates and maintains shadow sets independently. The shadowing software
on each node maps each shadow set, represented by its virtual unit
name, to its respective physical units. Shadow sets are not served
to other nodes. When a shadow set must be accessed by multiple nodes,
each node creates an identical shadow set. The shadowing software
maintains clusterwide membership coherence for shadow sets mounted
on multiple nodes. For shadow sets that are mounted on an OpenVMS
Cluster system, mounting or dismounting a shadow set on one node in
the cluster does not affect applications or user functions executing
on other nodes in the system. For example, you can dismount the shadow
set from one node in an OpenVMS Cluster system and leave the shadow
set operational on the remaining nodes on which it is mounted.
The configuration requirements for enabling HBMM
on an OpenVMS Cluster system are:
In a cluster of HP Integrity
server and Alpha server systems, all Integrity server systems must
be running OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.2 or later and all
OpenVMS Alpha systems must be running OpenVMS Version 7.3-2 with the
HBMM kit or Version 8.2 or later.
For more information
on HBMM, see "Host-Based Minimerge (HBMM) ".
Sufficient available memory
to support bitmaps, as described in "Memory Requirements".
The following restrictions pertain to the configuration
and operation of HBMM in an OpenVMS Cluster system.
An HBMM-enabled shadow set can be mounted only
on HBMM-capable systems. However, systems running versions of OpenVMS
that support bitmaps can co-exist in a cluster with systems that support
HBMM, but these systems cannot mount an HBMM-enabled shadow set. The
following OpenVMS versions support bitmaps but do not include HBMM
OpenVMS Alpha Versions
7.2-2 through Version 7.3-2. (Version 7.3-2 supports HBMM only if
the Volume Shadowing HBMM kit is installed.)
For OpenVMS Version 8.2, the earliest version
of OpenVMS Alpha that is supported in a migration or warranted configuration
is OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2.
HBMM can be used with all disks that are supported
by Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS except disks on HSJ, HSC, and HSD
Host-based minimerge operations can only take
place on a system that has an HBMM master bitmap for that shadow set.
If you set the system parameter SHADOW_MAX_COPY to zero on all the
systems that have a master bitmap for that shadow set, HBMM cannot
occur on any of those systems, nor can full merges occur on any of
the other systems (that lack a master bitmap) on which the shadow
set is mounted, even if SHADOW_MAX_COPY is set to 1 or higher.
Consider a scenario in which a merge is required
on a shadow set that is mounted on some systems that have HBMM master
bitmaps and on some systems that do not have HBMM master bitmaps.
In such a scenario, the systems that do not have an HBMM master bitmap
do not perform the merge as long as the shadow set is mounted on a
system with an HBMM master bitmap. For information on how to recover
from this situation, see "Managing Transient States in Progress"
HBMM is supported on OpenVMS Integrity servers
Version 8.2 and on OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.2. HBMM is also supported
on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 with an HBMM kit.
HBMM does not require that all cluster members
have HBMM support, but does require that all cluster
members support bitmaps.
Earlier versions of OpenVMS that support bitmaps
are on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2-2 and later.
After an HBMM-capable system mounts a shadow set,
and HBMM is enabled for use, only the cluster members that are HBMM-capable
can mount that shadow set.
Minicopy requires that all cluster members must
have minicopy support. HBMM requires that all cluster members must
support bitmaps; however, it is not necessary that they all support
To enforce this restriction (and to provide for
future enhancements), shadow sets using the HBMM feature are marked
as having Enhanced Shadowing Features. This is included in the SHOW SHADOW DSAn display, as are the particular features that are in use, as shown
in the following example:
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Virtual Unit State: Steady State
Enhanced Shadowing Features in use:
Host-Based Minimerge (HBMM)
VU Timeout Value 3600 VU Site Value 0
Copy/Merge Priority 5000 Mini Merge Enabled
Served Path Delay 30
HBMM Policy
HBMM Reset Threshold: 50000
HBMM Master lists:
Any 1 of the nodes: CSGF1,CSGF2
HBMM bitmaps are active on CSGF1
Modified blocks since bitmap creation: 254
Device $252$DKA0
Read Cost 2 Site 0
Member Timeout 10
Device $252$DKA100 Master Member
Read Cost 501 Site 0
Member Timeout 10
Once a shadow set is marked as using Enhanced
Shadowing Features, it remains marked until it is dismounted on all
systems in the cluster. When you remount the shadow set, the requested
features are reevaluated. If the shadow set does not use any enhanced
features, it is noted on the display. This shadow set is available
for mounting even on nodes that do not support the enhanced features.
Systems that are not HBMM-capable fail to mount
HBMM shadow sets. However, if HBMM is not used by the specified shadow
set, the shadow set can be mounted on earlier versions of OpenVMS
that are not HBMM-capable.
If a MOUNT command for an HBMM shadow set is issued
on a system that supports bitmaps but is not HBMM-capable, an error
message is displayed. (As noted in "HBMM Restrictions ", systems running versions of Volume
Shadowing for OpenVMS that support bitmaps but are not HBMM-capable
can be members of the cluster with systems that support HBMM, but
they cannot mount HBMM shadow sets.)
The message varies, depending on the number of
members in the shadow set and the manner in which the mount is attempted.
The mount may appear to hang (for approximately 30 seconds) while
the Mount utility attempts to retry the command, and then fails.
A Mount utility remedial kit that eliminates the
delay and displays a more useful message may be available in the future
for earlier versions of OpenVMS that support bitmaps.
When a shadow set is marked as an HBMM shadow
set, it remains marked until it is dismounted from all the systems
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WHILE one Muggle, at least 30 years old, camped outside the bookstore in a Bangalore mall, another in her 20s went to the extent of hiring a taxi to reach a Chennai bookstore at 4.30 a.m.
A much younger compatriot staked out another bookstore as long as he could and then was at its doors by 3 a.m. to become its first customer. Thus, did the Muggle world in India wake up to the magic of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
(A Muggle is a term from the Harry Potter series which refers to a human with no magical abilities who doesn't belong to a wizarding family.)
According to Mr Thomas Abraham, President, Penguin Books India, sales touched one lakh copies countrywide by 6 p. m., Mumbai consuming 20,000. "This is the first time people stood in a queue and didn't complain," said a spokesperson for Chennai-based retailer Landmark. There were more than 200 people at its two Chennai stores between 6.30 and 7.30 a.m. waiting to grab their copy, a wait that was sweetened by the coffee and cookies that were on offer.
People forgot it was an early hour; excited and impatient readers started reading the book right there; there were squeals of delight as the book's treats unfolded; fathers hugged daughters who smiled and laughed and fell on their prized buy with joy. Shoppers also got a commemorative range of products, which included a special carry bag, sharer bookmarks and a copy of an interview by the author J.K. Rowling. Copies might run out in the next five or six days and readers will have to somehow contain themselves till the second consignment hits the shelves in the first week of August.
Odyssey, another Chennai-based retailer, has ordered 6,000 copies and is seeing them fly off the shelves. It estimates that they should empty out in a week but is trying to ensure that customers don't go without a copy. "Monday will tell us what the trend is like, and if we book copies as we get orders, nobody will go away disappointed," says Parthasarathy, Assistant Manager (Marketing).
For those who pre-ordered, Odyssey offered a discount on the book, a collectible cube and a contest, of which the 23-year-old winner is claiming her prize of a trip to London and the sights and sounds of the Potter movies. Launch day saw the bookstore offering a 10 per cent discount and 15 per cent off on the previous books.
Penguin Books India, which represents the book's publisher Bloomsbury, has ordered 1.4 lakh copies as the initial instalment.
Why was there such hype around this book? "The readership is stronger, the movies mimic the book's success, it's truly a family book; of course, there's substantial peer pressure it's a great marketing success aided by a great product," says Hemu Subramaniam, Partner, Landmark.
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Brand new second album from Scottish folk metal band "Alestorm" , a follow up to their 2008 debut. After a handful of line up changes the band now consists of guitarist Dani Evans, Gareth Murdock on bass, drummer Ian Wilson plus founding member and bandleader Christopher Bowes on Lead vocals and keys.
Although the press labels them as Folk metal this probably comes closer to Pirate-inspired Power Metal as "Black Sails…" is nothing but full of speeding tempo and double bass drums. Still the album overall incorporates a respectable amount of folk elements such as lead violins and trumpets authentically recorded by guest musicians.
All songs are pirate tale centered with Bowes impersonating in a convincing manner the pirate singer-narrator. At the same time his keys undertake the accordion sound for the biggest part of the album delivering all the predictable but unavoidable pirate melodies one expects to hear from this sort of release. Still for a metal release some would demand more individuality on the guitar tracks. The guitars are actually heavy and consistent throughout yet for the biggest part they just accompany the keyboard parts and solos instead of being the primary source of melody for the group (still there are quite a few good if short guitar solos on this).
There are unquestionably heavier straight riff based songs on "Black Sails…" namely the title track yet the overall impression is that this is a relatively easy listener that could be even enjoyed by people outside the Power metal fan base who simply enjoy pirate stories.
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Parks & Recreation Activities
Senior Moment-um Program
Please RSVP to the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department by the date specified, by calling the office at 527-4722. All RSVP's must go thru the office and not email.
July 23- Garden Tour and Lunch (Wednesday)
Join us to visit the home gardens of master gardener and Opechee Garden Club member Sally Doten of Gilford. The day lilies will be blooming beautifully! Bring a bagged lunch or snack, good walking shoes and a lawn chair. We will enjoy a brief tour of her gardens and enjoy the beautiful garden view as we lunch on her deck. We will meet in the town hall lobby at 10:45 am to car pool to her house. Please RSVP.
August 11- 'Sophie C' Boat Ride
The Motor Vehicle (M/V) Sophie C. is the oldest floating post office in the United States. Each season she provides mail service on Lake Winnipesaukee, a tradition dating back to 1892. Both of her daily mail runs take her to 5 islands (Camp Lawrence, Birch Island, Sandy Island, Cow Island and Jolly Island) where her staff delivers mail to the island residents and summer camps. In addition to being a full-service post office where these residents may purchase postal supplies and stamps, Sophie also has a collection of ice cream novelty treats and snacks for sale. A daily ice cream bar or popsicle has become quite a summer tradition for her island friends. Passengers are invited to fill out Sophie C. postcards and mail them right on board. Perhaps you can surprise a friend or relative with mail sent from a boat, complete with Sophie's own unique, collectible cancellation stamp. Join us for the two hour tour. Ahoy!
We will meet in the town hall lobby at 1 pm to car pool to the loading dock for a 2 pm cruise. The cost is $27 per person. Must RSVP by August 8.
September 8- 'End of Summer' Beach Potluck
Summer isn't over yet!!! Please join us at Gilford Town Beach at 11:30 am for lunch and a game of bocce. We will be hosting a traditional potluck. Please RSVP by 9/5 and let us know what you would like to bring. If you have a lawn chair, please bring it! We will provide the drinks and paper goods. Come and enjoy the last of our summer days at the beach. The rain date will be September 9.
For more information or to RSVP, please call the Parks and Recreation Department at 527-4722


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Ingredients: Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts, candy corn, icing, candy for eyes & wattles. I used black round sprinkles for the eyes and cut up pieces of candy silly bands for the wattles.
Cut part of the pop tart off so that it's square. Cut a round piece out of the cut off piece. Use icing to put the head on the turkey and run a line along the upper edges where the feathers go. I let the kids put the remainder of the turkey together. I had a sample put on the Smart Board projector.
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Twenty-five fifth through ninth graders from schools around the three-county area recently participated in the Chenango – Delaware – Otsego (CDO) Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) Leadership Council's Go STEM Summer Institute.
The CDO STEM Leadership Council was formed in 2009 and includes more than 25 volunteer members from business, education (P-12, BOCES and post-secondary) and workforce development who are dedicated to identifying and expanding opportunities for area students to learn about and explore STEM-related careers in an effort to better the area's economic future and quality of life.
This marked the third year of the Go STEM Institute and is the first year of the revised theme, How It Works. In previous years, the institute focused on the exploration of "green" topics. This year and in future years, the focus is on helping students apply the science, technology and math they learn during the academic year with everyday processes within the world around them.
According to a media release, the 2013 Go STEM Institute had students exploring the science/technology/math of food and learning the answers to questions such as what type of energy source is perfect for making cookies and why; what happens when you change the leavening agent in pizza dough and why; and how can milk be transformed into yogurt?
In addition to the middle school students, participants also included education majors from the State University College at Oneonta (pre-service teachers) and current (in-service) teachers who worked together to develop the learning activities for the week-long program. By including pre-service teachers, "the CDO STEM Leadership Council is achieving its objective to prepare future teachers to approach the teaching of science and math in interesting and engaging ways and assisting in-service teachers in developing curriculum to strengthen students' understanding and experience with scientific inquiry," Karen Rowe, director of curriculum and Instruction for Oneonta City Schools and co-chairwoman of the CDO STEM Leadership Council, said in the release.


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yeah if you come this way we will have to meet sometime for sure,that would be great!
hey Susan, thats cool, we have a few of us Arizonans around. A lady last week just joined from SanTan Valley(which was a part of Queencreek).I am afraid I dont like being one though, its just too hot for me! This summer was a killer over there huh? I went to school at Mesa Community College and lived in Phoenix another time and we still have to go to Goodyear for my husbands chemo treatments every 3 wks now but at least we didnt have to go all summer! We are at the base of the Catalina mountains outside Tuscon and are a good 20 degrees sometimes more off of Pho. I think I am spoiled now! lol Ill be looking forward to seeing you around the group. Thanks!
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Thank you for joining my group Blooming late!
I saw your blog and site on your profile, Your site is very nice and well done and congrats on the book! Your blog is extremelly well done and I founf your post personal and revealing. AS I hate everything about Arizona I immediatley thought that was proabably the only mistake you made rather than spending too much. Are you still in Az? Im by Tucson.
Please take some time to introduce yourself to the group in our To Kick It Off discussion as well as make sure to list your wonderful book and blog in the pages section to the left of the main group page so everyone can find and see them!
We have a bunch of wonderful ladies like you, who are also a great source of support, encouragement and inspiration for writers.
Take a look around and look through our many discussions as well as feel free to participate in them, I look forward to seeing you around the group!
I am glad you are here and WELCOME to the group!
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We're at my mom's for dinner and she shoots me a look as my brother refills my wineglass. I'm busy stirring the gravy and haven't noticed how much he's been pouring. "I figure you've had about three drinks," Mom says before dinner. "You know, Sarah, it's not cool to be a three-drink girl. You don't want to cross that line." I roll my eyes. I remind her that drinking in moderation is actually good for my health. I love reading reports about the ever-expanding list of benefits: fewer heart attacks and strokes and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, dementia, and some cancers. Experts say alcohol of any type (not just that media darling red wine) can prevent blood clots and also raise my HDL -- the good cholesterol that protects us from heart trouble. In fact, alcohol is thought to be so effective in helping people live longer and stay mentally sharp that some experts have suggested that aging teetotalers start a daily habit. Hey, maybe I should drink more. But sometimes I wonder if I'm taking a good thing too far, considering I usually have a couple of glasses a night and often a third on weekends. I never drink enough to throw up or have a terrible hangover, but I can't say I feel that great after drinking, either. While alcohol helps me fall asleep almost too easily, I often wake up at 3 a.m. and then toss and turn until my alarm screeches. I spend mornings with a fuzzy head; my skin feels dry and sometimes my stomach churns. And I suspect that my beloved pinot grigio also helps sabotage my efforts to lose the five pounds required to zip up my favorite skinny jeans. So, should I worry?
I mean, most of the national attention on women's drinking habits focuses on the alarming rise of binge drinking (defined by the CDC as four or more drinks in about a two-hour period). Nearly 30 percent of women who drink admitted to consuming that much at least once in the past year, and about 15 percent did so at least a dozen times, says the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Except for the occasional open bar at a wedding or bar mitzvah, I rarely qualify for the blotto-binge category.
But it turns out there may be reason for me to be concerned. According to experts, many women who think they're drinking in moderation may be unknowingly going well beyond what's recommended. There's a fine line between alcohol's healthful and harmful effects, says David J. Hanson, PhD, an alcohol researcher and professor emeritus at the State University of New York at Potsdam, and women cross it way before they reach binge-level consumption. "People who drink in moderation are 40 percent less likely to die of cardiovascular disease than those who don't drink at all," he says. "But when they increase their consumption, the harm goes up. For people who drink more, their life expectancy drops quite a bit." Their quality of life may drop, too. One study found that downing three or more drinks in one night disrupts your sleep. That amount can also lead to alcohol-related weight gain in women, says Eric Rimm, ScD., associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.
And then, of course, there's the risk of becoming addicted. I've always told myself that I drink because I enjoy it, not because I need it. But I'm a little worried about whether I can cut back. I rarely skip a glass of wine two nights in a row and once questioned my doctor's instructions to give up booze for five days while taking a course of antibiotics. On more than one occasion I've suggested to my boyfriend that we grab a drink on the way to meet his business colleagues for dinner because I worry they'll want to share a bottle among the four of us and it won't be enough. Am I on the verge of a drinking problem? If so, will I fall into the category of alcoholics who have to give up drinking completely?
Here's the bottom line: The USDA defines moderate alcohol consumption for women as being no more than one daily serving of 5 ounces of wine, 12 ounces of beer, or a one-and-a-half ounce shot of hard liquor. (It's not fair, but men are allowed two drinks a day because they metabolize alcohol more easily than women do.) Plain and simple, "Women who drink just one drink a day live the longest," Dr. Rimm says. "That's it?" I ask, realizing that I regularly drink twice that amount. I quickly dismiss the government recommendations as overly conservative, in much the same way that I convince myself that a half cup of ice cream isn't a "real" serving. I call Deidra Roach, MD, a program officer in the Division of Treatment and Recovery Research of the NIAAA, to parse the disclaimers. Surely this limit is intentionally low to include women who weigh less than 100 pounds or who get buzzed off two sips of wine. But while she acknowledges that individual women process alcohol differently according to body weight and genetic background, the recommendation is based on huge scientific studies and pretty much applies to all of us. "When you drink more than that, your risk for alcohol-use disorders and health problems increases," she says.
Here's my gripe with this one-drink-a-day rule: The women I know don't imbibe in perfectly spaced one glass increments. They share a bottle of wine with their husband or drink several servings throughout an evening -- but not every evening. A 2011 survey of American drinking habits by Yahoo! Shine reported that 15 percent of adult women fess up to downing three to five drinks over a typical weekend, while 7 percent admit they have six or more. They're more moderate on weekdays, as 21 percent say they drink one to two over the course of the week and 7 percent have three or more. That's the real world.
So here's some good news: In an effort to make the guidelines easier to follow, the NIAAA, which is an arm of the National Institutes of Health, has developed a more realistic approach that allows you to divvy up your seven-drink total weekly allotment -- as long as you don't have more than three drinks in one day. For example, you could go crazy with three margaritas on Saturday night, enjoy a beer during the game on Sunday, and sprinkle your remaining three servings of wine during the weekdays.
Really, that's okay? Well, sort of. To be your healthiest, one drink a day is best -- period. Dr. Roach recommends spacing your drinks evenly throughout the week whenever possible. But when you do have a three-drink-splurge once in a while (and you know you will), don't guzzle them but space them out throughout the evening, maybe with a nonalcoholic drink between each one.
Still, I'm discouraged. For me alcohol isn't medicine to be taken in measured doses. It's more about my psyche. That first sweet sip of wine smooths out the edges of a rough day. It's a ritual -- I love having a glass of chardonnay while cooking dinner and chatting with my boyfriend. Then there's the importance of alcohol to my social life. Nearly every professional and alumni event I go to is at one of the new wine bars popping up everywhere, and at book club meetings my friends and I often bring bottles of wine with funny labels, such as Mommy's Time Out and Mad Housewife.
For moral support I call my old college roommate, a mother of four who lives in San Francisco, to talk about how our drinking habits have changed since college. (Even though we no longer drink that dangerous 190-proof Everclear-spiked punch, we do drink more often.) My friend confesses that she counts down the hours until dinnertime, when she can open up a bottle of pinot noir, and often ends up having two glasses by the end of the evening. She says it helps her get through the tedious tasks of giving her two youngest daughters baths and reading Bobby Bear's ABC book for the hundredth time. But she worries she may be developing an alcohol dependency and thinks she should drink less.
After learning about the government guidelines, she says she realizes that she has been looking forward to drinking every day more than she should. "I say to myself, 'It's better for the kids since I'm more relaxed,' or 'They say it helps you live longer.' It's easy to latch onto those claims." Funnily enough, though, she has already decided she should limit her consumption to the recommended seven drinks a week. So now she tracks her intake on the dry-erase calendar she uses to manage the family's activities. "In the corner of each box, I write zero, one or two. When the weekend rolls around, I know what I have left."
While I'm impressed by my friend's discipline and planning, I don't like the idea of adopting such a structured approach to drinking. Isn't it supposed to be an escape from my hyper-scheduled days in the first place? I also think such limits might be counterproductive, psychologically speaking. Surely the sentence "you can only have one drink" will make me crave more.
I wish I could report that I forced myself to drink less because I'm concerned about being around longer for my future children. However, it's really vanity -- and the desire to fit into a certain turquoise silk dress that has been taunting me from my closet -- that finally prompts me to shorten my happy hours. Despite weeks of giving up sugar and eating whole-grain everything, I'm still struggling with the zipper.
I know that alcohol is a no-no on most diets. But I've been collecting evidence to bolster my case that a little bit is okay. A study that surveyed the drinking habits and weight history of more than 19,000 middle-aged women found that women who consumed light to moderate amounts of alcohol gained less weight over 13 years than their peers who abstained or drank heavily. Besides, wine and vodka are low carb. And isn't it true that French women drink and don't get fat?
I contact nutritionist Andrea Giancoli, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, to find out whether I can still drink and diet. "If you're drinking alcohol, you're consuming calories," she says, pointing out that a regular 12-ounce beer packs 150 calories, and a 5-ounce glass of wine or an ounce-and-a-half shot of 100-proof liquor adds about 125 -- and that doesn't include sugary mixers. For example, a frozen strawberry margarita has 350 calories. "We don't tend to count liquid calories, but they have to be factored into your calorie count during the day. A couple of drinks a night could put you over your limit, and that leads to weight gain."
Even worse, because your body tends to break down alcohol calories first, it may not have time to metabolize a high-fat meal efficiently. "Your body is trying to detox the alcohol. So when you overindulge in alcohol and a heavy meal, the fat you eat is more likely to get stored or accumulate in your liver," says Giancoli. One strategy is to include alcohol only with low-fat meals, she says. Or have your glass of wine before dinner -- although she cautions that drinking on an empty stomach can make you quickly intoxicated, which can lead to diving head-first into the bowl of chips.
It's clear that I need to cut way back on the vino. In the first week I learn that it's easier to abstain on Monday through Wednesday, especially when I eat dinner early and schedule an evening workout. After achieving an adrenaline high or yoga bliss-out, I don't even feel like having a drink. But by Friday I want to give in to my cravings. I'm tempted to have a second glass, too, but I don't want to sabotage a day of good food choices so I manage to resist. And over the next couple of weeks I limit my consumption to a glass every few days, and as a result my clothes are looser. I may want more, but my weight loss keeps me motivated. I actually order a diet soda instead of a beer at the softball game on Saturday. At a party I drink one white wine, then switch to club soda. I don't know if it's because I'm eating less, but I even feel a mild buzz after just one glass. Perhaps I'm resetting my tolerance.
The true test comes when I forget my resolve and guzzle three glasses in a row at a birthday party. By the time I stumble into a taxi I'm smashed. When I wake up dehydrated and nauseous, with my contacts feeling like potato chips in my eyes, I want my moderate ways back. A few days later my dinner partner orders me a glass of expensive cabernet. I sip it, savoring the cherry notes and rich, velvety texture. I feel satisfied and don't want another. I revel in the fact that this amount of wine is good for me -- yet still a treat. I raise a toast to myself. I'm no longer a "three-drink girl."
While we wish the moderation rule applied to everyone equally, it doesn't. Women at high risk for breast cancer need to be extra cautious because even those who keep to the one-drink-a-day guideline face a 10 percent greater risk of breast cancer, according to a huge British study. In addition, research shows that the risk of breast cancer continues to increase for each additional drink a day. "If you have a family history, the risk is even greater," explains Deidra Roach, MD, a program officer in the Division of Treatment and Recovery Research at the NIAAA. "Those women should drink less."
How Do You Find Moderation?
I have a rule that I don't drink Sunday through Wednesday. I usually stick to two glasses if I can because if I have three, I lose my good judgment.
Melissa, 34, Brooklyn, New York
I love refreshing cocktails, so I look for ways to make nonalcoholic drinks fun. I buy fancy bubbly water and pour it into pretty vintage French tumblers with crushed strawberry and lime.
Megan, 43, Jackson, Wyoming
I can't keep up drinking with the boys at work. I don't want them to think I'm pregnant or a prude, so after I reach my two-drink maximum, I order club soda and ask the bartender to make it look like a drink by putting it in a short glass and adding a lime.
Anna-Marie, 32, Long Island, New York
About twice a year I take a break from drinking for a couple of months. I like to show myself I can stop at any time. It feels like a cleanse for my kidneys and liver.
Beth, 54, Frenchtown, New Jersey
I pace myself by having water in between drinks. I also give myself a curfew of 10 on a work night and midnight on a weekend so I'm not hung over the next day.
Monica, 46, New York City
I used to drink to get a buzz. I tried to cut back by drinking only beer. But I craved alcohol more and more. I shocked myself into quitting when I drove home from a playdate drunk. I intend never to drink alcohol again.
Molly, 45, Santa Rosa, California
Drinking a Bit Too Much?
Find helpful resources, including frequently asked questions about drinking, strategies for cutting back, signs you might have an alcohol abuse problem, and more at rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov.