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Selling my 2010 GTI because I have a BMW now
Used 2010 Volkswagen GTI 35,990 miles
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It's a fast, fun and very comfortable car to drive. And very reliable - never had any mechanical or electrical problem and always serviced in VW dealership. Except a few minor scratches on rims and the front bumper the car is in outstanding shape. Comes with 4 years/75K miles bumper-to-bumper extended warranty from VW ($250 deductible). Continental ExtremeContact DWS tires, purchased last year, are still like new providing excellent handling and traction, and have lifetime rotation, spin balancing, repairs and replacement warranty from Discount Tire.Important facts:Asking price: $18,900 Odometer: 35,980 Miles Color: Carbon Steel Gray Metallic Engine: 2.0L I4 TSI DOHC 16V Turbocharged [200 hp @ 5100 rpm, 207 ft-lbs. @ 1800 rpm] Transmission: Robotized 6-Spd dual-clutch Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) with TipTronic Peddle Shifter Fuel economy: EPA 32 MPG Hwy/24 MPG City Title: Clean / on lien Condition: Very good/ single owner / non-smoking VIN: provided on request. See HQ photos athttps://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=8E4F2497FA6D0D72!19717&authkey=!ACFRkrVZbdY_ujQ&ithint=folder,.jpg
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Central Lake House Rental Photos and Description
House, 2 Bedrooms + Convertible bed(s), 1.5 Baths, (Sleeps 6)
Start with a complimentary bottle of up-north wine as you gaze out floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a tranquil lake.
Get a fantastic (and affordable) massage or facial four minutes away. Then enjoy delightful 'up north' holiday shopping, or simply wander into a sweet village a half-mile down the road.
Relax inside with a cappuccino or hot chocolate, watch one of many dozens of movies or cable in high def on a 50' flat screen TV; pick from a multitude of CDs, books and games, or use our WIFI.
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Outside, play in the snow (even if it's not on the ground, skiing is now in season!) or ice fish on the lake. Enjoy browsing antique shops, galleries, and other charming haunts. An easy few-minute walk to a peaceful village (fudge, holiday gifts, a pub and restaurants), and an easy drive to a handful of quintessential up-north 'cities' like Charlevoix, Petoskey, Traverse City, and Gaylord, and the sweet towns of Elk Rapids and Alden. Or play at Michigan's largest indoor water park at Boyne.
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Tucked into a glacial valley and nestled in the hills of northwest Michigan, we're located on a 75-mile chain of beautiful lakes. Halfway between the Equator and the North Pole on the 45th Parallel, we're surrounded by rolling hills and miles of lakes.
Minutes away, visit Bellaire's restaurants, cafes, a spectacular brewpub, Shanty Creek's championship golf courses and ski slopes; enjoy indoor putt-putt, or take in a movie. Dine at a renowned gourmet restaurant a few miles north of us or at lovely small-town cafes.
Here's a quick tour (watch our video for pictures to go with it). Remodeled in 2007, the light-filled single-level open-plan design includes a:
• Master Bedroom: New queen and an antique headboard; sliding glass doors leading to a private deck and the lake beyond; ceiling fan and window a.c. unit; TV and DVD player, and a comfy chair. Linens included.
• Second Bedroom: Two sets of bunk beds each with a double and single bed (featherbeds for the doubles); window a.c. unit; Xbox/DVD player & games, toys and children's books.
• Living Room: Three sets of sliding glass doors stretch across the lakefront wall. They lead to a deck w/a gas grill, picnic table, and a glorious view of the lake a few dozen steps away; two full couch/sofabeds and an overstuffed chair; ceiling fan; TV, DVD, stereo, movie, music, book, toy and game collections.
• Dining Room: Sliding glass doors; queen couch/futon; dining table(s); ceiling fan and a library.
• Kitchen: Open to the living and dining rooms with a lake view and a breakfast bar with seating. Fully equipped and well stocked
• One and a half bathrooms: ceramic tile floor; shower/tub & double sinks in primary bath, completely remodeled in December 2013, second small bathroom. We supply towels.
• Garage: for storing bikes, fishing rods, snowmobiles, and extra stuff we provide your pets and children (plus a few adult and child-sized bikes you can use at your own risk).
Come on up to what our son lovingly named 'Our Hanley Lake Hideaway' and a repeat guest calls 'Our Little Slice of Heaven!'
Keywords: Family-friendly cottage; pet-friendly retreat, secluded lakefront all-season cottage, sunny guest home, country house with walls of windows, Hanley Lake Hideaway; up north cabin; northern Michigan cottage.
- Suitability:
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets considered
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair inaccessible
About Laurie
Your hosts are two self-employed parents and a sweet (yes, still sweet!) 15-year-old boy. We live full-time in Ann Arbor and visit up north whenever we can sneak in between guests. One of us adults is originally from Great Britain and the other is originally from New York (and the small person is a native Ann Arborite who speaks American English with a few Britishisms slipped in.) For many years now we've been permanent Michiganders, enjoying the joys of our glorious retreat on Hanley Lake.
Laurie purchased this house in 2005
Why Laurie chose Central Lake
We love the gentle beauty of this northwestern Michigan chain of lakes. We were ecstatic to find a tranquil lake we can see from almost every room in the cozy year-round house. (Note from Laurie: my gold standard for vacation heaven was a place where I could take a cup of coffee out onto the deck and see--and be in--the water within seconds.) We can draw or eat breakfast on the dock or in the dining room, play in the sand, take out a canoe or kayak, swim in warmer waters (instead of waiting until the end of August for the chill to subside in the big lakes), and fish. We can sled right out the back doors to the lake and cross-country ski nearby. We wander into a welcoming village to play and eat without being swarmed by overdressed tourists and overpriced food. We were delighted to find this peaceful little retreat, which offers the pleasures of an all-sports lake without the noise and chaos of one. The passing 'traffic' is generally kayaks, pontoons, and people fishing (including ice fishing in the winter).The fresh, clear water in Hanley Lake flows 75 miles thru a chain of 14 lakes. All-sports lake without the usual traffic of one! We were thrilled to discover we're just a few miles from the long sandy beaches and waves of Lake Michigan, which are great fun in every season. We're glad to do day trips to fudgey towns like Charlevoix and Petoskey, to wander Traverse City or even more nearby Bellaire. But we love coming home, whether it's raining, snowing, or blazing hot: to play outdoors, or hang out inside doing jigsaw puzzles, playing games, making soup or brownies, or drawing the changing colors of water, sky and trees. We love going out on the placid water (our son can steer his own kayak) and paddling past kingfishers and great blue heron, turtles nestling in the tall grasses, and weeping willows along the shore, or watching the water from our comfortable home. It always refreshes us to get away here.
What makes this house unique
Thanks to our 2007 renovation, we love the fresh, open-plan kitchen with views outside almost everywhere. We went window-crazy, creating four sets of sliding doors in the connected living and dining rooms. We added a a new, private deck we can step out onto from the master bedroom with another set of sliding doors. Last spring we bought new curtains and linens, set up a big picnic table for the deck and added more lawn chairs. We're having a blast adding CDs, DVDs, games, kids' toys and books, and a host of comforts for our guests--and for us! We're in heaven in the summertime, but we also keep discovering treats during the other three seasons. In winter our son loves sledding down the back lawn onto the frozen lake; I like sketching the winter scenes from a deliciously warm, light-filled living room, we've discovered the wooded hill right across the street is ripe for hiking, snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing, and we finally went tubing, downhill and cross-country skiing at nearby Shanty Creek. Springtime brings Morel mushroom hunting and a lush landscape; fall leaves are stunning.
Guestbook comments from the owner
(From an email:) We had a fabulous time at your cottage. Our dog Chip had a wonderful time launching himself off your dock. My husband took some wonderful pictures of the sunset from the deck. The swans came up in the morning for breakfast and I loved feeding them. Your cottage is darling.
We canoed from one end of Lake Hanley to the other. Both Richard and I had a facial at the Swan Cove Spa and it was terrific. What a relaxing day that was.
We got a chance to visit the art fair in East Jordon while we were there and purchased some great items. I just loved all the little towns so close by.
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Gordon Food Service bringing 275 jobs to Cabarrus County
October 27, 2014
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
Gordon Food Service will invest $58 million in a new Kannapolis distribution center and plans to create 275 jobs over five years. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based company distributes food products to restaurants, schools and health-care companies throughout the Eastern U.S. and Canada.
Syngenta faces lawsuits over exporting modified corn
October 28, 2014
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
Food exporters who claim to have lost millions because they aren't allowed to ship Syngenta's genetically modified, insect-resistant corn to China have filed lawsuits against the agribusiness, which has its global headquarters for biotech research in Research Triangle Park.
Battery maker plans major jobs announcement
October 28, 2014
Startup battery manufacturer Alevo Group is expected to announce plans today for the former Philip Morris USA cigarette plant in Concord. The company said it plans to hire 500 workers in 2015 and, if sales take off, 2,500 or more within three years. Alevo will make utility-scale batteries for power companies and grid operators.
Reynolds American may sell Doral in tobacco merger
October 28, 2014
(Winston-Salem Journal)
Reynolds American may have to include its Doral cigarette brand as part of its divestiture to Imperial Tobacco Group in order to receive Federal Trade Commission approval for its proposed acquisition of Greensboro-based Lorillard. Winston-Salem-based Reynolds has already agreed to sell Kool, Salem and Winston brands as well as Lorillard's blu eCigs electronic-cigarette brand.
Family Dollar shareholders to vote on Dollar Tree deal Dec. 11
October 28, 2014
(The Charlotte Observer)
Matthews-based Family Dollar Stores will hold a shareholder vote on its planned $8.5 billion sale to Chesapeake, Va.-based Dollar Tree on Dec. 11. Family Dollar's board rejected a $9.1 billion offer from Tennessee-based rival Dollar General.
Piedmont Natural Gas receives regulatory approval for pipeline
October 28, 2014
(StarNews, Wilmington)
State regulators approved Piedmont Natural Gas's participation in the 550-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will transport gas from Marcellus shale basins in West Virginia and Pennsylvania through Virginia and Eastern N.C. The approval allows Piedmont, Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources, Charlotte-based Duke Energy and Atlanta-based AGL Resources to begin the filing process for federal approval of the pipeline.
Charlotte Hornets second in the NBA in season-ticket sales
October 27, 2014
(The Charlotte Observer)
The newly rebranded Charlotte Hornets trail only one NBA team – the Cleveland Cavaliers – in full-season ticket sales. The Hornets, which begin regular season play on Wednesday, also beat their own record for season ticket sales – counting partial plans and renewals, the team has sold the equivalent of 10,000 season tickets.
Harnett Health CEO resigns amid layoffs
October 27, 2014
(The Fayetteville Observer)
Ken Bryan resigned as CEO of Harnett Health on Friday, and the troubled health system laid off an unspecified number of workers. The system lost more than $24 million in the year ended September 2013, according to tax records. Harnett Health's hospitals in Dunn and Lillington are managed by Raleigh-based WakeMed Health and Hospitals.
Novartis sells Holly Springs vaccine plant
October 27, 2014
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Novartis will sell its vaccines business, including its production plant in Holly Springs, to Australia-based CSL in a deal valued at $275 million. Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis received more than $40 million in state and local incentives to build the plant, which opened five years ago and employs 550 people.
Chiquita shareholders reject Fyffes merger
October 27, 2014
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Analysts say Chiquita Brands International is almost certain to accept a buyout offer from privately-owned Brazilian companies Cutrale and Safra Group after Chiquita shareholders on Friday rejected a planned merger with Dublin-based Fyffes. Lured by almost $23 million in state and local incentives, Chiquita relocated from Cincinnati to Charlotte in 2011.


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North Bennington school request to be heard on TuesdayBy Patrick McArdle
STAFF Writer | January 10,2013NORTH BENNINGTON — The application to create the Village School of North Bennington is scheduled to be heard on Tuesday and expected to be a major step forward in replacing the public North Bennington Graded School with the independent Village School.
The application is on the agenda of the Vermont Board of Education for their Tuesday meeting in Montpelier.
Stephan Morse, chairman of the state board, said he didn't expect there will be many questions left about the application so he thinks any presentation by the Vermont Department of Education will be brief.
Morse said he would be in favor of approving the creation of the school. By Vermont law, an independent school can't be created unless it's supported by the board of education.
"I know that not everyone agrees with it so I don't know where it will go but personally I think it's time for us to support it and be done with it," he said.
Eva Sutton, one of the trustees for the Village School and a former member of the School Board in North Bennington, said she plans to attend the meeting with others who support the independent school, to answer any questions if necessary.
Sutton said she was optimistic the application would move forward because it has been recommended by the Department of Education and supported by the community in three separate votes.
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Washington coach Chris Petersen came to the defense of his starting quarterback Monday, while simultaneously shouldering the blame for poor coaching decisions.
Connor Halliday threw for 417 yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winning score to Vince Mayle, and Washington State overcame a 17-point halftime deficit to shock Utah 28-27 on Saturday night.
Under different circumstances, Washington coach Chris Petersen would have already coached his first Pac-12 Conference game.
Perhaps the most consistent aspect of Washington's raggedy, yet 4-0, start to the football season has been coach Chris Petersen's weekly lament that he doesn't know who his team is, nor what to expect from them
Kasen Williams walked out of the locker room with a smile on his face. After catching his first touchdown of the season, the receiver was content knowing his contribution helped Washington rally past Georgia State.
Trent Miles still has the memories even if his time working at Washington was mostly filled with forgettable losses.
The email arrived in Danny Shelton's inbox during winter quarter. It was a request to audition to become a First-year Interest Group (FIG) leader during fall quarter of his senior season.
For those wondering what in the name of Mike Lude is Georgia State doing on the University of Washington's football schedule Saturday, keep in mind in the marketing strategy of the Mariners.
Jimmy Lake knew he was going to do a lot of teaching.
Chelsea Archer stood near the Husky Soccer Stadium sideline wearing a purple jacket, while her sister, Christina, ran through a drill with her Washington teammates.
For Danny Shelton, defensive success came down to two things: Turnovers and faith. When Washington took the field against Illinois, the Huskies were determined to atone for last week's mistakes.
When John Ross was asked to reveal the secret behind his penchant for explosive plays, the receiver gave the credit to Washington's coaching staff.
After Washington State lost its first two games of the season, Saturday's contest against Portland State of the FCS suddenly loomed very large.
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HURRICANE CENTRAL, Fla. - When a hurricane threatens, you may turn to a number of sources to get your information, but this year that list should include Facebook, Twitter and your smartphone.
Emergency managers say if the weather gets dangerous, keep the phone close.
"The newest thing we have is our Lee Evac app for Android phone that you uses the onboard GPS on the phone to locate your evacuation zone," said Gerald Campbell with Lee County Emergency Management.
Lee County will also be on Facebook and Twitter.
"Social media is a big up-and-coming part of our job. It's become Facebook, Twitter, and the other things that are out," explained Campbell.
Charlotte County's Emergency Manager Wayne Sallade says he's a living example of the transition that needs to take place
"I had to tell my children lat year at the age of 57, daddy tweeted for the first time. Case in point, just recently with the second storm of the season, Beryl, we got our fingers warmed up on the iPad and posted all weekend," Sallade said.
So if that's not you yet ask the kids and grandkids to help you do what emergency managers are doing right now.
In Collier County, they want to make sure its social media is useful in real time.
"EOC's have got to make sure they have enough staff to put that information out appropriately. In Collier County, I suspect that we will be using those feeds to bring you to a website for the latest emergency information," said Dan Summers with Collier Emergency Management.
But no matter who you're following online, make sure it's reliable.
"Make sure that you're paying attention to what is factual or validated information, as opposed to hearsay or rumor information," urged Summers.
And just in case we do get hit, add the Red Cross to your feeds because they're beefing up their social media presence as well.
"The more people use Facebook and Twitter to communicate, the more those tools are becoming valuable in times of disaster. So we've really embraced that," said Colin Downey with the Red Cross.
This is a good time to also "like" the WINK News Facebook page and follow us on Twitter as well as following your county emergency operations center. We'll make sure you get the information you need to stay safe.


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Redmond's certification chief explains death of MCM and MCA
Microsoft's late Friday afternoon decision to "retire" some of its highest-end certifications has been explained by the chap who made the decision to do so. News of the certifications cancellation has enraged those who hold or were studying for the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM), Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM), …
Reality sinks in perhaps?
"We simply think we could do much more for the broader community at this level – that we could create something for many more to aspire to. We want it to be an elite community, certainly. But some of the non-technical barriers to entry run the risk of making it elitist for non-technical reasons. Having a program that costs candidates nearly $20,000 creates a non-technical barrier to entry. Having a program that is English-only and only offered in the USA creates a non-technical barrier to entry. Across all products, the Masters program certifies just a couple of hundred people each year, and yet the costs of running this program make it impossible to scale out any further. And many of the certifications currently offered are outdated – for example, SQL Server 2008 - yet we just can't afford to fully update them."
so, it is
1) Only available in the US
2) Only in English
3) costs more than a years salary for some people in the 3rd world.
4) People just don't have the cash lying around to do certs.
Welcome to the real world MS. It has taken you long enough...
Care to reverse some of you other recent footgun decisions? eg Technet?
On the other hand, it could be 'We didn't get enough $$$ of income with this really hard cert. Lets dumb it down and charge less so that we get more people passing this useless bit of paper?
Sarcasm rules eh?
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
Microsoft is becoming increasingly irrelevant as a systems provider. Win8 is a dead duck, people might accept Win9 but will they go for the Win10 "cloud" OS?
And if you are going for a "cloud" OS (which is nothing more than the dumb terminals of old), they why not go for a system that has all the tooling to work that way and is already deployed - i.e. any *nix.
As the application will be delivered by HTML5 (assuming MS don't screw that up) the actual executing OS has no relevance.
Windows is, by heritage, a single-seat single-user OS; it's not fit for the multi-user architecture of the client-server. And no, RDP isn't the answer.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
HTM:5 has been coming for at least 6 years and still has a small overall market share. I think you underestimate the timescales on which change takes place in IT.
(I remember in 1999 watching a demo of a sales website using very heavy pages for the time. When it was throttled to 33kbit/s (modems of the period) of course it slowed to a crawl. The developer explained that this wasn't a problem, because in a year, or two at the outside, everybody would have ADSL)
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
I know enterprise IT moves at a glacial pace, but that really wasn't my point. There's really two choices:
1) HTML5 (plus CSS3, JQuery etc - i.e. a web browser based solution); or
2) Something like X server.
If MS go with 1), they are likely to add proprietary extensions and break standards (as is their normal mode of practice). If they go with 2), they will likely not publish the specs until forced to by a court of law (i.e. SAMBA). Neither is particularly good for the industry of the customers; especially when the solution already exists elsewhere.
For major corporates network bandwidth is a non-issue, and these are people I can see who would benefit from a client-server model from the 1970s. Joe Public (i.e. the rest of us) would need the ability to work off-line and then only push data when required.
If think MS will soon have to face reality; it will become irrelevant in the OS market. Then, slowly-slowly, it will become irrelevant in the applications market. It'll go the way of IBM; consultancy and supporting a few, very high-price, platforms. Unlike IBM however, I can't MS won't be doing much to support F/OSS as MS is culturally hostile to openness and standards.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"Microsoft is becoming increasingly irrelevant as a systems provider"
You might like to think so, but Microsoft still have a 92% share of the desktop market, and their server OS market share, application server market share and cloud market share is still growing...
"And if you are going for a "cloud" OS (which is nothing more than the dumb terminals of old), "
- It really isn't - I guess you must originate from that era to have such a lack of understanding of a modern stack?
"they why not go for a system that has all the tooling to work that way and is already deployed - i.e. any *nix."
Because it isn't like legacy green screen world. As a Microsoft example they have a better performing and slimmer hypervisor than any Linux, a better security model (for instance dynamic access control, constrained delegation, kernel / driver separation), and much more extensive software defined networking and cloud features that are available out of the box with any Linux vendor - and above all a lower TCO in any combination of public / private cloud model.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"You might like to think so, but Microsoft still have a 92% share of the desktop market"
A market which is becoming less important, more so when we are going back to the client-server model.
"I guess you must originate from that era to have such a lack of understanding of a modern stack"
I guess you have no knowledge of that era to have such a lack of understanding of the old client-server stack. You know the whole concept of virtualisation (or emulation, if you prefer) extends back to the 60s, don't you. The protocols to have network transparency come from then as well. The idea of resource sharing; in fact, everything. We have some nicer tools now and ways of using more commodity hardware/migrating and faster networks...but the basic theory hasn't really changed.
"As a Microsoft example they have a better performing and slimmer hypervisor than any Linux"
Cobblers. Cite a source please (and not one attached to MS).
"a better security model (for instance dynamic access control, constrained delegation, kernel / driver separation)"
Cobblers. Cite a source please (and not one attached to MS).
"much more extensive software defined networking and cloud features that are available out of the box with any Linux vendor"
Cobblers. Cite a source please (and not one attached to MS).
"a lower TCO in any combination of public / private cloud model."
Cobblers. Cite a source please (and not one attached to MS).
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"A market which is becoming less important, more so when we are going back to the client-server model."
Not in the business world as yet. tablets are not replacing PCs in vast numbers so far. I see no signs of 'going back to client server' except for limited deployments of VDI - and that market is also overwhelmingly Microsoft based.
"I guess you have no knowledge of that era to have such a lack of understanding of the old client-server stack"
Oh but I do - I have retired many such legacy estates. Wang, IBM, VAX, you name it....
"The protocols to have network transparency come from then as well"
Oh, really - do tell we what application layer protocols from the 1960s are commonly used in modern client server VDI today then? All the big VDI players like Citrix, Microsoft, Quest, VMware and HP use far more modern protocols...
"Cobblers. Cite a source please (and not one attached to MS)."
It's a fact - go do your own research. Linux cannot separate the hypervisor from the kernel. In Hyper-V (like VMware) the hypervisor is a separate layer from the kernel....and Linux still cant reach 1 million IOPS in a SINGLE VM - that Hyper-V achieved about 2 years ago and VMware a few months afterwards...
In terms of security - again go do your own research. Clearly you don't know what you are talking about so you need to... In outline - Linux is a monolithic kernel, and Windows is a more modern hybrid microkernel. You can Google the other things I mentioned to understand what they are and why Linux has a broken model like SUDO that has to execute as Root instead....
"Enhancements include significant scalability improvements (matching or passing those of vSphere for the first time), Hyper-V Replica for effective disaster recovery, the Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch and Network Virtualization, a more flexible live migration and storage live migration, Hyper-V clustering and clustered live migration, and improved Dynamic Memory. System Center VMM 2012 was delivered in April 2012.
While it has taken Microsoft five years, it has effectively closed most of the functionality gap with VMware in terms of x86 server virtualization infrastructure. Management and automation gaps on top of the virtualized infrastructure remain — notably, VMware's Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is more automated and better-suited for large-scale disaster recovery requirements. However, System Center VMM 2012 has also dramatically improved the ability to create private cloud solutions based on Hyper-V. Microsoft has also made fundamental strategy changes with respect to cloud interoperability and service provider enablement, adding support for standard Hyper-V VMs in its Windows Azure service, and potentially enabling service providers to build cloud infrastructures based on Hyper-V and System Center VMM 2012"
"Microsoft has a vision of infrastructure and platform services that are not only leading stand-alone offerings, but also seamlessly extend and interoperate with on-premises Microsoft infrastructure (rooted in Hyper-V, Windows Server, Active Directory and System Center) and applications, as well as Microsoft's SaaS offerings. Its vision is global, and it is aggressively expanding into multiple international markets.
Microsoft has built an attractive and easy-to-use UI that will appeal to Windows administrators and developers. The IaaS and PaaS components within Windows Azure feel and operate like part of a unified whole, and Microsoft is making an effort to integrate them with Visual Studio and System Center.
Microsoft's brand, existing customer relationships and history of running global-class consumer Internet properties have made prospective customers and partners confident that it will emerge as a market leader in cloud IaaS. The number of Azure VMs is growing very rapidly. Microsoft customers who sign a contract can receive their enterprise discount on the service, making it highly cost-competitive."
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"It's a fact - go do your own research"
"In terms of security - again go do your own research."
I am not the one who made the claims. Cite or retract, please.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"Microsoft has built an attractive and easy-to-use UI that will appeal to Windows administrators and developers."
Now we know you're a shill.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"Cite or retract, please"
I'm not in the business of giving free kernel and OS architecture lessons. If you disagree then go find your own material to prove me wrong. I have given you enough outline details for you to use Google, so I'm not retracting anything :-)
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"Now we know you're a shill."
That's Gartner's opinion, not mine.
I don't really like the UI - I mostly use Powershell. (It's like a UNIX shell but more secure, flexible and powerful.)
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"I'm not in the business of giving free kernel and OS architecture lessons."
I don't need the lesson - I just want you to cite a source.
Seeing as you are now being defensive, I will have to assume no such source exists and thus your statements are merely opinion.
As you other statements are verging on the ill-informed, I don't rate your opinion.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"It's like a UNIX shell but more secure, flexible and powerful"
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You know there is no single shell for *nix?
Like I said, ill-informed.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
"I will have to assume no such source exists and thus your statements are merely opinion."
I'm fairly sure that such sources might exist but only on Vogsphere
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
Which OS is the client-server miracle OS that you recommend then? would it be Linux by any chance?
I would imagine there are few people doing serious computing on an X terminal these days. In fact there are efforts under way to get rid of the whole bloat and overhead of X11:
"These days we only use a fraction of what X was originally designed to do. X11, by definition, is a big protocol of rendering primitives and font management and lots of other stuff. Most of that stuff we don't really need or use in modern desktops. "
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
I think Bash is pretty much the shell on Unix. Old timers might prefer something else of course.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
The reality is 95% of the top 500 HPC systems use Linux. The others either run another *nix or a custom sys.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
You say Linux still can't rach 1 million IOPS in a single VM.
I spend less than thirty seconds with The Google
The first hit is an IBM research paper detailing Red Hat Enterprise Linux reaching 1.5 million IOPS on a single KVM guest.
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
And that's why I demanded they cite a source. The fact they didn't was very telling.
Shill season!
Oh dear. Oh very dear.
As someone who had to deal with the fallout of a boneheaded corporate-level decision of implementing the full MS stack, I call the bluff.
No, Hyper-V is bad, and it even manages to b0rk the virtual network interfaces, even if the guest OS is another Windows Server instance. Our Failover cluster would er... fail to switch over to the failover instance when we actually needed to do that. The SQL Server cluster also had its hiccups and it seems that it eventually got broken up into two separate servers as the failover cluster wouldn't work as advertised. AD would barf with few users (3000?) and the schema is horribly pedant on what you can/can't do vs. a regular LDAPv3 server.
No dude, the company that did that boneheaded decision is now migrating away from the MS stack because everything the MSFT dudes told them was a load of bull.
VMware is still king on the virtualization stuff. UNIX (and Linux/BSD variants) is still the best choice for "cloudy" stuff. Hell, most banks don't do Windows except on desktop systems and ATMs. (They do use WinServer for AD and managing the desktop PCs though.)
Please, few people will ever dare to say MS has the best solution ... not if they've seen the alternatives faring much better. Which they do!
Re: Reality sinks in perhaps?
Spot on...odd how they figure this out now...
Re:...and above all a lower TCO in any combination of public / private cloud model.
This comment brought to you by a paid Microsoft shill.
Need some new certs
MCSA - Microsoft Certified in Standards Abuse
MCIO - Microsoft Certified in Interoperability Opposition
MCB4W8 - Microsoft Certified in Bullshitting for Windows 8
MCEUS - Microsoft Certified in Enforced Upgrade Strategies
MCMA - Microsoft Certified in Monopoly Abuse
NSACBP - NSA Certified Business Partner (You may not want to advertise this last one)
Re: Need some new certs
What about Google?
Re: Need some new certs
Google doesn't advertise their NSACBP either.
Shame to see it go. I've been certified with them since 2000, and the MCM for SQL Server was definitely a title I'd not have mind pursuing.
I agree with some of the sentiments voiced in the other article's comments in that the MS exams tend tor ely on a lot of memorization (Who really knows the exact syntax to set up some obscure task that most would hardly ever touch?), and that's been one of my main gripes with the exams (the other being that the official MS study material hardly ever helped to properly prepare for an exam. I tend to rely on Wrox for that).
However, the SQL exams at least did seem to be targeted at understanding what specific solution would work best for a given situation. Granted, some of the example use cases were far-fetched (some downright stupid), but any DBA worth their money would not ave much issues passing those questions purely on experience. I know I did, and to me as a contractor, it made a huge difference being certified.
I guess the new SQL MCSE is where the buck stops for me. Shame. Let's hope something like MCM comes along again at some point in the future, as MCM for sure was no easy feat to achieve (albeit, overpriced).
Welcome, indeed, to the real world
It's obvious that technical certifications are required (well, I think so...) Anyone who has perused the CV of someone claiming expertise in, say, SQL and found that said expertise extends as far as SELECT * FROM T and putting the result in a spreadsheet, knows that there are a lot of people out there with a hopelessly inflated notion of their own skills and ability, and gatekeepers are needed.
The problem with top level certifications in architecture and design is that they must involve a considerable degree of creativity. It's no good knowing all the Microsoft tools for system architecture if you haven't got the least ability as a system architect, and anyone who really is a good system architect isn't likely to start from the premise that the solution is Microsoft, now what was the problem.
We don't have Chartered Bentley Structural Engineers, for instance.
"We don't have Chartered Bentley Structural Engineers, for instance"
Nicely put.
Re: Welcome, indeed, to the real world
Exactly - go and do an HNC or Degree course instead of studying one particular solution. Yes it's hard and it costs. Yes it takes time. Yes it has value for a long time after.
Could have been handled so much better
Microsoft could have gone to their community and said "Here are the problems with the current Masters certifications. Help us create a new set of certifications that will be more up-to-date and more accessible to people around the world." Once the replacements are more-or-less ready, they could have announced that the Masters certs were being phased out and replaced with Xyzzy certs. No outrage, users feel Microsoft cares about and listens to them, everyone's happy about better and cheaper certs.
Instead, they started by canceling the Masters certs with little explanation and no replacement ready, and now are scrambling to do damage control and try to rebuild bridges. From the phrasing of the announcement, I doubt they had any plans for a replacement certification before seeing what a negative response it got.
"didn't meet own goal"
au contraire - went straight between the posts
How can you be a "master"?
When the subject you are attempting to be a master of is changing. When Microsoft gets the test out, it is probably out of date as the world (+dog) has passed them by.
Ever wonder why Linux DOESN'T need certifications?
Re: How can you be a "master"?
Umm...LPI? RHCE? UCP?
Re: How can you be a "master"?
That's why these qualifications are often attributed to a specific release of Windows or have a time limit.
Re: How can you be a "master"?
RHCA, Certificates of expertise, RHDCE?
Re: How can you be a "master"?
Ever wonder why Linux DOESN'T need certifications?
MSFT doesn't need certifications either. But if you're referring to the availability of such, err... RedHat has a couple of those.
"causing upset amongst our most treasured community is far from ideal"
Agreed. So when are you reinstating Technet ?
Because killing that off was, in my humble opinion, the worst decision you have ever made.
Wasn't that the POINT!?
"Only a few hundred people have attained the certification in the last few years, far fewer than we would have hoped. We wanted to create a certification that many would aspire to and that would be the ultimate peak of the Microsoft Certified program, but with only ~0.08% of all MCSE-certified individuals being in the program across all programs, it just hasn't gained the traction we hoped for."
I thought the entire point was that only a very few people would attain this certification. Indeed, all of the promotion I'd seen for this certification was along the lines of "it's bloody hard if not impossible, so only do this if you're positive you know your stuff."
I'm sorry, but claiming that you're canceling a certification which was supposed to be reserved for the elite few because only the elite few have attained it means either you're lying, or your organization has totally lost its focus.
Re: Wasn't that the POINT!?
It wasn't about the money, but not enough people paid to gain the certification so we were losing money and had to kill it.
There isn't a single initiative proposed at Microsoft that doesn't have to display the monetary aspects for its approval. The original plan for these certs had to have some monetary benefit or it wouldn't get approved. That monetary benefit never materialized - and probably significantly so - and they were cut. No mystery, no twisted Microsoft speak needed here.
Re: Wasn't that the POINT!?
You don't think the point of the certs might have been to drive customers to use MSFT products in the knowledge that they could hire somebody who had proven that they actually knew what they were talking about?
If the point is just to make a profit on the certs - they could just put them all on ebay
Re: Wasn't that the POINT!?
" canceling a certification which was supposed to be reserved for the elite few because only the elite few have attained it means either you're lying, or your organization has totally lost its focus."
Why "either/or"?
Could it not be both?
Certainly looks like "and" from where I sit.
MS is Cutting costs
cf title
Re: MS is Cutting costs
This is the remarkable part, yes. An admission their pockets are not bottomless.
Re: MS is Cutting costs
This is the remarkable part, yes. An admission their pockets are not bottomless.
You've got it,
"We must increase shareholder value, and if it doesn't increase shareholder value, then it is a flop."
I couldn't think of anything worse than becoming a certified MS 'master'. To be publicly known as a person who has dedicated some part of their all too precious life to the deep understanding of the pristine nirvana of software engineering which is MS windows. And possible being proud of it. I would rather be a certified master of Donkey Kong, level 22.
Re: acchhh
I could never get past the 3rd barrel.
Here's to you.
Anonymous Cowards
I've never seen so many spineless linux trolls posting bullshit in one thread under the 'Anonymous Coward' tag.
Grow some balls people...
Ignore the community at your peril
Seems Microsoft is back on the path of ignoring the community they need to court.
In my 35+ years of IT its never been more about hearts and mnds than ever. Remember Good beats Best when you bring in the very illogical emotion we all tend to have.
So lets see M$ (and for all the BS its always about the $$) have canned the Technet Subscription program cause as technical reccomenders we are all freetards. Now they can the high level certifications, hmm maybe one MCS are the only ones who can provide this high-level advice.. having done a few gig's with them, I have seen the over promise failures of projects... nah give me someone with real world experience please..
But the trajectory M$ is taking, well "Its time" time to move on from a platform that has provided a comfortable living. to a new one, back to more *nix in my future, and certainly more VMware.
I personaly will now no longer reccomend Microsoft products and will work hard to help those who want to migrate off them. Public Cloud, Private Cloud, client server its now a matter of "Anything But Microsoft"
Microsoft Certifications
At our Linux shop, when prospective IT bods show up with a Microsoft cert, the obvious question is: What is it good for?
Our CIO's stock reply is: Wiping your ass!.
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Hehe first question is which 3D programs
As unless your running some VERY high end graphics apps you wont need to speedy 3D Graphics card.
Unless they want to play Crysis2
I have just been asked to spec and price up a new PC suite for the DT department given the follwing requirements.
"They will need to be capable of running 3D Graphics programs, the bigger the better, the cost is not a problem"
While this generosity is still available I want to get a quote in as quick as possible
A laser cutter in the area of 10 to 15 grand has already been given the go ahead!
So can anyone recomend what spec they would look at for this or if anyone has something similar what have you got?
Would Alienware stuff be worth looking at?
...but I'll belive it once it has been ordered, if it ever gets that far.
Hehe first question is which 3D programs
As unless your running some VERY high end graphics apps you wont need to speedy 3D Graphics card.
Unless they want to play Crysis2
Isnt Alienware just Dell now?
Some of the specs on the XPS systems they do are pretty smart.
Ive had some success with these guys
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I wouldn't bother looking at gaming PC's...
Look for a spec that incudes something like an NVidia Quadro, or ATI Fire GL video card. These are specifically geared towards CAD work.
Pro Graphics: Seven Cards Compared : Introduction - Review Tom's Hardware
The difference boils down to a bios and driver tweek. Not bad for charging an extra $500 for the same card!
Basically, what this means is unless you are doing some very highend professional CAD work you can almost certainly get away with using a £100 off the shelf OpenGL compatible gaming card. If for no other reason, as with video editing, but to free up the shared memory of on board graphics solutions.
Personally I'd look for Core 2 processors. Buying cache over speed. Around 4Gb ram and a £100 gaming card.
Don't touch Alienware with a barge pole, they are junk unreliable and not as fast as they claim to be. You want something really quick which actually lasts more than a day outside its warrenty period try one of these
HP with VoodooDNA
You want to look at workstation class machines rather than standard desktops. Look at Dell, HP or Sun under the Workstation sections.
Desktop class machines really don't cut the mustard for high end stuff except games.
Here is the HP area that you probably want to be looking at for the best reliability and best acceleration CAD wise. I had not read the other comments and clarifications before I posted the shiny HP hotrod above
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The comments above are correct in regards to most of the graphics cards just being a bit of an onboard bios tweak away from their proffessional guises but the onboard firmware has long since been locked down very solidly and as yet I have found no reliable way to unlock them (not looking too hard though). Besides this configuration is totally unsupported along with the fact that the cooling is often more robust on the Pro cards.
The other big and possibly most important thing with the pro range of cards is the drivers. These are huge in comparison to the consumer ones and provide special profiles that allow for the hardware acceleration of CAD, GIS and some pro 3D rendersoftware. This is the biggest reason to get those cards as they are able to integrate with the large CAD software properly. Aditionally the drivers are locked to the pro cards so there is no easy reliable way to get this extra and in some cases massive speed boost by installing these drivers on a standard card.
Here is a list of certified applications that can benifit: http://h20331.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cach...0-225-121.html
Under the cost no object heading this is probably what you would be looking at:
HP xw8600 Workstation (RB438UT) specifications - HP Small & Medium Business products
From an astetic point of view more of a high performance commercial truck than the hot rod I recommended above but build to do a lot of work for a very long time reliably.
This one is probably where you would end up though if pricing was being taken into consideration:
HP xw4600 Workstation (RB461UT) specifications - HP Small & Medium Business products
Last edited by SYNACK; 11th February 2009 at 12:01 PM.
What I was trying to suggest is that unless you are going to be doing some pretty high end and complex 3D rendering, it is unlikely the cost difference would justify any nominal speed gains you'll get by buying Pro over Consumer.
In terms of spending money, I'd look at system RAM first and foremost. Then the processor - prefering larger cache to clock speed and clock speed over cores., but if I could afford the fastest quad-core with the most cache then sure why not? Finally I'd look at the graphics. Again memory first, then processor.
At this level memory is likely to be a bigger bottle neck than processor speed at this level. I doubt most school Technology department would see any difference between a £100 GeForce and a £2000 Quadro Pro. A professional Jumbo Jet desinger on the other hand would.
As other have said you're looking a 'Workstation' class machines from the likes of HP, Lenovo and Dell.
I want to know how you managed to get someone to say "They will need to be capable of running 3D Graphics programs, the bigger the better, the cost is not a problem" if only more people would say this our job would be so much easier. We could actually spend the money for what was needed rather than skimping all the time
Seriously though, are the Tech dept really going to be doing stuff that needs a such high end machines? I agree with tmcd35, I doubt most tech dept would see a big enough difference in speed to justify the cost. But after reading your post I take it your Tech Dept is expanding or just in real need for an update? You might want to be a little checky and suggest to get quotes for more stuff(IWB, projector etc)
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