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As we know the Cupertino company has announced the next iOS smartphone, so you must be planning to buy it. Now the good news is that you will be able to buy it at a discounted price. According to Walmart, they will sell the new iOS smartphone at a discounted price. As we know this device is available in three versions such as 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Discount will be available only on 16GB version of the next iOS smartphone. Walmart will offer 16GB iPhone 5S for $189. You will not be able to purchase the 32GB and 64GB version of iPhone 5S at a discounted price.
This is really a great news for the people who are planning to buy the next iOS smartphone. Walmart will sell 16GB version of the next iOS smartphone for $189 while its original price is $199. You will be able to save $10 after purchasing this device. It will be available in three colors. You can choose your favorite color device. The Cupertino company has demonstrated all features of iPhone 5S at a special event. No one will be able to access this device without your permission. It comes with fingerprint sensor. You will need to use your finger to unlock it. You will be able to capture good quality photo using this device as it comes with 8MP camera. You will also be able to make high quality video calling using the FaceTime HD camera. It is the first 64-bit smartphone of the world. The Cupertino company has added A7 processor and M7 motion coprocessor in this device.
If you like to buy products at a discounted price, then you should not miss this opportunity. It will allow you to save some money. Soon you will be able to buy the next iOS smartphone at a discounted price from Walmart. It will be available for purchase on September 20th. This smartphone will be available in several colors such as space gray, gold and silver.


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I have been making this biscotti for 6 years. I give it away to family and friends at Christmas time. I just finished making a recipe for 40 cookies last night. I went to my local resaurant to g...
There is something wrong with this recipe. I'm no biscotti idiot as I've made many times before, however, this recipe is much too dry to even form a loaf. I think butter was left out !!
Good recipe for those of us trying to eat healthy. Note that this recipe will be dry unless you add 2 tablespoos not teaspoons of whiskey, flavoring or another liquid.

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'Mall Cop 2' Adds 'Wizards of Waverly Place' Star David Henrie (Exclusive)
Sony's sequel stars Kevin James and will be helmed by Andy Fickman.
David Henrie, known for Wizards of Waverly Place and playing the son on How I Met Your Mother, has joined Sony's comedy sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.
The film will reunite Henrie with star Kevin James, who both star in the upcoming film Little Boy, which is set for release in June.
The sequel, which will be directed by Andy Fickman, follows James' Paul Blart who attends a security guard expo in Las Vegas with his daughter. Despite being teased by casino security and other attendees, Blart takes on a group of dangerous art thieves.
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Henrie, 24, will play Lane, a valet attendant who meets Blart's daughter (Raini Rodriguez) and develops a crush on her.
A Happy Madison Production, Mall Cop 2 is being produced by Todd Garner, James and Adam Sandler. The pic is slated to film in Las Vegas in April.
Henrie's upcoming projects include WWII drama Little Boy and sports drama 1000 to 1. He recently wrapped production on the Walt Disney biopic Walt Before Mickey.
Henrie also made his directorial debut with the short film Catch, which is making rounds on the festival circuit. He's repped by ICM and Untitled Entertainment.
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Database replication is the creation and maintenance of multiple copies of the same database. In most implementations of database replication, one database server maintains the master copy of the database and additional database servers maintain slave copies of the database. Database writes are sent to the master database server and are then replicated by the slave database servers. Database reads are divided among all of the database servers, which results in a large performance advantage due to load sharing. In addition, database replication can also improve availability because the slave database servers can be configured to take over the master role if the master database server becomes unavailable. Replication is the process of sharing information so as to ensure consistency between redundant resources, such as software or hardware components, to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or accessibility. It could be data replication if the same data is stored on multiple storage devices, or computation replication if the same computing task is executed many times. A computational task is typically replicated in space, i.e. executed on separate devices, or it could be replicated in time, if it is executed repeatedly on a single device. The access to a replicated entity is typically uniform with access to a single, non-replicated entity. The replication itself should be transparent to an external user. Also, in a failure scenario, a failover of replicas is hidden as much as possible. It is common to talk about active and passive replication in systems that replicate data or services. Active replication is performed by processing the same request at every replica. In passive replication, each single request is processed on a single replica and then its state is transferred to the other replicas. If at any time one master replica is designated to process all the requests, then we are talking about the primary-backup scheme (master-slave scheme) predominant in high-availability clusters. On the other side, if any replica processes a request and then distributes a new state, then this is a multi-primary scheme (called multi-master in database field). In the multi-primary scheme, some form of distributed concurrency control must be used, such as distributed lock manager. Load balancing is different from task replication, since it distributes a load of different (not the same) computations across machines, and allows a single computation to be dropped in case of failure. Load balancing, however, sometimes uses data replication (esp. multi-master) internally, to distribute its data among machines. Backup is different from replication, since it saves a copy of data unchanged for a long period of time. Replicas on the other hand are frequently updated and quickly lose any historical state. Replication in distributed systems Replication is one of the oldest and most important topics in the overall area of distributed systems. Whether one replicates data or computation, the objective is to have some group of processes that handle incoming events. If we replicate data, these processes are passive and operate only to maintain the stored data, reply to read requests, and apply updates. When we replicate computation, the usual goal is to provide fault-tolerance. For example, a replicated service might be used to control a telephone switch, with the objective of ensuring that even if the primary controller fails, the backup can take over its functions. But the underlying needs are the same in both cases: by ensuring that the replicas see the same events in equivalent orders, they stay in consistent states and hence any replica can respond to queries. [edit] Replication models in distributed systems A number of widely cited models exist for data replication, each having its own properties and performance: 1. Transactional replication. This is the model for replicating transactional data, for example a database or some other form of transactional storage structure. The one-copy serializability model is employed in this case, which defines legal outcomes of a transaction on replicated data in accordance with the overall ACID properties that transactional systems seek to guarantee. 2. State machine replication. This model assumes that replicated process is a deterministic finite state machine and that atomic broadcast of every event is possible. It is based on a distributed computing problem called distributed consensus and has a great deal in common with the transactional replication model. This is sometimes mistakenly used as synonym of active replication. 3. Virtual synchrony. This computational model is used when a group of processes cooperate to replicate in-memory data or to coordinate actions. The model defines a new distributed entity called a process group. A process can join a group, which is much like opening a file: the process is added to the group, but is also provided with a checkpoint containing the current state of the data replicated by group members. Processes can then send events (multicasts) to the group and will see incoming events in the identical order, even if events are sent concurrently. Membership changes are handled as a special kind of platform-generated event that delivers a new membership view to the processes in the group. Levels of performance vary widely depending on the model selected. Transactional replication is slowest, at least when one-copy serializability guarantees are desired (better performance can be obtained when a database uses log-based replication, but at the cost of possible inconsistencies if a failure causes part of the log to be lost). Virtual synchrony is the fastest of the three models, but the handling of failures is less rigorous than in the transactional model. State machine replication lies somewhere in between; the model is faster than transactions, but much slower than virtual synchrony. The virtual synchrony model is popular[citation needed] in part because it allows the developer to use either active or passive replication. In contrast, state machine replication and transactional replication are highly constraining and are often embedded into products at layers where end-users would not be able[citation needed] to access them. [edit] Database replication Database replication can be used on many database management systems, usually with a master/slave relationship between the original and the copies. The master logs the updates, which then ripple through to the slaves. The slave outputs a message stating that it has received the update successfully, thus allowing the sending (and potentially re-sending until successfully applied) of subsequent updates. Multi-master replication, where updates can be submitted to any database node, and then ripple through to other servers, is often desired, but introduces substantially increased costs and complexity which may make it impractical in some situations. The most common challenge that exists in multi-master replication is transactional conflict prevention or resolution. Most synchronous or eager replication solutions do conflict prevention, while asynchronous solutions have to do conflict resolution. For instance, if a record is changed on two nodes simultaneously, an eager replication system would detect the conflict before confirming the commit and abort one of the transactions. A lazy replication system would allow both transactions to commit and run a conflict resolution during resynchronization. The resolution of such a conflict may be based on a timestamp of the transaction, on the hierarchy of the origin nodes or on much more complex logic, which decides consistently on all nodes. Database replication becomes difficult when it scales up. Usually, the scale up goes with two dimensions, horizontal and vertical: horizontal scale up has more data replicas, vertical scale up has data replicas located further away in distance. Problems raised by horizontal scale up can be alleviated by a multi-layer multi-view access protocol. Vertical scale up runs into less trouble when the internet reliability and performance are improving. [edit] Disk storage replication Active (real-time) storage replication is usually implemented by distributing updates of a block device to several physical hard disks. This way, any file system supported by the operating system can be replicated without modification, as the file system code works on a level above the block device driver layer. It is implemented either in hardware (in a disk array controller) or in software (in a device driver). The most basic method is disk mirroring, typical for locally-connected disks. Notably, the storage industry narrows the definitions, so mirroring is a local (short-distance) operation. A replication is extendable across a computer network, so the disks can be located in physically distant locations. The purpose is to avoid damage done by, and improve availability in case of local failures or disasters. Typically the above master-slave theoretical replication model is applied. The main characteristic of such solutions is handling write operations: Synchronous replication - guarantees "zero data loss" by the means of atomic write operation, i.e. write either completes on both sides or not at all. Write is not considered complete until acknowledgement by both local and remote storage. Most applications wait for a write transaction to complete before proceeding with further work, hence overall performance decreases considerably. Inherently, performance drops proportionally to distance, as latency is caused by speed of light. For 10 km distance, the fastest possible roundtrip takes 67 μs, whereas nowadays a whole local cached write completes in about 10-20 μs. An often-overlooked aspect of synchronous replication is the fact, that failure of either remote replica or even just the interconnection stops by definition any and all writes (freezing the storage system). This is the behaviour that guarantees zero data loss. However, many commercial systems at such potentially dangerous point do not freeze, but just proceed with local writes, losing the desired zero recovery point objective. Asynchronous replication - write is considered complete as soon as local storage acknowledges it. Remote storage is updated, but probably with a small lag. Performance is greatly increased, but in case of losing a local storage, the remote storage is not guaranteed to have the current copy of data and most recent data may be lost. Semi-synchronous replication - introduced by some vendors, probably as a sales pitch; exact meaning varies. Point-in-time replication - introduces periodic snapshots that are replicated instead of primary storage. Most important implementations: DRBD module for Linux. EMC SRDF IBM PPRC and Global Mirror Hitachi TrueCopy Symantec Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR) [edit] Distributed shared memory replication Another example of using replication appears in distributed shared memory systems, where it may happen that many nodes of the system share the same page of the memory - which usually means, that each node has a separate copy (replica) of this page. [edit] Primary-backup and multi-primary replication Many classical approaches to replication are based on a primary/backup model where one device or process has unilateral control over one or more other processes or devices. For example, the primary might perform some computation, streaming a log of updates to a backup (standby) process, which can then take over if the primary fails. This approach the most common one for replicating databases, despite the risk that if a portion of the log is lost during a failure, the backup might not be in a state identical to the one the primary was in, and transactions could then be lost. A weakness of primary/backup schemes is that in settings where both processes could have been active, only one is actually performing operations. We're gaining fault-tolerance but spending twice as much money to get this property. For this reason, starting in the period around 1985, the distributed systems research community began to explore alternative methods of replicating data. An outgrowth of this work was the emergence of schemes in which a group of replicas could cooperate, with each process backup up the others, and each handling some share of the workload. Jim Gray, a towering figure within the database community, analyzed multi-primary replication schemes under the transactional model and ultimately published a widely cited paper skeptical of the approach ("The Dangers of Replication and a Solution"). In a nutshell, he argued that unless data splits in some natural way so that the database can be treated as n disjoint sub-databases, concurrency control conflicts will result in seriously degraded performance and the group of replicas will probably slow down as a function of n. Indeed, he suggests that the most common approaches are likely to result in degradation that scales as O(n³). His solution, which is to partition the data, is only viable in situations where data actually has a natural partitioning key. The situation is not always so bleak. For example, in the 1985-1987 period, the virtual synchrony model was proposed and emerged as a widely adopted standard (it was used in the Isis Toolkit, Horus, Transis, Ensemble, Totem, Spread, C-Ensemble, Phoenix and Quicksilver systems, and is the basis for the CORBA fault-tolerant computing standard; the model is also used in IBM Websphere to replicate business logic and in Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 enterprise clustering technology). Virtual synchrony permits a multi-primary approach in which a group of processes cooperate to parallelize some aspects of request processing. The scheme can only be used for some forms of in-memory data, but when feasible, provides linear speedups in the size of the group. A number of modern products support similar schemes. For example, the Spread Toolkit supports this same virtual synchrony model and can be used to implement a multi-primary replication scheme; it would also be possible to use C-Ensemble or Quicksilver in this manner. WANdisco permits active replication where every node on a network is an exact copy or replica and hence every node on the network is active at at one time; this scheme is optimized for use in a wide area network. Optimistic replication From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Optimistic replication[1] (also known as lazy replication[2][3]) is a strategy for replication in which replicas are allowed to diverge. Traditional pessimistic replication systems are based on the principle of single-copy consistency. that is, users should observe the system to behave as if there was only one copy of the data. Optimistic replication does away with this in favor of eventual consistency, meaning that replicas are guaranteed to converge only when a system is idle. [edit] Algorithms An optimistic replication algorithm consists of five elements: 1. Operation submission: Users submit operations at independent sites. 2. Propagation: Each site shares the operations it knows about with the rest of the system. 3. Scheduling: Each site decides on an order for the operations it knows about. 4. Conflict resolution: If there are any conflicts among the operations a site has scheduled, it must modify them in some way. 5. Commitment: The sites agree on a final schedule and conflict resolution result, and the operations are made permanent. There are two strategies for propagation: state transfer, where sites propagate a representation of the current state, and operation transfer, where sites propagate the operations that were performed (essentially, a list of instructions on how to reach the new state). Scheduling and conflict resolution can either be syntactic or semantic. Syntactic systems rely on general information, such as when or where an operation was submitted. Semantic systems are able to make use of application-specific information to make smarter decisions. Note that state transfer systems generally have no information about the semantics of the data being transferred, and so they have to use syntactic scheduling and conflict resolution. [edit] Examples One well-known example of a system based on optimistic replication is the CVS version control system, or any other version control system which uses the copy-modify-merge paradigm. CVS covers each of the five elements: 1. Operation submission: Users edit local versions of files. 2. Propagation: Users manually pull updates from a central server, or push changes out once the user feels they are ready. 3. Scheduling: Operations are scheduled in the order that they are received by the central server. 4. Conflict resolution: When a user pushes to or pulls from the central repository, any conflicts will be flagged for that user to fix manually. 5. Commitment: Once the central server accepts the changes which a user pushes, they are permanently committed. A special case of replication is synchronization, where there are only two replicas. For example, personal digital assistants (PDAs) allow users to edit data either on the PDA or a computer, and then to merge these two datasets together. Note, however, that replication is a broader problem than synchronization, since there may be more than two replicas. May 18, 2004 Database Replication in MySQL By Ian Gilfillan An introduction to replication Recently, while having the knots pounded out of my body during a particularly painful shiatsu lesson, I reflected on what put them there in the first place. Yes, 'the database' was once more to blame. A busy database I work with saw one of its tables jump from 3GB to 7GB overnight, as we imported archive data. As expected, this had some performance impact. Unfortunately, I had not expected quite the knock, and it turned out that this single database server could no longer handle the load. No matter how much more I tried to optimize the queries, tweak the variables or bump up the query cache, it was not enough. The machine could not take any more memory, and a hardware upgrade would do little good (at least with the kind of budget I have to play with). However, MySQL does not claim to be enterprise-ready for nothing, and Yahoo and other high-volume users of MySQL certainly do not run on one database server. There are a number of techniques to handle high volumes, one of which I will introduce this month - MySQL replication (I will look at others in future articles). Replication allows you to take one database, make an exact copy of it on another server, and set one of them (the slave) to take all its updates from the other (the master). The slave reads the master's binary logs, which store all statements that change a database, and repeats these on its database, keeping the two in exact sync. Since a replicating database simply repeats statements, the databases are not necessarily exactly in sync, and advanced users can take advantage of this. That is a topic for another article however, and we will look at simple replication this month - getting one database to be an exact copy of another one. What replication is not Replication is not a backup policy. A mistyped DELETE statement will be replicated on the slave too, and you could end up with two, perfectly synchronized, empty databases. Replication can help protect against hardware failure though. Replication is not an answer to all performance problems. Although updates on the slave are more optimized than if you ran the updates normally, if you use MyISAM tables, table- locking will still occur, and databases under high-load could still struggle. Replication is not a guarantee that the slave will be in sync with the master at any one point in time. Even assuming the connection is always up, a busy slave may not yet have caught up with the master, so you can't simply interchange SELECT queries across master and slave servers. How to start replicating - the master server Grant the slave permission to replicate with the REPLICATION SLAVE privilege, for example as follows: GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO slave_user IDENTIFIED BY 'slave_password' If the master is not using the binary update log, add the following lines to the my.cnf or my.ini configuration file, and restart the server: log-bin server-id=1 By convention, the master is usually server-id 1, and any slaves from 2 onwards, though you can change this if you wish. If the master is already using the binary update log, either take note of the offset at the moment of the backup (the next step), or use the RESET MASTER statement to clear all binary logs and immediately begin the backup. You may want to make a copy of the binary logs before doing this, in case you need to use the binary logs to restore from backup. Make a backup of the database. You will use this to start the slave server. Note the comments about the binary log above. You can also skip this step if you use the LOAD DATA FROM MASTER statement, but see the comments about locking the master below first. Add the following to the configuration file on the slave: master-host=master-hostname master-user=slave-user master-password=slave-password server-id=2 The slave user and slave password are those to which you set when you granted REPLICATION SLAVE permission on the master. The server-id must be a unique number, different to the master or any other slaves in the system. There are also two other options: master-port, used if the master is running on a non-standard port (3306 is default), and master-connect-retry, a time in seconds for the slave to attempt to reconnect if the master goes down. 60 seconds is default. Restore the data from the master, either as you would normally restore a backup, or with the statement LOAD DATA FROM MASTER. The latter will lock the master for the duration of the operation, which could be quite lengthy, so you may not be able to spare the downtime. Replication in action Once the slave has started, replication should begin. Besides the obvious SELECT queries, you can make sure this is working correctly with the following statements: mysql> SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Master_Host: masterhostname.co.za Master_User: slave_server Master_Port: 3306 Connect_retry: 60 Master_Log_File: master-bin.054 Read_Master_Log_Pos: 16664104 Relay_Log_File: slave-relay-bin.045 Relay_Log_Pos: 17657643 Relay_Master_Log_File: master-bin.054 Slave_IO_Running: Yes Slave_SQL_Running: Yes Replicate_do_db: vne Replicate_ignore_db: Last_errno: 0 Last_error: Skip_counter: 0 Exec_master_log_pos: 16664104 Relay_log_space: 17657643 This is a mature slave that has been running a while. The master is already on the 54th binary log. You can see if the slave is running correctly by looking at the Slave_IO_Running and Slave_SQL_Running. The most important field is the Last_error field. mysql> SHOW MASTER STATUS; +----------------+----------+--------------+------------------+ | File | Position | Binlog_do_db | Binlog_ignore_db | +----------------+----------+--------------+------------------+ | master-bin.054 | 16664104 | | | +----------------+----------+--------------+------------------+ The above is from a master that has been running a while. It is already on binlog 54. Starting to replicate from a particular point in the binary logs If you need to force the slave to begin at a certain point, usually when the master has been running with an active binary log, you can do so as follows. The following starts with the 3rd binary log, as position 420. You can find the position using mysqlbinlog. mysql> CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_LOG_FILE='master-bin.003' MASTER_LOG_POS=420; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> SLAVE START The SLAVE START and SLAVE STOP commands are used to manually stop and start the slave. The slave will also always stop if it comes across an error while replicating. Removing old binary logs On active databases, the binary logs tend to grow quite quickly. You may have used RESET MASTER in the past to clear them, but you cannot do this to the master while replicating! The statement to use is PURGE MASTER LOGS. First, make sure that all slaves have replicated to at least the log beyond which you want to remove. For example, in our earlier example, both the slave and the master are on log master-bin.054, so we can safely remove master-log.053 and before, as follows: mysql> PURGE MASTER LOGS TO 'master-bin.053'; MySQL will not allow you to remove a log that the master is still using though. Replicating specific databases only As mentioned earlier, the master and slave database server do not need to be entirely in sync, with all databases and all tables from the master replicated onto the slave. By default, the slave will replicate everything, but you can change this behavior with the following options in the slave configuration file: replicate-do-db=db_name (replicate this database) replicate-ignore-db=db_name (don't replicate this database) replicate-do-table=db_name.table_name (replicate this table) replicate-ignore-table=db_name.table_name (don't replicate this table) replicate--wild-do-table=db_name.table_name (allows wildcards, e.g db% would be all databases beginning with db) replicate-wild-ignore-table=db_name.table_name (ignore all specified tables, with wildcards) These options can all be used multiple times in a single configuration. A couple of other useful options: replicate-rewrite-db=master_db->slave_db (allows you to use map databases that use different database names on each server) log-slave-update (writes replicated statements to the slaves binary logs) A few complexities Before shutting down a slave server (mysqladmin-shutdown, not STOP SLAVE, make sure it has no temporary tables open (these may be needed for a statement to be replicated). You can do this with SHOW STATUS to see the value of Slave_open_temp_tables. This annoying feature should be fixed soon, so please check the latest documentation. The USER(), UUID(), LOAD_FILE() and CONNECTION_ID() (before MySQL 4.1.1) functions do not work reliably on the slave (they are replicated without changes). Before MySQL 4.1.1, FLUSH, ANALYZE, OPTIMIZE, and REPAIR statements are not replicated. This means that if you change permissions on the master by editing the tables directly, you will need to manually FLUSH PRIVILEGES on the slave too. Make sure the slave and the master are using the same character set. Multi-master replication is a method of replication employed by databases to transfer data or changes to data across multiple computers within a group. Multi-master replication can be contrasted with a master-slave method (also known as single-master replication). The term Multi-master can also be applied to systems in general where a single piece of information can be updated by one of several systems. That is, no one system can be said to own the information and be able to control it consistency and accuracy. Benefits of Multi-master replication : If one master fails, other masters will continue to update the database. Masters can be located in several physical sites i.e. distributed across the network. Disadvantages of Multi-master replication : Most multi-master replication systems are only loosely consistent, i.e. lazy and asynchronous, violating ACID properties. Eager replication systems are complex and introduce some communication latency. Issues such as conflict resolution can become intractable as the number of nodes involved rises and the required latency decreases Methods [edit] Log-Based A database transaction log is referenced to capture changes made to the database. For log-based transaction capturing, database changes can only be distributed asynchronously. [edit] Trigger-Based Triggers at the subscriber capture changes made to the database and submit them to the publisher. With trigger-based transaction capturing, database changes can be distributed either synchronously or asynchronously. [edit] Implementations Many directory servers based on LDAP implement multi-master replication. OpenDS implements "synchronization" instead. [edit] Active Directory For example, one of the more prevalent of multi-master replication implementations in directory servers is Microsoft's Active Directory. Within Active Directory, objects that are updated on one Domain Controller are then replicated to other domain controllers through multi-master replication. It is not required for all domain controllers to replicate with each other's domain controller as this would cause excessive network traffic in large Active Directory implementations. Instead, domain controllers have a complex update pattern that ensures that all servers are updated in a timely fashion without excessive replication traffic. Some Active Directory needs are better served by Flexible single master operation. [edit] Oracle Oracle database clusters implement multi-master replication using one of two methods. Asynchronous multi-master replication commits data changes to a deferred transaction queue which is periodically processed on all databases in the cluster. Synchronous multi-master replication uses Oracle's two phase commit functionality to ensure that all databases with the cluster have a consistent dataset. [edit] MySQL MySQL ships with replication support. Using features introduced in MySQL 5.0, it is possible to achieve a multi-master replication scheme.[1] [edit] PostgreSQL PostgreSQL offers multiple solutions for multi-master replication, including solutions based on two phase commit. There's Bucardo, PgPool and PgPool-II, PgCluster and Sequoia as well as some proprietary solutions. Another promising approach, implementing eager but asynchronous replication is Postgres-R. It's still in development. [edit] Ingres Ingres Within Ingres Replicator, objects that are updated on one Ingres server can then replicated to other servers whether local or remote through multi-master replication. If one server fails, client connections can be re-directed to another server. It is not required for all Ingres servers in an environment to replicate with each other as this could cause excessive network traffic in large implementations. Instead, Ingres Replicator provides an elegant and sophisticated design that allows the appropriate data to be replicated to the appropriate servers without excessive replication traffic. This means that some servers in the environment can serve as failover candidates while other servers can meet other requirements such as managing a subset of columns or tables for a departmental solution, a subset of rows for a geographical region or one-way replication for a reporting server. In the event of a source, target, or network failure, data integrity is enforced through this two-phase commit protocol by ensuring that either the whole transaction is replicated, or none of it is. In addition, Ingres Replicator can operate over RDBMS's from multiple vendors to connect them. [edit] DBReplicator DBReplicator is a powerful open-source Java application for network-based multi-master heterogeneous database replication or filtered synchronization. Supported databases include: CloudScape / Apache Derby / JavaDB, DaffodilDB / One$DB, IBM DB2, Firebird (database server), MySQL, Oracle Database, PointBase, PostgreSQL, SQLServer, Sybase.
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Deniz Tortum
Ulas Tuna Astepe, Sergulen Onan Dervisoglu, Zeynep Olcer, Burak Cevik, Selim Can Bilgin, Meric Selcuk Cetinkaya, Osman Baran Tortum, Murat Dervisoglu, Zarif Tortum, Ismail Gurbuz
US theatrical: 12 Mar 2013
At its heart, Zayiat (Casualties) is a story about the search for meaning not only as a metaphorical quest but also as an exploration in structure. Director Deniz Tortum adopts the long, stoic shots favored by iconic directors Akira Kurosawa and Abbas Kiorastami as a visual vehicle for a tale that is at as universal as it is deeply Turkish. The rhythmic cinematography at the heart of Zayiat is deeply compelling, drawing us into a story that may or may not be all that interesting on its own. There's a sort of hypnotics at work here that hints at the core idea of the story while still keeping that essential kernel of je ne sais quoi intact.
In more narrative terms, Zayiat is the story of a young man, Mete, who embarks on a lukewarm search for his missing father in the streets of Istanbul. The movie opens with a man falling into the Bosphorus Strait on a cold winter night. We know that he must have died, but we don't know if this man is Mete's father. As we are introduced to our young protagonist, we are struck almost immediately by his incessant cough. Like the tedium of winter in an Istanbul that seems more claustrophobic than draped in grandeur, his cough is suffocating. It stays with him throughout the movie and we are often left wondering what its origin might be. Like so many of the questions we will ask during Zayiat, we just won't ever know the answer.
Mete continues his half-hearted search for his father throughout the film. We are treated to a view of Istanbul that we would likely not see as tourists wandering the streets. We're also immersed in a family life and introduced to cultural expectations that drive the disappearance of Mete's father while providing some sense of motivation for the film's action. Still, there's a sense in which Zayiat does not adhere to its story.
Yes, Mete is there looking for his father the whole time. But as we watch some of Tortum's most sensitive and gorgeous shots, we get lost in them. We forget what we are looking for at all. There is the snow on the Bosphorous, there is an elevator next to a door behind which the answer is not standing. This general sense of becoming lost may frustrate some viewers who believe that cinema should be, foremost, about telling stories. For those who are interested in the visuals of inner and outer exploration, Zayiat will be much more intriguing.
Zayiat was shot in less than a month with no real budget to speak of. Yet it serves as an excellent reminder that the heart of film lies in engagement with emotion, something that is accomplished by skill and intent—not financing. Though it is not a perfect film, Tortum's feature debut is certainly worth watching and considering. As we follow Mete through the streets of Istanbul, we see that structure and repetition dominate our lives no matter our attempts to evade them. Perhaps the only one who has escaped is Mete's father; then again, can we ever know?
Look for Zayiat at festivals in the U.S. and Europe throughout the spring and summer.
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What is a Watershed?
Watershed Resources
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Welcome to the Lancaster County Watershed Website!
This site is designed to promote and foster watershed protection efforts throughout Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
None at this time.
Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance Meeting
Wednesday, July 1st at 7PM at the Rapho Township Bldg. (Colebrook Rd., Manheim)
Lancaster County Conservation District Board Meeting
Wednesday, July 1st at 7:30PM at the Farm & Home Center (1383 Arcadia Rd., Lancaster)
Mount Joy Borough Rain Barrel Workshop -
Saturday, July 11th from 9-11AM at Little Chiques Park (229 Park Ave., Mount Joy)
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Millcreek Preservation Association Meeting
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Water Quality Volunteer Coalition Meeting
Wednesday, July 15th at 2:30PM at the Farm & Home Center (1383 Arcadia Rd., Lancaster)
ittle Conestoga Watershed Alliance Meeting/Picnic
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Donegal Fish & Conservation Association Meeting
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Lititz Run Watershed Alliance Meeting
Tuesday, July 28th
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Monday, August 3rd at 6PM at the Bachman Property (Peartown Rd., Reinholds
Lancaster County Clean Water Consortium Steering Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 5th at 3PM at the Farm & Home Center (1383 Arcadia Rd., Lancaster)
Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance Meeting
Wednesday, August 5th at 7PM at the Rapho Township Bldg. (Colebrook Rd., Manheim)
Lancaster County Conservation District Board Meeting
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The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for its 2015 Growing Greener Plus Watershed Protection and Restoration Grants Program.
For the upcoming grant round, the Department will invest in projects that will ultimately protect or restore, or both, watersheds in the Commonwealth from impairment due to nonpoint source pollution, with a focus on priority activities. Examples of eligible projects include those that will reduce nonpoint source pollution in watersheds where streams are impaired, projects that will help reduce Total Maximum Daily Load pollutants, and integrating stormwater management into watershed management and water conservation strategies.
Applications will be accepted for this program until July 10th.
For more information visit the
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National Fish & Wildlife Foundation's (NFWF) Technical Capacity Grants Program now open.
NFWF in partnership with EPA, is soliciting applications from approved NFWF Technical Assistance Providers ("eligible applicants") to provide technical services on behalf of local governments, nonprofit organizations, and conservation districts ("eligible beneficiaries") for projects that enhance local capacity to more efficiently and effectively restore the habitats and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Eligible beneficiaries interested in receiving technical capacity assistance through this program are encouraged to consult NFWF current list of eligible applicants which list the expertise, geographic service area, and contact information for approved NFWF Technical Assistance Providers. Applications may only be submitted by eligible applicants and must list and document the support of at least one eligible beneficiary.
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The Homeowner's Guide to Stormwater
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I am having trouble with the MVVM pattern and Commands in my WPF app. The problem is not so much the MVVM pattern, but more the stuff that is going on on my GUI. I'll explain the situation:
My app can DoStuff to some files. I have a class with a function
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- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc785480.aspx?pr=blog
- http://jmorrill.hjtcentral.com/Home/tabid/428/EntryId/432/MVVM-for-Tarded-Folks-Like-Me-or-MVVM-and-What-it-Means-to-Me.aspx
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx
What I understand so far is that I have to keep as much as possible out of the UI. Even stuff like UI influencing the UI. I.e. unchecking
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You really have no idea what's going to happen in this. For the most part, I appreciate you making something unpredictable. I just wish it didn't come off as so surprising. The music was fairly good. You could have ended with just showing the hamster get away as I felt sorry for that cat.
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Trendy yet tasteful hotelPosted Jun 21, 2015
Pros: Loved the style of it. Very hip. The location is great. The staff is wonderful and the spa was very nice.
Cons: I would love to council the bar and restaurant with the wine list. Not so good by the glass. Would like yard care to begin after 9:00am. Noisy early.
Location: Convenient to all historic squares, shopping, Forsyth Park, Savannah waterfront.
The Mansion is a beautiful hotel located directly next to Forayth Park. It is on the city's tour trolley route, walkable to downtown and waterfront, shuttle service, if you don't want to walk, to a sister hotel on the waterfront (the Bohemian). The rooms are beautiful, lots of amenities such as robes, honor bar, in room coffee, and good internet. Our room was spacious with a huge bathroom. The hotel has a great full service spa, restaurant, two bars, and a small outdoor pool to cool off in. The staff is first rate and always extremely helpful. I expect a lot when I pay a certain amount and this hotel didn't disappoint for this trip. One thing to be aware of is that this hotel is very popular for wedding receptions. There were at least two per day while we were there on the weekend. Very lively.
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This property is a perfect mix of old and new. The building is beautiful, what you would expect for historic Savannah, with a mix of contemporary art and decor. This hotel is an extremely good value and I highly recommend it. When in the pool area you feel like you are in the Mediterranean. The restaurant, 700 Drayton, is also gorgeous with wonderful, exciting food. They provide a shuttle to their sister hotel that is on the river. The staff was professional and willing to help. My room was beautiful and had everthing I could possibly want. There is also an on-site spa and a fitness center. It has it all! Exquisite!
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Cons: The shuttle bus!!!
Location: Excellent location. Went to river walk one day but really only had one day to sightsee and the weather did not cooperate.
Our stay was very nice. The staff at the hotel is excellent and hotel is beautiful and in a nice quiet street with lovely places to walk. We had excellent room service three times and ate at the hotel restaurant which was excellent also. The only thing that I would see as a negative is that the shuttle bus that the hotel provides to guests is terrible. For such a wonderful place to stay and then when a guest requires the use of the shuttle, it is very disappointing. The hotel needs to invest in a new shuttle!!!
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from München
Hotel mit individuellem DesignPosted Jun 9, 2015
Das Hotel liegt sehr schön direkt an einem Park - etwas entfernt von dem touristischem Zentrum am Fluss. Die Sehenswürdigkeiten Savannahs lassen sich sehr gut zu Fuß erreichen, genauso auch Restaurants. Das Hotel hat einen kostenlosen Shuttleservice zu dem Schwesternhotel Bohemnian, welches direkt am Fluss und damit im Kneipenzentrum liegt. Unser Zimmer war bei der Ankunft nicht fertig, was das Personal aber mit kostenlosem Frühstück während unseres Aufenthalts in der Conciergelounge entschädigt hat. Das Personal war sehr nett und hilfsbereit und hat uns bei der Restaurantauswahl gute Empfehlungen gegeben. Das Zimmer war schön, sehr sauber und mit einer freistehenden Badewanne. Allein der Pool ist etwas sehr klein geraten, wirkte auf den Hotelbildern größer.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Savannah EscapePosted Jun 8, 2015
Relaxing location, quiet boutique hotel with lovely fit out with everything we could need. Spent four nights with "the girls". Had easy access to main attractions and entertainment and used the facilities at the hotel to unwind and relax. Staff friendly and helpful and food delicious and affordable.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from K
Beautiful Hotel Great LocationPosted Jun 1, 2015
My. daughter and I spent two nights at Mansion on Forsyth Park during May 2015. From the time.we checked in our stay was excellent. The rooms were spacious and very clean, service was top rate and the food first tate, The location was close to downtown Savannah. We will be staying here again.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Posted May 26, 2015
Pros: The location is superb and the staff is great. The first time I've ever received a thank you note from housekeeping thanking me for a tip.
Great hotel. Small but very comfortable and relaxing.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from miami
CharmingPosted May 11, 2015
The hotel is beautiful and really ties in the old savannah charm. Staff was friendly and knowledge. Wonder place and great people.
for Couplesby A verified traveler from Miami, FL
A brief stop in SavannahPosted May 7, 2015
Pros: The service, the service, the service. I have never been treated so well.
Location: The hotel is just across from the famous and beautiful Forsythe park. You are only a about a beautfiul 1 mile work to the riverfront and city market.
This is without a doubt the best service I have ever had at a hotel. From the doormen and valets to the front desk and inside staff I have never been treated better. My wife and I will only stay here from now on when we visit Savannah.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from London, UK
Funky hotel in an excellent locationPosted Apr 25, 2015
Pros: The decor, the funky bathroom, the location
Cons: nothing
Location: Very well-located for the historic quarter, and being next to Forsyth Park is very nice.
Having stayed in a traditional Savannah inn on my last visit, I decided, having seen this from the outside, to give it a try. I loved it! The location, opposite Forsyth park, is very pleasant, and within easy walking distance of the heart of the historic district. There was free on-road parking round the corner, which suited me fine. The hotel looks lovely - very modern, full of distinctive art work, and the room was great, if slightly unusual: the bathroom was part of the bedroom (although it could be curtained off), which might not suit everybody, but there was both a lovely bathtub and also a great shower. The room was also very spacious, well-designed and quiet - no noise from passing guests (always a potential hazard in US hotels!). The bar was very nice, with a pianist, although he was rather loud, so we took our drinks to the terrace outside.


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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Safety should remain Cowboys' priority
By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas – Last week the Cowboys had a private workout with Texas safety
Kenny Vaccaro
. They saw him again Wednesday at the Longhorns' pro day in Austin.
Today the Cowboys signed veteran
Will Allen
to a one-year deal.
So does it relate to Vaccaro or the team's potential to select a safety early in the draft?
It shouldn't.
Allen has started 33 games in his first nine seasons. He started seven last year in Pittsburgh during
Troy Polamalu
's absence. He has four interceptions and 11 pass breakups in 130 games. He played in Tampa Bay for coordinator Monte Kiffin, so that helps.
But the Cowboys did not sign (or pay) Allen to be a starter. He offers some veteran protection with
Barry Church
Matt Johnson
Danny McCray
the only safeties on the roster.
The Cowboys are expected to bring Vaccaro in for one of their top-30 visits and also had a private workout with LSU's
Eric Reid
. ProFootballTalk reports that Florida International's Jonathan Cyprien will also make a pre-draft visit to Valley Ranch.
Safety remains very much in play for the Cowboys early in next month's draft, as it should.
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Artists Wonkap, Tek9, Bratkilla
March 20, 2011
Eight amazing dubstep tracks (bratkilla, wonkap, tek9) that will take you to a whole other level. If this doesn't get you hype as fuck, you don't have a pulse.
Honor You, Awesome Mix.
Not even Shazam could find some of this blasting Shit !
brostep? haha thats a new one
Great mix I can at least
listen to this and not let it turn into brostep.
Trap Harder Than Trap by Mandark
Trapstyle= Hardstyle + Trap.
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Pelvic thrusts and booty shakin' ALL day with this bad boy right hur.
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Making Love Among The Stars by Mandark
This mix is meant for many things.
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Heavier Than Thor's Hammer, Filthier Than Your Mom by Mandark
I'm going to get straight to the point on this one.
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Six Sunny Day Observations from the Magic Kingdom
by Seth Kubersky on July 5, 2015
If you follow my Best Week Ever column, you know that I've had the dubious fortune of getting exceedingly damp during my last few visits to Walt Disney World. You may have even begun to believe that I carry my own storm clouds around with me, like a cursed Douglas Adams character. So, I thought it was time to sweep away the clouds with six sunny day observations from the Magic Kingdom, where I (miracle of miracles) recently spent an entire afternoon with barely a drop of rain.
Same-Day FastPasses Aren't Extinct
On my most recent Magic Kingdom visit, I was breaking in my brand-new blue MagicBand, which I received free via mail as a renewing Annual Passholder. (After a few more years I should have the whole color collection). And what better use for a new MagicBand than FastPass+ attraction reservations?
Of course, you may assume that by showing up on a busy summer afternoon and not checking for FastPass availability until I was riding the tram to the TTC, I'd be out of luck. But much to my delight, I was able to secure some decent ride times, after a bit of fiddling with the MyDisneyExperience system.
Pro Tip: The MDE mobile website is much more user-friendly than Disney's smartphone app when searching for alternate time slots.
SATURDAY CLASSIX: A Theme Park Salute to All Nations (But Mostly America)
by Derek Burgan on July 4, 2015
This week's SATURDAY SIX is a Salute to All Nations (But Mostly America). July 4th weekend brings out the patriotism in all of us, and nothing is more American than our favorite theme parks. Created with the opening of Disneyland in 1955, theme parks — along with comic books and jazz music — are one of the rare forms of art that we in the USA have given to the citizens of Earth. Thankfully, they are all so good that the world forgives us for everything else we've given them such as Zima, reality television, and the KFC Double Down. So raise Old Glory up to full staff, put Real American on the
CD mp3 player, and let's dive into some theme park American goodness starting with…
# 6 – Voices of Liberty (Epcot)
Located at the American Adventure pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, the Voices of Liberty are an 8 person a cappella group that will have your heart swelling with pride as they belt out some of the most well known songs paying tribute to our country's rich history. The playlist includes: "America the Beautiful," "This Land is Your Land," "This is My Country," "You Raise Me Up," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." And you just may hear a song from a little movie called Frozen…
SATURDAY SIX: Six Ways Disney is Playing "Chicken" with Guests This Summer
by Derek Burgan on July 4, 2015 14 Comments
This week's SATURDAY SIX takes a look at Six Ways Disney is Playing "Chicken" with Guests This Summer. We are little over a month away from the ultimate Disney fan event – the D23 Expo – where we will gain some insight into the future of the Walt Disney World parks. While the California parks have been blessed in recent years with a $1 Billion renovation to Disney California Adventure (bringing Cars Land, World of Color, and a new park entrance) along with upgrades to Disneyland for the park's upcoming 60th anniversary (including the critically praised Paint the Night parade and Disneyland Forever, a new nighttime spectacular,) the Florida parks have been recipient of things less noticeable by your average guest like MagicBands, My Disney Experience, and Downtown Disney's transition to Disney Springs. While additions like Animal Kingdom's Wilderness Explorers and Winged Encounters have drawn rave reviews, they don't have the pick-your-jaw-off-the-ground moment like seeing Radiator Springs Racer's Cadillac Range mountains or walking into Universal's Diagon Alley.
Many expect us all to be wowed by what will be announced at the D23 Expo, some even speculating a $3 Billion overhaul to DHS (for the record, we here at the SATURDAY SIX don't expect anything approaching that number, but even "just" a Billion dollars goes a long way baby.) One thing is for certain, whatever is coming isn't coming soon, and today we're going to look at how Disney is all but taunting guests to open their wallets starting with….
# 6 – Disney's Hollywood Studios outright dares guests to go to the park
What a year for Disney's Hollywood Studios. In fact, DHS has removed so many things without replacement that Matt Hochberg – the park's biggest defender – is rumored to be hiding in the same bunker Saddam Hussein was found in. The Sorcerer's Hat, gone. Studio Backlot Tour, gone. American Idol Experience and The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow, gone. Recently it was announced that the Magic of Disney Animation will be closing on July 12th and those in the know report that One Man's Dream is also on the chopping block. Every park loses stuff as its part of normal theme park operations, but the difference here is nothing has come in to replace anything. Well, to be fair, a recent Soundstage Lounge was installed at the Jack Sparrow location. Unfortunately it looks more like the filming location for a sequel in the Saw series of films than your usual WDI made ultra-detailed area. The park has a shrinking amount of attractions, and while Frozen Summer Fun will get us through the next couple months, then what?
In Case You Missed It: Disney News and Rumors – Week of July 3, 2015
by Rikki Niblett on July 3, 2015 2 Comments
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July! Celebrate our country's independence, but keep in mind that whatever you're doing this weekend, make sure you stay safe and think smart!
Disney has passed the 1 billion dollar box office mark, a Universal attraction could be getting a refurb, and more!
In Case You Missed It – Disney and Universal Orlando News and Rumors
Do you believe the latest rumors? These are some doozies for sure. I'm not sure I believe all of them, but it would be interesting to see what becomes fact and what becomes fiction. (Soon? Disney, please? Like around one month from now?)
Disney is the second most respected company according to Barron's. Read the rest of this entry »
What I Wish I Knew Before My Disney Cruise
by Savannah Sanders on July 3, 2015 8 Comments
Several weeks ago, I took my very first Disney Cruise! I had debated whether or not to try out the Disney Cruise Line for years, as I am one of those people who likes to go 12 hours straight at Disney World and wasn't sure if I could handle being confined to a single ship. But after hearing so many glowing reports about the Disney Cruise Line from other Disney fans, I decided to take the plunge with a 3-Night Bahamian Cruise on the Disney Dream with stops in Nassau and Castaway Cay, Disney's private island. So how was it? Let's just say that I'm already looking at booking my next cruise! But I have to admit, as a cruising newbie, there were a few things that I had to figure out during my incredible 3 days aboard the Disney Dream; and while I have very few, if any, complaints I still couldn't help but think on what I wish I knew before my Disney Cruise that would've made things a little easier.
So if you're planning your first Disney Cruise, or it's been awhile since you cruised with Mickey and the gang, here's a few things that I wish I knew before my Disney Cruise on the Disney Dream. Bon Voyage!
1. Your Dining Rotation is on Your Key to the World Card – Your Key to the World Card is the most important item you will have on your cruise. Not only is it the key to your stateroom, it's needed to get on and off the ship and tells you which muster station to report to. What I didn't know before my cruise was that the three capital letters printed at the bottom of the card were my restaurant schedule for the cruise. For example, my card had AER printed next to my dining time. Maybe you fellow cruisers are smarter than me, but I had no idea what that meant! As it turned out, the first letter stood for Animator's Palette, where I was scheduled to eat the first night on board. The second stood for the Enchanted Garden and the third for the Royal Palace.
New Backstage Experience at Disney's Contemporary Resort
by Rikki Niblett on July 2, 2015
Are you a foodie family? Then you should consider taking part in the brand new Disney Family Culinary Adventure experience at Disney's Contemporary Resort. During this interactive evening that lasts approximately four hours, guests will be able to prepare and cook a five-course dinner to be served in the kitchen. The Disney Family Culinary Adventure is aimed for the whole family, beginning with guests age 9 or older and the tour can accommodate up to 30 guests.
Experiences can include learning how to make pasta from scratch, roll sushi, or make farmer cheese.
Upon arrival in the kitchen, guests will be broken into groups and assigned a portion of the meal, which they'll prepare with the aid of a Chef. Teams will regroup to introduce their menu item before sitting down to a wonderful group dinner. At the conclusion of the adventure, guests will be presented with a cookbook signed by the Chefs and a white Chef's hat. In addition, beer and wine are included for Guests 21 years and over.
Also on hand will be a Disney PhotoPass photographer who will capture photos of the group during the experience.
This will be taking place at the Convention Center at the resort, and guests should check in for the event on the second floor of the Convention Center, near Atlantic Room B. The program is planned two evenings a week (days vary), starting at 5:00 p.m.
This experience costs $175 per adults and $125 for those ages 9-12.
Seth Kubersky's Best Week Ever July 2, 2015: Wetcot
by Seth Kubersky on July 2, 2015 9 Comments
Grab your passport and your poncho, because we're continuing the rainy refrain from last column with a Best Week Ever visit to Epcot, or as I now call it, Wetcot. Recently, I've been on a mission to photograph the menus for every single eatery — table service, quick service, and vendor cart — inside the Walt Disney World parks, as part of our ongoing effort to provide you with the most complete and current WDW menu information anywhere on the internet. (If you think tracking down every food venue across four parks sounds stressful, pity Laurel's poor fingers as she inputs thousands of items into our database.) But despite my practical purpose in visiting Epcot last week, I couldn't help but pause for a moment to appreciate some of the park's overlooked wonders, thanks to the wrath of Mother Nature.
It all started with cheerful blue skies, fluffy clouds, and blazing sunshine as I arrived in early afternoon. Don't be fooled: this is Central Florida, where the weather can turn on you twice as fast as a spinning teacup.
Here's what wait times were like in Epcot as I was riding the tram in. Not too ridiculous, considering that this day was predicted as a 9 out of 10 on our crowd calendar.
I had to chuckle as I spotted this construction wall signage near the tram drop-off. Perhaps it's a not-so-subtle signal to the folks transforming Maelstrom into Frozen Ever After?
Minion Mania takes over Universal Studios Florida
by Dani on July 1, 2015 8 Comments
They're small, they're round, they're yellow, and when you set foot in Universal Orlando, they're seemingly everywhere. The adorable, funny, and mischievous minions from the Despicable Me movies are about to get their own movie and Universal Studios Florida is awash in minion mania. Families and fans can get minionized in more ways than ever before, making this summer the perfect time to visit Universal Orlando and celebrate all things minions. Let's take a look at all the ways you can get into the minion mania.
Minion Scavenger Hunt
New for this summer a fun, simple, and silly scavenger hunt takes place throughout all of the Universal Studios Florida theme park. It's not elaborate and obviously temporary, but it adds an entertaining way to celebrate the new minion movie. Families and friends are sure to have a good time reading the clues and exploring the park together.
Simply pick up your scavenger hunt card at the minion merchandise store, Super Silly Stuff. The card will give you the instructions and contains 10 clues describing where to find each answer. It's a scratch off card, so some of the clues are partially obstructed by the scratch off panels, which is kind of frustrating; I'm not sure why the scratch off panels aren't just under each clue instead of on top off the clue, but I guess we'll just say it adds to the mystery of the scavenger hunt. Each clue gives a description of where in the park you will find your answer. The answer is marked by a large decal or display of the minions with an answer indicating one of the three most famous minions: Bob, Stuart, and Kevin. Once you see which minion is the answer just scratch off the bubble for the appropriate minion.
The Best Queues in Walt Disney World
by T.J. Van Fechtmann on July 1, 2015 10 Comments
I do not like waiting in lines. I'm an impatient person and I always have been. But I do love Disney World so you can see how this could be a problem for me. Thankfully, Disney is all about making every experience at their parks magical. Yup, even the waiting in long lines part. Over the past several years, I've noticed a trend at Disney Parks where many attraction queues have been getting special care and attention to become more immersive and interactive. Of course, not all lines, waiting areas and queues are created equal. Some attraction queues are done so well that they feel like a natural extension of the attraction itself while others are indistinguishable from waiting in line at the bank only if the bank were outside in 90 degree weather and the customers all wore fanny packs and mouse ears. What was my point again? Oh right, the lines. Some Disney World lines are just a cut above the rest. These selected attractions below feature the Cadillacs of queues. They'll have you saying, "Wow, look at those suckers with Fast Passes. They wish they could experience this line!" In all seriousness, though, I always appreciate excellent Disney Imagineering and I really believe that these queues are representative of that. Read the rest of this entry »
DisneyQuest Will Close at Downtown Disney
by Rikki Niblett on June 30, 2015 9 Comments
Bye bye Cyber Space Mountain. See you later Buzz Lightyear's AstroBlasters. Sayonara Virtual Jungle Cruise. DisneyQuest Indoor Interactive Theme Park will be officially closing its doors sometime in 2016. The extremely dated video and virtual game center which featured 5 floors of virtual worlds, 3D encounters, and classic video games will be making way for the recently announced NBA Experience.
NBA Experience will feature hands-on activities that put guests right in the middle of the NBA action, creating an immersive experience of both the game and its players. Guests will enjoy unique NBA video productions, a restaurant, and a store.
DisneyQuest opened in 1998 in Downtown Disney's West Side and was originally supposed to become a chain, however, the idea didn't take off like Disney had hoped.
There has been no official closing date announced, so I'll make sure to keep you posted in the future.


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Oliver Springs' Dakota Thompson made only one shot Tuesday night against Wartburg, but that one shot was a huge one as Thompson's three-pointer with five seconds left turned out to be the game winner in the Bobcats 57-55 victory over the visiting Bulldogs.
The Rockwood Tigers and Oakdale Eagles completed their season series Tuesday night with the Rockwood boys and Oakdale girls picking up victories.
Oakdale's girls took the floor first and came away with a 50-43 victory.
Tuesday night wasn't a good night for the Kingston Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets as both suffered District 4-AA losses at the hands of Stone Memorial.
Darrell Ruffner's Midway Green Wave picked up a huge District 3-A victory Tuesday night, but the same couldn't be said for the Harriman Blue Devils.
Midway hosted Tellico Plains and avenged an earlier loss to the Bears with a 64-56 victory in overtime.
Public pressure has been ratcheted up on state Rep. Julia Hurley to do something about a redistricting plan that splits Roane County into separate House districts.
"We want our county kept together," Swan Pond resident Sarah McCoin said.
McCoin said she started a Facebook group titled "Tell Tennessee House Reps: Keep Roane County Together."
By Monday the group had over 600 members.
McCoin and County Commissioner Randy Ellis, who now is considering a run against Hurley, are administrators of the Facebook group.
A Roane County World War II veteran will be given one of France's highest honors because of his contribution to the liberation of France from German occupation.
Harold Davis will be bestowed with the Légion d'Honneur in Atlanta Thursday. He is among 17 other veterans receiving the award.
Davis, who fought in the Eighth Air Force, served in England on the crew of a B-24 Liberator bomber against German fighting planes.
Last spring, Randy Ellis said he had no plans to run for the state representative seat held by Julia Hurley.
Ellis, a District 2 Roane County commissioner, has since changed his mind and is now contemplating a run against Hurley in the Republican primary.
"I'm in the decision-making process of whether I'll run or not," he said.
Ellis said the reversal stems from responses he's gotten from people in the last few days.
The Roane County Democratic Party is holding a grand opening at its headquarters at 108 Court St. in Kingston at noon Saturday.
Third District Congressional candidate William Taylor of Chattanooga is among the guest speakers.
Hotdogs and and snacks will be served and pictures can be taken with cardboard cutouts of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden.
The RCDP executive committee meeting will be held immediately after the grand opening.
Surrounded by rivers, lakes and streams as we are in this part of Tennessee, it is hard for us to realize how important water — and the oasis it makes possible — is in the arid desert regions of much of the world.
Persia as far back as the seventh century was larger than present-day Iran and included Turkestan and Iraq.
Back then, a part of the Islamic faith was that the garden represented Paradise or heaven.
Water was abundant in this garden, filled with trees for shade from the merciless heat and flowers that would never fade.
By Freddy Groves
King Features Syndicate
In early December, when the Wreaths Across America program put wreaths on graves at Arlington National Cemetery, I flashed back to the ongoing problem of the graves errors at the cemetery: unmarked graves, headstones with no remains, broken urns with scattered remains, graves with more than one person buried in them.
The problems, it was thought at the time, could involve upward of 6,000 graves.
Congress demanded that the Army "provide an accounting" of all the gravesites at Arlington.
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