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I'm somewhat confused by what you mean when you say "entire membership," maybe it's too late for me to try thinking about these sort of things...
Otherwise, good site.
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Making Openfree a part of LHN should improve the liveliness of the forums due to the potential increase in visitors.
Openfree was originally the LHN forums, but was split off into its own domain. It would be just returning. www.openfree.org/forums would become www.linuxhomenetworking.com/forums. The posts and threads will be unchanged. Visitors would be automatically redirected to the new location. Links to threads will not break.
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Johan Santana discusses his no-hitter
After tonight's no-hitter against the Cardinals, Johan Santana had the following to say about:
His pitch count, and Terry Collins' visit to the mound in the eighth:
"He just asked me how I was feeling, and I told him I was fine. In that type of situation, you don't think about pitch counts. I was just trying to get quick outs, and I was just going with it. He came over to me when I was sitting in the dugout, and he told me, I was his hero. And that was the end of it, and I told him I wasn't coming out of the game."
What his no-hitter means to the fans:
"I knew the Mets never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. We worked very hard, all the things we have gone through, and I have been through. This is very, very special, and I know this means a lot to New York."
Mike Baxter's catch to save his no-hitter:
"It was amazing. When Yadier Molina hit that ball, I just saw Baxter going back, and running to the warning track. When he made that catch, I didn't even know it was in his glove. It was great, it was amazing. It was unfortunate he had to come out of the game, but at the time, it saved us big time. That was the key. Everybody played a big role tonight, and we worked as a team and made it happen."
Carlos Beltran's groundball which actually hit the chalk on the third base line:
"It was tough because it happened so quick. I wasn't able to see anything. They just called it foul and I just stayed with it. There are times when one play makes the whole difference, one call makes the whole difference. If that is the case, then tonight that was that call. I can't say anything about it. I just went with it, and the umpire made his call, and that was the end of it."
Making history with this franchise:
"It's an honor. When I came to this team in 2008, I came to help this team win a championship. We have been through a lot of things, but I will never give up. We always been together, we win, lose together, and to be able to accomplish this is an honor. I know how much this means to New York, and the New York Mets. It is definitely something I am proud of and happy to be part of. Hopefully this will continue, and there will be more coming from anybody."
The clubhouse celebration:
"Amazing. When I went in the dugout, I was talking to Ed Coleman. They came out with bottles of champagne to start celebrating. When I came in, they were all sitting down and waiting. I thanked them because we did this together. It's not just about me. We had a great, great game tonight. Everybody participated, we did the little things the way we were supposed to do it, and it worked out good. I thanked them because we as a team made history tonight."

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I had recently been looking to improve my drum skills but I didn't have time for formal lessons. I turned to the Internet for help. I've come across two Meinl artists who are revolutionizing the way people can learn drums. Mike Johnston and JP Bouvet's educational websites have really helped me improve and bring some new grooves into my practice routine.
Mike Johnston is arguably one of the best educators and definitely the most enthusiastic educator out there. His website mikeslessons.com has been one of the most popular and informational lesson sites in the drumming community. He breaks down everything he plays, slows it down, and communicates what he's doing clearly so anyone can learn to play and master whatever skill he's teaching. I primarily use his site when my fills are getting boring and I need something new and exciting. His linear licks can add spice to anyone's playing and has certainly tuned up my drumming. My favorite is his linear triplet fill that goes KRLKKRLRLKRL in a sixteenth note triplet fashion. It may look simple but, when sped up and applied as a fill around the kit, this lick kills!
JP Bouvet has recently started up his new lesson site, jpbouvetmusic.com. I use this site almost everyday. Going through his Single-Double-Rest Theory has given me four-limb independence I have never known before. I play an ostinato, one part that repeats over and over, and take turns playing a single, double, or rest anywhere it can fall in the measure with any free limb. Through this method I have learned some awesome Latin grooves such as Afro-Cuban and different variations of Samba. I usually don't play music like this and I was surprised how much learning these grooves could apply to jazz and metal. Playing a bembe on the ride bell and 2/3 clave on the snare, over some double-bass has really opened my eyes to the limitless potential of mixing genres to form something new!
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I've been taken online lessons from Mike since his 70 something lesson I think (his 800th lesson is today). He is a great drummer and educator but more than that a great human and role model. I'm now earning a living teaching and gigging and owe a lot to him.
I don't currently subscribe to JPs lessons but I enjoy the free ones he sends out and love the fact he also replys to emails. Both of them are lacking ego and honestly want to help people.
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In a departure from normal practice on this site, this post is a commentary on a piece of out-and-out fiction (unlike most of the other posts which deal with a more subtle kind). Michael Crichton's new novel "State of Fear" is about a self-important NGO hyping the science of the global warming to further the ends of evil eco-terrorists. The inevitable conclusion of the book is that global warming is a non-problem. A lesson for our times maybe? Unfortunately, I think not.
Like the recent movie "The Day After Tomorrow", the novel addresses real scientific issues and controversies, but is similarly selective (and occasionally mistaken) about the basic science. I will discuss a selection of the global warming-related issues that are raised in between the car chases, shoot-outs, cannibalistic rites and assorted derring-do. The champion of Crichton's scientific view is a MIT academic-turned-undercover operative who clearly runs intellectual rings around other characters. The issues are raised as conversations and Q and A sessions between him (and other 'good guys') and two characters; an actor (not a very clever chap) and a lawyer (a previously duped innocent), neither of whom know much about the science.
So for actors and lawyers everywhere, I will try and help out.
The issues Crichton raises are familiar to those of us in the field, and come up often in discussions. Some are real and well appreciated while some are red herrings and are used to confuse rather than enlighten.
The first set of comments relate to the attribution of the recent warming trend to increasing CO2. One character suggests that "if CO2 didn't cause the global cooling between 1940 and 1970, how can you be sure it is responsible for the recent warming?" (paraphrased from p86) . Northern Hemisphere mean temperatures do appear to have cooled over that period, and that contrasts with a continuing increase in CO2, which if all else had been equal, should have led to warming. But were all things equal? Actually no. In the real world, there is both internal variability and other factors that affect climate (i.e. other than CO2). Some of those other forcings (sulphate and nitrate aerosols, land use changes, solar irradiance, volcanic aerosols, for instance) can cause cooling. Matching up the real world with what we might expect to have happened depends on including ALL of the forcings (as best as we can). Even then any discrepancy might be due to internal variability (related principally to the ocean on multi-decadal time scales). Our current 'best guess' is that the global mean changes in temperature (including the 1940-1970 cooling) are actually quite closely related to the forcings. Regional patterns of change appear to be linked more closely to internal variability (particularly the 1930's warming in the North Atlantic). However, in no case has anyone managed to show that the recent warming can be matched without the increases in CO2 (and other GHGs like CH4).
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Clare Martin has been teaching astrology since 1990 at the Faculty of Astrological Studies and the Centre for Psychological Astrology. She has an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy, and works in London as a counsellor and astrological consultant. Clare is currently President of the Faculty of Astrological Studies and a supervisor and lecturer at the CPA.
About the Faculty of Astrological Studies
Patrons: Baldur Ebertin, Ph.D., Hon. D.F.Astrol.S.
Liz Greene, Ph.D., D.F.Astrol.S., Dip.Analyt.Psych.
Robert Hand, B.A., Hon. D.F.Astrol.S.
Julia Parker, D.F.Astrol.S.
Past Patrons: John M. Addey, M.A., D.F.Astrol.S.
Dane Rudhyar, Hon. D.F.Astrol.S.
President: Clare Martin, M.A., D.F.Astrol.S., Dip.Psych.Astrol.
The Faculty of Astrological Studies was founded in London on 7th June 1948 at 19.50 BST. Its aim, then and now, is to raise the standard of astrological education and to provide a first class professional training for the practising astrologer. Over the years more than 10,000 students from over 90 countries have enrolled on the Faculty's courses. The Faculty is internationally recognised and respected and, as the list of alumni shows, many of the world's leading astrologers have been students of the Faculty. Liz Greene, Mike Harding, Charles Harvey, Julia Parker, Melanie Reinhart and Howard Sasportas are just a few of the Faculty's Diploma holders who went on to become leading lights in the world of modern astrology. The Diploma of the Faculty of Astrological Studies is a highly regarded professional qualification, and Faculty Diploma holders are entitled to use the letters D.F.Astrol.S. and to be included in the Faculty's Directory of Astrological Consultants.
The Faculty's Courses
The Faculty aims to guide its students through astrology's abundance and complexity, as they gradually build their knowledge, learn to think for themselves, and to use astrology with skill and confidence. The Faculty's courses are designed to provide a comprehensive, thorough and ethically aware professional training for the modern consultant astrologer.
Foundation Course
The Foundation Course is designed for complete newcomers to astrology and for those who wish to consolidate their previous knowledge and reading within a structured course. The Foundation Course provides a basic understanding of the language of astrology and the ability to calculate and interpret a birth chart. It also includes an introduction to the astronomy of the solar system, an overview of the history of western astrology, and students will be encouraged to start exploring their own ideas about some of the philosophical questions that arise from the study and practice of astrology. There are no formal admission requirements, although basic mathematical skills and good written and verbal communication skills are necessary. Students for whom English is a foreign language should have the ability to write in English reasonably well.
Diploma Course
The Diploma Course is designed as a two-year course for students who have completed the Foundation Course. During the first year of the Diploma Course, students are introduced to the major timing techniques used in modern astrology - transits, lunations and eclipses, solar returns, progressions, the progressed lunation cycle, and directions. They continue to develop their chart interpretation skills, integrating the timing techniques, learning to use the graphic ephemeris, and exploring the major house systems in use today. During the second year of the Diploma Course, students are introduced to further techniques - midpoints, harmonics, synastry, and electional astrology - and explore astro-geography and the relationship between the individual and the collective. The Diploma Course culminates with a study of practical astrological consultancy techniques and the development of advanced interpretation skills.
Studying with the Faculty
The Faculty's courses are flexible, enabling students to study by Distance Learning, live classes, or at Summer School. Students are free to choose whichever method of learning most suits their circumstances at the time.
Distance Learning
The advantage of Distance Learning is that students can begin their studies at any time and work through the courses at their own pace, with the one-to-one support of their own personal tutor.
Classes and weekend seminars
Classes and weekend seminars are held in central London. The advantage of studying astrology at live classes is the opportunity to meet like-minded people and to learn from the experience and examples of other students. A Saturday fast track Foundation Course is held each year, beginning in January. Weekend classes are particularly popular with Distance Learning students, providing a balance between home study and live classes.
Summer School
The Faculty's annual Summer School attracts students from all over the world for weekend and week-long programmes suitable for both beginners and experienced astrologers. It is also possible to study complete Diploma subjects at the Faculty's Summer School.
Faculty tutors
All the Faculty's tutors are holders of the Faculty's Diploma. Their aim is to ensure that students have a rewarding and individually supported learning experience. Whichever method of studying is chosen, the tutors provide guidance and feedback to ensure that students work through to the successful completion of their studies.
Qualifying with the Faculty
Students are welcome to enrol on any of the Faculty's courses, whether or not they intend to gain the Faculty's qualifications. For those students who wish to work towards the Faculty's Diploma, examinations are undertaken at home, in their own time.
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in SE Asia ...
in SE Asia ...
This thread title made my heart jump.
Shame on you Seya.
same amount of delay you'll get from the JP servers, maybe a bit less. I'm staying on the JP server, though. Atleast till they release the crafting.
Don't play with my heart like that.
Still, English localization. Yay. :3
I don't know what I was thinking to be completely honest.
Asiasoft and it will have a region block excited for nothing.
Currently Playing: Dawngate, LoL, FFXIV, Random Steam Games
What the hell is a Pwarp?
too late localization, should've released a year ago and it would had flourished really well.
now? niche.
I'm surprised anyone would've guessed otherwise. They pretty much said Anywhere other than JP and SEA doesn't mean shit to them considering SEGA is full blown retarded with how they handle servers. And as Candy said, they're playing the waiting game for far too long to the point that any kind of EU/NA server will most likely be Dead on Arrival.


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Submission Dell releases Ubuntu-powered cloud servers->
angry tapir writes: Dell has released two servers for the U.S. market that have been customized to run Ubuntu-based cloud services. The company has outfitted its PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers with Canonical's Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), an implementation of the Eucalyptus private cloud software that runs on the Ubuntu Server Edition operating system.
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MASSENA - A 28-year-old Massena-area man will be sentenced in July after pleading guilty to harassment and criminal mischief counts stemming from a May 2012 domestic dispute.
Village police had charged Chad J. Kirkey of 6139 McGinnis Road, Waddington, formerly of 6 Woodlawn Ave., Apt. 2, Massena, with a felony count of third-degree criminal mischief, misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault and second-degree unlawful imprisonment as well as three count of endangering the welfare of a child following an incident in the early morning hours of May 11, 2012.
He pleaded guilty to reduced counts of second-degree harassment and fourth-degree criminal mischief. Massena Village Justice Eric J. Gustafson directed the probation department to conduct a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for May 23.
Kirkey, who was allegedly was intoxicated at the time, returned to the Micheleine Cogdill residence at 2 a.m. May 11 and assaulted her. He reportedly bit Ms. Cogdill on the left cheek and burned her left leg with a cigarette during an altercation he initiated. She also reportedly suffered a cut to her arm.
He also reportedly grabbed her by the neck when she was trying to get three children back to sleep after they woke up due to the commotion. He also reportedly dragged her to the bedroom and restrained her on the bed during the argument. He also broke a 42-inch television during the dispute, police said.
Ms. Cogdill told police at the time of the incident Kirkey was heavily intoxicated when he came to her residence and accused her of cheating on him.
In other recent court action before Judge Gustafson:
■ Samantha H. Larue, 21, of 13921 state Route 420, Massena, pleaded guilty to petit larceny in a plea bargain agreement that also satisfied a charge pending in the town of Madrid. The court directed the probation department to conduct a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for July 23.
Larue was charged with shoplifting $34.82 worth of merchandise from Price Chopper on Jan. 26. The items included a candle, two story books, a box of hair dye and food coloring.
Mr. Gustafson warned Larue that she needed to stay out of trouble while she is waiting to be sentenced. Ms. Larue, I note this is your fifth arrest for petit larceny, he noted.
St. Lawrence County Assistant Public Defender Alison Appleby assured the court her client had cleaned up her act. Theres been nothing for some time, Ms. Appleby said.
Nothing since January, and she was incarcerated for some of the time since then, Mr. Gustafson countered. There are some people out there who wouldnt find that to be an amazing accomplishment.
■ Donna M. Smoke, 50, of 149 Helena Road, Hogansburg, entered a guilty plea after a felony count of fourth-degree grand larceny was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of petit larceny. The court directed the probation department to conduct a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for July 23.
Smoke and her son, Tony R. Thomas, 27, also of 149 Helena Road, Hogansburg, were arrested by village police Sunday and charged with grand larceny.
The pair allegedly stole $1,411.43 worth of electronics, groceries and other merchandise from Walmart. Police said the items included DVD players, two Xbox 360, games, videos and several other items.
Store employees witnessed the theft and gave police a description of the suspects vehicle, including a license plate number. They were arrested a short time later after a traffic stop.
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Long, warm shawl collar wrap cardigan in a chunky textured knit with cable detail down the sleeves. Self tie belt at waist with belt loops. Single pocket at chest and raglan pockets at sides.
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• 65% wool, 13% acrylic, 11% polyamide, 10% mohair
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Thread: Finding value of beer stein?
12-04-2012 #1
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Finding value of beer stein?
How do I figure out the value of a beer stein?
This one is hand painted, made in Germany, has a pewter top, is presumable brand new and has a pewter top.
Problem is that I have come to find out that these can range from worthless into the hundreds of dollars.
Is there something special I need to look for in order to find the value?
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From looking at the marking I can tell that your stein was made by King-Works (King-Werk) of Germany. Their Website has a wealth of information on the production of these beautiful beer steins.
SteinCenter.com lists a large number of steins by manufacturer and you might be able to locate one like yours there. Good luck!
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Also check out the Worthopedia and look for comps; I saw items that seem to appear like yours selling in the approximately $20-100 range, but you need to check it out and compare them to what you actually own.
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You were right. I got $20 for this item. Thanks for the tips.


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Echo Global Logistics Inside Sales Interview Questions
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Interviews for Top Jobs at Echo Global Logistics
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Inside Sales Interview
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics (Chicago, IL).
Typical interview process. After you apply online there will be a phone interview. After the phone interview there will be an in person interview. The last step is another in-person interview and shadowing the carrier or customer sales department. Background check, no drug test.
Interview Questions
- Tell me about yourself? 1 Answer
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Inside Sales InterviewAccepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics (Dallas, TX) in December 2013.
At the career fair Echo found me, and boy did they want me...bad. I got emails, text messages, and phone calls inquiring when they could set up an interview with me. This was nice; it made me feel wanted and smart!!!
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- Where do you want to be in 10 years? 1 Answer
I asked for more money twice, and I met my manager in the middle. I make $38,000, but since I make more money than other sales reps it will take me longer to hit commission!!
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Inside Sales InterviewAccepted Offer
If they don't offer you a job you must have really said something stupid.
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No negotiation what so ever. If you don't like it they'll find someone else.
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Inside Sales InterviewAccepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics in September 2012.
The hiring process is kind of long--but stick with it. It is worth it. A recruiter will call you from Chicago and have a phone interview from you. (Sometimes the recruiters up there are streched a little thin, if they dont get back to you right away dont take it personally. I didnt hear from my recruiter for over a week and then found out I got my face to face and then was hired.) After that you will come in to the office for a face to face interview. You shadow a sales representative to learn about the job and then speak with both our manager and supervisor. Dont let anyone scare you away, all three of the managers in the Dallas branch are really down to Earth and easy to work for. After that you have an interview with HR and then could be offered the job.
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics (Chicago, IL) in August 2012.
First you have a phone interview. Then they have you meet with a variety of people to test your personality and question how you would handle situations (standard). You have to take a personality test as well. Be prepared to be there for a few hours for your in person interview because if they like you, they will have you keep meeting with management and possibly talk about options moving forward.
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- How would you handle a tough situation where your customer was upset because something went wrong with their shipment? 1 Answer
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Inside Sales InterviewAccepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics (Chicago, IL) in April 2011.
Really short informal phone interview where I explained my background and was given some info on the company. Then I met with two recruiters in person. They asked me some tough questions, but it still felt very comfortable to be there. Then, I watched someone in the role I was interviewing and I got a better understanding of what exactly i would be doing and I could definiltey see myself in the role. After that I met with two VPs and they gave me some good info on the company as a whole. I wasnt really sure if they liked me, but I eneded up getting the position so I guess I did well.
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The salary wasn't negotiable since it was a base plus commission. You can pick a time frame when you want to start though. It seems like they try to push you towards one over another, but I really dont think if you show prefrence it will hurt your chances at an offer.
Inside Sales InterviewAccepted OfferNeutral ExperienceEasy Interview
The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics (Chicago, IL) in January 2010.
Pretty easy interview. I was just asked basic behavioral based questions. Nothing out of the ordinary compared to other interviews.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics in May 2011.
Basic phone interview with the standard questions. Went in for a face to face with the branch manager and she was very easy to talk to but at the same time very honest of what she expected out of employees. Also did a 30 min job shadow with an employee and he was very helpful and honest on the pro and cons of the job. Really seems like a excellent place to work.
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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics in February 2011.
Found my resume online and contacted me about being interested in a possible position. Had a short 10 minute phone interview asking me questions about my experience in my resume and a little bit more of what the company did. At the conclusion of the phone interview they asked to set up a face to face interview. Went in and it was fairly normal with the review of my resume and why i wanted to be in sales. Then concluded with me asking any questions i had.
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The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Echo Global Logistics in November 2010.
They contacted me after my resume was seen on a website. Echo called to see if I was interested, which I was because I heard good things about the company. They asked if I could come in for the first interview and then at the end of the first interview they asked me to come back for a final interview a week later.
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where can i download photoshopp anyway?
where can i download photoshopp anyway?
ChUunin NinjA oF tHe FoRuM
haha. ever tried a url for the name of the thing?? its http://www.photoshop.com
you only get the 30 day free trial.
Can someone explain to me what GIMP exactly is?
Gimp is another Graphics / art making system except its free.
Photoshop costs alot of money.
IF you want it the link is http://www.gimp.com
i dont understand well
what i can do at gimp?
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Drupal 7 Tutorial: Features Module [March 12, 2014]
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Join Prasad Shirgoankar, Curriculum Developer, Acquia Learning Services for a step-by-step introduction to Features in Drupal 7. Features helps you package up configuration so you can move it more easily between environments. Prasad will also cover best practices when creating Features, and give you some tips to make it easier.
In this webinar you will learn:
• What the Features module does
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Moderator: Webinar is a Drupal 7 tutorial with the features module with Prasad Shirgaonkar who's the Curriculum Developer for our Learning Services Department here at Acquia. We're really excited to have Prasad on the call. Thank you, Prasad, for presenting to us today.
Prasad Shirgaonkar: Hello, everyone. So good morning, afternoon, evening to everyone. We are going to talk on the Features module today. Just a quick introduction of myself, I work as a Curriculum Developer for Acquia Learning Services. I design and conduct training programs on Drupal as well as on Acquia products. I worked for over 20 years and I have been working on Drupal since Drupal 4.7. Today, we are going to talk about one of the key challenges faced by Drupal developers. That is the configurations management challenge. Let's talk about challenge first and then obviously we follow by the solution
Prasad Shirgaonkar: Yes. Perfect. Okay. So we're going to talk about one of the key challenges and that's about the config management or the configurations management challenge and obviously it will be followed by the solution. Let's first look at the challenge, what exactly is the challenge first. If you followed Drupal's recommended development practices, you will typically have a well-defined development workflow. A typical Drupal development workflow consists of multiple environments where your code resides. For example, you may have a local development environment, and a staging environment, and production environment there remotely. You do development on your local environment, you post your code to your staging environment, you do some testing over there, and once the testing is finalized, you push your code to the production environment.
Now, a Drupal site. Typically, the components of a Drupal site as you are aware are the code which are your modules and themes, the configurations which are the content types and views and vocabularies and all the configurations that you do using Drupal's GUI and the content, that's the nodes, and terms, and users blocks, all the contents which is added by users to the site. So typically, code resides in code files, so modules and themes are in their own individual files, the .module files and .tpl.php files, java script files, and CSS files, and so on. The content on the other hand, that resides in the database so the nodes and terms and users, they're all form of the database. Up to Drupal 7, the interesting part was the configurations that we do for building a site like the content types and views, they also reserved. The definitions are also stored in the database.
Now, when you are doing the initial development of your website, copying your code and data or the database from your one environment to another environment, it's a very straightforward process. So if you're using some version control system like GIT, you just check-in your code into GIT and check-out on your stage environment and database, you simply take the database down from the environment and push it to another environment and all your environments are getting synced, obviously. When you go down the development stages and when you are doing the continuous development of your website, copying code is simply straightforward but copying database from an environment to another environment becomes increasingly difficult. In some stage, it might become even impossible.
Now, this is because the developer develops the code locally, he adds his own data and does the testing, pushes the code to staging environment. On staging environment, the client test users might add some data independently and when they add the data, they do their own testing and then the code is pushed to the production environment. In production environment, then there's a live data, the actual data added.
Now, if you copy over your database from one stage, one environment to another environment, it wipes out the data off the target environment. That's why it becomes almost impossible to copy all the data on the database or actually the configurations that's stored in the database from an environment to another environment. So this is one of the most prominent challenges faced by Drupal developers. So how do we manage Drupal's site configurations? How do we move configurations from one environment to another environment without affecting the data or content of the target environment? That's the challenge that we are going to discuss today and as everything else in Drupal, there's a module for that. That module is called as features. So what is features module? So this is the URL from where you can get features module, it is drupal.org/project/features. Features modules, as its own name says, it enables the capture and management of features in Drupal.
Now, a feature can be defined as a finite, a defined set of functionality or entities which taken together can satisfy a certain use case. So take the example of, say, a news article. So you have content-type name news articles. You can have a view in which produces various pages or blocks. You could have some taxonomy terms which are used for that particular content type. On that bundle together can create a news feature for your website. What features module does is that it converts and stores site configurations in code rather than in the database.
Now, here are various applications or use cases of features module. We can move your site configurations from database to code which makes it extremely easy to move between environments like the development, staging, and production. We can also check-in in a version control system, like if you just define all your configurations in the database, it's impossible to check them in in a version control system. Say for example you want to revert back to a previous version of a view, which might be an extremely complex view, it's absolutely impossible to do it without Drupal's UI. If you convert that into code and if you version control it properly, you can very easily revert back to a specific version in the past. Another great application that it has got is that you can distribute these features as independent features or independent modules and re-use them across various sites. So suppose you are developing a large set of sites and all the sites require, say, use functionality or requires a user listing functionality or requires, say, a products catalogue. You create it once, you convert that into a feature, and you can use it across multiple sites to minimize your effort or minimize duplication.
So how does features module do it? Let's have a quick demo of features module. I'm using my local environment and on my local environment I have this dev site and staging site. Now right, now both of these sites or both the environments are on the single machine but they could have been on completely different machines or completely different places, but for this demo purpose, I'm using it on just a single machine but two different code bases completely. So both the sites have almost the same set of modules, but different data. As you can see, the site names and the home pages and everything is slightly different. Now, suppose my dev site is having, say, a content type. That's news and also a view, news, which pulls the data of that content type and displays it as a page. That functionality is not there on my staging site. Now, if I want to push this specific functionality from my dev environment to my staging environment, I first of all check if I have features module enabled, so I had downloaded and enabled the features module. So enable the module. Features functionality is available on the structure and features. There is no feature right now so I'll just create a feature. I'll give a name to my feature, let's call it as "News". Just give a unique description. A package, I can just give, say, "My features" and I'll give a version for this particular feature.
Now, on the right-hand side, I can see various components that I can select. So inside this, what I'm going to select now is the news content type. It could automatically detect the various dependencies that are required to give news content type and I'll also select news view. So I select all the features that I want to be bundled in this particular feature. I could either download the feature so that it will create code files and download it into a tar or open "Advanced options" and I'll give a path where it can generate, give an existing path where it can generate the feature and I will click "Generate feature". Now, if I go to my code base, I'll find that under the site, so we'll use the path which I've specified. It has created a new folder called the "news". Inside, features has created several files which are these feature files. I'll go back to my URL and go to features page again and I can see that it has created a new feature, the news feature which is currently disabled, so I'll just enable it on the current environment.
Now, we'll see the use kits; why we need it too or why we should enable it on the source environment. That we'll be in a few minutes. So this is enabled, I have the news feature of news content type and view, now that's bundled into a feature.
Now let's move that to my target environment so just copy this module with folder, you go to my target environment and you'll have the same folder features custom. I'll just put it as that folder. Going back to my target environment, I'll just check. I'll verify features module is enabled, so you see that features modules is enabled. I can also see that this item module might be just inside that group, it's the news module. I could either enable it from here or I can just go and check from my features site and I'll see the news feature is added on my staging environment as well. I'll enable it and bam, I have a news view added over here and the content types. I have the news content type added over here. So this has absolutely saved me a lot of time of rebuilding that content type as well as a view on the stage. It could be actually a bundle of like multiple content types and multiple views. You can bundle inside a single view, a single feature, and post it from one environment to another environment. So that's the basic use case or basic use, basic application of features module.
Going further in the workflow of features module, what happens if we make changes to our configuration? So in the content type, say, news content type. If I want to add a new field later on, and I added a new field which is the location field and the text-based field. Now, this on the dev site, if I go to structures and features overview page, and I'll also add inside the view, if I make some changes, say, I don't know the behavior. So "no data". So I've made some changes to my content type, I've made some changes to my view. If I go to structure and features now, it shows me the state as overridden. What that means is that the configurations which are stored in the code of features are now different than the configurations which are stored in the database. So I need to either to match them, I need to regenerate the code on my source site. So I'll just click see what's happening so that you can be sure that the database is different and I go to recreate, and under recreate, under advanced options, and just generate the feature. So after I generate, I'll just view it again and make sure that it's in the default state. Now, I need to copy the newly generated code from my source site, that's my source site from where I'll just copy this new and better code and I'll just replace the code on my destination site.
So I'm just doing it fairly crudely over here. I really should be doing it and checking it in a version control system and checking out from that system in the real world. Now, if I go to my staging environment and go to structure, and features, just let me try clearing the cache. Okay, so it has the empty text as well as I can see that it has created on content types in news as either the new feed. So basically whatever changes I do on one environment, I can keep on adding, keep on just reflecting those changes or transferring those changes from one environment to another fairly easily with features module. Going back to our – let's have some discussion on some other features of the features module. So some intricacies of features modules and how do we extend features module. There are some unique terminologies with features module. Those datasets that we saw on the features page, sometimes, that shows a state that's overridden that we saw. There's an option to revert or there's an option to update the feature. So when we want to save, make changes, use site configurations in the database. When we do revert, actually what it does is that it changes the configurations in the database to match with that in the features module's code. When we update a feature, what it does is that it creates and produces a newer version, a newer code versions between the configurations from the database.
So these two terms are used quite often with features module. The key question that people asked is that what exactly can be 'feature'ized? So these are the things which can be 'feature'ized or which the configurations can be stored in features module. From the core, we can store content types, we can store vocabulary definitions, user loads, permissions, field definitions, text formats, menus and menu items, and image styles. They all can be exported to a feature. From contributed modules, we can store the views definitions, panels, mini-panels, rules that we use for sites, context, as well as the display suite configuration. These all can be 'feature'ized and many, many other contributed modules. They can export their own settings to features module. What cannot be 'feature'ized are field like content. So things like nodes, terms, users, and your custom blocks that you add, and the native blocks that you add to the site. These cannot be 'feature'ized because that's content and they cannot be stored as a part of code.
A couple of advanced usages of features modules, if you use the module called the Strongarm module that exposes Drupal's entire variables system to features which basically means that you can export things like your site name, the site slogan, or your team setting, and anything that is stored in the variables table that can be exported into a feature. If you use Diff module, you can actually compare when it shows that feature is overridden. It shows what exactly is the difference. That, you can be using Diff module. Features module has got fantastic integration with Drush. There are lots of Drush command like we can lift all the features, you can see the components of an individual feature. You can see the differences in the feature, in the database and the code. You can expose features, you can revert features, and of course you can update features. So these are all the extensions or advanced uses of the features module.
Just a little slide on resources, where you can find all these, so features module on drupal.org is at drupal.org/project/features, then comprehensive documentation along with examples on drupal.org, and the links for Strongarm module, and Diff modules. So this was a brief presentation about the features module, its use cases, and how to use that module. I'm open for questions now.
Moderator: Great. Thanks, Prasad. If anybody has any questions, could you please ask them now in the Q&A section? We had one come in so far. Can installation of features be automated during Drupal installation like installation profiles in some way?
Prasad Shirgaonkar: Yes, perfectly. It can be. So when you create features, they actually become like your modules. Sorry, just a minute, I just stopped sharing my desktop. Okay. When you create features, they become like modules and you can include them as part of installation profiles and they can be automatically enabled while installing new sites.
Moderator: Awesome. The next question is using Drupal 6 here still. Is there a very big difference between 6 and 7 in the features module?
Prasad Shirgaonkar: Yes. The main difference is in the URL features module but the core, I think, that it does. The core content, the core entity that can be exported. That hasn't changed.
Moderator: Okay. As a reminder, slides and recording will be posted to our website. I think that's it for questions. If anybody has any follow up questions, you can reach out to me or Prasad and we can get them answered for you. Prasad, would you like to end with anything?
Prasad Shirgaonkar: No. I just would like to say that for doing the normal day-to-day, Drupal Development workflow, and if you are especially working on complex projects, features is an absolutely must have step in your Drupal workflow. It saves a lot of time for development as well as keeps our code, our configurations completely under our control. So it's absolutely worth spending time and exploring that module. Make sure that you use it and make it a part of your day-to-day workflow.
Moderator: All right, thanks so much everyone. Thanks Prasad.
Prasad Shirgaonkar: Thanks, bye.
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MASSENA — The technical aspects of golf are one of the most analyzed in all of the sporting realm.
But OFA coach Joe Lynch spoke about intangibles after his Blue Devils followed up a Northern Conference Division I title by winning their school's first Section 10 championship in 10 years, on Friday, at the par 71 Massena Golf and Country Club.
Playing in cold, soggy conditions that forced a three-hour delay for the start of the tournament, the Devils crafted a 436-460 margin over second-place Malone. Potsdam shaded Massena 469-470 for third place.
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