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SARANAC LAKE Harrietstown Town Justice Howard Riley has resigned from the position after being served with formal disciplinary charges by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct.
According to the commission, as part of a stipulation agreement resolving the matter, Mr. Riley, justice since Jan. 1, 2008, has agreed not to seek or accept judicial office again. His term was due to end Dec. 31, 2015.
According to the agreement, Mr. Riley was served Feb. 26 with a formal written complaint containing two charges of alleged misconduct in his handling of cases between January 2010 and December 2011. The allegations included, among other things, that in numerous cases, predominantly vehicle and traffic law violations, Mr. Riley engaged in inappropriate conversations with defendants at their arraignments and other appearances before him and allowed them to make potentially incriminating statements.
It also was claimed that Mr. Riley dismissed or reduced charges without notifying or seeking the consent of the Franklin County district attorneys office, as required by law. In several cases, Mr. Riley made statements that appeared to coerce defendants into entering guilty pleas and, in a small claims action, he directed a defendant to present his defense first, before the claimant presented his case.
Mr. Riley, who is not an attorney, tendered his resignation June 1 and left the bench Aug. 1.
His unexpired term is expected to be filled in the November election.
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Allen Tune opened his arms and wrapped his son Tyler in a bear hug.
Together, they laughed and smiled and celebrated.
You have to understand — neither the coach father nor the star son show emotion on the basketball court. Stone faced, they are. So to be so jubilant on the State Fair Arena court was fairly out of character.

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OriolesRedskins28 wrote:Can we please trade for Chase Headley already? What the heck is taking so long...? Could there be a better position player fit for the O's? A great defensive 3B who has a patient approach (the anti Wilson Betemit). I wonder how much the Padres would want for him. Probably more than the O's should give up at this point unfortunately...
dan72 wrote:I honestly think Garza and Soriano addresses 2 of our needs. The Cubs would have to eat a portion of Soriano's contract. This is a very real posability that has been rumored for weeks. I think Soriano adds to our offense a power bat, he could bat 4th and then move wieters down the line up where he belongs.
Garza would be our best pitcher (Chen and Hammel are both pitching above their career averages).
I like Brett Lawrie, He has a competitiveness that I like. He plays 3b, which we need and I think he will continue to blossom as a hitter. He would be my fantasy land player.
Yeah I know I picked 3 players.
Matt P wrote:For one season - Joey Votto
For the future - Mike Trout
I really don't see how anyone can pick anyone else.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (NECN) -- The Maine lottery is killing a marketing concept that would have had store clerks selling "Kwikies" to customers.
Lottery officials said they were hoping to increase sales of instant scratch tickets, but some store clerks said it felt more like harrassment.
Gary's "Quick Stop" in Richmond, Maine sells hundreds of instant scratch tickets every day, but the state's Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations believed they might sell even more tickets by branding them under a catchy new name.
"The thought simply was to describe the benefit of the instant games. They're quick and easy to play and they're fun," said Bureau Director Gerry Reid.
The name that rose to the top of a pool of more than fifty options was "kwikie"--spelled with a "k".
Customers thought the name was a strange choice -- and store clerks said they did not look forward to managing "kwikie" transactions all day long.
"I'll ask if they want an instant or a scratch ticket, but i'm not asking if they want a quickie. it's not appropriate, said Kelli Beckim, store clerk.
"It's ridiculous. No one's comfortable. the customers or us," added Lori Harrington.
The Director of the Maine Women's Lobby says its hard to grasp what the panel of six was thinking when they chose the new brand name.
"I would hope in the year 2013, the state is not trying to make money using sex. That's appalling," said Eliza Townsend."
Lottery officials say they did test market the quickie concept informally, running it by the owners of the two biggest lottery retailers in the state, and later by another 30 lottery agents.
Reid said they thought the idea was a bit controversial but for the most part funny.
He said it wasn't until they took idea to all 1300 retailers around the state that they fully grasped the resistance.
"We had considered the risk. We were overly optomistic. Now we'll move on," said Reid.
To which, The Maine Women's lobby's Townsend said "Phew!. You wouldn't think it could get this far."
The state did succeed in drumming up a little excitement around a new concept.
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The website designs you have made are really quite stunning to say the least.
Good work !
They look amazing. As a webdeveloper I wouldn't hate doing any of these. Ofcourse there could be some improvements like the font type and size, but for the rest; keep up the good work!
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wow really nice and that made me think that I still need more practice :3
I'm pretty jealous, they look fantastic. Kinda inspires me to want to do this sort of thing.
can you code and apply these layouts to the web is the important question.. the designs themselves though five star quality
This all have a great wishes for you.. I also like your art it looks so nice, great work done..
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Have a wonderful day!
Thanks a lot!
If I honestly inspire people to try that sort of thing, that is really flattering and would make me very happy
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Three-Point Barrage Highlights Bluejay Madness
OMAHA, Neb. - In front of a standing room only crowd at D.J. Sokol Arena, the Creighton men's and women's basketball teams celebrated the beginning of their 2013-14 seasons with Bluejay Madness.
The ceremonial season opening event featured scrimmages from both squads as well as the annual three-point shooting contest.
Creighton's men's scrimmage kicked off the evening as Doug McDermott and Austin Chatman thrilled the crowd with two alley-oops. Led by McDermott, the White team downed the Blue, 32-28.
The Bluejay women's scrimmage battle featured Sarah Nelson and Marissa Janning for the White team, and Alyssa Kamphaus and McKenzie Fujan leading the Blue squad. Behind a combined 21 points from Fujan and Alexis Akin-Otiko, the Blue team earned a decisive 32-14 win.
The highlight of the evening was the three-point contest. Eight teams of one men's player and one women's player began the event. The top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals
First Round:
Jahenns Manigat / Marissa Janning - 21
Ethan Wragge / Sarah Nelson - 18
Doug McDermott / MC McGrory - 16
James Milliken / Lauren Works - 14
Isaiah Zierden / Sammy Jensen - 13
Austin Chatman / McKenzie Fujan - 12
Avery Dingman / Tessa Leytem - 12
Grant Gibbs / Jordan Garrison - 8
Milliken / Works - 18
McDermott / McGrory - 18
Manigat / Janning - 16
Wragge / Nelson - 11
Milliken / Works - 19 (won in a playoff)
McDermott / McGrory - 19
The night concluded with the teams signing autographs for fans.
The men play their only exhibition against Northern State on Friday, Nov. 1, at CenturyLink Center Omaha. The women's basketball team plays its lone exhibition match at home against Fort Hays State on Monday, Nov. 4, with a 7 pm tip at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Regular-season play begins on Nov. 8 as the men against Alcorn State at 7 pm, while the women's team faces Drake in Des Moines, Iowa at 7:05 pm.


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In the tradition of Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant, a rollicking, eye-opening, fantastically indiscreet memoir of a life spent (and misspent) in the hotel industry.
Jacob Tomsky never intended to go into the hotel business. As a new college graduate, armed only with a philosophy degree and a singular lack of career direction, he became a valet parker for a large luxury hotel in New Orleans. Yet, rising fast through the ranks, he ended up working in "hospitality" for more than a decade, doing everything from supervising the housekeeping department to manning the front desk at an upscale Manhattan hotel. He's checked you in, checked you out, separated your white panties from the white bed sheets, parked your car, tasted your room-service meals, cleaned your toilet, denied you a late checkout, given you a wake-up call, eaten M&Ms out of your minibar, laughed at your jokes, and taken your money. In Heads in Beds he pulls back the curtain to expose the crazy and compelling reality of a multi-billion-dollar industry we think we know.
Heads in Beds is a funny, authentic, and irreverent chronicle of the highs and lows of hotel life, told by a keenly observant insider who's seen it all. Prepare to be amused, shocked, and amazed as he spills the unwritten code of the bellhops, the antics that go on in the valet parking garage, the housekeeping department's dirty little secrets — not to mention the shameless activities of the guests, who are rarely on their best behavior. Prepare to be moved, too, by his candor about what it's like to toil in a highly demanding service industry at the luxury level, where people expect to get what they pay for (and often a whole lot more). Employees are poorly paid and frequently abused by coworkers and guests alike, and maintaining a semblance of sanity is a daily challenge.
Along his journey Tomsky also reveals the secrets of the industry, offering easy ways to get what you need from your hotel without any hassle. This book (and a timely proffered twenty-dollar bill) will help you score late checkouts and upgrades, get free stuff galore, and make that pay-per-view charge magically disappear. Thanks to him you'll know how to get the very best service from any business that makes its money from putting heads in beds. Or, at the very least, you will keep the bellmen from taking your luggage into the camera-free back office and bashing it against the wall repeatedly.
"Heads in Beds is Mr. Tomsky's highly amusing guidebook to the dirty little secrets of the hospitality trade. But it is neither a meanspirited book nor a one-sided one....[H]e winds up sounding like an essentially honest, decent guy. And his observations about character are keen, perhaps because he's seen it all....If this were simply a travel book of the news-you-can-use ilk, it would be of only minor interest. But Mr. Tomsky turns out to be an effervescent writer, with enough snark to make his stories sharp-edged but without the self-promoting smugness that sinks so many memoirs....Heads in Beds embraces the full, novelistic breadth of hotel experience.... [Tomsky] is no longer a hotel employee and now, with good reason, thinks of himself as a writer." Janet Maslin, New York Times
"For those of us who'd rather live in good hotels than in our own homes, oh Lordy, is this ever a horrifyingly good time. It's the sort of equivalent of WebMD for hypochondriacs: You know you're learning way more than is good for you, but you just can't stop reading. Tomsky, who may be an even better writer than a hotelier (and he's a damn good hotelier) has worked every job and every shift; he takes us into the bowels (sometimes literally) of the hotel business, with all the pomp and circumstance, the hidden filth, and the fears and aspirations and secrets of guests and staff alike." People
"For the uninitiated, staying at a luxury hotel can be a little intimidating....[But] front desk raconteur Jacob Tomsky is here to help. His sharp-witted, candid new book, Heads in Beds, demystifies the world of high-end hospitality....Coarse, smart and wickedly funny, the author delivers hilarious caricatures of the hotel guests and colleagues he has encountered over the years....Tightly written and laced with delicious insider tips." Washington Post
"Room upgrades. Free movies. Late checkouts. Jacob Tomsky promises readers the keys to the hotel industry kingdom in his tell-all book, Heads in Beds. The one-time philosophy major has spent more than a decade working in the industry and, like room service, he delivers the goods....Beyond tips, Tomsky has packed his book with outrageous anecdotes about guests...[and] the hotel staff too....Tomsky has only worked at hotels in New Orleans and New York, so readers may wonder if his tips will work anywhere else. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. But his stories are so good, it almost doesn't matter." Associated Press
"And I thought I had it bad when I worked in restaurants! Heads in Beds is a hilarious, informative, and naughty peek at what really happens behind the glitz and glamour of the hotel experience. Not content with dispensing advice on how to get a better room or avoiding the vengeful wrath of bellhops, maids, doormen, and front-desk clerks, Tomsky also spins a touching yarn on how he kept his dignity and humanity intact while dealing with insufferable guests, Expedia wannabes, predatory hotel managers, conniving coworkers, and the occasional pervert. After reading this book, you'll become either a better-educated hotel guest who constantly receives great service — or realize why you always get that noisy room by the elevator shaft. As a survivor of America's dysfunctional hospitality industry, I highly recommend this book." Steve Dublanica, author of the New York Times bestseller Waiter Rant
"Readable and often engaging....[W]hen the author is passionate about his career and is able to express his passion on the page, it can be a joy to read...hilarious." Kirkus Reviews
"Comparisons to Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential (2000) are inevitable…. [B]oth Tomsky and Bourdain purport to expose the underbelly of service industries with which most readers are familiar, hotels and restaurants. But where Bourdain is all rock 'n' roll, egotistical bluster, Tomsky is surprisingly earnest and sympathetic; there are, after all, no television programs called Top Desk Clerk. He wants your respect, not your adulation….Indeed, it would be easy to pen a book about crazy hotel guests. But this memoir succeeds, instead, in humanizing the people who park our cars, clean our hotel rooms, and carry our luggage. You will never not tip housekeeping or your bellhop again. Tomsky fell into hotel work and proved to be rather good at it; the same can be said for his writing." Booklist
"Those who want a hotel up-grade, who must make a same-day room cancellation without getting charged, or wonder why hotel water sometimes tastes like lemon Pledge need look no further than Tomsky's memoir, a collection of stories, memories, and secrets about the hospitality business. Bouncing around various hotel jobs...for more than 10 years, he's got the skinny that would make most travel sites blush.... But this is more than a collection of trade secrets; it's a colorful tale filled with vibrant characters from crazy bellmen to even crazier guests. Tomsky is a solid storyteller who is able to intricately detail all the insanity surrounding him." Publishers Weekly
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Jacob Tomsky is a dedicated veteran of the hospitality business. Well-spoken, uncannily quick on his feet, and no more honest than he needs to be, he has mastered every facet of the business, worked in many departments, and received multiple promotions for his service. Born in Oakland, California, to a military family, Tomsky now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Dr. Hajduk has over 14 years of experience in the field of geotechnical engineering and is a registered professional engineer in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. In addition, he holds a Masters Level certification in high strain dynamic pile testing. His past projects include the Charleston International Airport Terminal Parking Garage, the College of Charleston Addlestone Library, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge outside of Washington, DC, the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston County, SC, and the US-44 Extension in Carver, MA. Prior to joining the faculty of UML, Dr. Hajduk was a Senior Engineer for Terracon Consultants, Inc. and an Assistant Professor at The Citadel.
Dr. Hajduk was the 2009 Charleston Engineers Joint Council (CEJC) Engineer of the Year; was acknowledged as one of the Top 40 Under 40 in 2005 by the Charleston Regional Business Journal; and was awarded the 2005 Technical Merit Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers South Carolina Section (ASCE-SC). Two of Dr. Hajduk's projects have received regional and national awards. The Old Charleston High School renovation into the Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) College of Health Professions was awarded the 2004 Project of the Year by the Pile Driving Contractors Association and was a 2005 American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina (ACEC-SC) Engineering Excellence Award Winner. For this project, Dr. Hajduk developed the driven pile installation testing and inspection program, to include pre-construction surveys of adjacent structures, monitoring of ground vibrations, adjacent structures, and the free-standing brick masonry façade of old Charleston High School incorporated into new building during pile installation. The Morris Island Lighthouse Foundation Stabilization Phase I project received the 2008 Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA) Project of the Year Award and 2009 American Council of Engineering Companies South Carolina (ACEC-SC) Palmetto Award for Engineering Excellence. For this project, Dr. Hajduk designed the vibration control plan to monitor the historic lighthouse during installation of sheet pile cofferdam and surrounding rip-rap.
Dr. Hajduk is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the International Society of Micropiles (ISM), and the Civil Engineers Club of Charleston. Dr. Hajduk has over 30 technical publications in the field of geotechnical engineering and 2 publications relating to engineering education. He currently resides in Arlington, MA with his wife and four (4) children.


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- norbert posted on Jul 23, 2010 - 15:54 PM
this clip features a 5 minute long drum solo by chris coleman. during his performance at our festival chris assumed that his time was up after 30 minutes already. however, he had a total of 45 minutes available. luckily chris was cool about it and played two totally improvised drum solos. one of them you can see here now.
chris can also be heard on prince's new record 20TEN which is released worldwide one of these days now.
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Simon Hölscher posted on Dec 26, 2010 - 19:13 PM
Is that a dark or an extra dry china on Chris' right? LOVE IT!
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Oh I see, the extra dry as I expected. You really impressed me with that serie, Meinl!
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What characters should be escaped with their HTML entities. For example,
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What characters should be escaped with their HTML entities. For example,
I don't have comment privileges, or I would have left this as a comment on an earlier answer.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT escape an apostrophe in HTML using
This is not a valid HTML character entity reference. It is an XML character entity reference. While Firefox and Chrome, at least, will render the above as an apostrophe in an HTML document, Internet Explorer will not. And it is following the standard when it refuses to do so.
You may escape an apostrophe in HTML using
But I don't believe it is, in general, necessary.
I don't agree with Nate. You should ideally use as little escaping as possible and use UTF-8 to express characters natively. To do this you need an editor that can handle UTF-8 as well as a correct charset declaration, such as:
However, you should make it a habit to escape the characters that have a special meaning in (X)HTML, namely:
This will make sure you're not accidentally writing markup when you want to write these characters. This is especially important for user input, to maintain security. It's less obvious, but it's actually important to escape
If you're using PHP, you can use the
Update: I stand corrected on the apos issue. Damned pesky IE.
It depends on your use case, but we should probably be discouraged from using ' in natural language generally, so the issue shouldn't arise unless you have computer code in your XML.
Where we have strings translated, we find that some translators replace the closing quotes with the unicode curly quotes, but leave the straight quotes as the opening quotes, leaving them visually unbalanced and looking unprofessional.
The unicode characters ' and ' should replace ' where possible, much as " and " should replace ". This is useful because computers don't recognise curly punctuation as special. (Although I'm amused to see that Stack Overflow/Chrome considers 'don't' to be a spelling error, whereas it's happy with 'don't'.)
It doesn't help that we have the very enticing ' and " characters right on the keyboard.
If your apostrophe belongs to content, escape it. Any other content characters that can be confused with code, escape it.
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• $40 ($84 value) for four kids' hip-hop dance classes -- valid at the location on Gordon Park Square in Old Towne Ashburn during the winter hip-hop session (January 13 to March 17, 2
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You're in luck -- the last thing you'll be thinking about at Aradia Fitness is going through the motions of a workout. But you'll still be getting one, as you'll see with this offer:
• $10 ($20 value) for one introductory pole fitness class
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The passionate instructors at Studio Bleu Dance Center believe that one is never too old to pursue his or her dreams of learning to dance. Revive childhood passions with this deal from an Ashburn academy that's home to an award-winning traveling team:
• $35 ($70 value) for one month of unlimited adults' dance classes
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Led by board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Timothy Mountcastle, the staff of aesthetic specialists at this center is made up of registered nurses, so you can trust that the quality of care here is top-notch:
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Richard and Brenda Vreeland are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Rebecca Ray and soon to be son-in-law Matthew Prue, son of Anne and Louie Prue. The wedding ceremony and reception will be held on August 31, 2013 at 3 p.m. at Rebecca's parents house on the Pepin Road in Brownington.
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Bullet Heads
Leadmaster's bullet heads (bullet heads are also called grub heads in many parts of the country) fit most of the grubs made for fresh water and the smaller saltwater grubs. Leadmaster also makes really large grub heads, but nothing in between. To get the in-between sizes, check out the Sea Striker heads. Why one company doesn't make all the sizes is a mystery to me, so we solve the problem by carrying two brands.
If you've already clicked over to the other pages you have noticed that each group has their own set of colors (if any). I guess it is not critical that the same colors are available in each group of sizes, but it would make more sense to me.


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References to fact sheet on skin cancer in Utah, with state-wide statistics on sunburns, melanoma, and related deaths, with tips for prevention/action.You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's About PDF page to learn more.
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How do I apply my traction?
- Remove all wax, dirt, etc, with a non oil-based cleaner.
- Layout traction pieces on your board first to determine your personal preference. (All DAKINE Traction Pads can be customized by spreading the pieces apart, or in some cases removing pieces)
- Trace outline of pad onto surfboard with a pencil.
- Remove paper backing from pad and apply firm pressure beginning in the center and working outwards.
- Allow 24 hours for adhesive to bond before use.
How do I determine which leash is best for my board?
- First determine leash length. This should be approximately the same as your board length
- Next determine thickness. 1/4" is the most popular for a variety of wave sizes. 5/16" is stronger and recommended for larger waves. 3/16" is popular for smaller waves.
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Single breasted with one button fastening, peaked lapel, and Stella McCartney signature four button cuff.
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If you\'re looking for your business card to make an impact then this design might be for you! The yellow works brilliantly with the matt black background and I like the way the text on the front runs over the edges.Posted in Branding → Business Cards
An edgy design with sketched type and splatter paint background elements. There is actually a ton of content on the homepage, a lot of which is text, but it has been organized nicely so that it does not look cluttered or busy.Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
This site has a nice and simple design with an attractive background and easily readable typography. Some designers make the mistake of thinking that if you do not have a lot of content, something is wrong. This site shows a small amount of content can be beautiful.Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
A very effective and stylish business card design - perfectly suited to a graphic designer! I really like the gorgeous detail on the front of the card.Posted in Branding → Business Cards
This site features a beautiful, bold red color scheme and a strong layout with excellent use of whitespace. There is also a lot clever JavaScript happening here. I actually thought the site was Flash when it first loaded.Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Articles is an excellent App that perfectly displays Wikipedia on your iPhone. Its simple but elegant design in combination with a very readable typeface make it a pleasure to browse through the vast array of articles available. I particularly like the intuitive design of the integrated maps feature.Posted in Interface → iPhone App
This site is a great example of clean, corporate design that also happens to looks really nice. Note the heavy use of thin lines for content separation. The illustration is also very well done and really provides a great focal point.Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Reeder is a beautifully designed iPhone and iPad application, and has now made it to the Mac. Gorgeous brown and sepia styling makes this a fun place to read, and the devil is in the detail. Just look at the detail...Posted in Interface → Mac App
Bright colours, good use of symbol, and some fascinating graphics on the front of the card. Definitely very appropriate for someone who designs characters and 3D animation!Posted in Branding → Business Cards
I love anything that has an embossed letterpress effect, and these cards have a great colour palette that ties together well. The combination of a bold logo with intricate detail in the background is definitely a winner.Posted in Branding → Business Cards
It's not every day that you see a 3D card, and these don't fail to disappoint. Two different designs both really "stand out", and offer something unique. The one on the left in particular makes for a great Christmas gift to staff or customers.Posted in Branding → Business Cards
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Floatnet uses very simple design that is also quite attractive. I like the slab serif typography and the simple sliding image gallery.Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
This awesomely original site is a beautiful example of great web design. The unique layout, superb retro illustrations, dark colors and aged textures are all spot on. You really have to stop by the site and see it live to appreciate it.Posted in Web Design → Food
A really nice looking theme site with big, bold design elements and a friendly appearance. I love the frog character scattered all over the site in addition to that interesting background graphic and the treatment of the typography in the headlines.Posted in Web Design → Design
Leaflet is an iPhone app for checking on your Envato Marketplace stats. The site is simple but gorgeous. The designer has a nice sense of color and contrast.Posted in Web Design → Software
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On HBO's True Blood, vampires are just another misunderstood minority. And the visuals are one key to success.
Producer Gregg Fienberg's credits include some of the most visually innovative and memorable television productions of the last two decades, including Twin Peaks, Deadwood, John from Cincinnati and Carnivàle. His current production, True Blood, is the latest in his 13-year association with HBO. Every show he has done at HBO has been originated on film.
Fienberg earned a degree in economics at UCLA, and one day he had to choose between an interview at a Big 8 accounting firm and a PA gig on a Roger Corman film. He took the filmmaking path, and today he says that his academic training helped prepare him for the interdependent complexities of television production. True Blood was originally based on a series of novels called "The Southern Vampire Mysteries." Viewership started modestly, but soon the show was a smash, earning a dozen EMMY® nominations and becoming the highest-rated HBO series since The Sopranos. The show begins its sixth season in June.
Why is film important to you on True Blood? We've chosen to stay on film for a couple of reasons. The first is that the show has an amazing look. That truly is a big part of our success. Film gives us a certain feel, and I don't want to mess with that. Film also gives us range. We use several different stocks each season, depending on the type of scene we're doing, to help us achieve a specific look. Our cinematographers have both expressed a desire to continue shooting film. I can't speak very well about video, because the only video I've ever shot is of my kids' soccer games.
You've been working with David Klein, ASC and Romeo Tirone, ASC, who alternate episodes. Why does your collaboration work with them? They're different cameramen with different styles. I think the key for me, regardless of the medium, is telling our story and telling it appropriately – not having the camera tell the story, but having the actors tell it with the cameras capturing that. That's something we talk about a lot, especially when we get into some of the crazier things that we do, like the different visions or planes of existence. The guys get to have fun giving life to these worlds with different stocks and lenses. We describe these realms, and they come back to us with looks that really surprise us. At the same time, we try to keep the show grounded and maintain a consistent overall look. We call it a popcorn movie for adults. We want to create an everyday look that people can believe in, so that when a crazy creature or weird world comes along, we give the audience a chance to go along for the ride. I think David and Romeo are both very good at helping the directors achieve what's most important – which is the storytelling – and then letting their style help inform that.
Is the long term archival stability of True Blood a concern for you? Certainly, for us, it's nice to know that film is where we started. If we decide to go in and do anything down the road, we'll have the film to do it with. Usually, once you're done with the final version, that's what you live with forever. But certainly our dailies won't be disintegrating anytime soon. I do think that, ultimately, content is king. What we create will live on whether a studio lives or dies. Desilu doesn't exist anymore, but I Love Lucy certainly does, and most likely it will forever. So there must be a way of keeping content alive and looking great, especially as time goes on. Who knows what the next generation of big screen televisions will look like? So we must keep our images as pristine as possible. At this point in time, film most definitely is the best medium to achieve that.
What's your sense of the future of film? I've seen a lot of different things come and go over the years. In the beginning of my career, when I was doing music videos, I remember delving into Super 8. I still own the camera. I've heard predictions about the demise of film, but my sense of it is that every medium, even black and white, has a place, and that all of the different looks help tell stories. My hope is that film is here, along with all the other tools that are available to filmmakers, for a long, long time to come.
Can you give us any inside info on what's coming up in season six of True Blood? You'll have to watch and see.
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I have a bowl of noodles
I made them just today
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I love noodles, yay!
Oh - Noodle, Noodle, Noodle
I made them just today
The sauce is all red
I love noodles, yay!
He has a lovely body
With legs so long and thin
And when my noodles tired
He drops down his appendage
and everybody wins
Pirates are always playful
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A happy day of rape and pillagrey
Come walk the plank, let's begin!
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Al Pastihah.
In the name of the merciful and compassionate Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Praise belongs to HIm, the Lord of the pasta,
he, the juicyful, the well-cooked,
he, the noodle in the days of judgement!
Thee we serve our pasta and Thee we ask for parmesan and oregano.
Guide us to the right recipe,
the path of those Thou cooking gracious to;
not of those Thou art wroth with; nor of those who err.
Fortnately and with the help of the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster I could translate a palimpsest written in ancient arabic...
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Sandy on May 19th, 2011
Workers doing excavation at Stirling Terrace in Albany, Western Australia, have found 300 gold sovereigns buried under concrete. Albany was established in December 1826 and was the first settlement in Western Australia and before the Swan River colony that led to the city of Perth's (Western Australia's capital) early development. The coins were valued unseen […]
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Hard Breakers
Lifetime friends Lindsay and Alexis have given up on men, but when the girls resuscitate a young surfer who is knocked unconscious by his surfboard, they discover the vulnerable side of men. They have an epiphany: thousands of years ago men used to club women over the head and drag them back to their caves for sex. It dawns on them that they too should try a more radical technique. Tapping into their primal instincts, Alexis and Lindsay go on an all-out manhunt, seducing and ensnaring men for their own pleasure. Ironically, their quest to dominate men forces the girls to re-examine themselves and the root of their dysfunctional relationships with men. They discover that their own feelings of self-worth determine how men will treat them.
Cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Mircea Monroe, Tia Carrere, Chris Kattan, Cameron Richardson
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Alumnus Steven Kull, PhD '80 Releases New Edition of World Public Opinion.org11/10/2011
See new release of World Public Opinion November 10, 2011 by Alumnus Steven Kull, Ph.D.'80.
Part Time Faculty Postition Open in Saybrook University's College of Mind-Body Medicine11/08/2011
MBM Part Time Faculty Position:
Teaching Coaching for Health and Wellness
The College of Mind-Body Medicine is looking for a certified Health and Wellness Coach, with graduate level teaching experience to teach basic and advanced coaching for health and wellness skills. This individual must have some familiarity with online learning environments and a desire to facilitate both academic learning as well as skills based learning.
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Do you know the way to San Jose? The 56th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences July 15 to 20, 2012 San Jose, CA11/03/2011
Do you know the way to San Jose? Put July 15 to 20, 2012 on your calendar to join us at the 56th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences.
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
July 15 to 20 2012
The theme for ISSS 2012 is Service Systems, Natural Systems. This meeting will be organized to foster learning conversations in dialectics between service scientists (with social and technological orientations) and natural scientists (with ecological and biological orientations).
Conference information is incrementally evolving at http://isss.org/world/sanjose-2012 .
Abstracts and papers will be accepted beginning September 15, 2011. Other important dates are listed at http://isss.org/world/important-dates-for-isss-2012.
As always, if you have questions, you can direct them to the ISSS Office at firstname.lastname@example.com . SIGs headed by Saybrook and Faculty are listed here (with many others of interest): http://isss.org/world/node/524
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Announcements from HERS (Higher Education Resource Services)11/02/2011
Dear Colleague:
Applications are now open for women leaders whom your campus would like to nominate for the 2012-2013 HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) Institutes for Women in Higher Education Administration.
HERS offers TWO Summer Institutes - the first at Bryn Mawr College and the second at the University of Denver. Both offer a TWO WEEK residency with a 12-day program of presentations, case studies, interviews and on-campus assignments. A comprehensive fee of $6600 covers tuition, meals & campus housing:
HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania)
June 17-July 1, 2012
HERS Denver Summer Institute (Denver, Colorado)
July 22-August 5, 2012
In addition, HERS offers an academic-year Institute with four interconnected 3-day seminars, providing the same core curriculum while taking advantage of opportunities for group assignments between sessions. The fee of $5400 for HERS Wellesley covers tuition & meals only; hotel accommodations are available at HERS Institute rates.
HERS Wellesley Institute (Wellesley, Massachusetts)
October 11-13, November 8-10, 2012 & February 7-9 & March 14-16, 2013
HERS provides the opportunity for an EARLY APPLICATION DISCOUNT. All applications submitted for consideration by December 1, 2011 will be eligible for a $500 discount on HERS fees. More information about the curriculum, faculty, fees, accommodations, application process and related deadlines can be found at our website: www.hersnet.org. For other questions, please contact Shannon Martin-Roebuck at 303-871-3975 or email@example.com.
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Two Faculty Positions Open at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in Child Development11/02/2011
Two faculty positions are open at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in the Child Development divison.
Open Rank Professor of Educational Psychology in Child/Lifespan Development (2 positions)
Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Department of Educational Psychology seeks applications from individuals with research interests in child development and/or lifespan development in educational contexts for two full time nine-month faculty positions, one of which will be tenured and one which will be tenure-track. The College of Education provides strong support for research and opportunities for collaboration with leaders across campus and in the field, and is ranked in the top 25 colleges in 2011 by US News and World Report. We are known for our groundbreaking research, innovative approaches to teaching, and service to the global community. The Department of Educational Psychology is a top-10 ranked department. Faculty members have diverse research interests in broad areas such as cognition and student learning, child development, quantitative/qualitative methodology & measurement, and counseling psychology. Collaborations among faculty members are common across other departments in the College of Education, other colleges and faculty at other universities.
More information about the Department of Educational Psychology is available at http://education.illinois.edu/edpsy
Position responsibilities: Successful applicants will have research interests in the cognitive, social, and/or cultural dimensions of human development in educational contexts. The specific substantive area of interest is open but may include topics such as achievement motivation; gender, race, ethnicity, and diversity in school settings; children's peer relations; bullying and aggressive behavior; risk and resilience factors; learning and plasticity; prevention science. The successful applicant will be expected to advise doctoral and master's students, to teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in child development and/or lifespan development, and to assume an active role as responsible members of the College's scholarly community.
Qualifications: Candidates for either position must hold an earned doctoral degree in educational psychology, human development, psychology, or a related field, and candidates with expertise in longitudinal data analysis and experimental and prevention-oriented field methods will be highly considered. At the senior (tenured) rank, the successful applicant will have a track record of sustained productivity in a significant program of research, and demonstrated success in securing external funding. At the non-tenured junior rank, the successful candidate will have established a clear trajectory for a program of significant research with potential to attract external funding. All applicants should provide evidence of teaching ability.
Salary and Starting Date: Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience.
The proposed starting date is August 16, 2012.
Application: To ensure full consideration, all required application materials must be submitted by November 15, 2011. Please create your candidate profile through http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload your application materials into one combined pdf file: letter of application, CV, statement of teaching and research interests, and teaching evaluations if available, and the names and contact information for three professional references. Finalists will be asked to provide up to 3 examples of publications. Interviews will begin after November 15 and continue until the position is filled.
For more information about this search please contact: Professor Dorothy Espelage, Search Committee Chair at firstname.lastname@example.com or 217-333-9139.
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).
Please contact me for further information.
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Two Faculty Positions Open at Chapman University11/02/2011
Dear Friends,
We have 2 faculty positions open at Chapman University. They are both assistant level, tenure track. So if you know of a good post-doc close to completion please pass the info on. If anyone would like more info they can feel free to contact me directly; I'm on the search committee.
Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology:
Quantitative Psychology
David Pincus, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Faculty of Psychology
Crean School of Health and Life Sciences
Schmid College of Science
Chapman University
Website http://www.chapman.edu/SCS/HLS/faculty/pincus.asp
Call for Papers: Scietific & Academic Publishing, USA11/02/2011
Call for Papers; Scietific & Academic Publishing, USA
Dear Professor/Researcher,
This is Scientific & Academic Publishing(SAP), USA.
SAP is an open access publisher of journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines. If you are interested in our journals, please send your manuscripts to us by our online submission system http://www.manuscriptsystem.com . All manuscripts submitted will be considered for publication and the publication fee is free.
Your papers will be published as soon as possible and we will mail the print format to you later.
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Call for Proposals: The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2011-201211/02/2011
Call for Proposals: The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2011-2012
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2011-2012. This program confers sexuality research grants to emerging scholars and seeks to fund significant and innovative research, from a wide array of disciplines and perspectives, that deals with human sexuality. The program is supported by donations from Friends of The Kinsey Institute.
The Kinsey Institute will fund up to six proposals at $750 each, half of which will be from graduate students at Indiana University and the other half from graduate students enrolled at other universities in the United States. It is an expectation that results from the funded studies will ultimately be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals. In addition, descriptions of the research will be posted on The Kinsey Institute's website.
Proposals are now being accepted.
Application and supporting materials should be submitted by email to email@example.com The deadline for submission of proposal materials is November 1, 2011.
Applications for funding should include a clear and concise research description (study rationale, methods, and planned data analysis), a budget, and a letter of support from a faculty mentor/advisor. The maximum length is three pages for the research description and one page for the budget. All applicants must be registered as full time graduate students at accredited universities in the United States. In one year's time following the funding award, we require awardees to submit to The Kinsey Institute preliminary findings of the study in the forms of a one page final report. In addition, the awardees will send the institute any presented/accepted abstracts for presentations at scientific meetings and/or submitted/accepted publications in peer-reviewed journals that are based on the funded research.
For more information, please visit The Kinsey Institute's website at: http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/research/student_grants.html .
Questions regarding the forthcoming grant cycle may be directed to Dr. Barbara Van Der Pol at email@example.com .
Developmental Psychology Position Available in the Psychology Department at Western Washington University11/02/2011
Developmental psychology position available in the Psychology Department at Western Washington University
We are seeking to hire an individual with expertise in the study of development in cultural context.
Kate McLean
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Western Washington University
516 High Street, MS 9172
Bellingham, WA 98225
Office: AIC 180
Phone: 360-650-3570
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Making Mom's Lives Easier
The story of the Honeysuckle® Products Company is the story of reclosable packaging itself. For years, moms stored their breastmilk in simple plastic bags, which were prone to leak and spill. In the late 1990's, inventor Nossi Taheri created a reclosable breastmilk bag that would be strong, yet affordable and easy to use.
Honeysuckle® Products Company was born and the new and improved Honeysuckle® Breastmilk Storage Bag was introduced. Nossi listens to moms and takes the time to learn what they need. Then he designs products that improve their entire nursing and storage experience.
Like all of our current products, each new addition that Nossi designs will have a single overarching purpose: to make mom's life a little easier.
BreastFeeding Blog
Milk Bank Donation by Honeysuckle Philippines Distributor
Our Philippines distributor participated in a milk bank collecting nearly 2000 ounces of breast milk[...]
Mom repays milk donation over a thousandfold
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Re: One for 45 Brit
I'm actually rather a fan of 'American engines in British frames' bikes, my original 45-powered Ariel was quite an eye-opener as to what a bike usually regarded as a heavy old slug could be like with a bit less weight, and better carb and transmission. I've seen pics of a knucklehead engine in a Norton frame ( anyone got any pics of this? It was in one of the 'grey import Harley' mags that were about in the late 80s ) and a Norton-framed Sportster.
another half-remembered bike I'd lke to see some pics of is the KR-framed Sportster-engined dirt bike Harley built for desert racing in the late 1960s, I remember seeing it is Cycle ( I think ) magazine. From recollection, it was tried in the Baja and had a history of breaking itself and not finishing, before being quietly dropped after a couple of years


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Built for virtualization: Introducing the new HP StoreVirtual Storage
By Kate Davis, @KateAtHP, WW Product Marketing Manager, HP StoreVirtual/LeftHand Storage
Our friends in HP Servers have been busy with a lot of product announcements this year. The new ProLiant Gen8 servers are a great example of collective genius at work. Today, I get to add on to that amazing product news and tell you about the third generation of LeftHand Storage with brand new hardware models based on the fabulous ProLiant Gen8 technology. Here are the highlights of today's announcement:
- Rebranding of the LeftHand portfolio to HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage and SAN/iQ software to LeftHand OS
- New models – the 4130 and 4330, built on proven ProLiant Gen8 technology
- Additional connectivity option of Fibre Channel
- New LeftHand OS v10.0 software that offers new Windows integration, enhanced management and improved performance
Let's start with the rebranding: what's in a name?
If after the rebranding announcement for StoreVirtual VSA you bet your friend that the hardware portfolio was next…now is the time to go collect your dollar.
As a follow on to the rebranding of our VSA product we will be changing over to the StoreVirtual name for the LeftHand portfolio. This new naming reflects its identity as an optimized storage solution for server and client virtualization.So the new third generation of products will create the HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage family. In addition, the SAN/iQ operating system will be rebranded to LeftHand OS, and you'll also see the new models that I'll cover have a 4x30 numbering, with the 30-part meaning that it's the third generation.
So about those new models…
We are announcing today the HP StoreVirtual 4130 and 4330 models that are best suited for SMB or remote locations. They are both 1U platforms with 4 and 8 drives respectively, and are based on the ProLiant Gen8 technology. We are now offering SFF (small-form factor) SAS drives in both of these models and SFF MDL SAS in the 4330. With a new higher capacity option of 900GB SAS, the 4330 offers up to 4x the capacity compared to the previous generation P4300 G2 models. When you do the math, this gives you 7.2TB in 1U of rack space!
Fibre Channel you say?
I bet you're wondering why the third bullet in the above list says Fibre Channel. LeftHand Storage has traditionally been an iSCSI only solution. We've had a lot of requests over the years to add FC to the list of features and now we are answering the call. We will offer a 4330 model with 900GB SAS drives that will include both FC and iSCSI connectivity. But that's not the cool part. Having dual protocol connectivity in StoreVirtual will allow a variety of deployment options:
- Create a single storage cluster that connects to both iSCSI and FC hosts
- Start the storage deployment in a FC environment and change to iSCSI overtime without having to change your storage
- Provide a single solution out to different locations regardless of if they are running iSCSI or FC.
LeftHand OS v10.0: More integration, performance and management capabilities
Now our new models just wouldn't be as fun to talk about if we couldn't tell you about the new LeftHand OS v10.0 with its increased integration, performance and management capabilities.
- Increased Windows integration – We now offer Active Directory integration which will allow administrators to manage user authentication to HP StoreVirtual Storage via the Windows AD framework. This simplifies management by bringing SAN management under the AD umbrella. With 10.0 we are also providing support for Windows Server 2012 OS.
- Improved performance – The engineering team has been working hard with this release and one of the great benefits comes with the performance improvements. LeftHand OS version 10.0 has numerous code enhancements that will improve the performance of HP StoreVirtual systems in terms of application performance as well as storage related functions such as snapshots and replication. The two major areas of code improvements are in multi-threading capabilities and in internal data transmission algorithms.
- Increased Remote Copy performance – You'll now experience triple the performance through optimization of the Remote Copy feature that can reduce you backup times by up to 66%.
- Dual CPU support for VSA – In this release, the VSA software will now ship with 2 vCPUs enabled. This capability, in addition multi-threading advancements in 10.0, enhances performance up to 2x for some workloads. As a result of this enhancement, we will now also support running 2 vCPUs in older versions of VSA. So if you've been dying to try it, go ahead. Our lab tests with SAN/iQ 9.5 and 2 vCPUs showed an up to 50% increase in performance.
- Other performance improvements – 10.0 has been re-engineered to take advantage of today's more powerful platforms, specifically to take better advantage of multi-core processors, and also improves the performance of volume resynchronization and restriping and merging/deleting snapshot layers.
Some timeline details
Just as with all software update releases, current customers with a support agreement can go ahead and automatically update your systems online with the new 10.0 version starting later this month. The new 4130 and 4330 models and LeftHand OS v10.0 willbe available starting on December 4, 2012. As this is the official launch date, that's when you'll see more information on the new products appear on hp.com.
But for now if you want more info, I encourage you to join our live webcast TODAY, November 1 at 2:00 pm PT. It's 30 minutes with David Scott, GM of HP Storage and Chris Evans, storage consultant and industry blogger, hosted by @HPStorageGuy Calvin Zito. Grab all the details here on Calvin's blog: It's not how much storage you have. It's how much you can do with it. A replay will be available too.
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"HP LeftHand Operating System 10.0 software will be available at no additional cost to current HP LeftHand P4000 G2 platform clients on Dec. 4."
<Looks worryingly at our P4500 G1's...>
Hi Steve,
LeftHand OS 10.0 will be supported on all HP LeftHand P4000 G2 platforms as well as the new 3rd generation HP StoreVirtual models. LeftHand G1 models are past their end of updates period and so we will not support 10.0 or any future releases on the G1 platforms.
We will provide an outline of all supported models in the updated Compatibility Matrix that will be made available in early December.
For the "Improved performance" comment. Will this only apply to the new hardware platforms or will it also benefit us running P4500G2 platforms?
Hi Heath,
Thanks for your question on the performance improvements. The Remote Copy, Resync and Snapshot performance improvements as well as the multi-threading improvement in 10.0 will apply to both G2 and 3rd generation platforms.
The new 3rd gen 4x30 models will get an additional boost of performance from a new RAID controller, more cache, more memory. They also have more IOPS per rack unit as a result of the SFF (small form factor) drives.
I have heard rumours that the VSAs in v 10.0 will have a larger capacity than 10TB. Is this true?
Hi Chris,
The rumors are in fact true! We pre-announced a couple of months ago that we will be upping the capacity limit for VSA. Though this will not happen in v10.0, it will be in a release next year. Any requests on what limit you'd like to see?
Hi Kate,
Fantastic news! 24TB would be awesome. It would also be brilliant if we could get past the 2TB - 512k limit when creating storage for the VSAs but that may not be an HP limitation but rather VMWare?
Hi Kate,
I concur with Chris regarding the increase. I currently have several DL380p with roughly 20TB. Unfortunately I can only attach half of this to a single p4000. 24TB would cover this, but perhaps something slightly higher would cover the 1TB and 2TB SFF disks likely on the horizon?
While I have your attention, I think the biggest thing lacking in the P4000 is some VMware integration. A CMC plugin for the vSphere client would be excellent, so I can manage my infrastrucutre from one GUI.
Thanks for the feedback on the capacity. I've passed it on to Product Management.
Per your comment on the CMC plugin, we actually have a vCenter plugin for the LeftHand/StoreVirtual product that's part of our Insight Control software. You can find out more about it here: www.hp.com/go/icvcenter
Can someone confirm if the 4330 will outperform a P4300 G2 in terms of IOPS? If you have a choice between buying a P4300 G2 Starter Pack versus two 4330 nodes which would you recommend? Are the 4330 nodes geared towards just Small Business and the P4300 is still considered the next level up even though they are running older hardware with the same space? Thanks in advance.
Hi again Kate,
Is there any timeline on when the VSA size increase will come into effect. My organization is waiting for the announcement before planning future purchases. We need to know so that we can allocate budget.
Can I install Left OS 10.0 on older p4300 G2 h/w and have FC HBA installed and have the same FC interface will it work or is h/w specific. Kindly somebody confirm.
Is SMI-S supported with OS 10.0?
@avdberg - it is not. I know the team has been investigating adding SMI-S but it wasn't a trivial thing to do. Hopefully we'll have more to say in the future.
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PAWTUCKET—Casting a Grinch-like mood over City Hall, Fitch Ratings announced Wednesday that is has downgraded Pawtucket's general obligation bonds by two notches and has removed the city's rating from a "watch" status to a "negative rating outlook."
The downgrade to "BBB-" from "BBB+" affects three categories of general obligation bonds: $6.38 million, series 2001; $3.46 million refunding bonds, series 2002B; and $11.05 million, series 2005. The new bond rate is just one notch away from "junk bond status."
According to a press release from Fitch Ratings, the two-notch downgrade is a result of the city's "extremely limited financial flexibility compounded by significant combined city and school fund deficits forecasted for fiscal 2011."
The "negative rating outlook" reflects Fitch's concern about "the viability of potential budgetary solutions including a proposed deficit financing which requires the state's approval of a plan to eliminate cumulative deficits, and the city's ability to obtain market access for cash flow notes," according to the press release.
Other reasons for the downgrade include the fact that the city's taxpayer concentration is low, wealth indicators are below average and the city's unemployment rate exceeds state and national averages.
On the upside, Fitch Ratings also stated that it considers the state's involvement with the city to formulate a plan to eliminate its cumulative deficits "a positive credit factor," and that its debt levels are low. Additionally, it was noted that while the city's unfunded pension and other post-employment benefit (OPEB) liabilities are high, the city has made progress in meeting its pension annual required contributions (ARC).
However, Fitch Ratings warned that a further downgrade (to junk bond status) could possibly be triggered by two factors: failure to obtain the required approval from the state for the issuance of deficit financing bonds or the development of an alternative solution to eliminate its projected cumulative deficits; and inability to obtain market access for issuance of either tax anticipation notes (TANS) to facilitate cash flow needs or the proposed deficit bonds.
In his credit summary, Kevin Dolan, Fitch Ratings primary analyst, wrote that the city has seen a significant decline in its reserves for three of the last fiscal years due primarily to cuts in state aid, and that future budget balancing "appears even more challenging." He noted that for the city's fiscal 2011 budget, the property tax rate was increased by 0.4 percent and included $9.8 million in motor vehicle excise tax reimbursements from the state, but the state later removed the bulk of this reimbursement.
Dolan further stated that to make up for this loss in state aid, options included increasing property taxes up to the maximum 4.5 percent cap (or even higher by a four-fifths vote of City Council members) and/or lowering the city's exemption for the motor vehicle excise tax. He noted, however, that the City Council did not support the mayor's proposed tax levy increase to fully offset the lost revenues and, instead, approved a motor vehicle exemption of $3,400 and increased the tax levy to an amount just two cents below the maximum. While these actions generated $4 million in revenue, the budget was still $5.8 million short of the total lost aid.
Dolan wrote that while the City Council plans to continue reducing expenses, including limited union concessions, to achieve a balanced budget, Fitch believes this will be difficult given substantial labor concessions to date.
Additionally, Dolan wrote that the city's school department has also experienced continued years of deficit operations, primarily due to a loss of state aid and overspending. He noted that a spending plan to eliminate $1.2 million of the total cumulative deficit for fiscal year 2010 over the next two years has been approved and another plan to eliminate the remaining $2.3 million over five years is subject to approval by the state Auditor general.
Dolan also observed that for fiscal 2011, the school department is projecting an operating deficit of $3.9 million, of which $2.9 million is projected to be paid off from federal stimulus monies. This deficit was caused largely by an influx of 183 new students requiring the hiring of six new teachers.
Outgoing Pawtucket Mayor James E. Doyle said that while the downgrade of the city's bonds is unfortunate, it was not unexpected. "We knew we would be taking a hit, but we didn't realize it would be two notches," he said. He added, however, that "we're still able to invest and borrow money. It's not a major situation."
Doyle said noted that in the comments provided by Fitch Ratings, the downgrade was mostly attributed to the shortfall in the state's budget situation. "It's too bad, and I'm sorry it had to happen, but it's very reflective of what is happening in other cities and towns in the state," said Doyle.
The mayor, who leaves office on Jan. 3, added that the city will likely have to keep this rating for the next six months, but said he hopes to see it upgraded again at some point. He said, however, that the city's financial situation is the result of a series of events that have been happening over several years, and expressed doubt that this bond rating will be corrected over a short period of time. "This would have been a difficult job for anyone sitting in the mayor's office," Doyle said.
Doyle, who had originally presented a budget that recommended an 84 cent increase on the property tax rate which the City Council rejected, said he thinks this would have helped reduce the gravity of the budget situation. "I don't want to say 'I told you so,' but that was an honest budget we presented to them," he said. He also noted that the City Council could have dropped the motor vehicle tax exemption down as low as $500, but chose to put it at $3,400. "That cost us another $1.5 million to $2 million in revenue," he said, noting that "all these things add up."
Mayor-elect Donald Grebien, who will soon inherit the city's budget problems, said he was greatly concerned when he learned about the downgrade, and thinks the current administration should have done more to reign in spending and control the city's debt.
"Clearly, this is a legacy of debt," Grebien stated. "It's a recognition that the current administration has not been dealing with this issue." He added that he and his transition team have put together a five-year plan designed to address the city's deficit, but noted, "We're not in there yet."
Grebien said he also had asked the Doyle Administration to refrain from filling any vacant positions or doing any promotions, and to not make purchases until he took office. "But they hired and they promoted, and this is where the impact comes in," said Grebien. He noted that already, among a batch of police and fire department promotions that took place just six weeks ago, one individual has put in for his retirement at the higher rank. "Just those last promotions alone cost us $17,000," Grebien noted.
Grebien said that as he begins his administration, the Fitch assessment "is obviously not the outlook we would have wanted." "But," he added, "I have to go in an make some serious changes. I have to deal with this, and we will continue to work with everyone involved and make the best decisions for the city."


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The Panthers wasted no time ending a three-game losing streak by traveling to Altamont and coming away with a 92-49 victory on Saturday afternoon.
After falling 78-65 to Grand on Jan. 30, the Panthers were struggling to get their high powered offense to work efficiently.
Against Altamont, the Panthers ran out to a 53-11 lead at halftime. The Panthers didn't let Altamont back into the game as they kept up the pressure into the second half.
Jake Hardy led the Panthers with a game-high 23 points. Four other Panthers finished in double figures as Javanni Alyzayyat (16), Dalton Rudman (15), Chris Smith (13) and Taje Richardson (12) also helped lead the scoring attack.
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