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The WTA tour continues to be the place where the phrase "expect the unexpected" remains the constant theme, right? Well, not if you look at Serena Williams at the majors. She's the defending champ at Flushing Meadow and also holds this year's Oz Open + Wimbledon titles. So, should we just pack up our tennis bags and head home? Perhaps, but it IS the year's final major so expect some of the leading ladies to lay it all on the line and make a big push towards the final Saturday.
Let's take a look at the leading contender's for the US Open ladies' title!
Who can really argue against picking the holder of three out of the last four Grand Slams and 11 career majors to win in two weeks? Fine, Serena Williams is not technically the top lady baller according to the WTA rankings and she hasn't won a non-Grand Slam tourney since '08 Charleston but when it comes to gutting out matches and winning on the biggest stages in the sport, Serena Williams is the best – hands down. The defending champ had uneven results during the US Open Series racking up losses to Sam Stosur, Sybille Bammer, and Elena Dementieva but as we all know she brings the big guns to the majors. A fourth US Open title is certainly well within her dramatic reach.
The newly-crowned Rogers Cup champ has had chances to make a major breakthrough this year. Elena Dementieva entered the Aussie Open as the smart pick with two tourney titles under her Yonex belt but fell from fatigue and ReRe's game in the semifinals. In Paris a streaking Aussie Sam, who eventually made it to the semifinals, knocked her out early in shocker. But it was her epic, now classic heavy hitting bout with ReRe in the Wimby semifinals that finally gave Elena the belief she could go toe-to-toe with the Big Babes. And she'll need this belief if she makes it to the second week in Flushing Meadow where surely another rematch with the defending champ could be waiting – in the final, no less.
Oh what a strange and confusing year it has been for Jelena Jankovic. The Serb began this year as the top lady baller with the dream of a first major title within her grasp. However, according to JJ, a muscle-building off-season regiment slowed her down and the result was an early loss in Oz and a big dent in her confidence. Though she won on the clay in Marbella, the inconsistency continued until Cincinnati where she gutted out a lopsided, three-set win over Elena in the semifinals then showed her best stuff crushing top seed Dinara Safina in the final for her 11th career title. Can last year's finalist take that next step and earn her maiden Grand Slam?
Perplexing. That's the best word to describe Dinara Safina this year. In her last matches at each of the Grand Slams – finals in Oz + Paris, semis at Wimby – the Russian was betrayed by her nerves and routed each time. However, she managed to grab the keys to the WTA Penthouse and has been housed there since April. The word is out on D, though: pressure her early, rush her long, loopy swings and she'll fall to pieces as evidenced by the collapse of her serve and her double fault gift bags. Her most recent losses are the most worrisome: in her Cincy loss to JJ she couldn't find the tennis court and during her opening round loss to Aravane Rezai in Toronto she seemed like mental toast. I could see D going out early or repeating her semifinal appearance from last year. Like I said, PERPLEXING.
The only reason Venus Williams is considered a contender at all is because of her glittering resume showcasing 7 Grand Slam titles including 2 US Opens, and certainly not because of her most recent results including a strange, opening round loss to Kateryna Bondarenko at the Rogers Cup last week. Unlike sister ReRe, you can't always rely on V to bring her best stuff to any of the majors besides her fave Wimby (think second round loss in Oz to Carla Suarez Navarro and third round loss to Agnes Szavay in Paris this year.) But if she brings an attacking mentality to the fast Flushing Meadow courts and a laser-like focus, she has the experience and skills to earn her first US Open title in 8 years.
MARIA SHARAPOVA – Okay, so she's still serving doubles in large doses. But Maria Sharapova has been improving with each week and made the first final since her comeback from injury in Toronto losing to Elena. She's a former champ (2006) who loves the bright lights, big city vibe of New York and matches Gotham in its intensity. But again, it's all about Shrieka's serve: if it holds steady she's a threat, but if it remains wonky she may not see the second round never mind the second week.
VICTORIA AZARENKA – I've been waiting, like many others, for Victoria Azarenka to make her major breakthrough. Yet, for some reason, she's at a quarterfinal standstill reaching this stage in Paris and at Wimby. Moreover, her results during the US Open Series signal some possible physical, or more likely mental, fatigue for the 20-year old. I'm not sure Vika will make that long-awaited breakthrough here especially with Kim Clijsters + Venus Williams lurking in her quarter of the draw but hard-courts are her fave so who knows?
KIM CLIJSTERS – All hail the welcomed return of '05 champ Kimmie! It's the Belgian's first major since leaving the tour a couple of years back and fans couldn't be more excited though the lady ballers may feel otherwise. I mean, talk about a dangerous floater! She's had impressive wins in her comeback over the likes of Vika, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Marion Bartoli, and Patty Schnyder so keep both eyes peeled for Kimmie.
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2009 US OPEN PREVIEW: The Ladies
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- AnonymousAugust 28, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Hey Rich, it's Carla Suarez Navarro not Paula Suarez. You may be confusing the Spaniard with the legendary Paola Suarez. : )ReplyDelete
Good catch - much appreciated anon!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 29, 2009 at 10:34 AM
GO SHRIEKAPOVA. <3ReplyDelete
I desperately want Dina to break her Slam final fear and win this one. I want that so badly...maybe that way I'll stop having to defend her #1 ranking. I'd also love to see Kimmie and Masha make an impact here. I've missed them so much...ReplyDelete
Well, you mention Sam Stosur in your article and we think here at www.get-fit-at-home.com that she has a better chance than most. Fitness and strength is a real strong point for her.ReplyDelete
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We all know how awesome Fred is and how long he has been around Ames and Iowa State. I've personally had two awesome personal encounters and would love to hear some others. Here are mine.
1. I was in fifth grade during Fred's senior year at the Big Eight Tournament. My parents owned a t-shirt shop and made me a Fred Jersey that had "Mayor 32" on the back. As my dad and I were checking into the hotel in KC, Fred's parents pulled me off to the side, as I was wearing the journey. I was able to meet Fred's parents and girlfriend (at the time) and him. Needless to say, my dad turned around and I was no where to be found. After they told him who they were, he was a little less unhappy with me that I walked away with strangers in the hotel lobby. Cool first experience.
2. I believe it was one of Fred's first year's in the league and the Pacers were playing in Minnesota. After the game, I was wearing my Fred Pacers jersey. We were waiting around by where the players came out and after awhile, we were kicked out of the area. My uncle got us back in, we were able to meet Fred and get a picture with him. Come to find out later on, only the players family were allowed in the area and my uncle told them were were relatives, so they let us stay.
What does everyone else have?
Him autographing a basketball for me when I was like 4 or 5. Still have it
Fred's dad was my wife's first advisor at ISU.
1. In 5th grade I wrote him a letter and he sent me back a autographed photo of him when he was playing for the Pacers. Still hanging up in my room today.
2. Couple years ago I saw him in Wallabys and asked if he would mind if I got a picture with him. He was very humble and had a short conversation with him of my memories watching him when I was a kid.
I was 15 when Fred was a Sr at ISU. I never liked ISU until my cousin got me hooked on Fred and Cyclone basketball his Soph year. Anyway at the end of the season they had their Sr tour around Iowa. It was Fred, Hulo, Loren, Hurl, and Jackson playing at the Schaller gym.
Well after the game they had an autograph session and then they ended up going to someone's house to eat. After they did that they ended up at my uncle's house north of Sac City to spend the night and visit. It was my first time meeting Fred in person.
It was very a very cool day. We ended shooting hoops with them in the machine shed most of the time they were there. And even played some pickup ball. They took it easy on us consider we were young, but it was a dream playing with someone like them who you looked up to.
I still have my picture of Fred, my little brother (who is a hawk fan), and me posing in my uncles basement. He signed my 32 jersey I wore that day which still hangs in my basement now. The cool thing is my cousin has an AAU jersey of Fred's from high school.
I'll never forget that day... And this only makes it better.
I would sometimes be right under the east basket shooting photos when Fred was the mop boy. It seems like he would always be at the home side basket. I think he was probably early junior high age. Anyway, one thing I remember was once talking with him during a timeout and he was saying he wanted to play for ISU one day. I didn't know his name at the time but he definitely fulfilled his dream.
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We were playing a pickup game at Beyer Hall and some kid in the 9th grade from Ames was there playing too.
"hummmm....he'll be a heck of a player someday", I remember thinking.
Keep doing what you're doing to build Strong Towns.
When I was in college I went on a student recruiting trip with a few other students and a few faculty members. Freds Dad (Erik) and I were the only two males so we had to share a hotel room (looking back I can't believe that the University made a tenured professor share a room with a student) after our recruiting events were over we went back to the hotel. I was a little nervous, I had soc. 130 and Erik was my prof., but I didn't really know what to expect. Went up to the room and as any sports oriented college kid would do, I turned on ESPN. Pretty quick he was flipping through the yellow pages and asking me what toppings I liked on pizza. He ordered some chicago deep dish and sodas and I watched a few hours of sports programing with Freds dad.......Good memory.
His dad is effen cool.
Dogs look up to you, cats look down at you, give me a pig. They just look you in the eyes and treat you as an equal - churchill
I once saw Fred beat Stallone and Chuck Norris in arm wrestling...
I got to see Floyd coach Hoiberg, Fizer and Willowby (sp?) at the 76'ers with Iverson not dressed (two games from playoffs), two rows up on the free throw line across from the 76'ers ... on the company dime.
I think my boss dropped me off at 3:30 am after a sweet night out in South Philly .....
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The summer after my sophomore year of high school some buddies and I went to ISU basketball camp. It was the summer after Freds senior year at ISU. Got a chance after camp one day to work with him one on one and thought it was the greatest thing to ever happen to me. Couldn't wait to get back to the dorms to call my parents and tell them about it.
Also that same day him and James Hamilton got into a dunk contest and just looking at James Hamilton we all thought he would blow freddy away just because none of Freddy's game dunks were too flashy. They traded dunks back and forth and then Freddy did an alley oop off the floor 180 two handed dunk that he caught brought it down between his legs and then dunked it behind his head, I am not kidding when I say his head almost hit the rim. My **** poor explanation does not do the dunk justice. The whole place went nuts and Hamilton wanted nothing to do with that dunk, who knew Freddy had a dunk like that in him.
On a side note the summer before that I got to golf with Loren Meyer at a cyclone club outing and ate dinner that night with Julo so that was also awesome.
Dr. Hoiberg was my advisor and we went to their house trick or treating. Fred asked his dad what were these big kids doing there.
1991 in Ames I put a bad *** blind side hit on him while he was setting up for a pass. Came around the corner from the right d-end spot untouched. I beleive there is a video tape of said hit somewhere, probably in my parent's attic.
I was in freshman english class with Fred during our freshman year at ISU...fall 1991. Sat beside him on many mornings, and ended up writing a paper about him...everyone had to write a paper about the person sitting at the same table when the project was given, and we were sitting together that day...and I STILL have that paper today.
On the friday before Thanksgiving break, I showed up to english class at 9am, not looking so good. Fred was at the table in front of me. We had decided the night before, after already starting to pre-holiday "live it up," to do the century club. Wow was that a mistake! Our teacher asked me if I was ok, and when I told her what we did the night before, she could only muster the "oh my god" look and was speechless...when she walked away, Fred turned around with a huge smile and said, something to the tune of "that's the first time we have seen her speechless this semester!"
Was a great guy in class, was very quiet, and would always say hi on campus if we ran into each other.
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1991 in Ames I put a bad *** blind side hit on him while he was setting up for a pass. Came around the corner from the right d-end spot untouched. I beleive there is a video tape of said hit somewhere, probably in my parent's attic.
interesting... his senior year of high school football was Fall of 1990
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ALAMANCE COUNTY, NC -- With a broom in hand, Warren Daye is slowly getting rid of the leaves around his house.
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Information is an integral part of all human activity. Information technologies shape many processes of individual and collective existence and form new sets of relationships. Information technologies have transformed the social landscape. The SLIS information sciences minor examines the information technologies and theories fundamental to the creation, dissemination, access, organization, analysis, and use of information. It prepares students to take an active part in the implementation and development of information handling systems that can serve human activities in a variety of environments. It helps them to understand how such developments affect a society that is increasingly dependent on information and information-handling capabilities.
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Returning to a theme that he touched upon often during the 2008 presidential campaign, President Barack Obama told the audience at a town hall meeting in Wisconsin that American kids spend too much time playing video games and watching television.
But Obama added a new wrinkle to yesterday's remarks, linking them to the United States' ability to compete in the global marketplace:
Even with the good schools, we've got to pick up the pace, because the world has gotten competitive. The Chinese, the Indians, they're coming at us and they're coming at us hard, and they're hungry, and they're really buckling down.
And they watch – their kids watch a lot less TV than our kids do, play a lot fewer video games, they're in the classroom a lot longer.
So here's the bottom line. We've got to improve, we've got to step up our game. While the average public school is actually doing a reasonably good job… we are falling behind when it comes to math; our kids are falling behind when it comes to science…
We used to be head and shoulders above other countries when it came to education. We aren't anymore. We're sort of in the middle of the pack now among wealthy, advanced, industrialised countries.
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The Havelock High soccer team opened Coastal 3A Conference play with a 6-2 loss to Jacksonville Tuesday night at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville got it done late in the first half, scoring three goals in the final three minutes to break open a 1-1 contest and to lead 4-1 at intermission.
With the score tied at 1-1, Zach Hall scored at the 37-minute mark and one minute later Warren Washington gave the Cardinals a 3-1 lead. CJay Sparks then found the back of the net with one second left in the half.
�Not bad,� Jacksonville coach Dave Miller said of theperformance. �There�s still some things to work on, but overall I�m pretty pleased with the way we�re playing. We scored three late goals in the half. We kind of got into a little rhythm at the end and then scored a quick one in the second half.�
Tyler Moore had two goals for the Cardinals, who are now 4-1-1.
Havelock got goals from Noah Kemble and John Mills. Miguel Diaz-Maurino and Nick Seegel added assists.
The Rams had 14 shots, eight of which were on goal. Justin Temple had 12 saves for Havelock.
With the loss, Havelock falls to 2-4-1 overall.
Havelock is next scheduled to play at Dixon today.
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Things To Do, People To Meet, Places To Go
06/04/2010 23:03 by Amsterdamize
Easter Monday, a bank holiday. Unwinding from family festivities, life in the city is almost back to normal. Traffic is low...well, car traffic that is.
Life on two wheels is as bubbly as any other day
I think I know what color she painted her Easter egg...
A tourist tripping on a tandem cruiser & a cycliste locale
Other tourists going quadruple Cycle Chic
Out and about with the kids or just going to see a friend
Time for teaching life lessons
Shopping and walking the dog go well together
She who is called 'Dances With Hair'
Much better
Easy, there!
Blueish Tunes
She can't wait to unpack
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text: By Jan RahnManaging Editor Thanks to funding from DuPont Pioneer, the Grant Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) will be able to enhance training of its members. Two rescue mannequins have been purchased with grant funds totalling $2,850 which were awarded to the fire department through Pioneer's program of making contributions to community-based organizations on behalf of its business and employees. Local Pioneer sales rep Patrick McGreer presented the funds to the fire department, which was chosen as a recipient of one of the company's community outreach grants. These grant funds are given to communities where Pioneer representatives, employees and customers live and work, supporting quality of life initiatives to create an improved, sustainable lifestyle for people worldwide. "Pioneer is very proud to support local entities such as the Grant Volunteer Fire Department that are dedicated to the safety and health of their communities," said sales rep McGreer. According to GVFD Fire Captain Bryan Kroeker, the mannequins purchased with the grant will play a significant role in training fire department personnel on methods of survival, such as automobile extrication and confined space rescue. Training with mannequins to simulate an actual victim will be invaluable to firefighters and EMTs because the mannequins can be filled with sand to imitate a live person's weight up to 250 pounds or more. Kroeker said the fire department is grateful to Jody Snogren, administrator of the Perkins County Health Services Foundation, for her help in submitting the grant proposal. A former Grant Fire Department member was also instrumental in helping acquire the funds to purchase training mannequins. "We want to thank Clint Fuchs for helping us procure this grant," said Kroeker. Fuchs is a current employee of DuPont Pioneer in Lincoln.About DuPont Pioneer DuPont Pioneer is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Since 1802 DuPont has been bringing world-class science engineering to the global marketplace in the form of innovative products, materials and services. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments and leaders, it can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment.


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Official: 'Numerous' other bodies at Algeria plant
"There could be no negotiations" with terrorists, the French media quoted him as saying in the central French city of Tulle.
Hollande said the hostages were "shamefully murdered" by their captors, and he linked the event to France's military operation against al-Qaida-backed rebels in neighboring Mali. "If there was any need to justify our action against terrorism, we would have here, again, an additional argument," he said.
In the final assault, the remaining band of militants killed seven hostages before 11 of them were in turn cut down by the special forces, Algeria's state news agency said. The military launched its Saturday assault to prevent a fire started by the extremists from engulfing the complex and blowing it up, the report added.
A total of 685 Algerian and 107 foreigner workers were freed over the course of the four-day standoff, the Interior Ministry statement said, adding that the group of militants that attacked the remote Saharan natural gas complex consisted of 32 men of various nationalities, including three Algerians and explosives experts.
The military also said it confiscated heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, missiles and grenades attached to suicide belts.
Algeria has fought its own Islamist rebellion since the 1990s, elements of which later declared allegiance to al-Qaida and then set up new groups in the poorly patrolled wastes of the Sahara along the borders of Niger, Mali, Algeria and Libya, where they flourished.
The standoff has put the spotlight on al-Qaida-linked groups that roam these remote areas, threatening vital infrastructure and energy interests. The militants initially said their operation was intended to stop a French attack on Islamist militants in neighboring Mali - though they later said it was two months in the planning, long before the French intervention.
The militants, who came from a Mali-based al-Qaida splinter group run by an Algerian, attacked the plant Wednesday morning. Armed with heavy machine guns and rocket launchers in four-wheel drive vehicles, they fell on a pair of buses taking foreign workers to the airport. The buses' military escort drove off the attackers in a blaze of gunfire that sent bullets zinging over the heads of crouching workers. A Briton and an Algerian - probably a security guard - were killed.
The militants then turned to the vast gas complex, divided between the workers' living quarters and the refinery itself, and seized hostages, the Algerian government said. The gas flowing to the site was cut off.
The accounts of hostages who escaped the standoff showed they faced dangers from both the kidnappers and the military. The militants focused on the foreign workers from the outset, largely leaving alone the hundreds of Algerian workers who were briefly held hostage before being released or escaping.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9)-- Kim Mitchell is back in her Washington, D.C. home and recounting the moment she got to meet the man that saved her life some 40 years ago.
She said about the moment the two were able to finally meet, "The look in his eyes when he saw me was like there was almost instant recognition."
Her hero is a man by the name of Tran Khac Bao, and their stories date back nearly 40 decades to war-torn Vietnam. He was a 22-year-old South Vietnamese soldier, and she was an infant left orphaned after her village was destroyed and her mother was killed.
Bao, in a desperate attempt to save the infant, took her to an orphanage.
Mitchell was later adopted and brought to Wisconsin where she was raised. She would grow up to become a Lt. Commander in the Navy. In 2011 she flew back to Vietnam to see what if anything she could learn about her roots. One of her first discoveries was the orphanage she lived in. She said, "Once we got there and there were 2 nuns that met us."
Soon after the dots were connected. Word got out that a Vietnamese-born woman was re-tracing her life's steps. An article in a Vietnamese-American magazine that highlighted her journey somehow made it to Mr. Bao. He had been living stateside in Albuquerque.
After some cross checking and phone calls, the long overdue reunion finally happened.
Mitchell said, "That whole experience was overwhelming. I never expected the warm welcome that I received."
She has left her military job with the Navy and now works with veterans who are re-adjusting to their lives at home. Her whole life she has been committed to serving, but little she did she know she had been inspired by a story that she was never able to finish until now.
She added "Mr. Tran is proof through me that one act of kindness can change the life of a person."
Her and Mr. Bao hope to go back to Vietnam soon for another visit together.


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|Release Date: July 23, 2004
|Running Time: 115 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $853,718.00
|Genre: Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Foreign
Tadanobu Asano
Michio Ogusu
Yui Natsukawa
Guadalcanal Taka
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Summary:Zatoichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatoichi discovers a remote mountain village at the mercy of Ginzo, a ruthless gang-leader. Ginzo disposes of anyone who gets in his way, especially after hiring the mighty samurai ronin, Hattori, as a bodyguard. After a raucous night of gambling in town, Zatoichi encoutners a pair of geishas--as dangerous as they are beautiful--who've come to avenge their parents' murder. As the paths of these and other colorful characters intertwine, Ginzo's henchmen are soon after Za... Full Summary >>


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It's yet another gloomy, rainy morning in Cincinnati, so let's let our minds take a voyage around the Internet and see what is going on in the world during the last 24 hours.
House Speaker John Boehner is probably cringing at a CBS News poll that found an overwhelming majority of Americans like the proposals mentioned in President Obama's State of the Union address. And by "overwhelming," we mean a whopping 91 percent of respondents. (You read that correctly.)
At least three of Cincinnati City Council's four new members will appear at a meet-and-greet event next week in Price Hill to answer questions.
Chris Seelbach, Yvette Simpson and P.G. Sittenfeld are scheduled to attend the Jan. 5 forum, which will be held at Elder Hill School's Schaeper Center. It's uncertain at this time whether the fourth and final new council member, Christopher Smitherman, will attend.
A group that supports preserving the historic Gamble House in Westwood is angry that Cincinnati building inspectors aren't enforcing the law at the property, which is allowing heavy rainfall to damage it while a court battle drags on about whether to save the mansion from demolition.
Bob Prokop, of Save the Historic Gamble Estate Now, said the city's inaction about securing the house contradicts what a building inspector told him would be done at the property in an email from last spring.
The state of Ohio has approved funds to help a Cincinnati brewery expand its operations, as well as assisting two other local companies with projects.
The state will spend $663,000 to assist the Samuel Adams Brewery Co. in expanding operations on Poplar Street in the West End. The money will go toward buying the property needed for the expansion, which is located next to the existing brewery.
A new Census Bureau report reveals that from 2005 to 2009, a segment of Over-the-Rhine had the highest income inequality of more than 61,000 communities nationwide.
The segment — known as Census Tract No. 17 — is the northeast quadrant of Over-the-Rhine. The findings were featured in an article Tuesday by McClatchy Newspapers, which attributes the disparity in the tract partially to gentrification and the influx of young professionals into the predominantly low-income neighborhood.
As part of CityBeat's continuing election coverage, we've once again sent a questionnaire to the non-incumbent Cincinnati City Council candidates to get their reactions on a broad range of issues.
Nine of the 14 non-incumbents chose to answer our questions. Others either didn't respond or couldn't meet the deadline.
During the next few weeks, we will print the responses from the non-incumbents to a different topic each time.
Today's question is, "Do you consider the operation of public swimming poolsto be an acceptable function of municipal government?"
Local residents have a unique opportunity to participate in a candidate forum featuring people running for Cincinnati City Council that will occur this Saturday.
As it has done for the past few election cycles, The Greenwich nightclub in Walnut Hills will host the forum, which currently is scheduled to include all 23 candidates vying for the nine council seats. This year, the forum's theme is "Cincinnati 2012: Diary of a City in Transition," and it will be held from 7:30-11 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public, although seating is limited.
Many motorists and pedestrians in Over-the-Rhine have wondered what it was, and now CityBeat has the answer. "It" refers to the nearly three-story high mound of dirt located at the corner of Liberty and Race streets.
The dirt, which first appeared a few months ago and has grown in size ever since, lies behind a chain-link fence on a vacant parcel. Some concrete barricades have been pushed against the fence to give it extra support at containing the mess as it expands, but stray bits of soil have spilled over onto the sidewalk and street.
Facing a $33 million deficit for next year, Cincinnati officials are facing some tough choices — including the city manager's recommendation to layoff 44 police officers. Now the public may chime in and offer suggestions.
City Council's Budget and Finance Committee has scheduled four public hearings this month at different locations throughout Cincinnati, with the first set for this week.
The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission (CHRC), a quasi-independent agency based at City Hall, has a new chairman and vice chairwoman.
The CHRC's board of directors has elected Robert Harris to serve as chairman, and Carla Walker to serve as vice chairwoman.


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Eyewitnesses took to Twitter to post photos and updates during a lockdown that was set in motion when a shooter opened fire at Purdue University on Tuesday.
#Purdueshooting pic.twitter.com/DZ84eSl10I
— Brooke Fedder (@BrookeFedder) January 21, 2014
#Purdueshooting pic.twitter.com/wQlPBN4tMK
— Brooke Fedder (@BrookeFedder) January 21, 2014
"@BigMorningWood_: Yo… stay inside purdue. That's a fully automatic weapon pic.twitter.com/DfRfvny4o4"yoooooo wtf?!
— Gluttony (@RealMikeyTaylor) January 21, 2014
@jconline purdue shooting pic.twitter.com/xYcQadNJP2
— Kyle M. Siemers (@KyleSiemers) January 21, 2014
No details yet on possible shots fired at Purdue, every county department on hand at EE pic.twitter.com/V9DVsF5qkQ
— Justin Mack (@justinlmack) January 21, 2014
Police surround EE bldg on Purdue campus, scanner traffic indicated a shots fired report pic.twitter.com/8We4kozOHL
— Justin Mack (@justinlmack) January 21, 2014
UPDATE: 1 person in custody after shooting reported at Purdue University in Indiana: http://t.co/io3GzgIXTh pic.twitter.com/yRWyFbs69X
— ABC News (@ABC) January 21, 2014
Under lockdown in the basement of Hillenbrand hall because of shooting at #Purdue pic.twitter.com/E1RWYYB3qz
— Eric Templin (@ertemplin) January 21, 2014


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Seagate Savvio 10K.2 ST9146802SS 146GB 10K 3.0Gbps SFF Serial SCSI / SAS Hard Drive - Refurbished OEM
Capacity: 146GB
Spindle Speed: 10,000RPM
Interface Type: SAS Serial Attached SCSI
Disk Size: 2.5inx15mm SFF Server Drive
Sustained Throughput (MBps): 55 to 89
Average Seek Time (read/write ms): 3.8/4.4
Electrical Interface Speed: SAS Serial Attached SCSI - 3.0Gbps
On-Board Cache: 16MB
Savvio is the first 2.5-inch enterprise disc drive, making possible a new class of high I/O, high-density storage solutions. Savvio enables space-constrained data centers to achieve higher IOPs (input/output per second) performance in small form factor system configurations while maintaining the highest levels of reliability.
Savvio drives combine giant magnetoresistive (GMR) heads, partial response/maximum likelihood (PRML) read channel electronics, embedded servo technology, and a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface to provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. The Serial Attached SCSI interface is designed to meet next-generation computing demands for performance, scalability, flexibility and high-density storage requirements.
Savvio drives are random access storage devices designed to support the Serial Attached SCSI Protocol as described in the ANSI specifications, this document, and the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071) which describes the general interface characteristics of this drive. Savvio drives are classified as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance (highest level) with the ANSI SCSI-1 standard. The SAS connectors, cables and electrical interface are compatible with Serial ATA (SATA), giving future users the choice of populating their systems with either SAS or SATA hard disc drives. This allows you to continue to leverage your existing investment in SCSI while gaining a 3Gb/s serial data transfer rate.
All SAS compatible servers including (This list is not all inclusive):Dell PowerEdge 1950, 1955, 2900, 2950, 6950Compaq/HP Proliant:BL20p G4, BL460c, BL465c, BL480c, DL360 G4p, DL360 G5, DL380 G4, DL380 G5, DL385, DL385 G2, DL580 G3, DL580 G4, DL585, DL585 G2, ML350 G5, ML370 G4, ML370 G5, ML570 G3, ML570 G4
Here are a few other SAS related products:
IBM 31R2239 SAS / SCSI SFF Hard Drive Tray / Caddy
Sun 540-6610 36GB SFF Serial SCSI / SAS Hard Drive Kit
Dell KF248 / F830C 2.5" SAS Hard Drive Tray / Caddy
Fujitsu MAY2036RC SAS Hard Disk Drive
Seagate ST973402SS SAS Hard Disk Drive
Seagate ST936751SS SAS Hard Drives


text: So this year I drew an area 47 antelope tag and will be spending a lot of time in that area. Two years ago i worked on the Pathfinder Ranch doing wildlife surveys and was able to spend some time around the shirley mountains. I saw quite a few nice buck deer around, and i was wondering if anyone knows if that area gets a lot of people in it during hunting season? Any info is appreciated!!!


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Students in the College of Arts and Sciences may elect one of the following minors in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, subject to the provisions stated on p. 68. All require a minimum of 6 hours at the 300 or 400 level earned on this campus.
Consumer sciences. This minor requires 18 hours of CSM courses, including CSM 201, CSM 204, and 12 additional hours selected in consultation with a departmental advisor. Six hours must be at the 300 or 400 level.
Food and nutrition. This minor requires 18–20 hours, including NHM 101, NHM 201, NHM 253, and 6 hours in courses at the 300 or 400 level. The student is advised to plan the minor in consultation with a faculty advisor.
Human development and family studies. This minor requires 18 hours, including HD 202, HD 205, HD 262, HD 302, HD 382, and HD 462. Additional information is available in 101 Doster Hall.


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Singer/songwriter Gary Wright is set to open up about his relationship with late Beatles star George Harrison in a new memoir.
The "Dream Weaver" and "Really Wanna Know You" hitmaker will publish "Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison" in October.
A press release announcing the new book reads: "'Dream Weaver' is ultimately a story of a spiritual journey and Gary's lifelong friendship with George Harrison. At 33, Gary Wright was at the highest point in his career. His album, 'The Dream Weaver,' had been on top of the charts for months with two hit singles – 'Dream Weaver' and 'Love is Alive' – and during the summer of '76, he was part of a massive arena tour with Peter Frampton and Yes.
"Earlier, while still living in England, he recorded music with legendary musicians Eric Clapton, B.B King, and George Harrison, who would later become one of his best friends.
"In 'Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison,' Wright illuminates key moments in his journey and offers an insider's look at a tumultuous and revolutionary time in both the music and spiritual realms. Wright details how he formed the legendary rock group Spooky Tooth, and how his close friendship with 'the quiet Beatle' began and developed over the years as they wrote songs together, pondered philosophical issues, and journeyed to India."


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Any Day Now (2012)
Any Day Now SynopsisInspired by a true story and touching on legal and social issues that are more relevant now than ever, Any Day Now tells a story of love, acceptance, and creating your own family. In the late 1970s, when Marco (Isaac Leyva), a teenager with down syndrome whos been abandoned by his mother, is taken in by committed couple Rudy (Alan Cumming) and Paul (Garret Dillahunt), he finds in them the family he's never had. However, when their unconventional living arrangement is discovered by the authorities, Rudy and Paul must fight a biased legal system to adopt the child they have come to love as their own.
Any Day Now Release Date
In Theaters December 14, 2012
Any Day Now Credits
Starring: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry, and Chris Mulkey
Written by: Travis Fine and George Arthur Bloom
Directed by: Travis Fine
Produced by: Kristine Fine, Travis Fine, Liam Finn, and Chip Hourihan
Length: 97 min
Distributor: Music Box Films
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I created an account in Outlook to use IMAP/SSL + SMTP/SSL.
All folders unless SPAM folder from IMAP were synchronized with Outlook.
Is there some restriction about Zimbra Community doesn't integrate SPAM folder with Outlook, and this option works only in the Commercial version, or with Outlook Connector?
PS: the users continue to use WEBMAIL to see SPAM folder.


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Figures from Limbo
WRIGHT, Austin (1911 - 1997)
(Amgueddfa Cymru regrets that we are not able to provide an image for this item at this time. This is either due to copyright restrictions, or the item is awaiting digitisation. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.)
Media: lead
Size: 7x 17x 8cm
Acquired: 2006 Bequest, Lisbeth David
Accession Number: NMW A 28184


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Heat maps, anyone? a.k.a. Thermal visualization in the data center.
Karl Helbig 270001N2U6 email@example.com Tags:  green-data-center green-it maximo-asset-management ibm-energy-management green-infrastructure tivoli energy-monitoring energy-optimization green-and-beyond sustainability energy-efficiency 3 Comments 1,945 Visits
Hello again,
First, I'd like to thank John for his comment/question from our last blog. Let's plan to address that next time if that's ok. But for now, we have some important news to share with you. Today we are making available a new product that is part of our overall energy management solution portfolio. IBM Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization is the latest addition to a set of products designed to help you better manage your data center and facilities assets for energy efficiency.
MEO (as we will call it for short) works in conjunction with IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management to give you visibility in to thermal metrics within the data center. More specifically, ITM for Energy Management collects the data from the assets, and MEO uses that data to create a visual thermal map of the data center, so you can see both hot and cold spots within the facility and take the appropriate actions necessary to optimize assets for maximum energy efficiency. But it doesn't stop there. The solution allows you to remediate energy issues by generating service requests to take action on them. And it links energy metrics with asset information to manage energy as a part of service management processes, such as condition monitoring and preventive maintenance. We're pretty excited about the new product and hope that you will be too. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment or question here. And do check out the below links.
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Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization on the web
Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization data sheet
Walking the walk: conserving energy & reducing CO2 emissions at IBM
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Here's an excerpt from IBMs corporate responsibility web site. I thought I'd share it with you because we've been hearing a lot lately about climate change and such, and this outlines what IBM is doing - and has been doing for years - around protecting and preserving our environment.
IBM's longstanding commitment to environmental protection was first formalized as a corporate policy in 1971. From how we run our operations to the products and solutions we provide to our clients, we are committed to leadership across environmental areas ranging from energy efficiency and water conservation to pollution prevention and product stewardship.
Energy conservation has been a major component of IBM's comprehensive climate protection programs because the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by the utilities powering the company's facilities and from the use of fuel for heating or cooling represents the greatest potential climate impact associated with IBM's operations. Because of that, a principal focus of IBM's climate objectives has been its energy conservation goal.
IBM has been tracking it energy consumption since 1973 and has had a specific, numeric annual energy conservation goal for decades. The results of this early focus on energy conservation have been significant. For example, between 1990 and 2008, IBM saved 4.9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity consumption, avoided nearly 3.3 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, an amount equal to 48 percent of the company's 1990 global CO2 emissions, and saved over $343 million through its annual energy conservation actions.
You can read more @ http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/environment.shtml.
Addressing the pressure to change: achieving and sustaining energy efficiencies part 1
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The rising cost and uncertain availability of energy
There are many specific issues around energy and the environment that are increasing the urgency for organizations to change the way they do things in order to achieve and sustain energy efficiencies. And these pressures are coming in various forms, not the least of which is the rising cost and uncertain availability of energy. We all know that energy is scarce and that prices tend to fluctuate. Humor me for a moment as I attempt to use an example to illustrate the challenge. One of my colleagues talks about the VP of a company that he's working with around energy management, and this person talks about his yearly budget being allocated fairly equally to three different areas: CapEx, labor or people, and energy. And when we think of plotting that out over time, let's say over a five year period, it should be fairly simple to control and maintain our capital expenditures and people costs, or at least predict what those costs might be. But if we look back at the history of where energy costs have been over the past few years, you realize that it becomes difficult to predict where these costs might be one or two years down the road, much less five years. And with demand expected to increase, those costs could be significantly higher than might be expected. How can a company address this issue as it tries to run the business in a more sustainable manner?
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Who Cares?
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Really, who actually cares about how much energy is being consumed in the data center? It appears that in more than a few cases there is a "teenager" phenomenon occurring. Have you ever tried to get your teenage son or daughter to consistently turn off the lights or TV when they leave the room? If your experiences are like mine, you would probably have more success pushing a rope uphill. The challenge is that teenagers don't care because they don't pay the electric bill. They know somewhere locked inside the recesses of their brain that it's the right thing to do, but at the end of the day, that alone doesn't seem to make a difference. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing IT Managers to teenagers, I'm just saying that unless there's a vested interest in an outcome, then there's probably not a lot of action that's going to be taken.
So why should an IT Manager care about the energy consumed in the data center? Let me start with one possible reason, and see if other contributors will add their perspective.
While it's not the most common type of outage, there are occurrences of disruptions to the power or air conditioning that can have an impact on service availability. Does an end user really care if the application is down because of a network, server, or air conditioning problem? The answer is no! If the IT Manager has established documented Service Level Agreements, then it's in his/her best interest to do an effective job to maintain those service levels by managing all elements that could impact an outage… and that includes power or air conditioning.
What are your thoughts? Why should an IT Manager care?
Chapter 1: The IBM Energy Management Blog
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Hello, Karl Helbig here... I am a worldwide marketing manager with IBM focusing on our energy management software portfolio. First, let's get the intro out of the way with just a little background on me... I am considered a subject matter expert on our energy management solutions. No simple task, but I find that to be pretty cool in and of itself! It's really quite exciting to be involved in this area... everyone's focusing on what they can do to "go green". I myself practice what I preach every day at home... I am energy conscious, I recycle EVERYTHING, I try not to use more water than I have to, and I try to buy products that have as little impact on our environment as possible. I also work out of my home office, so I feel that I am reducing my personal affect on the environment by not getting into my car every day and driving the 40 or so miles (each way, I might add) to get to an office. So you can imagine my excitement when I joined the "green team" at IBM. OK, enough about me. Let me set the stage for what's to come on this blog.
Our energy management software is really part of a much bigger picture. It falls specifically under our Green & Beyond initiative, and more specifically, within an area we call Green Infrastructure. What is a green infrastructure you ask? Let me try to explain. IBM defines a green infrastructure as one that can instrument, manage and optimize its business assets across the infrastructure, including IT equipment, data centers, property & facilities, and data & applications. Simply put, a green infrastructure is instrumented and interconnected, and as a result, it's intelligent. And if your infrastructure is intelligent, you can mitigate the environmental impact of the assets that support it and realize some real, measurable benefits. Make sense? That's just a tease…we'll talk more about it in future blogs.
As you can probably imagine, a green infrastructure is not just about software (we'll get in to some specifics about software another time). It's also about hardware, like energy efficient servers, and related technology for monitoring energy usage on that hardware (to make it even more energy efficient!). And it's also about helping you grow your data center – when, in this difficult economy, the money required to do it might not be there – we can help you define your data center requirements, and help you design a scalable, modular data center solution for virtually any IT environment. We'll cover all of this with an eye toward helping you save energy, reduce the impact of what you do and how you work on the environment, and hopefully save your company some money along the way.
So with that said, as you may have already guessed, this blog will be a collaborative effort between several areas within IBM. If that doesn't make you want to come back for more, I don't know what will. I'll wrap this up by letting you know that we'll try to do this at least once a week. But once we get rolling, don't be surprised if we up the ante a bit and talk with you a little more often. Until next time, thanks for reading this... and we will meet again very soon. I look forward to it.
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Keep green in mind, part 1: Virtualization
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Is green still on your radar screen when it comes to managing your data center assets? If not, perhaps it should be. A greener data center can be achieved through various means, not the least of which is gaining efficiencies in the area of power (energy) usage. And there are many indirect ways to increase energy efficiency in the data center. Consider if you will virtualization, asset management, storage management, and cloud computing as potential contributors to a more energy efficient, "greener" data center. For the purposes of today's blog, let's focus on virtualization - and the notion that "green comes with it".
Through virtualization, you can improve data center efficiency by raising the utilization of servers. I've heard many times that most computing resources (CPU) are left untapped on a single server. A global study of server energy and efficiency supported by the Alliance to Save Energy found that 72% of server managers believe that 15% or more of their servers were not doing any useful work. Consolidating multiple applications and workloads that run on separate devices to a single, partitioned server reduces the number of actual servers needed to handle current as well as future demands. And fewer servers means increased utilization, which in turn means that less power is required to operate and cool them, resulting in a more efficient - energy and cost-wise - and environmentally friendly data center.
And when we talk about virtualization, we shouldn't forget about the network. As servers have sprawled, so has the network that's required for access to and communication with those servers. In some cases it's thought that networking equipment can contribute as much as 20% -25% of the power load. As servers are condolidated and virtualized, there too can be a significant opportunity to simplify the network as well, and drive additional savings in the areas of energy use and cost, and reduced environmental impact.
So if you think about the above, if should become clear that some green benefits of virtualization can include:
You may not think of green when you think of virtualization, but the potential benefits are compelling and should be part of the equation when thinking about the impact that virtualization could have on your IT infrastructure.
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Energy monitoring for greater efficiency in the data center and beyond
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Effective monitoring of IT, data center and facility assets can bring positive savings to companies that are paying attention to it. Based on a survey I read recently, decreased energy use (or greater energy efficiency) and increased cooling efficiency were mentioned as the biggest benefits that data center and facility managers are seeing from their green efforts. In reality, these companies should probably also realize that, in most cases, they may have to invest a little in technology to see real benefits. Easier said than done in today's economic climate, but worth investigating.
Getting started
Where can a company get started on a path toward a more energy efficient IT infrastructure? Start by gaining thorough visibility in to (or discovering) your actual IT (servers, etc.), data center (CRAC units, etc.) and facility assets, and how they are being used. Once you can see your assets and how they are performing, you can begin to take the necessary actions required to optimize those assets. This might come in the form of simply using your technology assets to their fullest capacity, or even a simple understanding of where your assets might require less cooling when they are idle. A better utilized, better performing asset should likewise be a more energy efficient asset. Let me put it like this: see what you have, understand how it is being (or not being) used, and adjust accordingly.
What should an energy monitoring solution provide?
As I said, visibility into energy consumption is key. Energy monitoring software should act as the "collector" if you will of sensor data from IT, data center and facility equipment. It should provide visibility to help manage the data center environment (think back to what I mentioned about "discovering" earlier). It should help you gain insight into energy and thermal information for such equipment and infrastructure and should enable the optimization of the monitored environment from a centralized point of control. It should allow information to be stored in real-time to leverage historic, and trending energy and thermal metrics in a common repository to help you make better informed decisions around energy management. Lastly, it should allow the collected data to be used by other solutions such as thermal visualization, dashboard, and applications that help you understand your costs and track, allocate and invoice by multiple criteria.
You may not have to have a huge budget to better monitor your assets. And you may not even need extra people either. Before you make the decision NOT to invest, do your homework. Look for the criteria outlined above. Explore solutions that monitor IT, data center and facility assets. Understand the full scope of what you might need to do. You might be surprised to find out that it's not as big of an undertaking as you may think. And the rewards are many fold.
Share your thoughts by commenting on this blog or joining one of our energy management communities.
Energy Efficiency in a Dynamic Infrastructure
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Greetings all-
On October 20, 2009, IBM announced several new and enhanced offerings designed to help our customers succeed in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. The announcements reinforce the vision of a Dynamic Infrastructure and support our client's desire to improve service, reduce cost and manage risk, while also laying the foundation to take advantage of future business and IT needs.
The solutions and capabilities announced enhance the visibility, control, and automation across an organization's business and IT assets.
Among these solutions is Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization 7.1. We've talked about this solution in the past (see "Heat maps, anyone? a.k.a. Thermal visualization in the data center"). MEO, as we call it for short, helps increase visibility of energy and thermal information with data center heat maps that help IT and facilities managers see thermal anomalies in a real-time, visual format. This allows them to take swift, corrective actions in order to optimize assets and ultimately reduce energy costs.
How does this relate to a Dynamic Infrastructure? Today's business environment is challenging on many fronts. And your IT infrastructure is no exception. You need to cut energy usage and cost, and you must meet increasing demands from your customers, partners and employees. You need to help your business stay ahead of the competition, but you have to do it all with a limited budget. Thus, you need a secure, flexible, intelligent and dynamic infrastructure to be successful. And visibility on to your data center and facilities assets is one place to focus your efforts. Because saving energy saves you money. Check out Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization for yourself.
Please feel free to comment! We'd love to hear from you.
Share your story at Pulse: Hints and tips for creating a stellar Energy & Efficiency proposal
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In preparation for Pulse 2010 in Vegas, I interviewed Vik Chandra, the Pulse track lead for Energy and Efficiency, to help you generate good ideas for submitting your call for speaker abstracts for Pulse. Vik will actually be reviewing the submissions with a team of other folks, so you can really trust his advice. Here's what he had to say:
Me: What are hot topics in the area of Energy and Efficiency right now? Which topics would you really like to see presented at Pulse?
Vik: The focus of going green is on reducing costs. The first step to going green is to gain visibility into energy consumption end-to-end across the infrastructure. The attendees at Pulse would benefit from learning about your experiences including:
Vik: Energy efficiency activities span the entire infrastructure. IT organizations have different challenges from facility organizations and from manufacturing organizations as an example, Execs and leaders within the sustainability or operations organizations that are currently implementing or exploring energy management solutions will be ideal speakers.
Me: What are you looking for in a good proposal?
Vik: A good proposal should be educational, motivational and practical. Ideally, your peers should be able to learn from your experience to initiate their own energy management projects. It's important to note that you don't have to have demonstrable energy savings to deliver a successful proposal. There are significant lessons to be learn from your experiences on simply getting to the point of deciding on energy efficiency projects
Me: What are the benefits of submitting an abstract for Pulse?
Vik: Free admission to Pulse ($1,995 value) and recognition for yourself and your organization as leaders in the area of Energy Efficiency.
Me: What is the deadline for submitting call for speaker abstracts?
Vik: The deadline to submit your speaker abstract is Nov. 2nd. Don't delay, submit your proposal today.
With such great guidance from Vik, you're sure to write a perfect proposal. If you have any questions on submitting abstracts for Pulse or want feedback on an idea, just leave a blog comment or feel free to email me. Also, be sure to check out this justification letter if you need that extra edge to convince your boss of the value of attending Pulse. I hope to see you there!
Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization 7.1.1 released today!
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New release supports energy and environmental thermal visualization for facilities assets
On September 17th, IBM released a new version of Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization to help customers tackle energy and environmental management problems both inside and outside of the data center. This new release expands the product to collect and visualize facilities energy and environmental data, tying this information to key asset management processes for a complete solution. This release expands the visualization of energy and environmental information beyond temperature to include humidity, power, and other customer visualizations. It also includes new analytics to help analyze the efficiency of air conditioning equipment and locate and visualize hot spots.
In addition to these new features, Maximo for Energy Optimization 7.1.1 includes a "lightweight" version of Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management. The included monitoring tool supports facilities equipment from a number of vendors, including Johnson Controls, Siemens, Eaton, and APC. It also includes the ability to collect data from other sources.
For more information, please visit the Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization web page.
Pulse buzz: When you think of storage, think of green (Keep green in mind, part 2)
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On 19 March 2010, IBM will release Tivoli Storage Manager v6.2. Read more about it at the Tivoli Storage team blog. How does this relate to Pulse you might ask? You can learn more about what's going on with Tivoli storage solutions by checking out out the storage roadmap at Pulse 2010 (also on the Tivoli storage blog).
So let's talk about storage and green...that's why you are reading this, right? When we think about "green", we usually think about energy and eco-efficiency. But what we don't often think about is the fact that there are may ways to get to those green benefits outside of energy monitoring and management. Enter storage (we'll talk about a few other areas in future posts). How can you improve storage utilization for an energy efficient storage environment? You can reduce power consumption by reducing the amount of disk capacity required to keep data assets tuned and available to the business. More specifically:
Pulse buzz: Welcome to Energy & Efficiency @ Pulse 2010!
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It's Monday and Pulse 2010 is open and people from all over the country and world are still filing in to the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada for Pulse 2010! Pulse 2010 is the premier service management event and this year's theme is "Optimizing the World's Infrastructure". If you are here, we're glad you are, and you will definitely want to check out the breakout sessions that are planned throughout the week around energy and efficiency. And tonight, you can stop by one of two peds focused on energy and efficiency, namely the Energy Management ped (#51), and the Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization ped (#26). Both peds will be staffed tonight from 5PM - 9PM, and we hope you will stop by to learn more about our energy management solutions.
Here's a quick primer on the solutions we'll be showcasing throughout the conference:
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management is our core energy management solution. Simply stated, it allows you to monitor and manage energy, and helps you gain insight into energy and thermal information for IT equipment, data center infrastructure and facilities equipment and enable the optimization of the monitored environment from a centralized point of control. Be sure to stop by ped 51 for a closer look.
IBM Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization further supports energy and environmental optimization of data center assets with visual mapping. It integrates energy into service management processes, provides information to make better decisions about energy management, and includes mapping capabilities for energy and environmental metrics to identify issues that may effect costs or availability.
And let's not forget the "Ask the Experts" sessions planned Throughout the conference.
Be sure to watch us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/karlhelbig) for updates throughout the conference.
Meet the Energy & Efficiency experts at Pulse 2010!
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The excitement is mounting... the clock is ticking... we're just a few short DAYS away from Pulse 2010 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas!
I've blogged a couple of times around our Energy & Efficiency agenda and demo pedestals already, but I wanted to take a minute to let you know about our "Meet the Experts" sessions that are scheduled at the conference. We've got a great lineup of energy & efficiency experts for you to speak with, as follows:
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
Joe Saunders
Program Manager, Tivoli Service Level Advisor and Tivoli Performance Analyzer
Jim Fletcher
Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architec t- Tivoli Green Data Center
Vik Chandra
Program Director, Strategy - Green Solutions
Jim Fletcher
Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architec t- Tivoli Green Data Center
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
Joe Saunders
Program Manager, Tivoli Service Level Advisor and Tivoli Performance Analyzer
Chris Dittmer
Sr. Market Manager, Tivoli Energy Efficiency and Green Solutions
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
So stop by, ask a question or two, and pick their brains. And don't forget to stop by the Energy Management (#51) and Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization (#26) demo pedestals on the exhibition floor.
Be sure to follow IBM Energy Management on Twitter for updates throughout the conference. We're looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!
The Energy & Efficiency Roadmap at Pulse 2010
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I'm sure you all know that Pulse 2010 is less than two weeks away. I just wanted to take another opportunity to let you know that Energy & Efficiency is well represented at this year's event. Our presence this year is three-fold, with a strong Energy & Efficiency presentation track, including presentations from IBM, our partners, and of course our customers. We also have two demonstration pedestals on the exhibition floor, as well as time to "Meet the Experts" for energy management. Let's break these down one at a time:
Energy & Efficiency track breakout sessions:
Monday February 22:
- Energy and Efficiency -- Track Kickoff
Tuesday February 23:
Wednesday February 24:
Demonstration pedestals:
Tivoli Energy Management, ped 51
Meet the Experts during exhibition hours from Sunday - Wednesday.
Hope to see you there!
Energy & Efficiency track @ Pulse 2010
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Pulse 2010 is just over 3 weeks away, so I thought I would give you a sneak preview of how the Energy & Efficiency track agenda is shaping up. If you are coming to Pulse 2010 and want to build your agenda in advance of the conference, head over to the Pulse web site and you can do so. And don't forget to stop by the Energy Management ped (#51) in the solution expo. I look forward to meeting you there.
Monday February 22:
- Energy and Efficiency -- Track Kickoff
- Smarter Datacenters and Energy Management: Getting Started Today
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management Product Details
- Smarter Buildings: Service Management Integration and Energy Efficiency Optimization
- How IBM Optimizes Energy Consumption Across Its Datacenter Space with Tivoli Energy Management
- Intelligent Approaches to Physical Infrastructure Management
Tuesday February 23:
- Managing Large-Scale Virtualization for Energy Efficiency
- Virtualization Best Practices to Maximize ROI
- IBM Service Management for Energy and Utilities
-IBM Energy Management Stack: Integrations and Openness
-Essential Elements to Incorporate into a Management Dashboard to Support Energy and Environmental Goals
-Green Principles and Service Management
Wednesday February 24:
- How Simulation Can Save You Money and Make Your Data Center and Test Lab Greener
- IBM Energy Management Deployment Planning
- Optimizing Facilities Infrastructure in Datacenters for Improved Energy Efficiency
- An Overview of Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization
-Go Green: How Johnson Controls Went Paperless with Mobile
-CenterPoint Energy Uses IBM Business Transformation Solution to Build Smarter Meters


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