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The Girl With/Who Trilogy (Dragon Tattoo, Played with Fire, Kicked the Hornets' Nest,) by the now-dead Swedish author Steig Larsson are the THAT books of our current hour. (As in: "Have you read that book? It's good. You should read it.") The trilogy is essentially a meticulously detailed revenge fantasy punctuated with frank sexuality and graphic violence. Of course it's more complicated than that but you've either read it or you can read a synopsis here. Or just watch the movies.
THAT books are than just best sellers. They bubble up and capture the collective imagination for a multi-year period via sequels, imitators and Oprah discussions. There is, inevitably, a film version of these books that either pleases or piques die-hard fans and then, almost without warning, the whole thing is gone. Disappeared, like a school crush or a questionable haircut. (I know its not a book but remember Avatar? Didn't think so.) So here is our incomplete list of THAT book books that, in their day, were The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo everyone was reading on their lunch hour.
DaVinci Code (2003) Yes. Yes. We all recognize that we momentarily lost our minds and thought this book was good. (I even wrote a glowing review as a critic for amazon that still haunts me). But this was THE book of about three years. If they make a movie and Tom Hanks is the star, yeah, that's a big deal.
Life of Pi (2001) A kid is on a life boat WITH A TIGER! Only of course it's not a tiger, it's awhole blind man touching a camel type thing. But, then again, you read it on the plane in 2001, remember? No movie for this one...yet.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sister Hood (1997) Every woman I knew in 1997 was reading this book about reconnecting or alcoholism or the south or something. Made into a terrible movie that was shown on planes.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) A loosely journalistic account of a murder (or killing, depending on which side you take) in Savanah, Georgia. Still required reading for any trip to the south. Made, of course, into a inexplicably hamfisted movie directed by Clint Eastwood staring nearly every name brand actor in Hollywood from Kevin Spacey to John Cussack.
The Satantic Verses (1988) OK, unlike the DaVinci Code, NOBODY, I mean NOBODY read this book but we all remember it. Salaman Rushdie had an Ayatollah's contract put out on his head for writing this. Something about blasphemous references to Mohammed, who can recall? But this was one of those early pre-911 moments we were all like "Damn, those dudes are serious about this Mohommmed fellah."
Clan of the Cave Bear (1980) Jean M. Auel's epic hunting and gathering tale set in the pre-missionary-position period. Daryl Hannah starred in the book's 1986 film adaptation and that was pretty the end of her career. But you (or your mom) definitely read this book.
We call them "Incomplete lists" for a reason. What are your greatest hits in the category of: "Books everyone read but nobody remembers?"
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Fast Action to Reduce the Risks of Climate Change: U.S. Options to Limit Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
February 2012
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Short-lived climate pollutants such as soot, methane and hydroflurorocarbons (HFCs) account for 30 to 40 percent of global warming to date. Targeted efforts to reduce these emissions can slow the pace of global warming and moderate climate impacts already underway, including the melting of sea ice and glaciers. By reducing local air pollution, such measures would also produce substantial public health benefits and reduce crop losses, particularly in developing countries. The factsheet outlines ways to further reduce U.S. emissions of these short-lived pollutants.
Through a broad range of efforts – including voluntary programs to reduce methane emissions, regulation of diesel emissions, and the development of alternatives to HFCs – the United States has made substantial progress in reducing short-lived climate pollutants, also called short-lived climate forcers. Options to strengthen these domestic efforts including the following:
Federal leadership in reducing short-lived climate pollutants
A 2009 Executive Order, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance (E.O. 13514), directs agencies across the federal government to compile inventories of their greenhouse gas emissions, and to set targets and develop plans for reducing those emissions through 2020. HFCs and methane (but not black carbon) are explicitly included among the greenhouse gases covered under E.O. 13514. The Administration could instruct the Federal Environmental Executive charged with implementing the Executive Order to provide guidance directing all agencies to place a priority on identifying actions aimed at reducing emissions of all short-lived climate pollutants. For example, agencies could be encouraged to purchase products made without HFCs, to retrofit their dirtiest diesel engines, and to take actions to facilitate capture of methane emissions from existing gas and oil wells and coal mines on federal lands.
An inter-agency Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Task Force could develop tools to help agencies develop and implement plans to reduce these compounds.
Methane reductions from oil and gas production and processing
Natural gas is mostly methane, and the natural gas industry is the single largest source of methane emissions from the United States, due primarily to leaks and intentional routine releases of gas. In July, 2011, EPA proposed new source performance standards and hazardous pollutant regulations for oil and gas production and gas processing, transmission and storage facilities. While primarily aimed at reducing smog-forming and toxic pollutants, the proposed rules also have the indirect effect of reducing methane emissions in significant amounts. By capturing and beneficially using methane emissions, EPA estimates that the proposed rules would result in a net cost-savings to industry. If finalized as proposed, the rules will begin to address one of the concerns about the extent of methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a segment of the industry which is rapidly growing.[1] EPA estimates the proposed rules would reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 26 percent, or 3.4 million tons – equal to 65 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.[2]
EPA could maximize cost-effective methane reductions in finalizing the proposed rules. However since these rules apply only to new and modified facilities, EPA could take additional action to address methane emissions from existing facilities. EPA could issue new regulations directly regulating methane emissions from new and existing facilities or it could expand its Natural Gas Star program to include voluntary reduction targets by participating companies at their existing facilities.
Methane reductions at municipal solid waste landfills
Solid waste landfills are the third largest source of methane emissions in the United States, accounting for 17 percent of U.S. methane emissions and almost 2 percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions.[3] In March 1996, EPA issued final rules regulating the emission of air pollutants from municipal solid waste landfills. This rule substantially reduced smog-forming and hazardous pollutants. While methane emissions are not regulated directly, the 1996 performance standards had an important indirect effect in reducing methane emissions from the largest landfills. That is because under these standards, landfills are required to collect and combust their "landfill gas" (LFG) if they have a design capacity of more than 2.5 million tons and more than 2.5 million cubic meters of waste. EPA estimated that the rule would reduce methane emissions by 37 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, even though it impacts less than 5 percent of all landfills.
The most straightforward way to significantly reduce methane emissions from this sector would be to bring more landfills into the existing regulatory scheme by lowering both the emission threshold and the capacity thresholds to reflect the fact that today, landfills as small as 1 million metric tons design capacity have successfully implemented LFG collection systems. The 1996 rule has been in place unchanged far longer than the 8-year review period called for under the Clean Air Act and new standards are in order. EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program estimates that an additional 500 sites represent potentially attractive opportunities for low cost capture and beneficial use of methane emissions. These sites have a potential for methane reductions of 13 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, EPA could revise this rule to double the number of sites that are required to capture methane emissions and to work with states to facilitate effective implementation of this requirement.
HFC reductions from vehicle air conditioners
Section 612 was included in the Clean Air Act to ensure the health and safety of alternatives being developed and used to replace chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone-depleting substances. While HFC-134a was an important alternative in allowing for an accelerated phase-out of CFC-12, it has a global warming potential of 1300. With the development of more environmentally benign alternatives, it is now time for EPA to delist HFC-134a as an acceptable alternative. In February 2011, EPA accepted as complete a petition to delist HFC-134a for use in new air conditioners for light-duty vehicles. However, it did not establish a timetable for taking action and did not address the use of HFC-134a in other applications that should also be delisted.
HFCs currently represent less than 2 percent of the nation's GHG emissions. They are expected to double by 2020. HFC-134a from auto air conditioning is by far the largest source of HFC emissions.
EPA should propose and finalize a rule as soon as feasible delisting HFC-134a for use in new car air conditioners on a timeframe consistent with the availability of adequate supplies of the alternatives. It also should review other significant uses where HFC-134a currently is approved (e.g., aerosols and other refrigerant uses) and determine whether or not any of these uses should also be delisted.
HFC reductions from appliances
In December 2010, EPA proposed a rule to lower the leak rates that trigger repair requirements for comfort cooling, commercial refrigeration, and industrial process refrigeration and air conditioning equipment that use ozone-depleting refrigerants. While reducing leaks of ozone-depleting gases from existing equipment remains an important objective, these refrigerants have or are in the process of being replaced in all of these types of new equipment largely with HFCs. Emissions from HFCs escaping from refrigeration systems account for up to 20 percent of total emissions of these compounds. Under section 608 of the Clean Air Act, the scope of the pending regulations could be expanded from ozone-depleting substances to include HFCs when used as the refrigerant in these types of equipment.
This initiative would require EPA to propose an amendment to the agency's December 2010 proposal. The revised proposal would impose maximum leakage rates when HFCs are used as the refrigerant in these refrigeration and air conditioning applications.
Black carbon reductions from existing diesel vehicles
With an atmospheric lifetime of weeks, reductions in black carbon can have the greatest near-term impact on slowing climate change. While recently enacted particulate matter standards require new diesel engines to reduce their black carbon emissions by 99 percent below uncontrolled levels, existing diesel vehicles and equipment will remain a significant source of emissions over the next few decades. However, existing retrofit technologies (primarily diesel particulate filters) can substantially reduce black carbon emissions from existing equipment. Congress recognized the importance of these efforts to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines when it passed the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) of 2010. With broad support from industry and environmental groups, this law authorized appropriations of up to $100 million annually for programs (originally created under the Energy Policy Act of 2005) aimed at reducing diesel emissions for fiscal years 2012 through 2016. Innovative funding and state grant programs have been supported under DERA. While funding for this program was eliminated in FY2012, it has been reinstated in the President's budget request for FY2013.
Additional Measures
Additional alternatives that should be further explored include both new regulatory measures and expansion of voluntary programs. EPA has begun to use the Clean Air Act to directly regulate greenhouse gas emissions and is required under the Act to take additional actions. For example, it could issue specific standards requiring methane reductions from landfills, natural gas production, distribution and storage, and other major sources. It could also require reductions in black carbon emissions from large diesel engines when they are undergoing major rebuilds. The agency could strengthen regulatory measures restricting the use of HFCs in those sectors where alternatives are becoming available applications. EPA could also expand programs to capture and use methane from coal-bed mining and agricultural sources and strengthen voluntary programs to recover and destroy CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs from discarded appliances.
C2ES Resources:
- Bodansky, Daniel, Multilateral Climate Efforts Beyond the UNFCCC, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Nov. 2011.
This report looks at a number of multilateral entities that could play a role in addressing certain of the SLCFs including: the Montreal Protocol as a possible venue for HFCs and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution as a possible venue for BC, methane and other ozone-precursors.
- Bachmann, John, Black Carbon: A Science/Policy Primer, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change), 2009.
This paper summarizes current knowledge on the effects of soot components—black carbon and organic particles—on climate, and identifies sources and technologies to mitigate their impacts. It also presents perspectives on the potential role of soot mitigation approaches in developing more comprehensive climate strategies.
- What is Black Carbon?, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change), April 2010.
This factsheet provides an overview of black carbon as a major contributor to global climate change. It describes why reducing black carbon is a win-win scenario for both climate and health reasons.
[1] The most important aspect of the proposed rules are new requirements that operators using hydraulic fracturing on new or modified natural gas wells capture the largest amounts of natural gas that is often emitted into the air during the fracking process. While the rules don't directly regulate greenhouse gases, they will result in substantially reduced methane emissions from fracking, and therefore reduce the climate impacts of this rapidly expanding source of natural gas.
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Harpy Eagle Facts
The screaming of Red and Green Macaws could be heard as guests of Posada Amazonas reached the canopy tower.
As they began to walk up the tower steps, their guide said, "The macaws are making a lot of noise this morning. It sounds like they are upset about something. However, they always love to make so much noise that it's hard to say if the macaws are truly mad or not."
"What would make them mad"? asked a 10 year old guest.
"I'm not sure. Could be monkeys or maybe even a snake."
As they climbed up into the higher reaches of the forest, the macaw screams became louder and clearer. The silhouettes of two macaws could also be seen through the treetops as they flew around in a big circle. When the group had reached the upper levels of the tower, they could see their guide using his binoculars to check the area where the macaws were flying around. Suddenly, he let out a gasp and exclaimed in a harsh whisper, "Harpy Eagle!"
He quickly focused a telescope on the bird and as guests took turns gazing at the avian king of the rainforest canopy, he told them, "We are very lucky today! Harpy Eagles are rare and hardly ever seen away from nests because they occupy huge territories. Now I understand why the macaws were so upset. Although this huge eagle mostly feeds on mammals, they probably wouldn't mind eating a macaw or two!"
The Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) is the largest raptor in the Amazon rainforest and one of the biggest eagles in the world. Although there are healthy populations of this majestic bird in the Peruvian rainforests of Tambopata, they are very difficult to see.
Here are a few interesting facts about the Harpy Eagle:
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Do you sparkle, when it comes to diamond lore? If not, better polish up: The purchase of even a small diamond is still a big-ticket big deal, so blowing it is a big-time blunder.
The four Cs -- within our context here -- do not refer to an old doo-wop group. In diamondology, they refer to a stone's character. We'll list the three easier Cs -- carat, cut and color -- and you do your part: Give us that fourth little devil:
Counting down the other Cs -- when it comes to color, a purely and perfectly white diamond is the most valuable and expensive. Correct?
Even though I sense a trick question here, the answer is so patently ''yes,'' I'm goin' for it.
Ain't necessarily so.
Onward now to carats, quiz-lovers. If you find a 50-point diamond under your pillow tomorrow morning, what will you have (besides quite a shock)?
A 500-carat diamond.
A five-carat diamond.
A one-half carat diamond.
Let's cut to the cut -- and, please, if you will, size up for us the most popular shape:
Now that we've run through the four Cs -- let's crown our knowledge with the most overarching C of all -- the fifth C (no relation to the fifth Beatle): Cost. How many clams does this average engagement ring cause us to cough up, we crassly inquire.
Almost exactly $3,000.
Close to $2,000.
All things being equal -- i.e., same quality characteristics are in place -- a two-carat diamond will cost twice as much as a one-carat diamond. Are we right, or what?
I'm going with ''what.''
I vote with ''right.''
Whether buying -- or, just as important, seeking an appraisal -- it's important to go to a jewelry professional you can trust. Nothing controversial there. Problem is, all you've got in your neck of the woods is a Dirty Don's Diamond Den and, of course cross-town, the bright lights of Parolee Paul's Diamond Palace. Where best to turn for a reputable referral?
Diamonds R Us Info, Serving the Nation Since� What Time is it Now?
The American Gem Society.
Someone whose jewelry and taste you admire.
Diamonds, of course, aren't just for the dainty digits of the affianced, the pinkies of dapper gents, or the tony ties of the tastefully tacked. They're also the birthstone for this month:
Well, whether for engagement rings, pinky rings, birthstones -- or tiaras, for that matter -- how much would you say the annual retail market for diamonds in the U.S. totals?
Over $22 billion.
About $15 billion.
Just under $2.2 billion.
Ah, speaking about totals in diamond sales -- here's a gal who personally -- or, perhaps more specifically and accurately, via her doting hubbies -- has kept the diamond market brisk and healthy over the years: the glamorous and glittering Elizabeth Taylor. The 69.42-carat pear-shaped Taylor-Burton diamond (not to be confused with her equally famous 33.19-carat Krupp diamond) was put to alternate use, when La Liz decided it was just too darn big to be worn on a ring. So how did she use it? As a:
Lethal weapon, when crooks broke into her L.A. mansion.
Pendant on a necklace.
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Fashion Place Mall is going strong, even after 40 years of operation. In celebration of this milestone, Fashion Place invites you to a "Fabulous @ 40!" party running from Oct. 15 to 20. A variety of events are anticipated.
Here is a little taste:
Monday, Oct. 15 at 8:40 a.m. Mayor Snarr will read the Fashion Place Proclamations. There will be Honorary stores, a Mall of Memories Wall, Then and Now fashions and a 1972 car display.
Thursday, Oct. 18 from 6:40–8:40 p.m. The "40 Years Today Celebration," featuring dessert, live music, party favors, in-store specials and gifting.
Friday, Oct. 19 from 6:40–8:40 p.m. The "far out" Retro Fashion Party. Dress up in your '70s-inspired outfits and hit the floor with some tunes from 1972. In addition, watch a retro fashion show put on by the SLCC Fashion Institute and finally, turn your fashion fun into retro glam pics next to a 1972 VW Beetle.
Facebook fans are also in luck. Keep an eye out for $40 gift cards that will be given away on Oct. 16 and 17, and VIP winners that will be chosen as guests at the "FAB@40 Girl's Shopping Day Out" event on Oct. 20.
All events will take place in the Crate and Barrel Court. You won't want to miss out on any of this exciting birthday action.


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Lufthansa Highlights: Delicatessen Bliss
"Sweetheart, are you saying you don't know what a pastrami on rye is?" Jenny, a slightly rotund, peroxide blond waitress at the Stage Deli on 7th Avenue, is perplexed. "That's a smoked corned beef sandwich, served hot, with sweet mustard. We make the best in the world. Why don't I just bring you one?"
It's nine o'clock in the morning. Wouldn't a toasted bagel with jam and butter be more like it? At the table next to me, two slender and very well-dressed ladies are chatting about a premiere at the Met. With a curt "Enjoy, ladies," Jenny thumps a plate with a single hot pastrami sandwich down on their table: a mountain of meat between thin slices of toast. Jenny obviously disapproves of customers splitting a hot pastrami, especially when the persons in question are thinner than they have any right to be in the first place.
There are delis on every street corner in New York City, but only a few are genuine. The real ones have iconic status and a long history. They started out as a nicer sort of snack bar that served kosher food and was patronized by Jewish immigrants who brought their appetite for matzo ball soup and gefilte fish with them to the New World. The oldest Jewish deli is on Houston Street on the Lower East Side, the part of the city where practically all immigrants began their new life.
Katz's Deli opened in 1888. Long an institution in New York itself, the deli's worldwide renown was cemented by Meg Ryan's legendary fake orgasm scene in the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally. Katz's Deli is large, high-ceilinged, and brightly lit. Tables that have been wiped off countless times and chairs worn smooth by legions of patrons stand in long rows on a terrazzo floor. The walls are plastered with pictures of celebrities who've eaten here: Jerry Lewis, Tom Hanks, Rudy Giuliani, Liv Tyler, and Tony Curtis, to name a few. "And five presidents of the United States," owner Alan Dell proudly adds.
The menu is sizeable. Katz's beef hotdogs, served with sauerkraut, onions, and ketchup are regarded as the best in the city, but there are also exotic specialties from Eastern Europe such as cold beef tongue and New York classics like bagels with lox and cream cheese. No pork, of course, and if they were going by all the rules, they wouldn't be serving their Rueben sandwich (corned beef, sauerkraut, Russian dressing) with Swiss cheese.
"A Jew would never eat cheese and meat at the same meal," Mr. Dell explains, but the Rueben is so popular that now every deli has it on the menu. Katz's bestsellers are the classic pastrami and corned beef sandwiches. Its customers consume up to five tons of beef per week, all of which is cooked, pickled, or smoked in the deli's own kitchen and always sliced by hand.
A pastrami sandwich contains about a pound of meat, so it's no wonder that many people, especially women, like to split them. "That's fine with me," says Dell with a grin. "Here, we'll do almost anything to please the ladies." He's an old-fashioned sort of restaurant owner and always a gentleman, ready to help a woman into her coat. "I learned that from my father and my grandfather," he laughs, "and that's why so many ladies come to our deli."
Abraham Lebewohl probably had the same old fashioned charm, until the day in 1996 when he was gunned down in front of his delicatessen on Second Avenue. A notice still hangs in the window promising a $ 100,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of his murderer. The Second Avenue Deli is one of the smallest, most exquisite, and most tastefully furnished delis in the city, with tiled walls, a mosaic floor, old wall lamps, wooden tables, and booths and chairs upholstered in dark leather.
Once you've managed to get a table, they immediately bring you a carafe of ice water with lemon, a dish of slaw, and a dish of pickles. Pastrami sandwiches are the most popular item on the menu here as well, usually with an order of coleslaw or French fries on the side. A hot pastrami sandwich costs $ 14.24, plus $ 4.95 for the coleslaw, the same for fries. All things considered, a reasonable price for a meal that's plenty for two people.
The prices are a little steeper at Carnegie's, which is probably New York's most famous deli. They offer a "Woody Allen Pastrami" for $ 16.95, named after a scene in the film Broadway Danny Rose that was shot here. Carnegie's is small, and it's brick walls are covered from top to bottom with pictures of guests. There are lots of celebrities here, too, such as Mel Brooks, Barbra Streisand, and, of course, Woody Allen.
New York also has other delis that do well even without celebrity associations. Tourists are not likely to wander into Ben's Deli in midtown Manhattan, despite its cavernous Art Deco interior and specialties like stuffed cabbage Hongroise and kreplach (small dumplings filled with ground meat or mashed potatoes).
Or Artie's Deli on the Upper West Side. This is another spacious restaurant with an attractive black-and-white décor that includes old lamps, mirrored walls, and marble tables. And from the window tables you can watch the bustle outside on Broadway.
Guido is one of the long-time waiters here and knows many of the guests by name. These are mostly locals from nearby streets, who come to enjoy blintzes (a thin rolled pancake akin to crêpes, filled with cottage cheese and fried), knockwurst with beans, or "Pastrami Burger Deluxes." "They're also welcome to order just a bowl of soup," he says amiably. "We know that not everybody can manage a pound of meat. Our soups are homemade and excellent."
A line always forms outside at lunchtime. If you want a more relaxed atmosphere, it's best to come later. Like most delis, this one is open almost around the clock, from the break of dawn (6:30 am) to (just about) the break of the next dawn (4:00 am).
Finishing your meal is less of a challenge in one of New York's newest delis, called simply "Delicatessen." In good weather, this modern new-generation deli is open to the street on two sides and brimming with young people. The servings are normal-sized, and traditional Jewish specialties are at most a source of creative inspiration for the cooks. Here, Reuben sandwiches have metamorphosed into a sort of fritter, calf's liver is grilled instead of pan and the matzo ball soup is jazzed up with coriander and lemongrass. Delicatessen nouveaux cuisine? Maybe, but old-style actually tastes better.


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Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router, Release 3.5.1
Obtaining Updated Software and iSCSI Drivers
Determining the SN 5428-2 Software Version
Upgrading to a New Software Release
Limitations and Restrictions on SN 5428-2 Storage Router Clusters
Software Configuration Tips on the Cisco TAC Home Page
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Release Notes for Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router, Release 3.5.1
March 5, 2004
These release notes support Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router software release 3.5.1.
For a list of software caveats that apply to Release 3.5.1, see the "Caveats" section. The caveats are updated for every maintenance release and are located on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
These release notes describe the following topics:
•Limitations and Restrictions on SN 5428-2 Storage Router Clusters
•Obtaining Technical Assistance
•Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
The Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router provides universal access to storage over IP networks. The storage router software controls the operation of the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router. You can configure the software to provide the following types of access to storage over IP networks:
•SCSI routing only
•Transparent SCSI routing only
•FCIP only
•SCSI routing and FCIP
•Transparent SCSI routing and FCIP
SCSI routing provides IP hosts with access to Fibre Channel (FC) storage devices, using iSCSI protocol. The iSCSI protocol is an IETF-defined protocol for IP storage (ips).
Note For more information about the iSCSI protocol, refer to the IETF standards for IP storage at http://www.ietf.org.
With SCSI routing, storage device access is managed primarily in the SN 5428-2. (See Figure 1.)
Figure 1 SCSI Routing
Transparent SCSI routing provides IP hosts with transparent access to intelligent storage arrays using iSCSI protocol; that is, each IP host is presented as an FC host to an intelligent storage array. With transparent SCSI routing, availability of storage devices is managed primarily in the intelligent storage array. (See Figure 2.)
Figure 2 Transparent SCSI Routing
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) enables SN 5428-2 Storage Routers to provide connectivity by tunneling through an IP network between storage area networks (SANs). (See Figure 3.)
Figure 3 FCIP
In addition to providing services for accessing storage over IP networks, the SN 5428-2 Storage Router software provides the following services:
•VLAN Access Control—provides IP access control to storage based on a VLAN identifier (VID) number (in addition to access control through access lists)
•Authentication—provides iSCSI, Enable and Login authentication using AAA authentication methods
•High Availability (HA)—provides the ability to group storage routers in a cluster for intelligent failover and other cluster-related functions (for SCSI routing only)
•E_Port with FC Fabric Zoning—provides the ability to connect FC ports to FC switches and participate in fabric zoning, manage zoning, and support zone mergers
•SNMP/MIB support—provides network management of the SN 5428-2 through SNMP using selected MIBs
•Gigabit Ethernet Interface features—provides the ability to assign a management IP address per Gigabit Ethernet interface, multiple IP addresses per SCSI routing instance, and an optional secondary Gigabit Ethernet interface per IP address used for SCSI routing or SN 5428-2 management. When the SN 5428-2 is deployed for FCIP, provides primary and optional secondary Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to the FCIP peer.
•FCIP data compression—enables the SN 5428-2 to dynamically compress FCIP data traffic for better channel bandwidth utilization
•FCIP SACK support—uses selective acknowledgement (SACK) to overcome the limitations of recovering from multiple lost packets during a TCP transmission for FCIP instances configured as TCP clients or servers
•Buffer credit extension—enables the SN 5428-2 to donate buffer credits from a donor port to selected FC ports
•Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support—provides HTTPS connection for secure access through the web-based GUI
•Secure Shell (SSH) protocol version 2 support—provides high encryption and authentication for interactive management sessions, and is a common replacement for Telnet
•Routing Information Protocol (RIP) listening support—allows the SN 5428-2 to learn dynamic routing using RIP (version 1 or version 2) listening
•Service Location Protocol (SLP) support—provides the ability to advertise targets of specified SCSI routing instances to initiators or servers that use SLP
•Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) support—provides the ability to register iSCSI targets with an iSNS server, allowing iSCSI initiators to dynamically discover available storage targets
•LUN Trespass feature—provides a LUN failover feature for selected storage arrays that operate on the active/passive port model. When enabled, the trespass feature provides a redundant path from the storage router to the storage array by allowing the storage router to detect a path failure to a storage array port and perform the necessary operations to fail LUNs over to the other port on the storage array without using any multi-path software. See the "LUN Trespass Feature" section for details about storage array interoperability.
•TCP Window Tuning—provides the ability to maximize bandwidth across the network by automatically setting the local TCP receive window size to the remote TCP receive window size without user intervention
•A command-line interface (CLI) and a web-based GUI—provides user interfaces for configuration and maintenance of an SN 5428-2
System Requirements
This section describes the system requirements for release 3.5.1 and includes the following information:
Network Equipment
•The Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the SN 5428-2 Storage Router use a flow control mechanism for stopping and starting traffic that prevents the loss of data. Flow control should also be turned on at the router's Gigabit Ethernet interfaces where the SN 5428-2 Storage Router is connected.
•If the SN 5428-2 Storage Router is participating in a cluster (SCSI routing only), and the HA or management interfaces are plugged into a switch that has Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) enabled, the storage router should be considered as an end station and the affected ports on the switch should be configured appropriately. For example, set "portfast" on Cisco switches to cause the ports to immediately switch from blocking mode to forwarding mode. This helps prevent time-outs, which can cause unexpected behavior when storage routers join a cluster.
IP Hosts
To ensure the best performance for the SN 5428-2 Storage Router and the iSCSI drivers, the extended windowing feature of TCP and the receive and transmit flow control feature of the Gigabit Ethernet driver should be enabled on all IP hosts connecting to the SN 5428-2. On the SN 5428-2 Storage Router, you can use the CLI show scsirouter all connection tcp command to display the current and maximum TCP window size for each connected host.
Graphical User Interface
Browser Platform
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 with service pack 2, or later
Note To use the HTTP Put File function to update software, you must use Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000
Netscape Navigator version 4.76
Netscape Navigator version 4.7
Sun Solaris
Note With certain versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, the links in the left frame may fail to function after performing a remote backup. If this occurs, click on the Maintenance menu link at the top of the page to reactivate the links.
iSCSI Driver Version Support
A Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router running software release 3.5.1 or later is interoperable with an IP host running any Cisco iSCSI Driver version 2.1.1 or later. It is not interoperable with an IP host running any Cisco iSCSI Driver version 1.8.x.
A Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router running software release 3.5.1 or later is also interoperable with an IP host running Microsoft Windows® 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator package, version 1.03 or higher. You can download the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator package, which includes the Microsoft iSCSI initiator service and the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator software driver, from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/storage/technologies/iscsi/default.mspx.
Interoperability Information
SN 5428-2 interoperability information is available on Cisco.com. You can access the interoperability matrix by following these instructions:
Step 1 At http://www.cisco.com, click Products & Solutions, and select Storage Networking and SN 5400 Series Storage Routers from the menus.
Step 2 At the Cisco SN 5400 Series Storage Routers web page, click Technical Documentation from the navigation menu on the left side of the page.
Step 3 Click the Tech Notes link, and then click the Cisco SN 5428 and SN 5428-2 Interoperability Matrix link.
LUN Trespass Feature
The SN 5428-2 LUN trespass feature provides LUN failover capability for selected storage arrays that operate on the active/passive port model.The trespass feature has been tested with the following storage arrays:
•EMC Clarion 4500/4700
•EMC Clarion Cx400
•HP MSA1000, with firmware version 4.24
Installation Notes
This section describes how to obtain updated SN 5428-2 software and upgrade an existing SN 5428-2 software installation, and includes the following information:
•Obtaining Updated Software and iSCSI Drivers
•Determining the SN 5428-2 Software Version
•Upgrading to a New Software Release
Obtaining Updated Software and iSCSI Drivers
Registered Cisco.com users can download the most current SN 5400 Series system software, Cisco iSCSI drivers, readme files and release notes from Cisco.com. In addition, information about driver compatibility and other relevant driver information is available on Cisco.com. You can access software and related information by following these instructions:
Step 1 At http://www.cisco.com, log in to Cisco.com. Click Technical Support and Software Center.
Step 2 At the Software Center web page, under Software Products & Downloads, click Storage Networking Software.
Step 3 At the Storage Networking Software web page, click the appropriate link for your software.
Step 4 At the Software Download web page, click the file that you want to download. Another software download web page will be displayed with detailed information about the download file and Cisco's Software License Agreement. Follow the instructions on that and any subsequent web pages to download the software.
Step 5 To install and configure storage router software, see the appropriate storage router software configuration guide and release notes. To install and configure an iSCSI driver, see the readme file that accompanies the iSCSI driver (in the downloaded driver archive file) and the appropriate release notes.
Determining the SN 5428-2 Software Version
To determine the version of SN 5428-2 software running on the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router, establish a Telnet or console port session with the storage router, and enter the CLI show version command. (See Example 1.) The Application field displays the version of software currently running on the storage router. The System Bootstrap field displays the software version that will run the next time the storage router is restarted.
You can also check the version of the SN 5428-2 software by using the SN 5428-2 web-based GUI. Log in as monitor to display the Processor and Software Information table, or click Processor and SW (under System) in the Monitor dynamic menu list in the left frame. The Software Version field contains the current software version information.
Example 1 Determining the Software Version[SN5428-2A01]$ show versionCisco SN 5428-2-K9 Storage RouterCLI Version: 2.1iSCSI Version: 0/2 (Min/Max)System Bootstrap: 3.5.1-K9Operating System: 3.5.1-K9Switch Version: V126.96.36.199-0Application: 3.5.1-K9Web Server: R6_1_0OpenSSH: 3.4p1OpenSSL: 0.9.6eZlib: 1.1.4Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by Cisco Systems, Inc
Upgrading to a New Software Release
For information about upgrading to new SN 5428-2 software using the CLI, see the section "Installing Updated Software" in Chapter 11, "Maintaining and Managing the SN 5428-2 Storage Router," of the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide, Release 3.5.
To upgrade to new SN 5428-2 software using the web-based GUI, follow these instructions.
Step 1 In the web-based GUI, log in as "admin". To access the GUI, enter the URL for the SN 5428-2 by pointing your browser to the SN 5428-2 management interface IP address using the HTTP protocol (for example, type http://10.1.10.244).
Step 2 Click Maintenance to view information about the software versions currently available to the storage router. If multiple versions of software are available, delete all versions except the currently running version.
Step 3 (Optional) Based on your storage router configuration, click the appropriate link in the Upgrade section of the Maintenance dynamic menu list in the left frame to download a list of currently available software versions. Use this list to determine the software version you want to download.
Step 4 Click the appropriate link in the Upgrade section of the Maintenance dynamic menu list to download the desired version of software.
Step 5 After you have downloaded the new version of software, click Reset in the System section of the Maintenance dynamic menu list.
Step 6 At Select next boot version, select the new software version. If you have made configuration changes to the storage router that have not been saved, click the Save unsaved changes? checkbox to save any configuration changes that have been made but not saved to the storage router's bootable configuration
Step 7 Click Reset System.
Step 8 After the storage router has rebooted, verify that it is running the new software. (See the "Determining the SN 5428-2 Software Version" section.)
If the storage router is deployed for transparent SCSI routing, the upgrade to version 3.5.1 from any version prior to 3.3.1 places the storage router in dynamic mode. Dynamic mode resets iSCSI client-to-FC WWPN bindings upon reboots or iSCSI logouts, and requires an intelligent storage array that supports an extended iSCSI FC PLOGI frame. To change the mode of an existing transparent SCSI routing deployment, you must completely clear the storage router configuration. When the storage router reboots, follow the prompts from the initial configuration script to complete the new system configuration and select the desired mode for transparent SCSI routing.
For more information about clearing the storage router configuration, see the section "Resetting the System" in Chapter 11, "Maintaining and Managing the SN 5428-2 Storage Router," of the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide, Release 3.5.
For more information about static and dynamic modes for transparent SCSI routing, see the section "Summary of Configuration Process" in Chapter 7, "Configuring Transparent SCSI Routing," of the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide, Release.3.5.
Uninstalling an Upgrade
Note Software versions prior to 3.3.1 do not support the static mode for transparent SCSI routing.
To return to a previous SN 5428-2 software release, and remove the updated SN 5428-2 software using the CLI, follow these instructions:
Command Description
Step 1
Enter Administrator mode
Step 2
show software version all
Verify that the previous version of SN 5428-2 software is still available. If it is not, see the section "Installing Updated Software" in Chapter 11, "Maintaining and Managing the SN 5428-2 Storage Router," of the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide, Release 3.5.
Step 3
software version 3.4.1
Select the software to be booted when the system next starts — for example, boot version 3.4.1 — when the system restarts. This may take several minutes.
Step 4
Reboot the SN 5428-2 Storage Router.
Caution Do not use the reboot fast command. Downgrading software requires a reboot with diagnostics.
Step 5
Enter Administrator mode after the SN 5428-2 reboots.
Step 6
show version
Verify that the SN 5428-2 Storage Router is now running the correct software.
Step 7
delete software version 3.5.1
(Optional) Remove the updated software from the SN 5428-2 Storage Router.
To return to a previous SN 5428-2 software release and remove the updated SN 5428-2 software using the SN 5428-2 web-based GUI, follow these instructions:
Step 1 In the web-based GUI, log in as "admin". To access the GUI, enter the URL for the SN 5428-2 by pointing your browser to the SN 5428-2 management interface IP address using the HTTP protocol (for example, type http://10.1.10.244).
Step 2 Click Maintenance to display the dynamic Maintenance menu list in the left frame.
Step 3 Click Reset from the dynamic Maintenance menu list.
Step 4 Click the Select next boot version drop-down arrow to view the list of available software versions. Choose the version of software to run when the system is booted.
Step 5 (Optional) To save configuration changes before rebooting, check the Save unsaved changes checkbox. If the checkbox is not checked, any unsaved configuration changes will be lost.
Step 6 Click Reset System.
Step 7 After the SN 5428-2 reboots, verify that it is running the selected software. (See "Determining the SN 5428-2 Software Version" section.)
Step 8 (Optional) Click Maintenance and then click the Delete link to the right of the updated software in the Show Storage Router Software table to remove it from the SN 5428-2 Storage Router.
New and Changed Information
This section describes new and changed features in Release 3.5.1, and includes the following information:
New Features
•Support for additional systems as FCIP peers—enables the SN 5428-2 to interoperate with a Cisco 7200 VXR or 7401ASR router configured for FCIP with the PA-FC-1G Fibre Channel port adapter
•FCIP SACK support—uses selective acknowledgement (SACK) to overcome the limitations of recovering from multiple lost packets during a TCP transmission for FCIP instances configured as TCP clients or servers
New CLI Commands
•clear debug: Removes an iSCSI trace capture from system memory.
•debug iscsitrace default: Sets the default iSCSI trace parameters.
•debug scsirouter target iscsitrace: Enables trace facilities for debugging iSCSI connections on a per-target basis.
•show debug iscsitrace defaults: Displays the default PDU and trace buffer size to be used for iSCSI tracing.
•slp enable: Enables Service Location Protocol (SLP) service on the storage router.
Modified CLI Commands
•fcip destination config: The usesack and pacingrate keywords were added, the idlepingdelay default was changed to 15, and the default TCP receive window (rxtcpwinsize) was increased to 1048576.
•restore system: The slp and rip keywords were added, and RIP settings were removed from the ip-route keyword.
•show debug scsisouter: The show debug scsirouter target iscsitrace command syntax was added
Limitations and Restrictions on SN 5428-2 Storage Router Clusters
This release includes the following restrictions on SN 5428-2 Storage Router clusters:
•A cluster can be composed of up to two SN 5428-2 Storage Routers, or one SN 5428-2 and one SN 5428 Storage Router.
•A cluster can support up to 12 SCSI routing instances.
•A cluster can support up to 100 iSCSI targets.
Caveats describe unexpected behavior or defects in the specified SN 5428-2 software release. Severity 1 caveats are the most serious caveats; severity 2 caveats are less serious.
This document describes open and resolved severity 1 and 2 caveats and selected caveats of other severities, for release 3.5.1.
•The "Open Caveats" section lists caveats that are open in the current release and may be open in previous releases.
•The "Resolved Caveats" section lists caveats that are resolved in this release, but open in previous releases.
Within the sections, the caveats are sorted alphanumerically by caveat number.
Note If you have an account with Cisco.com, you can use Bug Navigator II to find caveats of any severity for any release. You can reach Bug Navigator II on Cisco.com at Service & Support:
Open Caveats
The caveats listed in this section are open in SN 5428-2 software release 3.5.1.
Compaq SecurePath Manager software does not work with iSCSI and an MSA1000. This configuration is not currently supported.
Workaround: None.
Resolved Caveats
The Gigabit Ethernet receive buffer is lost after receipt of an iSCSI text message. As a result, the Gigabit Ethernet will terminate iSCSI connections and they will not be able to reconnect, giving the appearance that the storage router is hung.
Workaround: None. This problem is resolved in software release 3.5.1.
Related Documentation
The following sections describe the related documentation available for Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router release 3.5.1. These documents consist of hardware installation and software configuration guides, and platform-specific release notes and readme files for the Cisco iSCSI drivers.
Release-Specific Documents
This release notes document is the only document specific to SN 5428-2 release 3.5.1. It is only available as an electronic document on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
Platform-Specific Documents
Platform-specific documents consist of the release notes and readme files for Cisco iSCSI Drivers, version 2.1.x or later The files are available in electronic format only. See the "Obtaining Updated Software and iSCSI Drivers" section for details.
Hardware Documents
Refer to the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Hardware Installation Guide for hardware installation procedures. This document is available as an electronic document on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
Software Documents
Refer to the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide Release 3.5, for configuration information and procedures. This document is available as an electronic document on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
Refer to the Cisco SN 5400 Series Storage Router Command Reference, Release 3.5, for information about the CLI command interface. This document is available as an electronic document on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
For documentation on the SN 5428-2 web-based GUI, refer to the SN 5428-2 Storage Router web-based GUI online Help system.
Service and Support
For service and support for a product purchased from a reseller, contact the reseller, who offers a wide variety of Cisco service and support programs described in "Service and Support" of Cisco Information Packet shipped with your product.
Note If you purchased your product from a reseller, you can access Cisco.com as a guest. Cisco.com is Cisco Systems' primary real-time support channel. Your reseller offers programs that include direct access to Cisco.com services.
For service and support for a product purchased directly from Cisco, use Cisco.com.
Software Configuration Tips on the Cisco TAC Home Page
A variety of Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router software installation, configuration and usage tips are available on the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Web Site.
You can access "tech tips" by following these instructions:
Step 1 At http://www.cisco.com, log in to Cisco.com. Click Technical Support, and select Hardware Support from the menu.
Step 2 At the Hardware Support web page, click Storage Networking Devices from the Hardware Support menu on the left side of the page.
Step 3 At the Storage Networking Devices web page, click the appropriate link for your system. For example, click the SN 5428-2 Storage Routers link.
Step 4 Click the Troubleshooting link, and then click the appropriate links for information about installing, configuring, and troubleshooting SN 5400 Series system software and iSCSI drivers.
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Using the online TAC Case Open Tool is the fastest way to open P3 and P4 cases. (P3 and P4 cases are those in which your network is minimally impaired or for which you require product information.) After you describe your situation, the TAC Case Open Tool automatically recommends resources for an immediate solution. If your issue is not resolved using the recommended resources, your case will be assigned to a Cisco TAC engineer. The online TAC Case Open Tool is located at this URL:
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After being named the South Coast Conference Field Athlete of the Year last season, sophomore thrower Caleb Wood is trying to make an encore. Wood began the 2013 Pasadena City College men's track and field season Friday by winning two events at the Mt. SAC Season Opener meet held at Mt. San Antonio College.
Wood, from Beaumont High, won the javelin with a throw of 49.49 meters to outdistance Salvador Hernandez of Mt. SAC at 48.58. Wood also took first place in the discus with a toss of 37.76 meters.
PCC's other event victory at Mt. SAC was turned in by the 4x400 relay team. In fact, the Lancers have so much depth in relays they were able to win all three heats of the event. The team of Patrick MacMullen (Damien High, All-San Gabriel Valley Area sprinter), Vivaswan Shetty (Logan High, Union City), Sergio Andrade (Knight High, Palmdale), and Chineek Favors (Gunderson High, San Jose) won the event and heat No. 2 with a time of 3:27.78.
The squad of Tywon White (Carson High), Christian White (Laurel High, Maryland), Fharhaad Zinnamon (Sunrise Mountain, Nevada) and Bryant Johnson (Allen High, Texas) won heat No. 3 and placed third overall at 3:28.84. Finally, the team of Shian Hale (Rancho Cucamonga), Kymoni Bellamy (Carson), Aaron Harris (Long Beach Poly), and Keiton Winston (Carlton High, Michigan) won heat No. 1, but only finished in eighth at 3:34.22.
Tywon White placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 51.89 seconds while Kameron Burch (Pasadena High) won his heat in the event and took fourth overall at 52.87. Francis Lee (Arcadia) was second in the 3,000 steeplechase (10:15.60) and Te'von Mitchell (Dorsey) placed third in the 400 hurdles at 58 seconds flat. Mitchell was the LA City Section champion in the boys 300 hurdles last year. Alex Tapia (Azusa High) came in third in the shot put at 11.90 meters. Derrick Shepherd (Marshall Fundamental) was fourth in the 100 meters at 11.29 seconds.
Other solid showings were turned in by Kevin Cano (Montebello High), fourth in 3,000 meters, 9:23.13; Favors, fourth in 400 hurdles, 58.78; Hale, fifth in same event, 59.38; Gabriel Rodarte (Los Altos), fifth in the 100, 11.89; Zinnamon, sixth in the long jump, 6.31 meters; and Chris Paidimukkala (Eagle Rock), eighth in the 3,000 steeplechase.
PCC is carrying a roster of more than 40 student-athletes as PCC third-year head coach Larry Wade and distance runners assistant Armand Crespo are positioning the Lancers to beat last year's third-place finish in the SCC and compete for a high place at the CCCAA state championships.
"We're shooting to do better in the sprint races while maintaining our strength with Wood in the throws," Wade said. "We want to improve every year and bring this program back to being one of the preeminent ones in the state. The potential and our high numbers are there for us to do well."
PCC will next participate in the Cerritos College Invitational Feb. 15-16.
[Photo--PCC thrower Caleb Wood hurls the javelin during the Mt. SAC Season Opener meet held Friday in Walnut, image by Richard Quinton, sports information photographer.]
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Washington State sophomore guard Tia Presley and freshman guard Lia Galdeira each received All-Pac-12 honors, as voted on by the Pac-12 coaches, the conference office announced Tuesday.
Galdeira and Presley were both named All-Pac-12 honorable mention while Galdeira was also voted All-Defensive Team honorable mention and to the All-Freshman team.
During conference play, Galdeira led all freshmen in scoring at 14.8 ppg and led all players with 49 steals. She led WSU in scoring in 15 of the 18 conference games including three straight 20-point performances during a four-game winning streak. Galdeira, a three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week selection, was one of two freshmen to receive All-Defensive Team honorable mention.
Galdeira enters the Pac-12 Conference Tournament sharing the lead as the country's top-scoring freshman at 14.7 ppg, seventh in the Pac-12, and paces the conference in steals (81). The Kamuela, Hawaii native leads the Cougars in scoring, rebounding (5.3 rpg), steals and is third in assists. Galdeira owns WSU freshman single-season records for points (426) and games scored in double-figures (26). She has tallied four 20+ scoring efforts including a WSU freshman-record 33-point performance in the season-opener at the University of Minnesota.
Presley picks up her first career all-conference accolade despite being limited to seven conference games after suffering a season-ending knee injury Jan. 25. Prior to the knee injury, the Spokane, Wash. native was second on the team in scoring at 13.3 ppg and in steals with 41 and owned a team-high 52 assists. During Pac-12 play, Presley was eighth in the conference with a team-best 15.7 ppg and was shooting 47.7 percent. Presley scored in double-figures 12 times this season including 20+ performances against Monmouth (21), at UC Riverside (22), Arizona State (27) and at USC (25).
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AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass Sports Luncheon committee named Michaela Butler, Hao Luong and Cady Lalanne co-Athletes of the Week following their exceptional performances this past week. Butler and Luong each helped the men's and women's swimming and diving teams to second-place finishes at the Atlantic 10 Championships, while Lalanne posted career-high numbers in the men's basketball win over Dayton, Saturday. The group will be honored on Wednesday February 27 at noon from the Massachusetts Room in the Mullins Center.
Butler helped the Minutewomen to their first second-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships since 2007. The native of Dennisport, Mass. defended her one- and three-meter diving titles and was named the A-10 Diver of the Year for the second-straight season. Butler capped off an undefeated season with the gold medal in the one-meter dive with a score of 274.35 and gold in the three-meter with a score of 314.95. Butler will now prepare for the NCAA Zone A Diving Meet held at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from March 15-17.
Luong had a great week at the Atlantic 10 Championships, helping the Minutemen to a second-place finish. Luong, of Malden, Mass., medaled in each one of his individual events. Perhaps his most impressive swim of the week came in the 200-yard butterfly, in which he took the bronze medal and knocked off the oldest record in the UMass books, swimming the first sub-1:50 time, coming in at 1:49.05. He also picked up the silver medal in the 200-yard backstroke, clocking in at 1:46.08, setting a school record and qualifying with an NCAA B standard. He set another school record in the 100-yard backstroke, coming in at 49.56, and taking the bronze medal.
Lalanne averaged a double-double last week, posting 16.5 points and 10.0 rebounds as men's hoops went 1-1. He turned in the best game of his career on Saturday, leading UMass to a big win over Dayton, snapping a three-game losing streak with his 22 points, 14, rebounds in a career-best 35 minutes. For the week, he shot 13-for-17 for .765 shooting.
The group will be honored on Wednesday February 27 at noon from the Massachusetts Room in the Mullins Center. The speakers this week are men's lacrosse head coach Greg Canella and baseball head coach Mike Stone. There will be free parking at the rear of the Mullins Center for all those who wish to attend.
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Jose Chepito Areas was born.
David Brown was born.
Gregg Rolie was born.
Carlos Santana was born.
Mike Carabello was born.
Michael Shrieve was born.
The Santana Blues Band forms in San Francisco.
Having worked their way up from the street, the Santana Blues Band performs at San Francisco's storied Avalon Ballroom. They soon become regulars at the Fillmore West, and Bill Graham himself manages the band.
Muddy Waters performs at the Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter-Than-Air Fair in Sultan, Washington. Some of the other artists include Santana, the Grateful Dead and the Youndbloods.
Santana appears before a crowd of 400,000 at Woodstock. One of the festival's most indelible moments, their extended performance of the instrumental "Soul Sacrifice" appears in the 'Woodstock' film.
Hot on the heels of Woodstock, their self-titled first album—containing the favorites "Evil Ways," "Jingo," "Persuasion" and "Soul Sacrifice"—enters the album chart, where it remains for the next two years.
'Abraxas', Santana's second album, tops the album chart for the first of six weeks. Although it is a favorite of FM rock stations, it also yields a pair of AM hits in "Black Magic Woman" (#4) and "Oye Como Va" (#13).
'Santana III', hits #1 for the first of five weeks. "Everybody's Everything" reaches #12 on the singles chart a month later.
Caravanserai finds Santana headed in a jazzy new direction with a somewhat altered lineup. Despite its anti-commercial daring, the album reaches #8, attesting to Santana's unassailable popularity.
A remake of the Zombies' "She's Not There," taken from the double album 'Moonflower', is Santana's first Top Forty single in five years.
Santana hits the Top Forty with "Hold On" and won't repeat the feat until 1999.
Carlos Santana's solo album, 'Havana Moon', is released.
Santana celebrates its 20th anniversary with a concert in San Francisco at which all 17 past and present members perform.
Carlos Santana wins a Grammy for Best Instrumental Rock Performance for his album Blues for Salvador.
Santana performs for a crowd of 350,000 at a memorial concert in San Francisco for Bill Graham, the legendary promoter and manager who'd recently died in a helicopter crash.
On the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival, Santana performs at Woodstock II.
'Dance of the Rainbow Serpent', a three-CD Santana anthology, is released on Columbia's Legacy label.
Carlos Santana is honored with the Century Award for lifetime achievement at the fifth annual Billboard Music Awards.
Santana is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the thirteenth annual induction dinner. John Popper, of Blues Traveler, is their presenter.
'Supernatural', Santana's first album for Arista Records, is released. It goes on to sell more than 21 million copies worldwide—13 million in the U.S. alone. Though released at midyear, 'Supernatural' is 1999's sixth best-selling album.
"Smooth," with lyrics and vocals by Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas, becomes Santana's first #1 single. It holds down the top spot for 12 consecutive weeks and is the longest running #1 single of 1999.
Carlos Santana sweeps the 42nd Grammy Awards, winning in nine categories.
"Maria Maria," another single from Santana's 'Supernatural', hits #1 for the first of ten straight weeks.
David Brown of Santana dies due to liver and kidney failure.


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Since the Earth is moving around the Sun, which is moving around Milky Way, etc... What reference frame is used for the complete motion of the begin/end points (which are non-inertial right?)?
How to take into account the reference frames with the revolution and rotation of the Earth in OPERA's superluminal neutrinos?
They trust the method used by GPS for geodesy, where the claim is they can go down to picosecond and cm accuracy if necessary (for military use).
GPS error analysis takes even general relativity into account.
In GPS signal propagation (PDF) the systematic errors of a simple GPS setup are given, but the OPERA experiment has more sophisticated use of four satellites.
There has been no analysis of the GPS systematics further in the paper published in the archive, that is why I say they trust it.
Among other corrections, GPS corrects back to the velocity of light in vacuum. The meter is defined as a fraction of the velocity of light in vacuum (the second is defined by the caesium clock at normal temperature and pressure).
In my opinion, it is possible that some of the very sophisticated corrections of GPS values might be systematically off, with an end result of effectively redefining the meter. This would not show up in navigation or geodesy because the lengths probed by the OPERA experiment are very large (732 km) and the errors very small, 20 cm. A tiny systematic offset of what a meter is for GPS would not show up in the normal world use of it, but it would show up in measuring the neutrino speed with this method.
GPS uses a nonrotating coordinate system in which the time coordinate is essentially a time that would be defined by radio signals broadcast from a hypothetical clock at the center of the earth: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2003-1/ GPS uses general relativity heavily. In GR, an inertial frame is defined as a free-falling one, and since the earth is free-falling, a nonrotating frame fixed to the earth's center is inertial. The earth's orbital motion around the sun, etc., are therefore irrelevant.
There is a special-relativistic correction that needs to be applied in order to convert from a nonrotating frame to one moving with the rotation of the earth. This correction comes out to be a few nanoseconds. I assume the OPERA team took it into account, but even if they hadn't, it would have been far to small to explain the claimed 60 ns shift.
The motion of the GPS satellites does not need to be corrected for, contrary to claims by van Elburg, who is an idiot. Presumably the reason the popular press has paid so much attention to van Elburg is that his arguments use only freshman physics, so science journalists can understand them. As described above, and as discussed in the Living Reviews article, GPS results are stated in a nonrotating frame tied to the earth, not in a frame moving with the satellites, as van Elburg seems to have imagined.
May be the case that this problem has to do with the «one-way» light speed and the referential that is used.
Afaik the only known measures of the c are done in a «two-way» version (mean value in a closed path).
When a photon is released in space it starts its journey at c speed independently of the source and of the receiver. The CMB referential clearly is the only referential to «observe» the light as isotropic. As the Earth moves we observe a dipole, and in different directions we measure different wavelengths for the same physical object (photon).
This paper (Cosmological Principle and Relativity - Part I) analyses the anisotropy of light speed for a moving observer.
Fig.3 and eq. 18, pag 14
The one-way light speed is : $c_{A}^{r}=\frac{c_{0}}{1+V/c_{0}\cdot\cos\phi_{A}}$
Using $c_0=299792.458$ Km/s is two-way light speed, $V\;$ is the speed of the lab in relation to the CMB: $V=V_{SS}+V_E$=369$\pm$30 km/s (data from here)
All experimental measures of |v-c|/c are within this limit.
Anyway Einstein is correct.
I suspect that the syncronization used in the GPS is in the same as in the above paper and not as Einstein did.


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Utah boasts the greatest snow on earth, but right now its also home to the greatest skier on the planet, so Salt Lake magazine caught up with Tom Wallisch for a little Q&A (see below) before the Winter Dew Tour got into its full, off-axis swing.
The current U of U senior will be defending his #1 status against the likes of X Games Big Air Gold Medalist Bobby Brown and a talented pool of other freeskiers at Snowbasin this weekend. These athletes are more than just high-flying hucksters, they're the pros who'll be representing the USA at the 2014 Winter Olympics and Feb. 10–12 is the best chance for Utahns to witness them firsthand—including our resident king of slopestyle.
Fresh off his X Games gold, Wallisch will take to the snow alongside the biggest names in winter sports. Snowboarding phenoms Louie Vito and Iouri Podladtchikov (IPod for the linguistically challenged) are so close in the Superpipe standings that they're practically twins, while the Women's Superpipe comp sponsors a close race between innovators like Gretchen Bleiler and Kelly Clark in a winner-takes-all matchup.
The competition begins this Friday and includes a free Mac Miller concert that begins at 9 p.m. The Winter Dew Tour concludes Sunday with the Slopestyle Finals and Gatorade Free Flow comp. Click here more info or directions visit, and be sure to dress warm when you're standing slopeside.
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Named Skier of the Year by Freeskier magazine, Tom Wallisch is a Pittsburgh native turned Utah local. After warming up on Snowbasin's slopestyle course, Wallisch granted SLmag an audience. Here's what he had to say:
Q: Do you plan on unveiling anything new this weekend?
A: I think I'm gonna try—for the first time ever for me—to put together a top-to-bottom run [backwards] the whole way—to never ski forward the entire time, which is new for me. I've got no guarantees that will happen but if I can put it together I'd like to.
Q: You just won in Killington, Breckenridge and Aspen all within a few weeks of each other and now you're here. Does this stretch of competitions take its toll on you?
A: It definitely takes its toll on my body but that's mainly my fault for skiing so much between each of those competitions. Actually, if I wasn't competing, I probably would've skied even more today, but I'm trying to focus on having energy for the comp. If you're asking about mentally—no my brain doesn't get tired from the pressure of competing or anything.
Q: Any pre-event rituals or routines?
A: No, not really. I try to steer clear of that just because you get freaked out when you can't do those things beforehand. I mean, I always try to ski to Tupac for my competition song but even that's not a must.
Q: How would you describe freeskiing to a mainstream audience to help them understand its appeal—to sell them on freeskiing?
A: The way I like to explain [freeskiing] is that I grew up at a tiny mountain on the east coast. People in Salt Lake are accustomed to skiing these huge mountains and having all this terrain to just ski and can have fun "just skiing." But on a tiny mountain or on a bad snow year like the one we're having, resorts like Park City all over the country are able to blow snow and create world-class terrain parks even when the powder skiing isn't world-class. So, having grown up on a small mountain and having had a terrain park, I think it's so awesome because it gives people an opportunity to have fun out on the hill for longer hours every day without having to wait on Mother Nature.


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The bed jerks, and my eyes fly open. Fifty is standing in the dark. I recognize the outline of her un-kept hair bushing out around her head. She'd gone directly to bed after a bath again. I cringe at the vision.
"I'm outta here," she says with an edge.
"Oh, right," I mumble to her, "I forgot the date". I don't know what else to say, but she just stands there staring at me for a long time. I wiggle uncomfortably but remain silent.
"So, I'm tired. It was a long year. I'm out." Her shoulders sag down.
I have to say something. After all, she'd been with me for a year. "You got my uterus?" I ask.
She nodded and patted the bag hanging over her shoulder.
"My ovaries? How about a giant slice of my pride? Please don't take all of my energy. Did you gather up that damn flu bug?" I sit up and realize that my head isn't hurting anymore. "Hey," I'm getting riled up now, "You want to take my crappy memory? How about this extra chin? Don't forget my hot flashes…" She turns away from me to struggle down the hall with a soft sob.
"Are you O.K.?" I call at her back.
"I think I have it all," she says. Her voice sounds small and flat.
Wow, she's really leaving. I follow her down the hall to the door, reaching for her shoulder. She turns, and straight into my face she stares expectantly.
My stomach turns when I examine her sloppy appearance, shallow eyes and her tired stature. Lord, everyone is tired of that look, especially me. Now she feels like a lover that's been hanging on too long. I look beyond her into the yard as light is breaking on the roses and then back to her face. Without flinching, I kiss her, hard on the mouth and throw my arms around her. We'd been through a lot.
"Get out," I whisper in her ear.
She smiles wickedly and whispers back into my hair, "Look, here she comes now."
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It's 5:30. I fumble for coffee and grab the Bundt cake, my birthday breakfast, but Fifty-One hands me a teacup, nodding her perky head and looking at me as though this is going to be fun. I look her dead in the face, "Tea, really?
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"I'm worried about her." I say looking back down the empty road, remembering how weary she was when she left.
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