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BikeTown is coming to Denver and enabling you to win a free bike! BikeTown wants you to write an essay about how a bike could change your life. August 19th 31 bikes will be given away at Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop (1611 Platte St, Denver, 80202) during their Bike Party.
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Anyone interested in receiving a new bike simply needs to tell Bicycling, in 50 words or less, how having a Jamis Commuter 1 bike would help make a change in his or her life. Bicycling's editors will select what they feel are the 30 best essays in each city and the selected writers will each receive a bike to keep.
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I just had my appeal court today and my employer didnt show up but they wrote a letter. do i automatically win because the judge still asked me questions. Also, I didnt ask any questions I just answered the judges questions with honest answers is that good?
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Another in the Pahadi food series - this is another seriously tasty yogurt-based curry!
Here I've made the dish with potatoes and peas. You could also use just potatoes, or cauliflower and peas, or garbanzo beans.
4 Potatoes, diced, cooked
1/2 cup Peas, cooked
1/4 tsp Asaoefida
2 tbsp Ghee/ Clarified Butter OR Oil + more for seasoning
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1 tsp Red Chilli powder
1 cup Plain Yogurt
3 Cardamom, powdered
Beat the yogurt well and keep aside.
Heat the ghee in a pan. Add the cumin, coriander powder, red chilli powder and yogurt. Continue stirring until it reaches a boil. When slightly thick, add the cooked vegetables and add more ghee (be generous!), and powdered cardamom. Cook for a few minutes until everything combines. Remove from heat and serve warm with cooked rice.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Posted by Arundathi at 3:24 PM
Labels: Indian, vegetables, yogurt
5 comments:
- Satya said...
curry looks delicious ,love the ingredients used for the gravy ...yummy
- September 16, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- Priya said...
Such a droolworthy gravy, very tempting and delicious..
- September 17, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- Kulsum@JourneyKitchen said...
Now I'm loving this series of Pahadi food. I make this all the time infact I Love vegetables cooked in yogurt. But instead of hing I use onions and garlic!
- September 18, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Arundathi said...
@ Satya - Thanks
@ Priya - Thank you
@ Kulsum - that sounds great. i love pahadi food too!
- September 21, 2010 at 9:23 PM
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This is seriously delicous, wud love to try !!1
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The Good Negro has just completed its tech week and is ready to start fine tuning the show in preparation for our May 10th opening. Since my arrival in Chicago and participation in the show there have been a few interesting things that I have observed and felt compelled to share them with you.
1. From the first day of rehearsal to this point, Chuck Smith has yet to remove what he introduced as his "working cap." The ever-presence of the cap has tied it into my mind's image of Chuck. Essentially: Thoughtful Director + Hat = Chuck Smith. The hat/director association is deep enough that it conjures up images of McLean Stevenson leading the 4077th.
2. Playwright Tracey Scott Wilson is SUPER-photogenic. Her headshot on page 8 of the Goodman's OnStage Magazine is pretty cool. She writes even better than she photographs.
3. I find that I personally am able to identify with the vices of my heroes much easier than their virtues. Their vices make me feel as if my virtues are attainable to me just as theirs were to them. That gives me hope for me, and for humanity on a larger scale.
4. This cast can act. As my friend (local El Paso actor) Russo would say, "They got some chops."
5. The biggest difference between my previous theatrical experiences and this one is the amount of care that has been involved in this production. Every person I have encountered in this production cares. It is the first project in my burgeoning career in which the amount of sincerity and genuine passion for the piece is apparent in every aspect of the show from the soles of the shoes to the amazing effects onstage and powerful performances. Perhaps the most care comes from the community support and excitement that the city has in anticipation of the show. We need to catch that fever El Paso.
Be sure to watch the behind the scenes video, I've put the link below.
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Sophomore Cori Martone Posted a Match-High 13 Kills at Southern Miss
Nov. 22, 2011
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Nikki Osuna posted 12 digs to move into second on Tulane volleyball's single season list, but it wasn't enough as the Green Wave dropped a three-set decision at Southern Miss on Tuesday (November 22) evening inside Reed Green Coliseum. Tulane didn't lead in either of the first two sets and USM overcame an early deficit as the TU fell by scores of 21-25, 13-25, 19-25.
"We started slow in the first game and almost came back, but they closed out the game," said Tulane head coach Sinisa Momic. "Then, instead of pushing harder and getting started earlier, we had a really bad game two. In the third game we switched out right side (hitters), changing Milena and Izabela for Azarri and Milena, and that brought some energy. It wasn't enough and we didn't show what we wanted in our final game. It is not the way we wanted to finish the season."
Southern Miss scored the first four points of the opening set and those points proved to be the deciding factor. The Golden Eagles lead swelled to six points early, 12-6, but Tulane rallied to cut that margin to three points on a Cori Martone kill that made it 14-11. USM's eventually led by seven points, 19-12, but Tulane would use a 7-2 run, capped by a Grace Weaver kill, to get back into the match again at 22-19. After trading points, Southern Miss would tally two of the final three scores to grab the opening set, 25-21.
The second set was controlled by the Golden Eagles from the onset. The home team raced out to an 8-1 lead and that margin swelled to 13 points when Sarah Jane Bowden recorded her sixth kill of the set to make it 22-9. A couple of side out points later the Golden Eagles grabbed a commanding 2-0 lead heading to the intermission.
Tulane took their first lead of the match on the opening serve of the third set and the two teams were tied eight times and watched the lead change hands three times in the frame. Southern Miss had a 9-7 lead before an error, a pair of Tulane blocks and a kill from Olivia Utt pushed the Green Wave ahead, 11-9. The Golden Eagles would follow with five straight points to reclaim the lead at 14-11, but TU would knot the score twice following that. The final tie came when Weaver's service ace made it 17-17, but USM would score eight of the final ten points to win the set and the match.
Martone led all players with 13 kills and was second on the Tulane squad with eight digs. The rookie duo of Utt and Anna Wruck each chipped in five kills, while Wruck posted four blocks in the match to push her season total 124. Elysa Jackson handed out 17 assists to lead the Green Wave.
Osuna's name doesn't often make headlines, but on Tuesday the senior became just the second player to post 500-plus digs in a career. On top of that, Osuna's 12 digs bolstered her season total to 510 and moved her into second place on the single season digs list. Osuna ends her career with a 3.63 digs per-set average, which sits second in the career record books.
"Nikki meant a lot to our program," said Momic. "She came in as a walk-on and quickly worked her way into our back row and became a team leader. She plays so hard every single match. She is one of the better defenders that we have ever had and we are going to miss her."
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TUCSON, Ariz. – For the second straight season, Arizona middle blocker Rachel Rhoades was recognized for her work off the court as she was named Pac-12 Second-Team All-Academic, the league office announced on Wednesday.
Rhoades, who was named Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic last year, owns a cumulative 3.73 GPA in psychology.
On the court this season, she has posted 46 kills on .309 hitting to go along with 25 blocks and 11 digs. The .309 hitting percentage ranks second on the squad.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum of a 3.0 overall grade point average and either be a starter or a significant contributor.
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Jyotsna "Josi" Kalavar, associate professor of human development and family studies, was awarded fellowship status in May by the Gerontology Society of America.
Fellowship — the highest class of membership within the society — is an acknowledgment of her outstanding work in the field of gerontology, a branch of science that studies aging. It is separate from geriatrics, which is the branch of medicine that focuses on late-life medical issues. Kalavar's primary research interests are the diverse experiences of aging (homebound seniors, immigrant seniors, experiencing ageism, adult day care, seniors residing in institutions, aging among the Maasai elderly) and intergenerational relationships. Her work focuses on the care of the elderly in a changing society.
In 2004, she earned a Fulbright Scholar award to study in India. The Monroeville resident researched the elderly in a country whose traditional society previously assumed that relatives, particularly grown children, would provide care for their aging family members. According to Kalavar, due to such factors as changing lifestyles and values, dual career families and rising costs of living, a new phenomenon is emerging there.
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After earning a bachelor's degree from Bombay University in India and a master's degree from the State University of New York, Kalavar completed her doctoral degree studies at the University of Maryland, and then spent two years as a National Institute on Aging postdoc at the University of Michigan. She joined the New Kensington campus faculty in 2001 and teaches courses in infant, child and adolescent development, adult development and aging, health psychology, and industrial-organizational psychology.
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CD ADELAIDE rock band TEST EAGLES have taken a slightly more electronic tack with their follow-up CD to BEE STING with a new five-track CD FRIENDS. Playing tonight for THE HOTHOUSE at SJ's On Beaumont, Test Eagles have incorporated samplers into their live and studio mix to beef up the sound.
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Table Of Contents
Deployment Planning Guide for Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1
Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1 Applications
Understanding Security Manager Licensing
Licensing for RME and Performance Monitor
Factors which Affect Application Performance
Effect of Number of Processors/Cores on Performance
Effect of Memory Size on Performance
High-Availability/Disaster Recovery
Small Enterprise Reference Network
Medium Enterprise Reference Network
Large Enterprise Reference Network
Server and Client Hardware Recommendations
Java Virtual Machine Heap Size
Summary of Security Manager Scalability
Deployment Planning Guide for Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1
Revised: August 26, 2008, and July 29, 2009, OL-17273-01
This document provides guidance on planning a deployment of Cisco Security Manager 3.2.x. It includes these topics: recommended server and client sizing based on reference networks, deployment options for the set of applications included with Security Manager, licensing, and advanced Security Manager tuning options.
This document complements other Security Manager user documentation such as the Cisco Security Manager user guide and the installation guide.
Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1 Applications
Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1 includes the following applications:
•Common Services 3.1.1
Common Services provides the framework for data storage, login, user role definitions, access privileges, security protocols, and navigation. It also provides the framework for installation, data management, event and message handling, and job and process management. Common Services supplies essential server-side components to applications that include:
–SSL libraries
–An embedded SQL database
–The Apache web server
–The Tomcat servlet engine
–The CiscoWorks home page
–Backup and restore functions
Common Services is required for all the applications included with Security Manager listed below.
For more information about Common Services you can visit: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps3996/index.html.
•Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1
Cisco Security Manager is an enterprise-class management application designed to configure firewall, VPN, and intrusion prevention system (IPS) security services on Cisco network and security devices. Security Manager uses a rich-client graphical user interface and requires Common Services 3.1.1
•Auto Update Server 3.2.1
AUS enables you to upgrade device configuration files and software images on PIX Security Appliance (PIX) and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) devices that use the auto update feature. AUS supports a pull model of configuration that you can use for device configuration, configuration updates, device OS updates, and periodic configuration verification. In addition:
–Supported devices that use dynamic IP addresses in combination with the Auto Update feature can use AUS to upgrade their configuration files and pass device and status information.
–Cisco IOS routers that use dynamic IP addresses can use AUS in combination with the CNS Gateway protocol to retrieve device IP addresses.
AUS increases the scalability of your remote security networks, reduces the costs involved in maintaining a remote security network, and enables you to manage dynamically addressed remote firewalls. AUS uses a browser-based, graphical user interface and requires Common Services 3.1.1.
For more information about AUS you can refer to the AUS documentation located at the Security Manager site: http://www.cisco.com/go/csmanager.
•Resource Manager Essentials 4.1.1
To support life cycle management, RME provides the ability to manage device inventory and audit changes, configuration files, software images—as well as syslog analysis. RME uses a browser-based graphical user interface. RME is also included with the CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS). There is useful deployment information about RME included in the CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution — Deployment Guide 3.0, although be aware that some information does not apply in the case of RME bundled with Security Manager.
•Performance Monitor 3.2.1
Performance Monitor is a health and performance monitoring application with a special emphasis on security devices and services. Performance Monitor supports the ability to proactively detect network performance issues before they become critical; helps identify portions of the network which are overloaded and potentially require extra resources; and provides rich historical health and performance information for after-the-fact investigations and analyses. Performance Monitor supports monitoring remote-access VPNs, site-to-site VPNs, firewall, web server load-balancing, and SSL termination. Performance Monitor uses a browser-based, graphical user interface and requires Common Services 3.1.1
For more information about Performance Monitor, you can refer to the Performance Monitor documentation located at the Security Manager site: http://www.cisco.com/go/csmanager.
Related Applications
Other applications are available from Cisco that integrate with Security Manager to provide additional features and benefits:
•Cisco Security Monitoring Analysis and Response System (MARS) — Security Manager supports policy <> event cross-linkages with MARS for firewall and IPS. Using the Security Manager client you highlight specific firewall rules or IPS signatures and request to see the events related to those rules or signatures, respectively. Using the MARS interface you can select firewall or IPS events and request to see the matching rule or signature in Security Manager. These policy <> event cross-linkages are especially useful for network connectivity troubleshooting, identifying unused rules, and signature tuning activities. The policy <> event cross-linkage feature is explained in detailed in the User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 3.2. For more information about MARS you can visit http://www.cisco.com/go/mars.
•Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) — You can optionally configure Security Manager to use ACS for authentication and authorization of Security Manager users. ACS supports defining custom user profiles for fine-grained role based authorization control and ability to restrict users to specific sets of devices. For details on configuring Security Manager and ACS integration refer to the User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 3.2. For more information about ACS you can visit http://www.cisco.com/go/acs.
•Cisco CNS Configuration Engine — Security Manager supports the use of the Cisco Configuration Engine as a mechanism for deploying device configurations. Security Manager deploys the configuration file to the Cisco Configuration Engine, where it is stored for later retrieval from the device. Devices, such as Cisco IOS routers, PIX Firewalls, and ASAs that use a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, contact the Cisco Configuration Engine for configuration (and image) updates. For more information about the Configuration Engine you can visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps4617/index.html.
Security Manager includes four different installers:
•The Security Manager installer which is responsible for installing the following:
–Common Services 3.1.1
–Cisco Security Agent 5.2
–Security Manager 3.2.1 Server (optional)
–AUS 3.2.1 (optional)
–Security Manager 3.2.1 Client (optional)—for installing the client on the server
•The Security Manager client installer, which is also available as a standalone installer for the client. The most common way to access this installer is to log in to the server using a web browser and click on the client installer. The client installer executable can also be found on the server at $NMSROOT\MDC\tomcat\vms\desktop\CSMClientSetup.exe or on the product DVD under csm3_2_win_client\CSMClientSetup.exe.
•The RME installer, which is responsible for installing RME. This installer requires that you have already installed Common Services 3.1.1 using the Security Manager installer.
•Performance Monitor installer, which is responsible for installing Performance Monitor. This installer requires that you have already installed Common Services 3.1.1 using the Security Manager installer.
Detailed use of the Security Manager installer and RME installer is included in the Installation Guide for Security Manager 3.2.1, while use of the Performance Monitor installer is covered in the Installation and Release Notes for Cisco Performance Monitor 3.2.
Understanding Security Manager Licensing
It is important to understand Security Manager licensing when planning a deployment of Security Manager to ensure that you have the correct base license and number of device licenses for the number and type of devices you intend to manage. This section provides an overview of Security Manager licensing and some specific license examples.
Licensing Overview
There are three base versions of Cisco Security Manager Enterprise Edition:
The versions provide management for 5, 25, and 50 devices, respectively.
The Professional version supports incremental device license packages available in increments of 50, 100, 500, and 1000 devices. The Professional version also includes support for the management of Cisco Catalyst® 6500 Series switches and associated services modules; the Standard versions do not include this support.
Security Manager consumes a device license for the following:
•Each added physical device
•Each added Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series services module
•Each security context
•Each virtual sensor
Advanced Inspection and Prevention Security Services Modules (AIP-SSMs), IDS Network Modules, and IPS Advanced Integration Modules (IPS AIM) installed in the host device do not consume a license; however, additional virtual sensors (added after the first sensor) do consume a license.
In the case of a Firewall Services Module (FWSM), the module itself consumes a license and then consumes an additional license for each additional security context. For example, an FSWM with two security contexts would consume three licenses: one for the module, one for the admin context, and one for the second security context. If the Cisco Catalyst chassis itself is added to Cisco Security Manager, it, too, will consume a license.
Unmanaged Devices
In Security Manager you can add unmanaged devices to the device inventory. An unmanaged device is a device for which you have deselected Manage in Cisco Security Manager under Device Properties. An unmanaged device does not consume a license.
Another class of unmanaged device is an object that is added to a topology map. You can use the Map > Add Map Object to add different types of objects on the map such as Clouds, Firewalls, Host, Network, and Router. These objects do not appear in the device inventory and do not consume a device license.
Active and Standby Servers
The license allows the use of the software on a single server. A standby Cisco Security Manager server, such as used in a high-availability or disaster recovery configuration, does not require a separate license if only one server is active at any one time.
Licensing for RME and Performance Monitor
Cisco Security Manager also includes a separate license file for RME and Performance Monitor. You are entitled to use these applications for the same number of devices you have purchased for Cisco Security Manager. When you order a Security Manager base product you receive a second Product Authorization Key (PAK) for the RME and Performance Monitor license.
Licensing Examples
This section provides some representative licensing examples to help better understand Security Manager licensing.
Example 1
Description of Managed Network: 15 Cisco Integrated Services Routers.
Required Licensing: Fifteen device licenses are required. Since there are no Catalyst 6500 services modules involved and there are fewer than 50 devices, order Standard-25 (CSMST25-3.2-K9).
Example 2
Description of Managed Network: 5 IDSM-2 modules, where each module has two virtual sensors.
Required Licensing: Ten licenses are required (10 virtual sensors split between two modules). Although Standard-25 might appear to be sufficient, because a Catalyst 6500 services module is involved, Pro-50 (CSMPR50-3.2-K9) as a minimum is required.
Example 3
Description of Managed Network: 350 ASAs operating in single-mode.
Required Licensing: 350 device licenses are required. You can order exactly 350 licenses by ordering Pro-50 (CSMPR50-3.2-K9) and 3 Inc-100s (CSMPR-LIC-100). However, it is less expensive to order Pro-50 and 1 Inc-500 (CSMPR-LIC-500), because the larger the incremental the lower the average cost per device license. Therefore, in some cases it is less expensive to order more licenses than actually required.
Example 4
Description of Managed Network: You have Security Manager Standard Edition - 5 device, but now you need to manage 20 ASAs operating in single-mode.
Required Licensing: Order CSMST25-3.2-K9 and optionally CON-SAS-CSMST253 for SAS coverage. There is no upgrade part number from Standard Edition - 5 device; however, you do not lose your original investment in the Standard Edition - 5 device, because you can combine the Standard 5 license with the Standard 25 license for a net result of Standard Edition - 30 device.
Example 5
Description of Managed Network: 20 ASAs deployed in a combination of active/standby and active/active pairs each with 5 security contexts.
Required Licensing: When deploying a pair of devices for redundancy, you only need to add the active device or context into Security Manager. As such the number of required device licenses is 10 devices x (5 contexts plus 1 chassis each) for a total of 60 licenses. Order Pro-50 and one Inc-50.
Note In all the above examples you should consider ordering the corresponding Cisco Service Application Support (SAS) to obtain access to Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and application minor release updates at no charge.
Factors which Affect Application Performance
There are many factors which affect application performance. These include, but are not limited to the following:
•Server and client hardware (for example, processor, memory, and storage technology)
•Number of managed devices, including the type of the devices, and the complexity of the device configurations
•Number and complexity of policy objects
•Number of simultaneous users and the specific activities the users are performing
•Network bandwidth and latency, such as between Security Manager clients and the server and between the server and the managed devices
•Use of virtualization technology such as VMware
•Security Manager version, due to the addition of new features which can affect performance as well as the introduction of performance enhancements
These topics are discussed in this document. However, large geographic distances between a Security Manager client and server results in poor client responsiveness due to the latency introduced. For example, it is not recommended to use a client in India with a server located in California, due to the large latency involved. In such cases we recommend that you employ a remote desktop or terminal server arrangement, where the running clients are co-located in the same datacenter as the server or nearby at least.
Effect of Number of Processors/Cores on Performance
In general, the Security Manager architecture does not leverage multiple processors or cores. However, we do see performance improvements with Security Manager in the range of 30-50 percent when going from a single processor/core to a dual processor/core server. Adding additional processors/cores above two does not significantly improve Security Manager performance.
Effect of Memory Size on Performance
Security Manager operations tend to be bound by different resources. For example, firewall provisioning is primarily a memory-bound process, when IPS signature updating is primarily an I/O bound process. As such additional memory may only benefit certain Security Manager operations which are primarily memory bound and there are ceilings after which additional memory does not improve performance.
Deployment Scenarios
There are various deployment scenarios possible for Security Manager applications. When deciding on a deployment scenario you should consider the following items:
•Which specific applications included with Security Manager do you need to deploy?
•How many devices which each application manage?
If one of the applications you are using is approaching its scale limits (Table 5), it is a good idea to dedicate a server to that application. For obvious reasons of resource allocation and task distribution, it is best not to have other applications using valuable CPU and memory resources if you are trying to manage a large number of devices.
•How many users will use these applications?
Active user sessions also place a load on the server and should be factored in when deciding on the deployment configuration. For example, an application may not have reached its limit due to the number of devices, but could be nearing maximum load due to simultaneous user sessions, which may warrant dedicating a server to the application.
•Do you require the application to be highly available or survivable in the event of a site disaster or outage?
If you reach the scale limits of a specific application installed on a dedicated server, you need to consider deploying multiple instances of the application on different servers. Each running instance of the application needs to be separately purchased and licensed.
Single Server
A single server is the simplest deployment scenario, where you install all Security Manager applications of interest on the same server. For small-scale security environments with one or two network security administrator, a single-server deployment is usually adequate.
Multiple Servers
For performance reasons you may choose to deploy the Security Manager applications of interest across multiple servers. One possible distribution of the applications is as follows:
•Server A (Configuration/Inventory)
–Common Services
–Security Manager
•Server B (Monitoring)
–Common Services
–Performance Monitor
•Server C (Autoupdate)
–Common Services
Server A is dedicated for the Configuration and Inventory Management applications, namely Security Manager and RME. Server B is dedicated for monitoring. Monitoring tends to place a continuous and potentially heavy load on a server, so there are advantages to using a dedicated set of resources for monitoring. Server C is dedicated for AUS. Since AUS is intended to manage to remote firewalls, it can be resource intensive when many remote devices are contacting AUS for configuration, OS, or DM updates. Also, AUS should normally be placed in the DMZ of the network, so this recommendation alone can lead to dedicating a server for AUS.
For situations where you are reaching the scale limits of either Security Manager or RME, you may also need to split these applications onto dedicated servers. For example, RME also includes a syslog analyzer that can be performance intensive depending on the rate of syslog messages directed at the server. If you intend to use the RME syslog analyzer function you may want to dedicate a server to RME.
High-Availability/Disaster Recovery
You can deploy Security Manager in a high-availability or disaster recovery configuration to significantly improve application availability and survivability in the event of a server, storage, network, or site failure. These deployment options are covered in detail the High Availability Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager 3.1.
VMware Deployments
Security Manager supports running in VMware ESX Server 3.5 beginning with Security Manager 3.2.1. Other VMware environments such as VMware Server and VMware Workstation are not supported. You can use any server operating system supported by Security Manager as guest operating system for VMware.
The VMware qualification effort involved running the same set of performance and durability tests that are performed on Security Manager running on a regular non-virtualized server. Test results have shown that running Security Manager in VMware ESX Server 3.5 introduces a modest amount of application performance degradation which varies based on the size of the reference network involved and the specific test case. In a few test cases the performance actually improved, but this was more the exception than the rule. One area where the performance degradation was unusually large was the case of performing a deployment to a PIX or ASA device with a large number of rules (on the order of 5 to 50 thousands rules). In this case the deployment took roughly twice as long.
You should allocate 4 GB of memory to the virtual machine you use with Security Manager for all reference network sizes. In general you should follow the best practices documented in the VMware document: Performance Tuning Best Practices for ESX Server 3. However, you should avoid tuning any of the advanced VMware parameters, as the default values or settings are generally optimum.
It is also recommended to use one of the later generation servers with a processor that includes technology specifically designed to improve the efficiency of virtualization. For example, good results were obtained when testing Security Manager running in VMware ESX Server 3.5 on an Intel® Xeon® X5365 Quad-core processor, which includes Intel® Virtualization Technology (IVT). AMD offers 64-bit x86 architecture processors with virtualization extensions, which they refer to as AMD Virtualization (AMD-V).
Client Deployment
The normal and recommended practice is to install and run the Security Manager client on a separate client machine. Security Manager only supports installing a single version of the client on a given machine, so you cannot, for example, have the client for both Security Manager 3.1.1 and 3.2.1 on the same machine. It is possible, though, to run multiple instances of the client if you need to simultaneously access more than one Security Manager server. You can install and use the client on the server; however, this practice is suitable only for an SE size network and is not recommended for the larger ME or LE size networks.
As mentioned in Factors which Affect Application Performance, it may be necessary to deploy the client on a terminal server located near to the server to maintain acceptable performance, in the event that end users are located a large distance from the server which introduces significant latency (for example, intercontinental distances).
Reference Networks
Application performance and server and client sizing recommendations are affected by the size and composition of the network under management. Application performance was characterized for three different reference network configurations: Small Enterprise (SE), Medium Enterprise (ME), and Large Enterprise (LE) and a corresponding server and client specification. The characteristics of the three reference networks are defined below.
These reference networks consist of a mixture of dedicated firewall devices (for example, PIX, FWSM), dedicated IPS devices (for example, IPS 4200 Series), and multi-service (firewall, VPN, and IPS) routers. You should understand the following when you compare these reference networks to the makeup of your own network.
•In general you can equate like types of devices. For example, if the reference network refers to a PIX 535, this is comparable to similar devices such as other PIX models or the ASA 5500 Series with a similar number of rules defined. Likewise an IDS 4250 Sensor is comparable to similar IPS devices such as the AIP-SSM or IPS AIM. Finally a Cisco 2801 router is comparable to other IOS-based routers.
•In general you cannot add additional devices to one category (for example, firewall appliances) by not using devices of another category (for example, IPS appliances). So for example, even if you do not use IPS devices, if you add additional PIX devices beyond the specified number it will increase the load on the server beyond what has been tested for that particular reference network.
•In general Security Manager does not have any fixed scalability limitations. For example, we do not impose any fixed limited on the number of devices you can add of any type (assuming you have sufficient licenses) or on the number of policy objects of a given type. However, exceeding the limits identified in these reference networks would place you in an untested, uncharacterized situation.
Small Enterprise Reference Network
The Small Enterprise Reference Network has the following makeup:
•10 PIX 535s (vc1 - vc10)
–5 interfaces on each firewall: inside, outside, DMZ-slot0 ~ DMZ-slot2
–200 ACEs in each PIX Firewall rule table
•50 Cisco 2801s (ios1 - ios50)
–2 interfaces on each router: FastEthernet0, FastEthernet1
–20 ACEs in each router rule table
–IOS IPS Enabled
•10 IDS 4250 Sensors
–4 virtual sensors per device (10 total virtual sensors)
•Full Mesh VPN
–Technology: Regular IPsec VPN
–Size: 3 routers (ios1 - ios3)
•4,500 access-list rules
•100 user-defined network objects, where each object contains a single IP entry. 50 of the network objects are referenced by an access-list rule.
•25 user-defined service objects, where each object contains one service port and all 25 service-objects are referenced by an access-list rule.
The Small Enterprise (SE) Reference Network database file sizes were recorded as 2.396 MB for the Cmf.db and 54.932 MB for the Vms.db. These files are located under the $NMSROOT\databases directory on the server.
Medium Enterprise Reference Network
The Medium Enterprise Reference Network has the following makeup:
•21 PIX 535s (vc1 - vc21)
–5 interfaces on each firewall: inside, outside, DMZ-slot0 - DMZ-slot2
–500 ACEs in each PIX Firewall's rule table
–3 interfaces on each FWSM: inside, outside, DMZ1
–20 ACEs in its rule table
•100 Cisco 2801 (ios1 - ios100)
–4 interfaces on each router: FastEthernet0 - FastEthernet3
–50 ACEs in each router's rule table
–IOS IPS Enabled
•15 IDS 4250 Sensors
–4 virtual sensors per device (60 total virtual sensors)
•Hub and Spoke VPN
–Technology: Regular IPsec VPN
–Size: 1 hub (vc1), 20 spokes (vc2 - vc21)
•44,000 access-list rules
•650 user-defined network objects, where each object contains a single IP entry. 150 of the network objects are referenced by an access-list rule.
•75 user-defined service objects, where each object contains one service port and all 75 service-objects are referenced by an access-list rule.
The Medium Enterprise (ME) Reference Network database file sizes were recorded as 2.396 MB for the Cmf.db file and 63.644 MB for the Vms.db. These files are located under the $NMSROOT\databases directory on the server.
Large Enterprise Reference Network
The Large Enterprise Reference Network has the following makeup:
•1000 PIX 535s (vc1 - vc1000)
–10 interfaces on each firewall: inside, outside, DMZ-slot1- DMZ-slot8
–2,000 ACEs in each PIX Firewall's rule table
–3 interfaces on each FWSM: inside, outside, DMZ1
–50,000 ACEs in its rule table
•5100 Cisco 2801 (ios1 - ios5100)
–6 interfaces on each router: FastEthernet0 - FastEthernet5
–300 ACEs in each router rule table
–IOS IPS Enabled on 1000 routers
•250 IDS 4250 Sensors
–4 virtual sensors per device (1,000 total virtual sensors)
•Layered VPN
–Technology: Regular IPsec VPN
–Full Mesh: ios1 - ios4
–Hub and Spoke #1: ios1 > ios5 - ios1254 (1250 spokes)
–Hub and Spoke #2: ios2 > ios1255 - ios2504 (1250 spokes)
–Hub and Spoke #3: ios3 > ios2505 -ios3754 (1250 spokes)
–Hub and Spoke #4: ios4 > ios3755 - ios5004 (1250 spokes)
•3,000,000 access-list rules total
•400,000 access-list rules on a single device
•5000 user-defined network objects, where each object contains a single IP entry. 50 of the network objects are referenced by an access-list rule.
•500 user-defined service objects, where each object contains one service port and all 25 service-objects are referenced by an access-list rule.
The Large Enterprise (LE) Reference Network database file sizes were recorded as 2.396 MB for the Cmf.db and 755.588 MB for the Vms.db. These files are located under the $NMSROOT\databases directory on the server.
Number of Simultaneous Users
Security Manager supports multiple concurrent user sessions and has been specifically tested for 30 simultaneous users where:
•10 users perform Read-Only actions: view activities/policies/jobs
•10 users perform Read-Write actions: create activities, modify policies, and submit activities
•10 users commit jobs and deploy actions
Server and Client Hardware Recommendations
This section provides recommendations for the server and client hardware sizing based on the three reference network configurations.
Server Sizing
Table 1 provides basic recommendations on server sizing for Security Manager 3.2.x based on the reference networks.
Table 1 Server Sizing based on Reference Network
Small Enterprise (SE) Medium Enterprise (ME) Large Enterprise (LE)
One CPU @ 2.x GHz
One CPU @ 3.x GHz
Two CPUs @ 3.x GHz
Free Disk Space
Network Interface
100BaseT (100 Mbps) or faster
100BaseT (100 Mbps) or faster
100BaseT (100 Mbps) or faster
Media Drive
Security Manager has only been performance characterized on servers with single-core CPU(s). While adequate performance can be obtained using the server specifications noted in Table 1 for the Small Enterprise and Medium Enterprise reference networks, test results show you can obtain improved performance by using the Large Enterprise server specification also for the Small Enterprise and Medium Enterprise reference networks. For example, performance improvements of 30 to 50 percent were seen when using the Larger Enterprise server specification for the Medium Enterprise performance test cases. Exceeding the server specifications for the Large Enterprise configuration such as by adding more CPUs or memory does not significantly improve performance.
Client Sizing
Table 2 provides basic recommendations on client sizing for Security Manager based on the reference networks and assuming a single client running on the machine.
Table 2 Client Sizing Based on Reference Network
Small Enterprise Medium Enterprise Large Enterprise
One CPU @ 2.x GHz
One CPU @ 2.x GHz
One CPUs @ 2.x GHz
Free Disk Space
Network Interface
100BaseT (100 Mbps) or faster
100BaseT (100 Mbps) or faster
100BaseT (100 Mbps) or faster
Security Manager Tuning
Security Manager includes several parameters that you can modify to tune the application performance.
Caution You should only modify the parameters described in this chapter with consultation from Cisco TAC or the Security Manager product team.
Information is provided for tuning the following parameters:
•Java Virtual Machine Heap Size
Java Virtual Machine Heap Size
The Security Manager server-side Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) maximum heap size is set to 1 GB by default. You can increase the maximum heap size by modifying the startbe.pl file located in the $NMSROOT\MDC\be\bin directory. In the file, the maximum heap size is specified by the Xmxvalue argument. We recommend that you make a copy of the existing file before modifying it. After modifying the file you need to restart the daemon manager for the new maximum heap size to take effect.
The maximum heap size depends on the maximum address space per process, which is 2 GB for Windows 32-bit operating systems. Maximum heap space is always smaller than maximum address space per process, because the process also needs space for stack, libraries, and so on. You may need to experiment to find the maximum heap size your server permits. If you exceed the limit you will get an error message as follows:Error occurred during initialization of VMCould not reserve enough space for object heapCould not create the Java virtual machine
The following shows the contents of the startbe.pl file modified to increase the maximum heap size to 1.5 GB (Xmx1536m).
use CRM;
use lib "$ENV{NMSROOT}/lib/perl/install";
use InstallUtility;
require "$ENV{NMSROOT}/MDC/be/bin/be-env.pl";
sub startBe {
print " startBe() Starts\n" if ($debug);
my $ARGS="-server-Xmx1536m -Xnoclassgc -cw:verbose -cw:jre $BE_JRE -cp:p $BE_CP -wd $BE_WD com.cisco.nm.vms.be.BEMain";
# my $cmd= "$PDREG -r VmsBackendServer -e $BE_JAVA -d \"Tomcat,CmfDbEngine,ESS\"";
# my $cmd= "$PDREG -r VmsBackendServer -e $BE_CW_JAVA -d \"Tomcat,CmfDbEngine,ESS\"";
my $cmd= "$BE_CW_JAVA ".$ARGS."";
print "cmdline => $cmd " if (debug);
my $rc = system($cmd);
if ($rc != 0) {
$errMsg = "Failed to start BE Server.";
print "$errMsg \n";
print " startBe() Ends\n" if ($debug);
print "\n LogFile is $logfile\n" if ($debug);
Thread Counts
A number of Security Manager backend processes perform multiple tasks in parallel (that is, are multithreaded). You can tune two specific thread count parameters to control the number of these tasks performed in parallel:
This parameter controls the maximum number of devices that Security Manager deploys to in parallel for non-signature related updates. The default value is 20.
This parameter controls the maximum number of devices that Security Manager deploys to in parallel for signature related updates. The default value is 60.
You can modify these parameters in the taskmgr.prop file located in the $NMSROOT\MDC\athena\config directory.
Increasing these values can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete deployment to a larger number of devices. However, increasing the value too much can result in an out-of-memory condition.
Some other default values for Security Manager are the following:
•Default concurrent number of devices to discover (20)
•Default current FWSM security contexts to deploy if via the system context (5)
•Heap size of the Tomcat process (128M min, 1024M max)
•Heap size of the backend process (128M min, 1024M max).
Summary of Security Manager Scalability
Table 3 summarizes the basic aspects of Security Manager scalability based on tested configurations. Security Manager does not have any hard-coded scalability limitations.
Table 3 Summary of Security Manager Scalability
Attribute Maximum Value
Devices in Inventory
Devices in a single Deployment Job
Host/network Policy Objects
Service Objects
Access-list Rules Total
Access-list Rules on a Single Device
Nodes in a Single VPN Topology
Simultaneous Users
20 read/write + 10 read-only


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Les Miserables
- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Release Date: Dec 25, 2012
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The camera bobs and weaves like a drunk, frantically. So you have hammering close-ups, combined with woozy insecurity each time more than two people are in the frame. Twenty minutes into the retelling of fugitive Valjean, his monomaniacal pursuer Javert, the torch singers Fantine and Eponine and the rest, I wanted somebody to just nail the damn camera to the ground.
One would be hard-pressed to describe this, despite the wealth of beauty on display, as anything but an ugly film, shot and cut ineptly.
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 706 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 169 out of 234
Mixed: 46 out of 234
Negative: 19 out of 234
Dec 25, 2012Absolutely incredible - easily matches the likes of The Hobbit, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty as one of the best films this year. Best musicalAbsolutely incredible - easily matches the likes of The Hobbit, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty as one of the best films this year. Best musical film adaptation since Chicago. Jackman's 'Bring Him Home' is sure to go down in Les Mis history as the best since the likes of Colm Wilkinson; the same can be said for Eddie Redmayne's 'Empty Chairs', which is easily on par with the legendary Michael Ball. Surprisingly, Russell Crowe does very, very well as Javert - he's not a fantastic singer but his vocals are still very good. Stars is within the top five of the film.
EDIT: 'CineTigre' clearly has no idea what they are talking about. Les Miserables did NOT originate as an opera, it was a French musical which was translated into English and presented on the West End in 1985. There is no 'guillotine' because that was A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FRENCH REVOLUTION. The entirety of the main cast, other than Amanda Seyfriend and Russell Crowe, have significant experience when it comes to musical theatre, so they indeed hired singers. He/she is either a Les Mis purist who is far too clingy to the source material or a troll who is simply trying to lower the score, possibly in comparison to that *other* big christmas movie.… Full Review »
Dec 25, 2012As a die hard fan of the musical, I feel like my opinion will be most helpful to other die hard fans. What I can say is that it does change aAs a die hard fan of the musical, I feel like my opinion will be most helpful to other die hard fans. What I can say is that it does change a lot of minor things, like the order of some songs, some of the lines, and even cuts some musical portions out. Everything that is absolutely essential is there, but they cut out Valjean's final stanza in The Confrontation, so Javert just sings his part solo, they cut out the end part of that song, they cut out Dog Eats Dog altogether, and they cut out most of Turning, for example. However, it's all minor, and everything works out extremely well. The changes they make, for the most part, help uphold a structure more suited for a movie than a stage production. Russell Crowe as Javert is emotionless, yet the background music and the directing help make his scenes as good as they can be despite his weak performance. Everybody else is great though. Anne Hathaway as Fantine better win an Oscar, otherwise I will be boycotting the entire ceremony for years to come. I never had the type of reaction in any movie as I had during I Dreamed A Dream. I was involuntarily breathing heavily enough for the people two rows behind me to hear, and I noticed that my heart was pounding. I was too numb to even clap. She sang it in such a way that I had never heard before, and I've heard many versions that I've loved. Still, when I heard Anne's, it was like a lightbulb went off, and someone finally figured out how you're really supposed to sing it. Eddie Redmayne as Marius also gave a pretty beautiful performance, and Hugh Jackman held up his role very well, and brought a lot of emotion to What Have I Done?, Who Am I?, and Bring Him Home. Helena Bohnam Carter isn't nearly as enjoyable as some of the Broadway performers I've seen in that role, but the Thenardiers hold their roles up very nicely. Amanda Seyfried has an unexpectedly good voice, which blends well with Eddie's and Samantha Barks's, who is great as Eponine. The directing is very intimate and passionate, which I thought was a fantastic choice for a story this much based on human thoughts and emotions. The one change I really didn't like was that Eponine wasn't included with Fantine in the finale. It was just Fantine, which I didn't like, because the harmonies they did in the stage production were absolutely beautiful, in my opinion. All in all, there were some changes I didn't like, and Russell Crowe's performance fell flat. For me though, as amazing as I think the musical is, it would take a whole lot of unnecessary changes, more than just one weak (although not even particularly bad) performance, for me to not be absolutely blown away by Les Miserables. If you find the musical to be an absolute knockout, for other reasons than just Javert's character alone, you will probably love this movie as I did.… Full Review »


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This is the last part of the series on packaging and shipping fish. These videos are dedicated to the locking-wall styrofoam inserts for boxes. I was turned on to these tongue and groove cut boxes a few months ago, and after working with them for a while I am sold. These boxes are great. Sourcing insulated boxes can be a pain, especially if you are shipping a lot of fish. Solid foam boxes are best, but they are also expensive to purchase, plus the cost of getting them to you. It is hard to keep the price down unless you order them hundreds at a time. These locking panels are also expensive to ship, but their up-front cost is lower. When the boxes are not assembled they take up a little less space than when assembled, so they are a little less expensive to ship. But the biggest advantage, for me anyway, is to finally have a consistent packaging option that is the same every time.
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Packing Fish for Shipping – Part 5
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Packing Fish for Shipping – Part 4 – Kordon Breathing Bags
This episode in the shipping series has two parts, packaging fish into Kordon Breathing Bags (which we usually call 'Breather Bags' in the hobby) and then packing the filled bags into boxes. I am purposefully not going into a LOT of detail here because I do not use Kordon Breather Bags for shipping anything that will be in transit for less than 48 hours. And since I rarely ship any fish slower than overnight, I do not see much use for Kordon Breathing Bags.
The Kordon web site has all the information you need to learn how to properly use their product. I use their methods for packing, especially for double-bagging, and have never had problems with using the product. The advantages are many:
- constant transfer of carbon dioxide out of the bag and oxygen into the bag, thus reducing acidification of the water in the bag
- eliminating sloshing of fish
- saving space in a box
But there are also negatives:
- fish waste or dead fish fouls the water much faster, so fish must be more carefully purged before packing
- the added weight of filling a box with breathing bags costs more to ship AND puts the box at risk of breaking as it tumbles through the mail system (when a heavier box drops its mass is more likely to cause the box, or the bags inside it, to break)
- they are more expensive
- it is harder to ship spiny fish
- the bags sometimes seep
I use Kordon Breathing Bags when I need fish to survive packing for more than 48 hours. When I travel to other countries, Breathing Bags make it possible to keep fish alive for weeks and get them home safely. I believe that Breathing Bags have revolutionized hobbyist collecting expeditions, and the explosive discovery of new species entering the hobby can be attributed, in part, to Breathing Bag technology.
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Packing Fish for Shipping – Part 3 – Heat Sealers
The use of a heat sealer when packing fish can prevent some problems (such as fish getting trapped in corners) and make is possible to pack more fish in a smaller space. They are not very expensive… I paid about $60 for my sealer through the Internet, including shipping. Over the years I have tried many different applications, but now I use it for only a few specific things. Do you NEED a heat sealer? Probably not. But it is a nice thing to have around….
The video was long, but there is one more tip I want to share about using heat sealers:
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Packing Fish for Shipping – Part 2
Bagging the fish properly is the first task in shipping fish. I hope that it was clear in the first video that the resulting packaging is a little different than what happens at a store, or what we do if we are taking fish to an auction or a swap. When we bag fish for short, controlled transport the bags are usually larger and tighter. For shipping through the mail the bags need to be a small as possible and have some flexibility. The package will undergo some rough treatment in transit, and a bag with a lot of water and/or does not have flex in the sides of the bag is more likely to pop. The fish should also be triple bagged, with two bags around each set of fish and then all the bags inside a liner bag. Absorbent material (I use newspaper) should be inside the liner bag.
The second and equally important part of the shipping package equation is the shipping carton. It needs to be strong and as water resistant. An insulated styrofoam liner inside a cardboard box is the way to go. Solid styrofoam liners are absolutely the best choice, but they are expensive. Free boxes can be found with the right contacts in a drug store, hospital or university science lab, but when you are shipping a lot of fish the endless search for boxes gets old. Many of us resort to cutting foam panels to fit boxes, which is a good option, but also time consuming. This video will introduce you to a new technology in foam panels: tongue and groove routed foam that snap together to make a more solid panel-sided foam liner.
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Packing Fish for Shipping – Part 1
This video is the start of a new, short series on packaging and shipping fish. I get a lot of requests for advice on shipping. I also have a new type of insulated box that I want to show off. This first video is dedicated to bagging the fish and packaging them to survive the rough and tumble experience of being shipped. We will not get to the actual shipping box until the next video, but I shot them both at the same time, so the wait will not be long.
Disclaimer… There are many, many ways to package fish for shipping. My method has proven successful for me over a wide range of conditions and situations. There are many shippers just as successful as I am, so if you are getting advice from one of them, and do not like the way I do it, my feelings will not be hurt. I cannot guarantee that if you use my methods of packaging that your fish will make it through the mail without any problems. Not even the carriers will guarantee the safety of live fish that they are handling. That should tell us something about how the boxes are handled….
The Basic Aquarium – Installing Equipment
The Basic Aquarium part 3 covers the assembly and installation of the equipment on our 20-gallon kit. The parts to this kit are an Aqueon Quiet-flow power filter, a heater and a standard fluorescent hood. The only difference between this and other kits will be the details of how specific pieces are assembled.
I have had a few readers ask me how these videos can be used to help new hobbyists who may not know about my blog. I have created a page which will include only the blog posts in this series, so if a club, pet store or anyone else wants to direct people to just these videos, use this link: http://tedsfishroom.com/category/video-posts/basics/
Please feel free to use that link however you wish. The purpose of this series is to help new hobbyists, but it cannot be a benefit unless they see it!
Basic Aquarium – Part 2
Preparing the New Tank
This is the second installment in the Basic Aquarium series. It covers preparing the tank before setting up the aquarium, and adding a basic gravel substrate with a few structural decorations. The first part of the video will show you how I paint the backs of my tanks. There are a lot of different ways to make a background, and it is important that you do something to cover the back of your tank. It helps to create areas in your tank where fish can find a quiet refuge. The aquarium will look a lot nicer too…
New Series – The Basic Aquarium
There is a scary statistic in our hobby… less than 10% of the first-time aquarium keepers stick with the hobby for more than a year. Fortunately, that number has not changed a lot in 20+ years; but it is not a retention rate we should be proud of. No matter how you try to explain the causes of the problem, the end result is that most of the failures are due to inadequate support for new hobbyists. Either they are not getting good information, or they are not getting the right information when they need it the most.
Aquarium equipment manufacturers are fully aware that most of the aquariums they sell end up collecting dust in garages, and have been trying to find a solution. Their strategy has been to apply the K.I.S.S. principle (keep it simple, stupid) to their products. I applaud this philosophy, because I know that one of the most frustrating factors in taking up any technology-based hobby is figuring out how the equipment works.
The aquarium hobby started to become very complex in the 1990's, and stores were cashing in on a new customer's willingness to buy anything that they were told they 'needed'. What should have been a simple purchase of a tank, top, filter, heater, substrate and dechlorinator turned into a budget-busting expense that included everything from extra lights to vitamin drops. The fault for that lies with the retailers, and the manufacturers knew it, so they came up with a way to try to make the hobby easier: the aquarium kit.
Hooray for kits! I think they are great. New hobbyists can get all the essentials they need in a box, add a few extras (like substrate and a few decorations) and be reasonably assured that they will at least get the aquarium up and running successfully. The kit has made the advice new hobbyists get more consistent, and it has lowered the price of getting started in the hobby. I buy kits whenever I need an aquarium that will not end up plugged into my central air supply system in the fish room. A 20H kit, usually on sale at a big box store, is less expensive than purchasing the parts separately.
This video series, titled The Basic Aquarium, will include videos on topics that I think a lot of experienced hobbyists take for granted. They are aimed at new hobbyists, so if you know anyone who may benefit from a crash-course in aquarium set up and maintenance, please direct them to these videos. The opening installment describes a basic aquarium kit. Future episodes will show how I go about setting a tank up, decorating, planting, acclimating fish and even how to do a water change. WARNING – the videos depict how I do things… I am not going to attempt to make a video that shows all the different methods. I consider these videos as a starting point for new aquarium owners, and my hope is that they will give new hobbyists a basic understanding of how an aquarium works.
I would like to thank my friends at Aqueon (a division of Central Aquatics) for their generous support of this project. I have used Central Aquatics products (Aqueon (formerly All-Glass), Kent Marine, Coral Life and Oceanic) for many years.


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In 1976, Parisian-based British wine merchant Steven Spurrier hosted a historic wine tasting that became known as the "Judgement of Paris." The blind wine tasting pitted some of the best French Burgundies and Bordeaux against what were then essentially unknown California wines including those from a little upstart region called Napa Valley. To everyone's surprise, and to the near-horror of French wine buffs, California won both the red and white categories, and forever changed the scope of the world of fine wines.
Pitting your product, blind, against the competition is always a risky endeavor. Particularly when you invite media and sommeliers from some of New York City's best restaurants and wine bars to conduct the tasting. But that's exactly what Michelle Reeves of David Family Wines—a small producer exclusively of Pinot Noirs—did in June. In the seminar room of the elegant Tribeca shop 24 Hubert Wines, Reeves opened her young label up to intense and uncensored scrutiny, pitting it against some of the most popular cult California Pinots (and one Burgundy "ringer") on the market. The event was dubbed "David vs. Goliath: A New Generation of Pinot Noir."
"We always thought our wines were good," Reeves told the crowd of a dozen or so wine enthusiasts. "And our frends tell us our wine is good, but they're our friends. They have to say that." The small label completed its first bottling in 2006, sourcing grapes from the coveted Santa Lucia Highlands AVA in Monterey, CA in 2006, and sold it in 2009. They've since added expressions from Anderson Valley in Mendocino. Both regions are highly commended for their balanced and nuanced Pinot Noirs.
"We wanted to see what would happen if we left it up to you guys," said Reeves. "We said, 'let's put our heads on the chopping block." Having invited sommeliers from Lamb's Club, Eleven Park Madison, Morrell Wine Bar and other NYC hotspots for the grape, it certainly seems like the axe could come down.
The tasting wasn't a massive undertaking, but it did pit a couple of vintages of David Family against other, more established cult Pinot Noir producers from Sonoma, Anderson Valley and Napa Valley, with well-regarded labels like Kistler, Flowers, Cherry Pie and Cirq Treehouse. Rather than taste and rank all nine wines together, the tastings were broken into flights of three, such that each wine was only pitted against two others. According to Reeve, the order and grouping were unknown to her, organized by the general manager at 24 Hubert. Nevertheless, the audience was frank in its discussions and opinions, especially as "sipping and spitting" gave way to "sipping and drinking."
The results were generally surprising, with some highly sought-after labels under-performing, and the votes in each flight were solid enough to be convincing, if not in any way statistically significant or ultimately definitive. Below are my thoughts and notes from each of the three flights, along with the rank each wine earned from the tasters in each flight (my personal ranking is in parentheses):
Rank 1 (me: 2): David Family Anderson Valley 2012 ($90)
Color: Ruby-purple, light in depth and transluscent.
Nose: Fruit and vegetal notes up front, with ripe plum, blackberry, fresh grass and light oak dominating.
Mouth: Medium to medium-light bodied with brisk, medium tannins and good acids. It is bright and fruit-driven, with plum, black cherry and a hint of spice. Very drinkable and enjoyable, and should age well.
Rank 2 (me: 1): Cirq Treehouse - Russian River Valley 2012 ($165)
Color: Deep burgundy plum with bright color at the meniscus.
Nose: Surprisingly less fruit-forward than expected, with notes of clean wood and clean humaceous earth leading. Those aromatics are followed by deep ripe fruite and spice notes of cherry and cinnamon.
Mouth: Medium to medium-full bodied with lush, medium tannins and acids. Unlike the aromatics, fruit is right up-front on the palate,w ith notes of fresh black cherry, plum, blackberry and light oak. (Reeves later observed that the Cirq and Cherry Pie wines were the hottest wines in the tasting as far as consumers and collectors are concerned).
Rank 3 (me: 3): Flowers Sonoma Coast 2012 ($53)
Color: Orange-gold tinged plum to brick red.
Nose: Complex aromatics that change significantly over time in the glass. It is fruit-forward with notes of candied cherry and raspberry.
Mouth: round and lush, medium bodied with bold tannins but medium to medium-light acids. Lots of purple fruits on the palate, with a short finish. Despite it being a 2012 vintage, it gives the impression of being several years older based on its color and richness.
Rank 1 (me: 2): David Family Santa Lucia Highlands 2011 ($70)
Color: Deep ruby to brick red, medium depth
Nose: Vibrant aromatics with fruit and chocolate up front. Notes of ripe currants, blackberry, strawberry and hints of choclate, malt, butter and nutmeg. Very complex.
Mouth: Round, rich and creamy, with mild acids and tannins. A very lush mouthfeel. Though not overly complex on the palate, it is a beautiful wine with a bit of a short finish. Good after dinner, with a cheese plate instead of dessert.
Rank 2 (me: 1): Patz & Hall Sonoma Coast 2012 ($44)
Color: Deep purple with notes of brown. Bright in color but opaque in depth.
Nose: Mild, subtle aromatics, but all are lush. Deep notes of coffee, stone, artichoke and blackberry.
Mouth: Less sweet on approach than expected, with notes of ripe blueberry, apple and grape with hints of cumin and spice. This is a great food wine.
Rank 3 (me: 3): Kistler Sonoma Coast 2012 ($70)
Color: Medium-dark burgundy with a hint of gold.
Nose: Less aromatic and mostly earth notes: Hints of wood, slate, mineral leading, with hints of light blackberry, blueberry and fresh earth following.
Mouth: Round and vibrant, medium to light tannins, medium to medium-high acids. On the mouth, it is fruit-forward, but mild and easy-going, not jammy. Blueberry dominates, with hints of spice on the finish.
Rank 1 (me: 1): William Selyem Burt William's Morning Dew Ranch, Anderson Valley 2011 ($162)
Color: Deep ruby-brown to velvet purple.
Nose: Clean aromatics and lush, with fruit and slate opening, then lush ripe plum with hints of pumpkin and baking spice.
Mouth: Round and lush. It boasts big fruit notes but is not jammy. You'll find rich ripe plum, wild strawberry, blackberry, currants and cranberry juice. It is full to the brim with fresh fruits.
Rank 2 (me: 3): Cote de Nuits-Villages La Montagne, Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron 2011(Burgundy) $55
Color: Ruby-purple, not too deep.
Nose: Bright and aromatic with notes of mint, blueberry, pine and bubble gum.
Mouth: Brash and tannic, with fruit notes of cherry and blackberry almost subdued by the tannins and very earthy as well. It's surprising how completely different this French Burgundy "ringer" was from the California Pinot Noirs. It was also definitively clear this wine was not yet ready to drink, and holds much potential.
Rank 3 (me: 2): Cherry Pie "Stanley Ranch," Napa Valley 2011 ($66)
Color: Brick red, medium depth with a light, translucent color shining through.
Nose: Earthy, funky and "warm." Hints of mint, horse, banana, tropical fruits. Old World meets New.
Mouth: Round and vegetal, with mild tannins and medium acids. Vegetal notes along with rich, ripe fruits. Another wine that feels as if it is older than it is.
When all was said and done, Reeves was pleased with the results, her wines having ranked above the competition in the two flights they were in. She noted that such tastings are subjective and flexible. "Your impression of a wine is affected by what you had for breakfast, or how much sleep you got the night before. We know these results might be totally different if we do them over again tomorrow."
She should take heart: In a 30-year anniversary event, the same vintage wines from the Judgement of Paris were again pitted against each other for a rematch. Many french wine judges were clinging to the hope that California wines wouldn't age as elegantly as their French counterparts. Not only did the American wines that won in 1976 maintain their ranking, but five of the top ten rated wines were from California. Perhaps David Family could reconvene in a decade or so for another face-off...
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FTC Disclaimer: The author sometimes receives product samples for review, which carry no cash value and cannot be re-sold, and sometimes attends press events such as lunches or cocktail parties, designed to promote a given product. The author is not paid by any alcohol manufacturer, retailer or distributor, or provided compensation apart from revenue from an assigning publishing company for editorial publication. Opinions are the author's own. By the way, you should be 21 or older to read this page. Author was invited to participate in the David vs Goliath tasting. While much more experienced and talented sommeliers offered up their best guesses, before each reveal, as to which wine was which, the Author knew enough to keep his inexperienced, yet very large, mouth shut. For once.


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When it comes to the slasher genre in horror films there are some pretty straight forward rules to go by. Fans have grown accustom to having plenty of nudity, crazy teenagers, great kills and above all an awesome killer. The latest, Varsity Blood, comes from Jake Helgren, writer of the 2012 insane film Bloody Homecoming but this time he is stepping into the director's chair as well. He has proven he can write for the genre, but does he manage to bring another great slasher flick to life or will this be a fumbled play?
Varsity Blood follows a pack of small town jocks and cheerleaders with a dark secret who head out to a remote farmhouse for a raucous Halloween pasture party, only to find themselves up for slaughter by someone dressed as their high school mascot, an Indian warrior wielding a lethal fighting ax and a bow and arrow. At first this film seemed like it was going to knock it out of the park with the killing starting right away, but then it just slowed down to a crawl. For the majority of the film there is nothing going on except for the annoying teenager situations, which is typically fine if things are building to somewhere. Here they are trying to get you to buy into who it might be without really doing anything to keep you all that interested. When they killer does show up from time to time throughout it only works well about half the time. The kills aren't overly creative or gory, which isn't always necessary, but can really make up for pacing issues in this genre. The killer himself is a great idea, but the mask choice comes off more comical than menacing or creepy therefore never really sells the idea all that well. Sure with this story you have to have a mascot that will work as an actual mascot as well as the killer, but they could have gone a much cooler direction.
In the end this film fell a bit short on really selling it as a whole. The twist ending wasn't all that unexpected, but it does still showcase enough kills to keep fans of the genre likely entertained. This is one genre that is harder to judge than most as fans are so all over the board you can never really tell what will resonate with them, so if you are a hardcore gore hound then give this flick a shot and make your own decision when it hits DVD on August 19th.