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Goldie Masterson, of Edgar Springs, has been named Senior Companion of the Month for June 2013.
As a Senior Companion, Masterson visits several area residents in their homes each week to help them with basic household tasks and with transportation to doctors' appointments and errands.
She also serves each week at the Presbyterian Manor, where she visits residents and helps with activities.
Masterson is originally from the Kansas City/Independence area, and she enjoys reading, birdwatching and gardening. Before becoming a Senior Companion, she worked as a retail cashier and in security in southern California.
She became a Senior Companion in 2002, and she says she really enjoys listening to her clients' stories – how they grew up and what they did in their lives.
As the Senior Companion of the Month, Masterson received a floral arrangement and the recognition of her fellow Senior Companions at the monthly in-service held June 20 at the Phelps County Courthouse.
There are more than 70 senior citizen volunteers serving as Senior Companions all over Phelps County in private homes, residential care facilities and skilled nursing facilities.
Sponsored by the Phelps County Commission, the Corporation for National and Community Service, as well as several local groups and individuals, Senior Companions help their peers maintain the independence they have worked for all their lives.
If you know a Phelps County resident who might benefit from the services of a Senior Companion, contact 573-458-6180 for further information.
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Did you know?
The Kruger National Park was proclaimed in 1894 by President Paul Kruger.
The Kruger National Park should be on everybody's bucket list.
Unless you've been up at dawn, driving out of camp as the morning sun illuminates thousands of glittering spider webs among the bushes, cruising slowly along the roads hoping for that overnight lion kill, or a leopard draped casually over the branch of a big tree, you've missed one of the world's greatest wildlife experiences.
It's not only about the famed Big Five, but thousands of other animals such as the giraffe – surely the most elegant of all the bush animals. You'll encounter elephants galore – watch out for that tiny baby crossing the road – and herds of buffalo. There are so many different kinds of antelope your head will spin, fat crocodiles sunning themselves on sandbanks, hyenas mooching along, and, if you're very lucky, a pack of wild dogs on the prowl.
Sharing the park with you are over 100 000 impala, 10 000 blue wildebeest, 9 000 kudu, 5 000 warthog (everybody's favourite ugly duckling), 25 000 zebra, 180 cheetah, over 1 000 leopard and 1 500 lions – and that's just the start. You can now begin to understand the natural super-abundance of one of the world's best-loved game parks.
The Kruger National Park enjoys a great year-round sunny climate and offers all kinds of activities, from guided game drives and bush walks with an armed ranger to three-night walking trails in deep wilderness areas.
The Kruger National Park gets over 1.4-million visitors a year, but because it's so big – 352km from north to south, and covering over 1.9-million hectares – you will be amazed at how often you are alone watching game on a 2 500km network of tar and dirt roads.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
South African National Parks Central Reservations
Tel: +27 (0)12 428 9111
Email: email@example.com
How to get here
By road from Johannesburg it's approximately a five-hour drive (depending where you enter the park). You can also travel by plane to Kruger Park International Airport in Mbombela (Nelspruit ) and drive from there.
Best time to visit
Winter is the best time for game-spotting. The grass is low and animals are dependent on waterholes. Summer is hot, but scenically very beautiful, and there are lots of baby animals to see.
Tours to do
A guided sunset tour. You get a glorious view of a spectacular African sunset, see game coming to drink, and then have the excitement of a spotlit night drive.
Get around
It's best to hire your own vehicle – preferably a mini-van because you'll sit high up and have a better chance to spot game.
Length of stay
At least three nights, much more if possible as there is plenty to see and do. Some regular visitors spend up to a month in the park at a time.
What to pack
Comfortable lightweight clothes, plus a warm jacket for winter evenings. Plenty of sunscreen and a hat, no matter what the season.
Where to stay
There's accommodation to suit all budgets, from basic campsites and cottages to spacious family lodges. Book well in advance.
What to eat
The camp shops supply plenty of foodstuffs and drinks. Their braai meat is particularly good. If you're not self-catering, all the bigger camps have restaurants.
Best buys
The camp shops offer a great selection of wildlife books, DVDs, bush clothing and African curios.

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Tuesday, 03/24/1992
Flood Zone, Richmond, VA
Set 1: Stash, Poor Heart, Foam, Eliza > Rift, GolgiGolgi Apparatus, HorseThe Horse > SilentSilent in the Morning, Llama, Forbin'sColonel Forbin's Ascent > MockingbirdFly Famous Mockingbird[1] > LandladyThe Landlady, BowieDavid Bowie
Set 2: CurtainThe Curtain > Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove[2], GuelahGuelah Papyrus, MangoThe Mango Song, Brother[3], Uncle Pen, IDKI Didn't Know[4] > Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > SuzySuzy Greenberg > HoodHarry Hood, Cavern[3]
[1] Narration gave brief recap of Gamehendge saga.
[2] Screams from band members.
[3] Carl Gerhard on cornet.
[4] Fish on Bag-Vac.
· Wilson and Rift teases in Fly Famous Mockingbird
· Take Five tease in David Bowie
· Mainstreet tease in Weekapaug Groove
Average Song Gap: 3.18
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Carl Gerhard (Guest)
Notes: The Mockingbird narration gave a brief recap of the Gamehendge saga and included Wilson teases as well as a Rift tease from Mike; the Bowie intro included Take Five teases. Weekapaug featured screaming band members and a Mainstreet tease. Brother and Cavern featured Carl Gerhard on cornet. Before I Didn't Know (which featured Fish on Bag-Vac), Trey introduced Fish as "Clifford O'Sullivan, a beacon of light in the world of flight."
Song Distribution:
8 A Picture of Nectar
3 Rift
3 Junta
2 Lawn Boy
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 Stash
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By the stink-eye that little girl's mother gave me, I guessed I said something that I shouldn't have. As often the case, my mouth worked faster than my brain.
I was trying to do the right thing. It is my belief that those of us who are childless should, as penance, help out those who have reproduced. It is a small price to pay to not have to step on Leggos barefoot. That being the case, I enthusiastically agreed to buy some high-priced chocolate to support that little lady's third-grade field trip.
Upon reflection, I think the mum's dirty look stemmed from the fact that I also told the little girl that the reason I opted for chocolate and not the, also offered, magazine subscriptions was because the world might end on Dec. 21.
To be clear, I didn't say the world was definitely going to end, but rather in might and therefore I wasn't making and long-range financial commitments.
Not wanting the youngster to leave empty handed, I bought several boxes of chocolates (more than I could ever eat by the end of the 21st) to help in her fundraising efforts (though I did I ask to be billed later, just in case).
According to the Mayan calendar, Dec. 21, 2012, is regarded as the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and the beginning of a New World Age.
Depending on who you ask, this day could be a Friday or the end of the world.
Personally, I maintain the former, but am hedging my bets by not buying the 24-roll pack of toilet paper and paying by check whenever possible.
By telling my friend's daughter this, I wasn't trying to scare her but only explain why I opted for the chocolate rather than 12 issues of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
I walked the mother and daughter back toward their bicycles parked in my driveway when Mum turned back, grabbed me by my lapels, and said, "Are you crazy? It will take me the rest of the day to convince her that the world is not going to end and that you are just some head case."
I have to admit, she had me there. Never again will I tell an impressionable child that, in two weeks' time everyone they know and love might die in a fiery cloud of armageddon. Though I'm not sure why she's so upset; I'm the one who bought new skis this summer.
Though the fact that the winter solstice signaled the end of the Mayan calendar has been known for many years - centuries no less - no one thought much of it. It wasn't until the New Agers got a hold of the idea when the speculation that since the calendar ends, perhaps the world will too. Now that I think of it, I have a 'Monte's Bail Bonds' calendar on my desk that ends December 31, I wonder, does Monte know something that I don't?
I can't help but think perhaps for the New Agers the world ending is simply wishful thinking since it will bring to an end their vegan diet.
If I were to bet, I don't believe in the aforementioned doomsday prophecy; if I did I wouldn't still be doing push-ups and flossing. But I do think it can be therapeutic to be reminded that none of us are getting out of this world alive.
For argument sake, let's just say that 21st signals the end time, how would that change our life and perspective - other than buying less magazines and more chocolate?
For me, I think I'd be more generous and not so petty. I think I'd try to appreciate my life, lover and friends more knowing that I only had a couple of weeks do so. I would also try not to allow any anger or negativity in my life. What a waste to dilute your precious time remaining with off-putting emotions. If I only had a limited time left, I would want to fill it with good thoughts, good deeds, good love - and hopefully - good skiing.
We all know that someday we are going to die, we just don't know when. If it were sooner rather than later I think most of us would be kinder, more compassionate and appreciative. Now the trick is to extend that lifestyle and philosophy to an unknown end date.
So the good news is, it is unlikely the world is going to end this month, in fact, I hope to have another 20 or 30 years, despite that I'm going to try to live like there is no tomorrow. But if there is an ominous, scary looking fiery cloud of armageddon on the horizon on Dec. 21, you are all invited to my house for free chocolate and toilet paper.
Jeffrey Bergeron, under the alias of Biff America, can be seen on TV-8-Summit and read in several newspapers and magazines. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Biff's book "Steep, Deep and Dyslexic" is available from local book stores or at BiffAmerica.net.


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PORTSMOUTH — The Pease Development Authority board of directors on Thursday approved an agreement with the New Hampshire Innovation Commercialization Center that would end the company's current lease agreement on the tradeport and would allow for repayment of past due rent.
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Is he breaking ties w/goldenboy?
Huge news. Mayweather is out at HBO, leaving 24/7 that he pretty much created and everything else. The deal is 6 fights, 30 months. First fight takes place May 4th against Robert Guerrero
Is he breaking ties w/goldenboy?
6 fights in 30 months seems kind of extreme for Floyd. I hope it happens, but I am not holding my breath. I think the fight with Guerrero is a solid fight. It is one of the best that can be made at his current weight. However, Floyd probably wins the fight going away. The problem is there is no one else for Floyd to fight right now that draws much interest. The only matchup that mattered for some time at WW was Floyd vs. Manny. Floyd has already toyed with JMM and has beaten everyone else that matters other than Bradley, Peterson, and Khan. Maybe Floyd fights the Canelo/Trout winner if the that fight goes down. It will be very interesting how this whole thing goes down. HBO may be in serious trouble, because there is already speculation that with Floyd leaving, Adrien Broner and Canelo may be next.
Dan Rafael's Piece on it
Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. made two announcements on Tuesday, one expected and another rather surprising one that will change the landscape of the boxing business.
The expected: Mayweather will return to the ring on May 4 -- one day short of a year since his last fight -- to defend his welterweight world title against interim titlist Robert Guerrero at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where Mayweather will be fighting for the seventh consecutive time.
Since Mayweather first announced in December that he would fight on May 4, Guerrero was the leading candidate to get the fight.
The unexpected element of Mayweather's announcement: He is leaving HBO/Time Warner, his television home for virtually his entire career, to move to rival Showtime/CBS for the pay-per-view fight.
But Mayweather is not just going to Showtime PPV for one fight, like Manny Pacquiao did when Top Rank promoter Bob Arum took him from HBO to Showtime to face Shane Mosley in a 2011 pay-per-view fight. Arum ultimately brought Pacquiao back after HBO Sports' Ross Greenburg was forced to resign, in large part for losing Pacquiao to Showtime.
Ken Hershman, who left as head of Showtime Sports to replace Greenburg as HBO Sports president, wound up losing Mayweather long term.
Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs), the five-division champion who turns 36 on Sunday, signed a six-fight, 30-month deal with Showtime/CBS, effectively ending his career at HBO.
"Floyd has signed a record-breaking deal with Showtime PPV/CBS, and Floyd is ecstatic," Leonard Ellerbe, one of Mayweather's top advisers, told ESPN.com. "This historic deal reflects a global superstar who is head and shoulders above his peers. HBO, they made a great offer, but the Showtime PPV/CBS offer was substantially greater in every facet, from top to bottom.
"So bottom line, HBO was outgunned. They came to a gun fight with a knife. At the end of the day, it's business. Floyd has had a fantastic relationship over the last (16) years with HBO but he's moving on. He made the decision based on what was best for him and his family. Showtime/CBS really stepped up and made it crystal clear that they wanted Floyd Mayweather. This is a tremendous platform, and Floyd's looking forward to putting his talents in front of a much larger worldwide audience."
Ellerbe said the details of the deal were confidential but that Mayweather had every intention of fighting all six bouts under the deal.
"The first fight is Guerrero, 'The Ghost,' the boogey man," Ellerbe said. "Floyd's going to line all these guys up and he's going to whup their asses one by one."
Showtime Sports general manager Stephen Espinoza had hoped to sign Mayweather before his last fight and lost out to HBO. This time, he got his man after weeks of tough negotiations.
"It was a very detailed process," Espinoza told ESPN.com. "We put forth a very aggressive offer, and I know Floyd spent a lot of time with (adviser) Al Haymon poring over the details. Ultimately, I was able to bring a lot of the (Showtime and CBS) assets to the table, and with so many of our platforms stepping forward to support it, this was a deal he couldn't refuse."
The fight will receive heavy promotion on various CBS outlets, including during the NCAA tournament and Final Four.
Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer, who promotes Guerrero and has promoted all of Mayweather's fights since 2007 on a fight-by-fight basis, told ESPN.com that the kickoff news conference for the fight, which hasn't been scheduled yet, will be nationally televised on CBS on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, when the network televises most of its sports fare.
"This will redefine the way boxing press conferences are done," Schaefer said. "The traveling to different cities maybe was the most effective thing at a time when you had in each city a half dozen writers. Now it's driven by different platforms and we are looking at putting together a press conference similar to the way you see a presidential debate -- a moderator, a live audience and journalists can submit questions that will then be read and it will televised nationwide on CBS."
Junior middleweight titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KOs), the 22-year-old Mexican star and a big draw for the card on Cinco de Mayo weekend, is expected to fight on the undercard, possibly in a unification fight with Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KOs), who upset Miguel Cotto in a December title defense.
But Schaefer said that deal is not done.
"First we needed to get (Mayweather-Guerrero and the TV deal) done and now, within the next 24 or 48 hours, I am trying to see if in fact we can get a fight done between Canelo and Trout," he said. "It is not done, it is not signed. There are other possibilities we are looking at for Canelo.
"But as I have said all along, we have every intention to have Canelo fight on this card. As for the matchup, that is my next task."
Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KOs), 29, of Gilroy, Calif., has won titles at featherweight and junior lightweight plus interim belts at lightweight and welterweight. He is a southpaw in his prime and coming off his two most significant victories, both coming last year after skipping over the junior welterweight division and moving into the 147-pound welterweight division.
Guerrero was out of action for 15 months because of a serious shoulder injury that required surgery on his rotator cuff. But he returned in July to hand top-10 welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin his first defeat in a clear decision to win a vacant interim belt.
Guerrero made an even bigger statement in November by punishing former welterweight titlist Andre Berto in an explosive fight. He dropped Berto twice, beat him up and won a unanimous decision, paving the way for him to get the fight with Mayweather that he had been campaigning for.
"I think it's a fantastic matchup. Robert is one tough competitor," Schaefer said. "He hasn't lost (since 2006) and that loss was to a fighter (Orlando Salido in a featherweight title fight) who tested positive for steroids after the fight (and the decision was changed to a no contest). He's a multiple-weight world champion. He actively campaigned for this fight, and a lot of media people say he has earned the fight if you look at what he's done in the last 12 months.
"He's young, he's been active, he's coming off the biggest wins of his career and he showed he is a real welterweight against Berto and Aydin. This is a hell of a challenge for Floyd, and Robert as well. At 147, he is the most dangerous opponent Floyd could have picked, end of story."
Said Ellerbe: "Guerrero thinks he's a badass and come May 4, Floyd is going to show him why he is the top dog and why he's been world champion for 15 years."
With Showtime signing Mayweather long-term, it shifts the power of the boxing business from HBO to Showtime after decades of HBO dominance.
Mayweather made his first appearance on HBO in 1997 (in his 10th pro fight) and has been a network cornerstone since, including having nine of his 10 fights on HBO PPV and generating hundreds of millions of dollars. Now he's going to the archrival.
Hershman was informed of Mayweather's decision on Tuesday morning. The network tried to sign Mayweather but was rebuffed.
"We made an aggressive and responsible pay-per-view offer," HBO said in a statement given to ESPN.com. "Now we move on. We are focused on the best boxing franchise in the television business. We are proud of the roster of superstar fighters and emerging stars who are scheduled to appear on the multiple HBO television platforms this year."
Mayweather, the world's highest-paid athlete according to Forbes magazine, will be fighting for first time since outpointing Cotto to win a version of the junior middleweight title for the second time last May.
A month after the fight, Mayweather reported to county jail in Las Vegas, where he was incarcerated for two months following a domestic abuse conviction.
Cotto hit Mayweather more than he had been tagged in years, and it remains to be seen if Mayweather will still be the same following that physical fight and a jail term, especially against a young, hungry Guerrero.
"Robert can box, he can punch, he has a chin," Schaefer said. "He has a hell of a chance to win this fight. When you look at Floyd Mayweather, he's the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He's the most skilled fighter out there, but at the same time he's getting older and hasn't fought for a year. Not fighting for a year when you are in your 20s is one thing, but in your 30s, fighting once a year is not the best setup.
"His body went through a grueling fight with Cotto, and he was in jail. Who knows what all that has done to him? There are a lot of interesting aspects which make this fight high-stakes."
Wow - that's huge. No way he fights 6 times in 30 months but this is a big boon for Showtime and huge loss for HBO.
I hope Jim Lampley follows Larry Merchant into retirement and HBO changes everything about their boxing programming now.
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. ~Elvis
Canelo's last fight was on Showtime, he's a a Golden Boy fighter, Showtime have been in bed with Golden Boy and Al Haymon the last year, Top Rank will keep their fighters on HBO but Showtime have been spending more on fighters purses the last year. (outside of HBO's PPV budget obviously)
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."


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Disaster recovery site options
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The ability to recover from a disaster in an acceptable period of time is a critical issue for companies with increasing dependence on information technology. Once thought to be a concern for only larger organizations, being able to recover mission-critical applications within a predictable timeframe is a mandate for any size company today. But some users see disaster recovery (DR) as a pricey insurance policy, and may take shortcuts to try and save a few dollars. To avoid becoming victims of budget cuts, DR provisions and sites must be built around a few basic principles that allow management to decide what's required while candidly showing the possible business impact and consequences of retrenchments.
Guiding principles
Recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) are the key metrics to determine the DR level required to recover business processes and applications. They are reciprocally proportional to the cost of DR: The closer RTO and RPO need to be to zero, the more expensive DR provisioning will be. If recovery time can be days or even weeks, costs will likely be significantly less.
Determining the necessary RTOs and RPOs is the single most important exercise a business needs to perform to ensure the right level of DR without wasting money. RTOs and RPOs are derived through business impact analysis of business processes and applications to determine the value of business processes and the anticipated financial impact if they become unavailable. Obviously, this varies greatly by business process and application. "While for just-in-time manufacturing the critical threshold may be 15 minutes, it could be days for a marketing application," says George Ferguson, worldwide service segment manager for Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co.'s business continuity and recovery services.
Very likely, determining RTOs and RPOs will be an iterative process because of two competing forces: available budget and required recovery objectives. "The challenge of contingency services like disaster recovery is to find the right balance between available budget and what's required to sustain the business," says Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group, Stillwater, MN.
Disaster recovery options
With a business impact analysis in hand and agreement on RTOs and RPOs, IT management can devise implementation options. Disaster recovery site terminology can be confusing -- terms like hot site, warm site and cold site are common in DR parlance, but they're used inconsistently. A hot site in the U.S. typically comprises shared equipment, while "in Europe the term hot site is predominantly used for dedicated equipment," says Ferguson. The following definitions match the prevailing U.S. interpretations of these terms:
- Hosted site. A site with dedicated equipment; required whenever RTO and RPO need to be close to zero.
- Hot site. Uses shared equipment with dedicated storage and real-time replication; a typical RTO of a few hours.
- Warm site. Uses shared equipment without dedicated storage, but depends on data backup for recovery; RTOs can range from a few hours to days depending on the backup method in use.
- Cold site. Typically, dedicated space in a data center fully loaded with cooling, power and connectivity ready to accept equipment; RTOs are usually a week or more.
It's quite common for a DR site to serve various roles for different applications. For instance, a DR site may serve as a hosted site with close to real-time failover for a mission-critical e-commerce application, and it may also serve as a low-end warm site with tape-based recovery for a less critical engineering application. Many DR sites are hybrids where the application determines the role of the site. As a result, disaster recovery companies that host DR sites typically offer their services in tiers that can be mapped to RTOs and RPOs required by applications (see "DR tiers").
Click here for a comparison of disaster recovery tiering options for a 5 TB Microsoft Exchange 2007 environment using plans and pricing from Recovery Point Systems as an example.
Hosted site
A tier 1 DR offering provides the highest level of DR protection, and is typically used for applications that require close to zero RTOs and RPOs. A characteristic of tier 1 DR is the use of dedicated equipment in the DR site. As a result, it carries the highest price tag and is usually only for the most mission-critical applications. Because the equipment in the DR site is dedicated to a single client company, there are very few constraints on the equipment that can be used, even if the service is outsourced.
Among all DR options, it's best suited to be hosted in-house, where your company owns and maintains the site. Because of the need for specific DR equipment, it's typically less expensive to build tier 1 DR in-house than to outsource it. "Tier 1 DR can be done more cost-effectively in-house, especially if you have the facility and people," explains HP's Ferguson.
Because applications in the primary and DR site are closely coupled, production and DR equipment are commonly managed by one entity.
If the DR site is hosted by a third party, it's not unusual for both the primary and DR equipment to be managed by the DR services provider. As an example, Citrix Systems Inc. decided to outsource management of both its primary HP XP12000 SAN and its DR site. While the production SAN physically resides in Citrix's primary data center in Miami, the DR SAN is hosted by HP. "Our SAN storage in Miami is outsourced with and managed by HP," says Michael Emerson, director, IT security, governance and business continuity at Citrix. "They own the SAN and manage it, including the replication from the production to the DR SAN at HP, using HP Continuous Access replication [HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software]."
Data classification and DR
Disaster recovery (DR) for files and folders is generally simpler than disaster recovery for applications because you don't have to consider issues like application consistency, transaction integrity and application dependencies. The challenge with DR for file-based content is mostly a problem of volume and size. Companies may have tens or hundreds of terabytes of file data, so determining what needs to be included in the DR plan can be a daunting task.
Some companies have turned to data classification tools to determine the value of data and its appropriate DR tier. Data may be classified using a variety of tools:
- Storage resource management (SRM) tools typically classify files by meta data such as file type, size and modification date. An example is the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co. Storage Essentials File System Viewer module, which allows files to be grouped by various file properties.
- Archiving tools have built-in classification and tend to go beyond just meta data to include full content indexing. Symantec Corp.'s Enterprise Vault and archiving products from C2C Systems Limited are examples.
- Data-loss prevention tools detect and prevent the unauthorized transmission of information and include data categorization capabilities. They're available from McAfee Inc., RSA (The Security Division of EMC Corp.) and Symantec, among others.
- Standalone classification tools, available from companies like Abrevity Inc., Kazeon Systems Inc., Njini Inc. and Permabit Technology Corp., can be used to categorize data to determine the appropriate DR tier.
Hot site
If a recovery time of a few hours (instead of minutes) is acceptable, a hot site is likely appropriate. The biggest difference between a hosted site and a hot site is the use of shared equipment for infrastructure components like servers and peripherals. Storage is dedicated and real-time data replication is used to get data from the production site to the DR site. Because equipment in the DR site is shared by multiple customers, hot sites are significantly less expensive than hosted sites. "Hot sites and warm sites can be implemented less expensively through outsourcing than doing them in-house because of shared equipment," says Ferguson. "DR services providers rely on the fact that not all customers have a disaster at the same time."
On the downside, the use of shared equipment makes hot sites less flexible because customers are limited by the equipment the DR service provider offers. While some service providers may have a limited selection of equipment, others are more flexible. "About 90% of the time we're able to use shared equipment, and the rest of the time we work with the customer to make it work," says Marc Langer, president at Recovery Point Systems, a provider of backup, storage and disaster recovery services. Larger service providers may be less flexible, so the nature of the shared equipment is likely to be a determining factor when selecting a hot or warm site provider.
Another consequence of using a site with shared equipment is the time limit on how long customers can use the shared gear in the event of a disaster. The limit varies among service providers, but typically ranges between 30 days and 90 days. "Customers can use the shared equipment for 60 days before they need to get out or before they get migrated to a cold site," says Langer. Service providers with a larger number of data centers, like IBM Corp., can be more flexible. "We're pretty open-ended because we can shift workloads to other data centers," says John Sing, senior consultant, business continuity strategy and planning at IBM's Systems and Technology Group. To avoid unpleasant surprises, a clear understanding of the terms, conditions and limitations of managed DR services is required prior to committing to an agreement that may span several years.
Warm site
In contrast to a hot site, a warm site relies on backups for recovery. As a result, it doesn't require dedicated storage but instead can take advantage of less-expensive shared storage. In other words, all components of a warm site, including storage, are shared among multiple customers. Therefore, most of the considerations of hot sites also apply for warm sites.
In the past, there was a huge difference between hot sites and warm sites because backups were limited to tapes. As a result, warm site recoveries were typically measured in days. Warm sites that rely on tape-based backups for recovery are clearly at the lower end of the DR services spectrum.
Disk-based backups have narrowed the gap between warm sites and hot sites, and almost all DR service providers now offer an electronic vaulting option, which is essentially disk-based backup of production data over the network. RTOs and RPOs of warm sites with electronic vaulting are typically less than a day, which is very close to the recovery times offered by hot sites but at a fraction of the cost. "There has been about a 10x price difference between a replicated DR infrastructure and a shared infrastructure with electronic vaulting," explains HP's Ferguson. "Electronic vaulting is closing the gap between tape-based recovery and a replicated DR infrastructure, and customers need to look at it because of its price and reliability benefits."
Cold site
A cold site is rented space with power, cooling and connectivity that's ready to accept equipment. With recovery times of a week or more, a cold site is only an option for business processes that can be down for an extended period. Cold sites are also used to complement hot sites and warm sites in case of disasters that last a long time. "Some of our customers sign up for a cold site as contingency to migrate equipment from the shared infrastructure to the cold site in case a disaster lasts more than six weeks," says Recovery Point Systems' Langer.
It's the customer's responsibility to provide equipment for the cold site during a disaster. A DR plan that relies on a cold site must clearly define the process of procuring and delivering equipment to the cold site when a disaster strikes. It's a risky strategy to rely on purchasing the equipment on the open market when it's needed as it may not be possible to get the equipment in a timely fashion. A better option is to consider subscribing to a quick-ship service available from companies like Agility Recovery Solutions. "You can rent equipment for as little as $50/month with an option to buy it if needed," says Recovery Point Systems' Langer.
In-house DR vs. outsourced DR
Whether to create a DR site in-house or to outsource it is a fundamental decision that needs to be made when putting a DR strategy in place. The in-house approach may be tempting, with the assumption that the work related to DR can be performed by existing staff. Unfortunately, experience shows that in-house DR is more likely to fail than outsourced DR services.
According to an IDC study, enterprises that didn't outsource lost on average $4 million per disaster incident across a variety of business functions (e.g., sales/marketing, financing, e-commerce). In contrast, enterprises that outsourced to a third party lost an average of $1.1 million per incident. The study adds that companies that leverage an in-house model spend 32% more than those opting to outsource.
It further shows that outsourcers can provide a shorter window of recovery, as measured by RTO over in-house operations by a reduced factor of 0.62. The study concludes that primary and DR data centers are more likely to get out of sync if DR services are performed in-house.
One of the primary reasons why in-house DR scores so poorly is the risk of taking shortcuts and burdening users already overloaded with other work. When a person's primary role is in conflict with their DR role, the primary role usually wins, to the detriment of the DR plan.
What to ask when selecting a DR facility
1. What type of facility should be used?
- In-house using another office location
- A collocation facility
- Managed collocation space from the likes of Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co., IBM Corp. or SunGard Data Systems Inc.
2. For in-house disaster recovery (DR) facilities:
- Is the facility equipped to deal with the increased load during a disaster (bandwidth, power, cooling, etc.)?
- Is designated DR staff available?
- Is equipment designated or at least ensured to be available in case of a disaster?
- Are resources available to periodically test failover?
3. For collocation facilities:
- Is the collocation facility a far enough distance from the production site?
- Does the collocation facility have sufficient bandwidth options and power to scale and deal with the increased load during a major disaster?
- Who will manage the equipment in the DR site? If it's managed in-house, many of the considerations of in-house DR apply.
4. For managed collocation space:
- Based on recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs), determine the type of site required (hosted, hot site, warm site or cold site)
- Ensure that DR testing is included in the proposal.
- As hot sites and warm sites typically limit how long they can be used during a disaster, clearly understand your options in case you need the DR site longer.
Calculating the cost of DR
Determining the cost of DR is company-specific, and the many variables make it difficult to devise a formula to calculate a DR cost for a given environment. In general, the cost of DR includes the cost for physical space, equipment, power, and network and professional services. But the cost of each of those components can vary greatly. "We have tried to put together a TCO tool, but data centers are too different and our DR options are so customized that it's very difficult to come up with a cost calculator," says David Palermo, vice president of marketing at SunGard Availability Services.
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp.'s Affordable Business Continuity (ABC) product is one of the few packaged DR kits that includes storage, hosting and bandwidth for a fixed cost of $190,000. The ABC kit includes two Eternus 4000s with 3 TB of raw storage each, replication software and one year of hosting with bandwidth. Fujitsu's professional services works with customers on customized bundles and assists with determining the required server infrastructure (servers aren't included in the bundle).
DR site options
The prevailing options for DR sites are remote-office locations, collocation space and DR service providers' data centers.
Remote-office location and collocation space: Companies with multiple locations frequently use their remote data centers as DR sites. Leveraging existing facilities and infrastructure is a very cost-efficient DR option. For companies with multiple locations, but not multiple data centers, collocation space offered by providers like Equinix Inc., Savvis Inc. and telcos, may be a good alternative. Collocation facilities are relatively cost effective and usually provide first-class space with sufficient power, bandwidth and high facility standards.
Cost was the primary reason why Matt Blydenburgh, CIO at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, New York City, used collocation space in Connecticut for the firm's hot site. Blydenburgh uses Double-Take Software Inc.'s Double-Take to replicate data from the firm's New York City location to its hot site in Connecticut. "We looked at managed disaster recovery services from companies like SunGard, but it was very expensive," says Blydenburgh. "We now pay $1,800 for space and another $1,600 for bandwidth for both sites."
Managed DR service providers: Managed DR services providers like HP, IBM, Recovery Point Systems and SunGard are dedicated to disaster recovery and are hard to beat in the quality of service they provide. But they're not cheap. To get a fair price comparison between a managed service and using in-house DR facilities, it's essential to take into account all cost components, including the cost of dedicated DR staff.
With 155 DR data centers worldwide, IBM is the largest managed DR firm. Similar to HP, IBM can source all DR components from within IBM. With 30 U.S. and 30 European data centers, and approximately 12,000 customers worldwide, SunGard is also a major player in the managed DR space. Prior to its acquisition of EDS, HP was focused mostly on providing managed DR for companies using HP equipment, but HP is now playing at the same level as IBM. Smaller DR services firms have the advantage of flexibility and are more willing to wheel and deal to win a contract.
Even in financially challenging times, you should never walk away from DR because you can't afford a certain DR tier. Instead, go with a lower, less-expensive tier that gives reasonable protection for the available budget. Not having a DR plan should never be an option.
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome has hit seven thousand people in the world so far. About five hundred have died. Find out how concerned you should be about SARS.
Ephraim Asher is a man who makes money making airplanes. The Tallahassee resident owns a company that builds these model airplanes in China, but these days he won't take a real plane to take care of business.
"In the last two weeks I cancelled two trips. One was to Hong Kong and southern China, business related, other was, uh, to Thailand," he says.
He's seen the media reports on SARS, and heard first-hand from his son in southern China. To go to the factory every day, he makes a phone call to make sure no one is absent due to SARS. When he gets a green light, he then goes to his office.
SARS has killed about 500 people so far, mostly in China and Hong Kong.
Symptoms may include:
Case maps are periodically updated in Florida, and a new database went online in mid-April, just in time to deal with SARS.
Don Ward oversees the new system for the State Department of Health. It lets the Health Department map disease reports on a secure system, accessible to health officials all over the state.
"We don't wait in certain instances for a diagnosis. If patients meet certain criteria, they're considered to be emergencies and someone can log onto Epicom and report that right away."
At Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Dr. Joe Mazziotta hasn't treated any patients even worried about SARS, but he says preventing SARS is like preventing any virus, wash your hands frequently.
Ephraim Asher hopes he'll be able to fly to China again in a month or two.
"I think the situation will go away little by little. Many doctors agree the panic may go away, but the disease itself is probably here to stay," he says.
Dr. Mazziotta says, "I think it would be presumptive to say this thing's going to be identified and wiped out because we haven't had any ability of getting rid of a cousin to SARS, and that's the common cold."
Thursday, our "disease dilemma" series continues. We'll take a look at the second stage of smallpox vaccinations in Florida, and how first responders are weighing the vaccine's benefits with its risks.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- After 10 starts, Tim Hudson is spoiling the Giants and their fans by pitching as well as he ever has, even if he does it a bit differently than in the past.
"I hope they don't think I'm going to be this good all year," Hudson said after shutting out the Chicago Cubs for seven innings in a 4-0 Giants victory Tuesday night at AT&T Park.
After a little mid-May blip due to a hip strain and Colorado weather setback, Hudson (5-2) got back to being the masterly veteran who pitched at least six strong innings in his first eight starts.
The Cubs were no match for Hudson, who won his 210th career game with his usual combination of guile and control. He gave up six hits but didn't walk a batter and struck out five in lowering his ERA to 1.92. Further endearing himself to the home folks who gave him a standing ovation following his 96-pitch gem, the Giants are now 5-0 in his AT&T starts.
Hudson admitted afterward that he's even surprising himself a bit for a 38-year-old guy whose career was threatened by a serious ankle fracture suffered last year with Atlanta. He didn't expect to be this sharp this soon.
How's he doing it?
"Smoke and mirrors, man, smoke and mirrors," Hudson said with a grin. "They look one way, you throw it another way."
Actually, that's pretty close to the truth these days. Hudson isn't the overpowering pitcher he once was, but he has become Mr. Precision. He has issued just six walks over his first 701/3 innings, which projected over a full 200-plus inning season would destroy any previous walks-to-innings pitched ratio he's ever had.
"From a command standpoint, I think this is the best I've been, throwing strikes and letting the guys behind me make plays," he said. "At this point in my career, I don't really try to overpower anybody, I don't try to overthrow or throw through my mechanics. I just try to trust what I have and let it work. More times than not, it's been good enough to get people out."
Pablo Sandoval, who extended his RBI streak to seven games with a two-out run-scoring single in the fifth, is just glad to have Hudson on his side after a career of futility against him (3 for 19, .158).
Asked what makes Hudson such a challenge for hitters, Sandoval said, "Everything. His ball is moving. He's funky throwing, and he's sneaky. He's one of the toughest pitchers I've ever faced."
The Cubs got runners to second base just twice against Hudson. A couple of singles put runners at first and second with one out in the fourth, but the right-hander retired Luis Valbuena on a pop-up to short, then struck out Welington Castillo. With one out in the fifth, Mike Olt hammered a double off the wall in center field, but Hudson promptly got two groundouts to end the only other real threat.
"The timing was a little bit off at times, but I got away with some pitches they could have done some damage with," Hudson said. "In this game, if you can be just a little bit lucky, you can get the job done a lot of the time. I did make some pitches when I needed to, and it felt much better toward the end of the game."
The Giants gave Hudson a 2-0 cushion in the bottom of the first inning against Cubs starter Jake Arrieta (1-1). Angel Pagan and Hunter Pence opened with back-to-back singles, Pence a hit-and-run liner through the vacated second base hole that put runners at first and third. Buster Posey hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Pagan, and Pence, who stole second during Posey's at-bat, scored on Michael Morse's two-out single to center.
The Giants added two runs in the fifth on a second Posey sacrifice fly and Sandoval's single.
"Even (trainer) Dave Groeschner is amazed how well he's doing," said manager Bruce Bochy. "We have him in that 4-6 week period, but it should be on the shorter end of that the way he's moving around."
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Atlas of cancer cell drug sensitivity launched
30.03.2012 - Two European teams have created huge repositories of cancer genomics data that help predict drug response.
Swiss Novartis and the Boston-based Broad Institute have combined data obtained from large-scale sequencing data of 947 of the 1,200 commercially available human cancer cell lines with the pharmacological profiles of 24 anti-cancer drugs. (Nature 29 March) in a "Cancer Cell Line Encyclopaedia (CCLE)". The cell lines reflect the genetic disturbances that drive cancers," said Mark Fishman, Chief of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) that led the study. "Probing cell lines with medicines targeted at specific pathways, as done for the CCLE, provides a powerful tool for design of cancer treatment." The data, put into the public domain, will help improve developing targeted therapies. The CCLE provides gene expression data, information on copy number changes as well as DNA sequence variations in about 1,600 cancer-related genes. Additionally, algorithms have been developed to predict drug responses based on the cancer cell's molecular make-up. When a personal genome is matched against these data an optimised therapy can be obtained for this patient.
In a second study, European researchers from the cancer genome project teamed (coordination EBI, Hinxton) up with US doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital to uncover genetic biomarkers of cancer cells' drug sensitivity against 130 compounds under clinical and preclinical development (Nature 29.3.). The study was carried out analysing 630 human tumour cell lines representing cancers of epthelial, mesenchymal and hematopoetic origin. The identified cancer subtypes and drug response profiles have been put to the public domain to help researchers engaged in the development of personalised cancer treatments.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/news/2012-01/atlas-of-cancer-cell-drug-sensitivity-launched.html


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Released MCA test scores for the Clarkfield Area Charter School show that administrators and faculty are continuing on the right track with educating their students.
With all the grades averaged, reading and math scores were above the state level of proficiency. Grade by grade numbers were mostly near or above the state average, the one exception being proficiency in science, which is measured only in the 5th grade.
But as CACS Director Kathy Koetter pointed out, these test scores are not the whole story.
According to Koetter, part of the problem with the MCA tests is that they only include testing the 3rd to the 6th grade. On top of that, smaller class sizes can further skew the scores. With the 6th grade having a class size of five, for example, a student who doesn't pass a skill drops the whole grade's proficiency by 20 points.
"If a student didn't have breakfast or isn't feeling well, it can change our total score dramatically," Koetter said.
Koetter says that NWEA tests are better, as they can gauge strengths and weaknesses on a more individual level, as well as covering K-6. Comparisons aside, which test is better still isn't the important factor to Koetter.
"We just want to see growth," Koetter said. "It doesn't matter where they start, just that they are improving."
Possible inadequacies with MCA aside, the CACS still takes MCA results in consideration when planning goals for the school year.
The CACS does not qualify for other tests that rank the schools growth and achievement gap, like the Multiple Measurement Rating (MMR), due to their small class sizes. To qualify, they would have to enroll more than 15 students per class, which is the cap number set by the their school charter.
•Grade 3: 60 percent passed; up 33 percent.
•Grade 4: 85.7 percent passed; down 14.3 percent.
•Grade 5: 25 percent passed; down 42 percent.
•Grade 6: 80 percent passed; down 6 percent.
•Grade 3: 80 percent passed; up 36 percent.
•Grade 4: 100 percent passed; up 14 percent.
•Grade 5: 62.5 percent passed; up 29.5 percent.
•Grade 6: 40 percent passed; down 3 percent.
•Grade 5: 25 percent passed; down 35 percent.
School Proficiency:
•Reading: 60 percent proficiency; no change. State average 57.8 percent.
•Math: 73.3 percent proficiency; down 6.7 percent. State average 62.6 percent.
•Science: 25 percent proficiency; down 35 percent. State average 59.7 percent.
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Tax plan would target Vt. smokers by upping tax per pack $1.25
Increasing the excise tax on cigarettes by $1.25 per pack, a coalition of organizations said Wednesday, will not only close the budget gap and save $116 million in avoided health care costs, but also will win legislators points with voters back home.
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Egypt appeals court reinstates top prosecutor sacked by Morsi
An Egyptian court on Wednesday overturned a decision by President Mohamed Morsi to sack prosecutor general Abdel Meguid Mahmud and ordered his reinstatement, state media reported.
The ruling by the appeals court will once again put the presidency on a collision course with the judiciary, while any enforcement of its terms remains trapped in a legal labyrinth.
Morsi sacked Mahmud in November, in a decree that granted the president sweeping powers and placed his decisions beyond judicial review. Mahmud was replaced by current prosecutor general, Talaat Abdallah.
The decree was eventually repealed under immense street pressure, but the decisions stemming from it were protected by the constitution that was passed in December.
Morsi's decision to replace Mahmud with Ibrahim drew criticism from the president's opponents, who said the move had exceeded his powers.
"The court ruled that the president's decision to sack Judge Abdel Maguid Mahmud is void and orders the minister of justice to reinstate him," judge Sana Khalil said.
Khaled Abubakr, a prominent lawyer, told AFP: "There is a court decision that needs to be applied, but at the same time there is a decree that is protected by the constitution."
The decision will intensify long-running tensions between the presidency and the judiciary which accuses Mursi of interfering in its independence.
"The solution is for a higher court, like the Supreme Constitutional Court, to rule on the crisis," Abubakr said.
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Authorities are investigating a suspected homicide after a person was found dead Thursday in Pottawatomie County.
Sheriff Michael Booth says the victim was found in a rural area of southern Pottawatomie County early Thursday. The sheriff tells Oklahoma City television station KOCO that the case is being investigated as a possible kidnapping and homicide.
Authorities say they've detained a suspect who was found a few miles away from where the body was located. The suspect, whose name hasn't been released, is being booked into the Pottawatomie County jail.
The victim's name has not yet been released.
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The Arc of Anderson County is presenting an anti-bullying seminar from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, in the Oak Ridge High School amphitheater.
Bullying is the No. 1 concern, complaint, and fear that is voiced by parents and students with intellectual/developmental disabilities, according to a news release.
The Arc invites any self-advocate, person with intellectual/developmental disabilities, parent, teacher, or friend of a person with the disabilities to attend. Respite care will not be provided during the seminar as the group would like for everyone to come together.
The speakers for the seminar will be Frank Meeuwis, Scott Finney, and Will McMillan from The Arc Tennessee in Nashville.
Teachers will receive a certificate for in-service hours.
For those who plan to attend, reserve your spot by Friday by calling (865) 481-0550 as seating is limited.
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No. 9 Stony Brook hosts VMI Saturday
Seawolves looking for seven straight victory
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Stony Brook to join CAA Football in 2013
A new era of Stony Brook Football in the premier FCS conference to begin in 2013.
2012: Played in six games ...played vs. VMI (11/3) ... saw action at right guard at Presbyterian (10/27) vs. Gardner-Webb (10/20) ... played vs. Charleston Southern (10/6) ... saw action vs. Pace (9/8) and Central Connecticut (9/1).
2011: Played in three games ... saw action vs. Coastal Carolina (10/29) ... played at VMI (10/22) ... made Stony Brook debut vs. St. Anselm (10/15).
Before Stony Brook: A transfer from Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa ... earned second-team NJCCA All-American this past season ... a first-team All-Northeast Football Conference and All-Region selection ... played right guard for a Falcons team that went 9-2 and won the Graphics Edge Bowl over eighth-ranked Ellsworth Community College.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Northwest High School ... earned second-team All-Montgomery County by the Washington Post ... also wrestled and played ice hockey.
Personal: Joe Danaker ... born November 28, 1990 ... son of Jack and Leslie Danaker.


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roman 1
Late 18th century: from Afrikaans rooi 'red' + man 'man'.
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1Relating to ancient Rome or its empire or people: a site rich in finds from Bronze Age and Roman settlements
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- England had also been part of the Roman empire, but here Roman culture had been less firmly implanted than in Gaul or Spain.
- As routes to distant places, they were often rather indirect, and, as though to draw attention to the break with the Roman past, sometimes ran parallel to Roman roads but did not use the latter.
- Part of the visible prestige of a great Roman aristocrat had long been the number of people dependent upon him.
1.1Relating to medieval or modern Rome: the Roman and Pisan lines of popes
3Denoting the alphabet (or any of the letters in it) used for writing Latin, English, and most European languages, developed in ancient Rome: he substituted the Roman alphabet for the Arabic in written Turkish
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- Vernacular and academic orthography are therefore often sharply contrasted, the latter having strict conventions for transliterating Arabic into Roman script.
- The obscurity about the major ethnie of Dark Age Scotland was more to do with the fact that the eloquence of their complex sculptured stones was not transliterated into Roman script.
- The Roman system of scripts ran from around 30 bc to ad 600 and was to influence the subsequent history of scripts, with certain elements being periodically revived.
4 (roman) (Of type) of a plain upright kind used in ordinary print, especially as distinguished from italic and Gothic: each complete type family in bold, italic, bold italic and roman
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- Today's Guardian sports a designer-friendly logo in blue italics and black roman font.
- Baskerville gave his name to the roman typefaces based on his designs in current usage.
- Yeah, I try and make the chapters about three pages long (in word, times new roman font, size 12).
1A citizen or soldier of the ancient Roman Republic or Empire: the Romans had a formidable army
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- With Carthage defeated, the Romans became the most powerful Mediterranean state.
- There can be little doubt that the road network built by the Romans throughout their empire was a major achievement.
1.1A citizen of modern Rome.
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- Who knows what the Romans would make of this open-plan Italian café bar in the heart of bustling Lan Kawi Fong but we love it for its drink, food, friendly staff and street-front locale.
3 (roman) [mass noun] Roman type: it is signed in roman rather than his usual cursive script
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Middle English: from Old French Romain, from Latin Romanus, from Roma 'Rome'.
Words that rhyme with RomanBowman, Oklahoman, Oman, omen, showman, showmen, yeoman, yeomen
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Quick-launch application for your local computer and the web.
Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your local computer and the web. Whether it's maps, Amazon, eBay, Wikipedia, you can feed your web addiction quicker than ever before.
The Powerpack extends Alfred, integrating deeply with OS X. It adds clipboard management, iTunes control, 1Password integration, global hotkeys, the ability to install extensions and much more!
Required OS: 10.6
Tags: productivity , utility , launcher
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Does it have a multiple clipboard items list like Launchbar?
Stopped using Quicksilver some time ago because it was so buggy, switched to LaunchBar but never really liked it. It just didn't feel very "Mac" and was far too complex. Alfred is quick and simple and just what you need, and its getting better with every update.
Also replaced Quicksilver for me.
I love this app! I bought LaunchBar a couple of months ago and, even though it has more features, it is difficult and intimidating. Alfred is minimal and just does its job so beautifully.
Very nice application, indeed!
I wrote them an email in which I suggested the following:
"I think it would be a killer feature, if each user could define their own websites to be accessible from Alfred"
And the answer was:
"We will be adding this kind of functionality in the near future to allow you to add whichever sites you want!"
I am very excited to use this new functionality.
Agreed. This app is getting better and better.
Very quickly on it's way becoming the new Quicksilver (already replaced it for me). For those looking for a lightweight app launcher and web search without all the bells and whistle of LaunchBar or Butler, this is it.
Now trying. I can't see the letters I type in but if I ignore this, it works. (10.5.8)
Really beautiful and simple to use.
Just plain awesome.
Even though Quicksilver is a great app too, it just does a way too much for what I need. It's also quite complicated.
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Several area roads have been closed due to flooding, Henderson County maintenance officials said.
Those roads are:: River Road at Big Willow in Etowah, Airport Road at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, New Hope Road, Jackson Road off Howard Gap Road, and Jeffries Road in Hendersonville.
Salt and sand trucks are on standby in the event of snow and ice, said Tim Smith, Henderson County maintenance supervisor.
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A three-vehicle crash blocked westbound U.S. Route 30 just west of the Richville exit for about an hour Friday evening.
Emergency personnel from Perry Township and the Ohio Highway Patrol were called to the crash just before 8 p.m., and were still on the scene an hour and half later.
One lane of traffic remained closed at 9:45 p.m., a dispatcher at the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
The dispatcher said there were minor injuries and occupants of the vehicles were transported to area hospitals for non-life threatening injuries.
Details, including how many people were injured, were not available at press time.
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Cool video of Sun Unified Storage aka Amber Road!
By michel on Apr 14, 2009
Just saw a great intro video clip that shows the value of Open Storage and Sun Innovation. I loved the format, entertaining and to the point! Thanks Constantin!
Constantin Gonzalez Schmitz does a Top 5 video on cool features on the new Sun Unified Storage 7000 series.
Hope you enjoy the video clip as much as I did and you can find more information about Sun Unified Storage 7000 series here!


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We are going to update Weewar later this afternoon to roll out a set of small updates and bugfixes. This will take about half an hour.
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- @odupont It should be working now. Took some time to allow free trials to players who previously had pro. Let us know if it doesn't work now 6 years ago
- All trial players can now get a FREE 3-month pro subscription! Current pros get an automatic 3-mo. extension! http://ow.ly/1Wut9 6 years ago
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Vivid, Creative Futures - Sydney, 4 June
Category: Events/Exhibitions,
Posted by: Jen
Posted: May 26th 2011
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Posted: May 26th 2011
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If you're in Sydney check out Creative Sydney which is part of the Vivid Festival running over the next few weeks. On 4 June there are a series of events called 'Creative Futures'. Building The Brand looks particulalry interesting, and it's freeeeeeeee! You do need to register though.


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Knowhere Escape Mission
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Help Groot and Rocket Raccoon get away in the Knowhere Escape Mission LEGO® Super Heroes set with mining station and pod, tower and firing bazooka.
Launch a counter-attack with Groot in the mining fields of Knowhere!
Team up with Groot™ and Rocket Raccoon™ to plot an escape from Knowhere™! They've discovered the rare orb in the mining fields, only to be ambushed by the bad guys. Evade shots from the huge bazooka assembled by the Sakaaran™ and the evil Nebula™ and return fire with Rocket Raccoon's™ custom space blaster. Leap into action with the gigantic posable Groot to confront the sword-wielding Nebula. Launch a fierce counter-attack so Rocket Raccoon can get away in the mining pod with the precious orb in its grabbing claw! Includes 3 minifigures with assorted weapons: Rocket Raccoon, Nebula and the Sakaaran, plus Groot figure.
- Includes 3 minifigures with assorted weapons: Rocket Raccoon, the Sakaaran and Nebula, plus a figure: Groot
- Mining station features a tower with trap door and an exploding function, firing bazooka, catapult with fuel bombs, and a docking station for the mining pod
- Mining pod features an opening cockpit, grabbing claws and deployable fuel bombs
- Groot figure is fully posable with adjustable arms and legs
- Weapons include Rocket Raccoon's custom space blaster, a space blaster and a sword
- Also includes an orb
- Nebula minifigure and the Groot figure are brand new to LEGO® Super Heroes and exclusive to this set!
- Hide the orb and decide whether the good or bad guys find it first
- Evade fire from the huge spring-loaded bazooka
- Catapult the fuel bombs into the air to take out the bazooka
- Grab the rare orb in the mining pod claw and escape from Knowhere!
- Mining station measures over 6" (17cm) high, 8" (22cm) wide and 5" (15cm) deep
- Mining pod measures over 2" (6cm) high, 2" (6cm) wide and 3" (10cm) deep
- Groot stands over 5" (13cm) tall
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Reverdia and Helm join forces
18.10.2012 - Reverdia and Helm have partnered to market the bioplastics compound succinic acid on industrial scale.
Reverdia, the joint venture from Dutch DSM and French Roquette, has joined forces with Hamburg-based Helm AG for production and marketing in the highly competitive European market for bio-based succinic acid. The chemical building block for bioplastics, organic solvents and elastic fibres, is predicted to reach sales of 4-7bn annually in the mid-term.
"Reverdia's Biosuccinium does not only offer an alternative to petrochemical succinic acid, but also for other fossil-based acids like adipic acid, so the market potential is huge", stressed Christina Wienholz, Senior Executive Manager at Helm, who will take the part of marketing. "Our partnership with Helm will deliver expanded market development capacity for Reverdia in Europe", said Reverdia chief Jo Kockelkoren, whose company has set up a plant-derived sugar fermentation process in yeast. His company aims at becoming the first company in the world to produce succinic acid on commercially large scale. Reverdia plans to complete a production plant with an annual capacity of 10,000 metric tons in Cassano Spinola, Italy, at the end of this year.
The move came just a week after German chemical major BASF and its Dutch partner Purac N.V. announced a joint-venture named Succinity to produce and market succinic acid. The companies want to start production after reconstruction of a 10,000 ton plant near Barcelona is finished in late 2013. US firm Myriant Inc. has also announced completion of construction of a 13,000 ton bio-succinic acid production plant in Quincy, Massachusetts, for the end of 2012. Bioamber Inc. is already marketing the bio-based compound since 2011, which is produced from E. coli in its Pomacle plant (France) that has an annual capacity of 2,000 metric tons. Succinity, however, may have a competitive edge because its process can also use glycerol, a byproduct of biodiesel production, as a feedstock.
According to the companies, biosuccinic acid could be used to produce coolants, surfactants, adhesives, corrosion inhibitors, lubricants, photo development fluids, herbicides, soldering pastes, runway deicers, polyurethanes, coating resins, phthalate-free plasticizers, polybutylene succinate (PBS) and many others.
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Show Setlist
Wednesday, 10/20/2010
Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY
Set 1: My Soul, STFTFPStealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Vultures, Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother[1] -> Cities[2] > Guyute, BowieDavid Bowie, Wilson[3] > McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Saw It Again -> AntelopeRun Like an Antelope[4]
Set 2: Drowned -> Sand > ThemeTheme From the Bottom, Axilla > BOAFBirds of a Feather, Tela > SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt -> Have Mercy > Piper -> SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt > SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light
Encore: GTBTGood Times Bad Times
[1] Vocal jam.
[2] Alternate "Genesee Factory" lyric.
[3] Lyric changed to "I must inquire Guyute."
[4] Trey teased Guyute instead of saying "Marco Esquandolas."
· Streets of Cairo tease in Wolfman's Brother
· Guyute and Wilson tease & quotes in David Bowie
· Guyute tease in Wilson
· Guyute tease in Saw It Again
· Guyute, Wilson, and Nellie Kane teases in Run Like an Antelope
· Birds of a Feather tease in Piper
Noteworthy Jams: Run Like an Antelope (highly recommended), Split Open and Melt, Have Mercy (highly recommended), Piper, Split Open and Melt
Average Song Gap: 11.48
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Wolfman's included a vocal jam, as well as a Streets of Cairo tease from Trey. The "dry ice factory" line in Cities was changed to "Genesee factory." Bowie featured Guyute teases throughout the intro, as well as several sections of Wilson jamming with Guyute lyrics during the song proper. Wilson, Saw it Again and Antelope all included Guyute teases from Trey, and Page also teased Guyute at the very end of Antelope (This show is referred to by many fans as "Guyutica"). The Antelope intro also contained Wilson and Nellie Kane teases from Mike. Wilson also had its lyric changed to "I must inquire Guyute" and Trey teased Guyute instead of saying "Marco Esquandolas" in Antelope. Piper contained Birds of a Feather teases. This show was officially released as Live In Utica.
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Song Distribution:
2 Farmhouse
2 The Story of the Ghost
2 Lawn Boy
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
2 The White Tape
1 Joy
1 Billy Breathes
1 Stash
1 Hoist
1 Junta
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This show was part of the "2010 Fall Tour."


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