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AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Japanese mahjong organizations are reacting positively on a initiative for the first world championship of riichi mahjong. This competition should take place somewhere in Europe, within the years to come. This information comes from a report by Martin Rep of Mahjong News, who is making an inquiry into the options of a possible WCR. The Dutch Mahjong Association has assigned Mr. Rep, on his own request, to make the investigation. The results will be presented to the general assembly of the Dutch association, which will take place next month.
American/Japanese mahjong player Ryan Morris and British player Gemma Collinge have had a meeting with representatives of Japanese riichimahjong leagues to talk about a WCR. Both Gemma and Ryan are positive about the progress of the talks. Yet, according to Martin Rep there are still many problems to solve, e.g. in the field of the rules for the championship. But, he says, the fact that the Japanese are willing to discuss the event, is an opportunity without any precedent.
Tina Christensen, president of the European Mahjong Association, has welcomed the Dutch initiative, although also she emphasizes that there is still much work to be done. "If an organizer steps forward, they will have my full support."
Riichi mahjong is by far the largest organized mahjong variant with fixed rules. In Japan, dozens of millions play riichi mahjong. There is wide acceptance of the rules, although there are minor differences between some combinations, e.g. about the use of Red Fives, Ura Dora, Kan Dora and Ura Kan Dora (these are all special bonus tiles). The EMA riichi rules were written in consultation with Japanese players. The most important difference between the European and Japanese rules is that in Europe, open tango tanyo (All Simples) is not permitted, whilst this is the case in Japan. Neither Tina Christensen nor Martin Rep expects that it will be a problem for the Europeans to accept open tanyo tango.
Japan has four major (riichi) mahjong organizations:
日本プロ麻雀連盟Japan Professional Mahjong League
麻雀プロ麻雀協会NPM (Nihon Pro Mahjong)
麻雀連合(ミュー)Mahjong Union
最高位戦日本プロ麻雀協会Saikouisen Nihon Pro Mahjong Association
Each group has famous players and a pool of 'pros' who play in their leagues. Until now, never a world championship riichi mahjong has been organized.
Martin Rep: "The organizations operate quite independently form each other. I think they never gave the idea of a world championship much thought, so it is not so strange if a foreign institution like the EMA should initialize the first riichi competition. "After all, EMA is an organization with quite some experience in setting up international competitions. The European championships that have been organized since 2005 have been a great stimulant for the development of the Mahjong Competition Rules in Europe. The uprising of riichi in Europe has only just begun. I think it would be fantastic if riichi would experience a similar growth here as MCR did before. Riichi is not the largest mahjong variant for nothing. It is a fascinating game which deserves its own world championship."
He has no idea when the first WCR might be held. "Much depends from the acceptance of the European mahjong associations, not in the last place the Dutch. Also, the support of sponsors will be very important. This championship must have a fee that can be paid bt young and not so rich riichi players."
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I was wondering if there were any discussions related to how and how many players will be allowed to participate. Obviously, it's too soon to know the exact venue (and exact number of players), but would quotas be attributed flatly across all countries (two exceptions for pan-Europe and Japan) or would they be bloated in proportion to EMA country membership?
Also, will there be some kind of qualification requirement, and what shape would it have... for Europeans, Japanese and Canadians (for example)
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No discussions yet about the quotas. That's way too early.
A guess: Japan will get many seats, Europa about the same number (if it will take place in Europe). And probably a small number for players outside these regions. This all to be decided by the Japanese organizations and EMA.
About qualification: most likely like it was done for the WMC 2010 in Holland. Or maybe different. This all will be decided in due time…
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The Public will be all over Boston. Go against the Public today. Celtics -2 looks way too easy on this day of .
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•CARELESS LOVE: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick. Fans quibble over whether skinny or fat Elvis made a better story, but we'll go with the second volume of Guralnick's heartbreaking biography, a document of what drugs and Las Vegas did to the man. (Back Bay, $17.95)
•PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG by Lester Bangs. Mythologized in the film Almost Famous, the critic, who died at 34 of a drug overdose, wrote like Janis Joplin sang. This manic anthology is dated but fun. (Vintage, $16)
•SHOUT! The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman. Hype-free writing presents their magical mystery tour in a classic bio. (Fireside, $14)
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The Red Sox had a chance to sweep the Jays yesterday and with Jon Lester on the mound, the chances looked good. Unfortunately Lester continued to not get any run support and took his 4th loss of the season. The Sox bats were cold and it didn't help with Papi and Victorino being out of the lineup.
The Sox scored the first run of the game in the 2nd inning when Jackie Bradley Jr hit an RBI single to score Gomes. Unfortunately that would be the only run the Sox would be able to score for the entire game. The Blue Jays were able to tie the game in the bottom of the inning when Brett Lawrie hit a solo HR against Lester. The Jays took the lead in the 3rd when Cabrera hit an RBI double. Sox 1-2. The game stayed 1-2 for a while with Lester and Dickey both pitching well. The Sox had a chance to tie the game in the 7th when they had runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out, but neither Bradley or Ross were able to get the run across the plate. Lester allowed a couple more runs to score in the bottom of the 7th to basically put the game away. Lester gave up an RBI double to Lawrie and then a groundout RBI to Sierra. Sox 1-4. Lester's line for the night was 122 pitches, 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 0 BB and 7 Ks.
Andrew Miller took the mound in the 8th and wasn't able to have a scoreless inning. Miller gave up a single to Reyes and then Ross dropped a foul ball so that Cabrera could continue his at bat and hit a single to get Reyes to 3rd. Bautista hit an RBI single and Miller was done for the day. Burke Badenhop came into the game, but he wasn't able to stop the bleeding. Badenhop gave up a 2 run RBI double to Encarnacion to have the Blue Jays now leading 7-1. The Sox bats weren't able to do anything in the top of the 9th and they dropped the final game of the series.
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Très intéressant ! Dommage que le document ne soit pas également disponible en français, car j'ai des doutes sur la terminologie en français...
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Great reminders for the students when they are posting on Edmodo.
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The Town of Leland had a discharge of untreated wastewater of approximately 112,000 gallons on Nov. 14 from its collection system at 8900 Timberlane.
The discharge was first discovered on Nov. 14 at around 9 a.m. and continued on and off until repairs were finalized around 9:30 p.m.
The untreated wastewater entered Sturgeon Creek thru storm drains. The section of force main that had ruptured was dug up and replaced.
Shanna (ID No. A014523) is a tan female Labrador retriever and Vizsla mix. The staff at Brunswick County Animal Shelter thinks she's about 2 years old. She has been at the shelter since Oct. 14. The shelter's adoption fees are based on age. Adoption fees for dogs are $65 for ages six months or older, and $46 for dogs five months old or younger. Fees include rabies shot, physical exam, heartworm test (for older dogs only) and spay or neuter. Female cats and kittens, $55; includes physical exam, feline leukemia/FIV (feline HIV) tests, rabies vaccination and spay surgery.
SUPPLY—The veterans of VFW Post 8866, Holden Beach, honored their comrades Wednesday, Nov. 11, during a special Veterans Day ceremony, moved inside due to inclement weather.
Members of the VFW color guard posted the flags, and the room full of participants said the Pledge of Allegiance and sang the National Anthem.
SOUTHPORT—A new, spacious senior citizens center provides art classes, bridge games, exercise classes and lunches for seniors in the community, and it is intended to serve as a model for several future centers throughout the county.
The Brunswick Senior Resources Inc. center has been open for only a month and has already seen double the number of participants from the previous location, according to BSRI director Jim Russell.
At 11 a.m. Nov. 21, the BSRI staff will have an official grand opening ceremony to celebrate the center's offerings.
Nostalgic paintings by Stokes County artist Tony Craig are being featured in an exhibit, "Stepping Back In Time," at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash from Monday, Nov. 16, through Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010.
An artist reception for Craig is set for 2-5 p.m. this coming Saturday, Nov. 21, during which Craig will also sign copies of his book.
Working tightly in watercolor, Craig has captured moments in time at corner stores and country gas stations—places that are quickly disappearing from the landscape.
Shallotte police officers are investigating an armed robbery, safecracking and kidnapping at Coastal Cinemas Sunday night.
According to an incident report, at about 10:30 p.m., two suspects came in through the business's side door. They were armed with handguns and hit the victim in the head twice with a gun. They went into the victim's office, took an undisclosed amount of money and fled the scene.
Officers are investigating suspects, and arrests are expected.
The Brunswick County Superior Court under the direction of Judge Ola M. Lewis with prosecutors Chris Thomas, Erin Holden and Brooke Smith adjudicated the following cases during a Superior Court session on Oct. 22:
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The following cases were adjudicated over five days of District Criminal Court on Nov. 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 in Bolivia.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Judge William F. Fairley presided over the following cases with prosecutor Cathi Radford and courtroom clerk Jennifer Hearn:
Leslie Dwayne Aycock, improper equipment, costs.
Matthew Lee Baber, misdemeanor breaking or entering, voluntarily dismissed, state motion to continue denied.
Melinda Britt Benton, speeding 68 in a 55 zone, prayer for judgment continued and costs.
The Brunswick County Grand Jury under the direction of Judge Ola Lewis with prosecutor Rex Gore and courtroom clerk Michelle Warth returned the following indictments during a Superior Court session on Nov. 2:
Donald Wesley Adkins, 64, of 435 Orchard Lane, Bolivia; eight counts felony possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance, eight counts felony sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance, eight counts felony maintain vehicle/dwelling/place controlled substance.
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In each column, The Support Authority discusses resources, tools, and other elements of IBM Technical Support that are available for WebSphere products, plus techniques and new ideas that can further enhance your IBM support experience.
This just in...
As always, we begin with some new items of interest for the WebSphere® community at large:
- Following the release of IBM Support Assistant Version 4.0 we continue to work diligently to port or refresh the remaining Version 3.1 tools to Version 4.0 as quickly as possible. This month, the Memory Dump Diagnostic for Java (MDD4J) and the Visual Configuration Explorer are being updated. Check this new Web page for a quick reference to all the tools available on the IBM Support Assistant.
- In addition to the updates above, two new tools have also been released on the IBM Support Assistant:
- Port Manager helps you detect and avoid conflicts between all the various network ports allocated by the various software products installed on one machine.
- The WebSphere Application Server extensions for the IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Dump Analyzer extend the functions provided by the base Dump Analyzer tool with several new analysis modules that examine WebSphere-related data structures within a system dump from a WebSphere JVM.
- Some alphaWorks tools have also been updated:
Continue to monitor the various support-related Web sites, as well as this column, for news about other tools as we encounter them.
And now, on to our main topic...
What are Software Premium Support Services?
Previous installments of The Support Authority have presented information on a variety of tools and resources that IBM provides to help you maintain and troubleshoot systems that are based on WebSphere products. These resources can generally be divided into three broad categories:
Self-help: If you prefer to troubleshoot problems without any direct interaction with IBM, a great deal of information is readily accessible on the Web (through eSupport), as well as tools that you can run, such as those available in the IBM Support Assistant.
Traditional support: In this mode, you collaborate with IBM Support specialists to resolve problems and answer questions. This service is typically provided as a standard component of your organization's purchase of IBM software products (for example, through Passport Advantage). Problems are handled by our group of experienced support specialists, generally in the order in which that they are received, subject to prioritization according to severity.
Premium support: This more personalized service provides an integrated set of support services across all of IBM Software Group that complements your existing Passport Advantage support. It provides priority call handling and a personalized relationship with the IBM Support organization through a designated Premium Support Manager or Premium Support Analyst, who becomes familiar with your specific environment and concerns, and can provide assistance both proactively and reactively when a problem occurs. Premium support is available worldwide at an additional fee for specific IBM software products.
This article offers an overview of the various aspects of IBM Software Premium Support Services (hereafter referred to as Premium Support) to help you understand how this level of support can benefit your environment.
Levels of Premium Support
Premium Support is an add-on to any IBM client Passport Advantage support agreement. The Premium Support offering is not a single one-size-fits-all contract. Each agreement can be customized for the needs of each client, within a few common guidelines. In general, you can choose what elements of Premium Support best meet your business needs.
There are three components of Premium Support that are provided at three different levels. Associated with these levels are Premium Support roles:
Premium Support Manager (PSM) is the focal point for all of the software supported from all five of the IBM brands included in your Premium Support contract. The products included are determined by your organization's unique needs. Your PSM manages escalations, administers periodic PMR reporting, and facilitates obtaining the technical resources with a coordinating and project management focus, while possessing a technical background that enables him or her to effectively manage communications between you, Level 2 (L2) support, and executives from both IBM and your company.
Premium Support Analyst (PSA) provides the ongoing technical expertise required to avoid potential problems or to resolve reported ones. The PSA is responsible for providing you with the highest level of remote or on-site technical direction, diagnostic assistance, and solutions to problems (defect and non-defect) associated with supported products. Also, the PSA sends e-mails or contacts you about any My Support alerts or Knowledge Engineers' pre-alert notifications that might be critical to your customer environment. One key responsibility of a PSA is to notify you about APARs that might impact your environment with the Weekly APAR report. PSAs possess in-depth technical knowledge for a specific product family, such as WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere MQ.
Priority Call Handling provides priority for PMRs opened by clients with products covered by Premium Support. Under normal conditions, these PMRs will be worked first by experienced L2 product support teams. PMRs opened by a client using a Premium ICN qualifies them for this additional consideration. Priority Call Handling is included with PSM and PSA services, but is not available as a standalone service.
Here is how these roles apply to the levels of service:
- Strategic level
At this top level, IBM assigns an on-site dedicated PSM or PSA (or both), who will coordinate and manage your relationship with IBM Support. This person interacts on a daily basis as a member of the team supporting specific applications and products that drive your business. The PSM or PSA takes work direction from the client, regarding Premium Support deliverables and setting priorities for support work performed. The PSM or PSA coordinates delivery of proactive technical product support, knowledge sharing activities, best practice applications, and, most importantly, executive sponsorship. To summarize, this level of Premium Support provides a combination of PSM plus product PSAs, both on-site and remote resources, and Priority Call Handling.
- Analyst level
At this intermediate level, IBM assigns a remote PSM or PSA (or both) that works with multiple customers. You can purchase on-site days in which the PSM or PSA will travel on-site to, for example, attend planning sessions, perform tools education, or to assist with a major migration. The specific activities are customized and tailored for your support needs and what is most critical for your environment. To summarize, this level of Premium Support provides a combination of remote resources across software products purchased across IBM brands, and can include Priority Call Handling.
- Assist level
This fundamental level provides a PSM only, who is assigned to work with you and to coordinate and manage your relationship with IBM Support. Typically at this level, the assigned PSM works remotely and works with multiple customers in parallel. Your PSM can provide product knowledge, but serves primarily as a focal point for all of the software products within your contract. To summarize, this level of Premium Support is delivered by the PSM remotely for one or more IBM software brand products, and includes Priority Call Handling. PSA resources are not available at this level.
What can Premium Support do for you?
The core of Premium Support is your relationship with a PSM or PSA. Here are some key activities with which they can assist you:
- Planning and technical preparation
When the PSM or PSA meets a new client, they have the means to offer and develop skill gap analysis for the client's key technical contacts, can advise and develop training and education plans, and they can review and validate product deployment plans. Obtaining this deep technical information is a valuable customer benefit.
- Initial deployment
The PSM or PSA can provide guidance on a new product deployment or even on a scheduled (or unscheduled) maintenance update. The PSM or PSA becomes an extension of the client's team and functions in a project management role as well as a technical role, researching interoperability issues and providing configuration assistance.
- Growth and capacity planning
Your PSM or PSA will work closely with you to investigate architectures, with additional strengths in best practices research, plus provide product performance tuning research, with the ability to reach into the IBM development and product test organizations for more information worth sharing. The first and foremost function of each PSM or PSA is to help with problem avoidance. By providing additional information as necessary for security, pervasive issues, or product flashes ahead of time, a PSM or PSA can help you adapt to nearly any issue.
- Operational status
The PSM or PSA can provide weekly, monthly, or quarterly reports to your staff and management, including trend analysis and PMR reports. With a wide range of responsibilities, a PSM or PSA is often leveraged by a client for a collaboration with the IBM Account Team, since a PSM or PSA often has meetings with the IBM Account Team for a Premium Support client to ensure synergy among all IBM personnel assigned to the client. A PSM or PSA can also assist in managing a critical situation, and has the ability to coordinate across multiple IBM software brands.
- Upgrades and changes
Before any upgrade, a PSM or PSA can research the benefits of a new release, and coordinate (or provide) training on any new features and functionality. Feature request research and beta offering nominations are other support services that can be provided.
Premium Support in practice
You now have an idea of what Premium Support is, but what how does any of this happen in your day-to-day work? With a Premium Support agreement, here are some of the things you can expect that will help you make the most of your Premium Support relationship:
- Communication
Your PSM or PSA is your focal point for all the services you get through your Premium Support contract, so a good line of communication with him or her is very important. Of course, if your PSM or PSA is permanently on-site, communication will be excellent. If your PSM or PSA is remote, you must take care to keep him or her continuously in the loop. Sometimes a client will not contact their PSM or PSA for weeks at a time, or just at the beginning of a contract, or not until things have settled into a routine. If your PSM or PSA is not continuously involved, they might not be able to help you! During your Premium Support kickoff, you must determine with your PSM or PSA how you will stay in touch. This could include:
- Regular phone calls (typically, weekly or bi-weekly) to keep everyone informed of what's going on, emerging issues, changes of plans, and so on.
- Regular on-site visits by your PSM or PSA (typically, quarterly), which are invaluable to strengthen the relationship, and to provide an opportunity for in-depth discussions and informal sharing of information that perhaps cannot occur in a simple phone call.
- Named callers
Your Premium Support contract, and in fact most other types of IBM Support agreements, are based on a list of named callers: a list of specific people in your organization who are empowered to engage IBM Support services. This list is critical to IBM, but also to you so that you can keep track of who in your organization has the authority to perform various actions, such as prioritizing outstanding support issues and responding to suggestions from IBM Support. Keeping that list current and correct is quite crucial. In particular:
- Make sure that a sufficient number of people are designated as named callers so that, should a situation occur off-hours or when the primary persons are unavailable, someone is still able to engage IBM Support and represent your organization with authority.
- Generally, communication between you and the PSM or PSA works best when you designate a small number of individuals to serve as focal points. However, if there are many designated named callers, it is also important that they all remain reasonably current in all the ongoing discussions and activities involving Premium Support to avoid confusion and miscommunication. Ideally, most of the named callers would attend most of the regularly scheduled communication with the PSM or PSA, or at least stay in the loop through the dissemination of status reports.
- Although IBM maintains the list of named callers, only one or two individuals in your organization will typically be designated and empowered to add and remove names from that list. It is important that these individuals remain readily available and known to all, especially if new names need to be added quickly to react to a changing business situation.
- Documentation
To supplement the regular and semi-formal sharing of information through phone calls and on-site presence or visits, it is also very useful to create and maintain more formal, written documentation to avoid misunderstandings and miscommunications, to help keep everyone on the same page, and to save time at the beginning of a new project or when a problem occurs. Your PSM or PSA will work with you to create and to regularly update:
- System diagrams that describe the current architecture of your systems and applications.
- An outline of all expected changes to your environment for the foreseeable future, such as new application deployments, planned software upgrades and migrations, expected changes in load and usage patterns, and so on.
The value of these documents naturally depends on how current they are. Rather than saving time and effort, an obsolete document can waste it. Your PSM or PSA will help you keep these documents current; the periodic on-site visits might be a good opportunity to do so.
- Be proactive
Premium Support provides you with an opportunity to be proactive, as we can help you anticipate potential problems before they occur. Be sure to take full advantage of this:
- Discuss and review your projects and plans for changes to your environment with your PSM or PSA as early as possible and as frequently as needed.
- Work with your PSM or PSA to establish a regular maintenance plan, including necessary upgrades to key software components. Such maintenance is necessary overhead for the healthy long term operation of any sophisticated software environment, and performing it on a pre-planned and well-chosen schedule will typically be much less expensive than performing it purely reactively, after problems develop.
- Take advantage of education opportunities. Education is empowerment, and can often help you avoid bigger headaches in the future! Your PSM or PSA will work with you to identify areas where your staff might benefit from additional education, and can assist you in obtaining this education from of the many IBM resources that are offered. And keep in mind that not all education is expensive, nor does it necessarily require a large time commitment. In particular, the IBM Education Assistant facilities are designed to provide free education resources in small modules that can each be consumed independently in a few hours.
- Work with your PSM or PSA to plan ahead to have the most effective response when and if an unexpected problem occurs. In particular, an earlier installment of this column provides some useful tips to begin this type of planning.
- Keep abreast of new information, problem reports, alerts, and so on, that are regularly published by IBM Support and that might affect your environment. You PSM or PSA will help you with this by providing special e-mails and other direct communication during your regular meetings, whenever appropriate.
- Working on PMRs
On occasion, you will inevitably be working on problems, handled through IBM Support's PMR system. How does this work with Premium Support?
- You can (although you don't have to) go directly through your PSM or PSA to open a new PMR. If you open a PMR through other channels (for example, through a phone call to IBM Support or through the Web site), your PSM or PSA will be automatically notified and get involved when appropriate.
- You should, however, take special care to keep your PSM or PSA in the loop if you communicate directly with other representatives of IBM Support (for example, L2 Support Engineers) in the process of investigating a PMR. For example, if you are exchanging e-mail with IBM Support, try to always keep your PSM or PSA copied on the messages. Your PSM or PSA will regularly communicate with other IBM Support representatives to track the progress of your PMR, but keeping all parties in touch can greatly simplify and accelerate the process.
- Don't forget that, even with all the special assistance that Premium Support and your PSM or PSA provide, the process of investigating and resolving complex issues remains a collaborative process between you and IBM Support. We need your help and prompt response to collect diagnostics and implement solutions on your systems, and we need your feedback to verify when the problem is resolved and determine if you are satisfied. Communication here is key as well.
- On-site incident response
Depending on the specifics of your Premium Support contract, you might have arrangements in place to have your PSM or PSA come on-site specifically to help resolve an unexpected situation. When this becomes necessary:
- The value of advance planning and being proactive cannot be stressed enough. The earlier we can anticipate that a problem might occur and that a special on-site response might be required, the more effectively we can organize that response and arrange to have the best skills available and prepared.
- As with less acute PMRs that are being investigated remotely, don't forget that your PSM or PSA will need your active support and participation when on-site. Although your PSM or PSA can effectively act as an extension of your staff when working with the rest of IBM Support, he or she cannot entirely substitute for your staff at your site.
- Leverage self-help tools
Working with your PSM or PSA is a major benefit of the Premium Support relationship. But even so, as many clients remind us, some things can be done even faster if you can do them yourself. For this purpose, IBM Support is expanding our array of tools and resources that help clients help themselves. Many of these resources have been discussed in previous installments of this column, and your PSM or PSA can help you learn more about them. Consider in particular:
- When your PSM or PSA is unavailable
Your PSM or PSA is your primary line of communication, but what happens when he or she is on vacation or otherwise unavailable?
- Since good communication can help avert many problems, you and your PSM or PSA should regularly be discussing your needs and upcoming events, and make sure that everyone has the same expectations.
- If you are located in a different time zone, or have some teams in your organization that are located in a different time zone than your PSM or PSA, be sure to discuss this fact when making your initial communications plans. Your PSM or PSA might be able to make arrangements to be available at times other than the normal business hours, if this is when you are most likely to need assistance.
- Although your PSM or PSA is your best line of contact, he or she is not the only one. Even with Premium Support, you can still contact IBM Support through other channels (on the phone or on the Web). Your request will be handled appropriately to your Premium Support status, and your PSM or PSA will be notified as soon as possible or necessary.
- Your PSM or PSA will always have a designated backup if he or she cannot be available for any period of time.
Premium Support success stories
Here are a couple of real situations that illustrate the benefits of Premium Support.
Challenge: A Premium Support client upgrades their Application Interface Layer (AIL) twice a year, which includes the WebSphere Process Server product. The actual upgrade process consists of two steps:
- Upgrade existing systems and applications.
- Validate the upgrade using some level of predetermined testing.
The aggressive timeline for development and deployment of services and functions from all departments puts an incredible strain on the testing that is required to make sure all parties are ready. Some development, driven by business directive, is rushed to deployment, lacking detail in architecture design, functionality, and testing.
Solution: Premium Support became engaged with the client after an unsuccessful upgrade. Premium Support analyzed the situation and began to track a task list of activities coordinated between the client and IBM to make sure that the next scheduled upgrade would be successful. These tasks included noting and implementing process improvements, providing technical talks, performing on-site engagements, and expediting problem resolution with IBM Support teams.
Benefit: Premium Support provided daily executive summaries to the client and IBM executives and management teams to track their progress for the next upgrade of AIL and WebSphere Process Server. To prepare for the upgrade, Premium Support arranged and managed the on-site presence of technical skills and resources. As a result of Premium Support's proactive planning and management, the client's next upgrade was a great success.
Moving forward: Premium Support continually works with the client to implement these action items to improve their upgrade process:
- Validate readiness of procedure to perform integrated test runs.
- Prepare a viable back out plan; remedy the fact that once the process begins, there is no turning back.
- Increase education and train more staff members to cover the workload.
- Automate all tasks and procedures possible.
Challenge: A diversified worldwide company had WebSphere Application Server V5.1, with an existing vendor application that worked on one JDK version but failed on another. As a result, the JVM would crash after several minutes of testing with simulated load. The vendor had made several changes to the code hoping to alleviate the crash. This deployment was severely impacted to the point that it was escalated to the executive level.
Solution: The PSM successfully engaged WebSphere Application Server support engineers, and encouraged the development team to proactively look beyond the IBM product and look for what symptoms caused the failure. With continuous around-the-clock efforts, the development team was able to determine the root cause of the failure and to provide alternatives to the client, as well as provide recommendations for code improvement to alleviate the problem to the application vendor.
Benefit: The PSM immediately engaged the support engineers, notified their management of the escalating situation, led conference calls with IBM support and development teams to determine the differences in the JDKs, attended internal client calls, and communicated IBM updates to their senior management.
Moving forward: Today, Premium Support continues to work closely with the client. The PSM highlighted several items to improve client success in future application releases:
- Encouraged client to improve application testing.
- Provide alternative testing scenarios; for example, test JDK standalone.
- Encouraged frequent application code reviews with vendors, including IBM.
- Advise the client to review all JDK updates to become more knowledgeable of JDK literature and education, and to attend any additional education provided.
How to get Premium Support
To become eligible for the Software Premium Support Services program, you must have a regular support agreement through Passport Advantage. Inquire about Premium Support through your IBM Account Team. Premium Support has an offering for all IBM Software brands (Lotus®, Information Management, Rational®, Tivoli®, and WebSphere). Depending on your needs, Premium Support can include one or more brands and products. For WebSphere, the product families that make up the WebSphere Premium Support offering include:
- WebSphere Commerce
- WebSphere Application Server
- WebSphere MQ
- WebSphere Business Integration
- Application and Integration Middleware
- WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances.
See the Premium Support Web site for a complete list of eligible IBM products.
This article offered a glimpse at the Software Premium Support Services offered by IBM for WebSphere products. Premium Support augments the regular support services available when you purchase an IBM software product with a more personalized and focused set of services and resources. If you find that you have a special environment, or special application requirements for which you often need to go beyond the resources offered by IBM Support self-help or traditional technical support, you might consider upgrading to Premium Support.
The authors wish to thank Vicki Johnson, Manager of AIM Premium Support, for her advice and patient reviews of this article, James Kochuba for starting the idea of this article and getting things in motion, and Shawn J Burns and Tamiko Watts for the Premium Support success stories they generously provided.
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Summerville Country Club is hosting the 40th annual Chick Miler Invitational golf tournament this weekend.
The annual Memorial Day Weekend tournament has become a fan favorite over the years because it draws some of the area's top amateur golfers from across multiple generations as well as less competitive golfers. Each round of the 54-hole, flighted, individual stroke-play event is followed by food and entertainment that add to the holiday atmosphere the tournament is also known for.
Miler Golf Pro Bray Blanton says this year's tournament should be as competitive as ever.
"Participation is up," Blanton said. "We have over 200 golfers registered compared to about 165 last year. There are some strong golfers in the field, including several past Chick Miler champions."
Kamito Hirai, who finished with a 1-over-par score of 214 last year to win the tournament, has a conflict so he won't be in town to defend his title. However, the field will include past champions Bill Smunk, Jess Cuthbert and Mike Cobb as well as Duke University golfer Austin Cody. Smunk holds the record for most Chick Miler championships, having won the event six times.
This week's rain could make for some interesting scores.
"It was very dry this time last year so the course was firm and played fast," Blanton said. "It should play a little softer this year. I wouldn't be surprised to see the winner come in under par. If the rain stops it should be a lot of fun so let's just hope the weather is good."
The tournament teed off Friday morning and is expected to conclude Sunday with a late afternoon awards ceremony. Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served after play Friday. Saturday night's post-play festivities include a steak dinner and karaoke. Sunday's activities include a cookout, evening fish fry and the awards ceremony.
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The history of the WWE Women's Championship (and now Divas Championship) dates back to 1956.
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Off the Wall's 'Gigi' retains its charm
Opening in 1958, "Gigi" won nine Oscars, including best picture. Opening in 1973, a stage adaptation - using the same enchanting songs (and four new ones) by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe - closed after 103 performances.
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Silver Strike Lodge: Luxury Ski-in, Ski-out Property in Deer Valley Resort, Park City
Deer Valley was named the number one ski resort in North America by readers of SKI magazine in 2008 and again in 2009, and Outside Traveler loves it for its excellent attention to service and cuisine. This luxury mountain has just opened a new lodge next to the Silver Strike Express chairlift at the Empire Pass area. The 33-suite property is all about elegant nostalgia:
Like that of the mining tycoons of the early 20th century, Silver Strike Lodge presents a treasured way of life. Ski into the rustic elegance of the main lodge and you are welcomed by a handsome clubroom adorned with a massive stone fireplace, picturesque windows and a quiet library. Gather to toast and celebrate, as you relax in the outstanding comfort and luxury. Use the complimentary Dial-A-Ride service to enjoy the fine dining in and around Park City, or spend time on the heated, outdoor plaza, with luxurious spa pools, warming fire pit and memorable Silver Strike Express Chairlift access.
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Making It Happen: Academic Competitions and Contests Part II
Here is the promised "Part II," a continuation of my post about the guidelines for getting students involved in math contests and competitions. Check out the considerations suggested in my previous blog as they are the basics I follow for both science and math contests and competitive teams.
One thing I would like to mention is the great need to expand our students' talents in mathematics. In 1980, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) made a bold statement, "The student most neglected in terms of realizing full potential, is the gifted student of mathematics." This suggestion leads me wonder what I am doing to encourage the mathematical talent of those very bright math students in my class. Over the years I have realized that one way I can address the needs of this population is to get these students involved in math-based contests and competitions. Below you will find a list of sites that sponsor or give information on math related opportunities for your high achieving math students.
Math Olympiads
Math League
Math Kangaroo
Math League
Online Math League
American Scholastic Mathematics Association
For a more thorough list of opportunities, check out this link: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Resources/AoPS_R_Contests.php
Some of the contests listed above can be conducted on site at your school and results are entered by the sponsoring teacher via the internet. I have had my students participate in the Math League contest with great results. I hope these sites will inspire you to engage your students in pursuing their love of mathematics in more depth by participating in math contests and challenges. A few of the competitions even offer savings bonds and scholarship money to students winning particular events and categories. Good luck!
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I can see that you have established quite a network to feed information as well as share. Do you have information about writing contests and/reading contests and competitions for students? I would also be interested in locating places where student writing can be published outside of the school setting.
Actually, my partner teacher Kristy Mall, has our students participate in a poetry contest at the beginning of each school year. The name of the contest is Creative Communications Poetry Contest, here is the URL for the site, http://www.poeticpower.com/. It is completely free and poems chosen will be published in their annual anthology. Good luck and happy writing.
Math isn't my greatest teaching strength, but these contests are inspiring and I am resolved to get my kids more involved in this type of math experience. Thanks for all the links!
Mrs. Alvarez-
I am very excited to hear that you have been inspired! So many of the math contests are completely "do-able" on site with you reporting the scores. Your students are so lucky to have a teacher willing to try new things. All the best and please let me know which math contests you decide to try. (Like I mentioned, the Math League is an easy one to start with)
Have a great week!
Stacey, though you know I am a fourth grade teacher, I am wondering what I could do to perhaps get a few of my boys interested in robotics. They are VERY hands-on and like to take things apart- for some reason, building projects come to my mind. How would you get any class younger than yours interested? Mine is an advanced class, so perhaps they could grasp a few projects we do together really well.
Besides that, could a robotics project be made into a class science fair project of sorts with variables, a purpose, and a hypothesis? Something that is measurable and observable with trials? Just curious. :)
Hi Victoria-
For your boys (or girls) that love to build I would suggest getting some simple Lego robot kits. They can be expensive so maybe think grants. I have also purchased simple robot kits from a local toy store that range from about $12.00-$25.00 each. It really depends on your budget.
Absolutely, I believe that robotics could be implemented in a science fair project, especially if your students are into programming. With the Lego robot kits students can program the robots to do all sorts of really cool stuff, and that's where your students could explore variables. Here is a link that may give you some ideas:
Thanks for writing and good luck with your "builders"...I was one of those kids. :O)
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lolBaby if you time travel back far enough you can avoid that work because the dust won't be there. You're too pretty to be working that hard.
You will find that another day you will be in a much better mood. I've had lots of great years, and a few crappy ones, but that isn't the worst thing that could happen. In fact, a lot of good things usually happened, too. Circumspection is a good word for the day.
I was a sugarbaby; meaning since I was born I was given lots of sugar, and ate lots of processed foods, especially sweets until I was into my thirties. Most people in the west were/are sugarbabies.
How does todays youngster educate his sense of taste? By submerging it in a sea of sugar from the time he gets up to the time he goes to bed. W. Root and Richard DeRochemont, Eating in America (1976)
My gripe of the day today is me - for being a dumbass.
I've been feeling cranky, out of sorts, not sleeping well, etc. for weeks. Three days ago, I thought, "well crap, I know what's happening." So I took some anti-anxiety meds (which I don't take on a regular basis). That's not bad. But in addition, I started taking Vit D again. Three days in, I'm feeling tons better. Of course now I don't know if it's the meds, the D, or both. Brilliant.
"Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
Who says back fat is a bad thing? Maybe on a hairy guy at the beach, but not on a crab.
GOTD: I'm officially insane, you know, repeating the same behavior but expecting a different result. I get headaches from red wine. I drink red wine, I get a headache. OTOH: As the late great Mitch Hedberg said:
"I like to drink red wine. This girl asked me once if red wine gave me a headache. I said, 'Sure, eventually, but the first and middle parts are amazing!' I'm not going to give up on something because of what it does eventually. It's like getting an apple and going 'Whoa, stop! That's going to be a core eventually!'"
I was a sugarbaby; meaning since I was born I was given lots of sugar, and ate lots of processed foods, especially sweets until I was into my thirties. Most people in the west were/are sugarbabies.
How does todays youngster educate his sense of taste? By submerging it in a sea of sugar from the time he gets up to the time he goes to bed. W. Root and Richard DeRochemont, Eating in America (1976)
People policing people's thoughts. I know the person in question posted her thoughts in a forum, but she wasn't mean to anyone in real life. OUR THOUGHTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE POLITCALLY CORRECT. In fact, the very act of you shaming a person for their thoughts is hugely hypocritical because to shame someone for doing something like that you would have to be Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior because I'm sorry if you're a human being living on earth, you have thought something nasty about someone you've never seen before. Whether it was because they were fat, skinny, cut out in front of you in traffic, or sneezed on you in public it doesn't matter. As long as you kept those thoughts in your head and didn't say "Thanks for being a fatty, you just made my diet much easier just by looking at you, Fattikins" its okay. You're a human being....sometimes we can be judgy. Don't shame other people because of a natural human instinct to see others and judge them in comparison to yourself. I'm not saying it a great human instinct but i just don't agree with people who say you "shouldn't think like that"
I ain't freaking mother teresa, and if i was, I would probably still be judging you in my thoughts
There are days when I'm not absolutely 100% sure my son wouldn't have made better medical waste.
Yep. I said it.
No he's not a child in my "care" anymore... no one needs to faint from worry.
He's an adult who has decided to stress me out and screw up his life (and possibly the lives of a few other people too) as much as possible it seems.
Politically incorrect thought for the day.
You are welcome.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.
Yeah, veganism is great - I lost my hair, my energy, and my overall general health was terrible - I was an "informed" vegan too, combining for protein, etc. There's a great book by a former vegan called "The Myth of Vegetarianism", from an ethical, economic, and of course nutritional standpoint. The author is Lierre Keith.
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