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Broadcast: 13/5/1999
A Change in the Weather
It's been hot, it's been wet and it's been furious. The weather's taken a turn for the worse, but is it our own fault. Have we caused a fundamental shift in climate patterns?
Compere: Tony Jones
Reporter: Mark Simkin
Tony Jones:
No one forecast Sydney's storm of the century.
Yet the hailstones that marched across the city and its eastern suburbs -- cratering car bodies and smashing roofs and windows -- caused more than a billion dollars worth of damage.
The pattern of severe storms is being repeated around the world and insurance companies are tallying up the mounting damage bills.
One European study on their behalf shows there's been a dramatic increase in catastrophic losses since 1960 -- just one indicator that the weather's getting worse.
Most people get the same impression simply from watching the news.
We've just come out of an El Nino cycle which caused drought and fires and now -- in the midst of its counterpart La Nina, we're experiencing cyclones, avalanches and tornadoes.
And some climate researchers say there's more destructive weather ahead.
The question is -- are these weather patterns an exception or will they become the rule?
If so, how will that affect our lives?
In a moment we'll speak to some of the world's leading climate research scientists but first Mark Simkin has this weather report.
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By Mark Simkin
Mark Simkin:
This is the weather at its most untamed, unpredictable and unforgiving. Last week, 76 tornadoes ripped through America's mid-west.
The largest was one and a half kilometres wide and reached 16 km into the air, with winds hitting 400km an hour.
Forty-seven people died. 670 more were injured.
Tornado victims:
"There's gas leaking everywhere..."
"Where's my baby, my baby..."
"It's all gone... all gone..."
Mark Simkin:
The last year has seen some of the most extreme weather on record.
The Worldwatch Institute calculates that the weather caused $90 billion worth of damage in 1998. That's more than all of the 1980s.
Seth Dunn, Worldwatch Institute:
We saw about 40,000 people were killed in these types of events and about 300 million people -- which is almost the entire population of the United States and Canada combined -- were affected in some way. Some were completely displaced -- forced out of their homes which were destroyed -- and some were temporarily forced to resettle.
Mark Simkin:
From killer avalanches in Europe to floods that submerged two thirds of Bangladesh, it seems no part of the world has escaped the weather's fury.
In the America's, hurricanes have left a terrible legacy.
Hurricane Mitch brought five days and five nights of torrential rain to Central America. The toll -- 11,000 dead and two million homeless.
It's estimated the Honduran economy was set back 25 years.
In August, the flooding of China's Yangtze River killed more than 3,000 people, left 14 million homeless, and destroyed an area the same size as Italy.
Australia's had its share of bad weather too, including floods in northern Australia and a cyclone in Western Australia.
Most recently Sydney's eastern suburbs were pounded by giant hailstones.
The storm caused one billion dollar's worth of damage, making it second only to Cyclone Tracey as Australia's most costly disaster. And there could be worse to come.
Hurricane forecasters believe the probability of a major storm hitting the US east coast later in the year is twice the historical average.
There's even a chance a hurricane will hit New York City.
William Gray, Colorado State University:
We feel that we've entered a new era, beginning in 1995, and that we're going to see in the next decade or two or three many more major storms.
Mark Simkin:
So is this all coincidence or is the weather really getting worse? Most scientists agree, weather patterns are changing.
Chris Mitchell, CSIRO Climate Change Programme:
The world is getting warmer, we believe. It's got half a degree warmer over the past century or so. And some of our CSIRO research says that Australia has become a bit wetter over the past century.
Mark Simkin:
We've only recently come to understand the influence of El Nino, a periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean, and its cooler sister, La Nina.
Both play havoc with the weather.
Chris Mitchell, CSIRO Climate Change Programme:
We'll see the development of the El Nino as it comes across here, this great big tongue of warm water here. We can see the low pressure over this part of the Pacific and the high pressure over Darwin, this cold water here and that's when Australia experienced a very sharp drought. And that then begins to break up and fade, we're at September now, and then we see the establishment of the La Nina pattern... and if you remember back at this time in 1983 we did have very significant rains then.
Mark Simkin:
Because El Nino is a natural, rhythmic event, some experts believe our bad weather is simply part of an ancient pattern.
William Gray, Colorado State University:
These are normal climate shifts that have occurred many times in the past.
Mark Simkin:
But others aren't so sure.
Gerhard Berz works for the world's largest re-insurer, and has been studying natural catastrophes for 25 years.
Gerhard Berz, Munich Re:
The changes in our environment are gradually increasing their impact on the frequency and severity of natural disasters. We are very sure about this.
Mark Simkin:
Dr Berz is one of a number of scientists who believe the recent ill winds haven't been entirely natural.
He argues increased greenhouse gas emissions are making El Nino, and the weather, worse.
Gerhard Berz, Munich Re:
We are pretty sure that the climate change will lead to more rainstorms, to more hailstorms, but also generally to more thunderstorms, on the one side. On the other side, in other areas, to more severe droughts and a general shift of climate.
Seth Dunn, Worldwatch Institute:
One of the interesting studies that's come out is the Max Plank institute which has suggested that the El Nino conditions may become more the norm in coming years as we continue to warm up the planet's surface, meaning that 1998 may not be so anomalous a year in the future.
Mark Simkin:
If that's the case, the implications are enormous and not just for the insurance industry.
The impact on agriculture will be huge and some health experts are predicting the spread of tropical disease.
Seth Dunn, Worldwatch Institute:
The Hadley Centre from the United Kingdom has done a scenario that shows malaria actually reaching the southern coast of the United Kingdom over the next century under a continued warming. So you do have a lot of areas potentially becoming tropical, and with that becoming susceptible to tropical diseases.
Mark Simkin:
With those scenarios in mind, scientists are spending more and more time studying the weather.
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Developments like these have made forecasts more reliable than ever before.
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|8th December 2009, 05:58 AM
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Elmers Black is nothing but just a normal polystryrene board with black paper skins. Of course, it would be interesting to test it if it is more stiff than other polystyrene boards available.
|8th December 2009, 07:29 PM
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I use hot glue when I want remove exciter without stress. Can you confirm that on glass windows sound is somehow artificial like with an echo?
|9th December 2009, 03:47 PM
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Hi jzagaja,
i guess there is the same effect as with all underdamped
structures ...
|10th December 2009, 01:43 PM
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DML skript
Just some info if anybody is interested in DML simulation:
The contained skript runs on Akabak.
Download - Akabak
Manual: http://home.comcast.net/~rhcamp0217/...21_Main_US.pdf
There is an syntax error in the 3rd line - "**" (Bending stiffnessBs) instead of "B"
Wow! - the censoring algorithm works great here!
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|11th December 2009, 07:32 PM
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Well I finally got these to Sound Good...First, Round the corners and cover the edges with Black Tape. That takes care of any Buzzing. Then, remove the drivers from the Spider Cases...With the Daytons this is easier than Shucking a Clam....Next, attach them to the Panels with double sided tape. I used some that I use for covering windows with plastic for the winter. This Stuff will stick them on for Keeps. Finally, you need to Crank the Bass up and the Treble down a Click...They will play Bass if it's Cranked. These sound quite nice now from a Sure TA2024 Amp...And Remarkably Loud to Boot...All for a Total of $21....
|14th December 2009, 07:08 PM
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i did run the script, but there was something which makes me wonder:
The element types "DMPanel" , "Exciter" , "DMCoupler"
are neither part of the documentation nor are they integrated into
the forms of the "Def" menu, are they ?
So those DML Elements in Akabak 2.1 seem to be undocumented
builtins ?
Maybe Jörg Panzer had already integrated some DML modeling into
that early Akabak 2.1 version, since he already worked with NXT.
It is a very nice tool to check out some basics concerning panel and
exciter paramers and the effect of both on the behaviour of a DML.
But since i feel, the description of those elements mentioned above
is hidden, it is not a good base for further
understanding and discussion and maybe future refinement and
customization of the model ...
e.g. simulation of panels which have different stiffness dependent on
direction cannot be simulated with that "DEF_DMPanel" function.
I am sure that current software from Panzer/NXT will have evolved.
For those who are interested in DML modeling, this early AkAbak version
may serve as a starting point for pre selecting materials, panel sizes
and so on.
Kind regards
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|14th December 2009, 08:44 PM
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Hello Oliver!
You are right - there is obviously no documentation of the DML components included in the standard AkAbak Manual - I have not found any further information.
I just posted the link of that specific Manual version as it gives the following information on its' first page:
"NXT has selected AkAbak to be the base for its software front end 'NXT Designer'. The latter is part of the NXT licensee package and incorporates the DML components and tools for panel design. AkAbak is developed in parallel with the NXT Designer, i.e. both packages are compatible. The only differences are the DML components."
The manual gives information about the structure of the script language so that anybody who is interested can at least get an idea how to modify this DML script to his needs. I have no idea if there are more DML functions included in Akabak or not.
There is no doubt that the capabilities of this example script are very limited and some things are not taken into account. It is certainly not the last step in Joerg Panzers modelling approach - actually it is one of his first steps.
It's definitely not my intention to start a discussion on this topic - I just wanted to share what I have found out - that there is a tool you can play with - for free. Maybe it can help to get more insight in this technology as the interactions of the design parameters lead to effects that can not be easely captured in an intuitive way, as one might think. For me it definitely cleared up some things.
with kind regards
PS. I'd like to share some more information i found - for those who are interested:
Some infos about Joerg Panzers projects in the past (from the R&D Team Website):
"AkAbak for DMLs This special implementation of AkAbak is able to simulate the response of multiple exciters on a plate. The plate was assumed to be infinite and some assumption about the radiation were made. This project was done for Mission UK (1996).
PanSys This software simulates the fully coupled system: Lumped elements for the exciter and electronics, modal analysis for the plate, the enclosure and the radiation. PanSys is very powerful in prediction and a particularly useful tool for the design of rectangular plate speakers. The code-base of PanSys is huge and it took us several years to develop (1997).
AFR-Designer simulates the radiation and motor parameter of a fully coupled motor-plate-acoustic loudspeaker driver. The model is based on modal-analysis and axis-symmetry. AFR-Designer makes use of Vacs as output device. This approach dramatically reduced the cost of development because the design concentrates only on the implementation of the mathematics and on the input part. AFR-Designer was designed after specification for Nxt (2003)."
Some info out of the PanSys Manual (this was posted some years ago in the Visaton Forum by somebody who has the NXT System Designer Software):
"The material properties of a panel control the modal distribution of the plate. They are directly linked to the coincidence effects of the acoustic radiation. They describe the material properties of a ready-made panel, which is cut-out in a certain direction (see Panel materials - Width/Height stiffer chapter for details).
The input parameter for the panel material, which PanSys needs are not generic, such as Young's modulus etc. Rather effective parameter of ready made and cut-out panels are used, such as area density and bending rigidity. It has been found that this approach yields more realistic and realisable results than generic parameter. This is especially true for layered panels.
A simulation is only as good as the quality of its input parameters. This is, of course, especially true for the panel parameters. Therefore PanSys comes with an extensive panel database. These parameters are determined and confirmed using a scanning laser interferometer together with a modal identification software tool. As the identification tool uses the same model as implemented in PanSys, this method yields the best fitting parameters.
At very low frequencies the total mass of the plate together with the compliance of the exciter-suspension and supports determine the rigid body resonance frequencies. A panel's first rigid body mode can be a piston motion as with the conventional loudspeaker. The next possible rigid body mode allows the plate to rotate. If all sides of the plate have Free boundary conditions (FFFF) the first bending mode is close to f0, which is the fundamental engineering parameter of a DML. However, the real first bending mode is shifted because of the coupling to components and to the acoustics. In FFFF mode the on-axis response of the DML is controlled by the first rigid body mode only. The bending modes support the off-axis response. However, in practise the coupling to components masks this ideal effect.
At low and medium frequencies the plate is in pure bending and the vibration pattern is determined also by the plate stiffness in x- and y-direction and some other material constants. The finite size and mechanical conditions at the edges of the plate enforce a field of standing waves, or, so-called bending modes. At higher frequencies shear wave fields add to the bending wave field. The bending wave field is dispersive, whereas the shear wave-field is not. In this frequency range the thick plate theory is applied and gives reasonable good results.
At very high frequencies the plate and its components are vibrating as an elastic volume. At very high frequencies the implemented plate theory stops to be valid.
The simulation model is based on the Kirchhoff-Mindlin plate theory. In principle this theory is valid for flat, thin and homogeneous plates. Any curvature increases dramatically the resonance frequencies of some of the modes due to coupling between bending and membrane effects.
The plate must be thin enough to ensure that the front and rear surfaces of the panel move in parallel. As a rule of thumb, the thickness should be smaller then a sixth of the bending wave-length.
Homogeneous, means that section parameters are constant along any direction. In the transverse (z) direction this constraint is not satisfied by usual sandwich constructions. However, since there is assumed to be no wave field in the z-direction, the different material parameters of each layer are lumped into so called section parameters, such as the effective bending rigidity of the panel.
The panel can be stiffer in one direction than the other, which is taken into account by the two components of the bending rigidity, D1 and D2. If D1 = D2 then the plate is said to be isotropic, otherwise an-isotropic. In the context of the program, D1 and D2 are assumed to be aligned with the edges of a rectangular cut-out. Panel parameters are therefore always annotated by the degree under which the panel was cut-out (for example: 0/90 or +/-45 degree).
In a plate, the bending wave field cannot be completely separated into independent fields in x and y direction. This is because there is coupling resulting from shear-mechanics and lateral/direct strain. Coupling is controlled by the in-plane-shear (Shr) and the Poisson ratio parameters, which are also dependent on the way the panel is cut-out.
Although the panel is assumed to be infinitely thin with respect to transverse waves and with respect to diffraction, there are some important effects related to the thickness, which modify the bending wave field. The thicker the plate, and the higher the frequency, the more influential the effects of finite transverse shear rigidity and the inertia of rotation of a section. The controlling parameters are called "thick plate parameter" (see thickness, t, and shear modulus, Gz).
In addition to the bending and shear wave-fields, there is a local elasticity at any driving point. The effect of elasticity can be observed at high frequencies where the local stiffness goes in resonance with the mass of the voice-coil and the mass-type reactance of the aperture effect.
At very high frequencies (usually around 10kHz) the driving point mechanics become very complex. With the help of the in-build plate model extensions it is possible to go beyond the limits implied by the usual plate theory and to display all effects involved. However, in the upper frequency band the uncertainty of the result-curves increases with frequency."
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|15th December 2009, 10:49 AM
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Btw - there is the parameter AbsorbCoeff missing for the Radiating component in the example script.
It's possible to simulate a closed back DML with it (I guess) when it is set to 1. Default setting is 0 for radiation from both sides.
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DMPanel 'DM1' Def='DM1' AbsorbCoeff=0
x=0 y=0 z=0 HAngle=0 VAngle=0
|15th December 2009, 03:00 PM
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inherent mechanical loss of the panel ?
I do not know, maybe your interpretation is right.
Kind regards
|15th December 2009, 03:11 PM
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When i inspect the directivity plot in the 360° mode i suppose it's the absorbtion of the radiation. It's possible to use values between 0 and 1 for "AbsorbCoeff".
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Identity Management in Retail and Hospitality
Mark Scanlan
April 2006
Applies to:
Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003
Microsoft Active Directory
Summary: This article introduces automated identity management (IDm) through solutions such as Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS). It focuses on how these solutions can address the needs of the Retail and Hospitality industries in particular. (14 printed pages)
What Is Identity Management?
ID Trends and Issues
Retail and Hospitality Challenges
Identity Management Scenarios
How MIIS works
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Additional Resources
Retail and Hospitality are two of the most cost-conscious industry sectors. They work on thin margins and long technology refresh periods. The manual management of user accounts and other resources in the intranet and extranet can be a significant operational cost to organizations. Identity management (IDm) solutions can automate management in the following ways:
- Accelerating the provisioning and deprovisioning processes.
- Ensuring that security policies and permissions are appropriately applied, enforced, and audited.
- Resolving and maintaining data integrity.
- Reducing the overall cost of operations.
What Is Identity Management?
Before talking about IDm, we should probably talk about what constitutes an identity, and how it is stored. Typically, we think of identities as being users or employees; however, in the wider context, an identity represents a unique object, which may be a user, but it can also be a printer, security principal, server, or a service—basically any resource that is present in our organizations or in our extended organizations, such as trusted partners. An identity can cross multiple systems, and it does not necessarily constitute an electronic or digital identity. It can also apply to paper or other mediums.
A directory is a collection of identities. Not so long ago, if someone talked about a directory, we would think of the corporate directory, a phonebook, or the Yellow Pages. Today we think of Active Directory directory services (AD), LDAP, and other electronic directories. When we look at a typical enterprise, it is not unusual to see over 100 directories in use, ranging from the printed office phone list, to the HR system, badge/security system, PBX, or VoIP, to AD and other LDAP-enabled directories. Each of these systems contain information about the resources in the organization, but many are maintained (or not) by different groups within the enterprise. In many cases, these systems are manually maintained.
Herein lies a problem—legacy systems have evolved, data is aging, humans make mistakes in data entry, and data that should be consistent across all of the directories has diverged as a result. Systems may not have been updated, or if they have, new errors could have been introduced. All instances of a data element may not get updated, because the different systems have different formatting standards; as a result, jDoe, John_Doe, and Emp#5678 don't get reconciled, even though they refer to the same resource. In addition to being error-prone, manual management of multiple systems is time-consuming and costly. Analysts estimate that a password reset for a typical user across multiple systems costs around $40, and a change to the attributes of a resource would be significantly more. So, hypothetically, in a company of ten thousand employees, if a typical user forgets his or her password four times each year and requests a reset, password resets cost the business $1.6M per annum.
In an ideal environment, there would be a single, consolidated directory. All systems and users would leverage that directory, in place of the printed corporate list, for network and application authentication and authorization, and for address and phone number lookup. The PBX or Call Manager would connect to it for call routing, and e-mail, Instant Messaging/Real Time Collaboration, and calendars would all integrate using the common directory. Although this is perfectly feasible given a large enough IT budget or a green-field opportunity, the reality is that almost all environments will contain multiple systems leveraging multiple directories from AD and SQL to flat files and mainframe directories such as Resource Access Control Facility (RACF).
So, in a multiple-directory environment, how can we provide a single, consolidated identity, ensuring that data integrity is maintained? How can we guarantee that changes to an identity in one directory are realized across all directories in a timely manner? The answer is an IDm solution. What this provides is a single point of management for directory objects with automated provisioning/deprovisioning, distribution of updates (deltas only, where supported), password resets, and the brokering of conflicting updates.
ID Trends and Issues
According to research published by Forester Research in December 2004, many issues and trends influence the IDm solution space (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Cyclical nature of Identity Management
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was one of the first compliance drivers for IT. Subsequent accounting scandals and large-scale fraud have rocked the business world over the last decade, leading to the collapse of some of the largest companies in the United States. These scandals have severely dented consumer and stock market confidence. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is a regulatory compliance directive that ensures that there is a level of accountability within an organization, to reduce the risk of fraud. The SEC has also introduced compliance directives to the same end. The implication is that there should be individual accountability for transactions in the enterprise. Users' identities must be unique, and their actions must be auditable. This requires the ability to ensure that users only have appropriate permissions to resources, and that auditors can take a point-in-time snapshot of which users had access to which data at a given time, and which of them updated that data. Linked to this is the need to ensure that the user who is logged in is who he or she claims to be. In many cases, this requires the strengthening of passwords, which brings significant synchronization issues across platforms, and, potentially, the use of multi-factor authentication such as SmartCards and biometrics.
The growing threat of identity theft, and a growing Internet marketplace that demands secured transactions and a level of consumer trust in order to function, bring similar challenges and regulations. The Visa organization now requires its vendors and transaction clearing houses meet certain regulatory standards, which drive transactional and user-authentication security.
In addition to trading with customers online, many companies today are extending their infrastructure to the Internet and extranet, to improve accessibility and productivity to employees and business partners. These rewards also carry risks, and to mitigate those risks, as with the other scenarios mentioned above, companies must ensure the authenticity of their users, improve transactional security over insecure networks, be able to detect intrusions and/or tampering, and, in the event that there are issues, be able to locate the responsible source.
IDm helps in many of these areas. Automated provisioning and deprovisioning of accounts and permissions improves the accuracy of data held about individuals, by ensuring that they have access only to what their role requires, and by providing an audit trail. The automation of these processes significantly reduces operating costs as they relate to user management, and it ensures prompt and consistent application of permissions (or revocation) for an individual or a large number of users, frequently without IT interaction. For example, if HR terminates an employee, that change in the HR system automatically disables all of that person's accounts, building access, voice mail, and so forth, across multiple systems.
Retail and Hospitality Challenges
Retail and Hospitality organizations face similar problems to those mentioned in the previous section; however, their problems are magnified. The user base is highly geographically dispersed, over low bandwidth communications, between the corporate datacenter and the satellite location, and there is rarely any IT administration staff at the remote site.
A staff turnover rate of over 100% is not unusual in these industries, resulting in many more object adds and deletes than is typical in other industries. Seasonal and part-time staff members who do not access systems on a daily basis are more likely to forget their passwords than a typical office worker.
Many Retail and Hospitality companies may trade under different identities or brands that they may want to accommodate in a single IT infrastructure; or, conversely, they may want to keep these completely separate, due to a high rate of corporate acquisition and divestiture, yet want to facilitate communication and collaboration between the brands.
Retailers in particular have a long technology refresh cycle, often operating for 7–10 years on the same platform before considering a technology refresh. In many cases, legacy systems still considered adequate remain in servers and are supplemented with new systems. Consequently, a diverse array of platforms and directories tend to exist at any one time. As mentioned previously, this can significantly increase the cost of operations and the potential for a loss of data integrity across systems.
One of the fastest-growing application spaces is that of portals. Many companies will present everything an employee needs directly on their portal home page, whether they need real-time stock levels, price lookups, merchandizing information, or online training and HR profile updates. To enable this functionality, each user must be uniquely identifiable. In addition to business functionality, corporate compliance requirements are leading more companies to institute "one user, one ID" policies to ensure individual accountability. This means that they can no longer use the generic IDs that they used to use.
This particular industry segment is probably one of the most demanding in its need for role-based privileges, where users are expected to have certain permissions based on their role. This requires some form of IDm solution to facilitate the user in role-mapping based on information in other systems, such as HR.
Identity Management Scenarios
There are several common scenarios that can be addressed with identity management.
"Classic" Meta-Directory and Automated Provisioning
A meta-directory facilitates the aggregation of identities from multiple sources, and the synchronization of attributes to ensure consistency and accuracy of information held about the objects. Typically, specific directories or sources will be defined as authoritative for an object or attribute, to ensure that, in the event of a conflict, the appropriate source wins. For example, the HR system is typically authoritative for the user object, which contains information such as name, date of birth, Social Security number, and so on. The phone system is authoritative for the telephone extension—if the two systems disagree on the user's phone number, the phone system wins, and the HR system is updated to match the phone system. This is referred to as precedence. Similarly, the e-mail system is authoritative for the e-mail address, and the building security system or property management system is authoritative for the current badge number, and so forth. Figure 2 illustrates such a "classic" meta-directory.
Figure 2. Classic meta-directory
Any changes in connected directories are brokered and updated as appropriate in the meta-directory, and these changes are flowed to other connected directories that contain that piece of information (not all connected directories will contain all information). In this way, the meta-directory holds all attributes available about an object.
IDm solutions vary from the exceedingly simple (if user A exists in Directory X, duplicate the object and all attributes to Directory Y), to the exceedingly complex, with conditional processing, attribute manipulation, and execution of external code on remote systems. In addition to simple provisioning and deprovisioning, an IDm solution should also be able to re-provision based on a change in attributes. For example, suppose that user A changes division, and the HR system is updated. It may be necessary to deprovision the user's account in Forest 1, and recreate it in Forest 2. Furthermore, the user's mailbox must be moved, and different group memberships and permissions must be applied.
By automating the processes, administrative costs are significantly reduced (both in creation and maintenance of objects across systems), data integrity is increased, and the option of role-based management is introduced. A single point of management is also provided for internal, inter-business unit/division, and extranet identity management. Account creation turnaround speed can be increased, in many cases eliminating IT hands-on involvement. Security is improved by ensuring appropriate group membership, permission application, and prompt account disablement if a user leaves the company. This also provides a sound audit trail for object creation and permission.
E-mail and Collaboration
In organizations where multiple directories exist—either by design, evolution, or acquisition—something as simple as looking up a user's e-mail address or collaborating using a portal becomes a challenge. Using an IDm solution allows organizations to build a global address list, whether it is used for e-mail address location, simple phone and address lookup, or to combine address lists from multiple e-mail systems and/or platforms.
In addition to simple lookup, the IDm solution also provides automated Distribution List management, irrespective of which e-mail system users reside on, based on particular attributes of the user, such as location or department.
As with the classic meta-directory, this reduces management costs for what would otherwise be a manual process, and it provides more reliable enterprise collaboration.
Multi-forest Active Directory
In the specific case of AD, in addition to facilitating a consolidated global address list (GAL) for Exchange users, the IDm solution is also used to reduce management costs in other areas of the infrastructure management where AD forests overlap. Site definitions, subnet definitions, printers, and other AD objects can be synchronized between different forests, to reduce management overhead and improve data integrity, which may otherwise be compromised if these definitions are duplicated manually.
Password Management
As mentioned earlier in this document, password resets are a significant recurring cost to a company's IT group, and this cost increases with each additional directory in the organization. An IDm solution can significantly reduce these costs by presenting a single point of management, where the service desk can reset passwords on all systems from one screen, and users can perform self-service updates or have a password change synchronized from their primary system.
Retail and Hospitality Scenarios
All of the scenarios mentioned above are relevant to the Retail and Hospitality sector. In addition, many other scenarios commonly encountered due to the sector's geographic dispersal are easily accommodated. This includes scenarios where HR administration of a centralized system is devolved to the stores or region; or where the HR system is centrally managed, but the HR department does not want to manage the employee's role within the store, because that can change on a regular basis.
The solution can take many forms, but all of them are accomplished by leveraging an IDm solution. In one example, a medium-sized supermarket chain consisting of approximately 170 stores, 68,000 store staff in 520 roles, with 30,000 mailboxes, and 120,000 e-mail Distribution Lists was experiencing around 120% staff turnover each year. Depending on their roles, staff may need access to the legacy Novell File and Print and GroupWise environment, the IBM mainframe, their new AD, Exchange, the SharePoint Portal (various views by role), and a number of other systems. They implemented an IDm solution fed by the HR system, which provided basic information about the employees and the stores in which they worked. The IDm provisioned data into a database to which the store-based staffing managers had access, thus enabling them to allocate roles and other information to the employee. Based on this information, the IDm then provisioned accounts in the relevant systems, with appropriate group membership and permissions for their role.
This provided the retailer with several benefits: reduced operational cost for creating and managing users accounts; timely permission application or removal; store-level management of details that changed regularly, without having to grant access to the central HR system; role-specific views of the store portal application; and detailed information for security audits—including which users had access to resources, and who authorized that access.
How MIIS Works
Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) is the Microsoft identity management solution. It consists of a database of consolidated identity information pulled from various systems and reconciled (this is known as the MetaVerse [MV]), an update engine, Management Agents (MAs) that provide the interface to each of the Connected Directories (CDs), and the Connector Space (CS), which is effectively a buffer database between the CD and MV, where various representations of the CD data are transitively stored.
New Object
In Figure 3, a new employee is presented by the HR system (in this case, PeopleSoft running on Oracle), which is imported ("staged") in to the CS. If the object does not exist in the MetaVerse, it is created ("projected") there, and a permanent relationship is formed between the object in the CS and the MV. MIIS then creates ("provision") the object in the AD Connector Space, and the object is then exported to AD. The object's attributes are flowed separately, after the object creation, based on any precedence rules. This simplifies the process, because an object will probably be created only once, but attributes may be updated many times. Attributes in different directories may be identified by different names, and therefore attribute flow is defined by a mapping process during the Management Agent configuration. For example, the HR system may contain "LastName," and Active Directory refers to that by the X.500 name, "sn" (surname); similarly, "FirstName" is "givenName."
Figure 3. Simple object and attribute flow
In this case, the AD MA is a "call-based" MA. Call-based MAs leverage directory APIs and have more intelligence than flat-file MAs. A call-based MA will confirm that the update was successful, and it will flag the queued update as complete in the CS. If it fails, the MA will continue to try to update the Connected Directory until the CS transaction is flagged complete. Call-based MAs can generally determine differences between records, so that if only certain fields have been updated, only the changed field(s) and any required record identifiers will be transmitted by the source directory.
Object creation does not have to originate from a single source. Although in the example, HR is authoritative for the user object, new objects could originate in other directories. A frequent comment has been, "HR takes two weeks to enter a new employee, but the new hire starts work tomorrow. How can we grant them access to the resources they need?"
Assuming that HR cannot expedite the entry, there are options—the user may be added through traditional methods (Admin User Interface, Self Services website, and so forth) into a non-authoritative directory, in this case AD. The options come in how to process the updates—potentially, MIIS could provision accounts based on the AD object into any directories that the user's role may require. For example, this may include the HR system if the employee number can be calculated or a callout to an external routine can be made, thus allowing a valid employee number to be generated.
If the HR system cannot be updated, whether from a technology standpoint or a policy standpoint, directories that are not dependent on HR-specific information may still be selectively provisioned (conditionally provisioned based on the presence or content of an attribute), and when the employee is added to HR, he or she is then "joined" to the MV in the same manner mentioned in the next section, and other directories requiring HR-specific data can then be conditionally provisioned.
In what is a high-staff-turnover industry segment, this may allow stores or locations to add their "new hires" directly to the required systems with minimal HR involvement, to expedite access.
Existing Object
Using the preceding example, when the object is imported into the CS from the HR system, if the user already exists in the MV, a join is performed between the CS and MV objects, forming a permanent relationship between the HR and the pre-existing object in the MV. This is typical when MIIS is first being implemented and several directories are already populated.
This join happens automatically where two objects can be programmatically identified as the same by a common attribute (such as employee number), or by a combination of fields (such as last name, first name, location, phone number, and so forth). If a programmatic join cannot be determined, a manual join can be determined. This is also permanent, unless it is manually removed. Once joined, the attributes of the objects will flow freely, based on the defined flow and precedence rules.
Updating an Object
As in the previous two examples, attribute flow is separated from the object creation or joining operation. Attribute updates are flowed to the MV from the directory that has been updated, based on the defined precedence rules—if the updated attribute flow has precedence over existing sources or conflicting updates, the update will be applied to the MV.
Figure 4. Bi-directional object and attribute flow
Where a call-based Management Agent is used, generally only the changes (deltas) to the identities will be flowed to the MV. In other circumstances, however, the whole dataset may be imported, and then the adds, changes, and deletes to the objects are calculated and flowed to the MV.
The updated attributes will then flow out to connected directories that contain that same attribute. Call-based MAs will confirm the update back to the MA. Flat File MAs require a "confirming import," which imports the data from the CD and compares it to the intended update, to ensure that it was applied. Once the update is confirmed, it is flagged as complete.
Deleting an Object
From a process standpoint, rather than from a technical standpoint, deletion is generally a little more complicated. In most cases, companies do not want to immediately delete user accounts, mailboxes, and so on when an employee is flagged as no longer active in the HR system. This is because it usually takes time to archive or transfer data or mail after the employee's departure. In this case, accounts should be set as disabled rather than deleted, and a deletion date should be established in the MV. Once this date occurs, the objects can then be flushed from all (or some) of the directories, as appropriate.
Simple Attribute Flow Versus Extensions
Simple attribute flows can be configured, using the standard MIIS user interface, from attribute pick lists where they are of the same format—for example,
HRsys.FirstName=AD.givenName. This probably applies to 80% of the attributes that may be flowed.
Where simple flow attribute does not meet the requirements, very simple scripting in any supported .NET language can be used, based on comprehensive predefined templates that are referred to as Extensions.
This may include composite fields such as:
DisplayName=LastName + ", " + FirstName + " " + Initial
Or conditional updates:
If gender = "M" Prefix = "Mr." Endif
Syntax will vary by language, and the complexity of the statements will vary, based on the requirements.
Where pieces of code already exist to perform certain functions, such as Employee Number generation, or where an API for a system is exposed, calls can be made from within the MIIS extension to those external elements.
Included Management Agents
Connectivity capabilities of MIIS 2003
|Type of System
|Network operating systems and directory services
|Microsoft Windows NT, Active Directory directory services, Active Directory Application Mode, IBM Directory Server, Novell eDirectory, RACF, SunONE/iPlanet Directory, X.500 systems, and other meta-directory products
|Lotus Notes and Domino, Microsoft Exchange 5.5
|PeopleSoft, SAP, ERP, telephone switches, XML-based and DSML-based systems
|Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, dBase, IBM DB2
|DSMLv2, LDIF, CSV, delimited, fixed width, attribute value pairs
Third-Party Management Agents and Add-Ons
There are many Microsoft partners providing additional Management Agents for MIIS. Quest Software provides a Management Agent that ties together their ActiveRoles Server product and MIIS, providing a very comprehensive solution for roles-based management.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Single Sign-On (SSO) means many things to many people. What it is perceived to mean, in its simplest terms, is that if a user signs on once, he or she can have access to all his or her systems and resources, without having to log on subsequently.
The only true SSO is the ideal situation where there is only one directory for authentication, even if it is accessed using a variety of methods, such as LDAP.
Most SSO solutions work by performing proxy logons. This means performing an initial authentication using the SSO solution's own, or a central, authentication source, and then passing stored credentials (typically, user ID and password) to the target system through standard APIs (if available), or by automating input to standard logon screens. In this case, the ID and password may have no correlation to the ID and password that the user enters, bringing additional complexity to performing multi-directory password resets or attribute updates. To handle this, some SSO products will place an agent on the target system, which replaces the standard authentication mechanisms.
Although IDm can simplify logon, it is not in itself an SSO solution. In a pure IDm solution, identity information, including passwords, can be synchronized across multiple platforms, but the information must meet the constraints of the target system. For instance, RACF user IDs cannot start with a numeric character. The user must log on to each discrete system, but should have common passwords and potentially common IDs. An IDm solution can be implemented in conjunction with an SSO solution, or by using AD federation to provide an end-to-end solution.
SSO does work particularly well in the Web-enabled application space, where interfaces can more easily be leveraged seamlessly. This is seen frequently in store portals, where users are presented with customized information particular to their role, and also have links to Web-enabled applications and Web Services through the portal, thus giving users a single source for all their day-to-day information needs.
Many retailers and hospitality providers cross organizational boundaries for collaboration or resource access. This may occur with suppliers and customers, or internally, where different brands or business units may be on different directory infrastructures. There are several common approaches to grant an external user access to local resources, or the other way around.
Where the systems were internal to the company, on the same LAN/WAN infrastructure and running on a Windows platform, trusts could be established either between domains, or—if both groups are running Windows 2003—between forests. Permissions could then be granted as appropriate.
In extranet scenarios, the external users would typically be either added to the internal directory implementation alongside intranet users, or in an isolated directory such as Active Directory, ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode), or another LDAP-enabled directory. This adds additional load to the account administrators, and typically presents security challenges if the partner company does not relay deprovisioning requests when employees leave their company, or if they have generic corporate accounts that lack the required accountability.
With the release of Windows 2003 R2 Active Directory, Federation Services are integrated into the product. This allows trust relationships to be established between separate and potentially dissimilar infrastructures and/or directories that support the federated model. The relationship facilitates the flow of identity and policy information between disparate organizations. As with the original Windows trust model, identities are still managed by their own organizations, but they are able to securely exchange identity information and credentials with other members. The federated system can also securely exchange information about services offered to federated partners, acceptable credentials, policies, and so on. Industry leaders are developing standards and specification for Web Services to further leverage the federation model, allowing greater interoperability between a business, its partners, and mobile and remote employees.
The Retail and Hospitality industries have challenges similar to other industries; however, those issues are magnified—more staff, higher staff turnover, more seasonal staff, higher password reset rate, more systems, more directories, more geographically dispersed locations, low bandwidth between locations, fewer trained staff at satellite locations, and IT budgets that are among the lowest in industry. In addition to failing to meet compliance and security needs, manual IDm can be exceedingly expensive and error-prone. An automated IDm solution can reduce operational costs for user and resource management, increase data accuracy and integrity, and also aid in meeting compliance goals for resource access auditing, and for security compliance and enforcement. With an automated IDm solution, all of these objectives can be achieved while minimizing the cost to IT, not only for direct operational costs, but also for security and auditing.
Additional Resources
Microsoft Identity Integration Server
Microsoft Retail and Hospitality
Active Directory Federation Services
MIIS Alliance
MIIS Partners
Quest ActiveRoles Server and QuickConnect for Active Roles Server
About the Author
Mark Scanlan is a solution Architect focused on infrastructure solutions for the Microsoft Services' Retail and Hospitality Solutions Group and Commercial Sector team.
Mark joined Microsoft from IBM's Enterprise Solutions for Microsoft Technologies group, and also spent several years as a founding member of Amdahl/Fujitsu's Microsoft Services practice. In his 20 years in the IT industry, Mark has worked in a diverse set of industry-focused teams in Europe and the United States, including Oil and Energy, Retail Banking, Credit and Mortgage Services, High-Tech manufacturing, State and Local Government, Education, and Healthcare.
Mark attended the IT Institute at the University of Salford in the UK. He moved from England to California in 1996. Mark currently lives in New England with his family.


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[Update 17/9/12: Telstra has announced that has stopped taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5 "for now" as it has run out of stock. Read the article here.]
You might be feeling a little bit smug right now if you saved your cash while your colleagues snapped up the iPhone 4S.
Want to compare iPhone 5 plans? See plans from Optus, Telstra, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile here
The new iPhone 5, announced overnight, is arguably a bigger upgrade than the 4S, with a faster chip, bigger screen and faster Internet thanks to LTE (or "4G"), if you have 4G reception and a 4G service. The phone goes on sale in Australia on September 21, and you can pre-order if from September 14. Click our photos below to see the iPhone 5 up close.
Some things haven't changed: notably the price. Starting at $799 for the 16GB model, it's the same price that the 4S went on sale. If you want more storage, you can step up to 32GB for $899, or for those with big pockets, the 64GB model is $999.
The iPhone 5 will be available on 4G Optus, Telstra and Virgin Mobile (in 4G coverage areas). If you are on Vodafone you will also be able to get the iPhone 5, but not on 4G.
So what makes this a worthy upgrade? Here are four major improvements:
The iPhone 5 has LTE (otherwise referred to as 4G)
People will tell you that with millions of iPhone users jumping onto 4G networks, the fantastic speeds of 4G will suffer. That's likely to be true, but it still doesn't take away from the fact that 4G is inherently faster than the existing 3G networks – we hesitate to put speed figures on this (Telstra refers to "typical" peak download speeds up to 40Mbps, but that's in ideal conditions), but when you get a good signal, it can be a heck of a lot faster.
If you are sending or downloading large files, logging into your office systems, anything that needs fast Internet, then 4G could be very useful.
Of course, it means you need to be careful about who your provider is – Optus has launched 4G, but it's not everywhere (Sydney, Peth, Newcastle, with Melbourne on the way), while Telstra has the best coverage including capital cities and some other areas.
Bigger screen
We think Apple has made a smart move here – the new iPhone 5 has a 4in screen, which is noticeably bigger than the 4S, but not as big as the competition, which includes frankly huge phones like the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note.
Apple points out that the iPhone 5 is thinner and lighter than the last iPhone. Our advice is to check how it feels in the hand and your pocket, if you're particularly keen on your phone being small and compact.
Faster wireless
This is a no-brainer, though you need to be aware of a couple of things. The iPhone 5 is a "dual-band" Wi-Fi phone – without getting too technical, it means it works on two wireless bands, unlike the previous iPhone, which only worked on one wireless band. Having access to two bands means potentially faster and more reliable speed. You router needs to be compatible though.
There is also an emerging standard called 802.11ac. The iPhone 5 doesn't support this, though to be fair, not many devices do, so it's not something you can do much with right now.
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the old Coughlin would have conducted a scorched earth presser after that game, calling out every player from a to z.
instead he said the whole team, including the coaches, need to do a better job, he said his prep and the coaches prep needs to improve.
i don't think he believes that, but i think he said it to start the us vs. them theme for the next two weeks, and not bring any more public heat on the players than there already is.
i just wish this team didn't need the entire NFL looking down on them in order to play well.


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how to determine if wall is load bearing
I live in an old house (102 years old) that I want to do some things to. One of the things is opening up the living room. There's currently a wall that runs parallel to the floor joyce (ok, I had to say it, I know it's joist :P. the wall actually does not sit on the floor joist, but next to it), and the ceiling joist above runs parallel as well. On the second floor, there is also a wall, that runs the same path, and sits above the 1st floor wall. But, the 2nd floor wall is merely hardwood planks with drypaper over it. The planks appear to be nailed to the side of the joist in the attic (again, running in the same direction).
Also on the second floor (picture not attached) is a wall that runs perpendicular to the ceiling joists, and in the midspan I might add (there are no supports under the joists that the wall sits on). I would think that wall should certainly not be load bearing, but that's not my question here :P (just had to throw it out there).
Back to my original question, I want to be damn sure that this wall isn't load bearing. The studs are unevenly spaced (from 16 inches to 24 inches or so). The floor joists are 2x6 spaced 24" oc, with the exception of a 32" center that is actually next to this wall. The ceiling joists are 2x6 (well, from the one that I was able to see), and runs the same direction as the attic joists and the floor joists. I know, hiring a structural engineer is the best way to go, but I'm cheap :( Here are some pics.
1st floor wall (red marks are joists, black are studs).
2nd floor wall. This wall appears to be just hardwood planks with paper over it.
Here's a pic showing the planks nailed to the side of the attic joist (this joist, unlike others, is underneath of the rafter, as opposed being attached to the side of the rafter):
Another view of the attic joist and wall:
The attic joist in the picture appears to be a 4x4. Perhaps it's not even a joist at all, who knows with the way this house appears to be have been built lol.
Anyways, what do you guys think?
I say it is not a load bearing wall. If it was my job I would suggest a double 2x12 header with 1/2" plywood sitting on a pony wall on each side about 2'.
It may not be a load bearing wall, but may have a beam pickup inside the wall. Does the other room have a completely flat ceiling? If it has a box out of some type, it may be a beam picking up the floor joist span. A lot of the older homes have that type of setup. If the wall was an add wall (partition wall) it may be different from the perspective of finish and trim etc.. If the wall is sheet rock it most definitely is not original.
Pic from both sides:
Also robin303, I'm not sure why a header would be recommended. Can you please elaborate?
I forgot to add, the ceilings are only 7ft.
Hmmm! 7 foot ceiling. Is that normal for the older houses in your area? Someone could have lowered the ceiling. It's possible you have original joists and add on's both. When you look up into that vent can you see the second story sub floor, or do you see an old plaster ceiling? The original joists will be rough looking darker wood. If the ceiling was dropped and reframed the joists will look more like traditional lumber.
Yup, the subfloor (which is just hardwood) is visible, and the joists that were visible are dark (just like the attic joists).
The floor joists, which are barely accessible (I had to cut out a trapdoor into the floor, and it's still only an 18 inch space, minus 6 inches for the joist width :(), are painted so I have no idea if those are new or not. I do know they sit on rocks (the midspans are supported by stacks of rocks too. One of the stacks supporting a joist collapsed, so that part of the floor sags :(), but that's a different story. There I go again getting off topic.
Anyhoo, when the house was inspected (and at the time, we were lied to about the type of foundation, which led to the inspector not getting access to the space under the main part of the house, as well as the 30" crawlspace under the bathroom), the inspector noted that the low ceilings were normal for a house built in that time (1907) for my area (western MD).
The reason I mentioned that is because we see from time to time where ceiling drop downs are run perpendicular to the original joists, which makes them parallel to the bearing wall. Around here (Ne) most of the older houses have higher ceilings. When we see a 7 footer most likely it has been modified.
In your case it would surprise me if that was a bearing wall, considering it is running parallel with both floor and ceiling joists. Besides, if it was a bearing wall the header across the wall opening appears to be way undersized.
good luck to ya,
Quote Also robin303, I'm not sure why a header would be recommended. Can you please elaborate?
Yes it gives the house a definition and character. The 2' pony walls on each side gives a place for plants, tables, ect ect. Arches for some reason here is a fad and real easy to do.
7' ceilings AHHHH
In the fourth pic of the first group, it appears the drop ceiling runs with the wall and the real ceiling joists run perpendicular, hence it is load bearing.
If unable to picture of the wall on first floor from underneath (looking for a doubled joist or positive bearing) could you picture the second floor wall from 6' away in the attic? Check the tails outside, load bearing run perpendicular to the rafters, along with the ceiling joists. Unless it's a 4-square.
Be safe, Gary
if you cut it with a saw zaw and it pinches the blade. its load bearing
If you've found the floor joists, and the wall runs parallel to them but not on them, then it can't be bearing much of a load.
If you've found the ceiling joists by looking up through the ceiling, and they run in the same direction too, then the wall isn't holding up the 2nd story floor.
If you've found the attic joists and they run in the same direction as the wall too, then you seem to have run out of things for the wall to potentially be holding up.
If your home inspector had found your crawl space, he probably would have written that floor joists should not be supported individually -- you should put a beam down there (maybe a PT 2x6 or two) and support it as necessary. That's what my home inspector wrote, anyway.
I guess while I'm here, I do want to ask an off-topic question.
Part of the 2nd floor is supported by 2x6 24"OC joists that span 14 feet. The other part is the same, except it spans 16 feet. Without putting a beam under the 2nd floor joists, is there a way to better support the midspan? Would bridging the joists do the job? I highly doubt they're bridged (the floor joists certainly aren't).
And I do agree with the floor joist support thing, except the space is only 18" high, and by the time the 2x6 joists come into play, there's only a foot of space to squirm around. Putting a beam under all joists will cut off one side's access :(
That must be like walking on a trampoline! :laughing: My ground floor was 2x8, 14ft, on 24 inch centers and they had massive bounce.
Bridging will help, but not much.
If you take out the ceiling you could go in and put bigger joists midway between and/or sister the ones you have.
One foot is still enough to squirm under, and how often do you really need to go there anyway? It's better than structural failure, right? In the case of my house, I've had to dig trenches under the house to get access. It's a lot of work, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
And yup, I can squirm under the joists, barely. I drag my back on them and always fear of knocking it out somehow. But someday I may need access to the other side in case I decide to do some rewiring, plumbing, etc...BUT, I also plan on having a basement installed later on down the road, so I could probably hold off on all the fun stuff til then. Still...when I can barely move around down there...and seeing what I saw before (it's a very creepy spot, and yes I have a picture of a snake posing along the rocks down there), I'm always, extremely worried about getting down there.
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One of the many ways No Child Left Behind supports school choice and provides resources to help improve student achievement is through the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP), which provides three-year grants to eligible school districts to establish and operate magnet schools. The following are excerpts from an article in The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch highlighting yesterdays announcement of the MSAP grant awarded to the St. Louis Public Schools:
"The St. Louis Public Schools will use an $8.4 million grant to make significant changes at a dozen elementary schools. The hope is that the improvements will help stem the district's declining enrollment. The money will go toward creating a group of schools that offer the same computer-based learning program. The program has already been successful in at least one district school."
"This grant is going to do a lot to transform our schools into outstanding learning communities, Interim Superintendent Floyd Crues said at a news conference."
"In this latest move, the model is Peabody Elementary, where the installation of a computer-program called eMINTS - which stands for Enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies - coincided with a dramatic improvement in test scores. In the eMINTS program, pupils use the Internet to explore questions posed during their lessons. For instance, in a lesson on electricity, pupils might visit sites bookmarked by their teacher on Thomas Edison. There also are sites designed specifically for eMINTS. Oh, the kids love it, Peabody teacher Kathleen Hill said."
"The program appealed to the U.S. Department of Education, in part because of its connection to school choice. Pupils in St. Louis schools that do not meet federal standards will be able [to] transfer to the schools with the new technology component."
"Michael J. Petrilli, an associate deputy undersecretary in the department, attended a ceremony Monday at Peabody. He said the grant will help St. Louis to meet the promise of the No Child Left Behind Act, the cornerstone of President George W. Bushs education plan. Its not just a slogan, Petrilli said."
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Removed Hard Top! Have a couple questions
Finally got the hard top off now that the nice spring weather is here in VA. I had some questions though while riding with the soft top on or top down.
First, my soft top came with 2 sets of straps - one is velcro and one is more like elastic with snaps on the end. I used the velcro straps while riding in sunrider mode the other evening but i'm not sure what the elastic bands are for and can't find much about them anywhere in my manual or online. Any help?
Also, now that my rear electrical harness and washer fluid are disconnected from the hard top, do I just leave them out dangling? I noticed a place near the rear roll cage bar that had diagrams that looked like I was supposed to stick each cord in but I can't get it loose. I can take a picture of what I'm talking about if that makes no sense.
other than that, enjoying the freedom of the soft top!
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Those other straps are for the rear window. Your suppose to roll it up and loop those band around. If you look at the rear top part of the soft top from the inside you'll see where they snap onto. As for the harness and fluid tube, I slipped mine into that area you talked about. It took some time but eventually it cracked open for me.
and thanks for the info on the back window, that's definitely handy.
will there be any issues with scratching the window if i roll it up with the tailgate bar attached?
x2 they snap onto the bar and you roll the window up and stretch the bands around them to hold the rear window up so when you fold top down it fits/stays nicely in place.
For the electrical and washer hose, I just unzip the roll bar padding, lay the connections in there, then zip it back up.
Where can the straps be ordered from?
thanks everyone!
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I didn't see any connections, I think they get tucked in there to protect them from the elements.
If all the text answers up top didn't help, Here ya go
I just kinda leave those dangling there...not a good idea if I decide to press the washer fluid button for the rear window tho eh?
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Heres an idea that came to me after seeing the pics above. After many many nights (or rather months) of living in a tent, it might be a good idea to roll the windows inward, rather than outward as the pics above describe. With them rolled inward there is less chance of rain/dirt getting caught in the roll. I see that the window sits up in the lip of the top but either case, just something to think about. There may be no wrong or right way of doing it.
I have a 2012 unlimited and have put the soft top fully down. There is no slot in the body for the velcro straps to hold down the top. I have seen the slot in a video for the'08 model, is there an alternate solution for '12?
I don't want my top flying off at highway speeds. :)
make sure you plug up the washer fluid line or it will leak
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Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss might have had to suppress yelps of excitement when news of Glenn McGrath's injury reached the England dressing room. For the opening batsmen who hit Australia's weakened attack for a 112-run opening stand at Edgbaston yesterday took full advantage of the great fast bowler's absence as they made the boldest of beginnings to the second Test.
McGrath, sitting in the stands with his swollen right ankle raised and crutches by his side, had to look on as Trescothick plundered 18 runs from Brett Lee's last over before lunch, his final blow a resounding back-foot punch through the covers for four.
The Edgbaston audience, so loud it resembled a soccer crowd, sensed it might have witnessed a shift in the Ashes balance of power and cheered Trescothick from the ground after the first session with England at 1-132.
The left-handed opener from Somerset, so often derided for his heavy feet, had by then slugged 77 not out. His adventurous innings included 13 fours, a straight hit for six when he danced down the wicket to Shane Warne and an upper-cut for a second six off Brett Lee over backward point.
But shortly after lunch, Trescothick was out for 90, caught by Adam Gilchrist off Michael Kasprowicz. Three balls later, Kasprowicz had Ian Bell caught behind and England was 3-170.
The opening hours of the second Test, in which England is striving desperately to level the series, gave Australia a worrying glimpse of life without McGrath as captain Ricky Ponting struggled for options after England's attacking start to the match.
Lee, who only a few months ago could not break into the Test team, suddenly had the responsibility of leading the attack and made a wayward start after Ponting sent England in on a pitch that has been affected by rain over the past 10 days. Lee's first seven overs went for 43.
A catch went down, when Jason Gillespie shot the new ball off the edge of Strauss' bat, then on four, and saw it bounce off the hand and chest of Warne at first slip.
And, to strengthen the impression of the teams' changing fortunes, McGrath's replacement, Michael Kasprowicz, had Trescothick caught in the gully by Matthew Hayden on 32, only to hear the umpire call a no-ball.
Trescothick and Strauss hardly resembled the pair who scratched around tentatively to Warne in the first Test at Lord's and instead went after him.
Strauss, yet to give Australia a taste of the destructive form that shot him to the top of world cricket in a year, played beautifully through the cover-point region until Warne finally broke through in the 26th over of the innings.
Strauss slashed at a delivery that spun in savagely at the left-hander and hit the top of his off stump. He was out for 48, on the verge of his first half-century against the best team in the world, giving Warne 1-38 from 6.3 overs.
The opening partnership amounted to 112, and it was England's first opening stand worth more than 100 against Australia since Michael Atherton and Alec Stewart posted 106 at Trent Bridge in 1997.
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