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Content, structure and orientations of the practice-led exegesis
Hamilton, Jillian G. & Jaaniste, Luke O. (2009) Content, structure and orientations of the practice-led exegesis. In Melles, Gavin (Ed.) Proceedingsof the Art.Media.Design : Writing Intersections Conference and Workshop, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Vic.
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The emergent field of practice-led research is a unique research paradigm that situates creative practice as both a driver and outcome of the research process. The exegesis that accompanies the creative practice in higher research degrees remains open to experimentation and discussion around what content should be included, how it should be structured, and its orientations.
This paper contributes to this discussion by reporting on a content analysis of a large, local sample of exegeses. We have observed a broad pattern in contents and structure within this sample. Besides the introduction and conclusion, it has three main parts: situating concepts (conceptual definitions and theories), practical contexts (precedents in related practices), and new creations (the creative process, the artifacts produced and their value as research). This model appears to combine earlier approaches to the exegesis, which oscillated between academic objectivity in providing a context for the practice and personal reflection or commentary upon the creative practice. We argue that this hybrid or connective model assumes both orientations and so allows the researcher to effectively frame the practice as a research contribution to a wider field while doing justice to its invested poetics.
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Best Practices: Archiving Workspaces using Groove Server 2007 Data Bridge
Summary: Review the recommended best practices for configuring, monitoring, troubleshooting, and programming against the Groove Server 2007 Data Bridge (GDB). This article focuses on using the Groove Data Bridge to archive workspaces. (11 printed pages)
Jesse Howard, Microsoft Corporation
August 2007
Applies to: Microsoft Office Groove 2007, Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Server, Groove Server 2007 Data Bridge
This article provides recommended practices for configuring, monitoring, troubleshooting, and programming against the Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 Data Bridge (GDB). In a production environment, there are additional configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting tasks and practices that are advisable. This article focuses on using the Groove Data Bridge to archive workspaces. For more information about the minimum system requirements, pre-requisites, and minimum basic configuration tasks for the Groove Data Bridge, see Groove Server Data Bridge Functionality.
Archiving with Groove Data Bridge
Groove Data Bridge provides a central, server-based mechanism to manage Groove workspaces programmatically, using Groove Web services (GWS), and to back up Groove workspaces of which the Data Bridge is a member. While it may be possible, and even convenient, to use a Groove Data Bridge as both backup agent and data integration point, doing so may create contention for resources within the server. Creating Groove workspace archives requires a large amount of Data Bridge resources which is true of most event-driven data transaction models. Consequently, if a Data Bridge is being used to perform both archiving of workspaces and data integration, external transactions can become constrained during archive cycles, and archive cycles may take longer than expected during times of peak transaction load. It is recommended that any single Groove Data Bridge be used for workspace archiving or for data integration, but not both simultaneously.
Getting GDB into Workspaces
The first decision to make when planning to archive Groove workspaces with the Data Bridge is to determine how to get the Groove Data Bridge into each workspace. This can be done by making the GDB identity contact available to the Groove user population as described later in this article, and letting users invite the GDB into each space as needed which can be done without requiring custom code. It can also be accomplished with custom code using Groove Web services.
Adding GDB into Workspaces Manually
Users can invite the GDB into their workspaces (as needed) as an easy, low-cost, way to make the archive service available without managing code or involving SharePoint services (or other server-side applications). With a little bit of training, users can gain the benefit of protecting important workspaces without using an additional system and without needing to follow a server-side process to create workspaces. Some of the drawbacks are:
Capacity planning. Without a central system to allocate workspaces across servers, system administrators need to monitor servers more closely, and rely on end-user processes to push workspaces onto additional servers, if needed.
Manual workspace archive retrieval. Users and / or administrators need to retrieve archives manually, as there is no service or application to provide them. The Data Bridge does not support an automated workspace restoration feature, so users need access to the file share on which the archives are stored, or users must request the archive files from an administrator.
Policy enforcement. If the archive process is an "opt-in" process, there is no way to enforce the inclusion of a Data Bridge in all workspaces, or in workspaces of a specified type. In situations where critical data is produced in Groove, it may be advisable to enforce a policy, which must be accomplished using a custom, external application. In addition, see Best Practices: Integrating Data using Groove Server 2007 Data Bridge.
Adding GDB into Workspaces from a Central Server
If the ad-hoc process of users inviting the Data Bridge into workspaces does not meet the needs of the business, you can write custom code to manage workspace creation centrally, either through a SharePoint list or by using another server-based application, through Groove Web services. This architecture is the one exception to the previous recommendation that you not use GDB both for workspace archiving and data integration.
Managing the lifecycle of Groove workspaces through GWS is not equivalent to custom data integration with a back-office data source in terms of server load and impact on capacity. The advantages of managing Groove workspaces centrally for archival purposes can solve a number of the problems with client-driven, opt-in workspace management. It provides more control over capacity planning and expansion, allows streamlined archive retrieval, enforces a policy of archiving for all workspaces, or for workspaces of specified types. This article addresses those aspects of customized solutions that impact configuration and management of the Data Bridge, and not the architecture or coding of such solutions.
Configuring the GDB Identity
The GDB Setup process guides the administrator through setting up an Identity for the data bridge. For more information, see Groove Server Data Bridge Functionality. This identity is the same as an identity for a Groove client: the identity owns all workspaces and sends and receives all identity-targeted messages (for example, invitations). One notable difference between GDB and a Groove client, however, is that the account for a data bridge is not managed; instead, the identity is managed directly. So when configuring your data bridge for use in a managed domain (a typical scenario), using a managed identity on the data bridge enables your GDB to query the domain manager's contact directory and enable policies on the GDB. Moreover, since the identity sends and responds to invitations, users seeking to invite the GDB into any workspaces need the contact information for the identity, and not the account.
While it is possible to run multiple identities under a single server, in most cases this is not a good practice. Each identity incurs a small amount of overhead to maintain, so the decision to use multiple identities should not be taken without consideration of the potential impact on performance and capacity.
Invitation Processing
After the identity is set up, a few options need to be configured. In most cases, you want the GDB to be a manager in every workspace of which it is a member, and to accept all invitations automatically.
To select invitations automatically
Select the GDB identity.
Click the Edit Properties menu from the toolbar.
Set the following option in the Invitation Processing window:
Under Acceptance Conditions click Only accept invitations from users in the same domain.
Using Only accept invitations from users in trusted domains allows the GDB to be used as a resource in cross-certified domains, as when a single enterprise has multiple domains.
Choose Manager as the minimum role.
Important Considerations
The following sections describe a number of important topics and considerations when using the GDB to archive workspaces.
Working with Earlier Versions of Groove
By default, GDB is configured to work only with 2007 versions of workspaces. To allow GDB to participate in 3.X workspace, set the identity property to allow 3.0 and later workspaces.
Groove Folder Synchronization
If GDB is configured to automatically accept invitations, it's a good idea to configure the identity to store Groove Folder Synchronization (GFS) documents on a monitored, well-managed, and sizable disk volume.
Web Services
New in GDB 2007 is the ability to manage the remote Web services key and port number from the administrative console. If you plan to use the GDB to create workspaces (as in a server-based process), you should set the GDB to use a specified remote request key, and this key is needed for the external application to talk to GWS. Web service's settings apply to the server, and are the same for all identities.
Forcing Relay Connections
While you can deploy the GDB on any part of the network, there are steps that you can take to reduce the number of peer connections from Groove clients to the GDB.
When you have a small numbers of clients (fewer than 100), peer connections are a faster way of transferring data to the GDB, and Groove prefers to transfer data that way. As the number of connections to the GDB increases, however, performance on the GDB may degrade and cause GWS timeouts and increase workspace archive times.
To prevent peer connections on the GDB, it is recommended that you disable native SSTP connections. This is done by opening the proxy settings tab for the server (not an identity) and checking Disable TCP connections to the server. After you do this, GDB no longer accepts SSTP connections on port 2492. One side effect, however, is that GDB now encapsulates all communications to the relay with HTTP over port 443, which is much slower than SSTP, unless a direct outbound route from the GDB on 443 is created. If GDB can reach all of the relays it needs to reach over a direct route using port 443, it uses SSTP over 443 without HTTP encapsulation.
You can also accomplish similar results strictly with routing rules, but it may be simpler to apply the setting on the server, and then open a single route.
Considering Previous Versions
The integration of workspace archiving with the Groove Data Bridge 2007 is much improved over archiving with the Data Bridge available with Groove V3.1.
The Data Bridge now incorporates this functionality as a standard feature so you are no longer required to add a separate component. Workspace archive is enabled for a given service by checking the input box on the Archive schedule pane that allows you to set various options.
It is also necessary to set the Scan new workspace property set for the identity in order for the archive service to work properly.
The repeat interval is set to 24 hours by default, and depending on the volume of workspaces to be archived and sensitivity of the data, this should be adequate. If it takes longer than 24 hours to cycle through a workspace archive cycle, it is likely that the GDB is overloaded (see the Monitoring section in this article for more information). In any event, the repeat interval should always be set to a number substantially greater than the complete GDB cycle time. Creating workspace archives creates load on the GDB, just as assimilating deltas and processing GWS calls creates load. For this reason, the number of workspaces a GDB can accommodate depends on total usage including delta processing, archiving, GWS transactions and general administration. It is recommended that any given GDB support either workspace archiving or GWS processing, and not both.
The archive service adds a tool to each space it backs up, containing the following information:
Workspace name
Unique workspace identifier (for example, "n4c7xuhcs6zbeefvmfhjnxee9xhxmrkh7wwmkn2")
The name of the identity backing up the workspaces
The message specified in the "Archive Message" setting on the Archive Schedule page.
It is recommended that you customize this to reflect the specific support process and SLA details for retrieving an archive if the location of the .GSA files is not open to the user population.
An option box (accessible only by workspace Managers) to enable or disable archiving on that space
A log table listing all existing logs for the workspace. The table contains the following:
Date of the log file
Complete path (as specified in the "Archive Location" setting on the Archive Schedule page)
The Media Set property (as specified in the "Archive Location" setting on the Archive Schedule page)
The size of the archive file
The Archive Comment (as specified in the "Archive Location" setting on the Archive Schedule page)
When configuring the archive service, you should customize the Archive Message and Archive Event Comment to reflect the specific policies governing workspace archive frequency and availability to the end user. Each workspace manager then has the contact information and SLA information available at all times.
The Archive File Retention Period setting determines how many copies of the workspace backup file (.GSA) to keep. For example, if you want to keep one calendar week's worth of backups, set the period to 7. You then see a folder in the volume that is specified as a backup folder for each day that backups are created.
Managing Archive Security and Passwords
To manage archive security, choose the Allow the archive agent to set the password for the archive as the best option for most enterprise settings and then specify a single password for all archives. This allows the system administrator to easily access any archive, while protecting the archives from inappropriate access. If users are allowed to retrieve archives themselves, also allow the workspace manager to control access to each individual archive. Other options include configuring the archive service to allow the manager to specify a password. However, if the password is lost, it is impossible to access and open the .GSA file. You can also allow the archive service to set a random password however this may make it unwieldy to restore archives on demand.
Using the Archive Master Log Workspace
After you configure the Archive Service, you must monitor the Data Bridge in a number of ways to ensure operational continuity. The Data Bridge provides a tool called the Archive Master Log workspace that enables administrators to monitor the status of the archive service remotely. This workspace, like any other Groove workspace, requires that you install the Groove client on the administrator's computer, and that the administrator invites her account into the Archive Master Log workspace using the GDB console. The log workspace contains a tool that enables the administrator to see the status and recent history of the archive service, including the date and time that each workspace of which the GDB is a member was backed up. It is critical that the administrator monitor both individual archive backups as well as calculating the total archive cycle time on a regular basis using this workspace. Failure to archive a workspace is cause for concern, and you should investigate. More importantly, backup cycle time is an indicator of the total load placed on the server during the archive period, and although the cycle time increases in general, any sharp upward trend indicates that the resources of the Data Bridge are under stress. This can be caused by external factors, such as delta processing, or because of the number of workspaces on the server. These topics discussed in more detail later in this article.
Monitoring the File System
As the number and usage of workspaces increases, more and more disk space is consumed. Depending on the configuration of storage for the GDB, you can store GDB data, GFS data, and archives on the same volume, different volumes on the same array, or on separate arrays. In any event, it is important to monitor each of these volumes to ensure that the data bridge is not running out of space.
The paths to monitor are as follows:
GDB_Data. The path set during the installation for the data bridge workspace and account data. You should store this data separately from all other data and monitor it carefully. If the data bridge runs out of storage for this data, the account or workspaces may be corrupted, the data bridge stops running, and may not be able to restart. It is recommended that you store this data on redundant, attached storage in its own volume.
GFS_Data. The path (configured as part of the identity) that GDB uses to store all GFS-synchronized file structures. If the GDB runs out of data storage, it may stop synchronizing some or all workspaces. It is recommended that this path point to a separate volume from other GDB-related data, and that you monitor it closely, as it may increase suddenly due to unanticipated workspace usage. An increase of this data corresponds to an increase in GDB workspace data, although not necessarily by a 1:1 ratio.
Groove Archive Data. The location set in the archive service configuration pane where Groove stores all of the archive files. During each archive cycle, a new folder under this path is created, and the archives for that period stored in the folder. As a result, the frequency of archive cycles and number of cycles retained impacts the size of this file structure. When configuring your archive service, you should plan on a maximum of 2 GB per .GSA file, multiplied by the maximum number of workspaces anticipated, multiplied by the number of archive cycles retained. If GDB runs out of storage for this path, it stops archiving workspaces.
Scaling and Capacity Planning
Planning any deployment of the GDB as an archive service requires capacity and scalability planning. For small deployments, where the number of workspaces is not expected to exceed 1000 workspaces, a single GDB should suffice; for larger deployments, however, you need to develop a more detailed plan. In general, the capacity of a GDB varies depending on the following factors:
Number of workspaces
Volume of data change (velocity of data) in each space
Number of members per workspace
Total size of each workspace
Rate of workspace creation
Rate of workspace deletion
As any of these factors increases, the amount of processor available for archiving decreases, and archive cycle time increases. These factors also influence each other so that, for example, an increase in the average velocity of data across all spaces decreases the total number of workspaces that the GDB can support.
Managing the Ramp
The primary concern of an administrator deploying GDB for archive purposes should be the rate at which new workspaces are created, or the ramp. If a large number of workspaces are created in a short period, it may be very difficult to track and accurately predict resource consumption by the GDB. Consequently, if a very steep ramp is anticipated, the deployment plan should include steps to add additional data bridges on very short notice.
Adding data bridges on short notice can be complicated if users are inviting the GDB into workspaces in an ad-hoc manner because the administrator must communicate the new GDB name and vCard to the users on short notice and rely on the users to respond properly. It is always much easier to manage the ramp through a central, server-based workspace creation process.
If a shallower ramp exists, it is possible to monitor GDB usage over time and predict the need for additional resources. Adding capacity may be less complicated, particularly if workspaces are being added to the GDB by user invitation.
Determining Available Capacity
As noted above, available capacity on the GDB is derived from a number of factors, many of which are not under the control of the administrator. Administrators must consider a number of factors, including average processor consumption, memory consumption, storage capacity, total archive cycle time, and delta processing capacity. The latter is particularly hard to measure, as there is no mechanism for monitoring delta processing directly. Instead, the administrator must rely on a combination of indirect measurements, mostly taken from system counters in performance monitor (perfmon), to judge resource consumption. Aspects of archive service capacity which you can measure directly are:
File system capacity, as noted previously.
Archive service cycle time—There is no good benchmark for an average archive service cycle; each implementation varies based on hardware, configuration, workspace usage and size of workspaces. A more important determinant is the velocity of the cycle time or the rate at which it either increases or decreases. A sharp one-time increase in the cycle time may not indicate a trend toward exceeding capacity; a series of increases in cycle time indicates growing use of the archive service, and can indicate that additional capacity may be required.
Adding Servers
Expanding capacity of the archive service entails adding additional GDB servers to the environment. GDB does not support clustering, nor does it support aliasing of identities or other external load balancing techniques, so adding additional GDB servers means that the archive solution must incorporate each new server into the workspace creation process as needed.
In scenarios where users are creating workspaces on their client, then inviting GDB to the workspaces, this generally means distributing the vCard of the new GDB identity to the users with instructions to use the new contact. The old spaces would need to retain the old GDB member.
In scenarios where workspaces are created centrally, by the GDB, the application initiating the workspace creation must call GWS on the new server, as opposed to the old.
In both scenarios, the addition of GDB servers adds complexity to the managing of the archives themselves, especially to the process of restoring archives.
Managing Archives
Each GDB server stores the archive files it creates in a location specified in the Archive Service configuration tool. The data bridge does not support remote requests to restore archives from the client, so any deployment plan should include a process (and possibly an application) that allows users to request restoration of a given archive. One possible way to accomplish this is to have users send a message (e-mail or Groove message) to the administrator, requesting the archive. This can be cumbersome for both parties and may not scale in an enterprise. Another mechanism is to point the Archive Service at a shared location that users can access themselves, but this may present security or other administrative problems. A recommended approach is to create a custom web application that exposes the archive spaces to users while protecting the file share on which they reside, and allows users to download them directly or to request restoration, which can be done on the GDB using GWS, followed by an invitation to the restored workspace.
Restoring Archives
After users receive an archive, they can restore it. This creates an instance of the workspace that is current as of the time the archive was created; it does not overwrite or restore the existing instance of the workspace. Users must choose either copying the content they want to restore from the new instance to the initial instance of the workspace, or deleting the initial instance and inviting its members to the new instance of the workspace.
If workspace restoration uses an application and GWS on the Data Bridge, the restoration process should allow for the destruction of either the initial workspace or the restored workspace to prevent proliferation of "duplicate" workspaces.
Managing Invitations
In many cases, it may be preferable to manage workspace creation and user invitation from a central application. This requires custom application development. If you use an external application to manage workspace creation and invitation, it is recommended that the same application also manage archive restoration. If the application needs to support workspace lifecycle management and workspace data integration, it is recommended that each workspace contain two data bridges—one for archive and one for data transactions.
Removing Old Workspaces
Over time, workspaces on the data bridge age, and may no longer be actively used by the human participants. It is also possible that all human members delete the workspace locally, leaving the GDB as the only member. In such cases, the presence of the workspace on the GDB may not be creating much load except during the archive process. Although users are encouraged to manage their workspaces actively, and to delete old or inactive workspaces, it is likely that this is not always be the case. The GDB manager should periodically look for old or inactive workspaces and remove them. It is recommended that the last archive taken of the workspace be preserved in a separate, secure location.
Backing Up the Archive File System
Although the data bridge stores multiple cycles of workspace data, it may be desirable to back up the file system on which the archives are stored. It is recommended that the backup process begin 12 hours apart from the start of the workspace archive process as part of a cycle to avoid running both at the same time. You should monitor both processes closely, however, to avoid overlapping. Under no circumstances should a backup agent be run against the directory containing the GDB account and workspace data while the GrooveEIS.exe process is running. This may result in irretrievable account or workspace corruption. If the GDB account and archive data are stored on the same volume, the backup agent should be limited by the file structure, or even better, by file type (.GSA).
The same limitations apply to virus scans that open or lock files. Scans of this type should never scan Groove account or workspace data.
Groove workspaces cannot be easily archived from the file system, but you can archive Groove workspaces using the Groove Data Bridge. You can have members of a workspace manually request the Groove Data Bridge to archive a workspace or you can establish a central application that manages workspace creation and ensures that each workspace is archived. There are many scaling and capacity issues that you must consider when you are planning an archiving system.
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Ruby Gem | Basics
Blitz is fully RESTful , making it easy to use our Ruby Gem to integrate load and performance testing into your continuous deployment cycle. The Gem enables you to run sprints and rushes as post-commit hooks, as part of your deployment to a staging site, or in a cron job for ongoing monitoring.To get the Gem:
gem install blitz
Next, in the blitz bar, use the --api-key option to get your API key. Now you can simply launch Blitz any time you want to either sprint or rush your app.
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Normally when you make homemade ice cream you use quite a bit of cream, and with the rising cost of dairy and cream already being expensive, sometimes it's cheaper just to do without. I love a cool ice cream treat now and then so I knew there had to be a solution! This recipe requires an ice cream maker of some sort. If you don't have one...watch at rummage sales or end of the season sales to pick one up. They are worth it!
What you need:
- 4 c. Half and Half
- 1/2 c. Sugar
- 1 t. Vanilla Extract
Pour all the ingredients together in the ice cream maker. You can use turbinado sugar in this recipe instead of white sugar as long as you send it through your blender first to make more of a fine powder. Turn on the ice cream maker and let the magic happen. For us, this recipe only takes about 10 minutes. It won't be hard like store bought ice cream unless you freeze it for a while after you make it, otherwise it will be more of a milk shake consistency. Still very yummy either way!
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Road Map to SuccessLinda Craib
My first year at business school ended with a map. Tasked to create a plan of action for my career as part of a class called Power and Politics, thoughts of journeys, destinations, and experiences came together in a paper and a cartographic representation of where I've been, where I'd like to go, and what skills from recent classes will take me there. Business school is like any journey. It begins with thoughts of a destination and ends up the sum of experiences you took to get there. Attempts to find your bearings at any given point result in a shift in focus from looking forward to looking back on the experiences we've had along the way. It may be a cliché, but it's the journey and not the destination that eventually quantifies the value of our endeavor.
DESTINATION AND SCALE Time and distance in business school are relative—good luck trying to measure them. Never has a year in my life passed so quickly. I've settled into a steady but high-paced rhythm of twice-monthly classroom lectures that seem as natural a part of my life as breathing; I've forgotten what it's like to have time to spare.
With the business world all in chaos this past year, business schools have been under scrutiny for their part in the mess. In "The Buck Starts (and Stops) With Business Schools" (Harvard Business Review June 2009), former Yale Dean Joel Podolny, now dean of Apple University, tackled questions of accountability and responsibility, highlighting how the curriculum at Yale integrates ethics and values into a broad understanding of business scholarship and a holistic experience with clearly defined expectations. The stature of Yale has only increased for me as a result of a clear mission and focus relative to social responsibility and business; I'm proud to say that I am a member of the Yale School of Management Class of 2010.
This past year also allowed a glimpse of the physical future of the school. The new SOM campus, designed by Foster + Partners, was unveiled to students in early December. Following a presentation by the architects, students were encouraged to weigh in on the design and its conceptual foundation. Images of the school demonstrate an integration of the physical space with the unique core curriculum to create the best teaching environment in the business world; the Yale Corporation approved final construction plans in June 2009. Although I will be among the ranks of the alumnae when the school opens, I'm excited about what this new campus will mean for the school.
A culture of community was one of the four key functions identified by the architects in the creation and design of the new campus and buildings, and community permeates the atmosphere at the school. Relationships between students and between students and faculty are fostered from Day One and continue both inside and outside classrooms.
All work and no play would be a bore, and at Yale we have a good mix of both extremes. How many other schools have a dean who launches the school year by challenging the entire student body to a Labor Day road race to support charity? A professor who sends out an e-mail to the class asking, "Are you ready to rumble?" as we excitedly prepare for the challenges of the Littlefield Technologies Operations case at 10 p.m. on a Friday night? With professors who are engaging, supportive, and available outside the classroom, I have been shown repeatedly in words and actions that SOM is as vested in my successes as I am. That's a great feeling at the end of this first year.
ORIENTATION I think it is probably all too common for students to think about how business school can help them succeed. Although individual success is important when taking on such an investment in time, money, and effort, looking at business school through such a narrow lens seems short-sighted. A recent visitor to our Power and Politics class, Chidi Achebe (MBA-E Class of 2007 and CEO of the Harvard Street Health Center in Boston), offered some parting words of wisdom regarding business success and power: "People are people because of other people." Businesses and powerful individuals work in isolation at their peril. In the thick of it, when the work gets tough and the nights get long, you start to realize that your choice of business school should also be a good match for your commitment and dedication to more than just yourself. Business school, after all, is also about relationships and working with others.
The soft skills of negotiation, patience, timing, empathy, and situational awareness, all mentioned in the Podolny HBR article, are only just starting to get the attention they rightly deserve in the business world; failure to be aware of their importance in the classroom and within the work setting could have disastrous results. Relationships matter and must be cultivated and cared for to thrive and grow. Take into consideration how hard you're willing to work for yourself, your team, your class, and ultimately the reputation of the school and for what it stands.
You'll be held to those standards while attending the program and long after you graduate. The rigor of admission is nothing compared to the rigor of the classroom and it shouldn't be. You can't and won't be the best at everything; you can and should be the best version of yourself and figure out what you have to give.
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK Throughout the past year, I have experienced some of the best opportunities for my own learning outside the classroom. During a class this past semester in Health Care Economics & Finance, I found myself wanting a real sense of what it is like to be in Washington, D.C., at this pivotal juncture for health-care reform. To enhance my academic experience, I spent several days in Washington, D.C., as part of the Tenth Annual Patient Congress. I was able to network with other health-care advocates and business leaders, and I had the chance to meet with health-care legislative assistants to Senators Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Dodd (D-Conn.) as well as my congressman, Representative John Larson (D-Conn.).
In addition to discussing health-care reform, I had the opportunity to ask that my senators and congressman to support the Autism Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009, a piece of legislation important to my own family and far too many other families across the country. My trip to Washington gave me the opportunity to convey my position on health care as a constituent and health-care scholar, as well as to put the concepts of the classroom into context. This experience in Washington also helped solidify and confirm my long-standing aspirations and goals to be a part of a policy relative to the health-care business industry.
It has been quite a year. I'm now 43 class days (nine months) away from the completion of my MBA; business tax and law await me during my second summer boot camp and a week-long stay at the Omni in New Haven. I'm keeping my eye on the prize, but I'm holding onto the enjoyment and fulfillment during this journey. I enter the second year excited about all I have yet to learn and with anticipation for all that will come my way in the months ahead. I owe a debt of gratitude to every person who was a part of my first year at Yale: every single member of my class who teaches me so much, particularly the incomparable Team C (Senai Ahderom, CEO Weblinx; Dr. Edward Valentine; Dr. Jianlin Xu; and Marilyn Cross Piedra) the MBA-E staff, visiting scholars, and the professors who challenge, encourage, and ultimately educate me every day. Onward to second year!


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Second Harvest Board Member, Tim Carl, and his wife Joan, had a great idea to raise funds for the 2012 Holiday Food Drive in their neighborhood. Taking the time to inform people about what they were trying to do, and why, while making it fun for all to participate turned out to be a a winning formula. They raised 10,000 meals!
Here's the story in Tim's words.
Our neighborhood Home Owner's Association is called Sumner Woods. We have 43 homes in the association. Last year, we had a food drive called "Fill the Bus", and we filled our entire VW bus with food. This year our theme was "Wine-ing For Food". We sent out fliers and emails to all the homeowners that we would be conducting a Wine Tasting on Saturday November 17th from 4 to 6 pm.
Mike and Judy Coleman and Joan and I put together a wagon with glasses, eight different wines, lemonade and water. We also had crackers to help cleanse the pallet. We stopped at every neighbors' door and asked if they would like a taste of wine and, by the way, would they like to make a donation to SHFB. We found 21 homeowners at home and all donated, including one person who gave us canned food. We collected $ 2,500 total for the drive. Some neighbors sent in checks by mail to us.
The drive was a rousing success. Mike, Judy, Joan and I had the most fun of all. We got to know our neighbors a little better and we got to taste some good wines. One neighbor even invited a neighbor who lived across the street from us. He and his wife came over, had some wine and made a donation.
What a great idea for any neighborhood! Whether it's wine, hot chocolate and cookies, or caroling, it sounds like a great way to connect with neighbors while feeding hungry people.
Thanks to everyone in Sumner Woods for making a difference!


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Vandalia is lucky enough to have one of the best park systems in the country, and also lucky enough to have a great walking trail.
The park used to be one great place to play, but, today, I'm glad my kids are older, because our parks are becoming full of dog litter, because some consider it a place to let their dogs relieve themselves and just let it lie.
Yes, I walk large dogs twice a day in the park, but I also pick up after them.
When I was teaching school and there was an election, I would take this "One Vote" paper to classes.
I wanted students to see how important voting can be, and for them to encourage their parents to vote.
I've voted in 15 presidential elections, and this one is very different than any of those, so much so that many people aren't enthusiastic about voting for either candidate, and are close to not going to the polls at all.
But, we must remind ourselves that there are many positions and issues on which to vote.
Today, as never before, we in America must pray for our beloved country.
As Daniel interceded in the Bible for Jerusalem, we must do the same for America, inserting the word America into his prayer as found in Daniel 9:4-19. America needs to be turned back to Go.
With the upcoming elections, we, as voters, must exercise our privilege and responsibility to vote.
A person does not have to be a pundit on history or politics to know the country is changing. The people were promised "change" eight years ago, and even though the word reeks with ambiguity, it was received with enthusiasm … but not all were enthused. There were concerns, and they have proven to be justified and, as time passes, there are new concerns.
I offer this as a direct rebuttal to your last "Letter to the Editor," from the former County Board chairman, Mr. Knebel. I was one of the topics of his long letter of half-truths. So here is the rest of the story as it relates to me and only me. Please keep in mind, Mr. Knebel was in my wedding and was someone I considered a friend. However, obviously friendship means nothing when you are trying to defend yourself from the allegation of criminal activity.
When tragedy strikes, no one ever really knows what to do next. We learned that first hand when tragedy struck our family in the early morning hours of Aug. 4, 2010, when our loved ones, Debbie Tish and Mike Mahon, were murdered as they slept. The day after, we quickly learned that the person to help us move forward through at least one process, the judicial process, was then-State's Attorney Stephen Friedel.
The Vandalia Lions Club has sponsored the Annual Halloween Parade for over 70 years now and the Parade has undergone many changes throughout the years. This parade has been recognized as one of the finer parades in Southern Illinois and band directors from all over the area from as far away as Mascoutah, Mattoon, and Mt. Vernon have complimented the City, the Lions Club, and the people of Vandalia for running and hosting a great parade.
This letter is addressed to the Vandalia Lions Club:
I just want to say what I think about taking the candy away from the Halloween Parade.
I was told that it is about crowd control. They want to stop the unruly kids from running out in front of the participants in the parade. Let me tell you about those unruly kids. Their parents were raised the same way and their parents before them. They do not know any other way. They often see very little happiness in their lives.
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A ribbon-cutting on Silverbell Road and a ground-breaking for the Silverbell-Cortaro District Park is set for 10 a.m. Friday, April 3, on Silverbell just south of the Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library in Marana.
The event is free and open to the public. It has been arranged by the town of Marana.
Silverbell has been built from Cortaro Road to Ina Road in Marana.
Silverbell-Cortaro District Court includes soccer, baseball / softball and slow-pitch softball fields, basketball, tennis and sand volleyball courts, group and picnic ramadas, concessions facilities and restrooms, playgrounds, a dog park, a festival / outdoor performance area, preserved cultural resource features, multi-use paths and walkways.
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Chiarelli: 'We have room to sign our guys tonight'Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli held a Tuesday afternoon conference call with reporters, and confirmed that the team has enough room under the salary cap to sign all of their restricted free agents prior to the July 1 deadline for RFAs.
After July 1 the Bruins RFAs (Phil Kessel, Matt Hunwick, Byron Bitz) can begin accepting offer sheets from opposing NHL teams, and Chiarelli said that it's a roll of the dice that the Bruins are willing to take. Chiarelli is surely taking into account the fact that teams can go 10 percent over the salary cap in the summer, but must fit snugly under the $56.8 cap number before the start of the 2009-10 hockey season.
The "read-and-react" philosophy that Chiarelli is employing is one that your humble hockey writer opined about on Monday, and it looks as if there won't be any Kessel trade in the works over the next couple of days. Instead the B's GM is fine with watching how things play out when the July 1 free agent shopping period begins, and players like Kessel can be wooed by other teams.
It was assumed that Chiarelli couldn't fit Kessel's $5 million per season salary demands under the cap, but perhaps the 21-year-old sniper is asking for something closer to $4.25-4.5 million. Either way, Chiarelli said he doesn't anticipate coming to terms with any of his free agents prior to Wednesday.
'We have room (under the cap) to sign our guys at what they're asking tonight, but we're not going to do it," said Chiarelli. "There's a risk allowing these guys to go out unsigned into the market place, I understand that. That's a risk we're willing to take and we're also willing to continue to negotiate.'
Other tidbits from the conference call:
–Chiarelli restated that his No. 1 priority in a world with no salary cap would be another No. 1 or No. 2 defenseman to ease some of the pressure off Zdeno Chara in terms of on-ice minutes.
'My (wish) list would probably include an impact defenseman, either a 1 or a 2 (pairing). It's more minutes to sort of ease the pressure on Zdeno (Chara)," said Chiarelli. "Z can play both (the right or left) side, and it's not just (getting a right-handed shot).
"If we don't do anything with our 'D' then I'm happy with it. You have to remember that two of our defenseman didn't play in the last series (against Carolina) and I feel that's a big part that's missing. Let's say I don't have that (imaginary) $12 million or whatever, I'm happy with where I'm at defensively. If I don't do anything defensively, then I'd like to get some size on the wing."
–Both Matt Hunwick and Byron Bitz have arbitration rights as RFAs and have until 5 p.m. on July 5 to opt for arbitration with the Bruins concerning their contracts.
–Peter Schaefer has cleared waivers and the Bruins have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to decide whether they'll but out the remainder of his contract. Schaefer was scheduled to make $2.1 million this coming season, but Chiarelli said Schaefer's contract settlement would amount to an approximate $566,667 salary cap hit for the next two seasons.
UPDATE: The Bruins sent out a release on Tuesday evening that announced the Bruins were buying out Schaefer's contract, and the B's will have an additional $566,667 cap hit on the books for the next two seasons. Schaefer is now a free agent capable of signing with any other NHL team.


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WRAPUP 4-G20 to tackle food prices as countries reassure
* G20 in working group talks on food security - official
* Thailand vows to maintain rice exports at 2010 level
* WFP says sugar and cooking oil boosting overall prices (Adds Latin American inflation rising on food costs)
By Kim Yeonhee
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The world's biggest economies are working to find ways to bring down soaring food prices, a G20 official said on Friday, as top exporter Thailand vowed to keep rice supply steady and avert a repeat of the 2008 food crisis.
Global food prices hit a record high last month, outstripping the levels that sparked riots in several countries in 2008, and key grains could rise further, the United Nations' food agency said this week.
Policymakers are concerned that, if unchecked, rising food prices could stoke inflation, protectionism and unrest.
High food prices and unemployment were blamed for a second day of rioting in Algeria Friday with police deployed around mosques and authorities suspending football matches.
Rhee Chang-yong, who represents South Korea at the G20, said working-group talks were under way aimed at improving global cooperation to resolve food security problems. Continued...


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WINNING the world championship may be all in the mind for Sebastian Vettel and
Fernando Alonso on Sunday.
The double world champions face off in Brazil to decide who will seize a third
But it might not be mere driving skill that determines the outcome.
In such a pressure-cooker situation, their state of mind will kick in as a
major factor.
Who will be able to handle such high expectation from a watching world? And
whose nerves could be shredded come lights out at Interlagos?
Renowned sports psychologist DON MACPHERSON has been delving into the
gladiators' heads in a bid to predict who will be hailed the hero. Here's
his take on the final showdown…
It's Alonso v Vettel with the score at Spain 2 Germany 2. But who will go 3-2
up on Sunday evening?
Will it be card trick expert Alonso, who will certainly need some magic? And
will Beatles fan Vettel be thinking 'I Feel Fine' or 'Help!'
Instead of listening to the usual predictable mutterings from their PRs, let's
imagine we can climb inside their heads and hear what they are REALLY
Here's Fernando: "Miles off the pace in Austin but got a podium. Great stuff.
Only 13 points behind. I can still do it.
"Nothing to lose so now I can really cut loose and have a proper crack. But I
need to put Seb under more pressure somehow.
"He's not as cool as he looks. Must find a way of getting on the front row and
then get yet another cracking start.
"Can't keep relying on Lady Luck. She might have decided I've had my share
this year. Some rain would be handy, though. I love it when it's wet.
"Hmm, I hope the pit stops are OK in Brazil. The guys are getting nervous.
First mistake in Austin. I'll have a quiet word with them, tell them we are
all in this together, not to worry.
"I love these title deciders, it's my fourth time. Pressure is a privilege.
The best race is yet to come and the glass is still half full. That rain
would be good, though "
Now let's drop in on Vettel: "Thirteen points clear, that should do nicely.
Hope the car doesn't break down, though. Bl**dy alternators.
"A strong race from Mark would be helpful as Massa could be a handful on his
home track.
"But I just need to stay calm. I've got the faster car. Thank you, Adrian.
Focus on another pole position, get a decent start then clear off into the
"Fernando has to take risks but I don't. I've done this twice before. I am the
champion and I know what to do. Flair with care. See where we are after
qualifying, then race with the big picture in mind.
"I see myself on the podium, job done. Better watch my language this time,
though. Oh yes, and take some Little Britain and Monty Python DVDs with me
to help me stay calm and relaxed. Then turn up the Beatles on the iPod. Beep
beep beep beep, yeah! Be good if it didn't rain, though "
The interesting thing to me about these two great warriors is that, mentally,
they are nothing like what might be expected from their respective
Alonso has done a great job in curbing the emotional Latin outbursts that
peppered his McLaren days. He is so cool and relaxed you would not know he
was Spanish.
Vettel looks and sounds German. But thanks to his wicked sense of humour and
likeable boyish charm, and his tendency to become emotional under pressure,
he is the most un-Germanic German F1 racer of all time.
There is little between them but if I had to choose I would say Alonso has the
slightly better mind management going into the finale.
But I am still going to email Lady Luck on his behalf inviting her to enjoy
VIP hospitality in the Ferrari pit. I think he is going to need her one more
time. Be good if it rained
PS: For me F1's best mind manager of all time bows out forever on Sunday. He
had the calmest, most focused and smartest (sometimes too smart) mind I have
ever come across. Thank you Michael. I wish you a great result in your final
F1 race. But most of all, be safe.
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The school accountability movement is founded on the principles of transparency, high expectations, and the dissemination of accurate information about educational quality. While there is much to like about Ohio's recently signed charter school reform legislation, one provision in the bill is at odds with all three of these ideas. As a result, it threatens to significantly undermine Ohio's efforts to hold charter school operators and public school districts accountable for the achievement of the students they educate.
The provision I'm referring to requires the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to create and evaluate a new "Similar Students" measure of academic achievement, based on a metric used in California. The final language of the legislation only called for a study of such a measure but there appears to be significant interest from legislators and stakeholder groups in formally incorporating it into Ohio's existing school accountability system, particularly for charter schools. Once ODE completes its evaluation, this conversation is likely to intensify.
In a new analysis, I show why this would be a terrible idea. Using data from ODE and technical documentation from the California Charter Schools Association, I precisely replicate California's methodology and create the Similar Students measure that...
CREDO's national study of online charter schools has prompted even ardent supporters to call for "tough changes" in how they are regulated. Released in tandem with Mathematica's survey of operational practices of e-schools and an analysis of state online charter policy by the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), the findings showed that Ohio online charter students learned seventy-nine fewer days in reading and 144 fewer days in math. (Read our analysis of the study here.)
Where does Ohio stand in its current regulation of online schools (which serve nearly one-third of the state's entire charter school population)? And what can policy makers—and the e-schools themselves—do to ensure that students are better served? Let's examine each question in turn.
Ohio's recent steps to regulate e-schools
After an eight-year moratorium, Ohio lifted its ban on e-schools and allowed three new ones to open in 2013. The state regulates their expansion more tightly than charter schools broadly. In deciding who may open, the Ohio Department of Education examines both the track record of the operator and sponsor of each proposed e-school. Statute allows five e-schools to open each year, but the department may elect to approve...
This brief by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools offers "the most comprehensive analysis to date" on what is a very convoluted topic—special education funding in charter schools. Drawing from a review of state funding laws, websites, documents, and interviews with key stakeholders, the authors present their findings in several parts.
First, "Getting Lost While Trying to Follow the Money" (apt title, by the way) offers a primer on special education funding. Understanding the flow of special education dollars requires a grasp of overlapping federal, state, and local funding streams, which the brief outlines effectively. Readers learn the history of IDEA Part B, the ins and outs of the "maintenance of effort" requirements, and instances in which schools can qualify for Medicaid reimbursements. The report also describes the types of state funding formulas used. Ohio is one of nineteen states with a weighted funding formula (i.e., special education funding is based on the severity of a student's disability, type of placement, and overall need). The vast majority of charters can't access local funds (in Ohio, a handful in Cleveland can). Thus, if their special education costs exceed...
In spite of some well-publicized controversies, performance-based teacher evaluations have maintained a strong presence in most states. A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) examines the policy landscape of teacher and principal evaluations, as well as various states' successes in using evaluations to inform teacher practice and administrative decisions.
As of 2015, twenty-seven states require annual evaluations for all teachers, and forty-five require annual evaluations for all new, probationary teachers. Forty-three states require objective measures of student achievement to be included in teacher evaluations; seventeen use student growth as the "preponderant" criterion for evaluations; and an additional eighteen count growth measures as "significant" criteria.
Despite these new policies, however, a "troubling pattern" lingers on from the evaluation systems of yesteryear: The overwhelming majority of teachers are still labeled as "effective" or "highly effective." NCTQ notes this could be the result of several factors, including the fact that few states utilize multiple observations and multiple observers—which is problematic because many principals are either unable or unwilling to "make distinctions about teacher skills" when conducting observations. In addition, Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)—which are required or allowed by twenty-two states—fail to effectively differentiate teacher performance. According to...
School finance systems are complicated, often controversial, and subject to a certain amount of speculation. Are public schools "overfunded" or "underfunded"? Are they wasting precious taxpayer dollars or putting them to effective use? From which sources are they receiving their funds, and what strings might be attached? Are our public institutions on solid financial footing, or are they in dire straits?
These are fundamental questions that parents and taxpayers have every right to ask and to which they're owed clear answers. One crucial disclosure is a district's statement of revenues and expenditures—akin to a business's income and expense statement. This report describes how a district raised revenue and how it spent those funds during the past fiscal year.
But you may be surprised to learn that the state revenues received and transferred to charters are also included in a district's financial statement. You wouldn't know it by simply looking at the statement: Consider, for example, the statement of revenues and expenditures for Cincinnati City Schools in the figure below.
You'll notice that the presentation doesn't clearly display the $57 million received to educate Cincinnati...


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Havas merges transatlantic duo of digital shopsCreative Lynx, to form Havas Lynx, a transatlantic full service group which will serve as a mini-network alongside Havas Life and Health4Brands.
Havas Lynx will be led in the US by Larry Mickelberg, who will also serve as president of the group, and in Europe by a quartet of co-directors – Neil Martin, David Hunt, Dave Whittingham and Steve Nicholas.
"While we have a full service offering, the nature of the work we do is much more about creating liquid experiences that traverse the health ecosystem – technologies, places and health needs – as opposed to classic brand positioning and messaging," said Mickelberg, who is chief digital officer and partner at Havas Health. Both he and the quartet of UK directors will report to Havas Health global CEOs Donna Murphy and Doug Burcin.
The combined group will boast a staff of around 300 and a client roster including Novartis, AstraZeneca and Janssen, for which Creative Lynx developed the pioneering Psoriasis360 social media campaign.
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How this circuit works (Baby Huey type)
I found this during some browsing about the Baby Huey circuit, and it's pretty interesting.
I understand how the inverse of the signal is present on the cathode, but I don't understand why this would produce the same amplitude as the other tube. Does that make sense?
Using some math, and totally made up numbers:
Quiescent state:
Grid voltage = .3 volts
Cathode voltage = 1.3 volts
Plate current = 10 mA
Cathode resistor = 130 Ω
Alright, that's easy enough. Since it's in quiescent state shouldn't the other tube be conducting equally?
Grid voltage = 0 volts
Cathode voltage = 1.3 volts
Already we can see that since the grid to cathode voltage is not the same, different amounts of current will flow...
What's wrong here?
What value of grid current did you use?
Hm? Not sure what you mean. What would that affect?
Well... some amount of DC grid current must be flowing to arrive at a 0.3 grid voltage...
Yeah, I get that for sure, but what does that affect in terms of tube conduction?
Cheers! :)
The tubes conduct primarily based on the voltage difference between the grid and the cathode.
Yeah, I know. I'm just confused about what you said about grid current, and how that's relevant here. If one grid is at .3 volts at quiescent state, and one is at 0 volts, and the cathode voltage is the same, how can conduction be equal?
You are saying that there is 0.3 Volts at one of the grids... that implies a current flow does it not?
Where does the 0.3 come from... and how did you arrive at that?
This amplifier has been discussed before -- here i think.
What i understand is that the price for using the output pair as the phase splitter is that it is only capable of delivering half the power of a more conventionally driven push-pull pr.
Having a tail resistor, instead of a CCS, will cause some assymetry between the output tube drives. The cathode driven tube won't get quite as much drive signal as the grid driven tube due to some AC current loss to the tail resistor. The grid input signal to the 1st tube will generally have to be twice as large to drive both output tubes (compared to normal dual inverted drives). But should be capable of about the same power output as normal (with doubled drive) if the assymetry is not so large as to cut down the power significantly from the second tube.
I think this scheme also increases the output impedance (higher damping factor then) due to effective resistance in the cathode circuit. Each tube sees approx. 1/gm resistance in its cathode circuit from the other tube and the tail R in parallel. Normal configuration would have the cathodes grounded.
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