text: Fault Tolerance Chapter 7 Failures in Distributed Systems • Partial failures – characteristic of distributed systems • Goals: • Construct systems which can automatically recover from partial failures • System should operate in an acceptable way even during failures Basic of Dependable Systems • Availability – Property that the system is operating correctly at a given moment • Reliability – Property that a system can continuously run without failures • Safety – Failures should not lead to catastrophes • Maintainability – How easy is it to repair a failed system Failures, Errors and Faults • Failure – A system not meeting its promises • Error – Part of system's state that may lead to failure – Eg: Damaged packets • Fault – Cause of error – Bad transmission medium, bad disk, etc. • Types of faults – Transient – Occur once and disappear – Intermittent – Appear, vanish and reappear – Permanent – Continues until repair Failure Models Type of failure Description Crash failure A server halts, but is working correctly until it halts Omission failure Receive omission Send omission A server fails to respond to incoming requests A server fails to receive incoming messages A server fails to send messages Timing failure A server's response lies outside the specified time interval Response failure Value failure State transition failure The server's response is incorrect The value of the response is wrong The server deviates from the correct flow of control Arbitrary failure A server may produce arbitrary responses at arbitrary times Different types of failures. Failure Masking by Redundancy • Hiding failures from other processes • Three types of redundancies • Information redundancy – Extra data is added to hide failure. – Eg. Hamming codes • Timing redundancy – Extra actions are performed for hiding failures – Redoing a transaction • Physical redundancy – Extra equipment (processes) for hiding failures – Extra disks, process pools etc. Triple Modular Redundancy Process Resilience • • • • • Organizing process into groups Message sent to group is received by all members Dynamic groups Processes can be members of several groups Flat groups – All processes are equal – Complicated decision making • Hierarchical group – Coordinator and workers – Single point of failure Flat Groups versus Hierarchical Groups a) b) Communication in a flat group. Communication in a simple hierarchical group Group Membership • Group server: Handles group management functions – Single point of failure • Distributed group management – Sending entry/exit messages to all nodes • Exit handling – No polite announcement for crashes • Synchrony of exits and enters with messages – Process should receive all messages from the moment it joins the network and until it exits Failure Masking via Replication • • • • • Primary backup protocol Replicated write protocol K fault tolerance If processes fail silently – k+1 processes For Byzantine failure – (2K+1) processes Agreement in Faulty Systems • Agreement is more complex • Agreement needed for electing coordinator, committing transactions etc. • Goal – Non faulty processes should reach consensus in finite number of steps • Perfect processes, faulty communication – Two army problem Consensus in Faulty Processes • • • • • • • Byzantine generals problem Blue army is split into many units Pair-wise communication Each general reports his troop strength Faulty generals may report false strengths Problem is to arrive at consensus Need (3m+1) processes to tolerate m faulty generals Agreement in Faulty Systems (1) The Byzantine generals problem for 3 loyal generals and1 traitor. a) The generals announce their troop strengths (in units of 1 kilosoldiers). b) The vectors that each general assembles based on (a) c) The vectors that each general receives in step 3. Agreement in Faulty Systems (2) The same as in previous slide, except now with 2 loyal generals and one traitor. RPC Semantics in Presence of Failures • • • • • • 5 types of exceptions Client cannot locate server Request to server is lost Server crashes after receiving request Reply message from server is lost Client crashes after sending in request Not Locating Server • Causes: – Server might be down – Version mismatch between client and server stubs • Possible solutions – Raising exception • Relying on programming language for a systems problem • Not all languages have exceptions • Transparency is compromised Lost Request Messages • Easiest to handle • Use timers • Retransmission on timeout • Duplicate detection at server end Server Crashes • Server can crash either before executing or after executing (before sending reply) • Crash after execution needs to be reported to client • Crash before execution can be handled by retransmission • Client's OS cannot distinguish between the two Server Crashes A server in client-server communication a) Normal case b) Crash after execution c) Crash before execution Handling Server Crashes • Wait until server reboots and try again – At least once semantics • Give up immediately and report failure – At most once semantics • Guarantee nothing • The need is for exactly once semantics • Two messages to clients – Request acknowledgement – Completion message Server and Client Strategies • Server strategies – Send completion message before operation – Send completion message after operation • Client strategies – – – – Never reissue a request Always reissue a request Only reissue request if acknowledgement not received Only reissue if completion message not received • Client never knows the exact sequence of crash • Server failures changes RPC fundamentally Server Crashes (2) Client Server Strategy M -> P Reissue strategy Strategy P -> M MPC MC(P) C(MP) PMC PC(M) C(PM) Always DUP OK OK DUP DUP OK Never OK ZERO ZERO OK OK ZERO DUP OK ZERO DUP OK ZERO OK ZERO OK OK DUP OK Only when ACKed Only when not ACKed Different combinations of client and server strategies in the presence of server crashes. Lost Reply Messages • Timer at client – Client is not sure whether the reply is lost or server is slow • Idempotent operations • Can all operations be made idempotent? • Sequence numbers in requests – Server refuses to perform a duplicate request – Server should maintain state of each client • A bit to distinguish duplicates from originals Client Crashes • • • • • • • Can lead to orphans Wastages of resources Confusions or reboots Extermination with logging Reincarnation with epochs Gentler re-incarnation Expiration Reliable Group Communication • Reliable multicasting is important for several applications • Transport layer protocols rarely offer reliable multicasting • What is reliable multicasting? – Communication sent to the group should reach each member – What happens if process crashes (or enters) during multicasting? • Multicasting with faulty processes & multicasting with non-faulty processes Basic Reliable Multicasting • Group is assumed to be stable • Communication may be faulty – Underlying unreliable multicasting service • Easy if the number of processes are small • Use acknowledgements – Either positive or negative • Sequence number for each message • Retransmission on negative ack or no timeout • Poor scalability of positive ack Basic Reliable-Multicasting Schemes A simple solution to reliable multicasting when all receivers are known and are assumed not to fail a) Message transmission b) Reporting feedback Nonhierarchical Feedback Control • Positive acks are not scalable • Why not use negative acks? – Arbitrary wait times (no timeouts) • Feedback Suppression – Reducing the number of acks returned to the sender • • • • • Only negative feedback Feedback is multicast to all members Retransmissions are multicast too Feedback time has to be carefully adjusted Can unnecessarily interrupt other processes Nonhierarchical Feedback Control Several receivers have scheduled a request for retransmission, but the first retransmission request leads to the suppression of others. Hierarchical Feedback Control The essence of hierarchical reliable multicasting. a) Each local coordinator forwards the message to its children. b) A local coordinator handles retransmission requests. Atomic Multicast • Message is delivered to all or none • Database example • Crashed replica needs to know which updates it missed • Atomic multicasting eliminates this problem • Update is performed if the remaining replicas have agreed what the group looks like Virtual Synchrony (1) The logical organization of a distributed system to distinguish between message receipt and message delivery Atomic Multicast • Each multicast message is associated with a list of processes • Changes to group membership are announced via "View Change" messages • "m" is delivered to all members before "vc" is delivered or "m" is not delivered at all • What happens if sender crashes – Abort message or ignoring m • View changes act as barriers which no multicasting can cross Virtual Synchrony (2) The principle of virtual synchronous multicast. Ordering of Multicast Messages • • • • Unordered FIFO Causally-ordered Totally-ordered Message Ordering (1) Process P1 Process P2 Process P3 sends m1 receives m1 receives m2 sends m2 receives m2 receives m1 Three communicating processes in the same group. The ordering of events per process is shown along the vertical axis. Message Ordering (2) Process P1 Process P2 Process P3 Process P4 sends m1 receives m1 receives m3 sends m3 sends m2 receives m3 receives m1 sends m4 receives m2 receives m2 receives m4 receives m4 Four processes in the same group with two different senders, and a possible delivery order of messages under FIFO-ordered multicasting Implementing Virtual Synchrony (1) Multicast Basic Message Ordering Total-ordered Delivery? Reliable multicast None No FIFO multicast FIFO-ordered delivery No Causal multicast Causal-ordered delivery No Atomic multicast None Yes FIFO atomic multicast FIFO-ordered delivery Yes Causal atomic multicast Causal-ordered delivery Yes Six different versions of virtually synchronous reliable multicasting. Implementing Virtual Synchrony (2) a) b) c) Process 4 notices that process 7 has crashed, sends a view change Process 6 sends out all its unstable messages, followed by a flush message Process 6 installs the new view when it has received a flush message from everyone else Distributed Commit • • • • • Commit – Making an operation permanent Transactions in databases One phase commit does not work !!! Two phase commit & three phase commit Two phase commit – Coordinator sends a VOTE_REQUEST – Participant sends a VOTE_COMMIT or VOTE_ABORT – Coordinator collects all votes and sends GLOBAL_COMMIT or GLOBAL_ABORT to all – Processes commit or abort the transaction Two-Phase Commit (1) a) b) The finite state machine for the coordinator in 2PC. The finite state machine for a participant. 2 Phase Commit with Failures • Process failures can lead to indefinite blocking • Timeout mechanisms • Wait states – INIT of a participant: Abort and send VOTE_ABORT – WAIT of coordinator: Send VOTE_ABORT – READY of participant • When participant P is ready it can ask other participant Q – If Q is in INIT, Abort the transaction – If Q has received commit or Abort act accordingly – If Q has in WAIT, BLOCK Two-Phase Commit (2) State of Q Action by P COMMIT Make transition to COMMIT ABORT Make transition to ABORT INIT Make transition to ABORT READY Contact another participant Actions taken by a participant P when residing in state READY and having contacted another participant Q. Coordinator Actions • Record WAIT and then multicast VOTE_REQUEST to everyone • After all decisions have been received, record the decision and then multicast Participant Actions • Waits for a vote request • Upon receiving a request, the participant decides the vote • Records the vote and replies • Logs the global decision and then executes • DECISION_REQUEST if timeout Two-Phase Commit (3) actions by coordinator: while START _2PC to local log; multicast VOTE_REQUEST to all participants; while not all votes have been collected { wait for any incoming vote; if timeout { while GLOBAL_ABORT to local log; multicast GLOBAL_ABORT to all participants; exit; } record vote; } if all participants sent VOTE_COMMIT and coordinator votes COMMIT{ write GLOBAL_COMMIT to local log; multicast GLOBAL_COMMIT to all participants; } else { write GLOBAL_ABORT to local log; multicast GLOBAL_ABORT to all participants; } Outline of the steps taken by the coordinator in a two phase commit protocol Two-Phase Commit (4) actions by participant: Steps taken by participant process in 2PC. write INIT to local log; wait for VOTE_REQUEST from coordinator; if timeout { write VOTE_ABORT to local log; exit; } if participant votes COMMIT { write VOTE_COMMIT to local log; send VOTE_COMMIT to coordinator; wait for DECISION from coordinator; if timeout { multicast DECISION_REQUEST to other participants; wait until DECISION is received; /* remain blocked */ write DECISION to local log; } if DECISION == GLOBAL_COMMIT write GLOBAL_COMMIT to local log; else if DECISION == GLOBAL_ABORT write GLOBAL_ABORT to local log; } else { write VOTE_ABORT to local log; send VOTE ABORT to coordinator; } Two-Phase Commit (5) actions for handling decision requests: /* executed by separate thread */ while true { wait until any incoming DECISION_REQUEST is received; /* remain blocked */ read most recently recorded STATE from the local log; if STATE == GLOBAL_COMMIT send GLOBAL_COMMIT to requesting participant; else if STATE == INIT or STATE == GLOBAL_ABORT send GLOBAL_ABORT to requesting participant; else skip; /* participant remains blocked */ Steps taken for handling incoming decision requests. Recovery • Backward Recovery – Restoring system to previous consistent state • Forward Recovery – Attempt to bring the system to the next correct state – Needs what the correct state is • Checkpointing • Logging with checkpointing Checkpointing A recovery line.


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The Nautilus
As the morning sunlight trickled in through the tiny windows of her cabin, Cornelia combed her long dark hair into a tight bun. She then scrutinized her freshly washed face to ensure that any trace of last night's tears had been erased. It was the first time she'd cried in a long time. And she allowed herself only a few while within the privacy of her own cabin. Looking in the mirror she reminded herself that she was a stalwart woman, a good leader with a mildly impressive career. Yet she was still a woman and certain men had the power to provoke tears.
This knowledge made Cornelia frustrated and slightly ashamed of herself. She had resolved to put Cornwall behind her and proceed with this expedition professionally. But that note, pathetically and silently scrawled on a napkin had lit a spark of hope inside her. Perhaps he was sincerely sorry for what he'd done to her but it was too little too late. Regardless of that spark of hope no degree of handsomeness or intellectual charm would get Cliff into her good graces again. Her eyes had narrowed with the inaudible resolution her jaw set sternly and her fist unintentionally curled into a fist on the simple desk table serving as her vanity.
The internal conversation was brought to a close by a rapping at the door. Cornelia let out the sharp acknowledgment "what do you want?" assuming that it was a member of her crew. Most likely Johnson, the boy had a never ending stream of excuses to come see her. Something she didn't really need to authorize, inane updates on simple voyages or her personal favourite, projects and chores being suggested or offered to be done by him. Walking to the door she unclenched her fist to straighten her vest but kept her jaw in an aggressive pose. Already she had become annoyed by the prospect of another scheme to 'improve' the Belle Marie.
Understandably she was slightly embarrassed and taken aback when a slightly offended baryton-martin voice with the bearings of being well-bred and educated replied to her previous rude query:
"Well, your presence has been requested to accompany me on my visit to Mr. Cornwall later this morning Ms. Harper. I apologize for the short notice but it is of the utmost interest and importance to this expedition at the moment. I do not wish to impose upon you of course however, I'm sure that you understand that under the circumstances . . ."
Cornelia opened her door quickly and in one smooth yet slightly suspicious movement slid herself from between its opening and closed it behind her, impeding Professor Harold Ikonov's apologetic elucidation from continuing further. Cornelia locked the door to her cabin, preventing Ikonov or anyone else for that matter from seeing its untidy state and flashed an admittedly charming contrite smile at the tall flustered man.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting professor, shall we be off?"
"Not a problem Ms. Harper and I think we shall."
Together they walked down the corridor of the Belle Marie which housed its more domestic functions. The captain's quarters, various storage facilities, and the galley.
"Might I ask the nature of this visit?", Cornelia interrupted the silence.
"We are going to inspect that, what did he call it?, submersible of sorts that Mr. Cornwall has been bragging about."
"Ah the Nautilus", supplied Cornelia.
"yes that's it."
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It was breathtaking. "Isn't she beautiful", boasted Cornwall with a flourish towards the vessel half exposed out of the water.
"Fascinating", gasped Ikonov "However do you supply the chamber with enough oxygen?"
"Surely a brilliant scientific mind like your own can provide a solution to such a conundrum, Ike.", Cornwall prodded good naturedly.
"It would be easier to imagine if I could lay eyes on such a device."
"Of course, come let me show you how the mechanisms work."
And with that the old school chums took their leave. Ikonov's hands moved about wildly to accompany his stream of questions and his own conjectures at their answers. Cornwall left with an apologetic glance. Cornelia however was happy to be relieved of the men's company. The professor was a pleasant man but his scientific babbling could be grating on the nerves and Cliff was, well Cliff.
Cornelia took the time to inspect the vessel herself. She ran a leather gloved hand along its iron hull. Despite being halfway submersed in the cool waters of the Seine River it felt warm against her palm. She could imagine it pulsing from the massive engines that must lie within. In form the vessel was not that different than her airship. It was smaller and sleeker and definitely younger though.
The largest difference was that there was nothing forgiving about the submersible. It was hard and austere, every feature had a purpose. In contrast the Belle Marie was like an auntie or mother. Her well used hull protected its occupants. Her sails unfurled like pillow-y breasts. She was soft and comforting yet became formidable when situation needed.
Such a massive piece of technology must have taken a fortune to build. Cornelia wondered if Cornwall was capable of building such a vessel. It was conceivable, he had dabbled in engineering. Funding however must have come from an external source. She wished she had a gaggle of charmed aristocrats with loose purse strings to fund her expeditions and repairs to the Belle Marie.
As her hand came to the end of the hull she spotted the men coming above deck. She rested her hand on the prop, now benign but deadly when in motion. The propeller was not unlike the one's she'd seen on the more exotic ships in the hangar.
"Ms. Harper, would you mind coming below deck with us?" called the Professor.
"of course", she acquiesced before following the men back into the vessel.
The inside was as cold and metallic as the outside but with numerous levers and controls scattered about. The interior was dark; it took Cornelia's eyes a moment to adjust before she could see Cornwall and Ikonov properly.
"Ms. Harper I know that this expedition has already proved", the professor paused and nervously shifted his eyes between Cornwall and Cornelia before continuing ". . . difficult however I regret to inform you that another complication has arisen."
Cornelia didn't let the knowledge take her off guard but she did find it irritating. She crossed her arms and set her jaw in an offensive display ready for whatever new problem was about to be put under her responsibility. Ikonov looked at her apprehensively, afraid to anger the woman he had put in so much danger. "Get it out!", she goaded impatiently.
Cornwall stepped up to answer for him, "We're being monitored."
"you mean like spied on?"
"in a manner of speaking."
"This is a problem that endangers the expedition and my crew; therefore I need to eradicate it. So please explain yourself before I can no longer compose myself gentlemen."
"They aren't spies in the nature that you're thinking of" helped Ikanov.
"Last night I noticed a radio signal coming from the Belle Marie." Continued Cornwall.
"But the radio is only operable when she's in the air."
"Exactly that's why I was suspicious; I tracked the signal and found this.", Cornwall held up a small bell shaped device with an impossibly long thin metal stick protruding from it's curve.
"So that's why you were on the ship. Well, I've never seen that!", protested Cornelia.
"We're not accusing you and few people have seen such a thing" calmly replied Ikonov. "The radio beacon is very sophisticated, the Belle Marie's average movement and altitude would usually make reception and broadcasting extremely difficult. You know how radio's work of course, however the disturbing element is the devices ability to act as a receiver from remote distances."
"like a telephone?", asked Cornelia
"vaguely", agreed Ikonov "but using radio waves instead of wires. Also this device is only able to transmit sound and its pair can only receive. In that regard it is less sophisticated than your average communications radio aboard ships."
"How do you know so much about this?", asked Cornelia
"I briefly experimented with forerunners of this invention a time ago. The funding came from a gentleman who decided to exploit the science for it's value to the militia. I disagreed with the projects new direction and quit."
"Well how did such an infernal device land aboard my ship!," outraged Cornelia.
'There are only really two possibilities" followed Cornwall. "Either there's a mole on your crew or an outsider put it there."
Cornelia seethed with disgust knowing what Cliff was going to say next.
"From what Ike has told me the odds in this wager lie most heavily with Lord Alastair."
Cornelia was so infuriated. That noble tallywagger had gone a step too far. Harassing her and the crew was tolerable but invading their privacy and fiddling with her ship were out of the question. He would never lay finger on the Belle Marie again. She had already made up her mind to turn heel and go make a thorough inspection of her airship but before doing so applied a quick coat of lipstick the colour of her rage and uttered the most unladylike profanity, "That Bastard!"

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Source: Sunday Mail December 1999
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Queenstar Brian treated in clinic to cure obsession with his TV lover DobsonROCK legend Brian May is secretly being treated at a top dependencyclinic...for his addiction to lover Anita Dobson.
The troubled Queen guitarist, 52, booked into the exclusive CottonwoodClinicin Arizona, a favourite with celebrity addicts.
He flew out after telling friends his obsession with his on-off girlfriendof12 years was ruining his life.
And the curly-haired multi-millionaire even flew his two eldest childrenJimmy,21, and Louisa, 18, to the desert clinic for group therapy sessions.
He also begged his ex-wife Chrissy - who he dumped for Anita - to join intherehabilitation treatment but she refused.
Now Brian, who has found a young new audience after linking up with hit boyband 5ive at the Brit Awards, is continuing weekly sessions with aCottonwoodcounsellor in London.
It was at the suggestion of his therapist that the star and formerEastEnderAnita, 50, flew off on a "new beginning" sunshine holiday to the SeychellesandMauritius two weeks, ago.
Brian wrote the 1996 song Too Much Love Will Kill You about hisrelationshipwith Anita, and Queen's long run of hits also includes the Crazy LittleThingCalled Love.
Last night a friend said: "Brian has tried, but he can't live withoutAnita.They often cause each other nothing but misery, but Brian is lost withouther.
"He says he is addicted to her like some people are addicted to drink ordrugs.The therapy sessions are aimed at letting him have a more normalrelationshipwith Anita rather than his weird obsession with her. Brian feels it is theonlyway they can make their love work."
The rocker secretly booked into the clinic - where model Naomi Campbell andformer Beatle Ringo Starr have both been patients - when friends feared hewasheading for a breakdown.
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Brian's decision to seek treatment followed a series of bitter rifts withhislover. Last year they split after he began an affair with his marriedsecretaryJulie Glover. Anita had phoned Julie's unsuspecting husband, showbiz agentJohnGlover, to tell him his wife was sleeping with her boss. Then she gaveBrian anultimatum that he must dump and sack his PA.
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|907 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|4 nights
Located on the 8th floor of the Shores of Panama Resort, this luxurious 1 bedroom condo offers an incredible view of the Emerald Coast. The fully equipped kitchen features updated appliances, custom granite countertops and all of the essentials to create a comfortable home away from home. A dining table and breakfast bar allow plenty of seating for the entire group. This beautiful vacation home is meticulously decorated using stylish décor and comfortable high-end furnishings throughout. Furnished for dining, the large private balcony offers a breathtaking view of sprawling beaches while overlooking the massive lagoon style pool and courtyard. This luxurious beachfront retreat will comfortably accommodate as many as 6 guests.
Take advantage of our FREE activity provided to 1 adult per day on all 4 of our partners: Gulf World, Wonder Works, Island Time Sunset/Dolphin Cruises
and Beachfront Adventures, valued at $ 126.50 per day!
Condo Features
• Furnished Private Balcony
• Living Area with Sleeper Sofa, Flat Screen Television and Balcony Access
• Master Bedroom with King Sized Bed and Flat Screen Television
• Master Bathroom with Bathtub / Shower Combination
• Bunk Area with Twin Sized Bunk Beds **
• Shared 2nd Bathroom with Bathtub / Shower Combination
• Washer and Dryer
• High Speed Internet and Cable
**Bunk Area Weight Limit 120 Pounds
The Shores of Panama Resort holds the distinction of being one of the most popular destinations on Panama City Beach. Every amenity you can dream of is within easy reach at this distinctive resort; from Kid's Club activates to the Shores of Panama Spa, there is something for everyone. This resort features unsurpassed amenities, facilities and an incredible location. Perfectly situated at the corner of South Thomas Drive and Front Beach Road, discover several outstanding restaurants and plenty of family friendly attractions, all within walking distance!
Resort Amenities
• Private Beach Access
• Gorgeous Lagoon Style Gulf Side Swimming Pool with Fountains
• 2 Tiki Bars
• Large Pool Deck with Recreational Features
• Gulf Side Hot Tub
• Large Heated Indoor Swimming Pool and Hot Tub
• Health Center with Fitness Equipment
• Spa, Sauna, Massage Therapy and Steam Room
• Covered On-Site Parking Deck
• Free High Speed Internet Access
*This resort requires the PRIMARY RENTER to be at least 21 years of age.
*Prices subject to change based on availability and may vary for holidays and special events.
Shores of Panama is a beautiful resort but most known for its one of a kind lagoon pool.
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The property manager was more than helpful.
The vacation rental was somewhat dirty.
I was more than happy with the location.
I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.
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The place was OK. It seemed a little old and worn. Especially the couch and pull out bed. There were no sheets for the pull out bed and we went 2 nights without. The air conditioning did not work week and the temperature got up to over 80 degrees inside. The floors were dirty and we had to were shoes the entire time. The master bathroom toilet did not flush properly and the shower drains seemed to be clogged. There were kids screaming off the balcony all hours for the day and night. This upset our children. Everything else was fine and we had a good time. Not sure if we will choose this property again.
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The property manager was very helpful.
The vacation rental was very clean.
I was very happy with the location.
I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.
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Rental was very nice - has a fantastic view of the gulf and beach, and the pool area. Probably the best view besides the end units! You may read some reviews where people say their feet were blackened from the floors - I think it's due to walking barefoot outdoors, and the balcony, which is hard to clean. Kitchen was OK. Master bed was comfortable, as were bunks. On suite master bath has no door for privacy. TV in the living room is old and fuzzy, and remote and DVD player did not work. Washing machine spit out a little water, and the dishwasher is loud, so run it during the day. Resort area is exactly that - it's like being at a resort, but carries a ~$30/day fee for the family to use the resort area. Bar and grill at poolside was great. Bring beach chairs - they charge $20+/day for them at the beach. All-in-all, would rent this unit again!
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The property manager was adequately helpful.
The vacation rental was clean.
I was more than happy with the location.
I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
the room was pleasant but the overall condition of the entire facility was very dirty the staff didn't go out of their way to assist and the atmosphere at night was extremely loud lots of screaming just not a great place for families I guess
Always use Book That Condo for my trips. Excellent service and price.
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The property manager was very helpful.
The vacation rental was clean.
I was very happy with the location.
I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
We had a great time here, the room was beautifully decorated, had an amazing balcony, and very comfortable beds. Kitchen had all necessary supplies. However the tile floor which is throughout the condo needed a really good cleaning. Upon getting there you could feel sand before we even went to the beach, and was very dirty. Our feet was black every time we walked across it.
Rating Details:
The property manager was somewhat unhelpful.
The vacation rental was very dirty.
I was somewhat unhappy with the location.
I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
The parking in the garage for this unit is absolutely horrible. There isn't a reserved parking spot so you have to look for spaces. It is a nightmare because the garage space is so tight. A lot of time on your vacation will be wasted on this effort if you leave the property. Security said they've been complaining about this issue for a couple of years. They were instructed to send us to two abandoned lots at 11:00 at night. One was a mile away another four miles away. We talked to a police officer looking for the lots and he said it was crazy where they were expecting us to park. Not safe area. The elevators are horrible also. So much wasted time waiting on elevtors...lots of guests were complaining. It is not an exaggeration to say you'll wait 10-20min for an elevator early evenings. The floors of our unit were extremely dirty. The patio furniture was filthy too. Disappointing stay. We were there with lots of famlies for an event and all agreed we would not stay at this property when we're back in PCB in two years.
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Are Public Service Nonprofit Boards Meeting Their Responsibilities?
Version of Record online: 15 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.01986.x
Copyright © 2009 The American Society for Public Administration
Public Administration Review
Volume 69, Issue 3, pages 387–390, May/June 2009
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A step closer to artificial cell division - by blowing bubbles (w/video)
|The TU Delft researchers have developed a robust and efficient microfluidic method to form monodisperse, cell-sized, unilamellar liposomes with an excellent encapsulation efficiency. Termed as octanol-assisted liposome assembly (OLA), it essentially works as a bubble-blowing process at a micro scale and uses 1-octanol as a lipid-carrying solvent, which within just a few minutes, gets separated in the form of droplets, leaving behind fully matured liposomes. OLA presents major advantages over existing methods such as no harmful solvents in the membrane and quick, physical solvent extraction process.
|Cell division
|One of the greatest challenges in the life sciences today is the assembly of an artificial cell from a set of individual components, an effort driven by the urge to improve our understanding of how biological cells work. One of the first steps on the road to generating such artificial cells is the ability to produce liposomes. These are very small, bubble-like structures with a lipid wall and are filled with water. In this respect, they very much resemble empty real cells. Liposomes are already used for various purposes, including the delivery of drugs into the human body.
|Lab on a chip
|Researchers at TU Delft have now succeeded in producing liposomes in a very efficient way. They use a microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technique to generate the structures assisted by minute liquid flows, in a process very much akin to blowing soap bubbles (see video). Ways of making liposomes already exist, says Siddharth Deshpande, a postdoctoral researcher in the team lead by Cees Dekker, but they haave significant drawbacks for our purposes. They are too slow in their formation and, above all, not pure enough.
|The new bubbling-blowing method uses a type of alcohol as a solvent. One of the problems with the earlier techniques was that they left behind an oily solvent residue in the liposomes. In search of a better alternative, Deshpande tried using 1-octanol instead. And the results exceeded all expectations, because the researchers observed that this substance moves quickly and spontaneously to one side of the newly-formed liposome, where it forms a droplet of 1-octanol which spontaneously separates from the host structure of its accord, within a few minutes.
|What remains, Deshpande explains, are pure liposomes with the dimensions of a biological cell, 5-20 micrometres, and surrounded by a lipid wall. We have since been able to show that this wall is very much like that of a real cell from a bacterium, for example.
|The new method has been dubbed octanol-assisted liposome assembly, or OLA. As Dekker explains: OLA offers a flexible platform for producing the artificial cells of the future. We want to use the liposomes as the basic material for those cells. Our next goal is to divide them by adding special proteins such as FtsZ and ZipA, which form rings around the equator of the liposome. We are already conducting experiments with this technique. If they succeed, we could make soap bubbles capable of producing autonomous daughter bubbles. This should give us spectacular insight into the mechanisms bacterial cells use to divide.
|Source: TU Delft


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- Crazy Awesome: Ocelot in Let's Destroy Metal Gear Again!.
Ocelot: " 'Shot in the face,' you say?"
- Taken Up to Eleven in Broad Spectrum Studios' Fan Dub, where he becomes a freaking Jump Scare.
Ocelot: "Well, hello..."
- Taken Up to Eleven in Broad Spectrum Studios' Fan Dub, where he becomes a freaking Jump Scare.
- Crosses the Line Twice: Her reaction to Ghost Trick (expressed through a series of tweets) can best be described as being so amazed by the fact the game out-twisted Professor Layton that she wound up loving it despite it being totally idiotic.
- Crowning Moment of Funny: Hiimdaisy writes Crowning Comics Of Funny
- Hilarious in Hindsight: In the Persona 4 comic, Shadow Yukiko gets OHKO'd with a simple Bufu when she's not even weak against it. Cue Persona 4 Golden where she is now weak against it.
Yosuke: Dude, what if the TV is everyone's mind!?
- Also, "Fsteak" was actually said in-game in The Golden. Not by Chie sadly, but the fact that "fsteak" shows up in an official Persona game is funny.
- Once you know the true colors of Adachi, this quote is even funnier.
Adachi: (happy face) Speaking of minds, know what's on mine? MURDERS!
- Peachi's version of a young Liquid Snake in Let's Destroy the FOX Unit! is pretty hilarious once we meet the real thing in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and he's just as hammy.
- Ho Yay: In this version of the Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty, Ocelot decided to "throw in" Raiden's capture being totally in the nude instead of shirtless for fun.
- I Am Not Shazam: The artist of the comics goes by the handle Gigi Digi (formerly Peachi Fruit). Hiimdaisy is the name of the comic.
- Memetic Molester: Her Persona 4 comic is a major driving force behind Igor being one.
- Memetic Mutation: Basically, this comic can generate memes that might not be true for the original works alone. The most notable one is the exploitable "All Right, Gentlemen!"
- Fountain of Memes: Her Persona 4 comic in particular is likely the most quotable out of all her comics.
- Narm Charm: The very dramatic and James Bond-esque Snake Eater theme, as parodied in ''Lets Destroyed the Shagohoh!"'
- Nightmare Fuel: Phoenix Wright eating...
"Okay, let's get serious. I'm gonna kill everyone in this room."
- Okay, Shadow Teddie can't stop himself from doing this. Between Teddie's horrific squashed appearance after his Heroic Sacrifice against Shadow Rise and Shadow Teddie's last line, he's a bit of a nightmare.
Mitsuo: Hhhhhiiii Yukiiiii... (...) Do you want to be my loverrrrrr?
- Mitsuo's brief appearance in the Persona 4 comic is a bit jarring because of his Creepy Monotone, creepy stare, and unsettling music in the background in the dub.
- "What did Porky do?! Lucas couldn't stop crying!"
- The torture scene in Metal Gear Solid 3 is mostly this trope, especially in the Broad Spectrum dub.
- Old Shame: Gigi doesn't particularly feel ashamed of the comics, but has gone on record to say that she considers a lot of her humor questionable and expresses dislike at some of the audiences her old comics became popular with.
- Ron the Death Eater: Zak, Daphnes, and Doujima were all supposed to be sympathetic characters (though the fanbase will readily argue that in Zak's case, the writers utterly failed to make him this). Not here! Why? It's funny! Although Doujima is slowly becoming more sympathetic as his history comes forward... only for the comic to abruptly end.
- So Bad, It's Good: The aforementioned Fan Vid's dubbing of Yukiko is delivered in a really nasal voice by the guy who voices Yosuke, but it was intentionally so bad that it becomes hilarious when you think about it...
- Though by the 3rd part, there is The Other Darrin for Yukiko's voice, now an actual girl. That nasal voice goes to become her Shadow's voice.
- Squick:
Volgin: Major, where were you? I was waiting for you in my room. It's chocolate sundae night.Snake (disguised as Raikov): (Look of absolute terror.)Sokolov: *gags*
- Tear Jerker:
Snake: (pointing a gun at The Boss and crying) Boss I'm gonna shoot you I'm serious don't push me!
- While it's obviously played for comedy, Snake's reactions to The Boss' defection in Let's Destroy the Shagohod! sometimes come off as this due to how pathetic and depressed he acts about it. This is made more obvious in the Broad Spectrum dub due to Snake's voice acting.
Snake: (tearing up) The Boss just broke my gun Major I can't do this!
- Later:
Boss: The Philosophers want war to go on forever, and my dad was one of them!Flashback!Boss: Daddy, I want to go home.
- The Broad Spectrum adaptation of Let's Destroy The Shagohod! managed to actually be kind of sad when the Boss revealed everything.
- The ways the scenes during The Boss' death depicted is quite poignant. Even Hiimdaisy can't make a funny scene out of this.
- Thanks to editing in the Broad Spectrum Studios version, Let's Defeat The Fox Unit! has Johnny's death.
- The Woobie: Nanako is already this in the game, but Hiimdaisy punts it Up to Eleven.
Nanako: When Dad's busy at work, I sing the Junes song over and over to make myself feel less alone! 'Every day's great... a-at your... J-j-j—'
Otacon: Hey, can I tell you the reason I got into science in the first place?Snake: Don't really care, but go ahead.Otacon: I wanted to build giant robots like the ones in Japanese cartoons.Snake: That's...unbelievably pathetic.Otacon: Oh. ._.
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Prominent new faces in the Cabinet could be actor-turned politician Chiranjeevi from Andhra Pradesh and AH Khan Chowdhry, from West Bengal, while younger ministers like Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora and Jyotiraditya Scindia are likely to be upgraded
The book contains bland memories of an IAS officer, Javed Chowdhury who comes from a privileged background (Doon School, St Stephen's College) but believes in welfare socialism, the public sector, the subsidy system. He seems to have seen no evil, spoken no evil and heard no evil (except the 'neo-liberal' ideas of the 1990s)
The bias remains downward for the medium-term
The market closed in the red on disappointing earnings reports and global concerns. Today the Nifty moved in a narrow range of 5,642 and 5,697 and closed in the negative, making the lowest closing in the past six days (including today). The index made a lower low and saw a lower high for the third consecutive day. The Nifty is in an indecisive zone. However the bias is downward for the medium-term. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) saw volume of 61.90 crore shares and an advance decline ratio of 588:1161.
The domestic market opened in the negative on all- round profit taking after recent gains. Mixed sentiment across the globe following not-so-impressive earnings reports also weighed on the sentiments. The Nifty opened 21 points down at 5,684 and the Sensex started off at 18,715, down 44 points from its previous close.
Buying in select stocks saw the benchmarks hit their intraday highs in early trade itself, albeit in the negative. At the highs, the Nifty rose to 5,697 and the Sensex went up to 18,730. However, the market couldn't maintain the gains and drifted further southwards in subsequent trade on selling pressure in fast moving consumer goods, healthcare and oil sectors.
A soft opening of the European markets added to the woes in the local market as the indices extended their gains in noon trade. The benchmarks fell to their lows shortly after 2.00pm with the Nifty going back to 5,642 and the Sensex dropping to 18,558.
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The broader markets underperformed the Sensex today. The BSE Mid-cap index declined 0.84% and the BSE Small-cap index dropped 1.05%.
Except for BSE Auto (up 0.81%), all other sectoral gauges settled lower. They were led by BSE Consumer Durables (down 2.84%); BSE Fast Moving Consumer Goods (down 1.78%); BSE Healthcare (down 1.20%); BSE PSU (down 1.15%) and BSE Power (down 1.06%).
Eight of the 30 stocks on the Sensex closed in the positive. The chief gainers were Mahindra & Mahindra (up 2.57%); Bajaj Auto (up 1.72%); Hero MotoCorp (up 1.68%); GAIL India (up 0.83%) and BHEL (up 0.73%). The top losers were Hindustan Unilever (down 2.14%); ITC (down 2%); Cipla (down 1.84%); Dr Reddy's Laboratories (down 1.59%) and Reliance Industries (down 1.39%).
The top two A Group gainers on the BSE were—United Breweries (up 4.94%) and Emami (up 4.01%)..
The top two A Group losers on the BSE were—CESC (down 15.32%) and Lanco Infratech (down 10.77%).
The top two B Group gainers on the BSE were—Intec Capital (up 17.49%) and Fintech Communications (up 16.38%).
The top two B Group losers on the BSE were—Centerac Technologies (down 19.94%) and Orissa Sponge Iron & Steel (down 14.65%).
Out of the 50 stocks listed on the Nifty, 15 stocks settled in the positive. The key gainers were M&M (up 3%); Hero MotoCorp (up 2.11%); Bajaj Auto (up 1.98%); Ambuja Cements (up 1.38%) and Asian Paints (up 1.23%). The main losers were Punjab National Bank (down 6.72%); Jaiprakash Associates (down 5.40%); Hindustan Unilever (down 2.72%); ITC (down 2.23%) and Reliance Infrastructure (down 2.15%).
Most markets in Asia were closed for the Eid holiday today, but those that were open settled lower. Investors were concerned that the global slowdown, which has already dented corporate earnings, is expected to impact exports from the region.
The Shanghai Composite tanked 1.68%; the Hang Seng dropped 1.21%; the Nikkei 225 declined 1.35%; the Seoul Composite tumbled 172% and the Taiwan Weighted settled 1.76% down. Financial markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines were closed today.
At the time of writing, key benchmarks in Europe were down between 0.49% and 0.66% and the US stock futures were in the negative, indicating a soft opening for US stocks.
Back home, foreign institutional investors were net sellers of shares amounting to Rs551.34 crore on Thursday. On the other hand, domestic institutional investors were net buyers of equities aggregating Rs34.73 crore.
German chemical major BASF today said it will invest Rs1,000 crore to set up a new manufacturing facility at Dahej in Gujarat by March 2014. Besides the domestic market, the plant will export chemicals to other nations including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand and some other Asean countries. The stock declined 0.78% to settle at Rs659.50 on the NSE.
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts will soon start a full-fledged office in Dubai to enrol Indians living there as its members. As at the end of September, Mahindra Holidays had 151,200 members. During the quarter ended September, the company added 4,162 members. The stock rose 0.04% to settle at Rs282 on the NSE.


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A peculiar thing happens when Margaret Lund's former colleagues talk about her time as head of Shakespeare primary school in Fleetwood. They start by energetically singing her praises, and they end up crying. Virtually to a woman, as they describe what working with her has meant to them, just a few minutes in and eyes have gone shiny with tears and there's a quick grab for the box of tissues on the table.
"It's like Cinderella. She transformed me from a dinner lady to a teacher with my own classroom full of children and my name on the door," says Paula Haughton. "From a modest upbringing where university was for other people and going into an office job, as I did at 16, was seen as doing well, she changed everything. My graduation, after she'd encouraged me through all the qualifications I needed to get to university, was one of the best days of my life. And now I've got the chance to do a job I love." She sniffs hard, gives a big teary smile and dabs her eyes.
"I didn't have very good memories of education," recalls her colleague, teacher Wendy Mather, whose contact with Shakespeare primary started 14 years ago as a parent helper. "Which meant I couldn't think of anything worse than being a teacher. But Margaret encouraged me, even before I was ever employed here, to do different courses and get involved. And then I started to enjoy coming into school, and became a teaching assistant, and I thought, oh, me a teaching assistant, that's me made! But then Margaret would search out other opportunities, and she encouraged me to do a specialist teaching assistant course through the Open University. She's changed me. I used to be quite a fiery, anti-establishment person, and now, to be a teacher with a class of 30 children and to love them, well..." Mather's cheeks have suddenly gone very pink and she's blinking hard despite the huge beam spreading across her face.
Fleetwood, where Lund lived and worked for 32 years until her retirement last summer, was once a busy fishing port on Lancashire's west coast. That industry has disappeared and it's now a typical northern seaside town where people struggle to find employment.
Schools here have to fight hard to give children a sense of belief in a better future. It has been Lund's determination to ensure that "Shakespeare children" as they're known in the town - and their parents, support staff and teachers - get every opportunity to experience the high of achieving their best that, says Deborah Tripp, the school's business manager, marks her out as an exceptional leader.
"As she came up to retirement, I looked back at everything she's done, not only here, but her commitment to helping people achieve throughout the community, and the endless hours she spends working for Rotary International, for example, and I felt she deserved it," says Tripp, who nominated Lund for the award.
What are the personal qualities that have marked her out?
Developing potential
"The way she sees and draws out the children's - and everyone's - potential," says Tripp. "And the friendship, encouragement and commitment she offers to the people around her. She really enjoys what she does, so it's not a chore, and that comes across. And she has a very supportive family who are included in everything she does. Her husband is often referred to as a staff member!"
Susan Bartlett, the head who took over from Lund, was initially recruited by her in 1990. She stayed for 11 years, she says, "because Margaret kept finding me new opportunities", and then moved away to become head at another school. Having just returned to take up Lund's mantle, she observes that her former boss is "very skilled at recognising individual talents. And of course, it's selfless, because she brings people on and she knows that as they develop and aspire to new things, she may well lose them."
Managing a large team doesn't always mix easily with being a friend to your staff: many senior managers fight shy of combining the two. But Lund seems to have found a way of integrating inspirational leadership with caring personal relationships.
"We work really hard, but we've spent, as staff, such a lot of time having fun together," says Mather. "My husband is amazed that I spend 50 hours a week here, and after that I'm off round to Margaret's."
Lund's skills as a manager, whose passion lies in bringing out the abilities of everyone she comes into contact with, may well be explained by her own background. One of six children from a family that was far from well-off, she was made to leave her grammar school at 16 by her mother, "who said I'd had a year more than my brothers and it was time I got a job". She had just six O-levels to her name.
She went into - and swiftly came out of - an ordinary office job, and then became a laboratory assistant, first in a school, and then, when it opened nearby, at Lancaster University. It was there she met her husband, who, together with university staff, encouraged her to restart her own education. She gained her teaching certificate at 22 and combined motherhood with an increasingly successful school career. But she is keenly aware that her story could have been very different, and often was for clever girls from a similar background to her own. And despite her achievements and the high esteem in which she's held in school and in her community, she is, she says, still waiting to be "found out".
"I still always feel I've got to prove myself," she explains with a rueful smile. It's a telling insight into her personal motivation, and also remarkable that a woman who is held in such regard by her colleagues, governing body, union and national government (which she has advised) still feels this way, never mind be willing to admit as much.
"It's a self-esteem thing - I'm always waiting for someone to say, very sternly, 'Margaret Marchment, you're that scruffy kid who had headlice, aren't you?' and I'll be going, 'oh yes, oh dear, you're right, I'm a fraud!'" she says.
It's because of this vulnerability that she can relate so empathically to others who also experience it, says Carolyn Thackway, deputy head at the school.
"Margaret was 'mum' and loved the children and all of us, but kept us on the straight and narrow and wanted us to do our very best," she says. "We were all, staff and pupils, always encouraged to try things, and if they didn't work, there was a 'no blame' culture. As a school, we've been at the forefront of many initiatives, but she's also given us the confidence to say, 'well, this worked for us, but this doesn't'. And what's happened here because of that is that parents have become very proud of this school, and we're known as the best school in Fleetwood. This school is like our family..." Thackway breaks off. She's getting choked up, but laughs through it.
Lund, too, is laughing through the beginning of tears. "We cry a lot here," she says, unnecessarily, "but we laugh a lot, too." Standing up for the best interests of the children has involved Lund in some controversy. When Sats were introduced, for example, she convened a meeting with parents to explain why she felt they would be detrimental to pupils: at the time, you were allowed to withdraw your child from sitting the tests and many Shakespeare parents did just that.
"And when it was decreed that children had to take them," says Lund with a note of naughty triumph in her voice, "we were one of the last schools not to send our results to the local authority. I was determined to stand up for what we believed, even if we were standing alone."
Standing up for her principles clearly matters greatly, evidenced by her 20 years as assistant secretary of the Lancashire county division of the NUT, which involved her in supporting numerous colleagues through industrial disputes. She's also been on the steering group of the Lancashire Teaching Agency, has been a member of the Lancashire Professional Development Consultative Committee and of the Arts Learning Consortium, North West, and has advised on education policy at national level.
But when it comes down to it, it's a group of bright, beautifully behaved year 6 pupils, many of whom have known Lund all their school lives, who explain simply and best just how much she means to them, and how much she's missed.
Just like Santa
"When she comes in now, it's like the feeling when Santa comes," says Briea Cheyne, aged 10. "She's always so proud of us." "She always comes to events if we're in them," says her classmate Jessica Taylor. "It's really nice that she's there."
"She's just a really, really nice person," beams 10-year-old Billie Clark. "Firm but fair," clarifies Briea.
"Yes, if you do something wrong, she doesn't keep on about it. Or shout. She talks to you, so you understand," explains Geoff Wylie, 10. "She always says we're part of a family," says Briea. "She's like the mother of our family, the Shakespeare family."
It's the last of many times today that someone has used the word "family" in describing what Lund has built here. It seems a fitting testament to a woman who has so very thoroughly loved, nurtured and developed those who passed through her school in the two decades she was at its helm.
Ted Wragg award for lifetime achievement, sponsored by the Innovation Unit
Regional winners
Jane Ratcliff, King's Lodge school (West); Sue Jones, Haybridge high school and sixth form (West Midlands); Verity Silk, Cathays high (Wales); Hilary Green, Southbrook College (South-west); John Thompson, St Michael's CE primary (South); Ian Wilson, The Magna Carta school (South-east); Tom Stewart, Stranmillis primary (Northern Ireland); Margaret Lund, Shakespeare primary (North-west); Gloria Gott, St John's CE primary (North); Valerie Bell, Shotton Hall school (North-east & Cumbria); Hugh Epstein, Richmond Upon Thames College (London); John Powell, Davenant foundation school (East); Lesley Turner, Little Hill primary (East Midlands); Michael Taylor, Dyce academy (Scotland)


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March 2, 2010 | 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
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320 N. DuPont Highway, New Castle, Delaware 19720
The Eastern Pennsylvania CUPA-HR chapter invites you to join us for our annual Spring Meeting on March 2, 2010. For the first time, the Eastern Pennsylvania CUPA-HR chapter is partnering with the Delaware Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management(SHRM).
Our topics will be related to Employment Law updates as well as other legal issues. Topics will include: Social Networking and the Workplace, Retaliation & Whistleblower Claims, FMLA/ADA Update, Avoiding Wage and Hour Claims, Getting to Know GINA. The discussions will be led by employment-law attorneys from Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor.
CUPA-HR Eastern Pennsylvania Members: Free
CUPA-HR National Members: $15. Non-CUPA-HR Members: $30.
Cost includes continental breakfast, lunch and handouts.
Please RSVP to Vicki Stewart at vstewart [at] ycp.edu by February 20, 2010.


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At a tasting earlier this month, I listened to Clendenen denounce the sins of many of his fellow-Californian producers: "I'm notoriously candid about what other assholes out there are doin'." His principal gripes: the obsession with picking grapes too ripe and misusing lots of new oak, resulting in wines which are often too sweet, too oaky and above all, too alcoholic.
These are all criticisms heard frequently in the UK. The accusation over alcohol especially has become a cliché, irritating to many US producers even though it's often accurate in a state where wines in excess of 16 per cent alcohol are commonplace.
What's more, Clendenen's unashamedly Burgundian approach will probably always be the exception there. He says that when he started out producing in the early 1980s, he believed that the good wine was ten per cent made in the vineyard and 90 per cent in the winery; now he cringes at his youthful brashness, declaring the balance to be the other way around.
Yet I do sense a shift among many Californian producers to less strong, less extracted wines. That was what Napa valley producers at a recent tasting told me and it showed in their wines, and in those at this spring's big California tasting in London. They're still unmistakeably Californian - just a bit less over-the-top.
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Chapter 13, w&b
Life does carry on. I go to college, finish assignments such as English and science done with a flourish but math and social studies on average. I go to work, do my time, earn paychecks to cover rent. I call Mark on Sundays about how he's doing in San Francisco and Kira on Wednesdays for Scranton details. But I never encounter Gabriella.
November rolls around, the leaves falling, the tree house decaying. When I'm not out doing things that progress life, I lie on the floor and soak in the nature, the wood, the dead grass from below. And that's when time seems to stop. I don't process what's going on, I just breathe. I remember promising myself that I'd live to be over one hundred when I was nine. I remember climbing playgrounds, pretending we were really climbing a mountain. I remember wading in a creek nearby, feeling the mud squish between my toes. Seeing the fish travel downstream for migrating season. Splashing Gabriella with lukewarm water.
Childhood lasts only a second. Funny how we grow up so fast. 7305 days passed by and each had a story. No matter what you do, it has a severe impact in you. When you're just a baby all you did was sleep, but God was planning your life story and creating dreams for you to follow. When you were a toddler you started exploring the world, coming across certain things that will cling to you. When you're a child you go to school, maybe get an education, find some friends to have play dates with. When you're a tween you gradually become more dramatic, more self-conscious. When you're a teenager you at last get some freedom, but it could very easily be taken away with the slightest provocation of your parents. And when you're my age, you have to stop and think,where did it go?
Time resumes and I'm late for class.
Thanksgiving is in a few days. I tidy up my place so my parents don't think I'm a slob. I straighten the frames of my best pictures, wipe away dust from the shelves. My music is turned on so loud I almost miss the ringing of the phone.
"Charlie," Gabriella says quietly. Is it really her? We haven't talked since our fight.
"Yeah," I say indifferently.
"Do you want to get coffee? I'm here for a few days, I'm on a break."
My body aches. "No." It's true. I've been feeling really sore, and I don't want to leave the apartment.
"I just want to talk. You know, about what happened."
"Gabriella, I'm not feeling well. Really." I start to cough, and it increases.
"You better not be faking."
"I'm serious. The only time I've left the place was to get groceries, and that was a week ago. I feel terrible."
"Oh." She trusts me now. "Maybe you'll be better tomorrow."
"May-" The coughs are now like a storm trying to escape, I'm practically hacking up a lung.
The phone drops to the floor. I cover my mouth, rush to the sink for water. I turn on the faucet and something red catches my sight.
I'm drifting away, and all I can see is red.
Cold sheets, but there are six layers. IV drips connected to my skin. Someone standing next to me, sobbing. Squeezing my hand a little too tightly.
"Charlie," Gabriella whispers.
It smells really clean in here. Very clean. I look out the glass door and see stretchers wheeling down, empty. Now I know where I am. A hospital. But why?
A man about the age of forty-seven comes in with several sheets of paper. "Charlie, I'm afraid we have bad news." Gabriella's grip tightens.
In one second, I can guess what it is. His expression is one I've seen on many soap operas, the ones I've watched when I was bored. The next second the word leaves my mind off his lips. "Leukemia."
Gabriella starts crying. I have cancer. I will die.
"Luckily for you, since we just diagnosed it, you can be healthy again within a few months. If we start treatment now we may be able to cure it. In the meantime, do you have someone that can help you around the house, in case something else happens?"
"Me. He has me." I look at her, shocked she's going to move in to my apartment. She's going to live with me.
Something beeps on the doctor's belt. "I have to go. I'll be back for more checkups in a few hours." The glass doors close behind him.
I have to let this settle in. Cancer. My chances are great at surviving, but you never know. But cancer? How in the world could I get leukemia? Nobody in my family had any sort of disease; they all died of old age.
But I am going to die. Sooner than later.
"I'm so sorry, Charlie." Her hand never left mine, not even when the doctor came in and gave me my death sentence. There's nothing warm on her face. She's sad, sadder than me. I'm too stunned to feel anything else.
The air is humming. "Please say something."
I don't want to talk about the fact that I'm sick. I don't want to feel fire in my veins, the hurricane in my throat. I need to change the subject. "What is that?" I point to her collarbone. Silver peeks out from under her black hair.
She doesn't look embarrassed. Instead, she seems to glow a bit. What a drastic change. "I had to go back to your apartment for your insurance papers, stuff like that. I found the necklace by your bed. And I thought to myself, 'Why didn't I get to you sooner?'" Her fingers fiddle with the birds.
"What? What do you mean?" My brain's spinning. So much information in too little time.
"I love you."
I freeze. Chills crawl on my skin, but it's not from the room. I don't feel pain. For the first time, I feel happy. Deliriously happy. I don't remember that I'm sick. I don't remember that there is still blood staining my kitchen tiles. I remember the days where Gabriella and I were so close, holding her while we slept, watching her smile, loving her from the very first day. I can hear music in my ears, I can hear those words replaying over and over again, the best sound I could ever hear.
"And I'm just so mad at myself for walking out on you, for not bothering to apologize until now. I really regret it. I shouldn't have gotten mad that you loved me. That is, if you still do." Her eyes are still wet, but beyond that, I can see it. The love. The misery she went through not talking to me.
Of course I do. "I love you too."
She sighs happily. "This is a really beautiful necklace." I relay the story about how I got it, through the custom jeweler and how long it took me to make a design.
"I knew what I wanted. We are two birds. We were independent for so long and now we're dependent on each other. I'm glad we're back."
I smile, but it quickly vanishes. A sharp stab in my chest forces me to wince.
"Get some rest," Gabriella orders.
"Don't leave me," I plead.
Her hand locks in. My eyes are struggling to stay open, but I hold on to one last word. "Never."
My parents rush into my room and sees me standing in an ugly hospital gown. "Charlie!" Mom hugs me and I can feel her tears dripping, dousing my shoulders. My father also joins in. Gabriella's sitting patiently in a chair, her gaze averted to the window.
"I can't believe it," Mom mumbles. "My son is sick."
"Charles, we'll be here until you're better. We promise." Upon hearing this, I protest.
"No. You can't waste your life on me."
"We have to. You're our only child left." Mom looks at me. "We can't imagine if we lost you without being here…"
"Mom, the doctor says I should be better in a few months. Nothing's going to happen to me." Why I absolutely cling to this prediction, I don't know. Maybe it buys me time with Gabriella.
My father takes my mother aside. I return to my bed, Gabriella fixes my blankets, and wait. She holds my hand. She's the only comforting thing in here now.
"We'll stay here for another week. We're going to be informed on all of your reports, and if you hide them, we'll still stick around." My father still controls me. I gulp, trying to hold back my anger, my start to a big argument. But I'm sick, and the doctor says stress is not a good thing to play with.
"Fine. But you'll stay with Aunt Kylie and Uncle Doug. There's no space in my apartment for two more people."
"Two more people?" Mom asks.
"I'll be moving in. To take care of him," Gabriella pipes up. Doubt crosses Mom's face, but it dissolves into a grin.
"Of course you will. That's what best friends do."
They all hang around, my parents giving the doctor the third degree, Gabriella and I play silent games with our faces. Despite being sick, I still have some energy in me. At times I doze off, and no one bothers me.
I'm released on Thanksgiving day. The doctor equips me with pamphlets and stuff I need to use every day. Treatment will start next week. We have dinner with the relatives and invite the Sanders too. I don't eat much, and neither does Gabriella. We try, but there is no appetite to fill.
No one discusses my cancer. It's a time to be happy, be thankful I'm here. That seems to be on top of everyone's list. But Gabriella's is different, and unexpected.
"I'm thankful that we love each other." She looks at me, her eyes crinkling in joy at the sight of me. Now everyone knows about us. That we're together, at last. Our parents raise a glass of red wine and cheers for us. We raise our own, since they let us have just one round of it, even though we're still under age. I don't really like the tart bitterness of it, but I still feel the need to drink it. Gabriella nearly declined because it brought back the New Year's Eve party, but she saw I was having it too.
"To love," my father proposes. Everyone echoes. "To love."
Gabriella whispers in my ear. "To love."


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Conservative MPs yesterday blocked the introduction of a motion denouncing Islamophobia, according to the NDP.
Online petition e-44, initiated by Pierrefonds, Que., resident Samer Majzoub, calls upon the House of Commons to recognize that "extremist individuals do not represent the religion of Islam, and (condemn) all forms of Islamophobia." It now has nearly 77, 000 signatures and closes at 5:45 p.m. today. The petition is sponsored by the Liberal MP for Pierrefonds-Dollard, Frank Bayliss.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair attempted to introduce a motion based on the petition on Wednesday in the House of Commons.
"It is a non-partisan petition signed by more than 66,000 Canadians. Following discussions with all parties in the House, I believe you would find consent, Mr. Speaker, for the following that the House join more than 66,000 Canadian supporters of House of Commons petition e-411 in condemning all forms of Islamophobia," said Mulcair in the House.
Speaker Geoff Regan asked if Mulcair had unanimous consent to move the motion — which was met by a chorus of 'no' responses from the Conservative bench, according to the NDP. iPolitics has not yet received a comment from the Official Opposition.
"There is really no excuse to block an attempt to have Parliament denounce Islamophobia in all its forms," said Mulcair in a release that accuses Conservative MPs of blocking the introduction of the motion.
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