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If it didn't exist, you couldn't invent the New York Times. Today's paper has an interesting and fair-minded piece by Amy O'Leary about various emerging church ventures in big cities, and how they are trying new tactics to reach younger markets. All fair enough. The title of the article, though, is a jaw dropping Building [Read More…]
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MR Spuds, a familiar face from the former Ainsworth Street entrance of the old market, has made a welcome return to the town, with the opening of a new food stall in Blackburn Market's food hall.
It is run by husband and wife team John and Sally Wright, with the help of their son Max. Keith Holden, market manager, said: "We're delighted to welcome back Mr Spuds.
"Their jacket potatoes were certainly a big hit in the old market, and I'm sure they'll replicate that success here in their new home."


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In this post, what I'd like to do is break down HOW to actually create a process that can sustainably help you to easily and in a non-techy way use the amazing power of the internet to attract more customers for your business and 10x your income, so long as you remain consistent.
Everybody wants to be rich..but nobody wants to go through what it takes to get there. So I decided I'd just share a little story with you about how amateurs and professionals handle things totally different..
I want you to be able to sustain a long term biz. So the very 1st component that we are going to discuss to help you do that is your email follow-up AKA email marketing.
Before I became a mother, I heard mom's always speak of how much they were willing to go to then ends of earth and back for their kids. I understood the logic behind, but I never the EMOTIONAL side..until now…
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In this week's episode of "Journey To Freedom: The Saga Continues", I tell a story of tapping into your personal power..speaking your world into existence and honoring the calling upon your life.
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Crows were black carrion birds associated with the forces of darkness.[source?] The most feared variety in the Westlands of Middle-earth was the large type known as crebain.
A Quenya word for "crow" is quáko, derived from Primitive Quendian k(a)wāk.[1] Another Quenya word for "crow" is korko, and the Noldorin cognate of the same meaning is corch.[2]
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- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'", p. 395
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 362 (root KARKA-)


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Beginning January 1, The California Department of Fish and Game got an official name change. The official name became the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The change was to engineer a budget-friendly requirement requiring that any existing signs, letterheads, badges and other material bearing the old name continue to be used and only added if needed. Also the reason for the change was that the old name "Game" was outdated, as only 12 states still use the word "game" in their wildlife agency names. The new change does not change the department's mission to not only regulate hunting and fishing, but also to manage California's diverse fish and wildlife.
Seal Beach pier: Just when it looks like the curtain has closed on the latest environmental fishing issue, something comes forth to keep things going. On Tuesday, the Seal Beach City Council directed the City of Seal Beach staff to look at regulations about fishing on the pier on the basis of public safety. As it stands now, the city has a long-lived contract with the State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife that surrenders local authority over the pier until 2033. The pier was destroyed by a storm on March 2, 1983. To fund the reconstruction of the pier, the city entered into an agreement with the state on Dec. 12, 1983. So as it stands now, the city of Seal Beach owes the state $200,000.
What's happening now is the city wants to take over special fishing regulations on the pier and insert enough restrictions to entice more enforcement. The CDFW has just completed placing over 100 no-fishing zones all over Southern California aimed directly at controlling the recreational angler. This latest action follows the same procedure as the one used along the Laguna Beach shoreline last year that gave up almost all the good fishing grounds for we recreational fishermen.
Humboldt jumbo squid: Up to January and February, the jumbo squid were being caught down to Oceanside where one boat caught the jumbos by the hundreds. Dana Wharf Landing reported that the sportfishermen on two of their boats caught about 800 hundred squid in 45 minutes. Don't get too excited, though, since the Humboldt squid are notorious for their here-today-and-gone-tomorrow antics. You need to phone around and get a general idea where they are hanging out. Yes, don't forget a couple of large squid jigs on hand in your tackle box.
Bluefin tuna: There are three different species of bluefin tuna swimming the oceans, as reported in "the Log," a newspaper for California's Boating and Fishing News. They are called Pacific, Southern and Atlantic bluefin tuna. Can you believe that a 489-pound fish sold for a record $1.76 million at a Tokyo auction on Jan. 5, a price three times higher than last year's record-setting tuna? The price works out to a stunning $3,603 per pound. This record fish was caught from Northern Japanese waters.
All species of bluefin are constantly the targets of many different countries around the globe, and there are controls aimed at international fishing, but stocks of all three bluefin have fallen over the past 15 years. The population of the southern bluefin, which swims in the Atlantic and Mediterranean plunged by 60 percent between 1997 and 2007.


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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Cliff Ederaine and Cliff Colimon scored 13 points each as Eastern Washington hit 13 3-pointers to beat the Idaho 73-66 on Wednesday night.
Jordan Hickert made 4 of 9 from behind the arc for 12 points to help the Eagles (4-2) stretch their win streak to three.
Kyle Barone had 14 points on 4-7 shooting and Mansa Habeeb, Landon Tatum and Stephen Madison contributed 10 each for the Vandals (3-3).
The Eagles began with an 18-4 run and stretched to their largest lead of 20 by hitting eight 3-pointers in the half. Idaho cut the Eagles' lead to 38-24 by halftime.
The Vandals started the second half with a 12-6 run to pull within nine points, but the Eagles again got hot from behind the arc, hitting four 3-pointers in a row to put the game out of reach.


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Sept 10th, 2009: Yet more changes! Well, sorta.... Cyrius now has his own URL, and soon to be on site: you can use either cyri.us, or iamcyrius.com. I'll be putting the focus on Cyrius from here on out, so you can soon expect lots of Cyrius strips!
Aug 22nd, 2009: Hello! If you are seeing this text, it means we have successfully completed the "behind-the-scenes" tinkering at scritchscratch.com! If you are running into any broken-link problems, just try reloading the page (the best way being to hold SHIFT and then click the reload/refresh button in your browser), or you can try emptying your cache I suppose as well. However, if you do that and there are still some broken links, please report them to me, at email@example.com. Thanks! Also, in regards to the bookmarking of individual comics, as mentioned in my last news post the links have changed. However, now you will see they are sleaker and cooler! For example, say you wanted the 13th comic in chapter 3 of scratch, the link writes as such: scritchscratch.com/scratch/ch3/13. Or let's say you want the 4th Cyrius comic, the link would just be scritchscratch.com/cyrius/4. Cool, eh? Anyways, enough of all this mumbo-jumbo. Comics to come soon!
Aug 19th, 2009: Well, it's been awhile, and I do apologize for that. After having moved to a new town, I then went off and was doing some traveling over the past several weeks, so I've been slack on the comic dept. I should be into a regular flow of comics soon. And in regards to productivity, I have some site-related news......
The news is that my buddy Andy has been working hard to revamp the site so it will be all database driven! (or, how it works in MY mind: "run by fairies!") THIS CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, but will not affect the look or navigation of the site at all. So what does this mean for you? Not much, except that any links/bookmarks you had to specific comics will have changed, so be aware of that. Also the RSS feeds for everything will change, but I'll make sure that is all clearly noted. Beyond that it means that my life will have been made way easier! (By fairies!) So cranking out comics will no longer be so labour intensive! I know all this is boring for you, but I had to tell someone!
In other stream-lining-related news, I'll be axing the blogger/blogspot.com updates, and will only be posting links on the livejournal site, instead of images. Twitter will remain the same as well as facebook. Thanks for the letters, and support! Shine on!
June 27th, 2009: I am in the process of moving and hitting the summertime running. Soooo comic updates will be reduced to once a week for awhile! But I am sure you will get by okay on those rations. I am excited to set up my new studio and crank out the comics! I'll keep you posted! Also, while packing I found the original sketchs of the creation of Cyrius! I will scan and post them soon, and you will discover his origins!
I should mention that I've switched back to straight-up HTML from the flash site that I had going on before. I personally think flash is fun, but I know there are a lot of script blockers out there and whatnot so I want to make sure things are accessible and easy for everyone.
So the new plan of action is that I won't be updating on specific days of the week anymore. Sometimes it may fall into a pattern, but I am not committing!
Also, any comics, or drawings, or sketches that I do are going to come first to this very page, the scritchscratch home page. Then, you can just bookmark this page I guess, to keep up-to-date on any and all posts that I make. Of course, like before, if all you care about is CYRIUS THE CYCLOCTOPUS (sigh) then you can always just go to his homepage (and you can get there with the quicklink on this page as well).
Feb 13th, 2009: Well, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want first? Well too bad, here's the bad news first: I cannot gurantee the above comics on certain days anymore. However, this leads me to the good news - which is that I've got three comics on the go, and am doing lots of drawing, and also working on the Peas animations and some t-shirts as well! The bottom line is just that I've got a lot on the go, and try to do all this comic stuff in my spare time! Eventually I plan to do this stuff full-time! And if you want to drop me some loose change in the tip jar to help that happen, please do! Also, spread the word to your friends and family or perfect strangers about the comics here on scritchscratch dot com. Anyways, thanks to everyone for the support, and you can expet at least a comic a week (I'm hoping)!
Feb 3rd, 2009: Well, this is the new site entrance with fun little things to move around and stuff! What doyou think? I was just playing around and thought maybe it would be fun!
Dec 4th, 2008: Sorry for absence of comics over the last week or so, I was on a small vacation. I guess I should've let you know. How heartless of me. I'm sorry! Please put down the cheese grater, and let's talk about this. I'm back, and I only have eyes for you. You, and the new banner I put up in honour of the Holiday Season. Have you seen it? Just look up. And I'll call Rusty.
Also, I am considering a few changes. I am considering putting Scratch Comics on Hiatus for January, and attempting a second "February LiveJournal Project" in ... uh... FEBRUARY. Let me know your thoughts on this. I'd like to be churning out more Cyrius per week, and get some animations finished, so maybe this will be a way to do that? I need to know what you all think. (NOTE: scritchscratch is the name of the SITE, and Scratch is the name of one of the COMICS on the site....there apparently is some confusion about this. And while we are settling confusions..."boxer-briefs") So yeah. Write me at email@example.com or if you are on LiveJournal, drop me a line there if you'd like. Now let's have some Taco Salade.
Nov 13th, 2008: Thanks for all your great mail everyone! In regards to the "rejects" page....I will give no hints....but the link is hidden on the site somehwere. Actually, I will tell you this....it is not hidden in any of the actual "comics" pages. As for merch, I've gotten a few letters about prints and t-shirts, etc...I will launch merch soon, but probably not until we are into the new year. So you can be sporting your ironic and clever scratch and cyrius t-shirts in the spring and summer!
Oct 31st, 2008: Happy Hallowe'en! As your Hallowe'en treat, there is an animation (the first ever Scratch Animation) up! You can go check it out HERE. Hope you enjoy!
Oct 23rd, 2008: So, as I'm sure you realize, I LOVE Hallowe'en. And no, I don't mean the fact that I get to dress up like a priest, I mean the good-natured part of Hallowe'en. The kids having fun, dressing up, and just the memories that I have from my childhood and the activities at school and such. I also love the general feel and "vibe" of October. And most importantly this time of year is my favourite time to draw comics. I love drawing Hallowe'eny stuffs!.
In other news, I got some fan mail that I think is important to share:
I would just like to inform you that the poor soul who killed himself in the first comic in chapter 3 had his math wrong. It should read 4y^2 + 4xy + x^2 - 3z...
Well, thank you Jenna. It is true that my algebra is a tad rusty. But perhaps that makes the joke even funnier. Perhaps the fact that if he had have had his math right, he would NOT have killed himself. Hmmm? HMMM??? If only I could claim that was my intention. Sigh. What a world.
Oct 22nd, 2008: RSS FEED is good to go! There are currently three RSS feeds available on the site, one for NEWS, one for SCRATCH COMICS, and one for CYRIUS. The reason there are three different feeds is so that you can pick and choose what you want in your feed. Maybe you only like a certain comic, and don't want the news updates, well, no prob! Maybe you want it all! That's fine too! Also, you can also follow scritchscratch comics on Twitter! Why am I yelling so much! Bah!
Oct 13th, 2008: RSS FEED! Okay, so I got some emails about how you guys want to have an RSS feed of the comics, sooo...I AM working on it, and we should be good to go with that sometime this week, I will let you know here when it is ready. ALSO, I want to thank all of you for your mail! I love getting emails from you guys, and if I haven't responded yet, I will!
Oct 3rd, 2008: Sooo... you are not gonna believe this..... remember the first Cyrius comic? Well, today my friend Kqantu sent me THIS LINK. I swear that I created that comic without knowing about that! Seriously! What are the odds of that? That is just insane. Also, check out the "Learn" page in the Cyrius section to get your brain-veins pumpin'! Haha. But seriously, there are just some fun facts there. And soon... QUIZES! (all for fun, I swear. I'm not TRYING to make you learn, really.


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Son of Egyptian immigrants Mo (Elsayed) idolises his older brother Rashid (Floyd), following him into gang life on their East End estate. But when Rashid decides he wants out for reasons he cant share even with Mo fraternal ties are sorely tested.
It seems like every week another drab, Hackney-set tale of petty criminals perforating each other with bullet-holes lands in our cinemas, running on the already foul fumes of Guy Ritchie's heyday. So when one of them arrives on our screens via festival premieres at Sundance and Berlin, chances are it must offer a variation on the familiar guns-and-geezers formula. That's certainly true of Sally El Hosaini's keenly observed, visually inventive debut feature, though its opening beats are decidedly familiar.
Stories of brothers alternately united and separated by the underworld have been a Hollywood staple since before movies could talk, so the path for naive schoolboy Mo (Fady Elsayed) and his rebellious, handsome older brother Rashid (James Floyd) seems set. Indeed, for its first act, only some interesting ethnic detailing separates the narrative from limp recent Adam Deacon effort Payback Season, as Rashid tries and fails to prevent Mo from becoming a drug-runner for the dangerous gang in which he himself is a high-level operator.
Just as you've set your watch by the inevitable pattern of corruption and redemption, however, El Hosaini steers her film into far riskier territory for this meat-and-potatoes genre, as sexuality becomes a touchier concern for Mo and Rashid than the macho mechanics of gang life. James Floyd is magnetic as he navigates Rashid's conflicting lifestyles; Letitia Wright, meanwhile, is a luminous discovery as Aisha, the orthodox Muslim neighbour who keeps Mo's conscience on an even keel. In keeping with her film's unexpected tonal shift, El Hosaini's filmmaking balances sharp urban texture with more intimate poetic flourishes, as her camera seeks light and beauty even in the least welcoming tower-block environs.
Already a compelling gangland saga, this vastly promising debut turns into something more surprising when social prejudice becomes the characters weapon of choice. If that sounds too much like a lecture, El Hosainis voice remains crisp, cool and consist


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Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) bacteria live in the intestinal tract of humans and other animals. People usually do not have symptoms of illness; however, C. difficile infection (CDI)* can result if the bacteria overgrow in the intestinal tract. Symptoms of infection are usually watery diarrhea and abdominal cramps, but serious complications can result that require hospitalization and on rare occasions cause death. Some people carry the bacteria without having symptoms.
C. difficile is the most frequent cause of health-care associated diarrhea. Antibiotic use is the primary risk factor for CDI because it disrupts normal bowel bacteria and allows C. difficile bacteria to overgrow. In recent years, an increase has been seen in the number of people with CDI who have no recent history of antibiotic use or hospitalization. This is considered to be community acquired CDI. Most people who develop CDI are elderly, have had a recent history of antibiotic use, and/or had been recently hospitalized. CDI is not a new disease, nor specific to any geographic location. Recently, a new strain of C. difficile has been identified that can cause more severe symptoms.
Proper prevention at all times is extremely important to prevent the spread of CDI. The following resource material includes information from the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other sources. This information may be helpful in reducing your risk of infection and providing health care personnel with the most current information on CDI.
* CDI is the terminology currently used for C. difficile infection. CDAD (C. difficile associated diarrhea) is an older term that may be found in earlier documents.
This manual is divided into five categories as indicated below. Click on the category of interest, and you will be directed to the resources available for that specific topic.
General Information about Clostridium difficile Infections
This CDC fact sheet includes general CDI information, such as symptoms, treatment, and how to prevent the spread of CDI.
Information about a New Strain of Clostridium difficile
This CDC fact sheet includes information about the new, more dangerous strain of C. difficile that has been recognized in the last 5-10 years.
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Patient Information Sheet
This University of Virginia Patient Information Sheet includes the precautions that the hospital and staff can take to protect themselves, others, and the hospital environment. A Spanish version is also available (see below).
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) Patient Information Sheet-Spanish
CDI Clostridium difficile Infection Patient Education Infection Prevention and Control
This Infection Control Professionals of Southern New England patient education brochure includes information on patient and family education.
Information for Healthcare Providers
This CDC Fact Sheet includes information on the common laboratory tests used to diagnose CDI, as well as what procedures hospitals need to take to prevent the spread of CDI.
Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals
This Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America/Infectious Diseases Society of America practice recommendation supplement includes practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) prevention efforts.
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium difficile Associated Disease-Infection Guidelines for Long-Term Care Facilities
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Infection Control Guidelines are intended for long-term care facilities. They contain general information on CDI, as well as hand washing, room cleaning, and patient isolation procedures.
CDI: Best Practices for Prevention and Treatment in Long-Term Care Facilities
This complimentary educational virtual lecture is derived from a symposium presented June 23, 2008 during the National Conference of The National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA/LTC). As the title indicates this lecture provides information on prevention and treatment recommendations for long-term care facilities. The inclusion of this lecture in this CDI resource manual does not constitute an endorsement of any product or company by the ISDH.
Best Practices Document for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all health care settings
This Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care "Best Practices Document for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all Healthcare Settings" includes information for acute and long term care facilities on risk factors, testing, surveillance, infection control, and treatment.
Environmental Control of Clostridium difficile Fact Sheet
This fact sheet includes CDC, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recommendations for surface and hand cleaning to prevent the spread of CDI. The inclusion of this document in this CDI resource manual does not constitute an endorsement of any product or company by the Indiana State Department of Health. http://multimedia.mmm.com/mws/mediawebserver.dyn?6666660Zjcf6lVs6EVs66S3SJCOrrrrQ-
Ohio State Department of Health Reporting of CDI -2006
This Ohio Department of Health document includes summary of the one year (2006) reporting of confirmed CDI in hospitals and long term care facilities. It also includes recommendations for prevention, management of cases and infection control practices.
Prevention & Control of Clostridium difficile Infections
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Data & Statistics about Clostridium difficile Infections
This CDC Web site includes CDI data, some of which is conveyed through journal articles. Also available at this Web site are other resources and publications. www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/id_Cdiff_data.html.
Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work
This CDC campaign includes educational information to reduce the rate of antibiotic resistance. Educational brochures, posters, fact sheets for patients and providers are available.
C. diff Infections: What You Should Know When Taking Antibiotics
This Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority tip sheet, explains the role antibiotics play in many cases of CDI and what patients can do to protect themselves.
Antibiotic Resistance in Indiana
The Indiana Coalition for Antibiotic Resistance Education Strategies (ICARES) is a group of health care organizations that have collaborated to educate individuals about the harm caused by unnecessary antibiotic use and to reduce the incidence in Indiana. A variety of brochures, fact sheets, posters, and stickers are available.
Anti-B's Coloring Sheet
This Texas Department of State Health Services coloring book provides educational materials related to antibiotic resistance for children.
C. the DIFFerence Handwashing Can Make
This New York State Department of Health brochure, explains what CDI is, who is at the greatest risk of developing CDI, and why hand washing is important.
About….Hand Washing
This ISDH Quick Fact Sheet includes information why hand washing is important to protect against many diseases including CDI.
CDC Features -Wash Your Hands
This CDC Web site describes the correct way to wash hands and emphasizes the importance of hand washing in home and health care settings.
The "Ounce of Prevention" Campaign
This CDC Web site provides resources (brochures, posters, etc.) about hand washing, cleaning and disinfection, and other easy-to-follow steps in an effort to develop and maintain successful hand hygiene and cleaning practices. The Ounce of Prevention Campaign is aimed at educating a broad consumer and professional audience.
Clostridium difficile-associated disease: New challenges from an established pathogen
this Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine review article describes the current state of knowledge concerning the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of CDI. [Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine; February, 2006 / Volume 73, No. 2, 187-197] Rebecca H. Sunenshine, MD and L. Clifford McDonald, MD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Discharged from U.S. Short-stay Hospitals, 1996–2003
This Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) article is a retrospective study of patients discharged from short-stay hospitals which describes the increase in incidence and severity of CDI in hospitalized patients. [EID; March, 2006 / Volume 12, No. 3, 409-415] L. clifford McDonald, Maria Owings, and Daniel B. Jernigan; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Surveillance for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile --- Connecticut, 2006
This 2008 MMWR article discusses surveillance of community- associated C. difficle in Connecticut. Community-associated CDI became a reportable condition in Connecticut in 2006. [MMWR; April 4, 2008 / 57(13); 340-343.]
Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk – Four States, 2005 This 2005 MMWR article describes case reports of serious CDI in otherwise healthy patients with minimal or no exposure to a health-care setting. [MMWR; December 2, 2005 / 54(47); 1201-1205.]
Clostridium difficile: An Emerging Threat
This CDC PowerPoint presentation provides background information, surveillance data, recommendations for healthcare facilities and information on community acquired CDI.


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An entire French village, which caught global public attention after failing to find a buyer for the price of a one-bedroomed Paris flat, was on Monday finally auctioned off to a noted photographer.
The abandoned hamlet of Courbefy in central France consists of 19 buildings, a swimming pool, stables and a tennis court.
It went on sale at a starting price of 330,000 euros and was sold to the South Korean photographer known as Ahea for 520,000 euros.


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Channelworld India – At a time when big players are talking about laying off a part of their channel ecosystem, Cisco has decided to embrace a different approach. Although the vendor is not keen on aggressively adding more partners, it has made sure that no harm befalls on its existing channel fraternity. The vendor is now geared up to strengthen its online partner empire. Cisco is now gathering its Indian channel troop under one roof called the Partner Exchange Portal, which is a fragment of the Cisco Partner Space.
"We introduced the Cisco Partner Space in April this year, and the response has been tremendous. This is a virtual collaborative environment that enables connections and facilitates collaboration between customers and partners, among partners, and between Cisco and partners. Now, we have also been receiving a tremendous response for the recently introduced Partner Exchange Portal as well." said R Dhamodaran, Sr. Vice President, Channel Operations and Commercial Strategy, India & SAARC. Cisco currently has 1100 partners registered in the Partner Exchange Portal. The Cisco Partner Space currently has 450 online published partners and 450 requests pending.
Partner Exchange Portal is more like a networking site for the Cisco channel community. "This portal will enable partners to find other Cisco partners and be found by other Cisco partners. Customers can easily search and collaborate with the right partner who has the right technology expertise, services, or applications focus to help them grow their business," he said. Through this portal, group/practice leaders create a customized Group Profile to promote their group's capabilities to ensure other partners find and do business with them.
Profile includes entities such as Business Focus (segments, verticals), Geographies Served, Cisco Skills, Technology/Applications Expertise, etc. "For example, a partner who does not have the required expertise in Unified Communications can collaborate with a partner who has the expertise or specializations needed for a business or IT solution, and increase mutual business opportunities," said Dhamodharan.
In the days to come Cisco is planning to focus more on switches for the data centers, WAN for bandwidth optimization, and there are going to be more enhancements in the area of Unified communications.
The most anticipated global Cisco partner Summit will happen sometime in June 2009 in the US and the Cisco Partner Summit in India will take place sometime in February or March next year.


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Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 | 10:31 a.m.
1) Can Marcus Banks be replaced?
The aggressive point guard will be missed, perhaps sorely, if some combination of Jerel Blassingame, John Winston and Michael Umeh don't come close to replacing his defense, drive and determination. 2) Will J.K. Edwards remain free of injury?
He had better, because he's the only true low-post presence coach Charlie Spoonhour has on his roster after the debacle that forced the Rebels to decline a scholarship offer to JC center Chris Adams, whom they had recruited for 18 months.
3) Is Demetrius Hunter going to go out with a bang, like fellow hometown product Banks?
Hunter says the Achilles' problems that have plagued him in the past will be non-issues by the start of the season, and a strict offseason workout routine has him in the best shape of his life. To become scary on offense, he needs to hone that mid-range jumper.
4) Can new wing Romel Beck live up to his billing as an outside-shooting ace?
UNLV assistants rave about the rail-thin, 6-foot-7, 185-pound Beck's ability to shoot from long range. If Blassingame plays a lot, Beck will capitalize since those two played together for two years at L.A. City College.
5) Should Marquette transfer Odartey Blankson be expected to make an impact in his first season as a Rebel?
At 6-7 and 220 pounds, Blankson is the biggest Rebel, after Edwards. Blankson has drawn wide eyes, from many players and assistants, for the top condition he has displayed in recent individual workouts. It is imperative for him to be a bull in the post to alleviate the pressure that will undoubtedly fall on Edwards.
Four seasons ago, Jerel Blassingame visited Las Vegas to watch fellow Brooklyn native Trevor Diggs play in a basketball game for UNLV.
Blassingame marveled over the Thomas & Mack Center and the Rebels. Not having played in high school, however, made his thought of one day donning a UNLV uniform an extravagant pipe dream, at best.
After obtaining his GED in California and excelling for two seasons at L.A. City College, Blassingame said he couldn't believe his blessings as he prepared to start practice with the Rebels on Saturday.
With his junior college experience, he might be a favorite -- however slim -- to replace the sturdy and stingy Marcus Banks at point guard, too.
"I'm so excited," Blassingame said before a recent individual workout at the Mack. "From not playing high school ball ... I've never pinched myself so much. It's a dream come true.
"When I was here (in '99-00), I knew I wanted to be here. And now I'm here. Watching them run and Billy Bayno coach, I never thought I'd be back here. And here I am."
Blassingame will be battling freshman roommates John Winston and Michael Umeh in what third-year coach Charlie Spoonhour's staff believes will be heated competition at the point until the Rebels open their season Nov. 21 at home against Delaware State.
Sixth-year UNLV women's coach Regina Miller also opens practice Saturday, and her team's season opener is also a Nov. 21 home game, against Centenary.
Spoonhour said Blassingame might have a slight edge, with his junior college experience.
"He's played two years of very good basketball at a high level," Spoonhour said. "But the other two have played well, too. Their teams were successful. Going into a year, you try to have a blank page. You put guys out there, and it works out the way it's supposed to."
Blassingame, Winston and Umeh each professed to be team players and vowed to support whoever earns the starting nod.
"I'm not going to back down from it," Winston said. "I'm always ready for challenges. For me to be a freshman and get the job here, that would be a great thing. But if I don't get the job, I won't (sulk). I'll keep working hard."
Although Umeh became close with Winston when both visited UNLV during the same weekend during the 2002-03 season, when they forged a pact to become Rebels, he said all three will be unselfish.
"Since we're a team and good friends, we'll support each other," Umeh said. "If things don't go our way, we can't get into little selfish things. If that happens, we'll be getting away from the team.
"We have to stick together. You always have to prove what you can do, and it will be a big battle. Everyone will work hard and wants to play, and everyone's anticipating how it will unfold."
Banks, whom the Boston Celtics nabbed in the lottery of the last NBA draft, left an indelible impression at UNLV.
He averaged 20.3 points, 5.5 assists and more than 36 minutes a game last season, shooting 51.4 percent. With 91 steals, he was as pesky as all-time UNLV defensive whiz Greg Anthony.
"Marcus, he was here to score," Blassingame said. "I can score, but I look to pass. Scoring is second. Those are big shoes to fill, but I'm up to the test. I'm not trying to be better than Marcus, I'm just trying to come in and get wins."
An allergy to academic work, and stronger desires to hang out with girls and his buddies on the street, found Blassingame spending more time outside Redirection High in Brooklyn than inside the building.
"Being immature," he said.
The invaluable direction he received came from Tommy Turner, whose Big Apple Sports company assists prepsters in finding, and getting into, colleges.
Blassingame worked for Turner, and Turner worked on Blassingame, directing him in workouts in area gyms and convincing him that he could be reborn as a student.
"He said, 'Don't worry about it. We'll get you in a school, as long as you work on your game.' And my opportunity came," Blassingame, 22, said of L.A. City. "I was ready, and I made the most of it."
In two seasons, L.A. City won 66 of 77 games, including a state championship last spring, with the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Blassingame running the floor. He won MVP honors as a sophomore at the state tournament.
"Jerel is a smart point guard," Winston said. "He's fast and makes good decisions. Mike is more of a scoring point guard, more of a '2.' Me? I mostly look for the other person first. I like to get everyone involved."
Winston (6-3, 205) has a shot put-like hitch in his jumper, which a UNLV assistant coach called "broken." But he has played with some elite figures, most notably LeBron James on the Oakland Soldiers traveling team two summers ago.
Umeh (6-2, 185) helped Hightower High, outside Houston, go 34-3 last season.
"As long as we win," Blassingame said. "You can expect a lot of defense from me, hitting open shots, finding guys and pushing the ball every time the opportunity is there. My thing is to win."


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Robert Morris men are hoping to regroup for NIT
Admittedly, it won't be easy for Robert Morris to put behind it a disappointing Northeast Conference Tournament semifinal loss Saturday at Sewall Center.
It was a game the Colonials figured they should have won. They were the No.1 seed playing on their home court and facing an opponent they had beaten four times in their previous five meetings in postseason play.
Now the Colonials must pull themselves together mentally after a 69-60 loss dashed their hopes of playing in the NCAA Tournament. The National Invitational Tournament awaits an RMU team still feeling the pinch of getting squeezed by a Mount St. Mary's team that forced the Colonials outside their comfort zone.
"I thought (the Mountaineers) were playing better than any team in this league," RMU coach Andrew Toole said. "As soon as we got down, everybody wanted to make a 25-point play.
"We've got to stay true to what we do. You put yourself in a big hole when you don't defend well."
The challenge facing Toole is getting his team's attention. The Colonials slumped into the media center afterward looking disinterested and sounding uninspired about their next game.
The seniors, who advanced to the NCAA Tournament as freshmen, were crushed by the upset loss. And they couldn't take comfort in knowing that the Mountaineers were riding high after putting together an eight-game win streak.
Still, guard Velton Jones couldn't believe the Colonials stubbed their toes with a realistic shot at making the tournament.
"The first time was difficult, so we knew it would be hard getting back," Jones said. "We knew it would be a difficult
"I haven't even thought about (the NIT) yet. I'm still upset about this loss. I can't even think about anything right now."
Toole acknowledged it'll be difficult for him to regroup. But the task of squaring away his team before the first round of the NIT will require some work.
"It's difficult to prepare a team for something less than what your team's goals were," said Toole, who is in his third season. "It's going to take a couple of days, and we'll have to take a couple of deep breathes then come back in the gym and get to work. If someone says we have an opportunity to continue play, we better take advantage of it."
The Colonials have been able to bounce back in the past. They lost to Mount St. Mary's in 2008 in the NEC tournament semifinals before losing, 87-81, to No.1-seed Syracuse in the opening round of the NIT.
"We have a couple of guys in the locker room who doesn't want this to be what they remember," Toole said. "Hopefully, whoever we draw, we'll play close to our potential and see what happens from there."
Toole is hoping the team that led the NEC in scoring defense and 3-point shooting — not the one lured into an uptempo game that took them out of their offensive rhythm — shows up in the NIT.
"They tried to run us off the 3-point line. But we just have to be patient next time," said Anthony Myers-Pate, who led RMU with 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting. "We got a couple of open looks, and we didn't have to force them. We played into their hands."
Toole figures the Colonials will have a chance in the NIT if they can avoid the mental lapse that haunted them in the second half. They trailed, 36-29, early in the second half but quickly fell behind, 56-36.
"You could just see the run coming," Toole said. "We broke down mentally and physically. They were energized, and we were asking ourselves what happened. It's not a track meet. We want to run our sets to slow the game down."
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Mr. HIGGINS. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
We hear a lot of the rhetoric on debt and deficit, and I think it requires a recent review of history.
Less than 12 years ago, the United States had a $258 billion budgetary surplus, meaning that we were taking in $258 billion more each year than we were spending. That budget surplus 12 years ago was a direct result of having created 22 million private sector jobs in the previous 8 years, underscoring the fact that the best tax policy is bringing back lost taxpayers to productivity, more people contributing to the Federal Treasury and less people dependent on governmental programs.
That $258 billion budgetary surplus was used as justification to enact tax cuts in 2001 and in 2003. Those tax cuts disproportionately benefited the wealthy. The supply side theory, if you ascribe to it, says that if you give large tax cuts to the very wealthy, that money will find its way back into the economy in new business investment and job growth. Eight years later, we had the worst recession in the history of this Nation, and we had the worst job loss in 60 years.
This economy is not growing to the extent that it needs to in order to produce employment. It's growing at about 1 1/2 to 2 percent, which is not enough to sustain the current level of employment today, meaning that without additional growth in this economy, we will have increases in unemployment in this Nation.
So what do we need to do? We need to invest in the American economy. We need to nation-build, not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan but right here at home, in America. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, we were chasing the losers of globalization, al Qaeda, bin Laden, two bad elements that had to be dealt with.
But we should have been also chasing the winners of globalization, those economies like China and India that were investing in their own economies and their own people to produce job growth. That's what's needed here.
Those who do all the complaining about spending around here are those who are responsible for all the spending. In fact, in fiscal year 2013, we will have a $900 billion budget deficit attributable to the Bush tax cuts, $137 billion for the cost of war, and $354 billion in the lingering impact from the recession.
What we need to do is invest in America, in infrastructure, in scientific research and in education. It's a different world. We need to compete more effectively and do what other countries are doing. Why is it that Germany, a country that has one-fourth of the population of the United States, exports more than what the United States does? Because if you look at our Tax Code, it's broken and it needs reform. Industries in the United States that are employing Americans are given 2-year tax credits, and we expect those American companies to make generational commitments on a 2-year tax credit. Look at places like Germany. They're providing 10-year tax credits. That sends a signal, a signal of certainty and a signal of clarity to businesses in Germany that there is a commitment to embrace innovation and technology to remain competitive in the manufacturing economy.
Manufacturing today is not labor intensive. It's capital intensive. You always have to be in a continuous improvement mode. But that requires one thing. It requires a confidence in the American people, a confidence in the American worker in making the kind of commitments that are necessary to compete with China. I often hear people on this floor every day whining about China. Yeah, China cheats on their currency. They treat their workers poorly, and they destroy their environment. But the best response to China's growth is to stand up and compete with China and not whine about China.
Most American jobs are not outsourced to China. They're outsourced to the past because we failed to make the kinds of investments that are necessary to keep the economy growing.
So what's the answer to all of this? Every economist that you talk to, regardless of their political persuasion, will tell you that we have a growth problem. So how do you grow your economy? You invest in it. The New America Foundation, a centrist, prestigious think tank here in Washington, says that we should spend--that's right, we should spend--and invest $1.2 trillion in a 5-year nation-building program right here in America. That nation-building program will create 27 million jobs over the next 5 years, adding 5.2 million in the first year alone--5.2 million jobs in the first year alone, or 433,000 jobs each month.
Can you imagine if in the spring of 2013 that we had jobs reports that were showing that we were adding 400,000 to 500,000 jobs each month? This economy would soar. Unemployment would be reduced in the first year alone to 6.2 percent and in the second year to 5.6 percent. This added growth in the economy would return $592 billion to the Treasury in increased tax receipts.
So the $1.2 trillion that you invest in rebuilding this Nation, that you invest in putting unemployed people back to work, returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, will produce almost $600 billion in economic growth while we're rebuilding the infrastructure of this Nation. And I will tell you, we need to rebuild the infrastructure of this Nation.
The American Society of Civil Engineers gives us a D rating for the quality of our infrastructure. The World Economic Forum says that we are 24th--24th--in structurally deficient infrastructure. In 2001, when we made all those investments in the American economy, we were number two in the quality of our infrastructure.
Transportation for America says that there are 63,000 structurally deficient bridges in this Nation. In New York State alone, there are over 2,000 bridges that are structurally deficient. In my hometown in western New York, there are over 99 bridges that are structurally deficient. Every second of every day, seven cars drive on a bridge carrying our families that is structurally deficient. This is pathetic.
The electricity grid in this Nation ranks 32nd in the world in reliability--an embarrassment. The United States Chamber of Commerce, which should be leading this effort, which should be leading this effort to invest in American infrastructure by investing in American businesses and investing in American workers, says that we lose because of the poor quality of our infrastructure--$336 billion in lost growth over the next 5 years alone.
The United States Department of Transportation says that freight train bottlenecks cost our economy $200 billion a year, or 1 percent of our economy. The Federal Aviation Administration says air traffic delays cost $33 billion last year. We need to double spending on ports by the year 2020 or lose another $270 billion in exports.
China--keep complaining about China. But do you know what? They spend about 9 percent of their economy on infrastructure, on roads and bridges, on doing nation-building right in their home. Europe spends 5 percent. The United States spends less than 3 percent of its economy on infrastructure improvements.
So the need is very clear. So is this Congress, is Washington responding to the need? Well, not really. Not really. Think about this for a moment: This Congress will spend $105 billion next year on rebuilding the roads and bridges of this Nation, a nation of 300 million people, where every objective observer understands the need for infrastructure investment. So less than $53 billion in each of the next 2 years. You can't spend any more, right? Well, wait a minute. You just spent $89 billion rebuilding the roads and bridge of Afghanistan. You just spent $67 billion rebuilding the roads and bridges of Iraq. Those nations are 30 million and 26 million respectively. Yet, for a nation of 300 million people, you could only come up with less than $53 billion in each of the next few years?
When the American Society of Civil Engineers says just to bring your infrastructure to a state of good repair it will cost you $2.2 trillion, it's weak. In fact, it's pathetically weak.
So, the lessons about economic growth are found in our recent history. And the lessons of austerity, unfortunately, are right in front of us. In 1937, when the American economy was coming out of the Great Depression, we showed signs of anemic growth, and as opposed to spending more to invest in that growth, the President and Congress pulled back in 1937, and what happened? The economy went back into recession again. In the 1990s in Japan, they tried extensive austerity measures only to put that economy into a recession for an entire decade. In Europe today and over the past 2 years, austerity measures have prolonged, not taken that area out of recession. In Greece--we often hear Members of this House who say the United States economy is going to be like Greece.
Oh, really? Greece is not growing. Greece has lost 25 percent of its economy in the past 5 years. Greece's economy shrunk by 7 percent this year alone. There is a 20 percent unemployment rate in Greece, and it's even higher for younger people. Greece doesn't make anything that the rest of the world wants. The American economy is dynamic, but the American economy always needs to be improving with education, scientific research, and infrastructure investment.
A rational political system would respond much differently than what is going on here in this Congress. We're talking about spending cuts and tax cuts to be extended that haven't produced economic growth. All the people that are talking about spending did all the spending. They're the debt and deficit creators. If we want to experience economic growth, we have to invest in this economy. It is critically important to the future of this Nation.
Medical research. We need to enhance, not cut, funding to the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. Thirty years ago if you were diagnosed with cancer, fewer than 50 percent of those who were diagnosed lived beyond 5 years of their diagnosis. Because of a robust commitment to cancer research in the 1990s, under a Democratic administration, the survival rate now beyond 5 years for adults is 60 percent and for kids it is 80 percent. You're investing into medical research, into scientific research to create the jobs of the 21st century. I know that for my community in Buffalo in western New York, that gave the Nation and the world cancer research, that gave the Nation and the world chemotherapy in 1904. Making those investments has created a dynamic new economy in downtown Buffalo, which used to be a manufacturing economy. It's called the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus. The Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the first comprehensive cancer institute in the entire Nation, is leading the job growth there with 12,000 new jobs and is projected to grow another 4,000 over the next 5 years because you had a Nation that had the confidence in our scientific community to make the kinds of investments that create a diversified and strong economy so that we're not outsourcing jobs to the past but investing to create jobs for the future.
Manufacturing in this Nation is not dead. It will die if you continue to simply whine about China. You need to make the investments in worker training, in new technology, in innovation to ensure that the workers that will require 20 years, that go four or five on one piece of machinery--now you've got one worker on four pieces of machinery. This is what you have to do in order to remain competitive in this world economy.
All the books have been written. In Fareed Zakaria's ``The Post-American world,'' he doesn't argue that the American economy is slipping quickly or deeply. He calls it ``the rise of the rest,'' that other economies are investing in their people and in their future. Tom Friedman and Mike Mandelbaum, who wrote the book ``That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind the World it Invented,'' say that because of information technology, regardless of size, distance, and increasingly language, every country now can participate in a global platform to realize the great economic benefits of globalization. You can't compete in the new world, in the new economy without making investments in your people, your infrastructure, and the scientific research that's important.
China over the next couple of years will catch up to us in terms of the number of patents it produces. Patent production is an indication of future economic growth. For the past 75 years, we've lead the world in the number of patents that we produced. China will overtake us. That is a direct result of not investing in your own people and in scientific research.
As I have said throughout this discussion tonight, there are many other areas that we can go into. The bottom line is this: all this talk about debt and deficit--12 years ago we had a budgetary surplus in this Nation of $258 billion. Now we have record deficits. That surplus was created because we had the confidence to invest in the American people, to do nation-building right here at home.
A strong prosperous America is the best America in terms of our foreign policy, as well. We become the aspiration for the rest of the world when America is doing what it ought to be doing, when it doesn't fear its own people, when it seeks not to divide the Nation, but bring it together. Hubert Humphrey once said that the greatest foreign policy initiative of the Johnson administration was the Civil Rights Act. Although it was a domestic policy, what he was saying was that when America acknowledges its mistakes, when America lives up to its ideals, it becomes an inspiration for the rest of the world.
All of those areas of the economy that Tom Friedman writes about in ``That Used to Be Us'' and ``The World is Flat,'' America used to lead. We don't any more. We cultivated great artists, but we also cultivated the greatest economy in the history of the world. People that couldn't demonstrate--Rostropovich couldn't conduct an orchestra in his motherland. He came to America because we are a free Nation that celebrates and embraces the arts, and at the same time produces economic growth and opportunity for generations of people.
Tonight, I challenge my colleagues in the United States Congress to stand up for America, to do nation-building right here at home by investing in our own people, not $89 billion in rebuilding the roads and bridges of Afghanistan, but a trillion dollars to rebuild the roads and bridges of America; not $67 billion to rebuild the roads and bridges of Iraq, but a trillion dollars to rebuild the roads and bridges of America.
Everybody here talks a great game about thanking our veterans for their service, but you know what the problem is? We have returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who are experiencing an unemployment rate of 30 percent. If you want to say thank you on behalf of a grateful Nation, you create an economy that gives them an opportunity to realize their full potential as individuals.
Sixty-seven percent of the deaths of American soldiers in Afghanistan are attributed to improvised explosive devices. Sixty-four percent of the deaths in Iraq are attributed to improvised explosive devices. Do you know how you defeat an IED? Don't be there. So we need to do nation-building right here at home. We need to grow this economy by investing in it in order to reduce debt and deficit and create employment and opportunity for future generations.
With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Hi Richard, Thanks for your reply. The uid value is a generated guid and should distribute nicely. I've just checked the data yesterday there are only 3 uids out of millions for which there would have been more than 1000 increments. We started with 256 num_tokens. Client and server side I can see the writes being balanced. Anyway, think I've got things under control now. I appears I hadn't set an sstable size on the cf compaction strategy (LCS). I guess this was defaulting to 10MB. After setting this to 256MB one of the 'bad' nodes fixed itself. The other two appeared to stall mid compaction, but after a quick restart both resumed compaction with acceptable CPU utilization. Any insight into how this caused the issue is welcome. Thanks From: Richard Low [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: 05 August 2013 20:30 To: email@example.com Subject: Re: Counters and replication On 5 August 2013 20:04, Christopher Wirt <email@example.com> wrote: Hello, Question about counters, replication and the ReplicateOnWriteStage I've recently turned on a new CF which uses a counter column. We have a three DC setup running Cassandra 1.2.4 with vNodes, hex core processors, 32Gb memory. DC 1 - 9 nodes with RF 3 DC 2 - 3 nodes with RF 2 DC 3 - 3 nodes with RF 2 DC 1 one receives most of the updates to this counter column. ~3k per sec. I've disabled any client reads while I sort out this issue. Disk utilization is very low Memory is aplenty (while not reading) Schema: CREATE TABLE cf1 ( uid uuid, id1 int, id2 int, id3 int, ct counter, PRIMARY KEY (uid, id1, id2, id3) ) WITH . Three of the machines in DC 1 are reporting very high CPU load. Looking at tpstats there is a large number of pending ReplicateOnWriteStage just on those machines. Why would only three of the machines be reporting this? Assuming its distributed by uuid value there should be an even load across the cluster, yea? Am I missing something about how distributed counters work? If you have many different uid values and your cluster is balanced then you should see even load. Were your tokens chosen randomly? Did you start out with num_tokens set high or upgrade from num_tokens=1 or an earlier Cassandra version? Is it possible your workload is incrementing the counter for one particular uid much more than the others? The distribution of counters works the same as for non-counters in terms of which nodes receive which values. However, there is a read on the coordinator (randomly chosen for each inc) to read the current value and replicate it to the remaining replicas. This makes counter increments much more expensive than normal inserts, even if all your counters fit in cache. This is done in the ReplicateOnWriteStage, which is why you are seeing that queue build up. Is changing CL to ONE fine if I'm not too worried about 100% consistency? Yes, but to make the biggest difference you will need to turn off replicate_on_write (alter table cf1 with replicate_on_write = false;) but this *guarantees* your counts aren't replicated, even if all replicas are up. It avoids doing the read, so makes a huge difference to performance, but means that if a node is unavailable later on, you *will* read inconsistent counts. (Or, worse, if a node fails, you will lose counts forever.) This is in contrast to CL.ONE inserts for normal values when inserts are still attempted on all replicas, but only one is required to succeed. So you might be able to get a temporary performance boost by changing replicate_on_write if your counter values aren't important. But this won't solve the root of the problem. Richard.
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IntroductionCisco Systems is announcing the end of sale (EOS) for the Versatile Interface Processor 2, Model 15 (VIP2-15). VIP2-15 remains available for ordering in systems and as a spare (VIP2-15=) until August 31, 2000.
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March 20, 2008, Long Beach, Calif.—The Aquarium of the Pacific has welcomed two almost two-year-old California sea lions, Harpo and Milo, to its Seal & Sea Lion Habitat. The two sea lions arrived at the Aquarium in June 2007 and were placed in the behind-the-scenes quarantined area required for all new animals coming into the Aquarium. During this period, the animals learned basic behaviors that allow the Aquarium's mammal biologists to provide health care for the animals, including checking the animals' flippers, mouth, ears, and eyes.
The older of the two seal lions, Milo, was born in May 2006 at another aquarium and had to be hand raised by husbandry specialists due to his mother rejecting him at birth. With the care of the specialists, Milo quickly began to accept bottle feedings and within months was weaned onto fish. Harpo was born a month after Milo, and has been very close with Milo even before their trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific. Harpo is a very active and playful sea lion who enjoys interacting with his trainers. For someone unfamiliar with their personalities, it would be very difficult to tell the difference between these two as both of them have a very dark slick coat of fur. Like most of the Aquarium's seals and sea lions, herring and capelin are their favorite foods. The public can now meet Harpo and Milo along with their six other pinniped friends at the Seal and Sea Lion Habitat at the Aquarium.


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Confessions of a college student: Fort Hays State style
As the popularity and prevalence of social media rises, people are becoming increasingly aware of the way in which they are portrayed. Businesses now check Facebook pages and Instagram sites to find out more about their employees, and many students at FHSU are utilizing the web to their own advantage. Fort Hays Confessions is a Facebook group that was formed in August and allows users to post anonymously about their experiences at the university as well as everyday questions and comments.
The founders of this group wishes to remain anonymous but strongly believe in the purpose of this outlet for students. "We want people to be able to express, confess, or ask questions without fear of being personally attacked," one of the founding members said. "Everyone should have the right to express themselves and get feedback from their peers without judgement or persecution."
With over 2,200 likes, some of the more popular postings in Fort Hays Confessions discuss relationships, classes, campus happenings and events such as Oktoberfest or Homecoming. One user stated "My confession is that I go to Oktoberfest to watch drunk people be stupid and laugh at them. Also, I am the designated driver…for my parents…and I can't legally drink either. I still have fun though."
Although there are many posts that discuss serious issues, there are a significant amount of humorous comments as well. "Our page allows people to discuss controversial issues or thoughts with the safety of anonymity but on the lighter side, our page is also home to laughs, advice, and relatable Hays humor." A post that has generated quite a few chuckles state: "Until about two years ago I thought the word "tenure" was "ten year" and that it meant teachers signed a contract to teach in that school for ten years."
While students are entertained by the group and posts from their peers, there has also been some negative feedback. "We won't specifically name anyone but we have received a great deal of backlash from certain controversial posts." Postings that elicit negativity about FHSU are clearly disliked by some but the administrators of the group do monitor the posts and comments. "People in general enjoy comfort and dislike change. Whenever there is a controversial post, it takes them out of their safety zone. Even though we have made it very clear that we are not affiliated with the university, some officials, students, parents, etc. have contacted us because they feel that it gives the university a bad image."
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Social media is an aspect of the collegiate experience that can no longer be avoided. Whether posting pictures on Instagram, commenting on another person's Facebook site, or checking in on Foursquare, students and staff alike are utilizing the web in a variety of ways. Not everyone is as eager to jump on the bandwagon but the way in which different mediums affect a university and town cannot be denied. The students who started Fort Hays Confessions remain positive about the impact of their group. "We enjoy making people laugh as well as question what they are told. We believe that college students should educate themselves to a point where they can disagree with other opinions, but respect the different point of view, and maturely handle situations."
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They may not be as popular as their Irish or German counterparts when it comes to beers but a quick taste of the top Pinoy beer brews can change that. Beyond its flavorful blend of brewed and fermented grains, Philippine beers are made to serve festivities and bond Juan dela Cruzes together in good faith. Here are top 10 Beers and the reasons why you should try them:
Don't let its appearance fool you. It's one of those beers that can scare a casual drinker away but its smooth texture, little aftertaste and hot weather compatibility tosses the balancing act.
Launched in 1988 as Beer Pale Pilsen, this beer is the flagship offering of Asia Brewery. Its 6% alcohol content and reformulated flavor takes beer aficionados by surprise. Its clean, refreshing taste has won 3 Monde Selection Gold Medals in Brussels and is considered one of the most preferred beer brands today.
This one goes to all casual drinkers who just miss the rich taste of the old brew without the guilt. Light-bodied and smooth, this makes an ideal beer for beer starters and a decent gulp for experienced drinkers.
It is San Miguel's flagship brand and one of the country's leading brews. Its crisp and smooth texture blended with a sweet malt taste makes good reason this beer is currently exported in over 40 countries worldwide.
With a golden body a mild citrus taste built for hot temperatures, this beer is perfect on a hot afternoon splash for those who need to quench their thirsts and end their longing for a good beer.
A perfect mixture of malt and hop with a mild sweetness and easy-to-gulp texture, its traditional recipe makes an instant favorite among all beer fans who want to experience beer in its true form.
If you're looking for that extra-satisfying flavor and aroma that lasts the full night, this beer goes all the way. It sends out a sweet, fruity taste topped with 7% alcohol that instantly makes someone a beastly drinker.
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