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Scientists have inadvertently discovered that water droplets leaping away from superhydrophobic surfaces harbour an electric charge, in a finding that could lead to more efficient power generation.
During an extension of prior research work, a team of scientists from MIT discovered that under certain conditions water condensation will literally leap away from the surface of superhydrophobic materials, instead of sliding down gradually as a result of gravity's action.
The phenomenon occurs when at least two droplets come together, triggering a release of excess surface energy.
High-speed video showed that when droplets jump they repel each other mid-flight - a reaction which had not previously been observed. Subsequent experiments conducted by the MIT scientists using positive and negative electrodes found the effect is caused by a net positive electrical charge forming on the droplets when they leap from the surface.
MIT postdoc Nenad Miljkovic, co-author of a paper on the research team's findings published in the journal Nature Communications, said the droplets become charged as they coalesce, creating a paired layer of positive and negative charges on their surfaces. Adjacent drops then react when they come into contact, leaping from the surface in a process which occurs "so fast that the charges separate," with some of the charge retained by the departing droplets and the rest left on the surface.
The surprise finding could greatly enhance the efficiency of electricity generation by ensuring that water droplets flee from condensers - key components in most of the world's power plants - thus heightening their ability to transfer heat.
An appropriately charged metal plate positioned close to a condenser can be used to draw leaping droplets away from its surface, preventing the water condensation from returning to the condenser as a result of gravity or the drag created by adjacent vapor flow.
"Now we can use an external electrical field to mitigate [this tendency] and enhance the heat transfer," said Miljkovic.
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Applications for September 2017 will open October 15, 2016.
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ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota State Patrol and nearly 400 city and county agencies will be cracking down on drunken drivers in an increased law enforcement effort that began Friday and ends Sept. 5.
The theme of the effort is "drive sober or get pulled over."
Officials of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety say added enforcement and education campaigns have factored in a continuing decline of impaired driving tragedies. There were 131 alcohol-related traffic deaths in 2010, the fewest on record and down 21 percent from five years ago.
Still, between 2006 and 2010, 791 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes, reflecting impaired driving as a factor annually in one-third of the state's road fatalities. To date in 2011, 202 traffic deaths have occurred in Minnesota compared with 247 at this time last year.
"Minnesota law enforcement agencies work hard to keep roads safe by arresting drunk and impaired drivers because we've seen first-hand the deadly results of the crashes they cause," says Col. Kevin Daly, chief of the Minnesota State Patrol.
"It's critical that every Minnesotan works just as hard to ensure they have a plan in place for a sober ride before making the mistake of getting behind the wheel impaired," said Daly.
A driving while impaired offense can result in loss of license for up to a year, thousands in costs and possible jail time. Since July 1, stronger DWI sanctions became effective for all repeat DWI offenders, as well as for motorists arrested for a first-time DWI with a 0.16 and above alcohol-concentration level.
Under the new sanctions, DWI offenders must use ignition interlock for at least a year or face at least one year without driving privileges. More than 30,000 motorists are arrested for DWI each year; one in seven Minnesota drivers has a DWI on record.
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Still a thrilling, blockbuster ride.. but still a ride, with no freedom to get off and look around...
Although most gamers were bowled over by King Kongs dramatic action and scenes of monkey carnage on the PS2 and Xbox, the fact the game steers you down a cramped, linear route left many yearning for more freedom to explore the games lush natural worlds. Sadly, on the 360 this feeling of being led by the hand is even more acute.
While ruining raptors and twatting T-Rexes is still exciting, looking around the atmospheric worlds teases players with alternative paths and out-of-reach areas that simply cant be accessed, making you yearn for the flexibility to hop off the route dictated by the game designers and make your own way. And while this was forgivable on older consoles where all the processing power was clearly used to create a bombastic, cinematic experience it wouldve been a bonus for 360 players to have more control over the trail they choose.
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I tried putting Vicks VapoRub on the soles of my feet to calm a cough last night. It did absolutely nothing for me. If anything, my cough got worse. My feet felt like they were on fire, and the feeling of the Vicks between my toes was just not pleasant. So I will not be doing that ever again. On the plus side, my feet are very soft.
Eight years ago, a nurse told us about slathering Vicks VapoRub on the soles of the feet to quiet a nighttime cough. Since then, many others have reported success. Here is a typical testimonial: "The real treasure of Vicks VapoRub is the application to the bottom of the feet. When I first heard about it, I had a very bad cough from allergy-related bronchitis. I tried this remedy, and it relieved my cough almost immediately."
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I have been taking atenolol for several years and have been troubled with symptoms that have gone undiagnosed despite untold hours in doctors' offices. I have even been hospitalized with extreme dizziness and heart palpitations. Sometimes I gasp for air after simply climbing the stairs to my home. I also suffer with cold feet and hands.
Just today, I was at the doctor's office with chest pain, breathing problems and heart palpitations. She said my blood pressure was 100/60 and told me she thought it was due to the atenolol. She suggested I cut back to every other day. I wonder if this drug has been the problem all along.
Atenolol is a beta blocker, like metoprolol and propranolol. Such drugs were once first-line treatments against hypertension, but experts now recommend that they be used only when other approaches are inadequate.
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I have a suggestion for the person who wrote about being addicted to nasal spray. I was hooked on Neo-Synephrine for more than 30 years.
Then I read that a prescription for Flonase could help. I was very skeptical, but my doctor had no problem writing me a prescription.
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I was born in 1931, the youngest of four siblings. Mother would slice onions and cook them in "sugar water" for cough syrup.
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From just several hundred advisors at the start of the decade, to more than 550,000 American troops by the end of it, the escalation of the war in Vietnam – and the fighting and the dying – brought social and political polarization back home. It was also televised – and, the more Americans saw of the war, the more unpopular the conflict became. Tim O'Brien, Frederik Logeval, Karl Marlantes, Neil Sheehan, Andrew Bacevich, George Herring, Tom Hayden, and Philip Caputo discuss the Gulf of Tonkin, and LBJ, for this most complex of American stories.
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He keeps saying his phone isn't his, when it's in his name... And he just keeps lying to me.. I'm 20 & he's 28 .. He originally had a gf but cheated on her withy me and now they aren't together.. And now he's saying he's moving in two weeks... Why does he keep lying to me about everything? And I love him but I mean nothing at all to him
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I think the age gap it too great. My ex and i are the same ages as you. I discovered many lies as well and he still kept some lies before i left him. think u need to look your situation as a whole and make clear decisions about your boyfriend. Take it a step at time and dont make strong decisions so quickly. Put a lot of thought into it but the goal is him providing you happiness. I've been through a lot of depression and anxiety when i was with my ex that i lost 5kgs. I
Based on how your boyfriend responds to u, tells me that he ain't serious about the relationship and it won't move to another level. There are other plenty of fishes on the boat. You just need to give some thought about your happiness. Becoz that's what matters most in a relationship
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i been in an accented where i been injured and hospitalized , the medical bills is 60s $ the settlement for me was one hundred thousand $ , the lawyer took 30 $ , if i will bay my medical in full that will leave me with 10 k known that i will not work tell 1 year from physical injury that i get , the money now in the trust bank , can i put the bills on payment ?
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The money is in trust because the lawyer is likely negotiating with the hospital and doctors to lower the bills. Once he or she gets those lowered you will get the remainder. Call you lawyer and ask if he/she is negotiating the bills for you.Ask a similar question
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This application is a Continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/896,745, filed Sep. 5, 2007 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,533,811, which was a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/926,977, filed Aug. 27, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,275,689, which claimed priority to Australian Application No. 2003904833 and Australian Application No. 2004901046. Each of these applications, in its entirety, is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a System designed to streamline and automate the business processes involved in embarking passengers onto commercial aircrafts. Particularly, the invention relates to a system that allows passengers to use Short Message Service (SMS) to check-in baggage and provide identification to board an aircraft, completely paperlessly. Due to the mobile access nature of phones that support SMS, passengers can commence the check-in process prior to arrival at the airport, eliminating time spent queuing for and checking-in at the airline check-in counters.
The system may also use SMS to authenticate passenger and baggage identity through a transmission of codes using SMS, user passwords and integration with photo identifications. These system features are essential for the highly security-conscious air travel industry.
The passenger check-in process at the airport is one of the most costly exercises for both passengers and airlines. Passengers sometimes spend an hour or more trying to get through the queues at the check-in counter awaiting physical baggage check-in. This can sometimes cause certain passengers to be late to board the aircraft, consequently causing delays in take-offs, and more delays on the part of the aircrafts, the airline, and its passengers. Airlines are not known have not successfully moved the check-in process off-counter.
There have been many attempts at streamlining this process, from e-tickets to self-check-in kiosks, from card-swipe identifications to remote check-in via PDAs.
These attempts have however failed to address one or more of the following problems:
It is an object of the present invention to cut down the time it requires for aircraft passengers to check-in themselves and optionally their baggage at the airport.
It is another object of the present invention to cut down the paper documentation required for aircraft passengers to check themselves and their baggage at the airport.
Accordingly, a system allows passengers to use Short Message Service (SMS) to check-in baggage and provide identification to board an aircraft. The system may comprise a method for receiving a request to check-in via SMS from the passenger, whilst the passenger can be anywhere and not limited to the airport. After receipt of the request, the System will authenticate the user's identity by sending a message back to the passenger's registered mobile phone number, which can only be received by that particular mobile phone. The system will ask the passenger for, and receive from the passenger, the number of bags he/she intends to check-in for the flight. The system further contemplates a mechanism or procedure to accept the designated number of pre-checked-in bags as specified by the SMS message above, no more or no less. The passengers can in some embodiments drop the baggage off without any required further action.
In some embodiments, each of the bags is given a barcode or other code that is unique to the customer. The barcode represents a numeric code that is cryptographically secure, for example a sequence of strong randomized data digitally signed values, a secure hash generation function or encrypted using personal information that is not publicly available. The barcode can either be permanent, or not, depending on the security requirement. Once these barcodes are scanned, they are then linked to the passenger, and transferred to the existing baggage handling systems.
In other embodiments, the system issues an SMS-based cryptographically secure, for example encrypted code, such as a bar-code boarding pass to the passenger once the baggage is successfully transferred and registered to existing baggage management systems through the process above. This code, when scanned, recognized and authenticated provides identification and security clearance for the passenger to board the aircraft.
An optional method requires a user to supply a pre-defined user-specific password at some point of the process above, to complete with the process above. This provides an extra layer of security for the check-in process.
A further optional method, requires airline personnel at the point of boarding to require a passenger's photo identification, and for the unique number of the photo identification to be entered into the system and to be matched to an identification number supplied at registration to use the service, before the passenger is cleared for boarding. This provides another layer of security for the boarding process.
Additional embodiments provide a bridging mechanism with existing check-in systems. The bridging mechanism is used in the event that there is a fault in the SMS-based check-in system, or if the passengers decide to change back to the existing manual check-in system.
Preferred embodiments of the invention can be envisaged of having the following modules. Each module is a combination of hardware and software, as required.
Baggage Identification Module
As shown in
A Passenger Identification Module
As shown in
A Baggage ID Recognition Module
As shown in
SMS-Based Boarding-Pass Issue Module
As shown in
A Passenger ID Recognition Module
As shown in
In preferred embodiments, the above modules 20-25 are part of an integrated system comprising an integrated software platform 26. As shown in
From the passenger's point of view, the process flow will appear as follows: As shown in
When the business rules relating to passenger identification are satisfied, the passenger is qualified to receive cryptographically secure, for example encrypted printable baggage identification codes such as barcodes or other codes 12 that are to be used by the passenger or in respect of their baggage 13. The passenger applies these baggage identification codes as labels or tags to their baggage 13 or presents them separately to check-in staff for attachment to the baggage or a handling container for the baggage. The baggage codes may be embedded into or attached to an e-ticket 14. The baggage identification codes may be essentially permanent to a passenger or replaceable for each journey.
On the day of the flight, passengers registered to the SMS check-in service may receive an SMS reminder 15 to inform them of the SMS check-in time and details.
The passenger will send an SMS request 16 to a designated phone number to initiate the check-in while on transit to the airport, or at home after they have packed their bags. They will also transmit by SMS from their phone 17, the number of bags they are checking into the baggage compartment of the aircraft. In some embodiments, a pre-determined interval is established, before which a passenger may not request check in by SMS. For security purposes, a 3-6 hour window is adequate.
Once they get to the airport, they will simply drop off the number of bags that they have elected to check into the baggage compartment of the aircraft, with the express check-in personnel of the airline 18, and simply keep walking towards boarding. The check in staff scan the passenger applied coded baggage tags (barcode, RFID, other) that were issued after registration and have been applied to the passenger's baggage prior to check-in. The number of bags is checked against the data transmitted by the passenger by SMS and stored to the system. In the alternative, a passenger may be identified by the check in staff wherein baggage tags applied (or not) according to the suitability of the passengers conventional or other identification process.
In an alternate embodiment, no check-in request is transmitted by the passenger prior to arrival at the airport if the passenger has baggage. In this alternate method, the presentation or presence of the baggage identification code on or with the baggage at the baggage check-in terminal is adequate for the airline to determine the passenger's intention to check in. With no prior notification, the check-in staff can scan the passenger's baggage identification code or codes, and determine the identity and bona fides of the passenger by reconciliation of the codes with its records. Successful reconciliation of the passenger's baggage code alone results in an automatic transmission by SMS of a bar-coded or other coded boarding pass message 19 as explained below. In this particular embodiment, a passenger with no baggage must transmit an SMS request in order to receive the bar-coded or other coded boarding pass message 19.
Where the passenger has checked-in baggage, and shortly upon successful validation, the passenger will receive the bar-coded or other coded boarding pass message 19. The passenger may travel straight to boarding, and put their mobile phone into registry with the boarding scanner, provide any photo identification if required, and board the aircraft. A digital camera may be used to capture the displayed boarding pass message for processing, decoding etc.
The passenger shows the aircrew the seating allocation displayed on the SMS transmitted message now displayed on their phone 19, and once in their seat, turns off their mobile phone and prepares for take off.
This detailed description will describe how the System addresses a number of important requirements of such a check-in system.
Baggage Identification Barcode
This is a code that is printed on paper, and may be inserted into a container tag supplied by the airline that is to be attached to the baggage. It will contain
This barcode can either be permanent, or be renewed upon each flight, or less regularly, depending on security requirement of the individual airline or country of operation. An RFID tag may be used as a data capture device instead of a bar-coded label.
Service Pre-registration
This service is only available to passengers that have pre-registered for the service. This pre-registration service needs to conclusively link the person's identification and the mobile phone, with optional passwords and photo identification and photo identification numbers. In addition this process will have to collect the model of the phone, so that the barcodes can be customized. The completion of this process will trigger unique Baggage Identification Codes to be sent to the passenger, as well as the container tag to attach the barcodes to the baggage.
Security Handling
The primary security requirement is that the airline has to conclusively link each piece of luggage to a person, and until every person linked to the luggage is aboard the aircraft, it is not taking off.
Secondly the airline will need to conclusively identify that the identity of the person boarding the aircraft is the correct person. This is done through identification through the person's mobile phone number, SMS coded boarding pass, passenger's photo identification, or a combination of these.
So the problem we have to solve here is to prevent users from checking each other's luggage in (or pretending to be another passenger) or to board the aircraft as a different person. The system will maximise security handling through one or more optional features such as:
So in summary, with maximum security options enabled, in order to check in luggage disguised as someone else onto an aircraft, the intruder will need to:
And in order to fake the passenger's identification at boarding, the intruder will need to:
The following methods are designed to handle faults somewhere in the entire delivery system:
The above description has made reference to codes transmitted by SMS to a user's mobile telephone. Barcodes have been used as an example. Barcodes can be depicted on the display such as a display of a telephone. The barcode can be used to carry and display cryptographically secure, for example encrypted data that can be scanned and decoded for use in a baggage check-in system, as discussed above. Barcodes may be scannable in one or two dimensions and are thus referred to as one or two dimensional barcodes.
The present invention presents an alternative to the barcode, particularly for use in transmission to a mobile phone, by SMS for display, scanning and decoding in the manner referred to above. The follow description pertains to a code, transmittable by SMS that can be used in lieu of a barcode in any of the situations mentioned above in which a code is transmitted, by SMS to a telephone. It will be appreciated that the same methods and codes may be used by transmitting them by other protocols other than SMS and to devices with displays other than mobile telephones. IN this context, SMS and mobile telephones are used by way of example and not limitation.
One embodiment of the invention provides a transmittable code system for encoding and decoding mobile-phone based ticket-codes using alphanumeric data. The invention uses a unique combination of alphanumeric characters that are displayed on the screen of a mobile device to communicate unique information to the handset. This is a superior substitute for traditional one-dimensional and two-dimensional mobile barcodes in many instances, as those codes are not supported by 100% of mobile handsets in the market, and will not be in the foreseeable future.
Alphanumeric coding is a unique string of characters that are essentially encoded and encrypted from the original serial code of the ticket or voucher into a unique alphanumeric string. These original serial codes are often generated from existing ticketing systems. Alphanumeric string has the best of both worlds by supporting 100% of SMS-enabled handsets, but avoids faking with a non-copyable and non-guessable unique code.
This invention provides a unique encoding and decoding algorithm that will make the system of using alphanumeric code scannable and implementable in a commercial deployment, as well as the unique system of using mobile alphanumeric coding to achieve the business objectives of mobile bar-coding in a 100% reliable and robust way. It does it by applying Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to be able to optically scan and then algorithmically decode the alphanumeric string reliably back to original serial code.
As will be explained, the present coding, display and decoding methods provide a way of sending unique code data from a business system to a mobile device using alphanumeric string text data. The methods allow alphanumeric string data displayed on mobile phones and mobile devices to be scannable optically. The methods of encoding the alphanumeric string enable data transmission that is essentially not copyable or guessable, the data being resilient in the event of scanning errors and missing graphical scan data.
As shown in
As shown in
More particularly and for example, a 100-bit string 42 can be encoded into a 20-character string 43 using a 5-bit-to-1-character mapping regime. While this invention does not require the mapping regime to be a 5-bit-to-1-character regime, from experimental data, a 5-bit-to-1 regime is recommended. There are 32 useful characters in this scanning regime, namely the 26 upper-case alphabets, 10 decimal digits, minus zero—that looks like an O, one—that looks like an I or an L, two—that looks like a Z, and eight, that looks like a B. Any other ambiguous alphabetical character can be replaced by its lowercase to maximize accuracy. These 32 characters are then mapped to 5-bit binary data.
Optimisation of the alphanumeric code 43 to produce an optimised displayable SMS message 44 may involve a number of different operations. One may add one or more rows of equal (=) signs 45, or another easy to recognize character in an easily scanned geometry, so that the OCR software can find the orientation of the graphical image quickly and accurately, to enable rapid scanning of the alphanumeric text data. One may also add checkpoint characters 46 in the string using easy to recognize geometries (such as X or O or space or line feed). In the event that the OCR software fails to recognize a character, and it is missed in the reported text string, rather than reporting a failed scan, these checkpoints will enable the system to know where to pad the string for missing characters so that the resultant alphanumeric string will have the same length as the original, and with a maximize number of characters in their intend positions.
It is preferred that the person operating the scanning unit knows exactly how to place the phone on the scanner for scanning (e.g., "Put your phone here, top side up, within this square").
In preferred embodiments, the system uses individually or in combination, redundancy bit-based algorithms to create ample data resiliency in the encoded word, optical scan facilitation systems, as well as an iterative scanning system as will be explained.
To reduce nefarious guessing and copying, the system of the present invention preserves of the uniqueness of the original serial code. It preferably uses randomly generated codes, and it keeps a list of these random generated codes that are valid and/or issued, so that no one can forward guess what the next batch of valid codes will be. By allowing each code to be only used once, a code cannot be forwarded or copied for another use.
The use of internal checksums and parity bits thwarts the use of illegitimate codes or combinations of characters. Redundancy, resilient and geometric regimes provide maximum accuracy.
In some embodiments and as shown in
Using internal checksums, the redundancy algorithm will ensure that unless it is 99.99% (for example; the accuracy threshold can be set differently) sure that the resultant binary bit string is same as the original one, the check will fail, and the scan will be forced to be done again.
This original binary string is converted back to the original serial code 54, for validation, reporting, transaction authorization or for whatever purpose the business requirement prescribes.
Due to fluctuations in lighting, positional, device-specific and optical factors, a scan may fail by not having sufficient accuracy for the redundancy algorithms to return the original binary string with the confidence level sufficient for the accuracy threshold. In this instance, the system will be forced to repeat the scanning process. This process will keep repeating itself until the scan succeeds. The person performing the scan will keep attempting to scan the same mobile device, because they will not receive any positive feedback from the system (such as an audio or video signal) until this succeeds. At some stage the user may give up on that particular code or phone, which suggests that the code is not scannable, or it is not valid.
While the invention has been described with reference to particular details, these should be interpreted as examples and not limitations to the scope or spirit of the invention as it is expressed in the claims.
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During the conference, Gateway Analytical will be promoting medical device testing services that focus on supporting product quality issues such as analyzing wear debris, materials characterization, lifecycle sustainability and failure analysis. "This will be our first year exhibiting at the Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturing and Quality Operations Forum, and we are looking forward to participating in the discussions regarding the critical challenges this industry faces when it comes to developing and maintaining medical device product quality," said David Exline, Senior Vice President at Gateway Analytical. "We know there are many stages to a product's life cycle and our testing capabilities can help support manufacturers throughout their entire process, even when it comes to instances of determining the source of product failures for recalls."
Gateway Analytical is a full service, cGMP compliant, ISO 17025:2005 certified, DEA licensed and FDA registered and inspected laboratory with specialized expertise in techniques for chemically specific analysis and particulate contamination identification. For more information on Gateway Analytical medical device testing services, contact Karen Sutch, Business Development Manager at 724-787-7702 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Have you heard about IBM's Storwize V7000? If so, what are your thoughts?
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Feb 24, 2011 at 9:11 UTC
Having had previous experience with STN products, you can read this posting on IBM developerworks about how the V7000 is not a homegrown Storwize product, i.e. no compression, renamed IBM product to an acquisition product line.
As for the functionality of the V7000, I can't speak to that.
Feb 24, 2011 at 1:00 UTC
Great find!
Anyone else have thoughts on the functionality?
Apr 13, 2011 at 9:35 UTC
Hey AustinRunner! You are correct, the IBM Storwize V7000's name is a bit confusing. IBM purchased the Storwize Compression technology a few quarters ago and then applied it to their organic V7000 storage virtualization appliance.
I encoureage you to check out the V7000 ROI tool on the IBM-Avnet Vendor Communiyt page to learn more about the solution's functionality and cost savings!
Apr 13, 2011 at 9:39 UTC
Thanks for the offer. After getting burned once by Storwize (during the 32 > 64-bit transition), pre-IBM, I'm not looking to take any more chances.
Apr 13, 2011 at 9:44 UTC
Understand your your concern about the legacy Storwize. However, the V7000 does not have anything to do with the Storwize technology....they simply stole the name :) It is a storage virtualization solution that virtualizes various vendor's storage devices.
Thanks for the reply!
Apr 13, 2011 at 9:47 UTC
Sorry IBM chose to mix the reputation of your good? product with those from the Storwize acquisition. Bonehead move, IMO.
Oct 27, 2011 at 5:05 UTC
We just installed our first one, yesterday - we have a second that will go in next week.
Some first impressions:
- Amazingly easy to install and initialize - so easy I confused myself looking for more difficulty.
- Very cool, attractive management interface. Shows what you're working on in photos!
That's it for now. We're looking forward to incorporating the virtualization features so we can share our arrays. We're also looking forward to the promised compression technology - it works really well on the file-level RtC Appliance and will be interesting to see at work on block storage.
Only one minor negative - no support for FCoE yet. Since a lot of other arrays don't have this, not such a big deal. We'll see how it evolves.
This discussion has been inactive for over a year.
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Thursday, April 13, 2017, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
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"Ibiza is not like the rest of Spain," claims Spanish property expert Mark Stucklin. "There's undoubtedly a serious crisis in Spain now, but Ibiza is not affected as much because it's quirky, upmarket and doesn't have a property glut."
Prices have certainly cooled — down 22 per cent since their peaks in 2008, according to official department of housing figures. Yet well-priced property in prime locations sells, according to Cathy Ouwehand of Savills Ibiza associates Ouwehand & Wall, especially in the £1.6 million to £2.4 million range. Rental returns for the best villas remain strong, pushing £20,100 a week in high summer, and visitors are coming —over two million last year, up 11.9 per cent on 2010.
"Ibiza caters to a wide and varied international audience of all ages," says Ouwehand. "It has worked hard to be family friendly and the schools are good. It can compete with the glamour of the South of France, yet remains laid-back and relaxed."
Along with hip bars and restaurants, Ibiza Town is home to some of the island's priciest property. A one-bedroom apartment in architect Jean Nouvel's colourful new frontline Life Marina development is £603,150.
Away from the water, expect to pay from £201,000 for a two-bedroom modern apartment. Ibiza Country Villas has new apartments next to Talamanca Beach from £213,100 and a resale two-bedroom apartment in the Dalt Vila — the Old Town high above the harbour — for £225,100.
A rare new development is The White Angel, five minutes from the seafront in Ibiza Town and right next to top nightspot Pacha. Spanish developer Five Element Homes plans to build 67 two- and three-bedroom contemporary apartments, priced from £217,100 to £595,000 for 860 to 1,077sq ft. The urban buzz of this area makes for interesting potential rental returns. "A two-bedroom apartment rents for £2,000 a week in high season," says Ouwehand.
The south west of the island has some of Ibiza's best beaches and exclusive villas, where owners have access to celebrity-studded beach clubs.
In Cala Carbo, a newly completed 1,776sq ft three-bedroom townhouse with infinity pool and parking costs £586,200 through Engel & Völkers. Further north, at the popular family resort of Cala Tarida, Ouwehand & Wall is selling the final 15 of 90 apartments at Viviendas Cala Tarida from £201,000 for two bedrooms. The apartments are arranged around landscaped gardens with a paddle tennis court and communal pool. Weekly rental rates start at £1,200 in summer and some owners currently earn 10 per cent rental returns.
Ibiza is well-known for its high-end villas, hidden among almond trees and orange groves. Engel & Völkers reports that prices of the best villas in prime southern locations, including Cala Jondal, Es Cubells and Cala Porroig, have risen by five to eight per cent in the past year.
North of Ibiza Town, Ouwehand & Wall is selling seven plots with sea views at Cap Martinet, where a four-bedroom house, garden and pool built to the buyer's specifications costs £1.2 million off-plan.
* Ouwehand & Wall: through Savills, 020 7016 3740 (savills.com/international).
* Engel & Völkers: 020 7590 3700 (engelvoelkers.com).
* Ibiza Country Villas: +34 971 33 9307 (ibizacountryvillas.com).
Jimi and Georgina Parkinson, 45, and 36, couldn't afford to buy on Ibiza in 1999 so they bought a house in Denia on the Spanish mainland, an easy ferry ride from the island.
"We would cross over to Ibiza four or five times every year," says Jimi, who owns two spa businesses. "Ibiza is a magical place with its own spirit."
Last November the couple decided to buy in Ibiza itself, choosing a three-bedroom garden apartment at Cala Tarida on the west coast, where they plan to spend six to eight weeks each year with their children Joshua and Mia, 15 and 13.
"The west coast is for me Ibiza's most beautiful side, with golden beaches and turquoise water," says Jimi. "It is good for families, uncrowded and not overbuilt. The average property owner on Ibiza is younger than on Mallorca and that brings a different vibe."
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"In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night."
The Little Prince by pilot and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944)
HE took a giant leap for mankind and proved that anything is possible – even those fantastical things that are out of this world.
The first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has passed away at the age of 82.
The American astronaut was 38 on July 20, 1969 when as commander of the Apollo 11 mission he touched down on the Sea of Tranquility.
He then stepped out onto the surface of the moon and declared: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."
His footprints are still there today, a reminder of the steps and leaps humanity has made in making sense of the universe we inhabit.
The pilot's adventure to the moon, and that of his cohort Buzz Aldrin, is perhaps the most amazing achievement known to man.
But Neil was a modest man who was uncomfortable with public acclaim. He felt his pioneering trip was one that had symbolically been made by the whole of mankind.
He said: "Looking back, we were really very privileged to live in that thin slice of history where we changed how man looks at himself and what he might become and where he might go."
Not even the sky's the limit!
When asked what it was like being on the moon for some two-and-a-half hours, Neil said: "It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it."
Neil's family said: "For those who may ask what they can do to honour Neil, we have a simple request.
"Honour his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink."
How lucky we are to have such a magnificent viewpoint from our little rock that floats through space.
And what a joy it is to look skyward and consider the wonder and magic of it all.
Adventures are always into the unknown and are made of the stuff of dreams.
But Neil and Buzz, and all the other explorers throughout history from Sir Walter Raleigh to Amelia Earhart to Sir Ranulph Fiennes, have demonstrated that there are no boundaries when the human spirit is in full force.
Neil's family also said: "While we mourn the loss of a very good man, we also celebrate his remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to young people around the world to work hard to make their dreams come true, to be willing to explore and push the limits, and to selflessly serve a cause greater than themselves."
As NASA's Mars rover Curiosity sends back images from the red planet, perhaps the next landmark will be a human leaving footprints there.
It's something experts believe will happen in due time, maybe before the end of the century.
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Amaze your friends (and rivals!) with undeniable classic style with the Reebok ReeAmaze Low sneaker! This leather shoe features a lace-up front and a contrasting color outsole to give you comfort and style. Whether you're out for a night on the town or stopping at the basketball court for a quick game, the Reebok ReeAmaze Low is sure to become your go-to stylin' athletic shoe!


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Harare - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has ruled that the state was liable for failing to provide a rape survivor with emergency contraception, and ordered the government to pay damages.
The landmark decision came after a woman was raped and sought a lawful termination of her pregnancy.
"The Supreme Court judgment is a significant victory for women's sexual and reproductive rights in Zimbabwe," said Nyasha Chingore, project lawyer at the Johannesburg-based Southern Africa Litigation Centre, which supported the case.
The case was launched by Mildred Mapingure, who was raped in 2006. She sought emergency contraception within 72 hours to ensure that she did not become pregnant. Pollce delayed Mapingure's application for contraception and a doctor was unable to distinguish between termination of pregnancy and emergency contraception.
Having failed to prevent the pregnancy, Mapingure then sought a lawful termination. As a victim of rape, she was eligible for an abortion under Zimbabwe's Termination of Pregnancy Act.
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Room in a sacred geometry house on a little pet farm in a beautiful wooded valley, half way between Kilkenny City and Carlow Town
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Harmony Hall is very peaceful while only an hour and a half drive from Dublin Airport. It is 4km off the N10 at the Paulstown/Gowran Race Track exit. Twenty minutes drive to Kilkenny City and thirty minutes to Carlow.
It is an extraordinarily creative space where many visitors have been able to finish their theses and get clarity on their businesses and lives and relationships.
Guest access
Wifi, nature, peace, grand piano, eye-shaped indoor terrace and desk.
Other things to note
There are a couple of little dogs and cats who come and go to say hello. If you are sensitive to either, please come prepared.
Guests are expected to relax and enjoy a hidden gem of nature here.
Bring a bottle of wine to enjoy over a sing song but
there is no access to the kitchen, cooking, refrigerating or nibbling on any animal products.
( I'm just writing this out in detail so there's no chance of misunderstanding, as I'm a committed vegan and Harmony Hall is totally vegan.
Cancel up to 24 hours before your trip and get a full refund. Cancel within 24 hours of your trip and the first night is non-refundable.
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|Females & males (no couples)
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|2 weeks rent
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Cute, recently renovated 2.5 bedroom house
shared bathroom and kitchen
2 living areas and large outdoor space.
off street parking , most bills included in the rent.
Rent inclusive of bills and other expenses (household items and lawn care.)
22yr old, uni student
2 cats
pretty clean and keeps to myself though loves cooking and a glass of wine.
So the situation is that there are two houses that i am currently the head tenant for.
one that is ready to go, and one that is still being renovated.
the one that is ready to go has 2.5 bedrooms and one bathroom.
the house that will soon be ready to rent has 3 available bedrooms that share 1 bathroom.
Both properties have 2 living areas and large back yards. plenty of off street parking 6 minutes walk to a bus stop that take you to karingal shops. Good location to Frankston and Cranbourne.
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The two bedroom, two bath best kept secret on the Kohala Coast, located conveniently near beach and shopping, this Fairway Villas condo provides the right mix of elegance and functionality. Opened in 2004, built in the Hawaiian plantation style, this Fairway villas condo, located overlooking the Kings Village lake, is appointed with Island style furnishings that deliver luxury for a reasonable price.
The condo features a fully stocked kitchen, stone countertops, eat-in kitchen, CATV and DVD players in each room, complimentary fast Wi-Fi connection, and is loaded with extras like boogie boards and ice chests to make your Hawaii vacation care free. The unit is steps away from the large infinity pool and in-ground Jacuzzi spa, and close to the complimentary outdoor BBQ grills and exercise room. Golfers love the location, on the fairway at the Waikoloa Beach Golf Course. The unit sleeps 6 comfortably.
A short ten minute walk to the beach at Anaehoomalu Bay, and a brief drive from four other beaches, including the world famous Hapuna Beach, which is frequently listed as one of the top ten beaches in the United States. You are a short drive from the cattle ranches of Waimea, the spectacular vistas of Kilauea volcano, or fishing and snorkel cruises out of Kona Town. Drive to the tops of dormant volcanoes, or arrange a winter ski trip on the slopes of Mauna Loa. Snorkel, surf and boogie-board by day, enjoy the spectacular restaurants at night.
Two shopping centers (Kings Village and Queens Marketplace) are steps away. Maid service is available during your stay for a fee. Guest parking is included. Have breakfast on the lanai, lunch at the beach, dinner at a 5-star restaurant. It is all there waiting for you on the Big Island.
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The condo was perfect for our family. The condo was beautiful and in the perfect place to watch the golfers on the course. It was centrally located between Kona and Kohala. There were activities (i.e. ATV rides, Ride the flume in a kayak, swim with the dolphines, zipline adventure, plenty of fishing and beautiful beaches along the Kona - Kohala Coasts to name a few). For the Ladies, plenty of shopping in Kona and Kohala. Kohala is the birthplace of King Kamehameha I. It is also a quiet place to kick back and rest. One can even see the lava flows from the air by way of helicopters and visit the Volcano Nat'l Park. Activity Brochures and maps can be gathered at the King or Queen Shopping Centers. We will return to the Big Island to complete our visit. In conclusion, with our preparation for our visit the listing of this property was accurate regarding the location, the photos of the listing reflected the rentals appearance and cleanliness, I wqas in contact with the owner prior to our visit and he was helpful in our decision making to select his property for our stay. I would definitly recommend Waikoloa Fairway Villas the place to stay. Mahalo!!!!


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- For $18, you get $40 worth of Mediterranean cuisine Sunday–Thursday
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With a menu of dishes drawing from Fertile Crescent flavor-sets, eXo delights diners with fresh meats, flavorful vegetables, and lusciously sippable libations. Dinner plates provide on-the-lam Monopoly counterfeiters a savory meal under cover of night, featuring first-courses such as Long Island oysters served with lemon and yogurt ($6) and tzatziki-kissed souvlaki sliders to pique appetites and intrigue taste buds ($6).
Heartier hungers can find long-sought satisfaction with entrees ranging from an aegean pizza bearing crust-bound mouthfuls of feta, tomato, and olives ($12) to a 14-ounce grilled hanger steak with fried potatoes, rosemary, and lemon ($20). Ocean-culled fare includes the European sea bass branzino ($24) or grilled porgy filet ($18), which swims into stomach grottos alongside a choice of seasonal sides. Pre, post, or midmeal, guests may toast with selections from the eatery's vast wine menu, providing a variety of globally sourced quaffs to wet whistles and inspire whistles of admiration.
The Queens Gazette and the Foodista gave eXo Greek Mediterranean Restaurant positive reviews, and 76% of Urbanspooners like it. Thirteen Yelpers give the restaurant an average of 4.5 stars.
- Exo Greek Mediterranean Restaurant is not a gyro shop. It's a comfortable bistro that serves fine Greek cuisine and wine in a very pleasant setting, right in the heart of Whitestone. – Queens Gazette
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Sedra Valix and Vedra Valix - Better known more simply as the 'Valix Sisters' - were a pair of Orsian assassins who escaped to Earth from SAR TOP Prison, thanks to the vardian known as Zin, before taking on human forms.
The Valix sisters were both arrested and sent to SAR TOP from their home-world of Orsus after they murdered dozens of people - with Cole stating that they were very efficient at their 'jobs'.
Upon their arrival to Earth, they took on human forms (like Raahm and Saahm, their bodies were very different from the other) before been sent by Zin to a retreat to lure the tracker Cole/Daggon to them. The plan was to ambush and defeat/kill Cole before heading to the Watchfire Bar (where Cole's tracking operation was based) and steal the life-forces that Cole had captured before returning them to Zin to find new host bodies for. To ensure their success, the pair had managed to find a way to stop Cole from sensing them as the hotel was built over lodestone - meaning there is too much geomagnetic activity for Cole to sense their presence accurately. Zedra referred to humanity as "the most disgusting and useless race she had ever encountered" while Sedra described Earth as being a "stinking little hunk of rock".
Sure enough, Cole arrived with Mel after a tip-off from Nestov - the pair pretending to be a married couple (Mr and Mrs Hauser) wanting to 'put romance' back into their relationship. The seminar the pair end up going to was a new experience for both Cole and Mel - especially since the pair were only pretending to be intimate. Later splitting up, Cole investigates a possible trail after seeing Dr. Janet (the woman leading the seminar) and her 'third husband' been very close. He doesn't find anything, and ends up having to try to bluff to Dr. Janet about what he's doing when she catches him in her room.
Cole's attempts to locate the sisters at a party that night fail, as Cole tells Mel during a dance with her that the sisters know he's there. Having learned about the lodestone that the hotel is built upon, Cole tries to get Mel to leave with him as he states that if he can't sense the sisters then Mel will be in danger - stating he will catch them later on his 'own terms'. However, Mel refuses - stating that she and Cole are a team and that they work together to stop the fugitives, no matter what. Returning to the party, Cole has to dance with the Dr. Janet while Mel ends up talking to a woman called Erica. Seeing a man flirting with her despite his wife been there, Erica leaves to see him, although Mel follows after seeing the woman has left her handbag. Breaking from his dance with Dr. Janet, Cole embraces Mel and kisses her before leaving the party - due to picking up on the sister's telepathic messages.
Erica is revealed to be one of the sisters (Vedra), as she attacks the man who was flirting with her before breaking his neck. Tracking the other sister, Sedra - in the form of a large man called Chuck, who was posing as Erica's husband - Cole attacks her and tries to take her life force; only to be shot by an energy weapon from behind as Vedra appears. Restraining Cole, they inject him with a drug that knocks him unconscious. Using their technology, they acquire Cole's energy signature in liquid form.
Having found the woman's room, Mel enters before finding alien technology in their suitcase and pictures of the Watchfire - realizing Erica and her husband were the Valix sisters. Trying to find Cole, Mel overhears one of their conversations when she returns to their room and goes to find him. Seeing Vedra and Sedra leaving a closed off part of the hotel, Mel manages to gain access by punching the door window - cutting her hand in the process. Finding Cole, she tries to revive him - initially crying after thinking she is too late to save him. However, she manages to hear him weakly whisper the word 'power' and attaches electrical cables to his restraints, which re-energize him.
Leaving the hotel, Cole realizes Zin had laid a trap to try and have him killed, with the sisters planning to use Cole's energy signature to free the prisoners he had captured so far. As his strength returns, Cole thanks Mel for helping him when he first came to Earth - saying no one could have made a better partner than she has. When the pair get stuck in a traffic jam, Cole decides to go on his own as his strength has returned. Using his powers to heal Mel's hand, he then enters hyper-time and returns to the Watchfire. At the Watchfire, Sedra and Vedra (who keep continuously arguing like a married couple) find Cole's 'war room' and - after both expressing their negative opinions about how he was able to successfully capture so many fugitives with such a 'primitive' setup - find his prisoner storage unit.
Cole arrives and briefly fights Sedra, managing to avoid her attacks with the energy gun from earlier as Sedra gloats over how all Cole's work will soon be for nothing and how he should have returned home when he had the chance. However, Cole knocks Sedra down with an energy blast of his own before jumping on top of her and taking her life force.
In his room, Zedra is nearly done in downloading all the alien life forces from the cells - only for Cole to appear and quickly take Zedra's life force before narrowly aborting the download in time.
The next morning, Cole and Mel discuss all that happened - with Cole explaining how Cirronians 'get together' in comparison to how humans do it when Mel asks if there are similarities. Mel also gives Cole a present, with it been the 'kissing head' from the seminar. Both of them then agree that Cole cannot let his guard down again, although Mel thanks him for a 'wonderful weekend' before Cole returns to his work.
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Summer School of the Arts: Session 7
Monday, August 21 – Friday, August 25
Have fun and get inspired by participating in hands-on studio activities and explorations of the Gallery. Local practising artists and art educators bring their wealth of talent and experience to lead our classes. Experiment with a wide range of art materials, discover new art techniques and enjoy playing around with ideas and images! Week-long sessions of full or half-day classes are available. Organized lunch time supervision at a nominal fee is provided for students attending full days as well as after care.
Session 7 - Classes
- Birdwatch with artist Ted Higney
- Clay City and Country with artist Fenn Martin
- Fashion Fun with artist Lux Habrich
- Altering Images: Mixed Media, Collage and Photos with Stephanie Dean- Moore
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Our program continues to grow in popularity, so please register early to avoid disappointment. A limited number of sponsorships are available on a needs basis. If there is insufficient registration, a workshop will be cancelled with fees refunded two weeks prior to the start of the workshop. There is a 10% non-refundable registration fee. There are no refunds two weeks prior to the class.
COST: $130 per a.m. or p.m. class/week.
Gallery members are eligible to receive a 10% discount on class fees. If you have any questions about this discount or require a discount code please contact our Information Desk (902) 424-5280.
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We offer a lunch hour option at a cost of $15/week. Extended pick-up is offered for those attending afternoon classes until 4:45 pm for a fee of $10/week. Registration is required.