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After a regular season that went up and down like a yo-yo, the Stanley Cup playoffs could be a redemption tour for the Detroit Red Wings.
This is a flip for the Red Wings, who parlayed a late-season surge into a playoff spot for the 22nd straight year.
They are a dangerous lower seed already in playoff mode and peaking at just the right time after what was often a winter of discontent.
The Red Wings will be a seventh-seed when they face the Anaheim Ducks in the opening round. It's not unlike 2003, but with the organizations switching roles. The Red Wings were a second-seed and ousted by the Ducks in the opening round. Anaheim went on to the Stanley Cup Finals. Behind the bench for the Ducks that year: Current Red Wings' coach Mike Babcock.
The Red Wings also were on the other end of a similar scenario in 2006. They were upset as a No.1 seed by Edmonton. The Oilers subsequently went to the finals.
And both the Ducks and the Oilers pushed the championship series to a seventh game.
The Red Wings have gone from the hunted to the hunter.
In the process, the Red Wings have emerged as a nice blend of players remaining from their most recent championship squad in 2008 and an influx of young players. They also have an established goalie, Jimmy Howard, who still has much to prove in the playoffs, and is on a roll heading in.
Howard allowed four regulation goals in the last five games as the Red Wings garnered nine out of possible 10 points. He posted shutouts in three of the Red Wings' final seven games. In April, Howard's save percentage was .942. The Los Angeles Kings' Jonathan Quick won the Conn Smythe Award last year as the playoff MVP with a save percentage of .946.
Howard vaulted into the Top 10 in the NHL in save percentage overall at over 92 percent after a slow start. Howard also played in 42 of the Red Wings' 48 games. He has become a money goalie, justifying the six-year contract extension he recently received from the Red Wings.
The Red Wings have outstanding leadership. It may not be as overt as when Steve Yzerman ruled the dressing room with a stern glare and a few, but well-chosen and pointed, words. Yet, it is still evident.
Henrik Zetterberg did an excellent job as the Red Wings' captain this season, replacing Nicklas Lidstrom. Zetterberg's effort on the ice has been unrelenting.
Pavel Datsyuk remains a truly exceptional player. Zetterberg scored a point per game and was relentless with his effort. In the Red Wings' final four games -- all wins -- he had 10 points and his plus-minus ratio was plus 6. That's phenomenal hockey.
Datsyuk scored numerous clutch goals. His plus-minus rose noticeably as the Red Wings fought for a playoff spot. He finished the season plus 21.
There aren't a lot of complaints at this point about general manager Ken Holland staying still at the trade deadline, nor doing more in free agency last summer.
The Red Wings ranked fifth in goals against in the NHL this season. Their defense was very good -- even without Lidstrom.
Holland had the foresight to sign Jonathan Ericsson to a long-term contract a couple years ago, and trade for Kyle Quincey and sign him long-term -- moves Holland actually has received more criticism than praise for making.
He also drafted Jakub Kindl and Brendan Smith in recent years and landed undrafted college defenseman Danny DeKeyser out of Western Michigan late this season. It's amazing he wasn't drafted. He's an exceptionally strong skater with size, who has jumped into the NHL and played 20 solid minutes per game like a seasoned veteran.
This will be a tough series. Anaheim is an experienced team with several top-of-the-line NHL players. But the Red Wings did beat the Ducks in back-to-back games on the road this season.
It's a series they can win. It's playoff run the Red Wings are capable of making.
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A man in his 80s has been interviewed by police as part of the British investigation into alleged child sex abuse by TV presenter Jimmy Savile, a case that has sent shockwaves through entertainment circles.
According to a statement from Britain's Metropolitan Police issued on Friday, Australian time, "a man in his 80s, from Berkshire, was interviewed under caution on suspicion of sexual offences after attending south London police premises by appointment at midday today.
"He was interviewed by officers working on Operation Yewtree."
Operation Yewtree is the police investigation into alleged sexual abuse by the now-deceased British TV presenter Jimmy Saville and other UK entertainers.
Former pop star Gary Glitter, comedian Freddie Starr, former BBC producer Wilfred De'ath and disc jockey Dave Lee Travis have all been arrested as part of the investigation.
The Metropolitan Police statement went on to say that "officers executed a search warrant at an address in Berkshire on Saturday 24 November. We are not prepared to discuss further."
"Under caution" means the man has been warned that his statements in the police interview could be used as evidence in court.
The man was interviewed for about five hours, from midday to about 5pm. He attended the interview "by appointment", said police, meaning that he was not arrested. He has not been charged with any offence.
Operation Yewtree began in October. It has so far recorded 200 allegations of sexual assault and 450 potential victims of sexual abuse, most of them children.
According to Metropolitan Police, the "vast majority" of the 450 possible victims are alleging sexual abuse by Saville, a former BBC TV presenter and DJ who died last year aged 84.

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One of the essential elements of the new consensus in foreign policy is the belief in the primacy of domestic policy. Before America asserts itself abroad, it is universally agreed, we must put our house in order. ("The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than thirty cities," Eisenhower declared in a famous speech in 1953.) Of course history never provides such a "before." There is no temporary suspension of crises and duties in which we may refresh ourselves. Like individuals, nations exist in many realms simultaneously. Obama is right about "nation-building at home," but his implication that therefore we are exempt from assisting in the building of nations abroad, that fiscally speaking it is them or us, is momentously wrong. Even in our current woes, societies and movements in trouble look to us. And yet almost every conversation about our diplomacy now turns into a conversation about our economy. This is sophisticated thinking at its most simplistic. The causal relationship between our fiscal condition and our place in the world is not as neat as the economicists say. There are many ways to reduce defense spending, and each of them represents not an incontestable budget number but a contestable strategic vision; and anyway the defense budget is hardly what threatens the government's solvency. And will the economicists, the actuarial doves, become interventionists if we finally balance the budget? Of course not: they have other grounds-ideological, moral, historical—for their love of the light footprint. (In the matter of Israel, incidentally, the light-footprintists demand a heavy touch—another irony, or a hypocrisy?)
I do not understand all this good conscience about the weakening of America's influence in the world, since I regard America's influence as generally a blessing for the world. I am not referring only to the export of our technology and our culture. If the United States does not determine to assist democratic struggles around the world, then those struggles will suffer and even fail.


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October 1, 2007 – Torrance, CA - The Toyota Yaris brings a high level of refinement, sophistication, and a fun-to-drive experience to the entry subcompact segment. The most affordable passenger car in the Toyota model lineup, Yaris is available in four-door Sedan and three-door Liftback models.
For 2008, the Yaris adds the sport-themed Liftback S model and features color-keyed front and rear under-bumper spoilers, amber illuminated tachometer, sport seat fabric, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, rear window defroster, rear window wiper, AM/FM/CD player with MP3/WMA capability, universal mini-jack port and "S" badging. The Liftback S model's standard 15-inch steel wheels can be upgraded with optional aluminum-alloy wheels.
Yaris combines contemporary exterior styling and an upscale interior with truly impressive fuel efficiency and overall low cost of ownership. Toyota engineered Yaris to be enjoyable to own and drive, and offers customers numerous options to individualize their cars.
"Yaris of course has strong appeal for its affordability and excellent fuel efficiency, yet Toyota designed it as a car that customers will want to own for its styling, quality and driveability," said Jim Lentz, executive vice president Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
The Liftback is available in six colors and Sedan is offered in nine colors. Only two colors, Polar White and Black Sand Pearl, are shared by both body styles for an array of 13 color choices over the two models.
Sophisticated Styling
Styled at Toyota's European design studio, ED?, and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Design Division, the Yaris Liftback features a strong, modern mono-form shape with short overhangs. Its arched beltline and wheels pushed outward at each corner give Yaris Liftback an assertive stance. Integrated bumpers and headlamps and color-keyed door handles and mirrors give the Yaris a sophisticated appearance. The distinctive rear styling features large taillights, and the wide liftgate provides easy cargo area access.
The Yaris Sedan is not only dimensionally different than the Liftback, but features its own styling. In front, the grille is framed by sharp character lines integrated into the aerodynamic hood and windshield. Like the Liftback, the Sedan features a "T" face grille that emphasizes the Toyota identity. Eliminating outer moldings from the windshield and door glass helps to enhance aerodynamics and reduce wind noise. In the rear, the tail lamps frame a wide trunk opening. The trunk lid extends down to the bumper molding to provide a substantial appearance as well as easy trunk access.
The Yaris Sedan rides on a longer version of the platform, with a 100.4-inch wheelbase versus 96.9 inches for the Liftback. The Yaris Sedan has an overall length of 169.3 inches compared to 150.6 inches for the Liftback, and the Sedan is 2.5 inches lower than the Liftback, as well. A low 0.29 coefficient of drag ensures aerodynamic efficiency for both models.
High-Strength Construction
The Yaris is built around a highly rigid yet lightweight structure incorporating strategic use of high-tensile steel. The inherent strength of the Yaris platform allowed Toyota to tune the suspension for quick responses yet with a compliant ride. The body structure incorporates damping materials in strategic locations throughout to reduce noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), helping to make Yaris quiet and comfortable for long trips.
Fun-To-Drive Performance and Handling
The Yaris's 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine is equipped with variable valve timing with intelligence (VVT-i) and produces 106 horsepower at 6,000 RPM and 103 lb.-ft. of torque at 4,200 RPM. Both models come with a standard five-speed manual transmission and offer an available four-speed automatic transmission. The automatic features uphill/downhill shift logic to reduce gear "hunting" to help ensure smooth performance when driving in hills.
Yaris fuel efficiency is among the best in the subcompact segment, with EPA fuel economy ratings of 29 MPG city /36 MPG highway for manual transmission models and 35/29 for the automatic. Yaris is EPA-certified as an Ultra-Low Emission vehicle (ULEV II).
The L-arm MacPherson strut front suspension includes a 0.9-inch stabilizer bar. A hydroformed torsion beam axle for the rear suspension provides the necessary anti-roll stabilization, eliminating the need for a separate anti-roll bar. Yaris suspension and steering have been tuned to deliver responsive handling and excellent maneuverability, including a remarkably small 32.6-ft. turning radius. Both the Liftback and Sedan (Sedan S has standard P185/60R15) ride on standard P175/65 R14 tires with steel wheels and full wheel covers and offer available 15-inch steel or aluminum-alloy wheels.
Spacious, Practical and Comfortable Interior
The Yaris Liftback interior provides roominess that belies its exterior dimensions. The upscale and comfortable cabin provides rear seating for three with headrests in all seating positions. The rear seatback folds down to expand cargo capacity from 9.3 cubic feet to 25.7 cubic feet. A 60/40 split rear seatback with reclining feature is included in the optional Power Package.
The instrument cluster is center-mounted, high on the dash to enhance forward visibility. Both Yaris models provide easy-to-reach audio and climate controls, an array of storage spaces including a center console with built-in storage, and cupholders in the front and rear.
Generous standard convenience features on both the Yaris Liftback and Sedan include air conditioning; tilt steering wheel; a gated shift lever (with optional automatic transmission); tinted glass; digital clock; a map light; intermittent windshield wipers with mist control; and dual sunvisors with vanity mirrors.
Both models offer rear seating for three with headrests in each seating position. Standard on the Yaris Sport and available on the Sedan are 60/40 folding rear seatbacks with a fold-down center armrest and cupholder. With the 60/40 seatbacks up, the Sedan's spacious trunk offers nearly 12.9 cu. ft. of capacity, and folding the seatbacks expands that to 25.7 cu. ft.
Yaris helps protect its occupants with a reinforced cabin that integrates front and rear crumple zones and energy-absorbing materials on the roof and doors. Yaris is equipped with height-adjustable headrests and three-point seatbelts in all five seating positions, and the front seatbelts integrate pretensioners and force limiters.
Standard driver and passenger advanced dual-stage front airbags (SRS) inflate according to collision severity. A front seat passenger sensor is designed to detect how much weight is on the seat to determine whether the airbag should inflate and the correct inflation power.
Front-seat-mounted side airbags with first and second row roll-sensing side curtain airbags are available as options, as is an anti-lock brake system (ABS). The rear seat is equipped with the Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) uniform child restraint anchorage system.
Yaris is available with a number of comfort and convenience options, as well as a selection of accessories for individualization. A convenience package that is standard on Yaris Sport and available on the Sedan and Liftback adds an AM/FM CD player with MP3 capability and universal mini-jack port; a rear defroster; 15-inch steel wheels with full wheel covers; 60/40 folding rear seatbacks (Sedan only) and a rear wiper (Liftback only).
The optional Power Package equips all Yaris models, except for the Liftback S, with power door locks, windows, and mirrors; AM/FM/CD audio system with MP3 capability and audio mini-jack; rear defroster and 15-inch steel wheels with covers. For the Sedan, the Power Package also includes ABS, a tachometer (standard on manual transmission models), upgraded trim and cruise control. For the Liftback, the Power Package also adds a 60/40 split rear seat that slides, reclines, and folds completely flat.
With the Power Package selected, customers can individualize the Yaris with stand alone options, which include 15-inch alloy wheels, foglamps, a rear spoiler, remote keyless entry and immobilizer (Sedan only).
Toyota's 36-month/36,000-mile basic new-vehicle limited warranty applies to all components other than normal wear and maintenance items. Additional 60-month warranties cover the powertrain for 60 months/60,000 miles and corrosion perforation for 60 months with no mileage limitation.


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WINCHESTER families on low incomes could be left struggling to afford the rents on a new development of 21 council homes in Stanmore, a local Labour politician has warned.
Cllr Janet Berry told last week's Cabinet Meeting how calibrating weekly payments to 80 per cent of the market rate for the city – as proposed by officers – could leave some families spending two thirds of their income on housing.
Members voted that a formal planning application be submitted for the development on the site of the former New Queen's Head pub, comprising five three-bedroom houses, nine two-bedroom houses, as well as a cluster of flats and a bungalow.
But councillors also heard how renting a three-bed council house in the area currently costs £128 per week, yet a comparative property in the new development has a recommended rental value of £198.
Warning that it is the council's role to provide safe and secure housing to those on low incomes, Cllr Berry said: "These homes will not necessarily be affordable to all those who need them.
"At this level, the rent could take two thirds of the home's income. It could keep people trapped in the benefits system."
She said other councils in the country had chosen not to adopt the market-sensitive rental guidelines if they felt it put homes financially out of reach for some.
Winchester City Council's rent policy for newly-built properties is currently under review.
Council leader Keith Wood said: "It's something that we need to be flexible on or we will miss the point of all this.
"There's plenty of time to sort all the things that have been raised."
The total cost of the Stanmore scheme, including buying the land for £986,000 and improving access to the nearby Carroll Centre, is £4.1m.
The meeting also heard how the seemingly-irrepressible Winchester housing market has now shunted the cost of buying a three-bedroomed home out of the reach of those earning £60,000 a year.
"People on modest or even reasonable wages cannot afford to buy into housing in Winchester of £250,000 or upwards," said Cllr Tony Coates.


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A Feasibility Study Designed to Assess the Efficacy of the ActiLady Device in Adult Female Subjects With Dysmenorrhea
This study has been completed.
Hadassah Medical Organization
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Ezra Yosi, Hadassah Medical Organization
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First received: March 3, 2009
Last updated: November 10, 2013
Last verified: November 2013
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ActiLady refers is employing targeted pressure waves, with the goal of reducing the pain associated with menstruation (clinically known as dysmenorrhea).
|Device: Miniature Actilady device active Device: Miniature Actilady device not active
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Single-Center, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Feasibility Study Designed to Assess the Safety Performance of ActiLady Prototype in Adult Female Subjects With Dysmenorrhea.
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Further study details as provided by Ezra Yosi, Hadassah Medical Organization:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the safety of a novel method and device called ActiLady. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- * Evaluate the pain-reducing effect of ActiLady on dysmenorrhea. * Study the relationship between menses flux and dysmenorrhea. [Time Frame: 6 months] [Designated as safety issue: No ] * Optimize treatment procedure and wave form. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
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|Study Start Date:
|May 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: Miniature Actilady device active
one miniature Actilady device tested for all patients during a 4 months period. The device is active in 3 months out of the 4, and the patients are blinded to the action of the device (sham comparator).
Device: Miniature Actilady device active
Devices: Targeted pressure waves are created by two kind of methods ActiLady).
Sham Comparator: Miniature Actilady device not active
Sham Comparator: one miniature Actilady device tested for all patients during a 4 months period. The device is active in 3 months out of the 4, and the patients are blinded to the action of the device (sham comparator).
Device: Miniature Actilady device not active
Devices: Targeted pressure waves are created by two kind of methods ActiLady).
The effect of the waves used will be examined by the use of a silicon tube or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tube which is inserted into the vaginal cavity. The other end of the tube will be connected to an "off the shelf" pressure waves generator and controller.
Self manufactured device inserted into the vaginal cavity and creating subsound pressure waves.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women aged 18-35 years
- Regular menstrual cycles (26-35 days); average duration of menstruation ≥5 days for the 4 months preceding the beginning of the trial.
- Dysmenorrhea pain score >50mm on a 100mm visual analog scale (VAS) for the maximum abdominal pain
- Analgesic use during every menstrual cycle
- Non-pregnant, with no intentions to get pregnant during the clinical trial
- Agrees not to use oral contraceptives or an intrauterine device (IUD) during the trial period
- Agrees not to use analgesics, except during permitted period (16:00-04:00 the next day, daily)
- Consents to the use of pads or other vaginal devices throughout the trial period
- Subject is able to comply with all the requirements of the study and agrees to participate in all the activities of the study
- Signed written informed consent form (ICF) to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Used hormonal and/or oral contraceptives in the preceding 4 months
- Use of an IUD in the preceding 4 months
- Previous diagnosis of secondary dysmenorrhea
- Urinary incontinence
- Duration of menstruation is <5 days
- Subjects with a known sensitivity to mechanical vibrations and/or silicone
- Participation in current or recent clinical trial within 30 days prior to baseline visit
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00855829
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00855829
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|Jerusalem, Israel, 91120
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|Jerusalem, Israel, 91120
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|Ezra Yosi, Prof. Yossi Ezra, Hadassah Medical Organization
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|NCT00855829 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 3, 2009
|Last Updated:
|November 10, 2013
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Pathologic Processes
Pelvic Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
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(UPDATED 2 p.m.) Holding imported produce to the same standards as domestic food, the Food and Drug Administration issued proposed rules covering oversight of imported produce and accreditation of third-party auditors.
The FDA released the rules Foreign Supplier Verification Programs third-party auditor accreditation on July 26. The agency is accepting comments on the rules for four months — November 26. The rules are part of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
According to the proposed rules, the FDA can audit importers' safety plans and importers would be required to verify that foreign suppliers are implementing prevention-oriented practices, according to the FDA.
The FDA has the authority to stop imports from entering the U.S. if it believes food safety measures (or implementation of those measures) are inadequate, said Michael Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for foods.
"The FSMA is really all about defining industry responsibility for prevention and strengthening FDA's ability to hold the industry accountable for meeting that responsibility," Taylor said. "The foreign supplier verification program does this for imports. It really boils down to expecting our importers to know their suppliers, to know the foods they're bringing into the country have potential hazards and to verify the preventive steps being taken to minimize those hazards."
Officials with the Produce Marketing Association in Newark, Del., said the industry welcomes the release of the proposed rules.
"The implications of these proposals are critically important to our members' businesses and to our overall objective of increasing produce consumption," Bryan Silbermann, president and chief executive officer, said in a news release. "It's important that these proposed rules are geared toward advancing produce safety in a meaningful way for industry members that also protects public health.
"Food that's consumed in the U.S., no matter where it's grown, must meet the same standards," Silbermann said in the release. "The release and the coordinated comment periods of these proposals are evidence that FDA is listening to industry's needs."


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We won a game we were supposed to win, players of the game Roy and DC.
Go Pacers
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We won a game we were supposed to win, players of the game Roy and DC.
Go Pacers
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
I think tonight we saw the Hibbert and DC that everyone expected (reasonably or unreasonably) at the beginning of the season.
Good win, bad game
But a good win
Great game by DC, Roy, McRoberts, and i like Rush tonight
One of DC's best game as a Pacer
This means nothing though if they stink it up against the Bobcats
Sittin on top of the world!
That was annoying to watch. And I had the benefit of fast forwarding.
Granger showed a lot of poise in that second half. After an abysmal start he came out and continued to take his shots until they fell, and they did. Even after missing an embarrassing layup he hustled back on defense, got the steal, and made his points at the other end.
His line won't blow anyone away, but he was a huge part of our victory tonight.
Think Darren wanted to show Farmer who really is the better point guard from that UCLA team? Great game by him, Roy, McBob, and second half from Danny. Roy had that look in his eye again that said he wasn't going to let this team lose. Danny came through in the clutch and McBob picked up some of the scoring especially since Tyler didn't have a huge game.
By the way...Darren's line:
15 points
12 assists
6 rebounds
For as poorly as he's played the last few months, I thought Brandon stepped in and hit some big buckets there in the 4th quarter.
These are teh games we need to win if we want playoffs. Just take care of business against the teams you should beat and try to steal as many as we can, like against chicago the other night.
DC and Granger didn't play well in the first half but stepped up in the second half. A solid win against a really bad team (w/o Williams).
I have to say I enjoyed the Nets' broadcasters. They gave credit to the Pacers more than once, they admitted that Vuijacic's shot was a 2-pointer, and so on. Maybe it's just because their team is bad and out of the playoff picture, but after hearing Boston's and Chicago's crew this season, I think it's fair to mention the good work here.
One painful win.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Whew 2 game lead on Bucks and Bobcats!
Win at Charlotte would be HUGE. That would put us up 3 games, technically 4 if you count the tiebreaker, with 10 to play.
Yeah the Nets broadcasters are some of the better ones in the league it seems. I was able to listen to them, against Chicago and Boston the game was put on mute for me.
After a terrible stretch early in the second, we went to Roy and he really propelled them to the win. Then Granger hit some big buckets in the second half. DC continues to play well overall, just makes some bonehead mistakes still, but thats to be expected from a second year player.
We battled back and played much better after a terrible start. And the big thing, we won.
We better win in Charlotte.
No reason we should let them have their way.
I really don't want us to lose and those casual fans think they have the greatest team in the world.
This is a statement game for Charlotte to realize they won't have what it takes which they don't ever since trading Wallace away.
Some stats that caught my eye:
- This game was a must win, and while we did get it, I think we worked too hard for it. Nets aren't really a top team and their star was out, yet our biggest lead was only 10 points and it came down to free throws in the end. The reason IMO was our 19 turnovers (4 DC, 4 Hibbert, 3 Tyler). This will NOT work against a better team. Memphis for example... Still, good win.
- DC had a rough first quarter but played a good game overall, with 15 pts 12 ast 6 rbs, including the game winning free throws.
- Roy really kept us in the ball game, especially on the first 3 quarters. Also played OK on defense. It's nice to see Roy stepping up and playing so well on offense, finishing with 24 points.
- Josh provided a much needed spark off the bench with 14 points.
- Danny played awful in the first half with just 3 points and 1-9 shooting. However he did manage to heat up, and finished the second half with 17 points, going 6-8, for a total of 20 points.
- Brandon Rush hasn't been shooting the ball well lately, going 6-29 from the field over his last 5 games. It's not that his shot selection has been bad, he's just not hitting them. He does show a lot of hustle on defense though.
Bottom line, I wanna see Roy and DC with less turnovers, Danny with more consistency, and Rush with less shots. Or more made shots if you believe in his offense...
And yeah, the Nets broadcasters were good. Admitting false calls on their side too. Seem to like Danny and generally the whole team. Were funny too, that neck ball incident- "Whoa! Now that's a game over by rule!" in a serious voice haha
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Funniest postgame lockerroom moment was a member of the staff handing AJ Price a piece of paper w the address and practice time tomorrow
This space for rent.
Well, DC hit free throws down the stretch, but he made several mistakes, ball gawked, poor defense and decision making.
I'm still cringing from what seems like really low BBall IQ. I hope he starts to improve, but I'm not real hopeful at this point.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
He makes an unbelievable amount of careless/boneheaded plays with the ball. He dribbles it off his foot, uncontested, at least what seems like a couple times a game.
He's one of the most frustrating players to watch ever, but credit where credit is due, that probably was still one of his best games as a Pacer.
From merely a functional perspective, I liked this game from Collison. He finally played in the manner I expect from him; he used the PnR and he drove and dished.
So, this is what I would expect from him in his abilities to distribute the ball.
There's no question that he still has a long way to go in limiting his turnovers. But I do think that this game can be targeted as a good start.
well, first off..yes I did go to this game..
I have to be honest, Price not playing doesn't shock me. I have an amazing record of things such as this happening when I go to a game. College, highscool, Pros..either my team is blown out, my favorite player is terrible (or gets hurt) or my favorite player doesn't get to play. At least we didn't get blown out. :P Probably was just seeing friends and stayed to long or something. Frank and His mother (because she didn't get to see him play) just need to smack him upside the head and move on. (Well, now they don't..because Dahntay did that for them..a lot. )
Really tale of two halves..Roy was solid throughout the game, but other than that...
DC was just completely different completely different body language and everything. He really played a great game in the second half. I was glad to see it. (He even defended pretty well..for him..)
Hans..didn't get a lot of shots..but he wasn't scoring well. Still fiesty Hans though. I actually thought Josh played pretty well.
Rush also played well. His shots were short *Until the end* But I have to say..that he was the only guy with any sort of player movement, all night long. So I give him credit there.
Which is my next point. Player movement is obviously what is wrong with our offense. I see it when I watch the game online, but it's even more obvious in person. I was glad to see Brandon moving with some purpose..but everyone else just stands and looks at the point guard. It changed a bit in the second half..but THAT is our biggest problem on offense.
I think Brook Lopez is a Roegadyn from Final Fantasy.
Hibbert played real well. Only improvement we need to make as a team is to get Hibbert the ball more easily (point guard's responsibility). When he gets it deep its almost always a dunk or a foul.
Other thoughts:
-Thank goodness we didn't draft Brook Lopez, man is he soft. 4 rebounds wtf
-Sundiata Gaines is not a PG. I know he was hyped after the game winner last year against Lebron but it pisses me off when point guards never create anything for their team. Every one of his passes were like end of shotclock making his teammates shoot contested J's.


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Inside the Vault offers up Jason Bergman for your perusal. Senior Producer at Bethesda Softworks. He works with external developers working on titles that we're publishing. I've known Jason for a while; he used to score me free games when he worked at 2K Games. We're happy to have him working with us (though, no more free 2K games, hmm…)
What is your job at Bethesda Softworks?
I'm the Senior Producer on Fallout: New Vegas. Which is a fancypants title that means I'm the primary point of contact for Obsidian Entertainment (the external developers working on the game) here at Bethesda.
My job is weird and varied. The easiest oversimplification is that it's my job to make sure Fallout: New Vegas comes out on time and meets the standards we have for the game. When any of the various departments (QA, marketing, finance, etc.) here at Bethesda needs something, it's me they go to. And then when Obsidian has issues, they talk to me. And of course I get to raise issues all on my own because I'm a troublemaker and that's what I do. Plus I get to manage the budget and make sure people get paid, which is easily the most glamorous part of my job.
What games have you worked on?
This is my first title for Bethesda. Prior to this I was at 2K Games, where I was fortunate enough to work with Firaxis Games on great titles like Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, Sid Meier's Pirates! and several expansion packs for Civilization IV. I also worked on Bioshock with Irrational Games/2K Boston and The Darkness with Starbreeze. World class developers all around.
What is the best part about being a producer? The worst part?
The best part is that I get to work on a Fallout game. That's mindblowingly awesome on so many levels. Plus I get to talk to guys like Chris Avellone and Todd Howard. They're so dreamy.
The worst part is having to deal with budget stuff, but really, it's not too bad. The days I spend entirely in Excel are a necessary part of the job and I've learned to live with that.
How did you get into the industry? Any tips for breaking in?
It's a long and boring story, but I'll try and keep it short (and add in explosions).
I've been in the industry since I graduated college in 1999, and was pretty much in before that as well.
I started writing for gaming websites and magazines as a college student, pretty much just writing previews, features, and interviews for anyone that would run my work. When I graduated I went to work for Blue's News, a site which I suppose is now classified as a blog. I kept up the games journalism thing for a few years, surviving the Internet bubble by getting a day job (boo!), moving over to Shacknews, and keeping up a healthy amount of freelance work on the side for places like GameSpot. Eventually I decided that I wanted to do games full-time again, so I took a job with the Rockstar Games PR department in 2004, working on all of the non-R* titles from Take-Two. The first title I took out on a press tour was Army Men: Sarge's War. About a year later, the 2K Games division started up at Take-Two, and I was one of its first employees. I was the PR lead on Sid Meier's Civilization IV. Eventually I was given the opportunity to move over to games production and that's what I've been doing ever since. Also explosions.
My #1 tip for breaking in: don't be a jerk. People remember you. I've known people here at Bethesda since my days as a journalist. Despite starting up in NYC (out of Rockstar), 2K moved out to northern California, and after a couple of years living there I really, really wanted to move back to the east coast. So I called the people I knew here and came on board last summer. Wouldn't have happened if I was a jerk.
What is your personal favorite game of all time?
That question isn't fair. The greatest game of all-time is Tetris. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. It's like chess, and we will probably never see anything so singularly perfect ever again. But it doesn't count.
- My three favorite RPGs are The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, the original Fallout, and Planescape: Torment.
- My four favorite shooters are DOOM 2, Half-Life, Duke Nukem 3D, and Painkiller.
- My three favorite text adventures are A Mind Forever Voyaging, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Suspended.
- My three favorite turn-based strategy games are Heroes of Might & Magic, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, and X-COM.
What games are you currently playing?
I recently finished Heavy Rain. I really liked it. I also finished up Mass Effect 2 recently, which was really fun, but I think I prefer the first one.
Other than that, I was checking out The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom and 'Splosion Man on XBLA, and I'm always playing and downloading new tracks for Rock Band 2. I'm also playing Plants vs. Zombies and a weird little game called Space Miner on my iPhone.
What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
Choose one: my two year old daughter, my wife hitting me because it's her turn to sleep in, a needy cat or an alarm clock. It's almost always one of those.
As for what motivates me, other than the above (which are pretty big motivators, especially the one that involves physical violence), it's that I get to work with some of the best people in the industry on a world class title in one of the best franchises in gaming. This is why I get here at 8 a.m. Sleep is for the weak.
Worst job you ever had?
In high school I worked at McDonald's and Burger King (Burger King recruited me away from McDonald's by offering me $0.50 an hour more), but honestly, I had fun working those. I guess I'm crazy that way. The only job I didn't like was the day job I had to get in 2001 when the Internet advertising bubble burst and I could no longer work full-time as a journalist. I worked as an Office Administrator for a small startup company. But really, that wasn't so bad either. The fact that I needed a day job at all was the real downer there. Although there was one really nasty part about it; the company was in the garment district in Manhattan, and we were in the same building as some sweat shops (offices that had rows and rows and rows of little old women knitting; you think these don't exist, but they're all over the place). Anyway, they had really nasty sanitary conditions there (cooking without an actual kitchen, leftovers all over the place, etc.), so they would attract all kinds of rats. Rats who inevitably made their way into our office. In a company of only 15 people, it fell on me to do something about that. Just know this: well-fed rats can leave quite a mess behind.
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I like to spend as much time with my wife and daughter as I can, because when it's crunch time, I know that's going to be difficult. Other than that, I play a lot of games, read a lot of comics and actual book books, and generally live the life of a happy nerd.


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Kidney Diseases
Severe right side pain appears to be a stone in CT scan and x-ray but not. Two laser surgeries performed determined a foreign object in kidney. What could this be?
Without more info, it's not possible to give you a definite answer, but here are some thoughts that may help:
What is your pain like?
This is an excerpt from our article on "Kidney Pain" (see link below for the complete article):
"The pain caused by kidney stones occurs when a stone becomes lodged in the ureter, the slender tube that connects the kidney with the bladder. Urine flow is then blocked, which causes urine to back up into the kidney. The kidney then swells and enlarges, stretching the pain-sensitive capsule, or thin covering around it.
"The pain caused by kidney stones is referred to as 'colic,' meaning that it comes in waves, as opposed to being a steady continuous pain. Pain from kidney stones is described as being almost as severe as that of childbirth. Patients with renal colic usually find it very difficult to hold still, and are in constant motion, pacing and writhing. Often the pain is so severe that it causes nausea and vomiting.
"Although the pain starts in the right or left flank area, it may move as the stone travels down the ureter. The pain may move around the side of the trunk to the lower part of the abdomen in the front and even travel down to the groin."
So if your pain sounds anything like the above, you may have something that is continuously or intermittently blocking your ureter and appearing on CAT scan to look like a stone. This could include a blood clot (although in that case you should see blood in your urine too), a tumor, or a piece of tissue called a 'papilla,' which sloughs off from the inner lining of the kidney and is more likely to be a problem in people with diabetes, kidney infection, or sickle cell disease.
I would think that you should be able to ask your urologist about this. They should have at least some idea, considering that they've done two laser surgeries and have presumably actually seen the "foreign object."
If you would like to write back and give some more details about yourself (age, gender, length of time that you've had the pain, more description of the pain itself, and other diseases that you have - such as diabetes) I may be able to be more helpful. In any case, if your own docs figure this out, please let us know so that we can learn from your case too!
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He's in Boston now.
He wouldn't, and that was my point about Barbosa this summer. We ran a terrible offense where we gave him the ball and asked him to create. He'd have the same problems with us this season if we wasn't in Boston (and it's not his fault).
I'm pretty sure this is the first time in shot clock era that a team has scored 5 pts in the 4th and won.
Filling a nice reserve role in Boston for vet minimum. meanwhile we are paying Gerald Green.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
I'm beginning to think that last year was A COMPLETE ABERRATION!!!! How did we go from being one game up on the eventual champs...to all-the-sudden playing like dookey in a matter of months? I know that it's only the beginning to a long season, but, we're looking HORRIBLE. We've only played two worthy teams and one of them put us in our place within minutes; and the other we lost. The rest of those teams were, IMO, considered garbage; yet, ALL OF THEM has made the games too competitive to my liking. I mean Charlotte frikkin' Bobcats broke their losing streak against us.
What happened to our "supposed" depth? The way this team is set up is that if someone goes into a funk, we have other players to help recover. But EVERYONE seems to be in a funk at the same time!
What happened with Paul working on his handles? He looks like he's about to lose the ball almost every time he dribbles.
What happened with Big Boy Roy? Getting past the first round, actually getting voted by the coaches into the all-star game, and getting a big contract wasn't enough to boost his morale? He's looking more soft than his rookie year. The next acting job he takes should be Lenny whenever someone decides to do a remake of "Of Mice and Men."
I know some people are down about Collison being traded. But face it, he wasn't gonna stay here coming off the bench. What I don't get is picking up DJ, whom looks like garbage on offense and defense.
What happened to our play-calling? Did every team just figured us out at once? We play like a pickup game at the YMCA.....just too many ISO's and hardly anyone understands that it's more successful to pass out of a triple-team to a wide friggin' open player than to shoot over two or more defenders and then wonder why everyone stands around the next couple plays. Plus, is it me, or when I watch the opponents or just any other game in particular, I notice better passing, better spacing, and it seems that everyone knows their roles?
Sorry for ranting, but I'm finding that getting this off my chest is somewhat therapeutic until I go to bed.
Lance played 27 minutes. Can someone tell me how he did?
The only SILVER LINING that I can see in any of this is that he is starting to get more minutes. To me, if we are doing poorly...I rather do poorly with Lance getting solid and consistent minutes to see what he can do.
If there was a way to let Miles go out there to get some minutes....I'd be all for that as well.
We're losing games against Teams that were in the FRAKKIN Lottery at home and on the road....we might as well develop Lance and Miles while we are at it.
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Still not panicking. If half of those in and outs go down as they should have, we win this thing by double digits. If I remember last year right, we had games like this early on where we couldn't buy a basket if our lives depended on it.
Roy and DJ's offensive games will come around soon.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Why couldn't of Andrew Wiggins reclassed to 2012 ughh. Dude is gonnabe a freak on both ends of the floor when he comes into the lg tank for Wiggins is a club I could be apart of. For Zeller meh or Shabaz meh or Noel meh. Tony Mitchell would be super though.
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Lol at all the people that said Jermaine was overpaid. If JO was overpaid, what Hibbert is hasnt even been defined yet.
I don't think we are getting Odd thoughts tonight either
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS...Oh....wait
Can we just can Vogel and get it over with?
Also, I'm sick of Roy and his "hands up" thing when he is introduced. He plays like a neutered puppy on the court.
Our best player is George Hill. Not taking anything away from George, but even John Wooden wouldn't be able to win with him as your best player
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Cellar for Zeller is sounding better and better each day
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Here's what I know. Our team has scored 100 points...once. ONCE. IN EIGHT GAMES. That is unacceptable in today's NBA. And that is on the coach. We've gotten above 90 two other times. WOOOOOO. You know what teams win when they allow only 5 points in the 4th quarter? Teams who are well coached. You know what teams lose who allow only 5 points in the 4th quarter? Teams who are poorly coached.
Everyone wants to blame effort or whatever, I don't know I can't really do that. Our guys aren't being put in spots to succeed on offense (other than Hibbert who apparently can't even hit layups anymore). Go back and watch the last twenty seconds of the game, I'll be nice, and just call it a coaching equivalent of a dumpster fire.
Our Defense has been fantastic in every game but the Spurs game, well I can accept that the Spurs are a heck of an efficient team. Otherwise, the D is getting it done, offense is just trash, complete trash. We haven't seen a single offensive adjustment from a game planning stand point other than subbing in Young for Green and Lance for Young as starters. Well that is not coaching, that is rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic.
Vogel is a great dude, a great, great dude, but the decision is too easy. The most sought after assistant maybe in the NBA is sitting on our bench, it's not really a hard decision IMO.
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Suck For Luck and Cellar For Zeller. LOL!
Honestly, I wouldn't really have a problem if Vogel was fired. But you have to admit that management didn't really do him any favors in the offseason. The trades were borderline robbery, and our draft class is also looking horrible considering Plumlee isn't ready to contribute yet. Just a disastrous off-season
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
I honestly can't make heads or tails of our signings. Mahinmi is playing better D than Lou ever did last season. I know that.
True but he's still Meh-hinmi to me. I think we actually under-valued our bench players last year. They brought it.
We undervalued DC there's no doubt about that. Advanced stats backed up the fact that he was every bit as good as Hill, and in the playoffs he was better.
If all you can hang your hat on is getting a marginally better backup center, than this off-season was an epic fail
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
why did we have to suck this year?!!!! If we get the #1 pick, I will be sad. Next year is when the Pacers would want to suck. We need ANDREW WIGGINS!
I sure hella did! Mahimi is not even close to DC's level. Remember when everyone on the team was saying how good Augistin was? Yea, DC any day over him. DC come back!
All it took was 8 bad games to alienate most of this board, lol.... come on guys. They'll work it out and then all these posts will look silly.
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Fox & Friends Saturday criticized President Obama for offering to personally pay for a "museum of Muslim culture" during the government shutdown, a claim that originated from a satire website.
On October 5, the co-hosts of Fox & Friends Saturday discussed the closure of the World War II Memorial, which resulted from the Republican-led shutdown. During the discussion, co-host Anna Kooiman claimed that while the memorial is closed, "President Obama has offered to pay out of his own pocket for the museum of Muslim culture."
[quote]KOOIMAN: The Republican National Committee is offering to pay for it to keep it open so that the veterans from Honor Flight are going to be able to go and see this because who did it honor? It honored them. It really doesn't seem fair, especially -- and we're going to talk a little bit later in the show too about some things that are continuing to be funded. And President Obama has offered to pay out of his own pocket for the museum of Muslim culture out of his own pocket, yet it's the Republican National Committee who's paying for this.
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Nicira and Programmable Networking… a Juniper Perspective
Today the networking world has been all 'a-twitter' about Nicira; the networking start up who earlier this morning unveiled its network virtualization solution. Based on some of the analysis I've read, you'd think a gaping hole has opened up underneath Mathilda Ave. and Tasman Drive, destined to swallow the fortunes of network infrastructure vendors. But fear not; the reality is far more interesting -- and exciting.
Network Virtualization shines a light on the deep, dark underbelly of network infrastructure today. For too many years, we've treated it as plumbing: a service that needs to be ultimately reliable, infinitely scalable, and as close to zero-cost as possible. But the more we've driven cost out of the system, the less attention we've paid to our customers needs - flexibility and dynamic control which is where the real value lies..
The unfortunate truth is:today's networks are static and brittle. They're far too big and complicated to run by hand and are therefore operated by a maze of management, provisioning and OSS/BSS systems.Complex change management procedures use process to drive out operational errors, but they push the network further away from being able to adapt to the business. They're also as blind to the applications running on them, as the applications are to the network itself.
Juniper and Nicira share a vision: a future of dynamic, adaptive networks. Over the past three years Juniper has led the charge for the industry – developing and embracing programmable interfaces at multiple levels – including support for protocols like ALTO (Application Layer Traffic Optimization), PCE (Path Computation Element) and BGP-TE (Traffic Engineering data in BGP) – all of which enable externally visible and signaled connectivity.
Juniper also plays a leading role in demonstrating OpenFlow as an interface to granular control of application forwarding in the network, highlighting how programmability is about adding value to network control, rather than a threat of commoditization. Network-centric APIs come in many flavors, operate at many layers of abstraction, and enable powerful new capabilities for carriers and enterprise networks alike.
Network Programmability seeks to bring networking back into the fold of orchestration; to rejoin a pool of resources that scales and adapts to the needs of the business. Service Oriented Architectures teaches us that a network must enable and protect dynamic conversations between multiple endpoints (and not just in cardinal compass directions). Now, more than ever, the network is the fundamental glue between users, endpoints and services. But somehow it's not part of the orchestra today.
Abstraction and integration
As you dig into the technology, you'll find that Nicira delivers two critical pieces to network programmability: flexible communications between endpoints, and a critical northbound API to higher-layer provisioning systems that harmonize the server, storage and communications resources.
Nicira's solution enables communications between virtual machines by creating an overlay. It leverages GRE, and is similar to other tunneling protocols (like VXLAN or L2TP) that tunnel communications between network endpoints – but it adds a crucial element: information and control. Instead of flooding the traffic, it maps connections between endpoints, based on input from the orchestration tools above. This is how the company proposes to deliver dynamic, custom communications paths between virtual endpoints – and deal with the inherent mobility of nodes in a dynamic datacenter.
This network abstraction layer is designed to make the virtualized network operate over any type of underlying physical infrastructure, and is a splendid first-step in adding networking to the pantheon of virtualized resources. But with great flexibility comes a lot of stretching. In this case, it means overlooking one of the primary values of network architectures today: the detailed understanding, and efficient use of the underlying network topology. As long as applications demand consistent throughput, and timely delivery of packets (read: bandwidth and latency guarantees), you can't over-simplify the transport through virtualization.
Here at Juniper, our experience in global network infrastructure has taught us that network abstraction is important, but represents only half of the problem. Awareness and control of the underlying topology is fundamental to deliver flexible services at scale. As virtual overlay networks seek to extend outside the datacenter, it's critical that these systems interact with the underlying network in order to deliver the service levels demanded by real-time business communications.
The second value proposition is Nicira's integration with the orchestration layer. This shows the true value of Network Programmability: the ability to add the network back into the business value chain. It's what closes the gap in today's networks and the applications that dynamically traverse them – and where we as an industry must advance.
So, how do you get there? As with any new architecture, the devil is in the details. To make the network programmable, you need to have pervasive interfaces to the orchestrators above and the underlying topology below. This support for APIs has to span multiple device types and must be consistent and relevant to the problems our users are trying to solve. The challenge in enabling this end-to-end dynamic communications is to program conversations traversing the LAN, WAN, Datacenter, and even intermediate security enforcement nodes. Matching these network flows to services (like security) is one of the toughest network engineering tasks today – and dynamic services integration is ripe for integrating into an orchestration solution. But building a system like this across multiple operating systems means taking on the task of translating multiple dialects of lower-level programming interfaces. As a vendor, Juniper has built a solid foundation of One Junos as a common control plane for our routing, switching and security products. This puts us is in a unique position to deliver consistent and useful topology-aware APIs across the network and its service-enabling nodes.
It's all about workflow
When I ask myself what has happened in networking in the past decade, the biggest shift has been from treating it as connectivity (read: plumbing) to communication. It sounds like semantics, but there's a crucial difference. The workflow of running a network has traditionally centered around the task of "keeping the lights on" – in other words, keeping the infrastructure available, stable and secure. This results in highly static, deterministic networks, with careful change controls and stacks of best-practices and operations procedures designed to keep accidental keystrokes from violating SLAs. The server world was here just a few years ago. Server virtualization taught us a valuable lesson: if you run a utility with a mindset centered on eliminating operational issues and downtime, you stifle innovation. When you make the system more intelligent and adaptive, you can start to reap the rewards from all your resources. But this means re-evaluating how you deliver and support production resources.
The world of IT and network communication works faster now. It's not about servers, links and connectivity anymore; it's about capitalizing physical resources through dynamic workflows. It's also not about servers, or network links anymore; it's about workloads and communication paths.
Juniper has always been cognizant of how our users run their networks. We built our business not only on highly-available, high-performance networking – but also in better understanding how our users run their networks. For a vendor, making networks run efficiently should be about understanding a customer's business and the workflows they use to run their networks. Sometimes it means getting legacy details out of the way for better network operations: an efficient command line – for example transactional configuration models have long been a hallmark of Junos. But to add real value, you have to integrate with your customer's business by being a programmable resource. Junos has delivered intelligent network APIs at multiple levels for years. From our XML API that led to an industry-wide NETCONF standard, to advanced SDK tools now available in our network OS.
Programmable Networking is the new frontier. It means providing best-in-class performance at the data plane, but also best-in-class intelligence, programmability and workflow integration in the control plane. Most importantly, this new level of network intelligence means becoming a part of the dynamic resource provisioning chain – and adding crucial value in the process. This means integrating with business workflows, and not running the network as a mysterious set of pipes hidden deep underground.
Networks aren't valuable because they forward packets reliably and quickly, they're a critical infrastructure for communications. The more networking vendors can do to deliver dynamic, real-time infrastructure to enable end-to-end communications, the more value we can help build and grow effective network-based businesses and services.
In the end, Programmable Networks are good for our customers, our industry, and (we think) for us. Nicira's solution demonstrates that as an industry we should be adding value with the network, by becoming more dynamic and integrated with the overarching service that pays for the pipes – that said this abstraction is not a license to gloss over the details of packet delivery. As this marketplace evolves, it's important to make sure that we close the information gap between the orchestrated services and the detailed knowledge and experience of guaranteed connectivity delivery. Like Nicira, we at Juniper believe that increased intelligence in the network coupled with the exchange of information between applications and the underlying infrastructure is the right way forward.
I think you are completely missing Nicira's view of the world. You are naively trying to relate Juniper to Nicira's view of the world. They claim to require no support from the underlying switching and networking fabric while supporting network virtualization. (aka they dream to commodotize Juniper's business) Whereas, you would want your boxes to be there with high margins, albeit with programmability to support network virtualization. That's not what Nicira is advocating.
What do you say about their positioning wrt Juniper?
Networking Start-Up Nicira Wants to Mess Up Cisco and Juniper's Business
The bottom line is Juniper agrees with Nicira on network programmability and flexibilty, but also sees your point as well.
Note this paragraph from above:
"This network abstraction layer is designed to make the virtualized network operate over any type of underlying physical infrastructure, and is a splendid first-step in adding networking to the pantheon of virtualized resources. But with great flexibility comes a lot of stretching. In this case, it means overlooking one of the primary values of network architectures today: the detailed understanding, and efficient use of the underlying network topology. As long as applications demand consistent throughput, and timely delivery of packets (read: bandwidth and latency guarantees), you can't over-simplify the transport through virtualization. "
While eating into margins may be unstoppable for some, there is also opportunity for these large vendors like Juniper to differentiate themselves by integrating other parts of the network into the virtual world, so that way the virtual world is aware of the physical world and vice versa.
For the same reason, you don't want 2 x VMs on 1 x physical server, you may not want 2 x network flows riding on the same physical hardware/path. Would this not be valueable for any network deployment? Today, you can't do this with Nicira alone, but if Juniper and Cisco opens up their hardware, it may be possible, right?
I don't work for Juniper or any vendor - just stating how I interpreted this article as well.
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In the end, you're making an argument of commoditization. Your reasoning supposes that if the underlying network transport is good enough, there is no need for "high-margin" hardware underneath the virtual network solution. But beware: the argument of commodity cuts both ways (it can go upstream as well). If Nicira is only tunneling communications, then it too is just another layer that could be commoditized. (note: I'm making a devil's advocate point here – don't stop reading yet).
My point in the original blog entry is that there is actually value on both sides of the abstraction layer – as long as it's not opaque. The virtual network controller adds value by shielding the orchestration layer from the gory details of networking (true), but its own differentiation from competing virtual network overlays is its better understanding and optimization of how it tunnels communications between endpoints. Remember: VMware and Cisco are in the other corner advocating VXLAN, which floods all traffic through IP multicast groups and relies on data-plane MAC learning just like "commodity" L2 switches. Intelligent network virtualization's real value is that it's smarter and more efficient, not just abstract.
The inherent driver for this level of abstraction comes from the virtual layer's ability to shield the layer above from complexity, while still adding value through understanding and leveraging the infrastructure below. But without visibility of the topology below and an understanding of how to take advantage of it, the virtual network is just another set of tunnels.
Juniper has built its business on two critical factors: improving the price/performance ratio of the underlying infrastructure, and increasing value by delivering more intelligent and dynamic services. Lowering costs is great – but doing so without adding value doesn't move the industry forward – it just makes 'good enough' cheaper.
The networking industry has long been criticized for not having enough innovation. Innovation comes through making the system smarter – capable of making more optimized intelligent decisions (based on data from above and below), not cost-cutting. This translucence between the network topology and the abstraction layer is the inherent innovation here – and where the value is derived. If you accept that network virtualization is just about cutting costs and not adding value, then commoditization is not only where the network is headed, but also the layers above.
We're excited about what companies like Nicira and others are doing -- exactly because we see the value in expanding the role of the network topology and bringing it closer to the services it's ultimately enabling. Innovation is the tide that raises all ships.
The driver for this level of abstraction does not just come from hiding complexity but to also scale networks. Network abstraction is nothing new. MPLS VPN and other VPN technologies are built on this concept where service is decoupled from transport. Now people are realizing that this level of abstraction is required to scale data centers also as they grow to 10s/100s of thousands of VMs and east-west traffic requirements increase. If data centers were limited to 100s of servers then plain VLAN networks would just have been good enough.
As far as transport being dumb pipe Vs intelligent path, what stops companies like Nicira to not be able to use something like a MPLS-TE based transport? I suppose nothing.
To your first point: exactly.
Specifically, MPLS has proven to be scalable (and extremely successful) exactly because it logically separates two distinct problem spaces: edge services and core transport. VPNs in MPLS are effectively modular and provide a level of abstraction (just like what the virtual datacenter networks seek to deliver), and also provide detailed control of the transport to enable high-value capabilities like traffic engineering and fast-reroute. The model works because the VPNs have some level of visibility and control of the underlying transport topology (ex: views of LSP reachability and path selection), and spare the core transport from the complexities of edge VPN service provisioning.
If you abstract the model logically, there is a strong opportunity to build a similar symbiosis between the virtual overlay and the underlying transport. Allow the complexities of endpoint communications to be handled by an overlying abstraction layer, and provide an interface for visibility and control of the underlying transport. Viewed in this light, the work in BGP-TE (topology visibility) and Path Computation Element (PCE) starts to look somewhat prescient.
You can do the same thing with the LISP protocol , which will eventually become standardized, as Cisco did not patent it and submitted it to IETF. Why get locked into some proprietary approach, with yet another overlay network, to solve what is likely a transient issue caused by what are in effect design limitations in the virtualization vendors software. The really big customers that piloted Nicera did so because they have an immediate competitive scaling issue to deal with, and I'm sure only have rolled out on a very limited basis. The average enterprise should take a big wait and see on this, as well as any other proprietary fabrics the vendors are trying to lock them into. Qfabric comes to mind, as well as Cisco Fabricpath.
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