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The Bicycle Comes Back (Jul, 1936)
The Bicycle Comes Back
In amazing revival of fad of the nineties
By John E. Lodge
THE bicycle is back. Four million Americans now pedal along streets and highways. And, last year, factories in the United States turned out 750,000 machines, nearly equaling the peak production of the gay nineties. News items from all parts of the country tell the story of this dramatic boom in popularity.
In Chicago, Ill., for instance, 165,000 persons recently signed a petition asking for cycling paths to be constructed in the city parks. In Washington, D. C, a huge crowd of enthusiastic spectators, last winter, braved frigid winds for hours to watch an amateur bike race. From coast to coast, cycling clubs are i springing up. The veteran League of American Wheelmen has come back to life. The Amateur Bicycle League of America has approximately ninety affiliated clubs; the Century Road Club, promoting amateur races, has twenty-five or thirty, and there are upwards of 300 unassociated clubs in the country.
In 1933, a survey conducted by department stores showed that bicycles stood fourth on the list of things that boys and girls wanted for Christmas. In 1935, they stood first. Almost every large city has bicycle rental stations, and several have schools for teaching the fine points of cycling. Railroads are running special "bicycle trains" that carry enthusiasts and their wheels to scenic spots for one-day outings. The bicycles ride in special baggage cars, where passengers may also rent machines if they so desire. Last summer, when the Boston and Maine Railroad inaugurated the idea, its first Sunday excursion to the wooded section of New Hampshire carried 200 cycling enthusiasts, in spite of the fact that the day was rainy!
This season, the bicycle-train idea is spreading. From New York, excursions will run to the Highlands of the Hudson and to Connecticut; from St. Louis, Mo., others will carry bicycle fans of that city to outlying, picturesque spots. Railways in other parts of the country are also adopting the idea.
A "bicycle breakfast" was staged not long ago by a charity organization in New York City. One morning, a horde of riders gathered in Central Park and pedaled in parade formation downtown to a popular restaurant. Staid old Fifth Avenue had not seen so many wheels in one group since the days when they shared the streets with the horse car.
Instead of subsiding, the tide of cycling popularity continues to rise. What is the secret of the bicycle's amazing comeback?
Running over its history, we find that it wasn't until about 1885 that the modern bicycle came into existence. Five years later, the "bicycle craze" was sweeping the country. By 1898, American manufacturers were producing approximately 1,000,000 machines a year. Factories were humming; every village had its thriving bicycle shop.
Then interest waned. A blight seemed to attack the industry. By 1904, production had dropped to 200,000 machines, and thousands of bikes were reposing with flat tires and rusty spokes in cellars and attics, woodsheds and barns. The bicycle's day seemed to be over.
Manufacturing statistics show that production in 1909 was 168,000; it was 299,000 in 1914; 216,000 in 1921; 255,000 in 1927; and 260,000 in 1931. Then, during the worst depression the country has known, the old-fashioned bicycle took a new lease of life. Something began to happen to the "forgotten vehicle." Workmen trickled back into bicycle factories. Dealers reported increased demand. Production totals jumped, until in 1935 they were almost three times what they had been in 1931.
What had happened?
Various explanations have been advanced. About 1932, it is pointed out, publicity agents for Hollywood movie stars began to run out of ideas for "different" pictures that would be printed in newspapers and magazines. The actors and actresses had been shown engaging in every form of athletics, wearing almost every known costume, and riding in almost every kind of motor vehicle. The publicity men hit on the idea of having their stars photographed riding bicycles. Almost overnight, Hollywood became "bicycle conscious." What started as a mere publicity stunt, turned into an authentic cycling craze.
One prominent actor pedals ten miles between his home and the studio twice a day, rain or shine. Some Hollywood stars adopted the bike as a pleasant form of exercise, others as an easy way to pedal off a few excess pounds. But most of them continued to ride because they had discovered that cycling was fun.
The bicycle craze spread up the California coast to San Francisco. Society leaders took up cycling as a novelty, and ended by adopting it as a regular activity. The popularity of cycling spread inland. Before it could reach the Atlantic coast, Boston, New York, and Washington had already been bitten by the bicycle bug from another direction.
During the depression, many people who formerly had traveled abroad, saved money by a trip to near-by Bermuda. Here, automobiles are taboo and bicycles abound. The American tourists caught the cycling craze, brought it home, and spread it throughout the East.
During A Century of Progress Exposition, in 1934, a "bicycle day" brought 25,000 persons pedaling through the gates into the grounds on the Chicago lake front. Today, hardly a city or state is untouched by the bicycling wave which has swept the country.
New designs, mechanical refinements, ingenious accessories are a feature of present-day machines. Bicycles of radically new design are making their appearance. There are bikes with three-speed gear shifts, automobile-type steering wheels, built-in speedometers and lights. There are tandem machines, three-seaters, six-seaters, and one "centipede bike" carrying ten riders.
Typical of the response of manufacturers to the growing demand for new and better bicycles is one streamline machine distributed by a leading mail-order house. Built on rakish lines, it has the seat, the luggage carrier, the framework, and even the pedals made in streamline design. It has a built-in speedometer, horn, and headlight—with a battery concealed in the broad upper bar of the frame— a red-glass rear reflector, and a special rubber-tipped stand bar which swings down against the ground and holds the machine upright when it is parked.
SEVERAL makers have introduced a combination horn and light. The accessory is housed in a streamline case which clamps onto the handlebars, the light bulb and reflector in front and the electrically operated horn at the rear. A button placed near one of the handlebar grips operates the horn.
Another ingenious combination bicycle accessory is a lock with a reflector which serves as a tail-light. The device is attached to the framework at the back wheel with the reflector pointing to the rear. By pressing a small handle, the cyclist can snap a strong metal rod between the spokes of the wheel, thus locking the machine when it is left unguarded. Only one who knows the combination of the lock and turns the handle in the correct manner can unlock the wheel.
Another type of lock is housed in the fork crown of the front wheel. When a key is turned, the front wheel is locked in place at such an angle that the bicycle cannot be ridden or wheeled away.
Probably the most radical innovation in bicycle design is a new streamline two-wheeler that can be pedaled from a comfortable sitting position in a rubber-cushioned, chairlike seat, and guided with an automobile-type steering wheel. It boasts balloon tires, twin headlights, and a tail-light. Small-diameter wheels and an elongated body give it a low center of gravity to minimize wabbling and the danger of spills.
Bicycle trailers form another field in which inventors have been busy. Not long ago, a Chicago mechanic produced a collapsible trailer for use on bicycle tours. Clamped to the frame of the bike by a metal connecting rod, the novel trailer weighs less than fifty pounds and is only three feet long. It is built of Wood in the form of a small box sliding into a larger one. At night, it can be extended lengthwise into a comfortable six-foot bunk.
At an eastern seaside resort, a life-saving trailer made its appearance last summer. Essentially a stretcher on wheels, the trailer is quickly attached to a bicycle for emergency runs from beach life-saving stations.
IN THE wake of the bicycle's rising popularity have come a number of exciting new sports. Bicycle polo, for instance, has appeared in many parts of the country. At Palm Springs, Calif., the playground of the movie stars, cycling and archery have been combined. Teams of two contestants each, riding on tandem machines, circle around a fixed target. The "pilot" sits on the rear seat and guides the machine while the archer aims and shoots the arrows as the wheel skims past the bulls-eye. According to enthusiasts, the new sport requires unusual skill and a fine sense of timing.
Cycle racing, once a major sport, is also coming back into its own in amateur circles.
Literally hundreds of races, ranging from short sprints to "century runs" of 100 miles, are scheduled for this summer in all parts of the country. Each year, the Century Road Club of America, with headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., sponsors 100-mile road races and holds an annual cycling meet in its home city. At thirty seconds past midnight each New Year's, a crowd of California cyclists gets away for a unique 100-mile bicycle race over a course laid out around San Francisco Bay. The event is sponsored by the New Century Wheelmen of San Francisco. In the old days, the "century riders," who entered the 100-mile grinds held throughout the country, were famous in sport.
ONE of the celebrated road riders of the nineties was "Big Bill" Rischel. His most famous exploit was cycling across the Great Salt Lake Desert, in Utah. That desert ride proved to be more than a stunt. It blazed a trail over the barren wastes which was later followed by highway engineers when they laid out the Utah section of the famous transcontinental Lincoln Highway.
Modern racers have many engineering innovations to aid them. One of the latest is an extra-light bicycle made of aluminum alloy. Completely equipped, this featherweight bike tips the scales at only thirteen pounds. Such machines are expected to play a part in setting new speed records in amateur and professional racing.
Last year, Ernest Ohrt, former racing star, now a representative of the League of American Wheelmen, promoted races in twenty cities, seeking talent for the team which will go to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. He uncovered a number of topnotch riders.
Another outstanding development of the bicycle boom is the establishment of cycle paths in city parks. In the nineties, it was the bicycle rider who led the agitation for better roads. Now, the present-day enthusiast argues, the automobile age can repay its long-standing debt by providing such paths for bicyclists away from the dangers and fumes of the motor traffic which monopolizes our highways.
At Chicago, in response to a monster petition signed by 165,000 bicycle fans, 100 miles of cycle trails are now being established. Detroit, Mich., has established similar "handlebar paths" in several of its parks, as have Washington, D. C, Oklahoma City, Okla., and New York City. As a result of hundreds of requests, Atlantic City, N. J., now permits cyclists, at certain hours of the day, to ride along its famous boardwalk.
To safeguard bicycle tourists riding on main highways, cycling organizations are now strenuously advocating that states authorize the construction of special paths along the shoulders of roads.
With improved machines and better highways, the fun of cycling has increased. Daily, new recruits are joining the 4,000,000 enthusiasts now speeding along on two-wheelers. The bicycle, economical and dependable, has got its second wind.


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CHICAGO, Ill. (Sept. 14, 2012) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Friday that the club has signed Guillermo Franco on a free transfer. The two-time World Cup veteran and Mexican international will likely see his first action for the Men in Red when the Fire take on FC Dallas in MLS Reserve League action at Toyota Park on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 10:00 a.m. CT. Bet on nfl football and soccer this coming weekend!
"We're happy to add a talented player like Guillermo to our team," said Fire Head Coach Frank Klopas. "He has a wealth of international playing experience and will be a great asset as we look to strengthen our squad for a potential MLS Cup Playoff run."
Franco joins the Fire from Liga MX side Pachuca where he made 12 appearances in 2012. The Corrientes, Argentina product began his career with Argentine Primera División side San Lorenzo in 1995. Franco spent the next seven seasons with San Lorenzo, scoring 23 goals in 96 matches.
In 2002 Franco joined Mexican side Monterrey, where he made 119 appearances and scored 63 goals. While with los Rayados, Franco led the team to the 2003 Clausura title and led the league in scoring during the 2004 Apertura season with 15 goals. Franco then headed to Spain where he spent the 2006-09 season with Villarreal, where he made 81 appearances and scored 14 goals, including the goal in a 1-0 victory against Celta de Vigo that sent Villarreal into the UEFA Cup.
Franco signed with West Ham United for the 2009 season where he scored five goals in 23 appearances. He then joined Argentinean side Vélez Sársfield in 2011 where he made 18 appearances and scored five goals.
Franco became a naturalized Mexican citizen in 2004 and made his national team debut in 2005. Franco scored eight times in 25 appearances for El Tri, and represented Mexico in both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups. Franco becomes the fourth player on the Fire roster with FIFA World Cup experience.
Name: Guillermo Franco
Position: Forward
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 168 lbs.
Date of Birth: November 3, 1976
Place of Birth: Corrientes, Argentina
Hometown: Corrientes, Argentina
Citizenship: Mexico
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I recieved an email that comes from "Lenovo Support" (latin american support for Lenovo products) after many discussion over the phone about G560 IWS in Argentina. This email said, again (yes, again), that G560 doesn't have IWS in Argentina. They gave me this link to check:
That link is completely outdated!
I provide them (yes, I provide them!) the right one before they sent me that mail:
If they click on "International Warranty Service Eligible Countries - Lenovo 3000 series" under "IWS Eligible Countries Lists" this URL is opened:
They don't (don't want to) see it I think! I don't know if they are several mental ilness... Is that a requisit when they have been hired? Are they kidding me, right? Of course. Not only to me. To everybody!
So, you travelers (students, business people, tourists, etc) who comes to Argentina with your Lenovo. Take care, because this people (Lenovo Argentina or Latin American Support) doesn't know how to assist customers. They use outdated information to denied you technical service. They always will put you barriers and stupid excuses (for example: "you must to buy IWS", as one operator said me a few days ago).
The target of this post it's not solve my personal situation. I'm sure that I will get IWS in Argentina for my G560. The target of this post is to warn people, and maybe warn Lenovo Headquarters of the mechanics used in Latin America.
Solve this Lenovo!
My problem is kind of the same.
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 that I personally bought in US via the 1-866-968-4465 from Lenovo on June 11th 2010.
Now I have my computer with me in Argentina and the the problems starts.
I had from factory some problems with the LCD LED panel that where solved with a BIOS update, but some remain here:
Acording to this site:
And this document:
My computer is elegible for International Warranty Service (IWS).
So I called the Warranty Service number (0800-444-2722) for Argentina and they said that I should send my computer to the local warranty service in Buenos Aires: Unisys on July 14th.
The people there told me that they had no information and autorization to disarm or try to diagnose or fix my notebook. So they give it me back without doing any hardware or software check.
My question will be... Wasn't my computer elegible for IWS?
Since that July 14th, I have been listening the people at the 0800 telling me that my case has been reclaimed, and also I had listening them telling me that my computer was aproved for full replacement... But here in Argentina they don't have that information.
My question will be... Does Lenovo has an information problem?
What are the standard times for a computer repair?
Is this the quality Lenovo offers for their top-of-line / best seller (Y series) computer hardware?
Up to today, my problems listed on the forum remain here in front of me. And I have to live with them, but I keep fighting for a professional, clear and complete solution from Lenovo US, Lenovo Argentina and the 0800.
Hi All,
Thanks for your feedback regarding the IWS country list. In fact i have raised this up with the web team but i am not sure why there is delay in rectifying the error of inconsistent country list. I'll make sure to bring this topic to the team's attention again for customers in Argentina is able to receive services for their machine entitled for IWS.
2. This page link below is wrong and should not be used as reference. It has been deleted to avoid confusion.
To check for IWS eligible country, please use this IWS page.
I have logged the case for IPnaSH so an agent will check this issue with both service/call centre and IPnaSH.
pepemosca, in regard to your LCD display issue, our team in US is investigating it now with a few sample units from customers. Thanks to them in sending in the machine for our inspection.
I know that your have problem with service centre in which your machine sholud be entitled for service according to the IWS eligible country list. Do you mind to send me a private message about your details and i'll get someone else to attend to you?
Info needed:
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
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I must add that my service was not rejected: the guys at Unisys were very polite and told me that they had no autorization to do my IWS.
Days later they told me that they can do my warranty, but they have not the software and manuals to do it.
Also, the guys at the 0800 tell me that my case is approved for notebook replacement and that information is not reflected on the guys at Unisys. So, no hardware is prepared for exchange.
Is there any unique warranty control system?
1 week later after an open Customer Resolution case, nobody calls me nor email me.
I called again today to customer service. On their system, my machine doesn't has IWS in Argentina. Yes, still in the same place.
A few minutes ago, I received an email (coincidence? of course...): a survey about service request. They ask me some many questions about service itself (what I think about customer service? what must to do Lenovo to improve customer service? bla, bla, bla, etc, etc - that kind of questions -).
Funny part is the email contains a "transaction resolution date" and it is "2010, 24 of August".
So... I still frozen and they still wasting my time.
Estimado cliente, En Lenovo, su satisfacción es la medida de nuestro éxito. Nos esforzamos permanentemente por mejorar nuestro nivel de servicio y asistencia técnica, por eso nos gustaría recibir su opinión sobre esta reciente solicitud de servicio. Sus comentarios son muy importantes para nosotros. Para acceder a la encuesta, haga clic en el URL que aparece a continuación. http://survey.ccsurvey.com/leno0701a/surveysl.pl?LINKPROTECTION
Le adelantamos nuestro agradecimiento por su participación. Agradecemos enormemente su opinión y sus sugerencias. Sobre la solicitud de servicio: AR_Cxxxxxxxx
ID de empleado de la transacción: agentea01 Línea de productos: Notebook G550 (I told them G560...)
S/N: CBUxxxxxxx
Fecha de resolución de la transacción: 24/08/2010
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Hi All,
I'm really sorry IPnash. I have to check with the team again why never contact you, and now you have the feedback form. Usually this form to be filled after a case is closed. In the meatime, we're still dealing internally about the discrepancy in G560/Y560 IWS eligibility in AR. Sorry to have you waiting.
T410, x240
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I think the problem is located in the IPS because it is used by a Lenovo Partner (like customer support or local service).
Hi All,
Ok discrepancies have just been made clear. G560 and Y560 should have IWS covered in Argentina. The message has been successfully conveyed to all internal parties, and actions will be taken to make sure these 2 models will be able to get repair service. Service centre as well as call centre will be informed the same, including necessary info to be provided to them too to serve customer.
I have received attention from higher level to look into your cases. I believe things will be straighten out soon and processes will be improved.
IPnaSh, it is not about the IPS. It is about the process and source have never been made clear. But it should be ok now. Anyway, please allow some days for us to get these information passed on to customer service centres.
Thank you for your patience.
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Bridging SAN islands
To help ensure that a change made to one part of the SAN doesn't interfere with the entire storage network, some new products claim to have developed a new switch-based intelligence that segregates the SAN and protects SAN data.
|VSAN implementations
Emerging business needs such as off-site disaster recovery, storage consolidation and better sharing of existing resources are driving the impetus to keep SANs logically separate while physically connected. Storage routing products such as Cisco System Inc.'s SN 5428, Computer Network Technology Corp.'s UltraNet Edge, Crossroads Systems' 10000 and McData Corp.'s IPS 3300 enable users to choose between FC, FCIP, iFCP, IP, iSCSI and SCSI protocols to connect their existing storage islands to one central SAN.
The Virtual SAN (VSAN) technology offered in Cisco's MDS 9000 series of directors lets users partition SAN traffic. Brocade Communication Systems' Logical Storage Area Networks (LSANs) technology offers similar functionality; the SilkWorm Multiprotocol switch (AP7420) connects multiple fabrics without merging them (see "VSAN implementations"). McData's new DS10000 directors allow users to segregate functions within a SAN using hard partitioning.
SAN isolation
Technologies such as VSAN, hard partitioning and LSAN represent vendors' first attempts to isolate the traffic and data on a SAN. These technologies are modeled after Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology, which allows different devices on different LAN segments to communicate with one another as if they're on the same physical segment.
Users cite a variety of practical reasons for wanting to isolate their SANs, and VSANs offer effective methods to satisfy their needs. VSANs allow storage administrators to set up preproduction tests on the same SAN that hosts production applications and data. They also minimize the impact of fabric-wide disruptive events. But the greatest benefits of implementing VSAN technology are likely to be realized in large SAN deployments.
Larger environments tend to get more complex as SANs consolidate. While costs decrease and capacity utilization increases, management and administrative issues become thornier. For instance, individuals used to managing their own SAN islands prior to consolidation may need to still manage their piece of the consolidated SAN for administrative and security reasons, yet current SAN technology makes this almost impossible.
VSANs provide practical solutions. Technologies from both Cisco and McData allow users to create fabrics containing their own fabric services and management access within the SAN. Each VSAN fabric has its own name server, zone server and domain controller, so administrators can have the control they need and allow users attached to the SAN to experience the same level of services they had before.
This becomes especially relevant in storage environments with special requirements. For instance, administrators in production environments may need to limit the timeframes when changes are made in their switch environment. Other administrators working in test and development environments may need to make changes throughout the day to meet ever-changing testing demands.
But often test and development SANs are merged with production SANs and must adhere to the production SAN's more stringent requirements. Current SANs don't accommodate the coexistence of these two environments very well, with users on the development side often getting the short end of the stick by having to work within the confines of the more constraining production environment.
VSAN technology solves this. Cisco and McData allow users to create separate VSANs for different environments on the same switch. Brocade's AP7420 switch allows resources to be shared between the two storage fabrics while maintaining the integrity of each fabric.
High-volume backup traffic in a consolidated storage environment is best run on a separate fabric. Cisco's MDS 9000 and McData's DS10000 enable the segregation of backup traffic from other VSAN traffic. Users in Brocade environments can theoretically configure their AP7420 and partition the switch to separate the backup function as well, but because it's only a 16-port switch, it may make more sense to create a separate SAN dedicated to backup.
However, there are downsides to dividing up the resources of a switch. With VSANs, disk or tape resources allocated to one logical SAN can't be shared with another VSAN. Complementary technologies like Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) from Cisco help overcome this problem. IVR is a standard part of Cisco's latest MDS 9000 SAN-OS 1.3. It enables the sharing of common storage resources such as FC tape drives and WAN links in Cisco VSAN networks. IVR examines data traffic on different VSANs and allows certain data packets access to devices on another VSAN. But IVR technology only became available with Cisco's November 2003 SAN-OS 1.3 release. Users of other FC switch vendors need to wait until a standard gets defined.
McData's new DS10000 switch features a competing technology called hard partitioning. It operates in a manner similar to Cisco's VSAN technology. Hard partitioning enables, for example, separate administrative logins, data isolation and even different versions of switch microcode to run on different partitions of the same switch. "But McData directors don't allow sharing of storage resources dedicated to one partition by another partition, as Cisco's IVR does.
Brocade's LSAN technology lets users create a VSAN. Rather than offering this feature as an option on its director-class 12000 switch, Brocade chose to deploy this technology on its SilkWorm Fabric AP7420 switch. The switch lets departments retain the management responsibility of their SAN and keep their servers and storage in their existing location. A department with excess capacity can share it with another group, and they can recover or replicate their data at another site.
The AP7420's EX_Port allows the sharing of resources between different fabrics. It acts like a Fibre Channel Network Address Translation (FC-NAT) engine by presenting a device on one SAN to the other SAN, only with a different FC address. So if Tape Drive 1 on SAN A needs to be shared on SAN B, the AP7420 could present it as Tape Drive 2 on SAN B, while protecting its identity of Tape Drive 1 on SAN A's fabric.
Yet Brocade's AP7420 implementation continues to reinforce user perceptions that almost every solution it introduces consumes more FC ports. For example, to achieve redundancy between two existing fabrics requires 16 FC ports: four on each existing SAN, plus four more on each of the two AP7420s. At a cost of $1,500 or more on the existing ports, this adds over $12,000 to the cost. Users should urge Brocade to implement back-end inter-switch links (ISLs) on their switches for these types of solutions.
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*Configuration of DS10000 is subject to change because it hasn't been released yet.
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VSANs not for novices
With all of the vendor VSAN implementations, users need to be cautious about how implementations and changes are done. Only certified storage administrators should be permitted to make changes regarding what resources are shared. Inexperienced administrators may find they can easily share a storage device with another VSAN. However, they may not understand the risk of sharing an array port dedicated to only Sun servers with a Windows server on the other VSAN, or the problems of exposing a tape drive owned by Veritas NetBackup to Tivoli Storage Manager on another VSAN. Sharing mistakes may cause data corruption on the array port, or result in the tape device becoming inaccessible to either product.
Managing VSANs is an issue, too. For now, users are essentially forced back to Excel spreadsheets to track how devices are used on their assigned VSAN. And it gets even more complicated if devices are shared across multiple VSANs. Because few, if any, storage resource management (SRM) tools can track either the VSAN configuration or how the device gets shared between the VSANs, users need to understand the ramifications of device sharing using VSAN technology before using it.
VSAN technology is relatively new, so users should only logically segregate their SANs when there's a real business need. Consider Cisco's MDS 9000 or McData's DS10000 if the goal is to consolidate all of the servers and storage in one location.
For now, Cisco has an advantage because its switch has been on the market longer--administrators are certified on its switches and the technologies deployed resemble utilities in their networking switches. Brocade's AP7420 is a more viable option for sharing resources between two vendors' fabrics without compromising the integrity of either one. Regardless of the product chosen, users will be locked into a vendor's product until a standard is released in a year or so.
Bridges and routers
Not all users want to consolidate their SANs, but need to connect legacy storage devices and servers to their FC SAN. Others need to connect with off-site locations for resource sharing, disaster recovery or business continuance purposes. Storage bridges and routers can be used to satisfy these needs.
Standalone bridge and router products allow users to keep their existing technologies while connecting to their budding FC infrastructure. Cisco's SN 5428 router supports two Gigabit Ethernet ports and eight FC ports. By supporting both the iSCSI and FC protocols, users can gain access to FC-attached storage devices using low-cost Ethernet technologies. The SN 5428 also offers management features found in both the IP and FC spaces, including SNMP and VLANS for IP networks, and LUN masking and zoning on the FC side.
The Crossroads 10000 router offers users a way to extend the life of their existing SCSI-attached storage devices. In addition, Crossroads has advanced its SCSI-to-FC bridge product, the SA40, which allows users to take their legacy SCSI-attached servers and connect them to a SAN. The SA40 also offers LUN masking capabilities and the unique ability to connect AS/400s to SANs.
In addition to just connecting existing devices to SANs, products from companies such as CNT and McData allow users to connect different SANs at different geographic sites. CNT's UltraNet Edge Storage router supports FC and Ethernet interfaces; the IPS 3300 Multi-Protocol IP Switch from McData supports FC, Gigabit Ethernet, iSCSI and iFCP protocols. Both offer bandwidth management, and their routers can interoperate with any E_port-capable FC switch. This permits users to connect different brands of switches at different sites to allow procedures such as asynchronous mirroring and sharing storage between sites.
QoS and security
David Stevens, CTO of Brocade's Transport Systems Group, says, "Quality of service in the network only matters when it costs money, otherwise users don't care." With 2Gb FC already commonplace, bandwidth plentiful in most environments and 4GB and 10Gb FC just around the corner, most storage managers place a low priority on the ability to route and manage traffic on their FC infrastructure. However, QoS becomes an important consideration when managers start to move data between geographically dispersed SANs. Users should view the ability to monitor and maintain QoS as absolutely essential on any storage routers they deploy.
Security is the other feature that often falls below users' radar. With one person managing the switches and storage in many environments and SANs deployed in physically secure environments, security often gets scant attention. But with the introduction of iSCSI SANs--along with consolidated servers and storage--the odds increase that the storage network will be compromised, either accidentally or intentionally.
To fortify against possible security intrusions, users can adopt a three-phase plan to protect their storage infrastructure. The first step is to develop and implement role-based user logins. Configuring the zoning, setting up VSANs, updating the code on the switches and managing VM functionality all may require different user permissions. Cisco offers up to 64 different types of user roles on its OS to help ensure sufficient access security.
Authenticating servers as they log onto the FC fabric still receives little attention from users, but is on the road map of every switch vendor. Brocade and Cisco already support basic authentication methods like DHCHAP, but the next generation of security will expand to include RADIUS authentication. DHCHAP is a mandatory password-based, key-exchange authentication protocol that supports both switch-to-switch and host-to-switch authentication. RADIUS provides a higher level of security by maintaining a database of hosts authorized to log onto the SAN and what storage resources the hosts are authorized to access.
VSANs give users a glimpse into what their SAN infrastructures will transform into over the next couple of years. As different departments and even different companies look to share resources for purposes such as cost control and disaster recovery, this technology will gradually move up in importance. For now, users should keep abreast of this technology and look to incorporate it into their SAN infrastructure in 2005.
|Storage routers
|Researched by Robin Raulf-Sager.


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Apparently, it runs in the family.
The woman who made up a story about finding a severed finger in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose has concocted yet another tale, this time about her son being shot, authorities said Friday.
Anna Ayala, 47, and her son, Guadalupe Reyes, 26, who live separately in San Jose, hatched a plan to blame an innocent man for shooting Reyes in his left ankle, when in fact Reyes accidentally shot himself, police said.
Reyes lied because he is a convicted burglar who is not supposed to have a gun, investigators said. Ayala allegedly backed him up.
"She has a history of manipulating the system to her benefit, and this is another example of that," said Bret Wasley, a Santa Clara County deputy district attorney.
On Oct. 21, police found Reyes suffering from a gunshot wound outside his home on Michigan Avenue. His mother was standing over him, police said. The two identified the shooter as a 25-year-old man from the area.
After investigators confronted him with evidence that there was no gunshot residue on the man he said had shot him, Reyes admitted, "I shot myself," police said in court records.
Reyes added that his mother also knew he had shot himself accidentally, authorities said.
Ayala admitted that she had gotten rid of the gun, but told police, "I'm not going back to prison for something that has nothing to do with me," investigators said.
In fact, she faces a possible four-year sentence for allegedly falsely reporting a crime and being an accessory. Reyes was charged with three weapons-related violations.
In 2005, Ayala drew widespread attention when she reported having bitten into a fingertip in a bowl of chili she bought at a Wendy's in San Jose. During an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America," she described how she had crumbled crackers into the chili and, "Suddenly, I chew something that's kind of hard, crunchy."
An investigation determined that her husband, Jaime Placencia, had actually bought the digit from a co-worker who lost it when it got stuck in a truck hoist. The couple had schemed to defraud Wendy's out of millions in a lawsuit, authorities said.
Ayala was released from prison in 2009 after serving four years on three counts of presenting a false insurance claim and was ordered to pay millions in restitution to Wendy's. Placencia was sentenced to 12 years for the scam and for failing to pay child support.


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I am testing an app that does some subversion interactions, such as comitting, adding, stat, etc.
What's a good way to get me started in terms of mocking the subversion client and working directory that I use etc. This would be in Python.
So, for example, when I check whether a repository is a valid repository, I try to make an http connection to the network resource. Do I check what Exception is thrown in my app if I try to connect to a non-existent resource and just make my mock client raise that exception etc? Am I on the right path?


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JPA Plugin
compile "org.grails.plugins:jpa:0.1.10"
Provide standalone JPA functions without GORM, optional Groovy-style JPA APIs, Validator (JSR 303 draft) and JPA Unit Test supports. It is different from the official JPA support as follows:
- your application depends on (i.e. is coded against) JPA interface rather than GORM
- the JPA classes could be put in /src or /grails-app/domains
- it's unsure if the default GORM plugin will do anything to do the entity classes under /domain. in future version, this plugin may try to disable the default GORM plugin
- it's uncertain if the entity class will work against Grails data binding, scaffolding and any features that works for GORM. Please test and let me know
- you probably could package your entity classes for Java
- Simplified development with more flexible configuration
- automatic generation of persistence.xml
- if you don't need to use multiple persistence unit and/or data source, and you don't mind to have your EntityManagerFactory called "entityManagerFactory", u could skip all configurations. By default, the plugin scan the classpath for any entity class and add to a default persistence unit named 'defaultPersistenceUnit'
- you could use wildcard character to define which entity classes shall belong to which persistence unit
- <0.1.1> validator api
- included the latest snapshot library of JSR 303 Bean Validation API
- base on Agimatec Validation
- <0.1.2> Proposed Groovy JPA API
- The Proposed Groovy JPA API is included in the Grails JPA Plugin, but could work independently in any Groovy application
- The API provides two Groovy Category, one for stateless operation and one for thread-scope stateful operations rely on the JPAContextHolder
- The API also provides a JPA instance that as similar as the Groovy JMS instance. (but improved over it)
- Good test coverage, see the test cases for how it works
- <0.1.4> Provider a JPATestHelper.createTempEntityManagerFactory() method
- It scan the classpath according to your criteria, prepare a temp persistence.xml and create a EntityManagerFactory
- See the examples in the test cases in this project.
- others
- Support any JPA implementation
- support Grails data source
- utilize Spring LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean
Installation and Configuration
- Installation
grails install-plugin jpa
- Notice: Grails by default will install the Hibernate plugin in any project. This plugin also bundle with Hibernate libraries but is not compatible with the Hibernate Plugin. Please ensure the Hibernate plugin is uninstalled
- check the application.property to ensure the line of hibernate plugin is removed
- check your USER_HOME/.grails/${grailsVersion}/projects/${projectName}/plugins/hibernate.* are removed
- Configuration - Check the JPA Plugin Configuration page
JPA Usage
- This is a JPA plugin and you are expected to learn about JPA. This plugin base on Spring JPA support and by default provide Hibernate JPA implementation
- The Java Persistence API - A Simpler Programming Model for Entity Persistence
- JPA with Spring
- JPA with Hibernate
- Simple scenario
- Sample Entity Class
package demo.jpa import javax.persistence.* @Entity @Table (name = "DEMO_PERSON") public class Person { @Id @GeneratedValue (strategy = GenerationType.AUTO) Long id; @Basic String name; @Temporal (TemporalType.TIMESTAMP) Date lastUpdated; @Version int version; //List<Address> }
- Basic JPA Operation.
- Please google some JPA Tutorial
- Data insertion in a controller
import javax.persistence.* class JpaController{ def entityManagerFactory; def insert = { def em = inmemoryEMF.createEntityManager() em.transaction.begin() em.persist( new Person(name:params.'name') ) em.transaction.commit() render "new person is inserted to database" } }
- Check the demo controller for example about query and update
Validator Usage
- <0.1.1> Latest JSR 303 snapshot with agimatec-validation implementation
- Usage
- Sample Entity
@Entity public class Person { @Basic @Min (value = 13L, message = "{Person.age.min}") Integer age; }
- perform validation
- by default, a validate() method is added to any entity class. perform validation is as simple as:
List<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation> violations = new Person(age:10).validate()
- alternative, you may use the ValidatorUtil
use(ValidatorUtil){ def violations = new Person(age:10).validate() if (violations?.size()>0) violations.each{ println it.interpolatedMessage } }
- and for sure, you could use JSR303 API directly. You may obtain a validator either via the standard API, or with ValidatorContextHolder.getValidator()
- See the Config.groovy and grails-app/i18n/validators*.properties for an example of how to configure the validator.
Proposed Groovy JPA API
- <0.1.2> See the test cases to get to know how it works
- The "Groovy JPA API" usage is optional, and it provides some extra API to use JPA.
- There are three ways/level of usage
- Use the stateless Category
use(JPACoreCategory) { assertEquals 3, em.getEntities('query': 'select p from Person p')?.size() assertEquals 'person1', em.getEntities('query': 'select p from Person p')[0].'name' assertEquals 3, em.getEntities('sql': 'SELECT * FROM DEMO_PERSON p', 'mapBy': Person.class)?.size() assertEquals 'person1', em.getEntities('sql': 'SELECT * FROM DEMO_PERSON p', 'mapBy': Person.class)[0].'name' }
- Use the Stateful(ThreadLocal scope) Category
- JPA.run static import
import static groovy.jpa.JPA.run JPAContextHolder.setJPA(new JPA(em:em)) run{ new Person(name:'elegant JPA').persist() }
- static JPA.run
JPA.run{ new Person(name:'elegant JPA').persist() }
- explicity Category usage
JPAContextHolder.setJPA(new JPA(em:em)) use(JPACategory) { new Person(name: 'no arg').persist() } // Note: in future version, all entities registered in Grails will have the JPACategory methods added to EMC, so the use() syntax can be omitted JPAContextHolder.clear() // remove the static threadlocal variable
- Use a JPA instance to manage transaction
new JPA(em: injectedEntityManager) { def trialPerson = new Person(name: 'person4', age: 10) trialPerson.persist() trialPerson.'name' = 'person4.2' trialPerson.flush() trialPerson.remove() }
- The full parameters are not documented anywhere. You should lookup the method comment first and if it is not stated, read the source code. Each method is pretty clear and almost all methods are under 20 line-of-code
JPATestHelper usage
- <0.1.4> setUp, tearDown
- it wraps createTempEntityManagerFactory and new JPA() creation.
- sample:
void setUp() {setUpResult = JPATestHelper.setUp(includes: 'demo.jpa.*')} void setUp() {setUpResult = JPATestHelper.setUp(null, em: injectedEM)} void tearDown() { JPATestHelper.tearDown() }
- see comment at source code for other variety of usage
- other
EntityManagerFactory emf = JPATestHelper.createTempEntityManagerFactory(includes: 'demo.jpa.*') EntityManagerFactory emf = JPATestHelper.createTempEntityManagerFactory(includes: ['demo.jpa.*','demo.**.entity.*']) EntityManagerFactory emf = JPATestHelper.createTempEntityManagerFactory(includes: ['demo.jpa.*'], excludes:'demo.jpa.Address')
- for both 'includes' and 'excludes', they may take either a String or a Collection of String, and accept '*' and '**' wildcard characers
Other docs
- EntityBeanScanner parameters - indirectly used by the first argument of JPAHelper.setUp(entityBeanScannerCfg), and JPAHelper.createTempEntityManagerFactory(entityBeanScannerCfg)
- pre-requisite: JDK and Grails 1.1 (tested with beta 3)
- To create a project called demo with JPA plugin,
- create project and install plugin
grails create-app demo cd demo grails uninstall-plugin hibernate # see remarks grails install-plugin jpa grails run-app
- remarks: The Hibernate plugin is sometimes installed by default. Run the grails uninstall-plugin hibernate command may uninstall it. You see error, following the procedure at the first comment of GRAILS-4005
- if it is successful, you should see:
Server running. Browse to http://localhost:8080/demo
- access the demo controller
- Access http://localhost:8080/demo (and click on the jpaDemoController link) or directly at http://localhost:8080/demo/jpaDemo
- by default, the database has no data. click on the 'add' link at the top to add a record
- after added a record, there will be one row in the table. the last column provides two links that will rename the 'name' of the record.
- Next, you may want to read the source of the JpaDemoController
- hopefully these points are not changed by the time you read it
- add - use Groovy JPA, you'll see it saves data without any begin and end of transaction
- update - plain JPA usage with Groovy syntax, you could see JPA syntax like createQuery, getResultList, persist, commit etc.
- validate - show how to use the validator api. this method is not clickable on screen. you need to type in the URL to access it.
- by default, the demo entity classes are included in the classpath and will be added to your entityManagerFactory. You may disable them by using the following configuration in Config.groovy:
plugins { jpa { 'demo' { disable = true } }
- The parameter does not disable the demo classes from loading to your application. If you definitely don't want the few classes be loaded your production application, you could manually remove them under $user_home/.grails/$grailsVersion/projects/$projectName/plugins/jpa*/
Limitations and Issues
- This plugin doesn't support @PersistenceContext injection of EntityManager by default. However you could add additional beans to the Spring context to get it work. See the relevant discussion thread


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Per the U.S. DoD, * Indicates a "small business" classification and ** indicates a "small disadvantaged business". NOTE: the U.S. DoD only publicly reports contracts valued at $6.5 million USD or greater.
The contract language is EXACTLY as it appears on the official U.S. DoD website (http://www.defense.gov/contracts/) unless otherwise noted.
Contractor: Transatlantic Lines
Department: United States Transportation Command
Awarded: 7/2/2012
Transatlantic Lines, Greenwich, Conn., is being awarded a $15,600,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity fixed-price contract for international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Work will be performed worldwide as specified on each individual order, and is expected to be completed Aug. 31, 2013. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 22 proposals received. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-12-D-W023).
Total Contract Value: $15,600,000


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The June issue of Research magazine covers territory ranging from the future of the independent advisory space to why annuities are so popular in Chile.
In the cover story, "The Future of Independence," thought leaders including Ric Edelman, Mitch Anthony and Elliott Weissbluth weigh in on how independent advisors will serve post-boomer generations and how technology is transforming the independent sector.
The feature article "Becoming Fluent in Client Negotiation" discusses techniques for improving advisor-client communication and collaboration. In the latest Finke on Finance feature, Michael Finke considers "Financial Planning: Art or Science?"
Business Lab, a new column by advisor-consultant Katherine Vessenes, explains the techniques she recommends to her advisor clients—and how she has implemented them in her own fast-growing advisory practice. Her opening topic: the details advisors must master in order to make a great first impression.
In this month's Annuity Analytics column, Moshe Milevsky visits Chile seeking insights into the South American country's booming annuity industry and lessons that can be applied elsewhere.
To preview the June issue of Research, click through the following slides.
In this month's cover story, Ellen Uzelac interviews thought leaders on how the independent advisory business is going to be transformed. Excerpt:
Signs of a seismic shift are everywhere—among them: a talent shortage, unthinkable price compression and a technological revolution that has legs. "We are at a tipping point right now," Fairfax, Va.-based Edelman Financial Services Chairman and CEO Ric Edelman says about the technological advances he believes will sweep the industry. "We are at the knee of the curve. The next five years are going to be startling to most people. It's not merely that change is coming, it's the speed with which it is coming."
After years of baby boomer-this and baby boomer-that, one other notable signal is the almost urgent attention that is now being directed at next-generation wealth accumulators and how best to serve their needs.
Becoming Fluent in Client Negotiation
Jane Wollman Rusoff draws out expert opinion on how advisors can master the intricacies of negotiating with clients. Excerpt:
"It's not me against you—it's us against the problem," stresses Raphael Lapin, Harvard-trained founder of Lapin Negotiation Strategies (conflict-mangagement.net) and author of Working with Difficult People (Penguin, 2009).
"You need to change the conversation," says the Los Angeles-based Lapin, "from supplier-customer to a collaborative problem-solving, consulting conversation. You almost have to act like a therapist in defining the problem and then helping the client understand and articulate it."
Financial Planning: Art or Science?
Michael Finke considers where the financial advisor's work fits on the spectrum of human talents. Excerpt:
Is financial planning an art or is it a science? According to Rachele Bouchand, a financial planner in Bellevue, Wash., "financial planning is an art that uses scientific tools. You have to have both. I love getting to know my clients as people—their hopes, dreams, and fears—and using advanced techniques to find the best solution for them."
Most would agree that this sounds like a reasonable description of financial planning. It combines interpersonal skills and intuition with financial theory mixed in with a lot of applied knowledge. But what is the difference between science and art?
Moshe Milevsky goes to Chile to understand its booming annuity sector. Excerpt:
Now, lest you suspect I am talking about small sums in a small country, each year more than 20,000 life annuity contracts are voluntarily issued in Chile. This is the second highest number in the world after the grand-annuity-daddy of them all, the U.K. (selling 400,000 policies per year). Remember, though, Chile has a population of 17 million people and its insurance companies issue more life annuity policies than the U.S., Japan or Germany.
6 Ways to Not Blow Your First Impression
Katherine Vessenes launches her new column, Business Lab, with advice on how advisors can make a favorable impression on prospects and new clients. Excerpt:
Many of our clients come to us in jeans, casual clothes and even gym clothes and wet hair. Some advisors use this as an excuse for their own poor professional image. I hear a lot of financial advisors say they feel they should dress like their clients dress. If that were true, I would look like a schlub much of the time.


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There's a new superhero in town and phone thieves should be aware!
Tennis champion Serena Williams revealed on her Facebook page Wednesday how a quiet dinner in a restaurant turned into a street chase in order to reclaim her stolen phone. The post—tagged with the names of her sister Venus and fellow player Caroline Wozniacki—features Williams wearing a Supergirl costume.
"Soooooo yesterday at dinner the CRAZIEST THING happened to me," Williams (who doesn't reveal the location or name of the restaurant) begins the entertaining entry. "I was sitting enjoying some Chinese food (delicious may I add) and this guy stands next to me."
The number one ranked female singles player goes on to describe how her "superhero" sense told her to keep an eye on the interloper. "My phone was sitting in the chair but I just didn't feel right. He was there too long. 'Is he a customer?' I thought 'Is he waiting on the bathroom?' nonetheless I tried to shake his this eerie feeling."
Turns out her "superhero" sense was as keen as her 118 mile-per-hour serve speed. Out of the corner of her eye Williams witnesses the thief grab her phone and exit the restaurant. Williams claims she looked at the chair and then shouted, "OMG that dude took my phone!"
Cue the superhero fanfare.
No doubt the thief wasn't expecting what came next as Williams says she "jumped up, weaved my way in and out of the cozy restaurant (leaping over a chair or two) and chased him down."
The Wimbeldon champ recounts how the would-be-robber began to run but she was too fast and "upon him in flash!" In what Williams describes as her "most menacing yet calm no nonsense voice" she asked the thief if he had "accidentally" taken her phone.
No doubt realizing the jig was up, Williams says the thief eventually said, "Gosh you know what I did! It was so confusing in there. I must have grabbed the wrong phone."
"I swiftly thanked him and left," Williams writes.
Mark it down as another victory for the self-described "SuperSerena"!
On returning to the restaurant Williams says she received a standing ovation from the patrons. Williams calls the encounter a "win for the ladies!" and feels proud for standing up to bullies.
"Superhero? Maybe? Or HELL YEA!!," Williams writes. "I've got the speed the jumps, the power, the body, the seduction, the sex appeal, the strength, the leadership and yet the calm to weather the storm. Always listen to your superhero inner voice. Always keep your things close! Fight for what's right. Stand for what you believe in! Be a superhero!"
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At Esurance, we love technology. Mobile apps, online repair monitoring, Twitter, Facebook — we just can't get enough. So what better way to celebrate Black History Month than by honoring 2 African-American inventors whose technological innovations helped shape our modern world?
Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr.
Ever thanked a stoplight for saving your life? Then you owe one to Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. for this ingenious device. While he didn't invent the very first traffic signal — which consisted of manually operated "Stop" and "Go" signs — his version did offer a significant improvement: an intermediary stage that stopped traffic in all directions.
This lessened the potential for those mid-intersection accidents that were so common with the older signs (which left no interval between "Stop" and "Go" for cars to slow down). With the all-stop signal added, cars were less likely to get hit by cross traffic.
While Morgan's invention was eventually surpassed by the current red-yellow-green system, his invention did a lot to save lives in its time. In fact, a Federal Highway Administration education program bears his name to this day: the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program.
To learn more about traffic lights and the vital role they play in keeping our roads safe, check out our article on right-of-way laws.
Fred Jones
Born May 17, 1893, in Covington, Kentucky, Fred Jones' adventurous life would take him from working in an auto repair shop to becoming a class-A racer and world-class inventor. Over the course of his career, he created revolutionary products in a number of industries, including cinema, medicine, and, most importantly perhaps, shipping.
In fact, if you've ever purchased a Mexican mango, a Florida orange, or a Kobe steak in your local supermarket, you've got Fred Jones to thank. Why?
Because Jones invented the refrigeration units now used in shipping trucks, trains, boats, and ships. In fact, without the technology to ship perishable goods cross-country (or even internationally), the very concept of the supermarket would've been impossible.
These two inventors helped save lives and make everything we take for granted daily that much better. Quite the contribution.


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Mike Lake continues to demontrate his leadership and conviction at the 2014 Massachusetts Democratic Convention in Worcester, MA.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Although the results were not what we had hoped, I am proud of our campaign. I could not have accomplished this without you. I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Committee to Elect Mike Lake
103 Gainsborough Street, # 101
Boston, MA 02115
Paid for and authorized by the Committee to Elect Mike Lake, Desmond Murphy, Jr., Treasurer.


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There are only five days left to register for Genealogy "Summer Camp" in Toronto. Registration has to be sent in by May 1st.
From their website comes this news -
"The 2011 Genealogy "Summer Camp" will be number 15! More than 100 participants from England, right across Canada and many US states have attended the 14 previous Summer Camps - some more than once!
Genealogy "Summer Camp" is a unique program that brings out-of-town family historians to Toronto for an intensive week of tutorials and hands-on research, with the guidance of local experts, at the many archives and reference libraries in Toronto. We take full advantage of Toronto's great public transit system and we keep the group small to allow lots of help from our local experts.
Some tutorials will emphasize Toronto sources, but most repositories have holdings from a much broader area. Researchers with ancestors anywhere in Ontario will benefit from Summer Camp.
We've also welcomed many local participants as "day campers". It is an excellent way to get acquainted (or reacquainted) with the libraries and archives in our city. It is also a great excuse for a week of concentrated research.
This year's Summer Camp is scheduled for June 5 to 10, 2011.
For more information, please go to http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org/summercamp.html or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, or leave a voicemail message at 416-733-2608."


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In the 1920s, in Bruges, Brussels, Gabrielle Van der Mal is preparing to be a nun. She leaves behind her worldly goods, but decides to keep a pen given to her by her widowed father, a renowned physician. After bidding farewell to her sisters and brother, Gaby walks with her father to the convent. Dr. Van der Mal doubts that Gaby is meant to be a nun, saying that he can see her chaste and poor, but never obedient. After reminding her that the Order forbids her to ask for her most heartfelt desire, which is to be assigned to the Congo as a nurse, he tells her not to believe she has failed if she is ill-suited to convent life. Feeling certain of her vocation, Gaby serenely dismisses his misgivings. At the convent, her father points out a nun who is considered a "Living Rule," because she personifies the rules of the Order by her exemplary behavior. After presenting Gaby's dowry to the Order, Dr. Van der Mal tells his daughter to be happy and leaves. Gaby is disappointed to learn that she is forbidden to talk to her mentor, the nurse Sister William, for many months. Following strict rules, the postulants adapt to the sound of the bells, which call them to awaken, to chapel, to meals and to the Grand Silence, which are the hours the nuns are forbidden to talk. To develop their spiritual life, the postulants may not ask for anything on their own behalf and are strenuously tested to root out their faults. Mother Emmanuel tells them that the self-sacrificing life of a nun is a life against nature. On their Day of Vesture, when they are given new names and the novice's habit, the young women are expected to turn from memories of their past, requiring that Gaby give up the pen from her father. Henceforth, she is known as Sister Luke. After the ceremony, Gaby blushes when her hospital patients tell her she is "a beautiful nun," and thus commits the sin of pride. By discussing her discomfort with a fellow novice, she breaks the rule of silence. New tests and penances are introduced to the novices and, once a week, they are expected to announce publicly their own faults, as well as those of others they have witnessed. Although she tries to obey, Gaby frequently breaks rules and, even when she succeeds in following the rules, feels she is sinning by taking pride in her success. After taking her vows, Gaby is sent to the School of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Having already been trained by her father, Gaby does well, but incites the jealousy of an older nun, who reports to Mother Marcella that Gaby is guilty of pride. Marcella suggests to Gaby that she fail her examinations to prove her humility, but soul-searching prevents Gaby from doing so. Afterward, instead of sending Gaby to the Congo, Marcella assigns her to work in a mental sanitarium. There, a dangerous schizophrenic patient nicknamed Archangel tricks Gaby into unlocking her cell without asking for assistance. After Archangel attacks her, the shamed Gaby chides herself for her prideful belief that she could handle the situation alone and confides to the sanitarium's mother superior of her internal struggle with obedience. The nun, believing Marcella was wrong to ask Gaby to fail intentionally, suggests that she be easier on herself. After three years, Gaby takes final vows, as her family watches the ceremony. Although she is assigned to the Congo, Gaby is disappointed to learn that she will not work with the natives, but at the "white" hospital for Europeans under the supervision of the eccentric Dr. Fortunati, a bachelor and atheist described as a "genius and devil" by the nuns. The shrewd and demanding Fortunati is pleased with Gaby's professionalism, but discerns her exhausting inner struggle. Gaby works long hours and institutes useful innovations, only to be accused by the bishop of "singularizing" herself when her successes draw attention. When a beloved priest has an accident possibly requiring amputation and there are no doctors available to treat him, Gaby saves the priest and his leg, garnering praise from Fortunati, who then jokes that she will have to confess her "sin of pride." Later, with Fortunati, Gaby visits a leper colony served by a priest, who has dedicated himself to the lepers as a penance for past sins and is now infected himself. Back at the hospital, Gaby's nursing duties conflict with her religious obligations. Although her obligations to her religious life are supposed to take precedence, Gaby cannot sacrifice her patients' psychological needs to the Grand Silence. As Fortunati feared, Gaby's tension from her inner struggles combined with long hours of work take their toll and she contracts tuberculosis, a disease for which she would be required to leave the Congo. Having worked with many nursing nuns, Fortunati tells Gaby that she is a "worldly nun," who is good for patients, but who cannot conform to the convent's expectations. "That's your illness," he says, "the TB is a byproduct." After he wryly warns her not to let the sin of pride make her confess that she correctly diagnosed her illness, he promises to cure the "byproduct" and explain it to the mother superior in a way that allows Gaby to remain. He prescribes several months of rest in isolation, where Gaby is pampered with wine and a special diet, and given a pet monkey. As she recuperates, she is at peace with herself and jokes to a fellow nun that she may never again break a rule. Wryly, the nun tells her they are talking during Grand Silence. After she returns to duty, a native man, swayed by a witch doctor's superstitions, kills a kindly nun who hoped to convince unconverted natives to attend Christmas Eve service. Illunga, a native who assists the nuns, confides to Gaby his surprise that the nuns are not angry. After Gaby explains the nuns' belief in forgiveness, Illunga and others come to the service. When a nurse is needed to accompany an important mental patient to Belgium, Gaby is the only person suitably trained. She fervently hopes that she will be allowed to return, but the mother superior decides to keep her there as "a good example" to the other nuns while she renews her spiritual life. From her father, who continues to worry that her life is being misspent, Gaby learns that her brother and two brothers-in-law are in the army. After Fortunati writes that her replacement "is a real nun," the mother superior asks Gaby if she was in love with the doctor, but Gaby denies it. Although she prays for detachment from her memories, Gaby remembers Fortunati's prediction that she would be unhappy at the motherhouse. The outbreak of World War II makes Gaby's return to the Congo impossible. German bombing is followed by the German occupation of Belgium, but the nuns are expected to feel charity toward their enemy. In the local hospital where she is assigned, Gaby observes that a young nurse, the novice Lisa, is helping the Underground Resistance. After asking God to forgive her disobedience, Gaby offers her help. Upon learning that her father has been killed, Gaby wrestles with her conscience, finally acknowledging that she is "filled with hate." Believing that she should no longer be a nun, Gaby asks for permission to leave the convent. When permission is denied, she threatens to leave without it. Lisa, who guesses Gaby's decision, gives her a contact in the Underground, so that she has a place to go where her skills can be used. After convincing her superiors to put through her paperwork, Gaby is called in to sign the documents and her dowry is returned, but she is refused a last blessing by the Mother Superior. Alone, she is sent to a room, where she replaces her habit with civilian clothes and takes off the wedding ring that symbolizes her marriage to Christ. After exiting the convent, she walks away to a different life.
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Kingston 'Buryed' after 10k challenge
Kingstonian 1-1 Bury Town (16:01:11)
Its been far too long since we covered a non league match on these pages, so here's Jamie Cutteridge putting that to rights with his debut article for European Football Weekends:
Every good story starts with a pun, this is where Moby Dick and Pride and Prejudice fell down, yes we remember their opening lines, but their stories? Well they went nowhere, and the authors were never heard from again. And so whilst 'Kingston 'Buryed' after 10k challenge' might not be the best pun in the world, buried is misspelt and nor is it factually accurate, but it is a pun and I'm sticking with it.
One of the joys of 'European Football Weekends' is the variety of games that they entail. Yes I'm sure the Spakenburg Derby sounds very exciting, but how often do you get to see a top of the table Ryman Premier clash between the pride of Surrey and Suffolk as Kingstonian took on Bury Town. The two teams have both suffered patches of inconsistency in their seasons thus far, but both knew that three points here would put pressure on leaders Sutton, but secretly felt that a point would suffice. As a side note, if you fancy a delightfully middle-class footballing weekend can I recommend Bury Town. Kingstonian's opening game of the season was there and were met friendly locals, the smallest pub in the country with an impressively dull 90 minutes sandwiched somewhere in between.
Perhaps the most striking thing about Kingsmeadow, is that it is too big a stadium for the level Kingstonian play at. Your average Ryman level ground consists of a couple of open ends, a bit of shelter, and one, small stand, Kingsmeadow is banked on side by one large stand, whilst all the other 3 sides provide stepped terracing. The reason for this is two-fold. At the beginning of the Millennium Kingstonian made their push for league status, finding themselves at the upper echelons of the Conference, as well as winning back-to-back FA Trophies, as such the ground as at a level appropriate for the club's. Unfortunately, reality kicked in, and the club lurched towards financial oblivion, with a fair degree of mismanagement, and exploitation thrown in. Eventually a stable backer was found, and couple with the need for a home for AFC Wimbledon, the ground was saved, though now under the ownership of the re-located Dons, leaving Kingstonian tenants in their own home. Whilst some bitterness still remains between sets of fans (predominantly emanating from Ks supporters), the rationality suggests the Kingsmeadow, with a superb set of facilities, would be untenable without AFC's ownership. Big questions still exist about the future of the ground though, as the Womble's push to league status may see them outgrow it. Being a little outside of the non-descript town centre of Kingston, the only pre-match drinking option lies in the club bar, but this does an adequate job, as I'm sure Danny and Cynical Dave will attest to.
So much of the sport's coverage that day was focused on the sanitised cess-pit that is Premiership football as a few derbies and a primadonna show filled the gaps between Andy Gray and Jamie Redknapp's philosophy corner, however the canny football fan in Surrey knew where the real action was. This was proved as upon arriving at Kingsmeadow as the bar was busier than normal pre-match, people knowing that only by arriving early would they get a good view of....Liverpool Vs Everton on the screen. Yes, as pleasant as a non-league high horse is, it is one mainly supported by hypocrisy, my tardiness to the bar was due to watching Villa Vs Birmingham City at home, whilst this website's editor was in prime of place and was enjoying the super-ist of Super Sundays. I like to convince myself that hypocrisy does not count if it is couple with self-awareness, and this was further proved as much of the discussion in the first half of the game was about the Liverpool/Everton game unfolding with text updates on our mobile screens. There is nothing punk or subversive about the non-league game if it is merely a stop-gap between voyeuristic looks at Andy Gray's jowls. (Ironically after this 'bordering on rantish' paragraph, I should inform you that Gray's partner in chief, Martin Tyler is a coach at Kingstonian, a well-known fan of the non-league, and a true gent).
The game began in earnest, and after just 30 seconds Kingstonian midfielder Simon Huckle spooned a volley over from 6 yards. This was to be as good as it got for the hosts early on, as they were then subjected to some heavy Bury pressure, predominantly from corners. One shot was cleared off the line, whilst a goal was disallowed for the perennial shoving within the penalty area. So little action was occurring at the end where the Kingstonian fans congregated that the dominant areas of conversation were the goals in the previously-mentioned game at Anfield and the apparent departure of one of the Ks' midfielders (Jean Silvain Dossou) to Lewes (a fact reported by Cynical Dave, but one that the club's press officer seemed unaware of, ah the joy of duel-ownership). This news was greeted by surprise amongst Kingstonain supporters, as the player in question had failed to set the world alight after a promising start, and hence a move up the division seemed nonsensical. In fact perhaps Dossou's greatest legacy will be his posting under an alias on the club's forum claiming that Dossou was the answer to the club's weakness in midfield and how he HAD to be started soon.
Kingstonian fans do have a reputation within the non-league for their loud support and the full repertoire of songs was out in force for this game. From (Monday, Tuesday) Matty Gray, through to Don't cha (wish your keeper was Rob Tolfrey) every player on the pitch seemed to have their own song (though hearing a group of beer-fuelled supporters trying to get out the words to 'Bird is the word' in honour of fullback Tom Bird is rarely a joyful experience). This certainly adds something to the atmosphere and pre-match experience of a game at this level, and is something that makes a Ks game worth the trip in itself.
As the half seemed destined to end goalless, a long ball forward let to the Bury goalkeeper (known only as Marcus) having to head the ball away from just outside of his area, before casually strolling back to his goal. In the meantime new signing Alan Tait had collected the ball for Kingston, and put a cross in on a plate for top scorer Bobby Traynor to nod in to give the Ks the lead. There was even time before the half for Ks keeper Rob Tolfrey to pull off 'one for the cameras' to ensure the lead was maintained at half time.
Obviously the non-league stalwarts made a bee-line at half time to catch the end of the Merseyside Derby before leaving the bar in time for the second half. Whilst Bury began the half looking for an equaliser, Kingston looked comfortable. This all changed as the hosts were reduced to 10 men as fullback Dean Hamlin was dismissed for tangling with the Bury striker, and as the last man, the decision was as predictable as it was game-changing. There seemed to be little grievance from the home supporters, however replays (yes, the game was filmed, don't sound so surprised) suggested that contact was minimal. The initiative was with the visitors and it took just 5 minutes for them to draw level as striker Sam Reed flicked in a header from 8 yards out. It now looked as if Bury would go on to win, but a tactical change from home manager Alan Dowson seemed to re-establish the Ks footing in the game and the remaining half an hour ebbed and flowed from one end to another (just mentioning Sky coverage seems to have filled my head with clichés) and both sides had chances to win it. As it was, it remained level, a result both sides may well have taken pre-match, but in the context of the game, perhaps both sides left disappointed, Kingstonian with throwing away a lead and a dodgy decision, Bury for failing to take advantage fully of the extra man. It is difficult to imagine that these two will not be in and around the playoffs come the end of the season.
So a good game of football, a decent ground, good company and good atmosphere, what more could you want? For a start, a headline that works, Kingstonian were far from buried thanks to this result, but the need to avoid 'Special Ks' at all costs left me short of options. However Kingsmeadow is situated near the A3 so there was plenty time to rush home in order to catch the end of Super (sickening) Sunday, which makes up for a shoddy headline. Because that's what it is all about surely?
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