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Malegaon: The review meeting called by the Maharashtra Minority Department to decide on the establishment of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) off campus centre in the state January 24 ended without taking any concrete decision. The department has delayed the decision on this important project till its further meeting to be held after a month.
"Today's meeting was called to assess the options available in hand to establish Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) off campus centre in Maharashtra. It was called taking into account the decision taken in the meeting held in October 2010", Minority Department Minister Arif Nasim Khan said while speaking to ummid.com on phone from his Mumbai office.
"During the meeting it came to our notice that the size of the land, which Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is requesting for the purpose, is not available in the areas we are looking for. However, the local district administration in Malegaon has identified a land admeasuring 240 acres near the town", he said.
Maharashtra Minority Department in its meeting held on October 27, 2010 had directed the district collectors of the state to look for the land for the purpose. The Minister in the meeting had also directed them to report to the department within one month. However, except the additional collector of Malegaon - the Muslim dominated textile town in North Maharashtra, no other officer turned up with the land details.
In reply to a question, why then the state government is not deciding on the land as proposed by Malegaon, Arif Nasim Khan said, "Today's meeting was just a review meeting to assess the available options and discuss on the areas where the centre could be established."
"We have once again suggested the district collectors present in the meeting to look for the land in some other areas like Konkan, Aurangabad and Naded", he said.
"At the same time," he added, "The proposal, which we have received from Malegaon has also been forwarded to the revenue department and we will be taking a decision in this regard in the next meeting."
The minister has also directed the department of higher and technical education to send a communiqué to the AMU VC informing him of the latest development in Maharashtra.
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), in what the university officials term as a historic decision taken in its court meeting held in 2008, had decided to establish five off-campus centres in Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. While the work for the establishment of the centre is on in Kerala and West Bengal, the governments in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar have not taken any decision so far.
Meanwhile, office bearers of Noble Education & Welfare Society (NEWS) and Citizens for Development & Peace (CDP), the two NGOs fighting for the establishment of AMU Off Campus Centre in Malegaon are of the view that because of the political considerations the state government is delaying the decision on the matter.
"The land proposal from Malegaon was with the state department when it called a meeting on October 27, 2010. Even then the concerned minister directed the district collectors to look for the land in other areas and did not mention the name of Malegaon", they said to ummid.com.
"Today, at least, he admitted that the land proposal has come from Malegaon and it has been forwarded to revenue department for further consideration", they observed.
"Yet", they said, "It is surprising to note why the minister is emphasizing so much on the areas that already have universities and establishing the AMU centre in such areas would kill the very purpose behind the whole idea."
"We demand from the state government to give its nod for the establishment of AMU off campus centre in Malegaon without further delay", they said.
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Usually logging a DNF (did not find) for a geocache is disappointing to say the least. But on a beautiful spring day in March of 2008 one of the geocaches that I didn't find turned out to be one of the most memorable.
Most of the time I enjoy geocaching with my 2 sons but on this particular day the weatherman had forecasted a beautiful day and I got the bug to go alone. It was a weekday and the boys were in school anyway, so I decided to get out early and try to find a list of 8 caches that I had loaded into my GPS.
I figured I would start out by hunting for the geocaches that were the furthest away and work my way back home. My first target was a 2 part multi-cache that was about 10 miles away and ended up being my first DNF for the day. I found the first part but at the second part I was getting a lot of GPS "bounce" and just couldn't zero in on the cache. I wanted to get in a good number of finds for the day so instead of searching anymore I just headed off to the next geocache.
I found the second geocache and then headed off to Allamuchy State Park where I would be hunting for 6 more caches. Being from Northwest NJ, we are fortunate in the fact that there are tons of rural geocaches that we can hunt for and still be close to home. My sons and I had geocached in the park before and I wanted to find some of the geocaches that I thought might be too difficult for the 3 of us to do together. There was also a cache that we did not find on a previous outing and since it was in the area I thought I would give it another go. (I did locate it this time)
The caches that I was looking for formed a big circle so I headed off and worked my way up the mountain and found the next 2 caches. The second geocache was in pretty bad shape and the logbook was very damp. By this time it was lunch time and I decided to empty the cache container and dry everything out while I had a bite to eat. I found a nice sunny spot and laid the logbook out so it could dry out a bit. After lunch I signed the logbook and put all of the contents back in the geocache container and then continued on my trek.
During the afternoon I found 3 more caches. By now it was getting late and I head of for my final search for the day. Arriving at ground zero I discovered the area contained a lot of places that someone could hide a cache. The fact that there were a lot of leaves on the ground didn't help any. At one point I was down on my hands and knees searching a pile of rocks and I heard some russling in the brush a short way off. Always on the alert for muggles I stood up and looked around to see who was in the area.
To my surprise it wasn't who, but what was making the noise. About a hundred feet away I spotted a big black bear. He was following his nose and didn't seem to be aware of me (yet) so I snapped a few pictures and made my way back to the trail. Since there were no leaves on the trees yet I was able to keep my eye on him and made my way down the trail and over a footbridge that crossed a large stream. Soon I was on a gravel road and now the bear and I were separated by a large stream. So I headed up the road to get a better look at him. He was a big bear and had a pretty bad limp in one of his front legs, so I hoped that if he decided to cross over the stream I'd have plenty of time to get back to my car.
The bear came down to the stream for a drink and was paying any attention to me so I just stood there watching him. A few hikers came by and I pointed the bear out to them so we all had a great time watching him. Soon another hiker came by and told me that this bear had lived in the area for a long time and he had seen him on many occasions. Apparently the bear was pretty old and his limp was due to arthritis. Nonetheless he was a magnificent fellow and spotting him made for the perfect ending to a great day of geocaching.
So I headed back to my car and went back home. Of course the first thing I did when I got home was jump onto the Geocaching.com website and log my finds and did not finds. It was a lot of fun explaining to everyone why I did not find the cache.
Here's the funny thing, the geocache that I'd been looking for was appropriately named "You've Been Found"!
Types of Geocaches
Searching for geocaches is a treasure hunt, so geocachers, just like pirates, will try to protect their treasure with clever disguises and camouflage.
Geocachers are a clever bunch and are always inventing new ways to camouflage their caches, so geocaches can be quite ingenious. This all adds to the fun and adventure of geocaching and helps to protect the cache from muggles. (see the article on Geocaching Terminology)
When you're researching geocache descriptions you'll see that they are listed with 3 ratings. Cache descriptions will list: Difficulty – from 1-5 stars, Terrain – from 1-5 stars, and Size – Micro (includes nano caches), Small, Regular, and Large
Here are the descriptions of the 4 cache sizes:
Nano Cache
A Nano Cache is the smallest type of geocache. Big enough to hold only a log sheet these definitely require that you bring your own pencil/pen. It's a good idea to have a pair of tweezers with you because due to their tiny size, it can be hard to get out the log sheet. Many times these will be magnetic and can be disguised as bolts or bolts heads and placed on guard rails and light posts.
Micro Cache
A Micro cache is a bit bigger than a Nano cache. 35mm film canisters and pill bottles are often used for homemade Micro Cache containers and there are a large variety of commercial containers available. Another popular container for micro caches is a magnetic key-holder.These can attached under or behind any thing magnetic, like guardrails and metal park benches. The disadvantage of the magnetic key-holders is the fact that they are not waterproof. Remember you will still need to bring your own pen/pencil and you might need your tweezers.
Normal Cache
Normal sized geocache containers include, tupperware, lock and locks (like tupperware but have flip down locks to keep the cover on), coffee cans, .30 and .50cal ammo cans. (these are very popular because they are both durable and waterproof and can be painted to help camouflage them) Normal caches have plenty of room for a logbook, pen, and swag.
Large Cache
Due to their size you won't see as many of these because their size makes them harder to lug around and they're harder to disguise. They include 5 gallon buckets, 30mm ammo cans, and decon containers.
In addition to the size of the cache here are 2 types of geocaches you will see listed:
Multi Cache
A Multi Cache in a multiple part cache. These require you to find one or more clues before you actually reach the final destination of the geocache itself. Some multi cache clues will be within walking distance while others may require you to drive from one location to another. The clues usually include a set of gps coordinates that will either lead you to the next clue or to the cache location.
Virtual Cache
A Virtual Cache does not include a cache container. Virtual caches will lead you to someplace that might be a historical location or a spot with a spectacular view. To log a virtual cache you might have to take a picture of the area or write a description to prove that you were actually there.
As you can see, there are many types of geocaches available for you to hunt for on your own geocaching adventures. Personally I prefer normal caches because they are easier to find and usually include trading items.
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What Is Geocaching?
What is Geocaching? Geocaching is a fun and rewarding treasure hunting adventure where participants worldwide hide and find "caches" using hand held GPSr (Global Positioning System Receiver) units. Ask any geocacher and they'll tell you that there is nothing like the excitement of your first successful find.
The word "geocache" was derived from "Geo", meaning Earth, and "Cache" (pronounced cash), a French word for a place where supplies are hidden. So geocaches are like supplies (or in our case, goodies) that are hidden all over the world and geocaching is the hobby of finding them.
Before the word "geocaching" was invented it was called "stash hunting". On May 3, 2000, Dave Ulmer, a computer consultant, became the "father" of geocaching when he hid the very first "stash" in a wooded area near Beaver Creek, Oregon. The stash contained a logbook, a can of beans, mapping software, five dollars in cash, and a slingshot. Previous to May 2000 the GPSr's that were available to the public didn't have the accuracy needed to hunt small things like a stash. Ulmer hid his stash and posted the coordinates on a USENET group and called it the "GPS Stash Hunt".
One of the first people to find the "stash" was Mike Teague. After finding Ulmer's "stash" he wrote about it on his website and started a mailing list where members could receive locations of new stashes. One of the members of the mailing list was a guy by the name of Mike Stum. Stum is credited with inventing the word "geocaching" which soon became the universal term for the hobby.
Not only is geocaching fun, but it's a great family activity that provides excitement, exercise, and fresh air. Kids love it and with over 1 million caches hidden around the world there are probably many close to your home. On our own geocaching adventures we found things close to home that we never knew existed. Geocaching is not just for people who live close to the great outdoors. You can find caches in small town and large cities as well. Many geocachers also include geocaching on their vacations, giving them an opportunity to search for caches that would be too far away during their regular outings.
Geocachers are an inventive bunch of people and have placed caches just about any place you could think of, even underwater. That's part of the fun for cache hiders and seekers alike, making them challenging for both the mind and the body. Some geocaches even require you to have a boat or climbing gear to get to their location. One geocache that my sons and I found was sealed with a chain and a combination lock so we had to search the area for the lock combination. Another one we found was located in a swamp inside of a huge frog lawn ornament. The cache owner had appropriately named his cache as "Frog Bog".
If you decide to try geocaching you'll most likely come across fellow geocachers during some of your hunts. You won't find a nicer bunch of people, members of the geocaching community are always happy to share tips and advice and you'll learn a lot from them. Just about every geocacher or family that geocaches together has a nickname. My two sons and I are "Da3Amigos". In case you're wondering why it's "Da" instead of "The" it's because at the time my sons where fond of saying "duh" when they were making fun of each other.
When looking for caches you'll need to learn to think outside of the box. When you reach the general location of a new geocache, also know as ground zero, start by looking for things that just don't seem right. Some caches will be easy to spot while others will require some additional hunting, don't be too disappointed if your first geocaching adventure ends in a "DNF" (did not find). It's happened to all of us.(and still does..lol) On the other hand maybe you'll be one of the lucky "FTF" (first to find) geocachers and you'll get a change to grab a special gift that a lot of cache owners leave for the first person to find their "hidden treasure".
Finally, I suggest you make your first geocaching adventure an easy one if you have kids. After they've successfully found their first geocache they'll be anxious to go again and you can start searching for more difficult caches.
I wish you happy hunting and many successful finds on your geocaching adventures, have fun and respect the environment!
Now you'll be able to answer your friends when they ask you "what is geocaching?"
Geocaching – Our First Adventure
My sons and I started geocaching in February 2008. Of course being from New Jersey this was probably not the best time to start.
I first heard about geocaching from my brother. He and his kids had tried it and he told me how much they all enjoyed it. It sounded like fun and since I was looking for a way my sons and I could spend more quality time together, I started doing more research on it.
I spent quite awhile researching geocaching gps units and finally decided on the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. At the time (and still is) it was rated one of the best gps units for geocaching and I liked the fact that it could keep track of cache locations and finds and could also be used in my car and boat.
So after talking it over with my sons, I ordered our new geocaching gps and when it arrived I played with it and thought I knew everything I needed to know about it. (boy way I wrong…LOL)
I joined as a premium member at Geocaching.com and found some caches that were close to home and entered them into the gps. I printed out the descriptions and hints just in case we needed them and we decided we would head out the next morning and try it out.
Well, as luck would have it we got about 6 inches of snow that night. Undaunted, and excited about finding our first geocache treasure, we decided that since it was close to home we would give it a try. I drove to the park where the geocache was hidden and we got out and turned on the gps.
For anyone not familiar with the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx, it comes with an electronic compass and you have to calibrate the compass before you use it. Which leads us to the next part of our first geocaching adventure. I looked at the map on the gps and then put it in compass mode. The compass is very nice, it has a nice big display and an arrow that points you in the right direction.
So off went blindly following the compass to the far side of the parking lot. Eager to try all the functions on our new gps, I switched back to map view and noticed we were actually getting farther away from the geocache! What the heck was wrong with this thing, the compass is saying go this way and the map was saying go the other way! Looking at the compass something didn't seem right. It said we were going North but looking at the sun it seemed like we were headed East. Right about that time I remembered reading something about calibrating the compass.
Luckily I had brought the manual along (hey Dad isn't a total dummy) and found the page about calibrating the compass. All I had to do was hold the gps level and spin slowly in a circle 2 times which wasn't a big deal, but you should have seen the strange looks I was getting from people wondering why this big dummy was turning around in circles in the parking lot!
Finally the compass and the gps map were agreeing and off we trekked across the field which was covered in 6″ of new snow. So far, so good until we came to the brook that we needed to cross. It was fairly deep and hadn't frozen over so we needed to find a shallow spot where we could cross. At this point I should probably note that we drove across the bridge that goes over this brook on our way into the park.
We continued on with our geocaching quest and soon came upon a nice little parking area. The same one we had passed on the way into the park…lol and finally ended up in the woods, the compass and gps still agreeing we were headed the right way. A little more walking and we were at ground zero. (finally) I told the boys to start looking for hiding areas and things that might give us a clue to the location of our awaiting treasure.
There we were in was heavily wooded and with the trees still covered in fresh snow we were getting some gps bounce. So I tried walking back and forth from different directions to get a good average reading. Of course by now my youngest son was getting tired and cold and wanted to give up.
So in a last ditch effort to find the cache I pulled out the cache description and we decrypted the hint. It said the cache was located at the base of a fallen tree. So we went to the nearest one and started brushing the snow away. My oldest son found a small hole and reached inside and had his hand on our bounty! Just one problem, it was frozen in place. Luckily I had brought a knife along so we were able to free the geocache from it's location.
We signed the log, exchanged some swag and re-hid the cache. Of course if anyone else was looking for it that weekend that would have an easier time finding than we did, thanks to our tracks leading right to it.
We headed back to the parking lot, which was 1/2 mile away from the nice parking lot where we should have parked and headed home to log our first find.
I'm happy to report that we haven't had any similar problems with the compass, because now Dad always makes sure it's calibrated before we head out
If you would like to share your first geocaching adventure please feel welcome!
Happy Geocaching!
What Do I Need To Go Geocaching?
What Do I Need To Go Geocaching?
Of course the first thing you'll need for Geocaching a geocaching GPS device.
Prices for a geocaching GPS start from around $50.00 for a basic model and can run up to over $500.00 for more high end GPS models. There are also geocaching apps available for most smart phones that are available for free or for low cost that you can obtain (see details below) that will give you a feel for whether or not you really want to get into the geocaching hobby. If you have a car gps that will work on batteries and allows you to enter GPS coordinates you can go that route as well.
Just keep in mind that cellphones and car gps units aren't durable like a handheld geocaching gps, so you risk damaging them.
The Apisphere Geomate jr. is the easiest and quickest way to get in on the geocaching fun; just switch it on and be directed to your closest geocache! With over 250,000 pre-loaded cache locations covering all 50 U.S. states, you and your family could be out enjoying your own adventure before the packaging even hits the floor.
Apisphere Geomate jr. Features
- Cache Hints – get hints like the size,how well it's hidden, and the terrain
- Get Lost Proof – after charging off into the woods, Geomate.jr will get you home
- Found Log – want to review the caches you have found? No worries…
- Back to Basics – and if you wanted the basic stuff like compass, latitude, longitude,and elevation, then you've got it!
The Garmin GPSMAP 62s is probably the best geocaching gps unit on the market and is backed by a 1 Year warranty.
Garmin GPSMAP 62s Features
- Rugged handheld navigator 2.6-inch, sunlight-readable TFT display with 160 x 240 pixel resolution
- Built-in worldwide basemap with shaded relief; download Garmin Connect photos for picture navigation
- Built-in 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass and barometric altimeter for bearing and altitude
- Share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Garmin device users
- 1.7G of onboard memory and microSD card slot for adding a wide array of topographic, marine and road maps
The gps that we use is the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx, when I bought mine in 2008 it was the best rated handheld gps available. It is waterproof, has a ton of features including dedicated geocaching function. I also use it in my car and my boat. I replaced the 64MB Micro SD card with a 1GB card and have more storage than I'll ever need. I love the electronic compass which points in the direction of my next cache and makes it easier to stay on track. When we get close to ground zero it switches over to display how close we are to the cache.
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- High-sensitivity GPS receiver gives you improved satellite reception even in heavy tree cover or deep canyons
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- Electronic compass can determine your heading and direction, even when you're standing still
- IPX7 waterproof case can withstand an accidental dunk in the water and still perform
- Large, color TFT display makes viewing the screen easy, day or nightBuilt-in Americas autoroute basemap, including highways, exits and automatic, turn-by-turn directions
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch you can buy a kit from Magellan that turns it into a waterproof GPS unit. ToughCase is waterproof to IPX-7 standards allowing your device to be submersed in water (up to one meter for thirty minutes) and shock resistant. The unique case design allows you to interact with your device while it remains protected from the elements, including the touch screen, hard buttons, and audio headphone jack access. The integrated high sensitivity GPS chip set enhances the accuracy of most GPS, location based, or navigation apps. Extend your iPhone or iPod touch's versatility by transforming it into a handheld GPS receiverToughCase has an integrated battery that transfers power to your iPhone or iPod touch. Enjoy twice as much power in the outdoors!
Here are some geocaching apps you can find for free, or low cost for Windows Mobile devices, iPhone, and Android phones
Windows Mobile:
- GCzII – available at Nicque.com
- Groundspeak's Geocaching iPhone Application – available at iTunes
Android Phones
- GeoBeagle – available at Appbrain.com
The next thing you'll want to do is join Geocaching.com they are the original and still the best site for geocaching information and finding cache locations. Basic membership is free and premium memberships are only $10/3 mths or $30/year. I have, and highly recommend the premium membership. It's well worth the small investment.
You'll want to make sure that you have good, sturdy hiking shoes. I prefer waterproof hiking boots as they support my ankles and allow you to get through wet areas without getting your feet wet.
Finally you need a few other things, depending on how advanced you are. A few of the items in the list are just my personal choices and as you'll notice there are a few you should take on every geocaching outing.
I have a backpack that I keep ready just for geocaching and here what I keep in it:
- Pen with waterproof ink for signing logs
- Tweezers – for pulling out splinters and getting log sheets out of nano and micro caches
- Spare GPS batteries
- Print outs of cache descriptions and coordinates
- Bug spray
- Camera – you'll want to document your geocaching adventures and you'll never know what wildlife you'll come across and want to capture a picture
- Hand wipes – yes you will get dirty, and if the kids are along and snacking you wish you had them
- Binoculars
- First aid kit
- Flashlight
- Water – the most important thing to bring along
- Snacks – especially if you bring kids along
- Trash bags for CITO – Good geocachers practice CITO (cache in – trash out) it helps both the environment and the community
- Duct tape – great for temporary repairs of damaged caches you find
- Assorted Zip Lock bags – if you come across a damaged cache you can help protect the cache owner's log
- Rope
- Disposable rain ponchos – worth their weight in gold. You know the weatherman always lies
- Bear repellant – if you are caching in an area known to have bears it's good insurance
- Last but not least you need some SWAG (stuff we all get) if you want to trade, if you take something – leave something. Some ideas for SWAG included, small toys like matchbox cars or happy meal toys, pencils, pens, batteries (put them in a ziplock bag in case they leak), coins (coins from other countries make great SWAG), waterproof match containers,empty film canisters, and playing cards. I keep some 1 dollar bills in case i run out. Later if you really get into geocaching you may want to think about, geocoins, travel bugs, and cache buddies (I'll discuss this more when I write about caches)
One final note: Never leave anything hazardous or sharp in a geocache and never leave any kind of food as it can attract critters that will destroy a cache.


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Reviving the GOP brand without talk radio and the blogosphere
Scarborough on talk radio hosts: GOP should 'punch them in the face'
"What do you do to a schoolyard bully? You punch them in the face," Joe Scarborough said Monday morning during a discussion on reforming the GOP after the 2012 election.
Scarborough was specifically referring to talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh and their impact on the Republican brand. The latest column by conservative columnist Bill Kristol inspired part of the discussion.
"Do you think any of these people on talk radio if they're punched in the face by a Republican nominee, do you think they would push back? No, they're cowards. They're bullies. Punch them in the face, and they back off. Bullies do that," Scarborough continued.
Scarborough noted that during the 2012 campaign season, Mitt Romney missed his chance to silence Limbaugh.
"Mitt Romney…for two years he would never stand up to these bullies, so they framed his campaign and he got his tail whipped," he said.
Scarborough suggested GOP nominees should push back on Limbaugh and other conservative talk radio hosts and bloggers or the GOP will follow what he called a "pathway to a permanent minority."
"Who are they to say anything about what the future of this party and of this movement is? They're making tens of millions of dollars…they are destroying the GOP every day," said Scarborough.


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Hey Vapor4Lifeers! We want to know what influential YouTubers you watch for your ecig news! We loved what Ecig Stop said about us!
Hey Vapor4Lifeers! We want to know what influential YouTubers you watch for your ecig news! We loved what Ecig Stop said about us!
Ah I still have that ultimate ultimatum kit. It was the first vaping kit I bought. I don't remember the name of the guy but I used to watch reviews that this guy did and he had this REALLY annoying bird in the background. Everyone would complain about it in the youtube comments. I thought it was hilarious.
There are so many youtube reviews now it confuses me and I get lost. Have no idea who to trust either.
I don't watch reviews now that I've found what works for me
You have a good point though Jwark, I never know who to trust in those reviews either. That's why I prefer the forums.
Never watched a review at all, keep looking but as with movie reviews one persons heaven is another's hell. Find the same with forum reviews too,
Phil Busardo
The biggest problem with reviews is the same problem that hounds every single aspect of vaping, taste is subjective. A good reviewer lists all the faults, positives, and technical aspects of a device from a completely objective point of view. More personal taste of the reviewer thrown in, the review loses credibility. Which in lies the big problem with video reviews. Most go into how well it works for them, and that's it. Renders 95% of them pretty useless. Showing how much vapor is produced by a pv can be manipulated in a few easy steps, mainly using a high vg juice in combination with a low ohm carto/atty. You can make a 3.2v regulated ego look like a fog machine that destroys a vv mod at 5v+ with the right set up. Motives behind the reviews are the other issue. Some people are honest, and simply want to help the vaping community by giving an unbiased overview on an item. Some buy into the craze of a new item and give it an outstanding review even if they never use it a day personally afterwards. Others will trash an item for no other reason but to be different or they have something against the vendor that sells it. The worst are the ones who are bought by the seller of said item they're reviewing in some fashion (or are bought by the competition of the vendor to give said item a bad review). There are plenty of items I've tried personally that had great reviews on youtube and were down right terrible to me, others given horrible reviews that I happened to like a lot. In the end what matters most is if it works for you, in other words what you think of the item means more than any video can....
"I know that I am hard to love, I know that I ask for far too much, but we get what we ask for sometimes, and sometimes we miss the mark. We miss the mark..."- ilyAIMY "the MARC"
Phil Busardo to an extent sir. Will watch one of his reviews of a product after I've tested it and ran it through the paces.
"I know that I am hard to love, I know that I ask for far too much, but we get what we ask for sometimes, and sometimes we miss the mark. We miss the mark..."- ilyAIMY "the MARC"


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A vBucket is defined as the owner of a subset of the key space of a Couchbase cluster. These vBuckets are used to allow information to be distributed effectively across the cluster. The vBucket system is used both for distributing data, and for supporting replicas (copies of bucket data) on more than one node.
Clients access the information stored in a bucket by communicating directly with the node response for the corresponding vBucket. This direct access enables clients to communicate with the node storing the data, rather than using a proxy or redistribution architecture. The result is abstracting the physical toplogy from the logical partitioning of data. This architecture is what gives Coucbase Server the elasticity.
This architecture differs from the method used by memcached, which uses client-side key hashes to determine the server from a defined list. This requires active management of the list of servers, and specific hashing algorithms such as Ketama to cope with changes to the topology. The structure is also more flexible and able to cope with changes than the typical sharding arrangement used in an RDBMS environment.
vBuckets are not a user-accessible component, but they are a critical component of Couchbase Server and are vital to the availability support and the elastic nature.
Every document ID belongs to a vBucket. A mapping function is used to calculate the vBucket in which a given document belongs. In Couchbase Server, that mapping function is a hashing function that takes a document ID as input and outputs a vBucket identifier. Once the vBucket identifier has been computed, a table is consulted to lookup the server that "hosts" that vBucket. The table contains one row per vBucket, pairing the vBucket to its hosting server. A server appearing in this table can be (and usually is) responsible for multiple vBuckets.
The diagram below shows how the Key to Server mapping (vBucket
map) works. There are three servers in the cluster. A client
wants to look up (get
) the value of KEY. The
client first hashes the key to calculate the vBucket which owns
KEY. In this example, the hash resolves to vBucket 8
) By examining the vBucket map, the
client determines Server C hosts vB8. The get
operation is sent directly to Server C.
After some period of time, there is a need to add a server to the cluster. A new node, Server D is added to the cluster and the vBucket Map is updated.
The vBucket map is updated during the rebalance operation; the updated map is then sent the cluster to all the cluster participants, including the other nodes, any connected "smart" clients, and the Moxi proxy service.
Within the new four-node cluster model, when a client again
wants to get
the value of KEY, the hashing
algorithm will still resolve to vBucket 8
). The new vBucket map however now maps
that vBucket to Server D. The client now communicates directly
with Server D to obtain the information.


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You posted a lie. Simple.
Has nothing to do with who it was directed at.Why heck, I have even defended some of what you have tossed out there...
Only, the Hill country Klansman. Never backed him on anything.
Please enlighten me as to what I lied about.
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AT LUNCH WITH: Ellen DeGeneres; Dialed God (Pause). He Laughed.
AT one point, Ellen DeGeneres was the Funniest Person in America. It was very early in her career as a stand-up comic; only one year in, to be exact. The cable channel Showtime, in need of programming, went looking for someone on whom to bestow the title Funniest Person in America. They found Ms. DeGeneres, working as an emcee at a comedy club in New Orleans, her hometown. She was young and smart on stage, relying on offbeat storytelling, strategic pauses and dramatic facial expressions tha...
April 13, 1994, WednesdayUh-oh, Dreamboat Is Wild And Crazy
Sometimes chemistry works and sometimes it doesn't," says Martha Alston (Ellen DeGeneres), trying tactfully to ditch an unwanted beau. "Sometimes you get an explosion -- or a really bad smell." Unlike the mismatched lovers they play in "Mr. Wrong," Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman actually do have good chemistry, but they don't have a movie to show it off. Good-humored but mostly flat, "Mr. Wrong" wastes an amusing premise and two likable stars. Though "Mr. Wrong" marks Ms. DeGeneres's ...
February 16, 1996, FridayFrom Book Editor to Publisher, Pretty Darn Quick
Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser and Ellen DeGeneres have at least three things in common: hit television comedies, best-selling books published by Bantam and a young editor there, Rob Weisbach. In late December, in a move that surprised many in the publishing world, Mr. Weisbach jumped ship to join William Morrow, which lured him away, at age 30, with an accolade usually reserved for much more senior editors: his own imprint.
February 19, 1996, MondayTitle Character in 'Ellen' May Come Out as Gay
Producers of the ABC sitcom ''Ellen'' are discussing plans to have the main character disclose that she is a lesbian during the 1996-97 television season, several reports and a person familiar with the production say. No one involved with the show would comment on the reports, which appeared on Friday. An article in The Hollywood Reporter and a news release issued by TV Guide describing an article that will appear in its Sept. 28 issue say that Ellen DeGeneres, the comedian who plays the lea...
September 16, 1996, MondayA Closer Look at 'Ellen'
When ''Ellen'' makes its third-season debut tonight, the ABC sitcom is likely to get much closer scrutiny than usual. Viewers will be looking for some indication of whether the show's lead character, Ellen Morgan, played by Ellen DeGeneres, is going to become a lesbian. Since word got out last Friday that Ms. DeGeneres and her colleagues were considering having the character come out of the closet later this season, ABC and Disney, whose Touchstone Television unit produces the show, have bee...
September 18, 1996, WednesdayIt May Be a Closet Door, But It's Already Open
ON ANY OTHER SITUATION comedy, at any other time, it would have been a throwaway line, a bit of meaningless wordplay. But when spoken by the title character in ABC's ''Ellen'' during a recent episode, it seemed a coy signal of intentions, another baby step in the direction of a television milestone. Bursting from behind a closed door into the front hall of her new house, the single woman played by Ellen DeGeneres blurted, ''I was in the closet!'' In so doing, she perpetuated what has become ...
October 13, 1996, SundayGrammy Host to Return
Ellen DeGeneres, the sitcom star, will be the host of the 39th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 26, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced yesterday at Madison Square Garden, site of the ceremony. Ms. DeGeneres was also the host this year. The Grammys will be televised on CBS under a new agreement that will keep the show on the network for five years. This year's Grammy show on CBS drew an audience that was 30 percent larger than last year's. Grammy nominees will be announced...
October 22, 1996, TuesdayGay, Indeed, But Not for Laughs
To the Editor: Mr. Bruni was correct in saying that Tony Randall was the first star to play a gay character on television. I wrote the original story ''Sidney Shor,'' which became an NBC movie, adapted by Oliver Hailey and starring Mr. Randall. But I disagree with Mr. Randall when he says that Sidney's being gay was just a device to explain why he didn't have children.
October 27, 1996, SundayOpening the Door With Dignity
To the Editor: Thank you, Frank Bruni, for telling it like it is $(''It May Be a Closet Door, but It's Already Open,'' Oct. 13$).
October 27, 1996, SundayLooking for Laughs, 90's Style
THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO, ''The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart'' became the first album of stand-up comedy routines to reach No. 1 on Billboard's album chart. Mr. Newhart's sly, low-key monologues stayed at the top of the chart for 14 weeks -- still a record for a comedy album. Since that time, a lot has changed in the world of comedy. The genre became serious and profane with Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor, was surrealistic and satirical in the hands of groups like the Firesign Theater and the ...
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I have read a lot of topics about this and could not reach a conclusion about it. We started our website on Godaddy servers but they are like nightmare. The representatives responsible for the hosting do not know anything at all. We are experiencing a lot of performance issues (not related with the content, very small content, tested by YSlow, tools on joomlaperformance.com). MySql tables and queries are also optimized according to several topics about query optimization in this forum.
After optimization of queries it performed better for sure but it is again awful even with the improvements. In addition to these, on shared hosting plan, they do not provide some valuable information such as information on query performances (logs of queries taking too much time-actually using lots of resources) and etc. I know on the shared hosting, the performance will not be as good as on the dedicated one. But I am again saying that we do not have more than 100 products for now.
I would like to test my site on a different hosting but I do not know where to start. A subscription of one month is enough for me to see if things are better on the other hosts. If it is better, I can prove that Godaddy really sucks (although I know it sucks, I have to prove it to their representatives)
I really appreciate if you can suggest me another hosting that provides really good and informative services.
Thanks a lot, I migrated my website form godaddy to bluehost.
They have really good service, nice representatives (not like godaddy's) and my site is really fast now.
Yep, made a huge diff for me as well. GoDaddy just gave the run-around. Bluehost just works.
I personally LOVE siteground hosting! They are a joomla preferred hosting company and I have had them for 3 years with no issues. Every freelance website that I have done has been with them, no client complaints. I have never used blue host but have heard good things.
NEVER use GoDaddy for joomla/ virtuemart hosting they are only good for cheap domain names. I wouldn't recommend Media Temple either.
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How Elestrin Works
Elestrin gel uses a special gel technology
Elestrin is designed with the unique and patented Advanced Transdermal Delivery (ATD™) system. This system increases the absorption rate of low-dose estrogen into your skin.1,2 Associations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), North American Menopause Society (NAMS), and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) advise that hormone therapy should be given at the lowest dose that helps, for the shortest time needed.7-9
How ATD works1,2:
- Elestrin gel penetrates the skin. Once you've applied Elestrin to a small area of your upper arm, the alcohol in Elestrin will start to evaporate. When this happens, the concentration of drug increases. Components of Elestrin allow for a low dose of estradiol (a key estrogen hormone) to be delivered through the skin.
- Penetration is enhanced. Elestrin gel features a penetration-enhancing system that increases your skin's permeability. This enables Elestrin to be "boosted" through your skin where it's then absorbed by your bloodstream.
Wash your hands with soap and water after applying Elestrin to reduce the chance that the medicine will be spread from your hands to other people. Do not allow others to come in contact with the area where you applied the gel for at least 2 hours after application.
All estrogen therapy has risks. Please see important risk information at the bottom of this page. Before you start treatment, discuss the benefits and risks of any therapy with your healthcare provider.
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Bengals sign Lewis to new four-year contractUpdated: Monday August 2, 2004 7:39PM By Don Banks, SI.com
GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- The Cincinnati Bengals reported to training camp over the weekend intent on building on the success of their turnaround 2003 season, when they went 8-8 under rookie head coach Marvin Lewis and posted their first non-losing record since 1996. SI.com has learned that Cincinnati's ownership was so pleased with the team's resurgence that they approached Lewis about a contract extension shortly after the season ended, and wound up raising his salary and locking him up through 2007. The move was not announced by the team, but Lewis confirmed it Monday at the team's Georgetown College training camp site. The Bengals originally signed Lewis to a four-year deal in January 2003, hiring him away from the Washington Redskins, where he served as defensive coordinator on Steve Spurrier's staff. But Cincinnati owner Mike Brown tore up that contract this winter, awarding Lewis a new four-year deal. Salary terms have not been divulged, but Lewis' original contract�averaged about $1.5 million annually. It is believed his new deal pushes him over the $2 million per season threshold. "It was very positive and very gracious and flattering to me, wanting to renegotiate and extend the contract,'' Lewis said. "[Mike Brown] just felt like the two of us could make this thing work long term. ... My family was very excited and it was an easy decision to do.'' After an 0-3 start last season, the Bengals streaked to eight wins in 11 games, thrusting themselves into serious playoff contention for the first time in years. Though they dropped their final two games of the season to miss the postseason, the Bengals rejuvenated Cincinnati's longsuffering fan base, which has endured the longest current playoff drought in the NFL. The Bengals last made the playoffs and had a winning record in 1990, the penultimate season of head coach Sam Wyche's eight-year tenure. Hiring Lewis has turned into a profitable move for the Bengals, in that Cincinnati's five Paul Brown Stadium sellouts last season were its most since 1992 at Riverfront Stadium. The Bengals this year already have sold out of single-game tickets for six of its eight home games at the 65,327-seat stadium, and has a decent shot of selling out the entire season, season tickets included, before the regular-season home opener Sept. 19 against Miami. Cincinnati drew a team-record 479,488 to its eight home games last season, and is expected to crack the 500,000 mark for the first time in franchise history this year. Before Lewis's hiring, the most recent four Bengals head coaches all had losing records: Dick LeBeau in 2000-2002 (12-33), Bruce Coslet in 1996-2000 (21-39), Dave Shula in 1992-96 (19-52) and Wyche in 1984-91 (64-68). |
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Does this scare you?
This, if you don't know, is Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. No proper GUI, pretty-much command-line oriented, and without doubt, in my eyes, the optimal way to deploy Hyper-V into businesses of all sizes. Why this, over the GUI version of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V? Well, there's less going on, reduced patches, reduced services, and it's kind of like the Ronseal version of Hyper-V – it does exactly what it says on the tin (that's more for the UK guys!) i.e. it's Hyper-V, and Clustering, and no other roles. Sure it has the driver model, and the core kernel, but that's pretty much it. It's still manageable and deployable like your normal Windows OS's, it's just, well, smaller. Best of all, is it's free for everyone and unlike others, we don't skimp on the features of our free version. Live Migration, High Availability, Hot-Add and more, it's all in there, for free.
Question is, how to you deploy it, configure it, and manage it, and how quick can you do it?
Answer – watch this video, and be up and running in about an hour!
In this one-off video, I walk through a bare-metal installation of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) on 2 physical nodes, hook them up to an iSCSI SAN, configure the SAN storage, and then, from a Windows 7 (RC) laptop, validate, and build a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) Cluster. The end result? A Highly Available, Live Migratable, Virtual Machine!
Duration: 48m 34s
Download the video, and more, from the VirtualboyTV site
For those of you not familiar, the SVVP, or Server Virtualisation Validation Program, enables end Customers, and Partners to understand what is, and isn't, from a Microsoft perspective, supported in virtual environments. These virtual environments could be Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, or another. The current, complete list of SVVP certified virtualisation solutions are as follows:
Hyper-V isn't on the list, as this program is to certify non-Microsoft platforms only.
So, my hypervisor of choice is on the list (or is Hyper-V :-)). What does that mean?
Well, it means that this KB article: 957006 becomes very important, as it shows all the Microsoft Server applications, like SQL, or SharePoint, that are supported in a virtual environment, providing the virtual environment is on that list above…
You could quite easily use this list to check your support status, however, an SVVP Wizard has been released to ease the process. It's a simple 3-part process:
Select the Microsoft product you are interested in virtualising…
Choose your platform and guest OS…
then receive your support statement! :-)
It even gives you information, related to that product as to what is, and isn't supported – very useful indeed me thinks!
You can access the SVVP Wizard for yourselves, here!
"PoundHost is a fast-growing hosting service provider in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, that embraced server virtualization as a way to curb hardware costs and lower hosting prices. However, the high cost of VMware and lack of management tools hurt competitiveness. PoundHost replaced VMware with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter and Hyper-V™ technology to reduce licensing costs by 80 percent and add new services. Using Hyper-V in conjunction with Microsoft® System Center datacenter solutions, PoundHost now offers customized online ordering and delivers configured servers in less than an hour. Between a dramatic increase in virtual-machine sales and reduced licensing costs, PoundHost has increased profitability by 55 percent. Automated server provisioning has reduced IT costs by more than U.S.$50,000 annually, and proactive server monitoring increases server availability."
I'm not going to say anything more about this case study, apart from the fact that you should spend 5 minutes reading it. It isn't the fact that they've moved from VMware to Hyper-V that I'm most pleased with, it's the reason why they've moved, and what their new technologies, particularly System Center, is enabling them, as a business, to do, that they simply couldn't do on the VMware side on it's own:
"Once customers have completed their server configuration (through the online portal), the order is validated through the PoundHost billing system and passed to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. The PoundHost staff use the Windows® PowerShell™ command-line interface and scripting language to create scripts that automate the construction of the virtual machine to the customer's exact specifications. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 creates the virtual machine on the host server, and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 installs the operating system, configures the appropriate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, and installs the customer's business software and all necessary security updates.
When the server is ready—in 20 to 60 minutes—System Center Configuration Manager 2007 notifies the PoundHost billing system, which sends the customer an e-mail message announcing that the server is ready. The message provides the IP address of the server, instructions on how to log on to the server, and support information. "When our virtual-server offerings were based on VMware, customers could only select prepackaged configurations because VMware didn't have the back-end tools necessary to dynamically configure and build servers," says Steve Belton, Software and Systems Architect for PoundHost and BlueSquare Data Group. "Once the customer's order was submitted, we had to build the server manually. With Hyper-V, we can offer customers much greater flexibility, and the System Center solutions build the server automatically."
Great stuff guys.
Here's the link: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000004741
Just under a month ago, I blogged about the beta release of the MAP tool, which, for those not familiar, is is an integrated planning toolkit that makes it easier for Microsoft customers and partners to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and network devices are in their IT environment. This agentless and scalable toolkit has the ability to discover all computers within Active Directory and workgroup environments. It performs key functions that include hardware and device inventory, hardware compatibility analysis, and generation of actionable, environment-specific IT proposals for migration to most major Microsoft technologies.
I'm pleased to say that version 4.0 of the tool has now hit RTM, so you can start using it now!
For those who need a recap on what MAP can actually do, read on…
What's New with Version 4.0?
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 has the following new features:
Additional Features
Saves Pre-Sales and Planning Time. For most IT consultants and Microsoft Partners, a detailed network inventory and assessment of servers and desktops often takes days of manual labour. With the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, they can conduct an environment inventory of up to 100,000 computers in a matter of hours instead of days, giving customers and partners extra time to focus on critical planning or presales tasks. In addition, for IT professionals, this toolkit can significantly reduce the time it takes to gather the information necessary to make the business case for client, server, and virtualisation projects.
Provides Actionable Recommendations and Reporting. This toolkit provides valuable inventory and readiness assessment reports with environment-specific upgrade recommendations and virtualisation candidate reports, making it easier for IT migration and deployment projects to get off the ground and running.
Covers Wide Range of Scenarios - from Desktops to Servers. This toolkit offers technology assessments and planning recommendations for many Microsoft desktop and server products including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, 2007 Microsoft Office, SQL Server 2008, Forefront Client Security, Network Access Protection, Microsoft Application Virtualisation, and more.
In support of the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 campaign, the Solution Accelerators Team has updated the following guides in the Infrastructure Planning and Design series to reflect new features and capabilities available in Windows Server 2008 R2:
Download the entire IPD series of guides or download an individual guide here. Download now.
These guides outline the critical infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Windows Server 2008 R2. The reader is guided through the multi-step process of designing components, layout, and connectivity in a logical, sequential order. Following the steps in these guides will result in a design that is sized, configured, and appropriately placed to deliver the stated business benefits, while also considering the performance, capacity, and fault tolerance of the system.
Infrastructure Planning and Design streamlines the planning process by:
Some interesting comments too, so worth a read…
For those of you in the know, Microsoft has worked closely with both Novell, and Red Hat, to help optimise SUSE and RHEL respectively, to run as guest OS's, on Hyper-V. However, customer's want more. Customers would like to run other flavours of Linux, like Ubuntu, on Hyper-V too. This can be achieved today, but these OS's run in an emulated fashion, which isn't as optimised as a paravirtualised, or enlightened guest OS, like Windows Server. OS's like Ubuntu just aren't tuned to run on Hyper-V.
As of today, that changes. LinuxIC is a collection of kernel drivers that enable Linux to recognize that it is running on Microsoft's Hyper-V and optimize accordingly, resulting in an "enlightened version of Linux", This is great news for the Linux community, and great news for those holding off Hyper-V, and going down the VMware route, because of this lack of support for other Linux distributions.
From PressPass:
REDMOND, Wash., July 20, 2009 — Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. The drivers will be available to the Linux community and customers alike, and will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
From IDC: "Although Microsoft has open sourced the code and submitted it to the Linux Driver Project, it is not yet part of the main Linux kernel. The code will have to be reviewed and tested by the community and then submitted for official inclusion into the Linux kernel tree. Assuming all goes well, these integration components should eventually get accepted and make its way into nearly every Linux distribution, commercially supported and free. Exactly when that happens will be unpredictable, since it depends on when and what version of the kernel it gets accepted into, and when the various distros pick up the new kernel from the tree."
"Until the new drivers trickle through the system, users wishing to leverage the components will have to compile their own Linux kernels or driver modules, making the process more complicated, and along the way moving into an unofficial kernel configuration This primarily applies to the unpaid Linux market, as commercial providers Novell and Red Hat will (or already have) integrated these components and support them"
Support is always a funny one when talking about the whole Microsoft & VMware saga. VMware will actively market that they 'support more versions of Windows than Microsoft' to which I say, "Do you though?". The key thing about supporting an OS, is that typically, you have to be the one that makes the OS, to support it. When I say support, I mean, hotfix, bug, update type support, which is not the same as providing VMTools for OS's. This is compatibility. As an example, take Windows NT for example. Can you run it on VMware? Yes. Do VMware provide VMtools for it? Yes. Does that mean it's supported? No. Can you run it on Hyper-V? Yes. Do Microsoft provide Integration Components for it? No. Does it mean it's supported? No. The end result is the same. Windows NT is out of lifecycle support, so there is little value in investing in producing Integration Components for the OS. Same goes for Windows Server 2003 SP1, XP SP1, and the list goes on. Microsoft provides IC's for the OS's that customers can call up, and ask for help with. These are the OS's that Microsoft support, in the true sense of the word. So, when I see images like this in blog posts:
I sigh and think, yes, that list is longer, but can I call VMware and ask them to support me with anything OS-related on say, Ubuntu. Probably not. What about Asianux? Probably not. Debian? I'll check the forums. NT 4.0? Let's not go there… Compatibility, yes, support, no.
Again, from IDC, in summary:
"Microsoft still has to figure out a support structure and certification for unpaid Linux. Novell and Red Hat remain the only officially supported Linux guest OSes on Hyper-V, while VMware officially supports a much larger list of guest OSes. The problem is that many of the Linux distros have no official support organization behind it, leaving no one for Microsoft to create a cross support and certification agreement with. Realistically, VMware faces this same support issue, so its support only extends to ensuring that the virtual hardware emulates real hardware and validation efforts to test that the OS runs correctly"
So, in a nutshell, I think this is a good move by Microsoft. Streamlining the experience of non-Microsoft OS's again shows how forthcoming Microsoft is being when it comes to heterogeneous environments, and follows in the footsteps of other technologies like SCVMM and SCOM, both of which have heterogeneous capabilities. From the IT Admin's perspective, it opens the door to a more centralised administration experience, which, again, can only be a good thing. Let's just hope the LinuxIC's end up in the kernel!
This landed in my inbox this morning courtesy of the TechNet Flash Newsletter so I thought I'd share it, as there's a bit of virtualisation in there!
As we move closer to the launch of Windows 7, a number of organisations are starting to think about their next desktop. What hardware will I use, Fat or Thin? Will I have a physical, or virtual desktop? Where does Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services fit in? What about my applications, installed or streamed? All these questions, and more, aim to be answered in the latest Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide, focused on the Windows Optimised Desktop Scenario Selection Tool v1.1.
"Organisations today face the challenge of maintaining rigorous controls over their computing environments while providing the power and flexibility users need to be productive. User and IT goals can sometimes appear to be in conflict. Optimising the corporate desktop environment resolves this conflict by providing IT the manageability it requires while giving users the varying levels of power and flexibility they need.
The Windows Optimised Desktop Scenarios relate the business requirements (IT and user) for a flexible, efficient, and managed desktop environment to sets of complementary Microsoft technologies by defining and using five standard user scenarios that map business requirements to technology solutions. These core scenarios are: Office Worker, Mobile Worker, Task Worker, Contract/Offshore Worker, and workers who need to Access from Home"
So, ask yourself, inside your organisations, what categories do your workers fit into? Some organisations will have a complete workforce who fit into 1 category, whereas other organisations will have a wide mix. Either way, there are technologies out there, that when implemented, can give you the right fit for the right worker. Some of this may involve virtualisation, whilst some of it won't. Microsoft aren't a virtualisation company, they're a software company, and hence, we don't push you to 'virtualise everything' when it actually might not be the right solution for every worker.
The Windows Optimized Desktop Scenario Assessment Guide describes the five user scenarios defined for the Windows Optimised Desktop and further describes the Microsoft products and technologies that underpin each scenario solution. These include: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, App-V, MED-V, Hyper-V, and Remote Desktop Services. This document guides you through an assessment of user groups in your organization to identify the scenario or scenarios that best fit your environment.
You can get all the information, and more, from here.
I've been desperate to get these videos out for weeks now, but the editing seems to have taken forever! Oh, and there was other work to do too, obviously!
That said, all 5 parts of the Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services Series are online now, over at TechNet Edge, and on Virtualboy TV, But I'll dedicate a couple of posts on here to them too, so you know where to find them specifically. Now, without further adoo, on to part 1!!
Part 1: RDS Session Host - Installation & Configuration
In this video, I walk through the initial installation and configuration of the RDS Session Host (traditional Terminal Server) in a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment. I enable the role, set up the initial bits, and then go on to show some of the different ways I can deploy RDS Applications, also know as RDS RemoteApp.
Duration: 39m 12s
Download the video, and more, from the VirtualboyTV site.
RDS Web Portal - Installation & Configuration
In this video, we build on part 1, by introducing an alternative way to access the different RDS applications and sessions using the Web Portal. We'll also take a look at some of the new functionality introduced in 2008 R2 such as User Assignment.
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Posted May 31, 2007
GamecockAnthem caught up with 2007 USC signee Kyle Nunn and his mom recently. In addition to news about a potential position switch this summer, read inside to find out about the biggest trial Kyle and his family have faced, and what makes Kyle the player he is today. You can also find out some of the keys to his decision to choose the Gamecocks.
Kyle is the son of Donald and Linda Schermerhorn of Sumter, SC, and Brad Nunn of Federal Way, Washington. The 6'6", 280 pound offensive lineman is working hard in the weight room in preparation for reporting this summer to
South Carolina
. Kyle is a "lean" 280, and is working hard to add muscle weight. When asked what his plans are between now and reporting to USC, he replied, "Bust my tail in the weight room and get as strong as I can." His father Brad is 6'8", and kept growing until he was 21, so Kyle, who just turned 18, could be expected to grow more as well.
Like most lineman at a major division one school, Kyle will most likely redshirt his first year at USC, as he works with the strength and conditioning coaches to be ready to play SEC caliber ball. Kyle played offensive tackle at Sumter High School, but had previously played center when he was younger. When visiting USC just before the spring game, Kyle was asked by the coaches if he could still play center.
"I'm planning at competing at any position I can get on the offensive line." Nunn said. "Center is the biggest chance I've got at getting playing time this year. I'm going to compete for that spot, and if that doesn't work out, I'm probably going to red shirt. It all depends on how I do in camp."
Kyle started life in Ventura, California. At the early age of five, his parents divorced, and he and his Mom moved to South Carolina. His Mom shared some insight into how uniquely sports-oriented her son has always been: "When he was a small child, he never played with toys," she said. "All he ever wanted was basketballs, footballs, baseballs - he always wanted to play sports. From the time he could walk, he would dunk a basketball into the hamper and throw his arms up in the air. He thought that was the coolest thing."
When Kyle was eight years old, his mother married Donald Schermerhorn, and the little family became a foursome when she bore Kyle a little brother, Brock. Kyle was thrilled to have a little brother.
When Brock was eight months old, their family was rocked by back-to-back bad news. Kyle's paternal grandfather died, and then a week later, Brock was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells. There are only about 4,000 new cases TOTAL in the United States each year, appearing most often in children younger than age 10. Doctors gave Brock a 0% chance of survival at the time.
Kyle's Mom Linda shared what happened next: "Kyle came to me and said, 'I waited eight years for a brother, and now he's going to die.' I said, 'No he's not. We're not going to let him die!'" Well, God intervened in their lives for Brock, and after three years of chemotherapy, he did survive. "He's ten now, and he's a perfect, healthy, normal kid."
Kyle and Brock grew close as the younger brother bravely battled the disease, with Kyle stopping by the hospital after school to visit him before going to practices. Kyle played soccer, baseball, and basketball, in addition to football, so he was "always going to some kind of practice."
"Today, they fight like you expect of brothers," says their mom, "but Kyle's very protective of him. If someone is picking on Brock, he wants to take care of it. He likes to pick up Brock from school sometimes, and the kids are like, 'Wow, did you see Brock's brother? Don't mess with him!'"
Kyle says of the ordeal, "I think it makes you grow as a person when you go through a situation like that. It makes you stronger. It's made us closer." With eight years between them, they may not be as close as siblings who are closer in age, but both mother and son made it clear that the two boys really care about each other.
Brock likes science, math and drawing, and has played baseball and soccer. This last year he played football for the first time, playing tackle on the offensive line. This year he's looking forward to playing football with pads for the first time. "We've done a lot of charity events with the Gamecocks over the years," his Mom said. "Brock wants to play nose guard for the Gamecocks."
Coach Nix told Brock he's got a scholarship in eight years. He calls Brock "2016" (the year he'll graduate.) "He came home and said, 'I got a scholarship before my brother!'" Linda said laughing, "I tell you what, in eight years he's going to expect to get a scholarship!"
Kyle went to a lot of cancer camps with Brock while he was sick, and his Mom said he played with kids who were blind from brain tumors. "I think Kyle has learned how lucky he really is, that his physical ability is a gift." Linda said.
"Brock has become a big Gamecock fan since Kyle committed to Carolina. When we're driving around and he sees a Clemson sticker, he says, 'Mom, get around them, they're Clemson fans, we don't want to be around them!'"
Caption: Brothers Brock and Kyle Nunn
As far as Kyle's decision to attend USC, his mother said, "I'm very happy with the decision. Knowing he can be home in 45 minutes makes me happy too." She said the time since he committed in October has only reaffirmed the decision for him to attend Carolina. "He can get his major there," she said, "The coaching staff, every time I need something, they find the answer, they've made us feel very welcome, very comfortable. Kyle has spent a lot of time with the players up there, and he also feels very comfortable about his decision, which makes me very happy."
Kyle plans to major in Sports and Entertainment Management. He's hoping his football background can help him get a job working with a sports team, preferably in the NFL. "He would love to stay with sports, that's his main interest." Linda said.
South Carolina fans know that Kyle originally committed to Virginia Tech before ultimately choosing South Carolina. His mother shared about a trip in August that was decisive.
"(Kyle's grandfather) came to visit, and wanted to meet Coach Spurrier, even though Kyle at the time was still committed to Virginia Tech. Coach Hunt sat down with us while we were there and explained how USC's recruiting process determined their recruiting of certain players, including Kyle," Linda said. "The coach said to us, 'Looking at tape, it (was) between him and (another player), and we knew he looked good on tape, but we didn't know if he was real good. And we need real good.'" Hunt's honesty with them played a major factor in their eventual decision that USC was the right choice for Kyle.
Kyle also attended most of the USC home games. The more time he spent at the games, the more he liked it at USC. The growing warmth was in contrast to what they felt at Virginia Tech, literally. The family went up to Blacksburg for the Hokies' game against Georgia Tech. "The game was at end of September, and it was freezing!" his Mom said, laughing. That was perhaps one more example of Coach Spurrier's "God was smiling on the Gamecocks," because shortly after that,
Kyle Nunn
became a Gamecock commitment.
Linda gave some insight into what makes Kyle unique as a person: "He's a big ol' teddy bear with a lot of drive. He comes off kinda laid back and funny, but he's very competitive and he likes to win. He likes to overcome things. He challenges himself most in sports - he always works towards being stronger, faster. He knows how to lose, but he really likes to win."
Kyle said of USC, "I know I'm in the right place. Everything is going good so far. Things are on the rise at Carolina, and I want to be a part of it." He paused, and then emphatically re-stated his case: "It's not going anywhere but up, and I want to be a part of it."
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LONDON — A British teenager was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of making "malicious" remarks, after a death threat to U.K. Olympic medal hopeful Tom Daley appeared on Twitter.
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Engadget – Kinect for Xbox 360 review
Skip to the 6 min mark for some good stuff. Watch the racing part as well.
Joystiq – Kinect Review
My conclusion: the frames of the glasses I wear on a daily basis are too reflective for the Kinect sensor to handle, basically bringing the system to its knees.
For all the talk of revolutionizing the Xbox 360 experience and making gaming more natural/ accessible, it's bordering on absurd how broken Kinect is when it comes to something as simple as working in your home. I find the technology itself fascinating, but the fact that I know a lot of people who simply won't get Kinect to work in their rooms beyond troubling. Given that Microsoft conducted a beta program with actual consumers, this issue is doubly surprising, but it could just be that Kinect just works that way (or doesn't, given your room) and there's no way short of redesigning the sensor to fix it.
If Kinect does work for you, congratulations: you have what amounts — for now — to a novelty peripheral that is in no way geared towards the day-one buyer or "core" gamer. Microsoft conceived a potential game-changer with Project Natal, it just seems like Kinect was born prematurely.
My room does not look like that and I don't intend to ever purchase a 360 so I'll be skipping Kinect.
This are the reviews from Joystiq.com for the Kinect launch lineup:
Sonic Free Riders (1/5)
Dance Central (4/5)
Your Shape Fitness Evolved (3/5)
Kinectimals (4/5)
Kinect Joy Ride (2.5/5)
Kinect Sports (4/5)
Anyone here actually own a 360 and Kinect?
Metacritic Scores so far. As with most averages, they normally trend downward so these are the highest you will see these at probably.
Kinect Adventures – 66
Kinect Sports – 77
Dance Central – 84
Sonic Free Riders – 59
Kinectimals – 77
Joy Ride – 56
Your Shape – 69
Adrenalin Misfits – 50
Fighters Uncaged – 39
It's funny how Sports Champions and Kinect Sporst are scooring higher than Wii Sports since now "journalist" are on board with the whole "motion controls for our gamez".
What are the numbers you see Sony and Microsoft posting at the end of the year for Move and Kinect sales?
I have a Kinect, but only because I bought several in order to sell them at a profit and pay for mine :)
It isn't bad, but works better for my kids because they're shorter. I only have about 6' or so from sensor to where my legs hit the back of the couch and it works for Kinect Adventures as long as I don't step forward or jump.
I was actually getting read to re-arrange my family room so that my wife could use her copy of Get Fit with Mel B. and increase the distance to about 8' so that she didn't kick the tv or hit the pull chains on our fan.
The move is definitely better in tight spots and poor lighting conditions. It is really about the kids for me though as the Kinect is most definitely not for the hardcore person (unless you consider Dance Central hardcore)
I'll try to post more once I have time to use it more. I do think that MS shouldn't have cut out the hardware processing to allow it to respond quicker, but it works
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- 1 August 26, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Thankyou for telling your story – mine is virtually the same, except I was the woman who put off her first pap smear until I was 25. Came back with Cin3, I'm still on 6 monthly colposcopies, and yes, I've had lasers up my hoo-ha too. For this reason and many, many more, I wore my yellow daffodil proudly today, and can only hope and pray that for my children, and my children's children, there will be a cure for cancer.
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Lovely post gorgeous (nice pins too!) xx
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Good on you Dani for spreading the word – everyone at my work chipped in today and we bought a few bunches of daffodils to brighten our office ( i brought some home and have them on my dining table right now ).
And as for Pap smears i've never understood the reluctance to have them done. 30 seconds of discomfort in exchange for peace of mind or the potential to save your life? Seems like a no brainer to me… - 4 August 27, 2011 at 12:25 am
What a scary time for you – but your yellow skirt looks fab. Love how you got behind this cause.
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I found this problem in the guidebook but the beta was fairly unclear. I sit start left hip in. Left hand on a small sharp quartz crimp, right hand on the offset/sloper. Climb straight up and topout. Its pretty straightforward after that, but so far, I havent made the first move.
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