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Plastic is an inherent part of our everyday lives; it is used in a huge variety of things such as, for example, packaging, furniture, clothing or electronic devices. Though the utility of the material is undoubted, consumers are increasingly unsettled by recurring news about hazardous substances detected in plastics.
Substances such as plasticizers, which are not firmly bound in the material, are absorbed via the skin and can influence the hormonal balance. Plasticizers contained in food packaging, for example, penetrate into the food and thus into the human body when the food is eaten. Plasticizers in toys are a particularly serious problem; children tend to take toys into their mouths thus absorbing the dangerous chemicals. Equally hazardous are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). The family of PAH comprises more than 100 compounds most of which have been found to be carcinogenic.


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One of the major advantages of virtualization is the ability to dynamically add CPU and RAM to running virtual machines. Have a box that gets a sudden spike? Add more RAM on the fly and let it go. It's a fantastic way to deal with certain compute issues, and it can make a tough decision disappear due to the fact that downtime and reboots aren't required.
However, allocating CPU and RAM with the click of a mouse -- dynamically or otherwise -- can have deleterious effects on your servers in some circumstances. You really need to understand your workload and your OS.
[ Also on InfoWorld: First look: Driving VMware vSphere 5.1 | What's key in VMware's new vSphere, vCenter, and vCloud | The price of success: VMware's big integration challenge ]
It all comes down to the type of workload you're running, the OS scheduler, and the virtual CPU layout for the virtual machine. Virtual CPU allocations used to be simple. You specified how many virtual CPUs you wanted to assign and off you went. However, as the number of physical CPU cores increased and NUMA became the norm, that choice became trickier. Now, just about every major hypervisor presents a choice of virtual CPU types.
For instance, if you want to assign four virtual CPUs to your virtual machine, you can choose between four single-core CPUs, two dual-core CPUs, and one quad-core CPU. While all of these selections wind up presenting four virtual CPUs to the virtual machine, they do so in different ways, and the differences can impact the decisions made by the OS scheduler running on that virtual server.
Virtual machine alchemy
There's no hard-and-fast rule about these selections. The right choice is extremely dependent on the workload profile, the scheduler in use, and the OS version or kernel version. Older kernels less adept at dealing with multicore CPUs may have a better time with single-core CPU assignments. Newer kernels and OS versions might prefer multicore CPU presentations.
Beyond that, the nature of the workload itself can have a big impact. Single- and multithreaded workloads will handle each of these instances differently. There may be only slight differences in some workloads, but massive differences in others.
Picture a modern OS that's well versed in NUMA. Taking advantage of NUMA permits faster memory access and can significantly speed up processor and RAM-intensive processes. If a CPU core interacts only with memory controlled by that CPU, it will perform faster, as it does not need to cross to another CPU to allocate and use memory.

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can't download. link not working 😰
Edit: Nevermind on the whole not working for 3D buildings. It works great, but only for a very few select cities. Worked in Rome.
Works on an iPhone 4S (UK AppStore). Search for the Golden Gate Bridge and that views no problem rendering in 3D. In regards to the actual app good on Google! Competition forces Apple to compete an ultimately results in innovation...
only works in very limited places
but it looks cool
I hope this will be available to all "iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later" users...
Can someone be generous enough to upload the ipa somewhere so non-US app store users can download this.. 😃👍
[QUOTE=magoo757;6629575]You guys are all wrong. The update is available in Canada and U.S not just the U.S!!!! Go to the Appstore and go to the updates tab and install the update for google earth!!!! So simple!!
Okey so U.S AND Canada. But there's still other countries that can't get that app. So can someone please upload the .ipa to mediafire or something like that ?


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Hepatitis C
virus (HCV) test is a blood test that looks for the genetic material (RNA) of the virus that causes hepatitis or for the proteins (antibodies) the body makes against
HCV. These
proteins will be present in your blood if you have a hepatitis C infection now
or have had one in the past. It is important to identify the type of hepatitis
virus causing the infection, to prevent its spread and choose the proper
HCV is spread
through infected blood.
There is no vaccine available to prevent hepatitis
Hepatitis C virus testing is done
You do not need to do anything before
you have this test.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you
have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what
the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill
out the
medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
The health professional taking a sample
of your blood will:
The blood sample is taken from a vein in
your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight.
You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or
There is very little chance of a problem from
having a blood sample taken from a vein.
hepatitis C virus (HCV) test is a blood test that
looks for the genetic material (RNA) of the hepatitis C virus or for the proteins (antibodies) the body makes against HCV.
Results of hepatitis C virus testing that show no infection are called
negative. This means that no antibodies against HCV or HCV genetic material was
found. Results are usually available in 5 to 7 days.
No hepatitis C antibodies are found.
No hepatitis C genetic material (RNA) is
Hepatitis C antibodies are found. A test to detect HCV RNA
is needed to determine whether the infection is current or occurred in the
past. If HCV RNA is found, genotyping can determine which strain of HCV is
causing the infection.
Hepatitis C RNA is detected. This
result means a current hepatitis C virus infection.
Many conditions can change HCV
antibody levels. Your doctor will talk with you about any abnormal results that
may be related to your symptoms and past health.
Your results
may need to be rechecked if you are taking some herbs, supplements, or other alternative medicine products.
Smith BD, et al. (2012). Recommendations for the identification of chronic hepatitis C virus infection among persons born during 1945–1965. MMWR, 61(RR-4): 1–32. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6104a1.htm.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2013). Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Recommendation Statement. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspshepc.htm.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2003). Guidelines for laboratory testing and result reporting of antibody to hepatitis C virus. MMWR, 52(RR-03): 1–16. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5203a1.htm.
Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby.
Scott JD, Gretch DR (2007). Molecular diagnostics of hepatitis C virus infection: A systematic review. JAMA, 297(7): 724–732.
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One border and 30 miles make all the difference in how these same-sex couples are treated
Postedon Jun 23, 2014 at 12:30 pm
To illustrate the reality of these untenable marriage laws, we spoke with two couples who have led similar lives and yet, because of the state border between Illinois and Indiana are treated dramatically differently when it comes to accessing simple respect for their relationship.
Litigation Round-Up: Where marriage cases stand in the federal appellate courts
Postedon Apr 14, 2014 at 01:00 pm
After today's great victory in Ohio, it's a good time to check in on the state of marriage litigation across the country. In nine states, marriage litigation is currently pending at the federal appellate level in five different Circuit Courts.
Illinois Republicans who voted for the freedom to marry sweep primaries
Postedon Mar 19, 2014 at 11:00 am
Yesterday, March 18, three Illinois House Republicans who voted in favor of Illinois' freedom to marry bill last year won their primary challenges, in spite of aggressive targeting this month by anti-marriage opponents.
Champaign County and Cook County are now issuing marriage licenses in Illinois
Postedon Feb 26, 2014 at 12:45 pm
It's been a big week for the freedom to marry in Illinois: Two counties in the state have begun issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, explaining that families should not have to wait for the freedom to marry.
Same-sex couple in Illinois makes history with state's first legal marriage
Postedon Dec 02, 2013 at 10:30 am
Last week, on November 27, Vernita Gray and Pat Ewert became the first same-sex couple ever to marry in Illinois. The women were granted an emergency marriage license by a federal court last Monday.
Gov Pat Quinn signs Illinois marriage bill into law
Postedon Nov 21, 2013 at 01:24 pm
Yesterday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the state's marriage bill into law.
President Obama applauds Illinois for becoming the 15th freedom to marry state
Postedon Nov 06, 2013 at 10:00 am
Last night, shortly after the Illinois House of Representatives took a decisive vote in favor of the freedom to marry for same-sex couples across the state of Illinois, President Barack Obama issued a statement applauding the decision.
Victory in Illinois: IL House passes marriage bill, poised for governor's signature
Postedon Nov 05, 2013 at 05:03 pm
Today, the Illinois House of Representatives voted in favor of the Religious Freedom and Fairness Act, affirming that same-sex couples across the state should have the freedom to marry. Governor Quinn has promised to sign the bill into law, ensuring that Illinois will soon become the fifteenth state where same-sex couples can marry!
Winning More States: How 6 key states moved marriage forward this week
Postedon Oct 23, 2013 at 03:00 pm
It's been a big week for the freedom to marry as the playing field of states working to pass marriage laws and defeat anti-gay initiatives widens more broadly than ever. Here are some of this week's highlights on how we moved forward:
After 50 years of commitment, this Navy veteran and his partner need the freedom to marry
Postedon Oct 04, 2013 at 10:00 am
Jim and Pat hope that they will be able to marry, legally, in Illinois soon. Until then, Jim plans to continue his advocacy work in Illinois, including sharing his story with elected officials to show why marriage matters to him and Pat.


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This garden is everyone's cup of tea
Rob and Lisa Funtasz have created a garden that no one likes to leave
Saturday, Jul 26, 2014 06:00 am
It may be the perfumes and different scents that draw you into Rob and Lisa Funtasz's Deer Ridge home but it's the little surprises that keep you there.
As you walk along a front yard path, wafts of aromatic thyme trail behind you on the summer breeze. The scent is so wonderful you find yourself stomping the ground just to release the perfume from the leaves. The thyme is just the beginning of the gentle fragrances. Lisa planted her garden for its beauty but she planned it so that at every turn she would be greeted by new and delightful smells.
"I look through gardening books trying to find things with fragrances and I plant as many as I can, so much so that one of my neighbours came over to ask why I kept running my hand up the stems of the plants. I was doing it so that the leaves would release their perfume," Lisa said.
The scents are different depending upon the time of day, but on a hot July morning, it doesn't take long to mimic Lisa's habit and start running leaves through closed fists. Hyssop, salvia, Russian sage and gas plant stems soon release their unique smells. Nearby the roses add their own spicy aroma along with the heady scents of sweet-peas and alyssum. It's very tempting to simply stand in the middle of this garden just to inhale.
Lilies form the backdrop in the garden and no doubt they are perfumed as well. The dark orange tiger lilies are happily mixed with blue bachelor buttons and purple sweet William. The overall effect is similar to looking at the hot patterns and colours in a Mexican blanket.
"I like vibrant colours like the lilies and the blue bachelor buttons together. There is no colour scheme but what I like is a mess of all colours together," Lisa said, adding that she believes her love of gardening took root in her mother's Edmonton yard.
"I used to sit and look at the bleeding heart growing in my mom's yard. I would look at the hollyhocks that everyone had growing along their fences and take apart the bleeding hearts and wonder how anything could grow so exquisitely."
Her husband shares her hobby but he is more into experimentation and trying new things such as growing vegetables in pots. This year he planted sweet corn in a big pot by the back deck, and by mid-July the cobs were nearly ready to harvest.
"He is really proud of his corn," said Lisa, with just a hint of a smile, but she added that with so much space taken up with flowers, the pots are the easiest way to produce the vegetables they like.
"He plants the tomatoes in the pots and the peppers. We make salsa and brochette and I freeze them and use them in the winter," she said.
Flowers and lovely scents aren't the only surprises here. Turn the corner and there will be a gargoyle, a Buddha sculpture or of all things, a china teacup. The teacup, stuck on top of a copper tube, is Rob's artistic contribution.
"He made it and then he went scouring around looking for other people's teacups so he could make them and give them as gifts. It was going to be a bird feeder but it's too small. I call it my butterfly feeder," Lisa said.
This garden is not without its challenges, but the Funtaszes have met them with a mixture of common sense and humour. Spreading perennials and groundcovers eliminate the need for weeding and an assortment of sculpted frogs, stepping stones and a gazing ball fill in the blanks. When the perennials finish blooming, pots filled with bright annuals add colour.
In every pot there is a cascading pink bouquet of evening scented stock so that even at night the air is perfumed.
"My husband and I are morning people and would prefer to be out in the garden then. But the smell of the evening scented stock is so intoxicating we go outside just to smell it," Lisa said.


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Topic: The CDR aka Barb
I am Barb's sister in law Katie. Sad news Barb passed away early Wednesday morning in her sleep. The last week took a toll on her with vomiting and pain. We know she is pain free and at peace although she is missed and leaves an huge hole in our lives. She fought with dignity and grace beyond measure. Hospice is a wonderful loving service and well as people who deliver commuion. Her son Luis seems to be adjusting to life with Peggy and family. He is surround by care and support.
I have learned so much from all of you and how this terrible thing overtakes lives- thank you for sharing your experiences.
God bless everyone dealing with cancer and thier caregivers.


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BARRY Hills has been granted a temporary licence by the British Horseracing Authority to take over the running of Kingwood House Stables in Lambourn following the death of his son, John, on Sunday.
John Hills, 53, who was diagnosed with cancer in the spring, was the eldest of veteran trainer Hills' five sons and brother of former jockeys Michael and Richard and trainer Charlie Hills. He married Fiona in 1987 and was the father of four daughters.
Hills senior officially retired in 2011.
The BHA tweeted: "Barry Hills granted temporary trainer's licence with immediate effect to take control of yard previously under the care of John Hills.
"A minute of applause will be held at all racecourses with fixtures today to celebrate the life of John Hills.
"Thoughts of all at BHA remain with the Hills family and everyone at Kingwood House Stables at this time."
John rode 21 winners himself, including the Moet & Chandon Amateur Riders' Derby at Epsom, and learned his trade as a trainer working for Edward O'Grady, Harry Thomson-Jones, John Gosden and then for his father.
Hills took out a licence in 1987 and under his own steam the best horses he trained were classy middle-distance performer Broadway Flyer and Wind In Her Hair, who won the Group One Aral Pokal in Germany and was also the dam of Japanese sensation Deep Impact.
He also handled smart miler Docksider, who landed the 1999 Hong Kong Mile when the race was run as a Group Two contest. He moved to Kingwood Stud in 2013 and was responsible for a number of horses owned by Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum.
Another favourite was dual Group Two winner Crimson Tide, who ran in the colours of music mogul Chris Wright.
Charlie, his half-brother and now a top trainer, said: "I couldn't have wished for a better older brother and I'll miss him immensely.
"He was always so much fun to be around, extremely clever and witty.
"He had time for everyone and saw the best in everyone. He was a very talented trainer and we were all so proud of his achievements.
"Jessica, Olivia, Martha and Issie were a huge credit to him and Fiona and I can't begin to explain how much we will miss him as a family."
George, Charlie's brother and John's other half-brother, tweeted: "He put up a big fight for the girls. Devastated. We're going to miss him."
Several of Hills' fellow trainers expressed their sadness via Twitter and Kim Bailey said: "Dreadful news on the death of John Hills. Far too young. All out thoughts go out to the Hills family."
Ed Vaughan said: "Sad to learn of the passing of John Hills,a gentleman and always great fun to be around. Thoughts and condolences go out to his family."
Senior jockey Steve Drowne said: "Very sad news regarding John Hills the end came so quick. Rest in peace."
Shelley Birkett, the apprentice who rode four winners for him during 2013, said: "So sad to hear of the passing of John Hills, great man to ride for who helped me out a lot. Thoughts are with the Hills family."


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I know people are anxious to get their quizzes up and running. But, the process is not always as quick as we'd like. There is a certain procedure that all quizzes go through. And, if an editor happens to be sick or have pressing outside committments or something, they may not be able to review quizzes as quickly as we think they "should."
Some of the categories are HUGE, and I have to commend each of our editors for doing a bang-up job at getting them done as quickly as they do.
So, if a quiz is not approved as quickly as you'd like, just be a bit patient. It's not been forgotten. It will get done.
I didn't mean to sound impatient. It's just fun to created quizzes; I'm anxious to see how they're received.
Here's a hint, though, for anyone who is waiting for a quiz to be approved. If the editors do not have to correct spelling, grammar, factual, etc errors in your quiz before approving it, it may get online sooner! When they are forced to muddle through a quiz, it takes them longer. ALSO, by having a quiz that's done correctly, you establish a reputation for yourself as being a good quiz creator. Future quizzes by you will be noticed and approved more quickly, just because we know that yours is going to be easy to do. I know that, when I've edited quizzes in the past, the ones that I recognize as being people who have good spelling and grammar will always be the ones that I choose first to approve. It's that simple!
So, word to the wise! Check, double-check, and triple-check your quiz for errors. And, after you do that, have another person proofread it for you. Only then should you submit the quiz. You might be surprised at how this helps get your quizzes online more quickly!
I tend to be a more patient editor that many, especially if I figure that the writer is a kid. Actually, that is probably a great way to impress me- if you are a high-school or younger kid, see if you can turn in quizzes that wouldn't be recognizable as the work of a student! I hate to stereotype, but most of the really error-riddled quizzes I get are turned in by students.
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What category is your quiz in?
BTW, a quiz won't sit in limbo for three weeks because of grammatical errors. It will either be corrected by the editor or returned to the author. Right now, the editing is slow in a few categories.
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(This might be one we need to send back up on a more regular basis, as we get a lot of questions about when quizzes will be put online.)
I've often wondered, how do you choose an editor for a category? And how many per category? How on earth do they verify their answers to all the ziilions of sometimes obscure topics? How many hours do they have to spend online everyday? Do they ever take a holiday? Do they apply for the job?Just curious! :-)
More so, cos I really admire all the work done.Ditto the doers.
Editors are chosen because they have created a lot of consistenly good quizzes, have good English skills, and have done well on the 'Quizzyland tune-ups' quizzes.
How many per category depends on how active that category is. A category like records needs only one person, and that person is also an editor of other categories.
We don't verify the answers. Editors mainly look at how well the quiz is constructed and if the content is something new/original. If there is a wrong answer in a quiz, the players let us know by correction notices (you can send in a compliment/suggestion or correction about a quiz once you have played it). The editors can see the corrections and can fix the quizzes there or send a message to the author and have them fix it.
How many hours depends on two things: how active the category is and how many editors there are. Normally, I spend no more than an hour a day on the television and entertainment categories because I hare those categories with other people so it cuts down on the work!
If one of us will be away, the category gets looked after by the other editors.
Some people 'apply' for the job when they see that Terry is looking for another editor in the Quizzyland forum and other people are asked to join based on the quizzes they have created.
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Be sure to see Terry's thread in the link mentioned above, as well.
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Michael Feinstein Channels 'Old Blue Eyes' as He Brings THE SINATRA PROJECT to the McCallum, 3/1-2
Cabaret Icon Michael Feinstein returns to the McCallum Theatre with "The Sinatra Project," for two performances - Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 -- dedicated to the great Frank Sinatra. Michael reflects Sinatra's sensibility by interpreting the songs in conceptually different styles from Sinatra's own renditions. The results are fascinatingly unique and memorably beautiful. Billed "The Sinatra Project", the concert is presented in two parts on these consecutive evenings. In the second concert, Michael reinterprets songs by such greats as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee, and more. "The second volume is really about Sinatra and his friends," says Michael. "It's about the people he influenced and who influenced him."
Michael Feinstein, the multi-Platinum, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy nominated entertainer dubbed "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," is one of the premier interpreters of American standards. His 200-plus shows a year have included performances at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood Bowl, the White House and Buckingham Palace.
More than a performer, Michael has received national recognition for his commitment to America's popular song and preserving its legacy. In 2007, he founded the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative, dedicated to celebrating the art form and preserving it through educational programs, Master Classes, and the annual High School Vocal Academy and Competition, which awards scholarships and prizes to students across the country. Michael serves on the Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Board, an organization dedicated to ensuring the survival, conservation and public availability of America's sound recording heritage.
Michael earned his fifth Grammy nomination in 2009 for The Sinatra Project, celebrating the music of "Ol' Blue Eyes." The Sinatra Project, Volume II: The Good Life was released last year. His Emmy nominated TV special, "Michael Feinstein - The Sinatra Legacy," was taped live at the Palladium in Carmel, Indiana. His PBS series "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" was the recipient of the ASCAP Deems-Taylor Television Broadcast Award; the third season will air in 2013. On his public radio program "Song Travels," Michael interviews and performs with music luminaries, including Bette Midler, Neil Sedaka, Liza Minnelli, Moby, Rickie Lee Jones and David Hyde Pierce.
His 2012 book The Gershwins and Me is combined with a new CD of Gershwin standards performed with Cyrus Chestnut at the piano. Other recent CDs include The Power Of Two with "Glee" and "30 Rock" star Cheyenne Jackson and Cheek To Cheek with Broadway legend Barbara Cook. His newest recording is We Dreamed These Days, featuring the Carmel Symphony Orchestra; he co-wrote the title song with Dr. Maya Angelou. In 2005, Michael recorded Hopeless Romantics, a songbook of Harry Warren classics recorded with George Shearing. The previous year, he completed a tour with songwriter Jimmy Webb based on their album Only One Life - The Songs of Jimmy Webb. In 2003, Michael received his fourth Grammy nomination for his release Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, his first recording with a symphony orchestra. The year before, he released The Michael Feinstein Anthology, a two-disc compilation spanning 1987 to 1996 and featuring favorites and previously unreleased tracks. Michael's own record label, Feinery, released The Livingston & Evans Songbook, featuring Michael and Melissa Manchester.
Michael serves as Artistic Director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts, a $170 million, three-theatre venue in Carmel, Indiana, which opened in 2011. The theater is home to an annual international Great American Arts festival, live programming, and a museum for Michael's rare memorabilia and manuscripts. In 2010, he became the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2013, he will replace the late Marvin Hamlisch as the lead conductor of the Pasadena Pops.
Michael is working with MGM to turn The Thomas Crown Affair into a Broadway musical. He also has designed a new piano for Steinway called "The First Ladies," inspired by the White House piano and signed by several former First Ladies. It was first played to commemorate the Ronald Regan centennial on February 6, 2011.
His Manhattan nightclub, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, has presented the top talents of pop and jazz, including Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook, Diahann Carroll, Jane Krakowski, Lea Michele, Cyndi Lauper, Jason Mraz and Alan Cumming. Michael appears there for a sold-out holiday engagement every year.
His many other credits include scoring the original music for the film Get Bruce and performing on the television series "Caroline in the City," "Melrose Place," "Coach," "Cybill" and "7th Heaven."
The roots of all this work began in Columbus, Ohio, where Michael began playing piano by ear as a 5-year-old. After high school, he worked in local piano bars, moving to Los Angeles when he was 20. The widow of Oscar Levant introduced him to Ira Gershwin in 1977. Michael became Gershwin's assistant for six years, earning access to unpublished Gershwin songs, many of which he has since performed and recorded.
Gershwin's influence provided a solid base upon which Michael evolved into a captivating performer, composer and arranger of his own original music. He also is an unparalleled interpreter of music legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, Duke Ellington and Harry Warren.
Through his live performances, recordings, film and television appearances, and his songwriting (with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Lindy Robbins and Carole Bayer Sager), Michael Feinstein is an all-star force in American music.
McCallum Theatre presents Michael Feinstein in two performances of "The Sinatra Project", on Friday, March 1 ("Volume I"), and Saturday March 2, ("Volume II") with both performances at 8:00pm. Tickets, priced at $105, $95, $75 and $65 are available at www.mccallumtheatre.com, or by calling the McCallum Theatre Box Office at (760) 340-2787.


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Active investment still has some active defenders, at least in the UK, to judge by the reaction to a recent Long View on the subject. And digging into the reasons for active funds' persistent problems, it is easy to see why. Despite the claims of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) that it is impossible to beat the market other than by luck, it appears that an impressive number of managers do achieve the feat.
The problem is that they do not manage to beat the index by enough to be able to pay themselves and still pass on a decent performance to their clients. In other words, to quote Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard and the spiritual father of index investing, the case for passive investing rests on the CMH (Cost Matters Hypothesis), not the EMH. Read more


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Is there any compelling reason why you would ever want to stick Thumbnails or Avatars into MySQL??
Someone told me this is better and more secure, but most of what I have ever heard says, "Stick Data in a Database, and Files on a File-System!!"
If I had to do this for 10,000 or 100,000 users, I think it could cause a real bottle-neck...
if they were frequently updated and you wanted to keep a date-stamped archive
My concern is that I have always heard that sticking Images into any database is a great formula to bring your database to a grinding halt...
Is that hype or a legitimate fear?
Remember, I'm not running Oracle on a Load-Balanced Database Server Cluster!!!
This would just be using a humble MySQL database on my Virtual Private Server (i.e. A slice of a Single Server for both my Web Pages and Database)...
IIRC MySql handles this scenario the worst compared to your other options due to the way it handles connections but I don't do that much with mysql so YMMV. That said, I would look at storing them in the database with some caveats. First keep in mind that you can pretty easily use the database as the backing store and cache the data off to disk as it is served, eliminating one bottleneck. Second, make sure to keep the blobs segmented out to a separate table if possible and be careful with select * over there.
I can't think of the specifics, but I think I know what you are talking about.
Unless some MySQL guru cares to step in and tell me "Why storing Avatars in MySQL is no big deal", conventional wisdom stills tells me, "Not a good idea."
[ot]FWIW, this topic started as follows...
I let people upload an Image for their Profile Pic/Avatar, but my code only allows one occurrence of any given Image File. (The only thing worse than one person using Miley Cyrus as their Avatar, is 500 people doing it. Yuck!!)
To stop everyone from doing that, my script uses the function hash_file() to take "Debbie At Beach.jpeg" and convert it to "98543890918.jpeg", then store the renamed file to the "uploads" directory while also storing the new name into the Member's record in the "member" table.
The problem is that if I upload a new photo, "Debbie At Mall.jpeg" then the original file is getting left behind?!
There is a PHP function called unlink() which deletes files, but I see that as a major security risk - especially since it would be in my "upload.php" script which is outward facing.
So it was suggested that if I store the Images in the database, then I have extra security, and less fears of some hacker deleting every Image on my website!!
Likely a true point, BUT is it worth the extra coding and Database strain??
From what I have heard over the years, this wouldn't be a first choice...[/ot]
I have heard of large sites where the images were not stored in the database and the business staff forgot to ask to have anything other than the database backed up. When the hard drive crashed the support staff recovered the database but all the images were gone.
If you have transaction processing on your database and it crashes part way through then the database will get rolled back. Any image that is being added or deleted as a part of the transaction will only get correctly handled if it is stored in the database.
From what I have seen, the bigger the system the greater the benefit to having all the images inside of the database. For most small systems it is more efficient to keep the images separate. So if you are talking about a system involving ten million images then those images should probably be stored in the database. If you only have a couple of thousand images then they probably ought to be kept separate. There are other factors that affect which is the better choice but system size is often a good indicator.
Found this via a quick google search: http://highscalability.com/flickr-architecture
flickr is one of the biggest photo storage sites that I can think of and according to that article the actual images are stored in the file system.
Photos are stored on the filer. Upon upload, it processes the photos, gives you different sizes, then its complete. Metadata and points to the filers, are stored in the database.
There has been a thread in the past, i can't remember the thread title. One thing you'll need to keep in mind is the file space taken up, say images are bing stored in the database, with for example an average of 15MB each, and you have 15,000 images, that could end up being 200GB+ in size, which limits your options for backing up (an external hard drive would probably the only viable storage medium for a local backup of a database that size.
Also the database server might not necessarily be on the same server box as PHP, they could be at opposite ends of a data centre with an unknown number of routers and switches between them. You have to consider the bandwidth that would take up between the servers.
Another reason to store images and blobs in the database is if you have to enforce strict access control, including preventing access to images from non-web users who may have access to the filesystem on the server.
Thanks for the responses, but you guys give me too much credit!!
My website is being built entirely by me, run entirely by me, backed up entirely by me, and managed entirely by me.
Version 1 of my website averages about 30 visitors a day. (If I hit 100 visitors per day, I'll run naked across the U.S.!!!!!!!!!)
Also, for now, all of this is going on a single Virtual Private Server (VPS) with my hosting company, which is currently GoDaddy.
Small potatos for now...
I don't understand you.
I use InnoDB, but I don't use any "Database Transactions" as part of my "Upload an Image" script.
So, at a high level, how exactly I code things to take an Image submitted on an HTML Form and stick it into MySQL?!
Currently, only one image is allowed per person.
I don't have my code in front of me, but I think I allow something like up to a 4 MB Image which then gets shrunk down to something like 75 X 75 pixels, so the actual File size is maybe 5-10 KB. (As I recall.)
How many Users?
Who knows?
I am hoping to grow maybe 10,000 unique Users. (Could be more, and certainly could be much less!)
So you should have no trouble with maintaining the site with the images stored as files.
The purpose of using transactions is that you can run a related set of database calls and if any one of them fails for any reason then all of them are reversed out. This ensures that the integrity of the database is maintained. For example a transaction that is inserting into three separate tables can use three separate SQL calls to do it and if the third insert failed because a record with that key was already there then the prior two inserts would automatically be undone as well when the ROLLBACK command runs. The changes are only made premanent when the COMMIT is run.
If your "transaction consists or inserting one record into the database and saving an image and the image is kept as a file or is being inserted into the database but without using a transaction then failing to save the image would not undo the prior database insert (or if you ran them in the opposite order having the database insert fail would not remove the image).
With the small volume you are talking about these can easily be taken care of by you if they occur (which would be very infrequent with such a low volume).
Interesting and valid reasons for enclosing the images in a database and I sympathise with the company that failed to backup the images in a directory.
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Perhaps you should submit your Version 1 website to the above forum. There are some knowledgeable members who could no doubt suggest improvements which may influence Version 2.
One more thing -- having transactions available is one of the big advantages of storing the image file in the database. You don't get transactions with filesystems.
At your scale I'd just pick whatever was the easiest to code and run with it.
Interesting, I would have thought that the opposite is true. Storing images as files will always be more efficient than in the database so if a site has low traffic then it doesn't really matter (performance-wise) how they are stored but when a site reaches huge numbers of visitors then the database will be under heavy strain - and the web server as well, because some scripting language will be needed to serve them. So what are your advantages of using db in large systems? Is it data integrity?
Personally, I would only use db for images if the collection of the images being in sync with the rest of the db were absolutely critical for the application (like important document scans, etc.). Usually this is not the case - and in a case of a rare crash if there are a few images missing (like avatars, gallery photos, etc.) then this is not a big deal. Security, in most cases, can be achieved by putting the images outside the web directory.
Of course, backing up files is equally important, so if a company forgot to set up proper backups then this by no means indicates that we should store images in the db
This could become a new Forums Challenge
Well as others have said, you would get the benefits of ACID. Either images are uploaded/moved/saved/deleted, or they aren't. Avatars don't sound so important but if an image is an integral part of the whole user account, then I'd imagine doing anything with a user account would benefit from complete transactions: creating or deleting it, for example.
but when a site reaches huge numbers of visitors then the database will be under heavy strain
I wonder if anyone does something like, images are first stored in a db and afterwards, frequently-requested images are copied to a temp filesystem area for quicker access, with short "expirey" dates where a cron job deletes them??
At work we use REDIS to store stuff like last-products-seen, related-products, brand-groups and sorting stuff like most-popular. It seems the image data (URL) is kept with the product information in the cache but it doesn't seem the image itself is, makes sense since we only have so much memory (I can't tell on the front-end though because the images are often stupidly large and I see the browser struggling to render those b*tches at a smaller size... arg, frustrating, painting is a known browser bottleneck! Even when the image is 304).
Stomme poes...
In a "database" forum... :shifty:
Am I dreaming???
Is this some twisted weekly challenge?
Debbie picks some impossible task (e.g. "I bet I can't get over 100 visitors per day to my website!"), and then if SitePoint members help her accomplish it, then she has to run naked some great distance?!
Sounds like an interesting topic to research after I get version 2.0 done...
I think this would make a good subject for a test if anyone has got the right setup, say 10 images, then 50, 100, 250, 1000 and perhaps then 5,000 images, each amount tested with one having the images in the file system and the other having the images in the database. Trying out things like adding say 20 images, deleting 20 images, altering 20 images, generating a page with thumbnails of all the images (all on one page - no paging allowed), to see how long it takes and the peak amount of memory used. Perhaps also another set of the same tests with MySQL (or whatever DB server is being used) being located on a separate server box.
It'll probably make a difference as to what size the images are, ie avatars will be a lot smaller file size then photos.
Yes, certainly ACID is nice, however I haven't really yet dealt with a situation where images were so critically important to go that route. With the db it's also nice to have all data in one place so the db backup is a backup of everything. However, this could make db dumps very large. Each solution has it's pros and cons so it's not easy to say which one is better.
That could work, however you would have to make some mechanism to know which images are needed for quick access and each request for an image would also need to check if the file has not expired and needs to be re-fetched from the db. This would need to be done in php probably and also increase the server load. Or, you could create cron jobs that will scan server logs and handle it "externally" somehow. All of this sounds too complicated to me.
A workable solution, I think, would be to simply have a mirror of all images from the db in the filesystem - this way there is no overhead when serving them to users and we have the benefit of ACID (in case of problems it would be enough to run some sync script that would update the files on the web server). However, this also means doubling the space required for the images.
I think it all comes down to the question which images are critical enough to need to have them in the db. For me, user profile images aren't. Photo gallery images aren't.
For me, user profile images aren't. Photo gallery images aren't.
Only thing that comes to mind right away for me are medical images, which nowadays are digitised and are an integral part of a user's (patient's) account.They'd be all compressed to hell too... an MRI with multiple views can be hundreds of finely-detailed large images.
On the other hand usually those images are built in the computer through calculations, so I wonder then if it would make sense to store the basic data in the db and the resulting images elsewhere...


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The more I think of it, the more it ticks me off.
Omar Minaya and the Mets basically threw Ryan Church under the bus yesterday when he said the team's decision on handling him on any given day was based on how he is feeling. The man has a head injury. He's not thinking clearly to begin with.
Let me get this straight. The team flies Moises Alou from Atlanta to NY to get his calf looked at, because the team trusts its doctors. Yet, they fly Church around the country. And, he has a head injury. And this is after having a head injury earlier in the season.
Church should have been on the DL a week ago.
When Minaya said he went off the player's evaluation of his health, I asked him where Church got his medical degree. He wasn't pleased with the question.
I also asked him if players don't lie. Maybe lie is a strong word, but players constantly say they are able to play when they aren't. His response was, "I don't go into a relationship thinking someone is going to lie."
That's pretty naive, especially in the baseball industry.
The man has a head injury, dammit. This has been screwed up from the start and it's not getting any better.


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State Sen. Dan "Blade" Morrish wants to know if there are any ethics impediments to him becoming executive director of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board.
Morrish, R-Jennings, asked the Louisiana Board of Ethics for an expedited advisory opinion on the question. The board is expected to take the issue up Friday.
Morrish asked whether ethics laws "prevent me from being employed on June 1, 2013, in the position of executive director."
Morrish is currently chairman of the Senate Committee on Insurance and a member of the corporation's board of directors.
"I am considering applying for the position of executive director ... understanding that if successful, I would have to resign from the Louisiana Senate and the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Directors," Morrish wrote ethics administrator Kathleen Allen.
The executive director is hired by the Commissioner of Insurance and not appointed to or employed by the board, Morrish said.
The ethics issue revolves around who the executive director is hired by, according to the ethics lawyer assigned the analysis.
Citizens executive director Richard Robertson submitted his resignation effective June 1. Robertson's salary is $240,000.


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MARCH in the Paths of Intersections: Women's History Month 2017
Celebrating, Intersecting, Empowering & Educating
Please join us for the following events throughout the month of March as we engage in celebration, learning, and dialogue regarding the intersections of gender, race, class and other social identities during Women's History Month. All are welcome!
February 28 at
Olin 102
Panel: "Competing Passions: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
March 6 at 10:30am
CFL Main Hall
Chapel with WGST: Lise Kildegaard and Wylie Cook
March 7 at 7:30pm
CFL Recital Hall
Sihler Lecture: "Hildegard's Chants for Cosmos and Creation"
March 8 at 10:30am
CFL Main Hall
International Women's Day Chapel: Ghada Gaza will be speaking in chapel regarding her work as a Syrian scholar on comparative religions in order to celebrate this year's International Women's Day.
From chapel, we will participate campus-wide in "A day without women and gender minorities".
March 16: 4pm
Olin 102
Lecture: Dr. Andrea Conger focusing on women runners
March 16 at 7:30pm
WGST House
Film Discussion: "Pray the Devil Back to Hell"
March 31
Around campus
Join NASA in kicking off Sexual Assault Awareness Month!
During college, 1 in 8 students will experience sexual assault/violence. As a visual representation of this startling statistic, Luther students to wear teal balloons and show their support for sexual assault survivors.
April 25 at 7:00pm
Valders 206
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, feminist and Native American writer, activist and historian
2016 Price Lecture
WGST is proud to host our Fall 2016 Price Lecturer, Dr. Farida Jalalzai, on Wednesday, November 2nd at 7:00 PM in Valders 206. Her lecture is entitled "The Global Dimensions of Women's Executive Leadership". Dr. Farida Jalalzai is the Hannah Atkins Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. Her research analyzes the representation and behavior of women and minorities in politics and the role of gender in the political arena. Her work focuses on women national leaders, women in Congress, and media representation of women candidates. She is the author of Shattered, Cracked and Firmly Intact: Women and the Executive Glass Ceiling Worldwide, Women Presidents of Latin America: Beyond Family Ties? She is also working on a co-edited volume "Measuring Women's Political Empowerment Worldwide" (with Amy C. Alexander and Catherine Bolzendahl) and a co-authored book, Senhora Presidenta: Women's Representation in Brazil during Dilma Rousseff's Presidency (with Luther Professor Pedro dos Santos). All are welcome!
Please join us as we celebrate our hosting of the Fabric of Peace project. It is a collection of three quilts on display in Gregerson Gallery (CFA) and the Women and Gender Equality Center. We have the three quilts, all made by women to pursue peace in the world, on display for the month of September. We will have an opening reception for WGST with one of the project coordinators, Christel Badey sharing her insights about the project, Friday, September 16th, 4pm, in the WGEC (Gjerset House). All are invited. Following reception we will engage in a Peace Walk around campus.


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All-new from the tires up,
Mazda's CX-5 compact crossover delivers a class-leading 35 miles per gallon of regular unleaded gas on the highway. It's also the first Mazda with a full suite of SKYACTIV technologies. Engine, transmission, body and chassis components are all part of the SKYACTIV suite, which is aimed at overall vehicle efficiency.
The CX-5 engine is a SKYACTIV-G 2.0-liter 4-cylinder that delivers 155 horsepower and 150 lb.-ft. of torque. Transmission choices include a 6-speed manual or a SKYACTIV 6-speed automatic that combines conventional automatic and dual-clutch automatic technologies. Mazda says the transmission acts like a conventional automatic at low speeds, but at speeds above 8 mph the torque converter is locked and the transmission operates like a dual-clutch, with fast shifts and minimal power interruption. Front wheel drive is standard with a manual shifting feature, and AWD is available.
The main idea behind Mazda's exclusive SKYACTIV technologies is to harmonize the vehicle's components to achieve the best combination of power, torque, fuel economy, safety and design.
The new SKYACTIV transmission is superb, but the engine, we believe, could use more power. That's the constant goal of automakers: better mileage without sacrificing power. Engineers are constantly trying to squeeze more miles per gallon out of engines, and Mazda obviously succeeds in the CX-5. Officially, the vehicle with AWD gets 25 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the road, for a combined rating of 28 mpg. The front-wheel drive manual version gets 26 mpg in the city and the class-leading 35 mpg on the highway.
Mazda says the CX-5 design is inspired by KODO, or "soul of motion." While design, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, we think the CX-5 has a sharp, cleand-and-lean appearance. The front black grille is new, and sweeping side lines give the CX-5 a muscular and sculpted look.
The CX-5 is available in three trims: Sport, Touring and Grand Touring. Our test car, the Grand Touring AWD, is pretty much the top of the line, and included many of the luxury features found in much more expensive SUVs. Standard amenities included a tilt/telescoping leather steering wheel with controls, rain-sensing wipers, one-touch driver's window, dual-zone climate control, a 5.8-inch color monitor and backup camera, Bose sound, Bluetooth
connectivity, HD satellite radio and 8-way power heated front seats.
The interior is comfortable and refined, with soft-touch materials in all the right spots. Controls and gauges are well thought out and intuitively placed. Headroom is good in front at 40.1 inches, and the second row is a 40/20/40 split seat.
Other than the power issue, the CX-5 driving experience is quite satisfying. The little SUV hugs the road, with scant lean in heavy cornering. The CX-5 has a full complement of six airbags, anti-lock brakes and stability and traction control, all of which help earn the vehicle a "Top Safety Pick" designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The CX-5 Grand Touring AWD base price is $28,595. The Grand Touring Tech package adds navigation, HID auto-leveling and adaptive headlights, keyless entry with pushbutton start and an auto-dimming mirror with HomeLink. The Grand Touring Tech package is a steal at just $1,325. Our top of the line, loaded, check-all-the-boxes CX-5 test vehicle had a bottom line of $31,480, including $795 in freight.
With class-leading mileage, a comfortable interior, a top safety rating and reasonable pricing, Mazda's all-new 2013 CX-5 presents a terrific value for your hard-earned dollar.
2013 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD
- Engine: SKYACTIV-G 2.0-liter 4-cylinder
- Transmission: SKYACTIV 6-speed automatic
- Horsepower: 155
- Test model base price: $28,595
- EPA mileage rating: 25 mpg city / 31 mpg highway


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Note: Edited 22 November 2001 to add symptoms that fallback to RTMPT can cause and how to disable RTMPT.
Data Services servers that have a high volume of messaging connections can have a problem in which all available sockets or threads are used. Another point of issue they can have, too, are large worker threads that seem to linger long after they are no longer being used. Sometimes the amount of memory consumed by these threads is great enough that the developer begins to suspect there is a memory leak. It is a particular problem if the number of client application that cannot connect to the server via the conventional RTMP port is large.
The most effective protocol to use for messaging within Data Services is RTMPS. Not all firewalls allow the passing of RTMPS traffic. Messaging between Data Services and Flex can use several protocols, including HTTP streaming. The process of the Flex client using alternative protocols when the preferred do not work is called fallback. Which protocols are preferred and in what order they are attempted during fallback can be configured.
Fallback between Data Services and Flash is mostly programmed within Flash. The server.xml and messaging.xml configuration files define a contract between Flex and the server. Flex reads the configuration files at runtime and follows those specification when connecting to the Data Services server. The Data Services server uses the configuration file to know which endpoints it needs to make available for Flex to use.
Say a developer wants a fallback from RTMPS to the HTTP Streaming. And they need the fallback to be secure. Within the services-config.xml file the configuration for the secure HTTP streaming needs to be added. If the developer is sending XML back and forth they can use HTTP secure streaming. For passing AMF data the developer can use the AMF version of the HTTP secure streaming.
<channel-definition id="my-streaming-amf"> <endpoint url="http://{server.name}:{server.port}/{context.root}/messagebroker/securestreamingamf" class="flex.messaging.endpoints.SecureStreamingAMFEndpoint"/> <server ref="secure-nio-streaming-amf-service"/> </channel-definition>
The endpoint, secure-nio-streaming-amf-service, needs to be defined within the configuration like in the same way are for RTMPS.
The fallback order is specified in the messaging-config.xml. So the secure HTTP streaming endpoint needs to be added:
<channels> <channel ref="my-rtmps" /> <channel ref="my-rtmp" /> <channel ref="my-streaming-amf" /> </channels>
The configurations on the server make the fallback endpoints available and gives the Flex compiler a way of knowing the endpoints to use for fallback. Flex does not make a query to the server at run time for the preference order of endpoints. This information needs to be compiled into the client or handled within the ActionScript on the client layer. I am guessing this is done for security reasons. If a client obtained endpoint information at runtime it is possible for someone to point the client to their own servers and hijack your traffic.
One last step must be completed to keep RTMPT from being used. There is a setting to disable it: block-rtmpt-polling-clients. Adding this property to the RTMP channel will disable it.
<channel-definition id="serverRtmp" class="mx.messaging.channels.RTMPChannel"> <endpoint uri="rtmp://localhost:2037/rtmp" class="flex.messaging.endpoints.RTMPEndpoint"/> <server ref="nioserver"/> <properties> <block-rtmpt-polling-clients>true</block-rtmpt-polling-clients> </properties> </channel-definition>
How to Set Fallback on the Client
There's more than one way to set up fallback within your client. Your Consumer class instances have a channelSet property that contains the list of channels to use in order of preference. This information needs to populated within your client. This can be done with just configuration. You can also use MXML and ActionScript to set the fallback.
Specifying Fallback Through Configuration Only
There is a compiler tag, -services, that can be used with the MXML compiler of the Flex SDK. The tag -services should be set to the path of your services-config.xml. When you do this, your MXML will be compiled with the server-specific information. When a new instance of Consumer is created it will have its values already populated with the values you specified in your configuration. If you are compiling an ActionScript-only application or component this value will not be pre-set. I am supposing you at least have a top-level MXML application file.
Specifying Fallback Through MXML
A Consumer instance can be created using MXML.
<Consumer id="msging" destination="messagingDestination"> <mx:channelSet> <mx:ChannelSet> <mx:channels> <mx:SecureStreamingAMFChannel id="secureStreaming" uri="http://myserver:2000/myapp/messagebroker/secureAMF"/> </mx:channels> </mx:ChannelSet> </mx:channelSet> </Consumer>
Specifying Fallback Within ActionScript
The following example shows ActionScript code that is equivalent to the MXML code in the previous example:
private function run():void { consumer = new Consumer(); var cs:ChannelSet = new ChannelSet(); cs.addChannel( new SecureStreamingAMFChannel ( "secureStreaming", "http://myserver:2000/eqa/messagebroker/secureAMF") ); consumer.destination = "secureStreamingAMF"; consumer.channelSet = cs; }
Detecting the Type of Channel Being Used By a Consumer
The same channelSet property of a Consumer instance that can be used to set the fallback channels can be used to detect the current channel type. ChannelSet has a the property, currentChannel. Each type of channel has its own class. Those classes can be found in the documentation for the … package. Each channel also has a protocol property. If the channel is RTMP or RTMPS, the value of protocol will be the string, "rtmp." If the channel is RTMPT, the protocol will be "rtmpt." For all non-secure HTTP channels the protocol is "http." For all secure HTTP channels the protocol is "https."
Real-Time Messaging with LiveCycle Data Services ES
This is very good documentation about messaging and includes information about fallback. A lot of this may be too basic for you, but there is enough here that there may be some details that will help you out.
About channels and endpoints


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[Ed. Originally posted November 2012. IMHO, one more solid read/listen prior to kickoff. Invest some time to listen to these clips – I think you enjoy it:]
I mentioned earlier this week that Ira and I recently sat with Coach Moeller, who will be honored Saturday at Michigan Stadium, in studio at WTKA. This was my favorite part and it's something I've been wanting to do for a long time. We methodically stepped through the headset audio from The Catch (recall that the athletic department released it last year in the UTL ND game program).
As a bonus – I've included a second clip of the man on the other side of the field. Writer John Kryk interviewed Lou Holtz for his book Natural Enemies, the definitive tome on the U-M-ND rivalry, and he was kind enough to share this clip from his archives. It's Holtz discussing the defensive play call and their strategy. It's a little scratchy but I sent it over to Ira who cleaned it up a bit.
The Moeller clip is over 17 minutes long so give it a chance to load up and we cover just about everything that is said on the recording and more. Holtz is just over a minute (that's Kryk asking the questions).
A crude diagram:
What you can't see is the Irish safety, who is back and over on the left side of the defense (toward Desmond) but immediately goes to double cover Howard when the ball is snapped. More »


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Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all dry ingredients together. Add oil and rub into flour with your hands to evenly mix. Add Edensoy and form into a ball of dough. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured cutting board. Cut crackers with a knife or fluted pastry wheel into 1 1/2" by 1 1/2" squares. Place on a cookie sheet. Bake for 40 minutes or until crisp. Remove and allow to cool. Makes 4 dozen small crackers. The dough may be cut larger, if desired, for larger crackers.
Per serving - 152 calories, 6 gram fat (40% calories from fat), 3 gram protein, 18 gram carbohydrate, 6 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 85 milligram sodium