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A Better Autism Awareness Month?
Filed Under (Ableism, Acceptance, Accessibility, Activism, Advocacy, Autism and Employment, Autism and Intelligence, Autism and The Media, Behaviours, Contributions to Society, Critical Disability Studies, Diversity, Inclusion, Institutions, Uncategorized) by Estee on 08-04-2014
I've been sitting back and watching. While not all things are perfect, I have to recall what it was like in Ontario 12 years ago when I was first introduced to this social phenomenon called autism. CNN had numerous reports on the "epidemic" of autism; the MMR vaccine was blamed; there were numerous reports of questionable remedies that put autistic children in harms way; there were hate blogs written about autistic people and parents who wanted to love and support their children. The blogesphere was not yet syndicated and contained burgeoning home-made blogs by people labeled with autism and we learned a lot from autistics who wrote them – about activism, identity, the right to be who we are in every neurological way. Indeed, neurology is a term of the times which has redefined difference (neurodiversity). Although this is critiqued by many of those belonging to the disabled community as the new normalizing term (Lennard Davis, The End of Normal: Identity in a Biocultural Era, 2013) thereby losing its utility, I suppose I belong to a group who believes that we might not have gotten to this place of questioning, and beyond an institutional disabled identity (i.e. segregated and isolated), without this renaming and reconceptualization. To further highlight Davis' important question:
"If we are now living in an identity-culture eshatron in which people are asking whether we are 'beyond identity,' then could this development be related in some significant way to the demise of the concept of 'normality? Is it possible that normal, in its largest sense, which has done such heavy lifting in the area of eugenics, scientific racism, ableism, gender bias, homophobia, and so on, is playing itself out and losing its utility as a driving force in culture in general and academic culture in particular? And if normal is being decommissioned as a discursive organizer, what replaces it?'" (Davis, 1).
Davis argues that diversity has become the new normal.He also makes an important point that there are some people who do not have a choice of identity, which, in my words, may dampen the concept of diversity for our community. In particular, disabled identities are not chosen. Perhaps we now have to think beyond identity and challenge the concepts of acceptance and community in a world where these lines are always expanding and contracting.
That said, I remember what my introduction was to autism. Mothers and fathers before me remember institutionalization. Parents advocate for a world where autistic children are accepted, even if in a neoliberal paradigm (in other words, while we can see its shortcomings, we still do many unpleasant things to survive). It seems the "strengths" of autism at least are earning a place at the employment line, which then perhaps allows our children to get an education and better services. Perhaps our kids will be understood for their sensory, communication and social issues and not be reprimanded or judged for them. All these seem like good things. I would like to imagine a world where we never forget – where many of the younger generation of ABA therapists and teachers have no recollection of "different" kids in their neighborhood suddenly disappearing. There is work to be done to educate people working in the field on the history of disability and institutionalization and how close we always seem to be to doing that again. Must we continue to ask why this is happening despite the advocacy for autism acceptance?
And finally, in Davis' words:
"There is a built-in contradiction to the idea of diversity in neoliberal ideology, which holds first and foremost each person to be a unique individual. Individualism does no meld easily into the idea of group identity. And yet for neoliberalism it is a must. In a diverse world, one must be part of a 'different' group – ethnic, gendered, raced, sexual. It is considered boring if not limiting, under the diversity aegis, to be part of the nondiverse (usually dominant) group. So diversity demands difference so it can claim sameness. In effect, the paradoxical logic is: we are all different; therefore we are all the same.
The problem with diversity is that it really needs two things in order to survive as a concept. It needs to imagine a utopia in which difference will disappear, while living in a present that is obsessed with difference. And it needs to suppress everything that confounds that vision. What is suppressed from the imaginary of diversity, a suppression that actually puts neoliberal diversity into play, are various forms of inequality, notably economic inequality, as the question of power. The power and wealth difference is nowhere to be found in this neoliberal view of diversity….Ultimately what I am arguing is that disability is an identity that is unlike all the others in that it resists change and cure…disability is the ultimate modifier of identity, holding identity to its original meaning of being one with oneself. Which after all is the foundation of difference." (Davis, 13-14).
While I acknowledge Davis, I find myself thrust into an acceptance paradigm that allows Adam to be in a classroom and in the community, however imperfect (requiring time, exhaustive and emotional effort, Adam's emotional effort and his 'trooper' ability among it all) – and all of this based on proof of competence and ability as he counts money so fast that the adults in the room have to check to see if he's right (he is). I think it is great if we can enable others to see autism as a way of being in the world – sensory difference as not behavioral belligerence; non-verbal disability as not an unwillingness to speak or non-intelligence. To go on: not looking at someone when they are speaking doesn't mean that the autistic person doesn't understand what is being said; not wanting or able to be social should not be isolating or a reason to segregate nor a reason to push one to be social just like everyone else. (So what I'm saying is that as activists and/or advocates, we are still at this place). There are still so many misunderstandings in a moment with an autistic person, and one hopes that this marketing will help. I mean, we all have to survive, right? Adam's survival is no different than mine except that he is at a clear disadvantage despite "neurodiversity."
While recent autism advocacy is far better than I can remember 12 years ago, it remains services and employment based (and I am not at all suggesting we don't need to do this important work to discuss services and accommodations past the age of 21…but we need to discuss this also in a much larger context). A discussion of the inequalities about which Davis and others speak must also be a topic to discuss the bigger picture of what we mean when we talk about inequality. Another part of this discussion might be to discuss all the the proofs that an autistic person has to demonstrate before earning a place at the school desk and in the boardroom – and a discussion why these suggest human value. These may not acquire the immediate services that people need but they are important to our evolution. We can do this while continuing to mine the various meanings of purpose.


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I stumbled across this made-up-food style non-recipe on Wonkette (careful, it's an irreverent & sometimes potty mouth blog) that has all the hallmarks of Made Up Food – unpretentious, simple, easy and what sounds like gourmet level delicious. So – check out the full post or get the highlights in the heavily excerpted portion below.
There are many recipes you can find "on the Internet" for fresh cranberry sauce, but you don't need to do that anymore. Just send this one to your xBox or whatever and be DONE, done with the search for the ideal cranberry relish recipe.
When you're at the store, get two sacks of fresh cranberries from the produce section. They are like, a pound each. This will be plenty for eight or so people. Did your relatives refuse to use any kind of birth control, producing a larger family of say, 16 people? Just double the recipe, meaning buy two of whatever, and use twice as much, in the recipe. And "double the recipe" does not mean set the oven to 700 degrees instead of 350. Jesus.
If for some reason you don't have some basic cane sugar and a decent bottle of bourbon at home, purchase these things in whatever respectable quantity, so next time (Friday morning) you'll have this stuff handy.
Oranges. Buy some of them.
NOW: Either right now or tomorrow or 30 minutes before carving time — IT DOES NOT MATTER — you wash the cranberries. (The thing that looks like a '50s space helmet, it is called the colander, fill it with the cranberries and put it under the cold faucet).
Dump said berries in the Pyrex baking dish, like the one people might use for lasagna or baked manicotti. (This is a good time to remove whatever weird stuff the Stephen King characters who pick cranberries might've dropped in the bucket: loose teeth, etc.) Get the cheese grater and just grate on some sad-but-firm orange, right on the peel, so that the little bits of orange peel fall down upon the lonely berries. It is fine if some bigger chunks — like, half-inch-long shreds, but no bigger than that — fall down there, too. It adds "color" … orange color, in fact. Do this until you're tired of doing it, at which point there's probably about three teaspoons' worth of orange "zest" in the pyrex, with the cranberries. Don't pick it out and measure it or anything, just show some confidence. For once.
Cut open that poor orange you've just Gitmo'd, and squeeze the juice into your cranberry business. Do not drop the orange seeds in there, come on.
Now drizzle a couple-five shots of bourbon on the berries. And sprinkle about half a cup of granulated cane sugar over all that. (Generally, cranberry relish recipes call for some insane amount of sugar, like three cups. Do not ruin everything, okay? Using not-so-much sugar produces a tart but still sweet-enough relish that is to be served with savory dishes like turkey and dressing, right? If you want to put this on a peanut butter sandwich, by all means use fifteen cups of sugar and chase it with an "energy drink" or whatever. Let freedom reign.)
Cover the baking dish with foil and put it in the oven. Doesn't really matter, whatever the oven is set to, which is going to be in the 300-425 range for your general Thanksgiving dishes crowding the oven. You also don't need to be a dick and start yelling about how somebody needs to move the mac-and-cheese or the brussels sprouts under the broiler (and you SHOULD have simple cut-in-half olive-oil-brushed brussels sprouts under the broiler!) because you must get in your cranberry relish. Anytime is fine, and plus who will be impressed if you keep talking about it, beforehand? They might notice how easy it is to make, and then who are you? You are basically Lou Dobbs. So go outside and yell at a Mexican.
Come back inside, and please wash your hands if you were smoking out there, and see what is going on. Are people tense? It is probably time to open a bottle of wine, go ahead and pass around maybe a Petite Syrah, something that will go with maybe some pita chips or apple slices, whatever, try to get people to relax. It is okay to have "Irish Coffees," too, because it's daytime.
When the cranberry business is bubbly and the berries have this nice soft-but-firm kind of thing going on, take out the pyrex and let it cool somewhere out of the way. If there's room in the fridge, you can just put the tray in there once it's cool to the touch. But there's no room, jesus just look at all the food in there, plus there are about a million beers for tomorrow, so just scrape it all into something pretty, some kind of thing you might put chutney in, or whatever (ask mom).
Serve and watch how people say, "OMG I only ever had it from a can," etc.
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both compliment eachother..spot on
Handsome people, wonderful feeling, lovely shot. Nice dynamic in her face. Helps me to count off the next 19 days until Rome, 32 until Milan. Viva Italia!
Wow! Great looking couple! I'm very envious of you being in Milan. I guess I've overlooked shoes with cork this season…
is that a scarf she's wearing beneath her belt?
cool milanese couple!
I love the way the belt gives the outerwear a nicer form, I might be able to use that trick this winter. Is that a big scarf, and the belt is from the coat?
They are both *gorgeous*
Beautiful – her coat, his jacket, his shoes, her wonderful smile and i love her hair – is everyone in Milan this great looking?
love the guys jacket
Very nice couple, really stylish.
I love the balance energy going on with them
Both of them look great, except maybe her sandals.
They look great. I love her coat. Her feet remind of Chinese bandaged feet, a very unusual look. I like the fact that he rolled his pants.
Is it cold already in Milan? Everyone is still wearing summer white in the south of France.
These pictures are gorgeous.
Notice how the women, even in the background of the pic below, have simple hair, pulled back smoothly. Nothing fussy, no high-maintenance cuts. No hairstyle regrets when they see pictures of themselves 15 years from now. Very classic.
the lighting is phenomenal here. composition, expression, and color and background – exquisite! his come hither look is mesmerizing. her knee socks (slight demarcation below knee under leggings) put me off a touch….
I don't like her shoes…but they're so cute!
Hoping see you in Milan;)
sitting, obsessing about my relationship break up with the bitter commentary running through my mind… 'i didn't want him anyway'… and then you hit me with this one. this is who i wanted us to be. what a beautiful couple and a stunning shot. i love her smile contrasting with his measured gaze. their clothes hit just the right note between classic and edgy. so many details mirror each other: the egg shaped silhouettes, the glimpses of necklace, the monochromatic clothes with stand out shoes, the white helmet and her bag, even the vertical folds of her dress and weave to his jacket. thank you sart.
i like the combination of shoes and tights. it looks really cool!
also, the shape of her dress is very good.
Love the weight of her overlayer — the chunky-ness of those gathers. Love the leggings for the same reasons. Where did she get them? Not so crazy about the shoes. Still, she looks great!
Not sure I understand his rolled up pants. But his casual comfy look works for me.
another testament to the fact that black is timeless and elegant. i love how she wears the outfit with those particular shoes, unexpected but nice.
I am one of those guys that has a pile of plain black (CK underwear) T shirts, but I have always been reluctant to pair them with a sports jacket; here is an excellent example of a good combination, although the fabric and the cut of this jacket is superb! Looks like the chinos are pleated but (thankfully) we can't see it here! I also like the way she mixed her dress and scarf under her belt, and the all black outfit, can't say the same about her shoes, though. Is there a picture of the blue leather tote at the very left of this pic? Jorge from W Palm Beach
Beautiful couple in true Italian style.
He's perfect and she's pretty good. Love his jacket and shoes and, yes, socks (thank God). I assume the roll of his pants is for scooter riding rather than fashion's sake, but he looks great either way. Her shoes may make her cringe ten years from now, even now they stand out among the two outfits as the one item that jars a bit and doesn't look as comfortable and natural as the rest, but they're probably fun for her in their trendiness and that's okay. I'm not sure about whatever that is under her tights on her left leg. I like her coat/dress, and the little flash from each of their necklaces. Fabulous couple all in all.
I want to be them. Look how gorgeous they are!
they are adorable. so stylish. sooooo stylish without looking contrived. love the flow and hem of her dress with the leggings? tights? his rolled up pant with the soft jacket. incredible. great shot, too by the way.
Her coat is gorgeous. And the necklace peeking out looks beautiful too. He has a great face and a perfectly fitted jacket. I wonder if his pants were just rolled up for the scooter ride?
I'm not sure why, but I'm not digging the guy's rolled up jeans. He would look much more polished if they were down. This might work if he didn't have socks on.
A beautifully styled pair
i love the little white of the bag peeking out! plus i like the way she kinda tucked the scarf in and turned the whole ensemble into a dress? or isit a dress? ahhh… she looks happy though!
Oh I love you both!
You have charisma.
Lady: As far as I can see, — and I don´t see that much- you pull your leggings over your stockings.
Right? I am doing that pretty often when it gets cold, and I dont like tights that much.
I lik it how you keep on wearing your summer wedges.
And I really like the voluminous black scarf you hold togehther with that belt. The caterial-coatet buckle is perfect.
How long is your jacket underneath?
Or is it a coat? Do you hide your hands in pockets?
One more thing: Your hair is beautiful.
On the whole, a look that I would like to copy!
Tanti saluti!
perfection! love love love!!
Molto bello. Una coppia perfecta
"Una bella coppia"
Enric from Barcelona
I love this! :)
Beautiful couple!
Love her shoes and coat, with the pashmina and the belt…great! And the guy…he looks pretty cool with the lighter jacket …however, I'm not into fishing -style suit pants.
Man…that is what you call a smoldering gaze!
omg her dress is HOT!!! Who what where, i need details, I must have!
I must say, though, I'm not a big fan of these particular open toed shoes with tights, though I don't mind this particular trend.
I know cuffed pants are somewhat of a controversy, but he does them very well I believe. Shows off his brown shoes so well.
Striking couple – from the knees up. . .
When you look this healthy and bright everything goes together.
Her smile is just fantastico
ok, raise your hand if you want to:
1) be them
2) date them (threeway, peut etre?)
3) steal their clothing and smiles
Love her smile!
i love this shot.
nothing forced about it.. like much of new york style i usually get to see.
I absolutely adore the subtle detailing and the fact that they compliment each other perfectly!
How the heck am I going to compete with these beautiful people? Going to Italy in October.
Very stylish, great couple.
Sart: I'd really love to get your opinion on women's feet in socks in sandals. Never know whether it's one of these all-time no-gos or whether it's acceptable now.
that is truly an inspiring look~~
how creative is she..what went through her head when she wore the pashmina the way that she did under her belt giving the impression of a dress..very fashionable.
her hair too..
lik i said shes very creative.
i like her footwear too but thought the socks/leggings thing was tacky.
just an opinion.
its a lovely composition with great looking people
the gentleman' perfectly attired i thought and the helmet adding to it all ..beautiful shot
beautiful people
i miss Milan~~
The strappy summer shoes look perfect with the heavy black tights. Brava ma dear:)
She looks pretty, cousy and fun!
Is that cold in Milan?!??!
We still have 27º in Lisbon. It's impossible to think about taking our best pieces for this Winter out of the closet.
By the way…
You can find a similar coat on H&M on the recycled woll colection.
It's really nice, well shaped and warm too.
And you can put a belt on it and look just like this beautiful lady.
P. from Lisbon
The rolled pants have to do with riding the scooters?
Smiley lovely looking people, chic chic chic!!!
elfi italiani
She is so beautiful with her face uncluttered by hair. But the outfit….There is a disconnect with the top part, from the knees up and the bottom part. The leggings and wedges may be fun to her but I vote no on trying to push a summer accessory into fall/winter. Petty concern I suppose. There's a guy in the picture, too? Ha, ha.
this is how it should look ….always …..dressed well and it's a part of life.
They both compliment each other! I love her look!
She is very Sienna Miller-esque. I love her jacket, but am puzzled over the shoes/socks/tights. His blazer is great.
An adorable couple!
I'm so excited to belt my scarves. Pretty much just excited about belts. And scarves.
Love this stylish couple. Makes me want to go to Italy.
Yes, they are lovely people and it's a lovely photo, but Sart darling, I'm LONGING for photos of grown up women in womanly (not girly) clothes. We've had a succession of silly little dresses and wacky shoes on skinny young things who apparently don't have to appear brilliant or masterful when they go to work. Don't you have daughters? Don't you want them to grow up in a world full of images of women as WOMEN, of beauty as a complex and multifaceted construct, of bodies dressed wonderfully, not just wonderful clothes on bodies? Please. I beg. As a professional woman, an educated woman, a woman who wears a suit most days, a woman who works at a women's college and sees the damage that a culture of one-dimensional beauty does to a girl's physical and psychological health, I YEARN for images of women who look smart in EVERY sense. Pretty please?
I just wonder what's on under that scarf/stole? I get that she's wearing leggings. Is there a short skirt or longish jacket going on there?
The shoes don't bother me as much as they do others. Brown shoes with black clothes? How about black shoes with brown clothes?
They seem happy and as if they've known each other a long time.
what a lovely couple – finished off with a scooter helmet
That jacket… marrón! Any leads on it?
Mathieu Flamini of Fc Milan?
I love everything that the guy is wearing,..
he even make the helmet look good.
nice necklace on the guy!
I have been loving the "couples" shots lately! It's great to see how a couples style becomes complimentary. Keep it up!
for Anon 4:35
I have no problem shooting "professional/business" women but they still have to look totally cool/interesting. Unfortunately most career women have fallen into the cliche dressing of professional men.
I am surprised that a woman that would say"a woman who works at a women's college and sees the damage that a culture of one-dimensional beauty does to a girl's physical and psychological health" would also say "silly little dresses and wacky shoes on skinny young things who apparently don't have to appear brilliant or masterful when they go to work" have you forgotten that these shows are filled with career women that run multimillion dollar businesses? It seems to me your words would do as much damage to these successful working women as what you think these images might do to young girls. Maybe you have to open your mind to seeing that being a successful career woman is about getting results not in how you look.
For Anon 4:35
ps – I truly do understand you wanting to find cool women like yourself to look up to as style icons – it is totally natural- but you don't have to put down the women on this blog to make your point.
i love the woman's hair in its natural state. I also agree with anon. style is not synonymous with weird—even if the leaders of some of these businesses do make millions–it's often at the expense of women who choose to become fashion victims. i think it's european culture that is not so obsessed with youth for youth's sake as we are. take carmen electra—she looks totally idiotic at her age in most of the outfits she wears! it's all about insecurity. and this picture you have captured reflects the security of this woman. thanks, sart. p.s. i am a woman with 13 years of graduate and postgraduate training.
stunning! his jacket is amazing! i want to be her. minus the shoes :S
To all the people criticizing the open wedges with opaque tights…
You had better brace yourselves for winter because you are going to be seeing A LOT more of this trend.
The fall '08 collections are full of open toe booties, wedges, sandals etc. (See Givenchy, Versace, YSL, Chloe, Fendi…)
In practically every reputable fashion editorial they are paired with none other than – cashmere or opaque leggings/tights…
Whether the general consensus approves or not, this woman is precisely on trend.
in actuality I think for the most part, or even majority the woman in your blog look extremely professional. they all have that "smart" face and style is just a side note. I do not know who they are (as many do and are able to name them whether you title it or not)
as a law student I look to these woman as great inspiration for style & professionalism not just because of their impeccable style with silly shoes or not but because of the way they appear to carry themselves in the photograph. THAT I think Sart always captures, and I hope not to fall into the cliche of suits (although its hard in the law field) but perhaps be able to carry myself and incorporate style into that mundane cliche of the suit.
Sorry for the babbling- dreamy picture :)
Stylish Italian couple!
I have recently discovered your blog and it has been addictive. Exquisite taste and ambience photos.
Although I have never comented before,I can´t help but saying your reply to anon 4.35 was just perfect!
PS: Do you ever come to Lisbon? Maybe you could make me see Portuguese women with differente eyes.
No one is ever as mean or disrespectful to women as other women. It's why most of my friends are men! And Sart you are so right about 'professional' looks for women! Now imagine yourself living in middle America and not being a size 2! And then even if you know how to sew, try to find great fabric at Joann or Hancock! Is there a blog out there telling us how to look cool? *big sigh*
Gorgeous! What a chic couple!
I agree partially with Anon 4:35′s comments. But it was a bad choice to append her comment here, with these two beautiful and well-attired people.
On the whole, I think the, quote "silly little dresses and wacky shoes" are fine on artists, students or women working in fashion, shops, salons, magazines. But they don't really work for the rest of the population, do they?
But wouldn't it be great if someone teaching at a women's college took some elements of what she's seeing here and added them to her own ensembles. Maybe a pair of red socks and men's brogues peeking out from her workaday suit. A hat. A polka dot sweater…
That said, I would like more pictures of people who weren't models, designers or stylists. Or found at the fashion shows. I'd like to see more people straight off the street.
great detail of white helmet, and white bag in contrast with the dark clothes.
Love the way he wears his pants. This is future fashion… Nice coat cool sandals with thights…
One of my all-time favorite photos. This is a lovely couple. The dude's selection is beautifully edited.
I love her coat.
ummmmh ummmmh !!
she's so elegant and individual, isn't this what all this is about ? the smile is worth more than the latest style, we all remember a beautiful smile forever, a look is just for a season……
I love both of them until I get down to the shoes, but from ankles up they work it out.
Beautiful couple –
My view on her shoes is that they take her whole beautiful, but potentially somber, look up to the realm of happy and fun which i'd bet is just what she intended..
Their details.. the white bag and helmet, the necklaces; perfectly attuned.
(raising my hand with Landis 10:59 a.m.)
they're both amazing! she's so beautiful…that smile! he's gorgeous.
i'd like to think they're kindred spirits!
I love it! They look great together.
I love her style and the leggings+socks, very confortable and looks cool with those platform shoes (but not a fan of those corcho ones). The shell necklace is charming!
I went in Milano and New-York. Certainly the best cities of fashion in the world:D I loved styles, people… Good idea to have been there.
Some of the details of their outfits I'm unsure about…
But does anyone else think that the silhouette of her look is breathtaking? I do. Actually, they both seem really silhouette-conscious in their clothing choices; I think that's what makes them seem to compliment one another so well physically.
yo quiero ese corto de pelo…como también la cadenita (masculino)
I absolutely love the rolled up pants on the guy. I saw a lot of that on men this weekend now that all the defiles are starting in Paris…all the fashionistas are out on the street! I guess you will be around for the shows- looking fwd to your Paris stylish shots!
this couple could only be found in italy.
sigh. glorious!
Someone mentioned this earlier, but the guy seriously looks like Mathieu Flamini, French footballer (soccer player) formerly of Arsenal in London, currently of AC Milan in, of course, Milan. He just moved to Milan this summer. I thought Flamini still had long-ish hair, however….yup, just checked, he does have long hair. Creepy resemblance though, particularly considering his recent move.
Check it out: http://www.arsenalpics.com/image/Mathieu-Flamini-Arsenal_523422.jpg
Hey I know the guy! His name's Mauro
I love the fact that they both just jumped off of a vespa. what a good looking pair!
I've recently been to Rome and I loved the fact that you could see professionally suited up people both male or female riding vespas.I think they both look smart and wonderful and happy – wherever it was that they were going.
They're perfect.
I love couples photos :)
"I'm LONGING for photos of grown up women in womanly (not girly) clothes."
[Specifically, you seem to want The Sartorialist to post more of the photos that YOU want to see. Others have suggested as much, and I can tell you – not gonna happen. Scott has a vision for this blog that he remains true to. If he bent to everyone's desires, you'd never know what you were going to get here from one day to the next. That is what happens as far as the subject in each photo, but you are still getting SCOTT'S VISION, not someone else's. Also, as much as he might want to, he can't always find a particular type and does his best to provide a balance of styles, sexes, etc. He has specifically said that in some cities there was just a lack of women, men… what have you. If you don't like today's post, there will be something soon enough to make you happy. As far as finding what you are looking for, you might want to go thru some of the archives and see if there are some photos you have missed.
Regarding your comment, I'm not sure, but it seems you are suggesting that the clothes she is wearing above are girly. Can you really distinguish "girly" from "womanly"? More important than those arbitrary definitions, is whether or not the woman can "pull it off" or not. Every outfit is neither right for every "body" nor for every venue. I think a lot of it has to do with the girl or the woman wearing the clothes. I can see a woman from 20 to 90 wearing this and looking perfectly fine.
As far as your search for something (perhaps intangible?) on this blog - I've seen plenty of grown-up women on the site who look stylish AND smart, tho the blog IS about clothes, not what degrees people have. (Could there be a better example than Carolina Herrera to represent womanly style? And, she didn't get where she is by being dumb.) Interestingly, her mother told her four daughters, 'Beauty is the first thing to go. If you don't have anything inside you, you are going to be so lonely.'
Perhaps the lack of what you seek simply suggests that there is a lack of this type on the streets and the fashion runways; perhaps this isn't the blog for you or, perhaps you aren't approaching it correctly. Pandora has it right by suggesting that the point of the blog is to get ideas that you can use on your terms in YOUR life. If the blog isn't doing this for you, maybe it's time to take a break or, reconsider how you approach it, or, forgive me, but just stop trying so hard to turn it into a dissertation.]
"As a professional woman, an educated woman, a woman who, 1. wears a suit most days, a woman who works at a women's college and, 2. sees the damage that a culture of one-dimensional beauty does to a girl's physical and psychological health, I YEARN for, 3. images of women who look smart in EVERY sense."
[OK, a couple of things to address here.
1. I would love to see you in a week's worth of your outfits at this women's college. I hope you are the stunning exception to how academic women tend to dress and are both admired (to your face) and ridiculed (behind your back – they're just jealous, and are sure you're after their husbands) by your colleagues for it.
2. This "damage" you speak of – wow! Perhaps we need to do something, start a movement, gin up another color for the ribbons and rubber bracelets to be sold for this cause. (Sorry for the snarkiness. I'm a little tired trying to respond coherently to your comments.) Haven't we now had the discussions about beauty pageants and size zero super models to the point where not just college women, but their less fortunate sisters understand reality and can cope accordingly? Someone will always be misled by the pictures in glossy magazines and Fox news, but I don't know what dramatic change you are expecting to happen via what is essentially a style blog. I think that's expecting more from Sart than we really should, don't you?
3. I don't know how you expect a photo that focuses on what a person is wearing to also accurately make them look "smart". I find, tho, that if someone looks "interesting" (via what they are wearing) I'm more likely to be drawn to them, after which I find out how smart or not they are. Even then, smart isn't necessarily what keeps me coming back for more. People connect or not for all kinds of reasons. As for me, that first impression does reveal a lot. If someone looks interesting, I find that they usually are. In Washington DC just about everyone is smart, so that's not a problem. The problem, in fact, is the total opposite – finding someone who first looks "interesting".
I understand that your concerns are very important to you, and in no way intended to make less of them or to offend you by my response. In fact, I would love to see some hard evidence or statistics on the impact of the "one-dimensional beauty" on female development. On a somewhat related note, maybe you could invite Sart to your campus to be part of a symposium – The Impact of Society's Focus on One-dimensional Beauty and its Effects on Females. Wow! I've outdone myself, and I think that's a great place to end my chat for this evening. In all seriousness, I think an interesting follow-up to the symposium would be to see what everyone wore; and to see if there's a significant difference at a co-ed vs. a women-only campus. Now THAT would be interesting!
Sorry to come back after my earlier lengthy remarks, but I keep re-reading your comments trying to make some sense… You are a woman who "wears a suit most days" in academia, yet you talk of some sort of "damage" that has been done to the females in our culture. What kind of damage have you suffered that makes you wear a suit most days? Women have so many options when it comes to dressing, even within the range of what is considered "professional" even at a college that may require you dress quite conservatively. Also, with things being so much more casual everywhere, and colleges never being known as havens for fashionistas… I REALLY want to meet you…


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Australian's use Change.org
Mr Tyson is one of 2 million Australians who have used the online platform since it launched in 2011. Australia is the second-highest per capita user of the site in the world.
Change.org Australian director Karen Skinner said the high number of users, which includes both people who start and sign petitions, busts the myth that Australians are disengaged from public issues.
Research undertaken by the organisation shows the top three issues appearing on the site concern health, education and the environment.
However it's the individual campaigns, with an emotional story attached, that often attract the most signatories.
Ralph Kelly's campaign for legal reform following the death of his son Thomas in a single-punch attack drew almost 150,000 supporters.
Mother-of-five Nicole Perko received life-saving cancer surgery after a teenage student from Dubbo launched a petition to support her.
Mrs Perko was on a waiting list for peritonectomy surgery, which involves removing cancer from a large part of the abdominal area, at Sydney's St George Hospital when the petition was launched.
It won widespread support, with advocates including Russell Crowe, model Jennifer Hawkins, musician Clare Bowditch and the late Charlotte Dawson – the former wife of Mrs Perko's brother, Scott Miller.
In the wake of the campaign, NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner announced that more procedures would be carried out at Prince of Wales Hospital, easing the pressure on St George.
Change.org's Karen Skinner said: "The strongest trend we are seeing is people supporting others who are telling their own story. People want to back the underdog."
She said the research showed women were dominant users of the site – 70 per cent of users are aged over 45 and two-thirds of them are parents. The largest single group of users are aged from 55-64.
The research also revealed that users weren't simply "clicktivists" and many had gone on to continue their activism by lobbying politicians or donating money to a cause.
"Some people say it's clicktivism, it's too easy and it's not a real commitment," she said. "That's not what we see. I don't think people are trivialising their support for an issue just because they see it on their Facebook page.
"We see ourselves as being an easier entry point for activism. Yes, online petitions make it easier to find out about an issue and get involved but it's not an end point."
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"Although LightWave has no way of generating vertex normal maps internally yet, Layout can still work with them in objects obtained from other sources."
The problem for me is LightWave IS my other source. I'm trying to create game assets for Unity and I have no way to create/edit smoothing groups/vertex normals.
What are you guys doing for your workflow? Purchasing another full 3D program is not an option for me. Is there a tool that can be had for a few hundred that can assist? I haven't been rendering in LightWave for some time and unfortunately it seems like all the updates for 2018 are geared toward rendering within LightWave.
This makes 2018 a non-option for me and so my software budget will (hopefully) go toward a tool that allows me to do what I'm needing at the moment.
On a side note, what, if anything, has been updated for scripting (C++ SDK, LScript, Python)? This is the less sexy side of updates and I've looked but haven't seen any information that has delved into this at all yet.


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Cudlip Point Loop Track
This often windswept track leads up to the open pastures of Cudlip Point then down to the foreshore and back.
This often windswept track leads up to the open pastures of Cudlip Point then down to the foreshore and back.
What to expect:
Walking tracks will:
have easy to moderate grades with drained surfaces, generally consisting of a compacted and drained surfaces.
be well sign-posted with directional signs at track entrances and junctions and have safety signs where required.
Walking tracks may:
have steps on excessively steep areas.
have timber boardwalks and bridges over permanent wet areas and waterways.
have seats and maintained views at areas of interest.
Walking tracks should be suitable for people with reasonable fitness levels.
Distance:3.0 km Time:2.0 hours Wheelchair access:No Pram access:Yes - pram accessible but steep and challenging in some places. There are also stiles and gates to climb over. Not suitable when ground conditions are wet.
How to get to Mahurangi
Mahurangi West Drive north on State Highway 1. About 6km past Wenderholm Regional Park, turn right into Mahurangi West Rd then right into Ngarewa Drive and follow to the end of the road. Scott point Take State Highway 1 to Warkworth and follow the signs to Snells Beach. Approximately 1km past Snells Beach turn right into Ridge Rd and follow to the end of the road. Mahurangi East - has no road access. Access is by boat only.


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- What is seasonal flu?
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- What can I do to protect myself?
- The flu vaccine is the best protection against the flu. Proper hand hygiene and good cough etiquette are also critical. Wash and sanitize your hands frequently. Cover all coughs and cough into your sleeve.
- How can I treat flu symptoms at home?
- If you suspect you have the flu, call your physician. There are anti-viral medications that can be prescribed by your doctor, but these medications are most effective when given early in the course of illness. Drink fluids and get plenty of rest. Acetaminophen helps with aches, pains and fever reduction. To protect others, stay home for 24 hours after the fever goes away.
- Is it too late to get the flu vaccine?
- No. The shot can protect you to some effect as early as seven days after the vaccine, although full protection takes two to three weeks. Thus, a flu shot now can protect during this outbreak.
- Should I receive the shot (injection) form or the nasal spray form of the flu vaccine?
- In general, healthy children and adults ages 2-49 years old may receive either the injection or the aerosolized (nasal spray) version of the vaccine. Children of ages 6 months to 2 years and adults 50 years or older should receive the injectable vaccine, as should children and adults with underlying medical conditions.
- When should I seek emergency medical treatment?
- Uncomplicated flu (fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, generally feeling sick) can and should be diagnosed by your doctor, rather than the Emergency Room. The Emergency Room can help deal with complications of the flu, including severe dehydration and infections of the brain or lungs. Pneumonia, when the disease moves to the lungs, can either be viral or result from bacteria complicating the flu infection.
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Research Interests: Disaster metrics; International emergency medicine; Complex humanitarian emergencies; Disaster medicine & public health preparedness
Dr. Bayram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency and holds a joint appointment in the Department of International health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Bayram received his undergraduate and medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. In 1999, he completed his residency in emergency medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He returned to Lebanon where he served as chairman of an emergency department until 2002. Upon his return to the U.S. he joined the emergency department at Rush University Medical Center as a full time faculty, while continuing to work at Cook County Hospital on a part time basis.
Operationally, Dr. Bayram directed all the emergency management activities at Rush from 2009-2011, and served on various emergency management committees in the City of Chicago. Academically, he directed the joint Cook County/Rush international emergency medicine fellowship from 2004 to 2008. He holds masters degrees in public health, disaster medicine, and educational measurement. He is also pursuing his Ph.D. in public health at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Dr. Bayram is the associate director of Johns Hopkins Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) and member of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response (CRDR).
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- MD, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine (1994)
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- Principal Investigator: "Development of Hospital Performance Disaster Metrics"- Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Part of a larger grant at the Center for the Study of the National Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER).
Scholarly Projects
- Development of conceptual framework for hospital performance during seasonal influenza. This study is open for resident participation July 2012- June 2013.
- Development of Hospital Performance Disaster Metrics"-Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Part of a larger grant at the Center for the Study of the National Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER). This study is open for resident participation from July 2012- June 2013.
- Measuring Disaster Severity: Development of the Acute Medical Injury Severity Scale (AMISS). Caitlin McCord is the EM resident involved in this study.
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Jacquet GA, Vu A, Ewen WB, Hansoti B, Andescavage S, Price D, Suter RE, Bayram JD. Fellowships in international emergency medicine in the USA: a comparative survey of program directors' and fellows' perspectives on the curriculum. Postgrad Med J. 2014 Jan;90(1059):3-7. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131714. Epub 2013 Aug 20. PMID: 23964131
Silva JC, Shah SC, Rumoro DP, Bayram JD, Hallock MM, Gibbs GS, Waddell MJ. Comparing the accuracy of syndrome surveillance systems in detecting influenza-like illness: GUARDIAN vs. RODS vs. electronic medical record reports. Artif Intell Med. 2013 Nov;59(3):169-74. PMID: 24369035
Bayram JD, Sauer LM, Catlett C, Levin S, Cole G, Kirsch TD, Toerper M, Kelen G. Critical resources for hospital surge capacity: an expert consensus panel. PLoS Curr. 2013 Oct 7;5. pii: ecurrents.dis.67c1afe8d78ac2ab0ea52319eb119688. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.67c1afe8d78ac2ab0ea52319eb119688. PMID: 24162793
Hsu EB, Li Y, Bayram JD, Levinson D, Yang S, Monahan C. State of virtual reality based disaster preparedness and response training. PLoS Curr. 2013 Apr 24;5. pii: ecurrents.dis.1ea2b2e71237d5337fa53982a38b2aff. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.1ea2b2e71237d5337fa53982a38b2aff. PMID: 23653102
Dugas AF, Morton M, Beard R, Pines JM, Bayram JD, Hsieh YH, Kelen G, Uscher-Pines L, Jeng K, Cole G, Rothman R. Interventions to mitigate emergency department and hospital crowding during an infectious respiratory disease outbreak: results from an expert panel. PLoS Curr. 2013 Apr 17;5. pii: ecurrents.dis.1f277e0d2bf80f4b2bb1dd5f63a13993. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.1f277e0d2bf80f4b2bb1dd5f63a13993. PMID: 23856917
Vukotich G, Bayram JD, Miller M. Prairie North 2010: A Joint Civilian / Military Mass Casualty Exercise Highlights the Role of the National Guard in Community Disaster Response. Am J Disaster Med 2012;7(1):65-72. Epub April 2012.
Bayram JD, Zuabi S. Disaster Metrics: Quantitative Benchmarking of the Pre-hospital Medical Response in Trauma-Related Multiple Casualty Events. Prehosp Disaster Med 2012;27(2):123-129. Epub May 17, 2012.
Bayram JD, Zuabi S. Disaster Metrics: Quantification of Acute Medical Disasters in Trauma-Related Multiple Casualty Events through Modeling of the Acute Medical Severity Index. Prehosp Disaster Med 2012;27(2):130-135. Epub May 17, 2012.
Bayram JD, Kysia R, Kirsch TD. Disaster Metrics: A Proposed Quantitative Assessment Tool in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies - The Public Health Impact Severity Scale (PHISS). Manuscript accepted for publication by Plos Currents: Disasters in June 2012 (in press).
Bayram JD, Zuabi S, El Sayed MJ. Disaster Metrics: Quantitative Estimation of the Number of Ambulances Required in Trauma-Related Multiple Casualty Events. Manuscript accepted for publication by Prehosp Disaster Med in June 2012 (in press).
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The annual Galax Bike Rodeo will be held this Saturday at Galax High School parking lot, and parents and children of all ages are invited to join in.
Brenda Marrah, grants administrator for the city, anticipates a large crowd. "We had a wonderful turnout last year, despite the cold snap," she said. "The kids were zipping around on their bikes even before the course was set up."
The event will begin with a discussion about bike safety from Galax Police Department officers, followed by a safety check of each bike.
A drawing will be held for four prize bikes, two donated by the Galax Rotary Club two more donated by the Elks Lodge. Marrah said that five bikes were given away last year, and that four of the winners did not own a bike. "It seemed to play out perfectly," she said.
Galax students and city residents will also be eligible to receive a free helmet. Helmets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
There will be refreshments available and a cook-out for lunch.
This event was made possible by a grant award from Prevention Connections, a non-profit Foundation for Healthy Youth, said Marrah. Their goal is to instill healthy habits in children as early as possible. They also sponsored "Walk-to-School Day," in Galax schools on Wednesday.
Forty percent of Galax students live within a 2-mile radius of the schools. However, only 4 percent are walking or riding bikes to school, said Marrah. In that area, there are several problems with the sidewalks, which make them potentially unsafe for the children to use. Thanks to grant awards, a plan is set to repair the sidewalks.
Marrah hopes that these repairs, along with new bike rack installations for the school parking lots, will be completed by 2014.
Marrah plans additional events like these in the future, utilizing even more of what the area has to offer. One spot in particular she wants to explore is the New River Trail, which offers both proximity and natural beauty.
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Cleft lip and palate are openings or splits in the upper lip or roof of the mouth (palate). A child can be born with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or both. Cleft lip and palate may be the only birth defects, or they may happen with other defects.
A cleft lip may be as mild as a notch of the lip. Or it may be as severe as a large opening from the lip to the nose.
A cleft palate may leave an opening that goes into the nasal cavity. Cleft palate is not as noticeable as cleft lip because it is inside the mouth. The cleft may:
Cleft lip and palate happen when a baby develops in the womb. Researchers don't know the exact cause of cleft lip and palate. It can be caused by genes passed on from parents, as well as environmental factors. Environmental factors include taking certain medicines during pregnancy, smoking or drinking alcohol during pregnancy, infections, and too little vitamin B and folic acid during pregnancy. Parents who have cleft lip, cleft palate, or both, or who have other kids with the problem are at an increased risk of having babies with the defect.
The symptoms of these problems can be seen during the first exam by your baby's healthcare provider. How much the lip or palate differs from normal can vary. The symptoms can include:
A cleft lip and palate can be diagnosed during pregnancy during a routine ultrasound exam. Or they may be seen during the first exam by your baby's healthcare provider.
Both cleft lip and cleft palate can be fixed with surgery.
Beyond the appearance of a cleft lip, other possible complications include:
Cleft lip and palate can't always be prevented. But there are things you can do to reduce the risk. They include:
You should consider genetic counseling if other members of your family have had cleft lip and palate.
Your baby's healthcare provider will help you figure out how to best care for your baby.
The main concern for your baby is good nutrition. Sucking is difficult because of the opening in the formed roof of the mouth.
A baby with a cleft lip, a cleft palate, or both will have specific healthcare needs. What works for one child may not work for another.
A baby with just a cleft lip usually does not have trouble feeding. To help with feeding, try the following:
Cleft lip is a split in the lip, and cleft palate is a split in the roof of the mouth.
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your child's healthcare provider:
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Oracle Connect includes several tuning parameters that can improve performance. Specifically, the daemon can be configured to optimize communication between the Windows operating system and a client.
In addition, the binding environment can be tuned to optimize the request handling.
This chapter contains the following topics:
The daemon workspace is responsible for allocating server processes to clients. You can configure a workspace to use a pool of server processes so that a server process is always available for a client request.
Use Oracle Studio to maintain daemon and daemon workspace parameters to control the allocation of server processes and their management in a pool.
You can also have several daemon workspace configurations. This lets you create individual workspaces for use with different adapters or CDC adapters.
Use Oracle Studio to add a new daemon configuration. You can set up different daemon configurations for different situations.
Carry out the following steps to add a new daemon workspace configuration:
From the Start menu, select Programs, Oracle, and then select Studio.
In the Design Perspective Configuration view, expand the Machines folder and then expand the machine where you want to add the workspace.
Expand the Daemons folder. The daemon available on this computer are listed.
Right-click IRPCD and select New Workspace. The New Daemon Workspace screen is displayed.
Enter a name for the new workspace and then enter a description, if desired.
Select whether to use default settings or copy the properties of an existing workspace.
To copy the properties of an existing workspace, click the Browse button and select the workspace from which you want to copy the properties.
Click Next. The Select Scenario screen is displayed.
Select Application Server using connection pooling and click Next.
Continue through the wizard, entering the required values for the workspace.
Click Finish.
The workspace is displayed under the IRPCD daemon node.
You edit a workspace by using the tabs described in the following table:
Table 7-1 Workspace Properties tabs
Specifies general information including the server type, the command procedure used to start the workspace, the binding configuration associated with this workspace (which dictates the data sources and applications that can be accessed) the timeout parameters, and logging information (which dictates the data sources and applications that can be accessed), the timeout parameters, and logging information.
Server Mode
Contains the workspace server information including features that control the operation of the servers started up by the workspace and allocated to clients.
Specifies administration privileges, user access, ports available to access the workspace and workspace account specifications.
Use Oracle Studio to access these tabs, as follows:
From the Start menu, select Programs, Oracle, and then select Studio.
In the Design perspective Configuration view, expand the Machines folder and then expand the machine where you want to edit the workspace.
Expand the Daemons folder. The daemon available on this computer are listed.
Expand the IRPCD daemon. The daemon workspaces are listed.
Right-click the workspace you are editing and select Open.
Click the tab that contains the information you want to edit. For more information about the tabs and the fields in these tabs, see Workspaces.
After editing the workspace, click Save.
The server mode defines how the daemon starts new processes. The daemon supports the following server modes:
singleClient: Each client receives a dedicated server process. The account in which a server process runs is determined either by the client login information or by the specific server workspace.
This mode enables servers to run under a particular user account and isolates clients from each other (because each receives its own process). However, this server mode incurs a high overhead due to process startup times and may use a lot of server resources (because it requires as many server processes as concurrent clients).
multiClient: Clients share a server process and are processed serially. This mode has low overhead because the server processes are initialized. However, because clients share the same process, they may impact one another, especially if they issue lengthy queries.
The number of clients that share a process is determined by the Clients per server limit (the maximum number of concurrent clients a server process for the current workspace accepts).
reusable: An extension of the single client mode. Once the client processing finishes, the server process does not die and can be used by another client, reducing startup times and application startup overhead.
This mode does not have the high overhead of single client mode because the servers are initialized. However, this server mode may use a lot of server resources (because it requires as many server processes as concurrent clients).
The other modes can be set so that the server processes are reusable by setting the number of times a process can be reused with the
Reuse limit value (the maximum number of times a particular server process can be reused or how many clients it can serve before it is retired). Reuse of servers enhances performance because it eliminates the need to repeat initializations. However, reuse runs a risk of higher memory leakage over time. The default value for the
Reuse limit field is
None, indicating that no reuse limit is enforced.
Set the server mode in the Server Mode tab of the daemon workspace editor as shown in the following figure:
When using any of the server modes you can specify a pool of server processes. These server processes are started when the daemon starts and are maintained in a pool. The server processes are available for use by new client requests from the pool, saving initialization time. Instead of starting a new server process each time one is requested by a client, the client receives a process immediately from the pool of available processes. When the client finishes processing, this server process either dies, or if reusable servers have been specified, it is returned to the pool.
You set up a pool of server processes by specifying the following parameters in the Server Mode tab.
Port Range: Select the range for specific firewall ports through which you access the workspace. Determines the range of ports available for this workspace when starting server processes. Use this option when you want to control the port number, so that Oracle Connect can be accessed through a firewall.
Enter the port range in the following fields:
From: Enter the highest numbered port in the range
To: Enter the lowest numbered port in the range
Use Default Port Range: Select this to use the port range that is defined in the daemon.
Maximum number of server processes: Enter the maximum number of server processes that can run at the same time.
Limit server reuse: Select this to limit the number of servers that can be reused. If this is selected, the Reuse limit parameter is available.
If Limit server reuse is selected, in the field next to the check box, enter the maximum number of times a server can be reused. Select the maximum of clients accepted in a server process.
A one-client server can be reused after its (single) client has disconnected. Reuse of servers enhances startup performance because it avoids the need to repeat initialization.
This parameter is not available if the Limit server reuse parameter is not selected.
This parameter is not available if the server mode value is singleClient.
Limit Concurrent clients per server: Select this to limit the number of clients that a server can accept for the current workspace process.
If this is not selected, the number of clients is unlimited.
If Limit concurrent clients per server is selected, in the field next to the check box, enter the maximum number of clients that a server process for the current workspace accepts. The default for this field is None, indicating that the number of clients for each server is unlimited. This field is available if the server mode value is multiClient or multiThreaded.
Specify Server Priority: Enter the priority for servers. For example, a workspace for applications with online transaction processing can be assigned a higher priority than a workspace that requires only query processing. The lower the number, the higher the priority. For example, workspaces with a priority of
1 are given a higher priority than workspaces with a priority of
Note: This is unavailable if Use default server priority is selected.
Use default server priority: Select this to set the priority to 0. There is no specific priority for this workspace. Clear this check box to set a priority in the Specify Server Priority parameter.
Keep when daemon ends: Select this to stop all servers started by that daemon when a daemon is shutdown, even if they are active. Select this if you want the servers for the workspace to remain active, even after the daemon has been shut down. If selected, it is the responsibility of the system operator or manager to ensure that the servers are eventually stopped. This must be done at the system level.
Number of prestarted servers in pool: Enter the number of server processes that are prestarted for this workspace when the daemon starts. These are available for use by new client processes with minimal initialization time. Instead of starting a new server process each time one is requested by a client, the daemon immediately allocates (to the client) a server from a pool of available servers. When the number of available server processes drops lower than the value specified in the Minimum number of available servers field, the daemon again starts server processes until the specified number of available servers is reached. The default for this parameter is
0, meaning that no servers are prestarted for this workspace.
Number of spare servers: Enter the minimum number of server processes in the prestarted server's pool before the Oracle Connect daemon resumes creating new server processes (up to the number specified in the Initial number of servers field value, described earlier). If this parameter is set to a value greater than the Initial number of servers field value, the daemon considers the value to be the same as the value specified in the Initial number of servers field. In this case, a new server process is started and added to the pool each time a server process is removed from the pool and allocated to a client). The default for this parameter is
0, which means that new servers are created only when there are no other available servers.
Number of sub-tasks: Enter the number of sub-tasks for a server that are prestarted for this workspace when the daemon starts. In addition to setting up a pool of server processes as described earlier, you can set additional server processes as sub-tasks by specifying this parameter. If you set 10 servers and 10 prestarted sub-tasks then 100 tasks are started (10 sub-tasks for each process).
Each binding configuration includes the following information:
Environment settings, which are used to configure the environment used by any of the adapters or CDC adapters defined in the binding.
Application adapters on the current computer.
To configure environment settings in Oracle Studio, perform the following steps:
From the Start menu, select Programs, Oracle, and then select Studio.
In the Design perspective Configuration view, expand the Machine folder, then expand the machine where you want to configure the binding.
Expand the Bindings folder. The binding available on this computer are listed.
Right-click NAV and select Open.
In the Environment tab, edit the environment settings as needed. To edit an environment setting, expand the property category and click the value to edit.
The binding Environment tab is shown in the following figure:
The binding environment is divided into the following categories:
The following table lists the parameters that define debugging and logging operations:
Select this for the input xml sent to the back-end adapter and the output xml returned by the back-end adapter to be written to the log.
This parameter is not applicable for use with OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
Select this to log general trace information. The default writes only error messages to the log.
Note: Changing the default setting can degrade performance.
This parameter is not applicable for use with OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
Select this to add a time stamp on each event row in the log.
This parameter is not applicable for use with OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
Select the binary XML log level from the list. The following logging levels are available:
The high-level qualifier of the log file for messages. The following type of message are written to the log:
This parameter is not applicable for use with OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
This parameter is not applicable for use with OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
Select this for the transaction manager to write additional information about transactions to the log.
The following table lists the parameters that define general operations where temporary files are written.
This parameter is not applicable for use with OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
The directory where temporary files are written, including the temporary files created for use by hash joins and for sorting files. The default is the current high-level qualifier.
Determines the way two-digit years are converted into four-digit years. When the
Fixed Base Year:
This solution is most required if there is live data at the low end (close to the year 1900), which the user wants to keep with the current two-digit format.
The user usually changes the base date only after ensuring that these old dates have been deleted from the data source.
Sliding Base Year:
Enter the number of bytes to be used for a memory buffer on a client computer, which is used by the Oracle Connect client/server to store read-ahead data. The default is
The following table lists the parameters that define globalization support:
Table 7-4 Language Settings Parameters
Identifies the application language. A default code page is selected based on the value specified for this parameter. For more information, see Appendix D, "Globalization Settings".
For use with globalization support to identify the code page for the workspace. For more information, see Appendix D, "Globalization Settings".
Specifies the code page used by a field whose data type is defined as
The default is
The Modeling parameters are not applicale with OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
The following parameters enable you to customize the performance:
Optimizer goal: The optimization policy. Select one of the following from the list to the right:
none (default): All row optimization is used.
first: First row optimization is performed based on the assumption that the results produced by the query are used as the rows are retrieved. The query optimizer uses a strategy that retrieves the first rows as fast as possible, which might result in a slower overall time to retrieve all the rows.
all: Optimization is performed based on the assumption that the results produced by the query are used after all the rows have been retrieved. The query optimizer uses a strategy that retrieves all the rows as fast as possible, which might result in a slower time to retrieve the first few rows.
Aggregate queries automatically use all row optimization, regardless of the value of this parameter.
All other optimizer parameters are not applicable for use with the OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server.
The following list shows the parallel processing properties. The parallel processing properties control how parallel processes are handled in the binding.
Table 7-5 Parallel Processing Parameters
Select this to disable multi-threading. If this is selected, the following properties are disabled:
The following table lists the parameters that enable you to fine tune how queries are processed:
Table 7-6 Query Processor Parameters
Select this to disable Query Processor caching the executed state of a query for reuse.
Select this to disable caching data source properties.
Select this to disable parameterization constants in INSERT statements.
Select this to disable caching object metadata. If this is selected, the object metadata is taken from the from the original data source instead of the cache.
Select this to not convert constants into parameters when accessing data sources.
Select this for OLE DB
Compile after load
Select this to compile an Oracle Connect procedure or view after it is read.
This property determines how Oracle Connect responds when the execution of one of the segments of a segmented data source fails:
Select this to configure Oracle Connect to prompt the user for security information when accessing a data source.
Select this to use the @ symbol instead of a colon (:) when connecting to multiple data sources.
Select this to enable the use of tables that have filter expressions specified in their metadata.
Select this to replace empty strings in a SET clause of an UPDATE statement or in a VALUES list of an INSERT statement with null values.
Select this to use optimistic locking as the default locking behavior on queries with a FOR UPDATE clause.
Select this to disable saving successfully compiled statements in the cache.
Enter the maximum number of SQL queries that can be stored in cache memory. This property's value is ignored if Disable compilation cache is selected. The default is 3.
Enter the maximum size allowed for an SQL query after compilation. The default is 150.
Enter the maximum number of columns that a query can reference. The default is 500.
Enter the maximum number of open threads allowed, when working with segmented databases.
Enter the minimum number of parameters that can be used in a query.
Enter the number of seconds that the query processor waits before executing a query again, when no records are returned. The default is 2.
Enter the number of seconds that the query processor continues to issue queries, when no records are returned. The default is 3600 (one hour), which indicates that after an hour without new messages the continuous query ends. Enter 0 to indicate that there is no timeout and the continuous query does not end automatically.
Enter a prefix to replace the $$ prefix that is used to identify the continuous query special columns. For example, if you enter ##, then the continuous query alias is '##StreamPosition' and the control command alias is '##ControlCommand'.
Enter an integer determine the precision scale factor for floating decimal position. The default is 0, which indicates that the exact arithmetic function is not used.
When the value is set to a small positive integer, the special precise floating point arithmetic is used in the query processor. The value determines the precision scale factor (for example, a value of 2 indicates two digits decimal precision). Setting this parameter can be done at a workspace level and it affects all queries running in that workspace with no change to the query or to the underlying data source. The query processor ADD(), SUBTRACT() and SUM() functions that currently use double arithmetic for both floating and decimal types use this logic. When the value is set to the default, 0, the exact arithmetic function is not used.
This property is used to set the Exact Arithmetic function. The
The maximum depth of the expression tree. The default is 500
Enter the maximum length of a string in an SQL query. The minimum value is 64. The default value is 350.
Enter the commit rate to use when executing an INSERT-FROM-SELECT operation. If a value more than 0 is entered, a commit is performed automatically after inserting the indicated number of rows. For example, if the value is 5,a commit is performed every time 5 rows are inserted.
Select this to always read compiled Oracle Connect procedures and views from a disk. In this case, they are not saved in the cache.
Enter the number of stored queries created with a CREATE PROCEDURE statement that can be kept in cache memory. This property's value is ignored if Disable SQS cache size is selected.
Expose XML fields: Select this to display data returned for a query as XML, representing the true structure of the result. This is useful when querying a data source table that contains arrays or variants.
The following table lists the parameters that define transaction support:
Table 7-7 Transaction Parameters
Select this to write extended information about transactions to the transaction manager log files.
Select this to commit all single-phase commit transactions opened for a data source, if a connection closes while the transaction is still open.
Select this to disable two-phase commit capabilities, even in drivers that support two phase commit.
This parameter is not applicable for use with OracleAS CDCAdapter for SQL Server.
The high-level qualifier and name of the log file that logs activity when using transactions.
The number of minutes from the start of a transaction before any recovery operation on that transaction can be attempted. The default is
Enter the time to wait for a transaction to complete before an error is returned.
This parameter is also used when performing a RECOVERY, and it then indicates the number of minutes to wait before a forced activity can be performed, since the last transaction activity.
Select one:
No conversion: Select this if you want all transactions to remain as sent. This is selected by default
Convert all to distributed: Select this to convert all simple transactions into distributed transactions.
Convert all to simple: Select this to convert all distributed transactions into simple transactions.
The following table lists the parameters that define the tuning:
Enter the maximum size of a cache memory. This cache is used when memory is required on a temporary basis (as when Oracle Connect sorts data for a query output, for a subquery, or for aggregate queries). This cache size is not used for hash joins and lookup joins The default value is
Enter the maximum size of the sort buffers. Use this parameter instead of
Enter the maximum size of the index cache. This cache is not used for hash joins and lookup joins. The default value is
Enter the maximum number of files that can be opened in the file pool. The default is 10.
Enter the size of the file in the pool. The default is 3.
Select this if you want the File Pool to close when a transaction is committed.
Select this to use a global file pool. When the workspace server mode parameter is set to multiClient or reusable, this parameter also indicates whether the file pool closes upon the client disconnection.
Enter the amount of cache memory that is available for each hash join or lookup join. The default is
Enter the maximum number of files that a query can open simultaneously for use when performing hash joins. The number assigned to this parameter must not exceed the system maximum. The default isset to
Note: The hash join optimization strategy results in several files being opened to perform the join. The larger the table size, the more files are opened. By adjusting this parameter you can disable hash joins on very large tables, while allowing hash joins for small tables.
Enter the primary extent size.
Enter the secondary extent size.
Select this for the QP to store the first hash bucket in memory instead of a sequential file.
The following table lists the parameters that define XML support:
Table 7-9 XML Category Parameters
Specifies the maximum size of an XML document held in memory. The default is
Specifies the maximum size of an XML document passed to another computer. The default is
Note: When you increase this value for this property, you may need to increase the value for the Maximum XML in memory property in the daemon. For more information on daemons, see Control.
Enter the maximum size of the internal communications buffer. The default value (
Enter the date format to use for XML. The options are:
Select this to replace invalid XML characters with a
Select this to enable padded spaces to be trimmed from XML string columns when the record format is fixed. By default this is selected, and padded spaces are trimmed for fixed size character columns. If you do not want this behavior, clear this check box.
You can migrate an adapter configuration from one platform to another. The configuration information is stored in the Oracle Connect repository on the source platform and is exported to an XML file which can then be imported to the target platform.
Note that when migrating a configuration, file names and paths that are specific to the source platform must be changed to valid files on the target platform.
To migrate an adapter configuration using Oracle Studio, perform the following steps:
From the Start menu, select Programs, Oracle, and then select Studio.
In the Design perspective, Configuration view, expand the Machines folder.
Right-click the required computer, and select Export XML definitions.
In the File name field, type the path and name of the XML file where the XML representation of the computer and its complete configuration is stored.
Edit any paths in the XML definition to the paths required on the target platform. For example, the setting for the serverLogFile might need changing, depending on the platform.
Set up the target platform in Oracle Studio in the same way you set up the source platform, as described in Setting Up a Windows Computer in Oracle Studio.
In the Configuration Explorer, right-click the target computer and select Import XML definitions.
Import the XML file to the target platform.
Oracle Connect works within the confines of the platform security system.
In addition, Oracle Connect provides the following security:
A binary XML encryption mechanism, which is activated as follows:
The client's first message to the server includes a pre-defined shared key, including the key name and value in the connection string. The server gets the key value for the key name passed from the client from the native object store (NOS).
The server generates a random 128-bit RC4 session key which is returned encrypted to the client, using the shared key. If no predefined shared key is provided, then a predefined, hardcoded key is used (this key is hardcoded on the client and on the server).
Passwords are always encrypted when passed over the wire, using an RC4, 128-bit session key, regardless of whether the entire session is encrypted or not.
If a predefined shared key was provided, then the entire session is encrypted. Otherwise, only the password exchange is encrypted (using the hardcoded key).
Credentials: Passwords and user names exchanged over the network are encrypted using a pre-defined, hardcoded, 128-bit RC4 session key.
Design Time: Security within Oracle Studio to grant access to Oracle Studio itself and to grant access to computers, user profiles and workspaces.
Run time: Security used to access SQL Server, including controlling the daemon for the access.
Set design-time security as described in the following sections:
Securing access to Oracle Studio is described in Setting Password Access to Oracle Studio.
Securing rights to configure a computer in Oracle Studio is described in Specifying Users with Administrative Rights.
Securing access to user profiles is accomplished by right-clicking the relevant user profile in Oracle Studio and selecting Change Master Password. In the dialog box that is displayed, specify a password that must be provided in the future to edit the specific user profile.
Securing access to workspaces is accomplished by right-clicking the relevant workspace in Oracle Studio and selecting Set Authorization. In the dialog box that is displayed, specify a valid user and password that must be provided in the future to edit the specific workspace.
During run time, security considerations are implemented as follows:
When the client request accesses the legacy platform through the daemon, either anonymous access is allowed or a valid user name and password must be provided for the computer in the user profile. The
userName and
password properties in the J2CA 1.5 SQL Server adapter are used at this stage to access the daemon.
Note:The user name used to access the daemon must also be the name of a user profile used.
Access by the client must be through a valid port, according to the port range entered in the Server section of the workspace Server Mode tab in Oracle Studio. For more information, see the explanation of the workspace Server Mode.
Note:Access to the legacy platform through a firewall using the NAT protocol is specified when the computer is added to Oracle Studio.
To be allocated a server process, the client must be granted anonymous access to the workspace or be listed in the Authorized Workspace Users section of the workspace Security tab in Oracle Studio. For more information, see the explanation of the workspace Security tab.
The ability to run commands on the daemon, such as starting or stopping a daemon or ending server processes is available only to administrators who have been registered in Oracle Connect as a daemon administrator. A client is registered as a valid daemon administrator in theAdministrator provileges section of the daemon Security tab in Oracle Studio. For more information, see explanation of the daemon Security tab.
Note:You can also specify administrators who can run commands only at the level of the workspace. Select these administrators in the workspace Security tab, as described in the explanation of the workspace Security.
OracleAS CDC Adapter for SQL Server supports global transactions and can fully participate in a distributed transaction.
To work with global transactions, select Convert all to distributed in the Transaction section of the binding environemtal properties. For more information, see Transaction in the Configuring a Binding Environment section.
You can use SQL Server with its two-phase commit capability both under MTS, and directly through an XA connection. In both cases, Microsoft DTC must be running on the server.If you are working under MTS, start an OLE transaction. The SQL Server data source is automatically included in the distributed transaction.If the connection to the data is through an XA connection, the connection is made automatically. The daemon server mode must be configured to Single-client mode. For more information, see Server Mode).To use distributed transactions from an ODBC-based application, ensure that AUTOCOMMIT is set to 0.


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text: Greetings all First post, so I hope it works. Here is reply from NASA (and my original) <Quote> Dear Mr. Muir: Thank you for your note. We are sorry about your disappointment. Speaking just of NASA TV, we do not carry Ham radio events because of reliability issues. We wish we could offer you better news. We appreciate your interest in the space program. Thanks, The JSC PAO Web Team -----Original Message----- From: Dexter N Muir [mailto:dexy at ihug.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:24 PM To: JSC-HSF-Web-Mail Subject: Opportunity lost! Greetings from 'Down Under' (KiwiSat land) A golden opportunity lost! ARISS had scheduled a contact with Robinson Elementary School, Robinson, Texas via telebridge WH6PN in Hawaii on 25 Jun 2008 at 15:45 UTC. At this time ISS _was_ over Hawaii, and ISS was scheduled to be in its Live Commentary period. There was NO audio from the telebrige WH6PN on either Echolink or the IRLP Discovery Reflector, and NASA TV's 'live coverage' segment made absolutely NO mention of the event - in fact, no 'on-board' coverage was shown at all! ISS was out of range of TDRSS earlier, but would surely have been back in touch by then? A camera at the ARISS position should have been easy to arrange, even if there is not one already present in that segment. What happened? Was there some other pressing event that could not be re-scheduled? A technical fault (though nothing was mentioned of such)? Did 'dirtside' cancel at the last minute? All Internet links showed the event would run as advertised right up to time. Echolink *AMSAT* Conference gives feedback on who is connected, and I observed 6 other stations on at that time (incidentally 3:45 AM next morning here in New Zealand). That is 6 parents or grandparents (like me) keen to demonstrate live one-on-one communications with an Astronaut IN SPACE, who are now extremely disappointed. For myself, it was my first attempt at such a conference, and I am _really_ glad I tried solo without getting 3 grandkids out of bed. Despite this disappointment, I will try again (solo), and given at least _some_ measure of success am likely to bring said children and perhaps others to witness the event some time in the future. THESE are your REAL audience - the Astronauts, Scientists and Engineers of the future! Sincerely Dexter N Muir, ZL2DEX (Radio Ham since 1969) Levin, New Zealand </Quote> Is this really a reliability issue, or somebody so high they don't smell very nice (thinking more govt than anything else) deciding that Amateur = Ham-fisted, and not realising that the 'Hams' involved are mostly professionals and, because they LOVE what they do (the original meaning, from Latin), make professional-level efforts to DO IT RIGHT. Besides, the exercise is NOT 'Carrying Ham radio events', but more an issue of continuing existing coverage, in similar manner to one of the Astronauts doing a video-tour of the premises (which they do from time to time). As I had pointed out, there is probably a camera already there - the 'Ham Shack' is in or near the 'Kitchen' area, which has been 'vid-casted' before. Can we do better? Can we pressure someone/somewhere to not let this sort of opportunity pass again? BTW - what DID happen? Anyone?