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What: Free train rides to celebrate the opening of light rail in Seattle (!!!)
When: July 18, 2009 (Rides start at 10 AM)
Where: All stations (Ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:20 at Mount Baker Station)
How much? Free!
Seattle Summer Streets (formerly known as Carfree Sundays) July events
What: Car-free, locally organized street festivals
"Walk. Bike. Shop. Play. Breathe. City streets are being opened for people to have fun, celebrate the spirit and personality of their community and support local businesses."
Event: U-District Chamber's Summer Streets Party
Date: Saturday, July 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: University Way Northeast between Northeast 50th and Northeast 45th streets.
Event: Pike Place Market's Fresh Fruit Festival and Summer Streets Party
Date: Sunday, July 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Pike Street/First Avenue to Virginia
How much? Free!
What: A 100- (or, if you choose, 50-) mile scenic bike ride through our lovely Puget Sound region.
"The fully supported and catered routes offer beautiful views of the communities surrounding Seattle, tasty food along the way, rest stops every 15 miles and a finish line gourmet dinner with free beer and live music in the gardens at Magnuson Park."
Yes, please.
Where: Check map for start locations.
How much? Registration costs vary ($60-$80 for adults), but proceeds benefit Seattle Bike Works.
*OK, so this isn't technically for transit types, but since lots of bus riders are bike/bus types, I figured I'd include it. Plus, it's the kind of ride that even a non-cycling, terrified-of-riding-in-traffic walk/bus type like yours truly could probably manage. (Of course, I'll manage pretty much anything that involves delicious food, but hey.)


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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team earned a 55-29 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils (11-7, 5-2 NEC) were led by junior Jessica Babe's 13 points and nine rebounds. The 29 points by the Terriers (6-12, 3-4 NEC) tie the CCSU Division I record for fewest points allowed.
In addition to tying the program's record for fewest points allowed, CCSU also held St. Francis to 10 points in the first half. That is the lowest total for a half since the Blue Devils held Lamar to seven first half points on Nov. 30, 2002. That game was also played at Detrick Gym and was a 62-32 CCSU victory.
The Blue Devils opened the game with a 11-0 run over the first five and a half minutes of play. Senior Jaclyn Babe scored seven of her 11 points during her team's opening run.
The Terriers closed the gap to 17-9 with 6:01 left in the first half, but CCSU answered with a stong closing effort.
The Blue Devils, led by Jessica Babe's four points, closed the first half on a 12-1 run that put CCSU up 29-10 at the half.
Senior Kirsten Daamen, five points and four blocks, and Jessica Babe, seven points and five rebounds, also had a strong first period for CCSU.
In the second half, St. Francis cut the CCSU lead to 36-20 with 13:39 left in the game, but again CCSU answered with a run of its own.
CCSU scored 10-straight points to build a 48-22 advantage. Jessica Babe and Daamen each dropped in four points during the run. From that point, St. Francis would only be able to close the gap to 23 points before falling to CCSU by 26.
The only other time CCSU has held an opponent to 29 points in a Division I game was Jan. 22, 2011, when the Blue Devils topped Fairleigh Dickinson, 57-29. That game was also at Detrick Gym.
Three Blue Devils reached double-digit points led by Jessica Babe's 13. Jaclyn Babe and Daamen also hit double-digits with 11 points each. Sophomore Kaley Watras added to the offense with five assists.
As a team, Central connected on 24-of-54 (44.4%) shots from the field. Thanks to a 26-16 advantage on points in the paint and a 12-0 advantage on the fast break, the Blue Devils needed just one three-pointer to earn the victory.
Jessica Babe was also CCSU's leading rebounder with nine. The other 35 of Central's 44 rebounds were evenly spread throughout the team. Freshman Kayla Miller grabbed four rebounds and had four points in the game. Six players grabbed three rebounds to finish right behind Miller, in that group were Jaclyn Babe, Watras, junior Jaleen Thomas, junior Lauren Arbogast, freshman Raven Makins and sophomore Johnna Fisher.
Defensively, the Blue Devils posted 11 steals led by three from Jaclyn Babe and two each from Watras and Thomas.
The Blue Devils have now won five straight games for the first time since the 2010-11 season. That year CCSU posted two five game winning streaks during a 19 victory campaign.
CCSU will return to action on Monday night at Quinnipiac in a contest of intrastate rivals.

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[This photo of Laura Werlin (cheese lover and author) is a perfect example of how much fun we have at Omnivore Books.]
Laura came by to talk about cheese, but more importantly, to lead us in a mini-tasting. We had a tasting of three American cheeses, all of which I'd purchase again, and recommend highly. Forgive my cheese-tasting notes, I need to work on cheese vocabulary without sounding inept or worse, ridiculous – "grapefruit and foie gras notes in that cheese Marty, don't you think?…"
1. Crocodile Tears (See photo below) – made by Judy Schad of Capriole Dairy in Indiana. This was an aged but still soft goat cheese with a really smooth goat-cheesy texture, and nice tangy flavor. While sampling this cheese we learned that most goat cheeses are that characteristic whitish color because don't metabolize beta carotene the same way that cows do, producing a lighter milk.
2. Pleasant Ridge Reserve – made by Uplands Cheese Company in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. A special cross breed of cows, and rotational grazing techniques used by the farmers makes this cheese a nice golden color. It was a firm (semi-hard?) cheese with such pleasant complex notes – a little bit like tasting the grass the cows were eating in the plains, just a little bit of nuttiness and a tiny crunch.
3. Oma – made in Vermont by the Von Trapp Farmstead, aged in the Cellars of Jasper Hill, one of the only Affineurs (cheese agers) in our country. Yes, those Von Trapps. We tasted this cheese last, as it was the most "aromatic" aka delightfully smelly. It was also wonderfully creamy.
But maybe it's something about people who work with cheese:
Here's Gordon Edgar – Cheesemonger at Rainbow Grocery, and author of one of the best food books I've read this year. His book, 'Cheesemonger: A life on the Wedge' single-handedly doomed me to uncontrollable cheese cravings for the past month. (Fortunately, my family just gave me a gift certificate to Rainbow Grocery for my birthday, so I now have the funds to spend it all on cheese. I'll have to use restraint.)
I loved this book because the voice is uniquely Gordon Edgars' – and is as passionate about cheese as he is about politics, activism, music, and the Bay Area. I learned more about my city from reading this book than from living here. (Which just tells me that I have to be more involved. Folsom St. Fair anyone?) In fact, I enjoyed it so much, that when I finished reading it…. I went back to his livejournal, which to my delight has archives dating back to 2002. I know, I'm a little creepy.
And he loves dogs! And dogs love him.. Maybe dogs also love cheese?
But then, he too fed us delicious cheese:
Dee Harley's freshly made goat cheese from her farm in Pescadero. Not only was this goat cheese delicious and fresh, but I had the privilege to take home some of the leftovers. It went on asparagus, morning toast, and in a glorious trick – in the cavity of my roasting chicken. Delicious!!
Come to Omnivore! Here's the event calendar. There are events every week – usually on the weekends, but some excellent ones scheduled during the week as well.
As for more cheese lust- this is what I've been reading over the past few weeks:
It's Not You, It's Brie : Kirstin loves cheese, and works as a 'cheese program director' among other fabulous food related jobs. She also takes some beautiful photographs of cheese, and makes me hungry on a regular basis.
@formaggio on twitter: I follow Formaggio Kitchen because I'm a masochist. Some of the best cheese (and foodstuffs) on the East Coast. A few years back I went to a cheese tasting with Ihsan Gurdal (the owner) at Tanglewood. Do it if you have a chance.
Gordon Edgar's Blog: Yes, the Cheesemonger keeps us updated and laughing.
I also am in the middle of reading 'The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food' about a community in Vermont at the center of a food revolution/scandal/hype/or what have you. (You'll have to read it.). It also has a good amount of information on cheese and dairy'ing. Worth a look.


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|Oracle® Database High Availability Architecture and Best Practices
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10726-02
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This chapter provides recommendations for configuring the subcomponents that make up the database server tier and the network. It includes the following sections:
The goal of configuring a highly available environment is to create a redundant, reliable system and database without sacrificing simplicity and performance. This chapter includes recommendations for configuring the subcomponents of the database server tier.
These principles apply to all of the subcomponent recommendations:
Redundancy: Choose components and capabilities that are redundant to reduce the risk from failures
Consolidation: Consolidate components where appropriate to reduce the number of components that can fail
Expansion: Plan for future growth
Manageability: Choose components that are reliable and can be serviced online
See Also:Your vendors' HA architecture and best practices documentation and recommendations for hardware, operating system, and cluster configurations
Electronic data is one of the most important assets of any business. Storage arrays that house this data must protect it and keep it accessible to ensure the success of the company. This section describes characteristics of a fault-tolerant storage subsystem that protects data while providing manageability and performance. The following storage recommendations for all architectures are discussed in this section:
Ensure That All Hardware Components Are Fully Redundant and Fault-Tolerant
Use HARD-Compliant Storage for the Greatest Protection Against Data Corruption
The following section pertains specifically to RAC environments:
All hardware components of a storage array must be fully redundant, from physical interfaces to physical disks, including redundant power supplies and connectivity to the array itself.
The storage array should contain one or more spare disks (often called hot spares). When a physical disk starts to report errors to the monitoring infrastructure, or fails suddenly, the firmware should immediately restore fault tolerance by mirroring the contents of the failed disk onto a spare disk.
Connectivity to the storage array must be fully redundant (referred to as multipathing) so that the failure of any single component in the data path from any node to the shared disk array (such as controllers, interface cards, cables, and switches) is transparent and keeps the array fully accessible. This achieves addressing the same logical device through multiple physical paths. A host-based device driver reissues the I/O to one of the surviving physical interfaces.
If the storage array includes a write cache, then it must be protected to guard against memory board failures. The write cache should be protected by multiple battery backups to guard against a failure of all external power supplies. The cache must be able to survive either by using the battery backup long enough for the external power to return or until all the dirty blocks in cache are guaranteed to be fully flushed to a physical disk.
If a physical component fails, then the array must allow the failed device to be repaired or replaced without requiring the array to be shut down or taken offline. Also, the storage array must allow the firmware to be upgraded and patched without shutting down the storage array.
Data should be mirrored to protect against disk and other component failures and should be striped over a large number of disks to achieve optimal performance. This method of storage configuration is known as Stripe and Mirror Everything (SAME). The SAME methodology provides a simple, efficient, and highly available storage configuration.
Oracle's automatic storage management (ASM) feature always evenly stripes data across all drives within a disk troup with the added benefit of automatically rebalancing files across new disks when disks are added, or across existing disks if disks are removed. In addition, ASM can provide redundancy protection to protect against component failures or enable mirroring to be provided by the underlying storage array.
See Also:
Load balancing of I/O operations across physical interfaces is usually provided by a software package that is installed on the host. The purpose of this load balancing software is to redirect I/O operations to a less busy physical interface if a single host bus adapter (HBA) is overloaded by the current workload.
Create separate, independent storage areas for software, active database files, and recovery-related files.
The following storage areas are needed:
Software area: A location where software is installed and log and trace files are created
Database area: A location where active database files such as datafiles, control files, online redo logs, and change tracking files used in incremental backups are stored
Flash recovery area: A location where recovery-related files are created, such as multiplexed copies of the current control file and online redo logs, archived redo logs, backup sets, and flashback log files
The storage containing the database area should be as physically distinct as possible from the flash recovery area. At a minimum, the database area and flash recovery area should not share the same physical disk drives or controllers. This practice ensures that the failure of a component that provides access to a datafile in the database area does not also cause the loss of the backups or redo logs in the flash recovery area needed to recover that datafile.
Storage options are defined as follows:
Regular file system: A local file system that is not shared by any other system
Cluster file system (CFS): A file system that is equally addressable and accessible by all nodes in a cluster (unlike a shared file system where access is funneled through a master node)
Automatic storage management (ASM): A tool designed specifically for Oracle database files that integrates the capabilities of a file system and a volume manager
Raw device or logical volume: A piece of storage typically managed by a logical volume manager that does not contain a file system
The rest of this section includes these topics:
For the "Data Guard only" architecture and MAA, the primary site and secondary site should each contain their own identically configured storage areas.
For the "RAC only" architecture and MAA, follow these recommendations:
Software area should be installed on a regular file system local to each node in the RAC cluster. This configuration permits Oracle patch upgrades and eliminates the software as a single point of failure.
Both the database area and the flash recovery area must be accessible to all nodes in the RAC cluster.
If a cluster file system (CFS) is available on the target platform, then both the database area and flash recovery area can be created on either CFS or ASM.
If a cluster file system (CFS) is unavailable on the target platform, then the database area can be created either on ASM or on raw devices (with the required volume manager), and the flash recovery area must be created on ASM.
Table 6-1 summarizes the independent storage recommendations by architecture.
Table 6-1 Independent Storage Recommendations for HA Architectures
|Storage Area
|Non-RAC Database
|RAC Database (CFS Available)
|RAC Database (CFS Not Available)
|Software area
|Regular file system
|Regular file system
|Regular file system
|Database area
|Regular file system or ASM
|CFS or ASM
|Raw or ASM
|Flash recovery area
|Regular file system or ASM
|CFS or ASM
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ASM uses a concept called failure groups to protect data against disk or component failures. When using failure groups, ASM optimizes file layout to reduce the unavailability of data due to the failure of a shared resource. Failure groups define disks that share components, so that if one disk fails, then other disks sharing the component might also fail. An example of what might be defined as a failure group is a string of SCSI disks on the same SCSI controller. Failure groups are used to determine which ASM disks to use for storing redundant data. For example, if 2-way mirroring is specified for a file, then redundant copies of file extents will be stored in separate failure groups.
Failure groups are used with storage that does not provide its own redundancy capability, such as disks that have not been configured according to RAID. The manner in which failure groups are defined for an ASM disk group is site-specific because the definition depends on the configuration of the storage and how it is connected to the database systems. ASM attempts to maintain three copies of its metadata, requiring a minimum of three failure groups for proper protection.
When using ASM with intelligent storage arrays, the storage array's protection features (such as hardware RAID-1 mirroring) are typically used instead of ASM's redundancy capabilities, which are implemented by using the
EXTERNAL REDUNDANCY clause of the
CREATE DISKGROUP statement. When using external redundancy, ASM failure groups are not used, because disks in an external redundancy disk group are presumed to be highly available.
Disks, as presented by the storage array to the operating system, should not be aggregated or subdivided by the array because it can hide the physical disk boundaries needed for proper data placement and protection. If, however, physical disk boundaries are always hidden by the array, and if each logical device, as presented to the operating system, has the same size and performance characteristics, then simply place each logical device in the same ASM disk group (with redundancy defined as
EXTERNAL REDUNDANCY),and place the database and flash recovery areas in that one ASM disk group. An alternative approach is to create two disk groups, each concsisting of a single logical device, and place the database area in one disk group and the flash recovery in the other disk group. This method provides additional protection against disk group metadata failure and corruption.
For example, suppose a storage array takes eight physical disks of size 36GB and configures them in a RAID 0+1 manner for performance and protection, giving a total of 144GB of mirrored storage. Futhermore, this 144GB of storage is presented to the operating system as two 72GB logical devices with each logical device being striped and mirrored across all eight drives. When configuring ASM, place each 72GB logical device in the same ASM disk group, and place the database area and flash recovery areas on that disk group.
If the two logical devices have different performance characteristics,( for example, one corresponds to the inner half and the other to the outer half of the underlying physical drives) then the logical devices should be placed in separate disk groups. Because the outer portion of a disk has a higher transfer rate, the outer half disk group should be used for the database area; the inner half disk group should be used for the flash recovery area.
If multiple, distinct storage arrays are used with a database under ASM control, then multiple options are available. One option is to create multiple ASM disk groups that do not share storage across multiple arrays and place the database and flash recovery areas in separate disk groups, thus physically separating the database area from the flash recovery area. Another option is to create a single disk group across arrays that consists of failure groups, where each failure group contains disks from just one array.These options provide protection against the failure of an entire storage array.
See Also:Oracle Database Administrator's Guide
The Hardware Assisted Resilient Data (HARD) initiative is a program designed to prevent data corruptions before they happen. Data corruptions are very rare, but when they do occur, they can have a catastrophic effect on business. Under the HARD initiative, Oracle's storage partners implement Oracle's data validation algorithms inside storage devices. This makes it possible to prevent corrupted data from being written to permanent storage. The goal of HARD is to eliminate a class of failures that the computer industry has so far been powerless to prevent. RAID has gained a wide following in the storage industry by ensuring the physical protection of data; HARD takes data protection to the next level by going beyond protecting physical data to protecting business data.
In order to prevent corruptions before they happen, Oracle tightly integrates with advanced storage devices to create a system that detects and eliminates corruptions before they happen. Oracle has worked with leading storage vendors to implement Oracle's data validation and checking algorithms in the storage devices themselves. The classes of data corruptions that Oracle addresses with HARD include:
Writes that physically and logically corrupt data file, control file and log file blocks
Writes of Oracle blocks to incorrect locations
Erroneous writes to Oracle data by programs other than Oracle
Writes of partial or incomplete blocks
End-to-end block validation is the technology employed by the operating system or storage subsystem to validate the Oracle data block contents. By validating Oracle data in the storage devices, corruptions will be detected and eliminated before they can be written to permanent storage. This goes beyond the current Oracle block validation features that do not detect a stray, lost, or corrupted write until the next physical read.
Oracle vendors are given the opportunity to implement validation checks based on a specification. A vendors' implementation may offer features specific to their storage technology. Oracle maintains a Web site that will show a comparison of each vendor's solution by product and Oracle version. For the most recent information, see
The following recommendation applies to the "RAC only" architecture and MAA:
The shared volumes created for the OCR and the voting disk should be configured using RAID to protect against media failure. This requires the use of an external cluster volume manager, cluster file system, or storage hardware that provides RAID protection.
The main server hardware components are the nodes for the database and application server farm and the components within each node such as CPU, memory, interface boards (such as I/O and network), storage, and the cluster interconnect in a RAC environment.
This section includes the following topics:
The following recommendations apply to all architectures:
Use fewer, faster CPUs instead of more, slower CPUs. Use fewer higher-density memory modules instead of more lower-density memory modules. This reduces the number of components that can fail while providing the same service level. This needs to be balanced with cost and redundancy.
Using redundant hardware components enables the system to fail over to the working component while taking the failed component offline. Choose components (such as power supplies, cooling fans, and interface boards) that can be repaired or replaced while the system is running to prevent unscheduled outages caused by the repair of hardware failures.
Use systems that can automatically detect failures and provide alternate paths around subsystems that have failed or isolate the subsystem. Choose a system that continues to run despite a component failure and automatically works around the failed component without incurring a full outage. For example, find a system that can use an alternate path for I/O requests if an adapter fails or can avoid a bad physical memory location if a memory board fails.
Because mirroring does not protect against accidental removal of a file or most corruptions of the boot disk, an online copy of the boot disk should be maintained so that the system can be quickly rebooted using the same operating system image if a critical file is removed or corruption occurs on the primary boot image. Operating system vendors often provide a mechanism to easily maintain multiple boot images.
The following recommendations apply to the "RAC only" and MAA environments:
RAC provides fast, automatic recovery from node and instance failures. Using a properly supported configuration is necessary for a successful RAC implementation. A supported hardware configuration may encompass server hardware, storage arrays, interconnect technology, and other hardware components.
Select an interconnect that has redundancy, high speed, low latency, low host resource consumption, and the ability to balance loads across multiple available paths. In two-node configurations, it may be possible to use a direct-connect interconnect between the two nodes, but a switch should be used instead to provide a degree of isolation between the network interface cards of the two nodes in the cluster. If you plan to have more than two nodes in the future, then choose a switch-based interconnect solution instead of direct-connect to reduce the complexity of adding additional nodes in the future. If you have more than two nodes, then a switch-based interconnect is highly recommended and, in many cases, a requirement of the cluster solution being used.
The following recommendation applies to both the primary and secondary sites in "Data Guard only" and MAA environments.
Using identical hardware for machines at both sites provides a symmetric environment that is easier to administer and maintain. Such a symmetric configuration mitigates failures or performance inconsistencies following a switchover or failover because of dissimilar hardware.
The recommendations for serversoftware apply to all nodes in a RAC environment and to both the primary and secondary sites in a Data Guard and MAA environment because they contain the identical configuration.
This section includes the following topics:
The following recommendations apply to all architectures:
Use the Same OS Version, Patch Level, Single Patches, and Driver Versions
Use an Operating System That is Fault-Tolerant to Hardware Failures
Use the same operating system version, patch level, single patches, and driver versions on all machines. Consistency with operating system versions and patch levels reduces the likelihood of encountering incompatibilities or small inconsistencies between the software on all machines. In an open standards environment, it is impractical for any vendor to test each and every piece of new software with every combination of software and hardware that has been previously released. Temporary differences can be tolerated when using RAC or Data Guard as individual systems or groups of systems are upgraded or patched one at a time to minimize scheduled outages, if the goal is that all machines will be upgraded to the same versions and patch levels.
Use an operating system that, when coupled with the proper hardware, supports the ability to automatically detect failures and provide alternate paths around subsystems that have failed or isolate subsystems. Choose a system that can continue running if a component, such as a CPU or memory board, fails and automatically provides paths around failed components, such as an alternate path for I/O requests in the event of an adapter failure.
Mirror disks containing swap partitions so that if a disk that contains a swap partition fails, it will not result in an application or system failure.
Use disk-based swap instead of RAM-based swap. It is always good practice to make all system memory available for database and application use unless the amount available is sufficiently oversized to accommodate swap.
Do not use TMPFS (a Solaris implementation that stores files in virtual memory rather than on disk) or other file systems that exclusively use virtual memory instead of disks for storage for the
/tmp file system or other scratch file systems. This prevents runaway programs that write to
/tmp from having the potential to hang the system by exhausting all virtual memory.
An example on UNIX is setting shared memory and semaphore kernel parameters high enough to enable future growth, thus preventing an outage for reconfiguring the kernel and rebooting the system. Verify that using settings higher than required either presents no overhead or incurs such small overhead on large systems that the effect is negligible.
Journal file systems and logging reduce or eliminate the number of file system checks required following a system reboot, thereby facilitating faster restarting of the system.
As with server hardware and software, the recommendations for Oracle software apply to both the primary and secondary sites because they contain identical configurations. Mirror disks containing Oracle and application software to prevent a disk failure from causing an unscheduled outage.
The following recommendations apply to a "RAC only" environment:
RAC provides fast, automatic recovery from node and instance failures. Using a properly supported configuration is a key component of success. A supported software configuration encompasses operating system versions and patch levels, clustering software versions, which possibly includes Oracle-supplied cluster software. On some platforms (such as Solaris, Linux, and Windows), Oracle supplies cluster software required for use with RAC.
This section includes the following topics:
The following recommendations apply to all architectures:
Table 6-2 describes the necessary redundant network components that are illustrated in Figure 6-1.
Table 6-2 Redundant Network Components
|Fault Tolerance
|Exterior connectivity (including remote IT staff)
|Multiple internet service providers (ISP) ensure that an ISP failure does not make your site unavailable.
Note: The cables should not be housed within the same trunk into your facility. Otherwise, a saw or shovel can cut connections to multiple ISPs simultaneously.
|WAN traffic manager
|Use a primary and a backup WAN traffic manager. (Not used with "Database only" or "RAC only" environments) Environments using Data Guard contain a primary and a backup WAN traffic manager at each site.
|Application load balancer
|Implement redundant application load balancers for directing client requests to the application server tier. The secondary load balancer should be identically configured with a heartbeat to the primary load balancer. If the primary load balancer fails, then the secondary load balancer initiates a takeover function.
|Implement redundant firewalls and load-balance across the pair. Because the connections through a firewall tend to be longer (socket connections versus HTTP), the load-balanceing decision needs to be made when the session is initiated and maintained during the session. Check with your firewall vendor for available functionality.
|Middle-tier application server
|Implement application server farms. This provides fault tolerance and scalability.
Figure 6-1 depicts a single site in an MAA environment, emphasizing the redundant network components.
Figure 6-1 Network Configuration
Application layer load balancers sit logically in front of the application server farm and publish to the outside world a single IP address for the service running on a group of application servers. All requests are initially handled by the load balancer, which then distributes them to a server within the application server farm. End users only need to address their requests to the published IP address; the load balancer determines which server should handle the request.
If one of the middle-tier application servers cannot process a request, the load balancers route all subsequent requests to functioning servers. The load balancers should be redundant to avoid being a single point of failure because all client requests pass through a single hardware-based load balancer. Because failure of that piece of hardware is detrimental to the entire site, a backup load balancer is configured that has a heartbeat with the primary load balancer. With two load balancers, one is configured as standby and becomes active only if the primary load balancer becomes unavailable.
This recommendation applies to RAC environments.
Use the Oracle Interface Configuration (OIFCFG) tool to classify network interfaces as public, cluster interconnect, or storage so that RAC properly selects a network interface for internode network traffic.
The following recommendations apply to Data Guard:
Use WAN Traffic Managers to Provide Site Failover Capabilities
Configure system TCP parameters that control the sending and receiving buffer sizes so that the bandwidth between sites can be fully utilized for log transport services. The proper buffer size is often governed by the bandwidth delay product (BDP) formula, particularly when using a high-speed, high-latency network.
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WAN traffic managers provide the initial access to the services located at the primary site. These managers are implemented at the primary and secondary sites to provide site failover capabilities when the primary site becomes completely unavailable. Geographically separating the WAN traffic managers on separate networks reduces the impact of network failures or a natural disaster that causes the primary site to become unavailable.
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A look at how the Peoria Civic Center will operate under the Smoke Free Illinois Act. The Civic Center has been a smoke free facility for more than a year. Smoking is allowed outside, and staff is prepared to have its existing smoking policy comply with the state law that goes into effect Tuesday.
Not so long ago, it almost seemed that a ritualistic part of attending a rock concert at the Peoria Civic Center or any other major entertainment and sports venue was to come home smelling like one big giant cigarette.
Whether you smoked or not, the people inside the venue were lighting up. Sometimes the performers on stage encouraged it, no matter whether they smoked or what they smoked.
With the Smoke Free Illinois Act nearly here, those days seem to be long over.
"There was a time you could smoke at the Carver Arena and almost anywhere in the building," said Marc Burnett, Civic Center marketing director. "Those days are gone for the betterment of all."
The Civic Center has been a smoke free facility for more than a year. Smoking is allowed outside, and staff is prepared to have its existing smoking policy comply with the state law that goes into effect Tuesday.
Burnett said there will be areas outside the building where people can smoke, measured to comply with the new law's banning of smoking within 15 feet of public entrances and exits and windows.
Smokers will be able to exit the Civic Center to have a cigarette but will need a ticket to re-enter the event they are attending. There will be designated smoking areas outside, including one near the Sonar Tide sculpture.
"The only thing we are doing now is making sure we are 15 feet away from the doors and (have) plenty of ash trays," Burnett said.
Jim Wetherington, assistant general manager at the Civic Center, said he is unsure how enforcement will be handled. The facility, same as many area businesses and governmental entities, is awaiting clarification of rules pertaining to the state law, to be decided by lawmakers in early January.
"For us, we have 900 doors and a lot of them are interior," he said. "What constitutes an entrance? We can't get a clarification on that."
Wetherington said common sense will come into play if someone is caught smoking, especially during a rock concert when there are thousands of spectators and the building's lights are shut off.
"It's tough in the dark to tell of everything going on," he said.
He also said it's unclear how the Civic Center will address particular situations, such as a performer who is smoking on stage inside Carver Arena or the Civic Center Theater.
In August, members of the Rolling Stones lit up while on stage in England, despite a similar law banning smoking inside enclosed public buildings. Concert organizers were warned about the smoking, which was a violation of the law.
"We'd try to deal with it before they got here," Wetherington said. "I'm sure there is a way to accommodate someone's wishes."
John Sharp can be reached at (309) 686-3282 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Paradise is the most wonderful place ever, filled with all sorts of idyllic sites and things to do. Of course, most people there do nothing at all, since simply being in the place directly influences the victim's mind with perfect bliss.
Plane Traits Edit
Physical Traits Edit
- Gravity: Normal gravity, although the ground adjusts to falling people, so falling damage is impossible.
- Time: Slow time. One round on the Material plane is a day in Paradise.
- Size: Finite. Only one million beings with souls can inhabit it at a time (When a new being arrives, an old one is immediately kicked out to some habitable region of the Material plane). The actual area of the plane is infinite, however. Beings kicked out in this way do not gain bodies, and remain as incorporeal undead of some sort (DM's has ultimate say, but they generally become an incorporeal undead of a CR approximately within one point of the creature's previous CR).
- Morphic: Alterable Morphic.
Magic, Alignment, and Energy/Elemental Traits Edit
- Elemental Dominance: None.
- Energy Dominance: None.
- Alignment Trait: Good-aligned, although some evil deities have figured out that banishing good people to Paradise is one of the most effective ways to eliminate them.
- Magic Trait: Impeded magic. Any spell which relies on fear or pain is impeded.
Plane Links Edit
This plane is linked to the Astral plane.
Plane Inhabitants Edit
One million beings with souls inhabit this plane, lazing around in a stupor. Most of these beings are dead people, and as such do not have bodies.
Movement and Combat Edit
Mindless and soulless creatures can fight in this plane just like normal, although those with souls have great difficulty doing anything after more than a few rounds in this plane.
Features of the Plane Edit
Each round, you must make a Will save or become stunned with ecstasy for 1 round. The DC for the Will save is 15 for the first round you spend in this plane, and increases by 2 for every additional round you spend in the plane. Unlike with most saving throws, a natural 20 does not automatically succeed on this one. Anyone who has been stunned continuously for at least one hour in this plane cannot want to leave it, and therefore cannot be brought back to life with spells such as raise dead or resurrection.
Anyone who is removed from this plane is filled with hatred towards their remover for at least one day per decade spent in Paradise, although they don't necessarily know who did it.
People who die within this plane remain on this plane as souls.
Deities are immune to the special effects of this plane.
Plane Encounters Edit
Perhaps someone has placed golems to protect the inhabitants, or animated the skeletons of those who arrived here while alive.
Alternate Variances Edit
Instead of being a wonderful place filled with wonders, this is a subjective gravity plane filled with glowing whiteness.
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Greetings, and Dear Cynthia,
Well, life has been a blur for the past 12 weeks. I was affiliated with an outpatient neuro PT clinic, and it was really a great experience for me. We saw lots of patients with dizziness, some folks who were post stroke, some post traumatic brain injury, some with Parkinson's disease, etc. Very interesting! With that now behind me, I have a few weeks to catch my breath, and also catch up with other things I've been neglecting (the list is long). I *did* actually finish the red sweater. Recall that this is the *third attempt* at using this yarn after ripping out two other versions of sweaters prior to this. Introducing my new favorite sweater:
The pattern is "Twist" by Chic Knits, and I love it. The photos aren't that great, taken outside with hopes of better lighting, but because the weather is...well, don't get me started on the weather. Today temps are hovering around 32 degrees, and we had snow falling for much of the morning. It just doesn't seem right for April 19th...
In other news, last Friday I met all of the requirements for my degree in Physical Therapy. This has been a long haul, and all day Friday I just couldn't stop smiling. I still have to take a national board exam, and there's the whole *job* thing, but it feels really good to have the degree piece of this wrapped up!
That's the big news! I've got other knitting on the needles, including a sweater project I've started for Christmas. (What?!) Yep, I'm actually knitting a Christmas sweater and started it *before November,* a new strategy for me :-) More on that later!
I hope this finds you having a great day!
Warm regards,
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So I've decided to hack up the Monark. Has anyone ever cut (the green spots) these areas on a bike & taken some tube out at the top to rotate the back of the bike up so it sits lower in the rear & gives it that 50's led sled look?? Not sure how it's going to work but wanna try it.


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write tests independent of their environment
As part of a larger effort at Revelytix, we're building a Clojure lib to work with Semantic Triplestores. This post sums up my experiences testing our code with clojure.test (formerly known as clojure.test-is).
This is long. If you're only mildly interested, skip to the good parts.
There are 5 methods I want to test:
load-file, and
In this post, I use two specific Semantic Web concepts, the graph and the triple. The analogy is poor, but you can think of a graph as database table, and a triple as row in a table.
My overarching concern here is that I'd like my tests to be as idempotent as possible. Once run, they should restore the state of the external triple store so that I can run any test individually or run the entire suite in any order without having to check if errors are due to incorrect preconditions. In fact, this is a requirement as clojure.test's
run-tests function states in it's documentation that it will run the defined tests in whatever flipping order it feels like (paraphrasing mine).
The first test I wrote was for
create-graph. However, it right away violated my principle of restoring the state of the external world because it leaves a graph laying around.
(deftest test-create-graph (is (resultMessage= "Successfully created graph rmi://australia/server1#family" (execute-command (create-graph *FAMILY*)))))
Maybe create-graph was the wrong choice for a first test. The next likely candidate is
drop-graph, however, it will throw an exception if you ask it to drop a graph that doesn't exist yet, so it's not a perfect choice either. Really, if I'm to get away with this, I need to test both functions execution in a predefined order; my test won't run and clean up after itself until both functions are implemented correctly.
Now, there's 2 ways I could write a test that executes
create-graph and
drop-graph in a specified order and cleans up after itself:
I could write a single
deftest form for each, and even though I said that
run-tests does not guarantee that the tests will be run in the order they appear in the source file, the deftest form turns your test into a regular fn, callable just like any other you might create via the
defn form. This allows us to then deftest a combination of both that will guarantee that they run in the right order.
(deftest test-create-graph ...) (deftest test-drop-graph ...) (deftest test-create-and-drop-graph (test-create-graph) (test-drop-graph))
This introduces a new problem, though. clojure.test now thinks you have 3 tests.
deftest- will make the create and drop tests private, and only the composed test is now seen by clojure.test.
(deftest- test-create-graph ...) (deftest- test-drop-graph ...) (deftest test-create-and-drop-graph (test-create-graph) (test-drop-graph))
The second possiblity is to use the
testing macro to label each part. I like this solution less since it doesn't produce two individually runnable tests, but functionally it ensures that the tests run in order and aesthetically it describes itself quite nicely.
(deftest test-create-and-drop-graph (testing "Create Graph" (is (resultMessage= "Successfully created graph rmi://australia/server1#family" (execute-command (create-graph *FAMILY*))))) (testing "Drop Graph" (is (resultMessage= "Successfully dropped graph rmi://australia/server1#family" (execute-command (drop-graph *FAMILY*))))))
Next, I want to test the
insert-triple and
load-file functions. Neither make much sense to call without an existing graph to work with. I could, in each test, create a graph and then tear it down:
(deftest test-insert-triple (try (execute-command (create-graph *FAMILY*)) (is (resultMessage= "Successfully inserted statements into rmi://australia/server1#family" (execute-command (insert-triple *FAMILY* "Joe" "father_of" "Billy")))) (finally (execute-command (drop-graph *FAMILY*))))) (deftest test-load-file (try (execute-command (create-graph *FAMILY*)) (is (resultMessage= "Successfully inserted statements into rmi://australia/server1#family" (execute-command (load-file *FAMILY* *N3_FAMILY_FILE*)))) (finally (execute-command (drop-graph *FAMILY*)))))
The try/finally form is especially well-suited for testing since by contract it will ensure that despite any exceptions the code under test may throw, the graph will get dropped. It also has the benefit of returning the value of the last assertion and not the value of dropping the graph. By wrapping your assertions in a try/finally you've preserved the external "value" of your test while still dramatically altering what goes on when it's called. That's a pretty powerful encapsulation technique.
However, we've duplicated code setting up and tearing down the graph, so this would be a great place for a fixture. Fixtures in clojure.test are just regular functions that take a function to execute before or after the fixture's done it's thing:
(defn family-graph-fixture [f] (try (execute-command (create-graph *FAMILY*)) (f) (finally (execute-command (drop-graph *FAMILY*)))))
The tests for
insert-triple and
load-file can now assume that their environment has been setup for them and can focus solely on the meat of their test:
(deftest test-insert-triple (is (resultMessage= "Successfully inserted statements into rmi://australia/server1#family" (execute-command (insert-triple *FAMILY* "Joe" "father_of" "Billy"))))) (deftest test-load-file (is (resultMessage= "Successfully inserted statements into rmi://australia/server1#family" (execute-command (load-file *FAMILY* *N3_FAMILY_FILE*)))))
Before we actually hook the fixture up to our tests, let's take a look at the test for
query. This function will blow up if it tries to select triples from a non-existent graph and we'll want that graph to be populated with sample data. We already have a fixture for creating and dropping a graph, we can reuse that and add another for populating the graph with data.
(defn family-data-fixture [f] (execute-command (load-file *FAMILY* *N3_FAMILY_FILE*)) (f))
We're almost there. The
execute-command function runs the given triplestore command on a dynamic var named
*connection*. We'll need a fixture to bind that var to a real connection.
(defn connection-fixture [f] (binding [*connection* (connect-to *HOST*)] (try (f) (finally (dispose *connection*)))))
We could then attach that fixture to every test we execute, but that would establish and dispose the connection on every test execution. We can save a lot of bandwidth and execution time by having every test use the same connection. Telling clojure.test to execute all tests in this fixture is simple, just put this form in your test file:
(use-fixtures :once connection-fixture)
Now we need to hook everything else up. clojure.test would suggest using
(use-fixtures :each ... ) but that would establish all of the fixtures for every test. As far as I can tell, clojure.test doesn't have a proscribed way to map individual fixtures to individual tests, so we have to apply our fixtures and compose the individual tests by hand. You override
run-tests default execution by defining a
test-ns-hook function with your setup-by-hand tests.
(defn test-ns-hook [] (test-create-and-drop-graph) (family-graph-fixture test-insert-triple) (family-graph-fixture test-load-file) (family-graph-fixture #(family-data-fixture test-query)))
Being able to pass around fns makes the whole process quite easy. Note that I have to pass an anonymous function when nesting fixtures, but it doesn't add too much line-noise and is written in execution-order, which increases readability. Also, even though I haven't shown it in my above snippet, since we are defining how to run the tests with
test-ns-hook we have taken responsibility for which tests get run, and no longer have to define any tests using the
deftest- form.
However, now that we've done that, we've broken our
(use-fixtures :once ...) statement. Calling
run-tests will no longer establish the connection, and so need to add a final layer of indirection.
(deftest test-suite (test-graph-commands) (family-graph-fixture test-insert-triples) (family-graph-fixture test-load-file) (family-graph-fixture #(data-fixture test-query))) (defn test-ns-hook [] (connection-fixture test-suite))
Here's the final result.
My co-worker (thats-right-I-am-dangerous-Iceman) Alex Miller points out that though it is prominent and publicly available, the front page of the clojure.test API is sometimes the last place you look to get help with this stuff, but the Overview documentation for the lib is excellent. Check it out.
- Fixtures as they exist today in clojure.test aren't quite flexible enough to cover all of my testing needs, but there are not-overly-complicated ways to get around that.
- Keep tests short, testing only what concerns them and leave out all environment setup code.
- Specify setup and teardown code in their own fixture functions for maximum reuse and composability.
- Use a suite test to hook up fixtures to individual tests and
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Two teams looking to break frustrating winless droughts will have to wait for another day for relief.
Houston Dynamo forward Will Bruin and Portland Timbers striker Gaston Fernandez traded first-half goals before a sluggish final 45 minutes Sunday, as both teams continued to struggle to find early-season points in a 1-1 draw at steamy BBVA Compass Stadium.
The draw extends the current winless streak to six games for the Dynamo (2-3-2), while the Timbers (0-3-5) are one of just two winless teams left in Major League Soccer this season along with the Chicago Fire.
Bruin found his scoring stroke in the 16th minute, and it by no coincidence coincided with the return of Brad Davis. The US international came back from a three-game absence and played a perfect cross to Bruin in the box, and the wide-open Bruin headed the cross past Timbers goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts for his first goal in his past six games.
The goal also snapped a 334-minute scoreless streak for the Dynamo, who controlled the tempo in the first 30 minutes of the match also threatened with first-half chances from Davis, defender Corey Ashe, midfielder Boniek García and defender Kofi Sarkodie, back from a one-game suspension.
But the Timbers countered in the 33rd minute off the opportunistic foot of Fernandez. Midfielder Kalif Alhassan hit a pass into the Dynamo box that deflected off Davis and into the path of Fernandez, who wasted little movement hitting a first time effort into the upper-right corner to pull the Timbers level. The goal was the Argentine import's third this season, but first since March 16.
Houston's first scoring chance of the second half came right after the break, when striker Giles Barnes glanced a header wide of the post off a cross from Garcia. The hosts followed with a good look for Bruin in the 69th minute that was snuffed out by a charging Ricketts, and late sub Mark Sherrod scuffed a chance from six yards out in the 90th minute after midfielder Andrew Driver sliced into the Timbers penalty box and fed a pass in front of net.
The game also featured a bit of an oddity in the 66th minute, when Ricketts struggled with a Futty Danso back pass and handled the ball just inside the area. Referee David Ganter awarded the Dynamo an indirect free kick inside the box, but they were unable to capitalize, a fitting moment on a day when neither team appeared quite ready to break free from their current slumps.
Both teams are back in action on May 3, when the Dynamo take on Chivas USA at the StubHub Center, while the Timbers host suddenly surging D.C. United.
Houston Dynamo (2-4-2; 8 points) vs. Portland Timbers (0-3-5; 5 points)
MLS regular season
April 27, 2014 – BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 20,558
Scoring Summary:
Houston: Will Bruin 4 (Brad Davis 3, Corey Ashe 2) 16
Portland: Gaston Fernandez 3 (unassisted) 33
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe; Warren Creavalle (Servando Carrasco 64), Brad Davis (Brian Ownby 79), Giles Barnes; Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Mark Sherrod 89), Andrew Driver
Unused substitutes: Tyler Deric, Alexander Lopez, Ricardo Clark, AJ Cochran
Portland Timbers: Donovan Ricketts; Jack Jewsbury, Mamadou Danso, Pa Modou Kah, Michael Harrington; Will Johnson, Diego Chara, Diego Valeri (Maximiliano Urruti 69); Kalif Alhassan (Michael Nanchoff 76), Gaston Fernandez, Darlington Nagbe (Steve Zakuani 87)
Unused Substitutes: Andrew Weber, Norberto Paparatto, Alvas Powell, Ben Zemanski
Misconduct Summary:
HOU: Jermaine Taylor (caution) 40
Referee: David Gantar
Assistant Referees: Philippe Briere, Fabio Tovar
Fourth Official: Ismail Elfath


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Garbage Man to the Rescue
"Be prepared to deal with a carcass in the street and dont say it is below your dignity."
This was the advice one of our great Talmudic Sages gave to a disciple.
Not only is there nothing undignified about any work done to earn a livelihood and avoid becoming a public charge, but every occupation offers opportunities to do some very dignified things.
Take the case of the driver of a garbage truck in Brooklyn. A beautiful story was told about him in an eulogy for a special Jew who never missed going to his shul for the shacharit services. The non-Jewish garbage man saw him one wintry morning desperately trying to hail a cab. Upon learning that he was late for the synagogue, the driver invited the elderly gentleman into his truck and brought him to the shul on time.


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/ Thursday, April 8, 2010 / 11 Comments / Appetizers and Snacks , Condiments and Sauces , North American , Salads , Seafood
Maine Lobster Rolls
I like to indulge my family occasionally with a fancy weekend brunch at home. So, a couple of weeks back, I made these delicious Maine Lobster Rolls. I picked out 4 large lobsters to obtain about 4 cups of lobster meat, following the recipe. The mixture of fresh herbs with the lobster meat, especially tarragon, really brought out the flavor of the lobster. The rolls are garnished with celery and pickled red onions. Hah, my mouth is starting to water now whilst I am describing the taste of these lobster rolls. :-) I am thinking of making it again now. Anyway, the buns for the lobster rolls needs to be buttered and brown in a frying pan first. (The pictures shown without butter and browning.)
Recipe adapted from Thomas Keller's "ad hoc at home" cookbook.
Maine Lobster Rolls
(Printable Recipe)
1-½ lbs (about 4 cups) Cooked Lobster
3 to 4 Tbsp Mayonnaise
2 Tbsp Minced Red Onion
2 Tbsp Finely Chopped Peeled Celery
2 tsp Finely Chopped Tarragon
2 tsp Finely Chopped Flat-Leaf Parsley
2 tsp Finely Chopped Chives
Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
½ Lime
6 New England-Style (top-slit, if available) Hot Dog Buns
4 Tbsp (2 oz) Unsalted Butter, melted
1 Celery Stalk
1 Head Butter Lettuce, leaves separated, rinsed, dried, and torn into pieces
Pickled Red Onions
2 Large Red Onions (about 1 ¼ lb each)
½ Cup Red Wine Vinegar
¾ Cup Granulated Sugar
Make the pickled red onions: Cut off the top and bottom of each onion and cut lengthwise in half. Remove and discard the outer layer. Cut a V-shaped wedge from the bottom of each half to remove the roots and the very centerpieces of onion. Put the onions cut side down on a cutting board and slice lengthwise into 1/8 inch-thick slices, following the natural lines on the outside of the onion; cutting with the lines, or grain, rather than across them will help the onions soften more quickly in the pickling liquid. Pack the onions into a 1-quart canning jar; reserve and slices that don't fit.
Combine the vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Pout the hot vinegar mixture over the onions. Once the onions begin to wilt, you can add any remaining onion slices to the jar, gently pushing them down into the liquid to submerge them. Let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours, or up to 1 month.
Put the lobster meat in a large bowl, add the mayonnaise, and stir gently to coat. Add the onion, celery, tarragon, parsley, chives, salt, and pepper to taste and stir gently to mix. Squeeze the lime over the salad and fold in the juice. Cover and refrigerate.
If using top-slit buns, brush butter on both outer sides of each bun. If using unsliced buns, slit them open from the top, trim each long side to create a flat surface and brush with melted butter. If using regular hot dog buns, open the buns and brush with melted butter. Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat. Just before serving, put the rolls in the pan and brown the buttered sides.
To serve, peel the strings from the celery with a vegetable peeler. Using a Japanese mandoline or other vegetable slicer, or a sharp knife, slice the celery lengthwise into thin ribbons. Line each bun with a couple of small lettuce. Mound the lobster salad in the buns and garnish with the celery and pickled red onions.
Serves 6 to 8
11 comments:
nice to see you pickling the red onions..I like to leave mine to marinate in balsamic vinegar...it gives the same effect of sweet & sour.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 8, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Spoilt family! ;PReplyDelete
Wow this is mouth-watering!ReplyDelete
Wow, what an interesting idea!! I guess everything can be good in a roll though, I just never would have tried lobster. Thanks for sharing! I like lobster salad with this recipe http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/lobster_salad_2.htmReplyDelete
Outstanding job on one of the tastiest sandwiches on the planet. My wife and I have been known to drive to Maine JUST to get a lobster roll (fortuantely, Maine is not that far from Maryland --- LOL).ReplyDelete
Lobster in a roll with vegetables and other ingredients is sumptuous, you know the pictures look very lovely with their colors combined and all. Good job!ReplyDelete
Omg. I would die for a Maine lobster roll right now. That is so beautiful. I just woke up after a rough night out..And yes, that would make my day!ReplyDelete
Love this - looks super amazing. I'd love to try out this recipe as I love Thomas Keller's cookbook. AwesomeReplyDelete
My father had a side business of lobstering while I was growing up - we ate alot of lobster (it was free as my parents would say). I still love my lobster rolls the way my mom made them (simply with mayo on a white New England style hot dog roll), but I would definitely try this recipe - I do love lobster with tarragon too :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely Fabulous! I want to come to your house on Sundays!! ~LeslieMicheleReplyDelete
This is very close to my recipe. I add chopped fresh fennel for a little added taste. I will try the New England Style bun the next time I make them. I use that type of bun for my perch rolls. Great pictures by the way.ReplyDelete


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The challenge in the development of industrial inkjet printing systems lies in the customized choice of the different components, such as print heads, controllers and software as well as their application-oriented integration with respect to the specific requirements for printing quality, productivity, along with the ability to integrate them into existing production processes.
Even though digital printing technology was already in use some 10 years ago, this market has just begun to take off recently because the quality required by industry is now available in combination with acceptable productivity.
Interested parties with innovative ideas for the industrial use of digital printing often see themselves confronted with many new questions, e.g.:
With its Custom Solutions, ColorGATE offers an individually created, multistage range of solutions, beginning with seminars and right on up to "color-centric" project assistance.
Interested parties can book a beginner's seminar for the specific transfer of know-how at ColorGATE, during which ColorGATE experts explain the most important components and project steps for the development of an industrial printing system. The seminar contents can be individually adapted as needed.
During the course of multistage project assistance, ColorGATE also offers, in addition to its know-how, its industry-wide contacts to component manufacturers and mechanical engineers to take an industrial printing system to market readiness quickly, easily and with competence.
Depending on the target market for the printing system in the planning, important decision are made during the specifications phase with respect to the components required, such as print heads, the corresponding controllers and the inks used. Determining factors, such as the productivity desired and the printing quality that can be achieved, are decided on at this point.
During this phase, ColorGATE offers:
After the specifications have been determined, the project is launched into the conceptual phase. In addition to requesting offers for the individual components, training plans and time schedules for test procedures are also drawn up.
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During this phase, we offer customized project assistance in type and scope. Many projects get lost in the dynamics of implementation and integration. The implementation partners involved all speak their own language and interpret the task in a different way. Our professional implementation assistance is targeted and specific to minimize the project risk.
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2014 AAPT Physics DaysRichmond Orlando Long Beach
NSTA Area Conference: Richmond, VA
October 2014
AAPT Representative: David Wright
"AAPT" 2400 Years of Electricity from Amber to Batteries
Presenter: Bob Morse
Inexpensive hands-on qualitative experiences with electricity from 600 BCE to 1800 CE bring electrical magic to classrooms from middle school to college.
This workshop will present simple experiments and demonstrations on electrostatics from 600 BCE to 1800 CE. Using inexpensive modern materials, participants will get a quick hands and minds-on experimental tour of electrostatics to the beginning of the age of electric circuits. Although no kites will be flown, they will have a chance to participate in important experiments that can be readily employed in their classrooms from elementary science to high school and beyond. Selected resources will be pointed out.
Link to more information about Electrostatics featuring the presenter of this workshop: http://www.compadre.org/psrc/Franklin/
"AAPT" Using Broom Ball to Teach Newton's First Law of Motion
Presenters: Joseph Mahler and Tim Couillard
The workshop instructors will lead the participants through a Modeling lab that is intended to help students develop a model for Newton's First Law of Motion.
The Next Generation Science Standards emphasizes that students will use the scientific method to "develop and use" models that describe the physical word. In this hands-on workshop the participants will take on the role of science students as the workshop instructors lead the participants through a Modeling lab that is intended to help students develop a model for Newton's First Law of Motion. The participants in this workshop will complete a portion of the Modeling Cycle which will include completing the inquiry based lab (Broom Ball), sharing lab data and engaging in scientific argumentation from the data collected through a process known as "whiteboarding", and model development. After the participants have completed whiteboarding the lab, the instructors will utilize what the participants have learned and experienced in the workshop to help them develop a basic understanding of the Modeling Method as well as provide additional resources pertaining to Modeling. The session will end with Q&A time and a door prize give a way.
Link to more information about "Modeling": http://modelinginstruction.org/
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsta.org/conferences/
NSTA Area Conference: Orlando, FLNovember 2014AAPT Representative: Kevin Thomas, University of Central Florida
Modeling Physics in the Classroom
According to the American Modeling Teaching Association, "The Modeling Method has been developed to correct many weaknesses of the traditional lecture-demonstration method, including the fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and the persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world." This session will focus on a basic introduction to implementing Modeling Instruction in the high school physics classroom, and skills learned from the AMTA summer workshops.
Setting the Stage: Knowing Physics Isn't Enough
Teaching physics and knowing physics are not the same thing. Knowing the standards is not the same as making the material interesting or creating an engaging learning environment. The goal of this session is to model and discuss methods for "selling" physics to your audience. Think of it as a chance to explore the side of teaching that involves helping people see why you're interested in the topic.
Citizen Science in the Classroom
Citizen science is a unique way to involve non-professional scientists (or aspiring scientists!) in gathering or analyzing data for use in scientific research. In this workshop, we'll explore what citizen science is, what opportunities there are for participation, and how to use citizen science to get students involved with active scientific research.
'Sunsational' Solar Electricity: The Physics of Photovoltaics
Explore the basics of photovoltaic technology using hands-on, minds-on learning techniques for students in grades 6 through 12. Next Generation Science Standards (Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Scientific and Engineering Practices) will be highlighted during this 'electrifying' session.
Physics Pedagogy: Implementation of Studio style and SCALE-UP Physics at UCF
Choose Your Own Adventure: Studio Physics Courses at UCF
Studio mode physics courses, featuring integration of course components, were introduced by Jack Wilson at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the 1990s. In the years since, several studio methods have gained popularity in physics courses. At the University of Central Florida, we are employing a variety of studio methods, from fully integrated SCALE-UP style courses in the style made popular by Bob Beichner at North Carolina state University, to "mini-studios" that retain a reformed lecture component, to integrated "experiment problems". This session will focus on the advantages and barriers to implementation of a range of studio methods of physics instruction.
3-D Printing As a Tool for STEM Learning
With the growing accessibility to 3-D printers, it is now possible for a high school classroom to learn about this amazing technology and develop their own objects for experiments, art, or even
fund raising! In this workshop we will discuss what Physics classrooms can do with a 3-D printer, motivating your students to be engaged, and building a justification for funding.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsta.org/conferences/
NSTA Area Conference: Long Beach, CA
December 2014
AAPT Representative: James Lincoln
Physics Education Techniques
Problem solving is widely considered one of the most import sets of skills for success in physics courses, yet many students struggle to solve real-world problems. Too often teachers and textbooks portray problem solving as a collection of algorithms and heuristics, which inadequately prepare students. Textbook examples do not capture the process of problem solving as they only present polished, error-free solutions, not the thinking that lead to them. Showing students the thought process of experts and novices can help them better understand how to solve problems. Students are also instructed to verbalize their thought process in the form of a "think-aloud." This makes what is essentially an internal thought process explicit, allowing improved feedback to the students. The feedback and assessment focuses on students' self-regulation or self-monitoring as they solve physics problems. Too often textbooks and teachers fail to teach students how to self-monitor during a solution, instead trivializing this critical skill to the end of the solution in a final "review" or "looking back" step. Instead, we teach students to self-monitor throughout their solution. In this workshop the presenters will share their experience in incorporating think-aloud components into their courses as well as the results from those courses.
Space Exploration
The Dawn mission addresses is the role of size and water in determining the evolution of the planets. Ceres and Vesta are the right two bodies with which to address this question, as they are the most massive of the protoplanets, baby planets whose growth was interrupted by the formation of Jupiter. Ceres is very primitive and wet while Vesta is evolved and dry. Dawn captures the earliest moments in the origin of the solar system enabling us to understand the conditions under which these objects formed and contrasts the formation and evolution of two small planets that followed very different evolutionary paths so that we understand what controls that evolution. Its journey in time to understand the conditions at the formation of the solar system provides context for the understanding of the observation of extra solar-planetary systems.
History of Physics
Physics offers a cross-discipline perspective to understanding other subjects. The purpose of this paper is to provide examples of physics in literature that physics and astronomy teachers can use to give students an indication of the relevance of science as depicted in the humanities. It is not possible to cite the thousands of examples available. I have tried to select authors whom students would be reading in high school and in college undergraduate English classes: in particular Joseph Conrad, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Shakespeare, H. G. Wells, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Norman Mailer, and an author currently in vogue, Dan Brown. I am sure many reading this article will come up with their own examples.
Physics Teaching Techniques
We have used an online group-building and collaboration tool, "Social Homework" provided by EduDotOnline.com, to support student learning from students taking AP Physics 1 up through the calculus-based physics sequence here at CSU Long Beach, and in upper-division mechanics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics courses. We report on how this group structure has significantly improved student performance without appreciably affecting faculty workload.
Electricity & Magnetism Demos
PTRA Presents "The Best Physics Demonstrations you Aren't Doing." In this Demo Show, participants learn of the lesser known, but greater impact demonstrations that are rarely seen. These are coupled with enhanced versions of old classics. The theme is Electricity & Magnetism with a sub-emphasis on tips on how to make the demos more pedagogically valuable. Transformers are everywhere inside and outside of our homes. This presentation will describe how transformers work using Faraday and Lenz's law and provide a demonstration that many physics teachers have a hard time understanding. A student home project measuring how wall warts waste energy will be described.
Public Outreach & Physics Teaching
For many years High School Physics Students have been contributing to ongoing research at UCLA's Plasma Laboratory in Westwood, CA. Highly motivated students are empowered to perform research that would, in previous years, have earned people their PhDs! In this talk the students' experience, their research, and the program are presented.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsta.org/conferences/


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ii. Roll call
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iv. Secretary Keith Gwinn, West Virginia Department of Veterans' Assistance Presentation and update on various topics within the Department of Veterans' Assistance. v. Presentations regarding issues involving the TRICARE healthcare program coverage of mental health services: Dr. Scott Fields, Ph. D., Psychologist; and Dr. Deb Coleman.
vi. COL James Runyon, Chief of the Joint Staff, West Virginia National Guard Presentation on issues regarding guardsmen who are also students enrolled in the state's institutions of higher learning.
vii. Miscellaneous business
viii. Adjournment


text: A former West Philadelphia supermarket is moving up the food chain, transitioning from grocery store to the Center for Culinary Enterprise, a business culinary training school. Friday Architects/Planners is dicing up the 12,000-sf space into three portions: a 6,000-sf culinary center, a 3,000-sf training restaurant, and a 3,000-sf retail space for local businesses. The facility will also house a multi-media learning center (called eKitchen) and work a nearby urban farm. Solar tubes will be used to bring natural light into the kitchen and retail spaces to reduce electricity use in what are typically energy-hogging areas.


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The Planning Commission will meet in the City Council Chambers. This meeting will be televised on Local Cable Access Channel 11.
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Surviving for what is now more than five weeks without electricity and depending on bottled water is adding up for the residents of Puerto Rico.
Costs for survival are on top of what they have to pay for items or homes damaged or lost in Maria's destructive sweep up the middle of the island.
"We are paying more on a daily basis, because by not having electricity – in my case I found a generator – it could be an additional more than $15 a day of (fuel)," said Lizette Rodriguez, who lives in Caguas, but has been staying in her mother-in-law's apartment in San Juan for the past two weeks.
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Rodriguez said that before Maria, she would normally spend $15 a week on gasoline for her car. But that's how much she was spending per day for her generator, which she can't run continuously.


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One reason it's so hard to balance California's budget: Even measures to cut the budget can end up costing the state cash.
Just take a look at this new audit of prisons and prison health care.
To save money, the state imposed job cuts and furloughs of employees across the government, including in the prisons. According to the audit, under the state's rules for vacation and leave, state staff have to take their furlough days before they take vacation and leave day and thus build up very large amounts of leave time -- in large part because of the furloughs. (California Watch explained how this works in an excellent story earlier this year).
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Eventually, the state will have to pay out for those extra vacation days, and it will cost the state at least $546 million and potentially more than $1 billion, depending on a number of factors.
One other reason to take a look at the audit: It shows how California voters are responsible for higher prison costs, because of their approval of longer sentencing laws such as the famous three-strikes law. Inmates sentenced under three-strikes now make up 25 percent of the prison population and, the audit concludes, "receive sentences that are, on average, nine years longer -- resulting in about $19.2 billion in additional costs over the duration of their incarceration."


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LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin soared for a time Saturday, lifting the Los Angeles Clippers just high enough to induce altitude sickness, and making the inevitable crash that much more spectacular.
One moment, the Clippers had a 24-point lead. In an instant, it was gone, their flash and bravado overwhelmed by the pure, brutal efficiency of the Spurs. And a playoff series that seemed momentarily salvageable slipped away in a 96-86 defeat, leaving the Clippers with a daunting 3-0 deficit.
"This is what they do best," Griffin said afterward, sounding equally awe-struck and numb.
No NBA team has ever come back in a series after losing the first three games. The Spurs will go for the sweep today, when these teams return to Staples Center to finish this unusual back-to-back set.
The Spurs are seeking their first trip to the Western Conference finals since 2008, when they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, and their first trip to the Finals since 2007, when they won their last title. They appear primed for another title run, having surrounded their veteran core with an energetic supporting cast.
Griffin, the Clippers' high-flying forward, had 28 points, but just eight after halftime. He was brilliant in the first half, making 10 of 13 shots, including some tough turnaround jumpers and a crowd-pleasing dunk over the Spurs' Tim Duncan. At that point, the Clippers had a 48-28 lead and some measure of self-belief.
But the Spurs closed the first half on a 15-5 run, then ripped the Clippers' spirit away in the third quarter, when they held them without a point for 8:12. By the end of that stretch, the Spurs had outscored L.A. 39-5 over 12 minutes.
It was vintage Spurs, a combination of relentless defense, diligent ball movement and boundless poise.
"We understood that they were going to make a run early, and we needed to sustain," said Duncan, who finished with 19 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks. "We've been through enough of them to understand that's how it goes."
Even Duncan's younger teammates have learned the Spurs' way. Danny Green scored five points in the 24-0 run. And rookie Kawhi Leonard looked every bit as calm as his senior teammates.
The Clippers scored just eight points in the third quarter, falling behind by as many as 13. They never got closer than seven points in the fourth.
Paul's arrival in a controversial December trade turned the Clippers into instant contenders in the West and briefly inspired talk that they were ready to overtake the Lakers for top billing in Los Angeles. But his injuries, along with the Clippers' youth and inexperience, have proved too great a handicap against the most polished team in the NBA.
In defeat, Griffin marveled at the Spurs' precision.
"Every game we play really in the playoffs is a good learning experience for us," he said. "It is good to see how efficiently and how well San Antonio runs their offense. They play the same way whether they're down 20 or up 20. They always play hard. It's good to see a team like that from an up-close standpoint."