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Last week, Ana posted some thoughts on the valor point grind. She and I have been discussing this topic on and off for the better part of three weeks, and for the most part I agree with her. There is one issue, however, that we don't agree on despite each of our best efforts at persuading the other. And that particular topic is, "How much valor should we get from raiding?"
Quoting the relevant section of Ana's post:
For the record, I am NOT asking for raiding to completely cap VP. This is a very important point, because I know the devs are quite tired of hearing from raiders who want their VP handed to them on a silver platter. I don't think raiders should get a completely free pass. I accept that as someone who desires to cap VP, I have to put in a fair amount of effort.
To make sure I'm presenting Ana's opinion fairly, let's clarify some of the details. We both agree that it would be more convenient if we could cap valor through raiding, and that we'd be happier if we could. Her stance is purely that we shouldn't be able to, because it's better for the game if we can't. The principle is that by forcing raiders to do dailies, it gets us out into the world and interacting with other players, which is a good thing.
Counterpoint: valor isn't the prime motivator
Certainly it's good to get people out into the world. But it's not clear to me that valor has a significant effect on that. First of all, dailies are an abysmally inefficient way to grind valor; any reasonably talented raider can do far better by running heroics via LFD, LFR, or challenge modes. So a raider who's time-limited (or just efficiency-minded) won't generally opt for the long, slow daily grind instead of getting a few other guildies together and choosing one of the more efficient routes to their weekly valor.
There are plenty of other reasons to do dailies though, reputation being the most obvious. If you drew a Venn diagram, I'd be willing to bet that the set of raiders has a pretty healthy overlap with the set of achievement hounds. So we're doing them anyway, and would be whether they granted valor or not, simply because we want to max out our reputations with the factions.
And of course, there's also the gear that becomes available at revered and exalted. Most of the factions provide ilvl 489 epic gear for valor points once you reach revered, and the Klaxxi and Golden Lotus each provide a free epic at exalted (ring from Klaxxi, amulet from Golden Lotus). The other nice part about these items is that they're competition-free. There's a great expertise/haste option from Klaxxi, and we don't have to feel guilty about taking it from a DPS. As I joked on twitter, there's also a dodge/mastery option, "but I don't know what that's for."
So between reputation and free epics, we'd all be doing dailies anyway. And once we reach exalted with a particular faction, we're still going to stop. I've already quit doing the dailies for the factions I've gotten to exalted – Klaxxi, Golden Lotus, Anglers, and Cloud Serpents. Which is a relief, because it's turned a miserable 2-hour grind into about 30 minutes of (still miserable) Shadopan dailies and (significantly less miserable) August Celestial dailies, along with a few tillers dailies to finish out my budding social network at Halfhill and spending some quality time down home on the farm.
So, what is valor for?
Now, don't get me wrong, it's nice that we do get valor points for doing them. I'm not suggesting we shouldn't, either. In fact, quite the opposite, they should probably reward more valor given how much time they take, so that they're more competitive with challenge modes, heroics, and scenarios. Especially since the latter were just buffed.
But we have to consider that, given the myriad of sources of valor points, the currency is basically just a reward for "time spent in-game," doing almost anything. So if you can cap valor with 12-15 hours of dailies, or much faster via challenge modes, scenarios, LFR, and heroics, then why can't you cap with 12-15 hours of raiding? What makes that time spent raiding less valuable than spending an equivalent amount (or less) time doing other things? It's certainly no less challenging, and I think you'd be hard-pressed to make any argument for the situation based on skill.
Of course, one argument might be that you get gear drops from raiding. Though I'll note that you get gear from heroics, scenarios, and LFR as well. The dailies also unlock gear at certain reputation levels, so there's a gear reward there too. And while challenge modes don't drop useful items, they do have a long-term reward that encourages people to try them, which is – you guessed it – gear. So I'm not sure the gear argument holds much water either.
It's not clear to me why raiding is such an inefficient way to get valor points. Raid content has for the majority of the game's lifetime been the end-game content. It's what patch cycles have been scheduled and built around and what guilds use to gauge their skill and dedication. A good raid tier gets lauded and remembered for years, and a bad one gets decried for an equal length. The simple utterance of "Ulduar" or "Dragon Soul" elicit a wellspring of memories for most raiders, and it's hard to think of other activities in the game that are similarly evocative. Raiding is the heart and soul of World of Warcraft.
And yet, by giving such meager valor rewards for raiding, Blizzard is basically saying, "Yeah, we understand that you guys love this content, and we love to produce it, but we don't think that the 12-15 hours you spend raiding is really all that important. We'd rather you spend more time not raiding. Why don't you try this
busywork daily content we've implemented? Or better yet, run through the LFD tool so you can kill bosses you've already done 100 times while you were gearing up for raids and drop loot rewards that you've already outgrown?"
It's sort of backwards, in a way. Wrath and Cataclysm emphasized the philosophy that the player should be able to progress their character in a variety of ways, based on what content they like. So the raider could cap their valor by raiding, while another player could do daily heroics. And while that dynamic is still here in MoP, it's being stifled. Because the valor reward system is basically saying, "Hey, it's great that you like raiding, but you'll also have to do some other stuff you don't care about to be maximally effective."
And note that I'm not thinking about the last few weeks here. We were all doing dailies and running heroics anyway, just to gear up and grind reputation. But in a few weeks, when all the rep grinds are over and we're working on the new instances, that's content we'll have outgrown. Maybe there won't be as much need for valor at that point, since we'll be getting better gear from the new raids. But if the proposed plan for turning valor into an item-upgrade currency goes through, it will become relevant in a hurry.
Let's play "what if…"
For a moment, consider what would happen if we could cap valor through raiding. What if raiding gave 100 VP per boss instead of 25? It would take 10 bosses to cap, which is still a decent number. Once guilds are working on heroic progression in Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Springs, they may not even be killing 10 bosses a week depending on their schedule. Mogu'shan is likely to be dropped from many raid schedules in favor of heroic progression.
And, really, so what if they do cap through raiding? What does it mean in the broader sense? Fewer people queuing for LFD out of boredom and necessity, perhaps. That might even decrease queue times, very few guilded healers and tanks bother to queue up solo. Fewer jerks in LFR complaining about how bad everyone else is and trolling, because they're only in the raid for their weekly valor? I don't see how that hurts anyone either.
You might say, "fewer people out in the world doing stuff." I'd challenge that assertion. For one, we've already concluded that valor is not the incentive that gets you out doing dailies, unless you're not the fastest monk in the monastery. And in fact, I'd even argue the opposite – that there could be more people out in the world if you could valor cap via raiding. Because for every person that would prefer to log on for their 12 hours of raiding a week and never touch WoW outside of that period, there's 3 or 4 like me who would be using that time for leveling alts, grinding reps, tending my farm, hunting rares, etc.
In other words, that time that we're spending shackled to the valor grind is time we'd be spending in-game anyway, and we'd be spending more of it out in the world than we do when we're stuck grinding efficient valor. Every extra hour I spend grinding valor in LFR or LFD is an hour I'm not out in the world doing something else.
So, in short, I don't think there's any fundamental reason that raiding can't or shouldn't cap valor. It's a design decision by Blizzard that it doesn't, but it feels like a completely arbitrary one, and completely out of line given the effort-to-reward ratio involved in the different activities. You probably shouldn't be able to cap valor with just 6 bosses, but it really ought to account for the majority of a player's valor for a week if that's what they spend the majority of their time and effort thinking about and planning for.
A thought about "content"
It's sort of ironic, in a way. Blizzard has been touting the sheer amount of content they've put into Mists, and in a sense they're correct. There are so many things to do that it's hard to do it all in a week, especially if you have a job, family, and other things that take time away from gaming. And a large chunk of that content is dailies. But I have yet to talk to anyone who claimed to really, truly enjoy dailies. Almost everyone tries to group up and get them over with as fast as possible, and most treat them like chores they have to do – stuff they need to finish before they're allowed to start having fun.
And it's sort of a shame, really. Some of the daily quests are pretty fun. I actually rather like the tillers kite quest (Water, Water Everywhere), and there are a few others that are quirky and interesting. But instead of looking forward to doing 5-10 interesting and fun daily quests every day, those good quests are lost in a sea of "collect 12 MacGuffins" or "kill 4 elite insects that don't spawn anywhere near frequently enough to keep up with the number of players doing the quest, so on second thought just camp a spawn point for 10 minutes waiting, because that's enjoyable and engaging content" (yes, The Bigger They Come.., I'm looking at you – seriously, why aren't these elite insects "quest-taggable" mobs yet? When people within your own faction are fighting over spawn-tagging, there's a serious problem). So instead of looking forward to dailies, everyone ends up despising them.
Which raises an interesting question: Is it really worth having loads of content if a huge chunk of it is content that your players hate? Is it a good thing that players are looking forward to the day they can stop doing chores and start having fun with their time in-game?


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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio � After a 35-year career that be-gan as a flight test engineer at Eglin Air Force Base, Dr. Steve Butler will retire from his post as Air Force Materiel Command�s executive director June 28 and return once more to Fort Walton Beach.
Born and raised in Fort Walton Beach, Butler attended Choctawhatchee High School and the University of Florida.
�I will enjoy spending time with my family in Florida,� Butler said. �In the future, I hope to teach, lead local Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics activities and even provide some form of technical consulting.�
Butler became the command�s most senior civilian leader in September 2008. As the AFMC executive director, he provides counsel on a variety of topics ranging from acquisition to science and engineering, and deals with union issues.
After Butler�s first assignment at the 3246th Test Wing at Eglin, he continued to subsequent assignments that ranged from developing precision guided weapons to senior advisory roles in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
He served as the Deputy Program Director for the F-22 and the Technical Director for most of the Air Force�s munitions inventory, including the Joint Direct Attack Munition. Butler also served in the Air Force Research Laboratory and the 46th Test Wing, where he was known for his hands-on expertise in electro-optical and radar guided weapons.
His most recent honor includes the 2011 Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award, an award specifically for Senior Executive Service members who achieve ex-traordinary results.
�When I got word that I earned this award, I was just surprised and amazed by this recognition,� he said.
Excerpts from the interview with Butler follow:
Q: What would you say have been some of the greatest command accomplishments during your time here as executive director?
A: Some of AFMC�s top accomplishments during my tenure include establishing a robust civilian development program to create future Air Force senior leaders; improving relations with the union; increasing our investments in small business; and, implementing a major command reorganization that focused on the life cycle management of programs.
As the command�s executive director, I also serve as AFMC�s Service Contracting Advocate. This calls for the management oversight of AFMC�s entire services portfolio � that�s about 42 percent of the Air Force budget. Establishing this as part of the job ensured bringing consistency and better value to the use of taxpayer dollars.
Q: What are some of the challenges you�ve faced during your time here at AFMC?
A: It goes without saying that with every success there�s also a challenge. By far one of the biggest obstacles we face right now is transitioning from a growing organization focused on recruiting the best and brightest to a shrinking organization working hard to retain our best and brightest.
Q: What legacy do you hope to be remembered for as AFMC executive director?
A: My hope is that I�ve left a lasting impression through the emphasis placed on developing civilians to become senior leaders, and also through the work accomplished to form a solid partnership with the union � with a nod to how this greatly benefits the Air Force. As for my immediate and day-to-day surroundings, I hope to be remembered as a strong technical presence in AFMC�s front office.
Q: If you could pick one day during your Air Force career that has been the most memorable or stands out, what would it be and why?
A: While it seems like an obvious answer, I would say the turning point in my career came on Sept. 11, 2001. I remember being at a conference about improving warfighter capabilities and watching coverage of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center. As we were watching, we saw the second plane hit.
We all immediately knew that this was no accident, and that our lives � and those of the warfighter � were about to change. I think most of America understood in that moment that something different was happening on that day. I had grown accustomed to service in a peacetime Air Force, and the rest of my career has been spent in an Air Force focused on war.
Q: Is there a parting message that you would like to share with the AFMC work-force?
A: It�s been such an honor to serve in AFMC and work to support the warfighter. The Air Force is a great place to work. The list of positive attributes is long � a skilled workforce, opportunities for varied assignments, work autonomy and the satisfaction that comes with service to a higher calling. The Air Force, and AFMC in particular, places strong emphasis on professionalism and developing its people � and those traits have been evident to me each and every day.

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After weathering the dust storms of the past two months, the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity have had their solar panels swept free off dust by kinder, gentler winds. With full power restored, the two explorers are now ready to renew their slow crawl over the surface of the red planet.
Opportunity now stands on the crest of Victoria crater (pictured below), and is set to begin its descent as early as September 11 (Tuesday).
The rover arrived at the edge of the crater in August. Mission managers have been scouring the images it beams back for suitable entry routes. The team wants to examine a band of bright rocks around 40 feet from the rim. The team hopes the route they have selected will give the rover good traction as it heads into the crater.
But getting to the entry point is not the only challenge: the team also needs to make sure all of Opportunity's instruments have survived the scouring dust storms. Recent data from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-TES) suggested the instrument, which is mounted high on the rover's camera mast, might be stuck, sending back images of the rover's mast, rather then the views of Mars.
"If the dust cover or mirror is no longer moving properly, we may have lost the ability to use that instrument on Opportunity," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University, principal investigator for the rovers' science instruments. "It would be the first permanent loss of an instrument on either rover. But we'll see."
The loss of the instrument would not matter quite as much to Opportunity's exploration as it would on Spirit. Opportunity's twin has reached its long-term goal of the Home Plate plateau, an area of layered bedrock NASA describes as holding clues to "an explosive mix of lava and water". This region has an extremely diverse mix of rock types, making the Mini-TES invaluable in sifting through them.
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Here's a new entry in the Branding of Berkeley saga. It's a wordless evocation of every sentimental cliche beloved of Old Blues, content-free as befits the brave new world of commercialization of what used to be a respected institution of higher learning.
By the way, retiring Chancellor Robert Birgenau himself, putative signer of this YouTubed seasonal greeting, was spotted by our reporter thoroughly enjoying the Cal Performances-sponsored Messiah put on by the Philharmonia Baroque orchestra, a much more highbrow Berkeley event than what's spotlighted on this video.
During the intermission and after the show, he was surrounded by a claque of admirers. He was overheard by an inadvertent eavesdropper telling one of them that "I turned down invitations to come to this!"
Someone asked how he was doing these days. Fine, he said, "but I'll better after June 1," presumably the date he turns his hot seat over to a new guy. He said he's got his research lab all ready to go.
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In other news, local restaurant queen Alice Waters has been reported to be taking the gospel of fancy food to Cuba, accompanied by Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, whose son was once a Chez Panisse waiter, and his spouse State Senator Loni Hancock, whose ex-husband Joe Hancock was a very early exponent of organic farming when they were still married.
Cuba already knows a thing or two about sustainable agriculture, having been forced for decades by U.S. embargos to do without American agribusiness chemicals, including toxic pesticides. But maybe Alice & Co. can teach Cubans about how to market their chemical-free products in a more capitalistic way.


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Rob Vaughan: Lord of the lore
It was a dark and stormy night... No, actually, it was a cold and rainy January day when Rob Vaughan got the serendipitous phone call that would change his life.
He'd been teaching English and working on his PhD when UVA President Edgar Shannon asked him if he wanted to work on a new humanities organization. "It was to do six months of planning," recalls Vaughan, 28 years later.
That organization turned into the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. But why the humanities?
"The humanities are about the issues and stories that inform and shape people's lives," Vaughan readily replies. "They're important because they help us define what it means to be human– the ways we live, work, and play; create communities; and discover and interpret meaning."
But maintaining such a mission in a budget-slashing environment is no easy feat. When asked about the $100,000 the General Assembly recently sliced from VHF's funding, Vaughan clarifies: "It was $103,480, not to make too fine a point about it." That means no new computer system this year, fewer fellows' awards, and fewer grants.
And while Vaughan's is a dream job for people who have wondered just what they're going to do with that liberal arts degree, the worst part, he says, is the funding, "the frustration of making the case over and over" why the foundation is important.
Despite the purse tightening, VFH funds programs such as African American Heritage in Virginia, Virginia Folklife, and the radio show With Good Reason. The best-known outgrowth of the VFH is the Virginia Festival of the Book. As for whose idea that was, Vaughan admits you'd get different answers from everyone you asked.
His version is that he met bibliophile Cal Otto 15 years through a mutual friend. Otto had just moved here from Vermont, where he'd left his collection of 10,000 books about the Green Mountain State.
"I told him I wanted to start a book festival," says Vaughan. "He went out and recruited Paul Collinge and Tom Dowd and Terry Belanger, and comes back and says, 'We've got a group to start a book festival.'"
Now in its ninth year, this year's festival had the misfortune to coincide with the beginning of war. To Vaughan, that only confirms why books and humanities are an important under-girding of this country's values and beliefs.
"I thought people responded with enthusiasm to the festival as one of the freedoms we enjoy," he says.
Someone so involved in a book festival would have to have a book, and indeed, Vaughan is working on one about southern culture. He confesses that despite his love of William Faulkner, he has no interest in writing a novel, but he is a closet poet.
"I'm more interested in poetry, and more inclined to write it but not publish it," he says.
Should he ever decide to do so, there's a local book fest that might be interested.
Age: 58
What brought you here? PhD program in English at UVA
What's worst about living here? Strip development, chaotic development
Favorite hangout? Home and the Outer Banks
Most overrated virtue? Prudence
What would people be surprised to know about you? I'm an introvert.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I'd be less intense and I'd change my handwriting.
What accomplishment are you proudest of? This organization the Virginia Foundation for Humanities and all its programs, the book festival among them.
What do people find most annoying about you? My tendency to be a perfectionist. My wife suggested that right away.
Whom do you admire? Edgar Shannon: mentor, friend and extraordinary teacher.
Favorite book? Absalom Absalom by William Faulkner
What subject causes you to rant? Talk radio the ridicule and hatred
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? The extraordinary opportunities available worldwide
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Vulgarity and violence
What do you drive? An old Bravada Oldsmobile and an even older 1969 Mustang.
What's in your car CD player right now? A With Good Reason program with Sarah McConnell
What's your next journey? Outer Banks
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? For throwing crayons out the church window when I was about four years old. I don't know why I was doing it, but I still remember it.
What do you regret? Not taking more risks
Favorite comfort food? Arch's Passion Peach frozen yogurt
What's always in your refrigerator? Carrots, apples, and milk
Must-see TV? Alias
Favorite cartoon? Calvin and Hobbes
Describe a perfect day. Warm, sunny, and I'm in a canoe or kayak on the James River.
Walter Mitty fantasy? I star in a Broadway musical comedy.
Who'd play you in the movie? Gregory Peck
Most embarrassing moment? I scattered an entire picnic lunch, destroying it, while my family waited and everyone else watched at the 350th anniversary of Jamestown in 1957 when I was 12.
Best advice you ever got? From my grandmother who said, when I was talking about a teacher, "Pick her brains," meaning you can learn from anybody.
Favorite bumper sticker? If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.


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Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Gungan!
Star Wars fans, this is it – the game we've all been waiting for! No, I'm not
talking about the amazing Star
Wars Rogue Leader. I'm talking about the only game in which you are allowed
to shoot Gungans! Yep, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is the name
of the game and, if nothing else, this game scores points for that trait alone.
I just wish you could shoot a particularly annoying Gungan, but no luck.
How is the rest of the game, you ask? Well, it's no Force
Commander, but I've still got a bad feeling
about this one…
Galactic Battlegrounds is a real-time strategy game based in the Star
Wars Universe. Six races are available for you to choose from, including the
Rebels, Empire, Naboo, Trade Federation, Wookiees, and our floppy eared friends,
the Gungans. Each civilization has its own campaign, which spans approximately
seven missions, so it won't take you forever to get through each one. Simple,
isn't it?
If you've ever played any of Microsoft's Age
of Empires games, you'll be instantly familiar with what's going on. After
all, Battlegrounds is adapted from the same engine. There are four resources
that you'll have to manage – food, carbon (trees), ore, and nova…just like
AoE's food, wood, gold, and stone. In fact, they could have just referred
to the game as the "Star Wars Edition" of AoE to avoid confusion.
Even through Battlegrounds uses the AoE engine, it just doesn't
look as impressive. Map textures and units look okay, but they don't seem to
sport the amount of detail that was included in AoE.
Gameplay also is the same, as you have tons of different units to create,
upgrades to research and buildings to construct. Four technology levels are
included, so you'll constantly be busy with research. As in AoE 2, troops
can be garrisoned inside buildings (sometimes increasing their health), given
formations and given standard behaviors (i.e. aggressive, defensive, etc.).
It's all very typical RTS and very AoE. At least LucasArts picked a good
model for this game.
The actual gameplay flow of Battlegrounds is generally all right, but
there are a few weird little problems that pop up. One these problems is the
way the game will sometimes pause as you perform a drag select to group a few
units together. At first, it occurred so often that I thought it was supposed
to happen, but then a few instances came up where it didn't. Whatever the case
may be, something is not working quite right.
unit AI tends to be on the screwy side. Picture this: A large army of about
fifty mounted Wooks (mounted on what? Who knows?) marches on Gungan territory.
With their posture set to aggressive and no specific target given, they immediately
being to trash the nearest structure. Naturally, the Gungan army doesn't take
kindly to someone smashing their stuff, so out comes the cavalry. But instead
of changing targets and going after the hostiles, many of the Wookiees continue
their assault on the nonviolent structures. I know Wookiees possess great strength
and accelerated healing, but when their back is being shot at by group of angry
floppy-ears, the outcome doesn't look good. Even though the Wookiees outnumbered
the Gungans by leaps and bounds, the defenders were easily able to decimate
the attackers. Needless to say, I kept a close eye on all offensive maneuvers
after that.
Also peculiar is the way the game seems to favor a defensive approach. Structures
tend to have an awesome amount of hit points – especially if they're upgraded.
Throw your soldiers inside and you've got some great defensive power. Put together
a nice strong wall with a few turrets and only a large army filled with tech
level 4 soldiers will be able to offer any threat.
Strangely enough, the worst part about Battlegrounds is that it doesn't
really feel like Star Wars. I know there are X-Wings and Gungans and AT-ATs,
but the overall feel just isn't right. The details are all out of whack. For
instance, the tree-dwelling Wookiees are living in metal shelters on the ground.
The Rebels are importing Tauntauns wherever they go and situations like the
Gungans vs. the Wookiees in space just seems very silly. I understand that it's
all for the sake of gameplay, but hardcore Star Wars geeks (like myself, I suppose)
might just feel a little disturbance in the
While Galactic Battlegrounds gets on the right RTS road, it doesn't
go the distance. In a nutshell, it feels like an AoE mod more than a
stand-alone game. A few improvements to the unit AI and some tweaking of structural
hit points and we just might have a solid Star Wars RTS on our hands.


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Mylyn/Incubator/Generic Industrial Connector
This work is funded by Remain Software and Industrial-TSI.
This is a temp doc space for the generic SQL connector for mylyn.
- 1 Rationale and Use Cases
- 2 Team and Plan
- 3 Architecture
- 4 Getting the source or runtime
- 5 Using the source to create your own
Rationale and Use Cases
Provide Mylyn access to Tasks that are stored in a non-web repository, primarily a database.
This connector provides a simple basic interface to such a repository.
- By defining only 12 SQL queries, you have access to all the Tasks in the database.
- By adding another 6 SQL queries you have added support for Comments and Attachments
Use Case 0: personal cross workspace local task repository
When you have multiple workspace and use local tasks, you can only get at the tasks in the current workspace. There is also no facility for adding attachments or comments. Running a local Derby instance provides all of this in transparent manner.
Use Case 1: small development or web shops with home-grown tracker in database
Many small web or software development shops have created their own issue trackers or workflow systems that predate the ever wider acceptance of Eclipse as a platform. These usually have the data stored in a local database, accessible via lan via a custom application (Filemaker, MS Access) or a home built web frontend (LAMP).
It is not worthwile to them to build or purchase a full-fledged connector (yet), but they want access to the tasks in the convenient Mylyn way with lowest possible configuration effort.
Use Case 2: provide task like access to logged system/server exceptions stored in a database
Webservers and application servers can store their logs in a database instead of in a plain text file. Example: Writing Apache's Logs to MySQL
But who likes going over these logs or doing periodc queries on them. This connector can look in such log files and and a system operator can thus create easy queries looking at error types, source IP's server id's or string matches in the request URL.
The Mylyn notification pop up window and the task list will indicate where new issues occurred.
Team and Plan
Maarten Meijer
Wim Jongman
Ahmed Aadel
Initial Request: bug 184532
Discussion: bug 223048
Current work is done using Apache Ibatis so that all configuration can be stored in the ibatis xml configuration files.
Legal parameter sets for various fields can then be stored as pseudo queries.
News from the dev team
* 06/21 Restructured the SVN to start porting to Mylyn 3.0 * 06/13 Now ready to create tasks as well, using a property in the db.properties to allow this. Only how to set the properties in the new task editor? * 06/10 Well I have refactored the code and project structure, so now basically settings for every database are in a Fragment.
This increases modularity and offers the possibility of adding code fragments for specific databases, adds a speciic home for JDBC drivers, etc.
* 09/08 Port to 3.0 is underway, new preliminary package names: org.eclipse.mylyn.sql.* * 09/26 New version 0.7.0.v20080926 with extended queryEditor and general UI improvements, download site available
Generic Task Structure to map to any SQL DB
These are mainly the fields from AbstractTask
- repositoryUrl - taskId - owner - summary - priority (as P1, P2, P3, P4 or P5) - completed - completionDate (null is not completed) - creationDate - dueDate - notes
Further more a generic Task can hold:
- a list of TaskComments and - a list of TaskAttachments.
But how?
Task Context
Since the users of this connector are owners of the database (otherwise they would not be able to access it) it makes sense to create a new table that is keyed by task id and that holds a blob for the task context. In this way the task context can conveniently be dropped in this table. This could also be a setting in the connector.
Generic Query Structure to map to any SQL DB
There will be a Query window allowing (full text) selection on:
- taskId : match a specific ID - owner : match a known owner from a list - summary : match a string in a description - priority (as P1, P2, P3, P4 or P5) : match one or more priorities - completed : match true or false - completionDate (null is not completed) : match before, after and null - creationDate : match before, after and null - dueDate : match before, after and null - notes : match a string in a description
and possibly:
- in the list of TaskComments and - in the list of TaskAttachments.
Persistor interface description
Getting the source or runtime
Update Site
We have created an update site to try this connector for 3.0.x and 2.3.x.
Create the update site reference as follows, using the above URL:
Then select that site:
And make select the latest version plus the Ibatis SqlMap feature:
Temporary SVN
The port of the generic SQL connector to Mylyn 3.0 will be at:
- svn://bugs.industrial-tsi.com/mylyn_gsc/trunk
The generic SQL connector for Mylyn 2.3.x will be at:
- svn://bugs.industrial-tsi.com/mylyn_gsc/branches/mylyn23x
Using the source to create your own
Configuring the SQL Connector using Ibatis
For detailed instructions on configuring a Industrial Generic SQL Connector see Mylyn/Incubator/Generic SQL Connector/Configuring Industrial Connector using Ibatis
Configuring the SQL Connector using JPA Persistence
For detailed instructions on configuring a Industrial Generic SQL Connector see Mylyn/Incubator/Generic SQL Connector/Configuring Industrial Connector using JPA


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Bilbo Baggins might be as pleasant a Hobbit as ever lived, but the clearly same can't be said of the actor who plays him, Martin Freeman. The evidence is in the above video, which reveals the many, many times Freeman constantly flipped the bird on The Hobbit set.
Hmm. Does anyone know if he did this before or after he first put on the One Ring?
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Space-based solar racing car breaks all records!
The Dutch solar car Nuna, using European space technology, finished first in the World Solar Challenge, a 3010 km race right across Australia for cars powered by solar energy. Having set off from Darwin on Sunday 18 November, Nuna crossed the finish line In Adelaide on Wednesday 21 November in a record-breaking time of 32 hours 39 minutes.
The average speed of the car was 91 kilometres per hour, also a new record. On the fourth day Nuna had to travel 830 km - never before has such a distance been accomplished within one day. But Nuna pushed the limits by driving at a top speed of more than 100 km per hour, setting a new record by finishing in just under 4 days.
"Pure strategy," says Wubbo Ockels. Ockels, former ESA astronaut, adviser to the Dutch Alpha Centauri team, consisting of eight students of the universities of Delft and Amsterdam. "Our direct opponent, the Australian Aurora who won the 1999 World Solar Challenge, was chasing us for three days. Three times they overtook us. But at the end of each day we took care to be just slightly in advance. I kept telling the pilots to drive carefully and steady, so as to save everything for the final day. Today we started ahead of the Aurora with a lead of only a few minutes and a distance of 17 kilometres. Now that we have finished it seems that we have beaten them with by 80 kilometres. People are so excited here! They expected the race to end tomorrow. Nobody could believe that we could accomplish it in just 4 days."
With space technology supplied by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme, such as improved solar cells and supporting technology, the Alpha Centauri team and their car Nuna were amongst the favourites right from the start, despite being in the race for the first time.
"Congratulations to the team! We are proud of this success, which demonstrates once again that European space technology and expertise can support down-to-Earth initiatives", said a delighted Pierre Brisson, Head of ESA's Technology Transfer Programme.
The streamlined machine could reach a theoretical top speed of over 160 km per hour although it had to observe the Australian speed limits driving on public highways.
The space technology aboard included the best dual junction and triple junction gallium-arsenide solar cells, developed for satellites. ESA will test these cells in space in early 2003, when the technology-demonstrating SMART-1 mission is launched to the Moon.
Nuna's aerodynamically optimized outer shell was built from space-age plastics to keep it light and strong. The main body is made from carbon fibre, reinforced with Kevlar, a material used in satellites, but nowadays also in high performance equipment like bulletproof vests. Nuna also carried Maximum Power Point Trackers, small devices that guarantee an optimal balance between power from the battery and the solar cells, even in less favourable situations like shade and cloud. Many satellites carry these devices, for instance ESA's Rosetta mission to comet Wirtanen.
Also of help were two small strips of solar cells on the sides of the car. These originally belonged to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The cells were part of a large solar array, retrieved by ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier and brought back to Earth in 1993 with a Space Shuttle. They have been donated to the Alpha Centauri Team as a special mascot and served to power the car's communication equipment.
The Alpha Centauri team and their Nuna will take part in a celebration and parade which will take place on in Adelaide Thursday, 22 November. The students return to The Netherlands on Wednesday 5 December. An extensive tour is planned to visit schools in the Member States of ESA. This educational programme serves to emphasize the value of space technology for a more sustainable world and show in a tangible manner how the dreams of youngsters can become reality.
For further information contact:
ESA Technology Transfer Programme
Mr Pierre Brisson
telephone + 31 71 565 4929
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
ESA Education Office
Mr. Wubbo Ockels
Telephone: + 31 71 565 5456
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
ESA Communications Office, ESTEC
Mrs Heidi Graf
Telephone: + 31 71 565 513006
e-mail: email@example.com
Contact Alpha Centauri Team:
Ms Rosalie Puiman
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Telephone + 61 4 38207282


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A quick and easy rice salad packed with taste - great idea for a picnic or potluck.
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 40 mins
Extra Time: 30 mins
(for cooling rice)
Yield: 4 x 3/4 cup servings
First cook the brown rice using the following method:
In a saucepan, bring water to boil; turn to very low temperature. Add brown rice, lightly stir. Cover the pan and cook for 25 to 40 minutes or until done. (Hint: To prevent mushy rice, don't remove lid during the process!). Remove rice from heat. Cool to warm or room temperature.
While rice is cooling down, mix bouillon, yogurt and black pepper together. Set aside.
Coarsely chop tomato and cucumber. In a large bowl, fold warm rice together with rice mixture.
Serve warm after preparation or make ahead and serve at room temperature.
Microwaveable brown rice can be substituted. See package for cooking time - don't overcook!
To lower the sodium content substitute a low sodium beef bouillon cube for the regular cube.


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Are you a DBA Monkey?
We have a number of de facto standards in our shop, such as always placing data and indexes on separate filegroups. I asked why we bothered with the separate filegroups since the underlying files were often on the same physical disks anyway. No one really knew why. The practice had been followed before the current DBAs joined the organization and has continued.
This reminded me of a parable my boss told me several years ago. Five monkeys are placed in a cage with a step ladder leading to a bunch of bananas suspended from the top. The first monkey rushes up the ladder eagerly only to get forcibly knocked off by a stream of water from fire hose when he reaches the top. The other monkeys are also drenched with the ice cold water. After recovering from the shock, another monkey climbs the ladder with the same result. Eventually, each monkey tries to reach the bananas and learns the futility and unpleasantness of the effort. Any monkey that even tries to climb the ladder is promptly tackled by his peers.
Now attrition begins. One of the original monkeys is removed and replaced with a new monkey. He looks at the bananas and back at the other monkeys, wondering why they ignore such a tasty treat. He starts up the ladder and is immediately pulled off and beaten by the other monkeys. After a couple of attempts, the new monkey learns to avoid the ladder. Another original monkey is replaced with a new monkey. When he goes for the bananas, he also gets tackled by the other monkeys, including the one that's never been soaked. The same process is repeated; original monkeys are replaced and new monkeys quickly learn to avoid the ladder despite the prize at the top. The last original monkey is eventually replaced.
We now have a group of monkeys who've never been soaked by the fire hose, won't climb the ladder and won't allow others to climb it either. It doesn't matter if the fire hose is removed or how many generations of monkeys follow. They don't know why they do what they do.
Like the monkeys, institutional memory causes us to follow practices mindlessly and be slow to adapt to changes in our environment. Going back to my data/index filegroup question, there may have once been a good reason for the separate filegroups. Perhaps the separate groups improved performance of a specific application workload by isolating random and sequential I/O on local disk storage. Our current environment is quite different, however. Physical disks on the current SAN storage are often shared with other hosts/LUNs so placing data and indexes on different filegroups no longer isolates the I/O. Furthermore, the separate filegroup approach was since generalized to apply to all databases regardless of whether or not it made sense for a given application workload. We continue the data/index filegroup practice because the reasoning behind the separate filegroups is not known or understood.
It may be easier to robotically continue with the status quo but I think we need to understand exactly why a given filegroup approach might be advantageous so that we can choose what is best for the situation at hand. For example, I/O Performance of our high transaction OLTP databases is best achieved by balancing the heavy random I/O workload over as many disks as possible because this maximizes the disk transfers/sec rate. I don't think segregating data and index files is appropriate for our OLTP applications because it artificially caps the maximum I/O rate and can actually introduce an unnecessary I/O bottleneck.
In contrast, a single filegroup for both data and indexes distributes I/O proportionally according to the size of the underlying files with less complexity and administration than the separate filegroup approach. In my experience, this single user-defined filegroup strategy works well for both OLTP and mixed workloads where sequential I/O cannot be accurately predicted. Note that we need to work closely with the SAN storage team to meet performance objectives regardless of the filegroup strategy we choose since the physical implementation is outside our control.
We also have databases containing large amounts of historical data. In that case, we can use filegroups to place infrequently accessed older data on read-only filegroups with the files on relatively slow inexpensive storage. Often-queried recent data can then be stored on the more expensive fast storage devices via a read-write filegroup. The key here is that the additional maintenance and administration complexity is justified by the hardware savings. Similarly, our large reporting databases can benefit from a customized filegroup strategy to facilitate backup/recovery or improve performance by isolating random and sequential I/O for specialized (and predictable) workloads.
Like many of the choices we make, there is no single filegroup strategy that is optimal for all cases. It's important to understand the rationale behind a given approach so that one can choose the best one for the current situation and create new strategies when needed. A key differentiator between average DBA and a good one is a thorough knowledge of why practices are followed. Don't be a monkey.
Legacy Comments
Uri Dimant
|Are you a DBA Monkey?
Hi Dan ,thanks for this very nice article along with very good parable :-))) .Often, you do not have power to change the policy being followed by years , I completely agree with "A key differentiator between average DBA and a good one is a thorough knowledge of why practices are followed. Don't be a monkey."
You said that the separate groups improved performance of a specific application workload by isolating random and sequential I/O on local disk storage, but by separating LOG (seq) and DATA(random) on diff disks we gain the same goal, I mean why do we need a filegroup?
BTW , don't you affraid your boss to read this arcticle? :-))))))
Dan Guzman
|re: Are you a DBA Monkey?
You are absolutely correct, Uri. The main reasons that placing the log file on a different drive is a SQL Server Best Practice are that this isolates the sequential log file access from the other database file I/O and the separation ensures data I/O does not slow down the critical synchronous log writes during COMMIT.
> I mean why do we need a filegroup?
Once log file I/O is isolated, data files can be spread over all remaining physical disks to maximize typical OLTP application performance. User-defined filegroups are not required to accomplish this. Filegroups may still be desirable to address other backup/recovery or manageability objectives.
> BTW , don't you affraid your boss to read this arcticle? :-))))))
On the contrary, I think open and frank discussion is healthy. This is one if the differentiators been us and monkeys :-)
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Useful article. I re-inforces what I've long held as a principle when making decisions, and doing documentation (design, standard, etc. etc.), and that is:
Do not just give the decision (or statement) - include the reasoning for it.
If there had been a "standard's" document at the company, when you got there, and it followed the above principle, then "new monkey's" coming in could have read that "you don't climb the ladder because of the fire hose", and been able to challenge the status quo.
Another important documentation principle (imho) is that, when considering design, etc., it can be very useful to document not just the design (and reasons), but rejected designs (and reasons) - for example:
"This system was deployed on SQL 2005 and using file system deployed images. SQL 2008 and filestream data type was considered, but because the solution goes live before the release of SQL 2008, it was decided that was not a viable design."
This helps someone in the future not only understand why something was done, but also why another option was not used, and may help them choose to go that route for the future.
Adam Kahtava
|re: Are you a DBA Monkey?
Great post! Enjoyed the parable, food for thought.
Patrick Ikhifa
|re: Are you a DBA Monkey?
Good Post and good parable. Dan I believe I remember you from the SQL Server Professional days when it was only available in print
Parag Bandkar
|re: Are you a DBA Monkey?
Good Article. Really liked it
|re: Are you a DBA Monkey?
Good article. Enjoyed the parable. Your explanations are very clear and accurate. Good work dude


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"Ridisc announces Xtreme cooperation with Ritek Taiwan"
"With the Xtreme range, RiDisc aims to deliver to even the pickiest of consumers, exactly what they are craving for. A no holds barred, Grade AAA+ Ritek G05 DVD-R that has the uncompromising qualities of one of the best manufacturers in the world. This coupled with our quality control system which has zero tolerance should ensure that RiDisc Xtreme offers customers the assurance and safety in knowing that every disc from every pack that they buy will perform consistently and perfectly and is certified as being the best of the best of all Ritek products on the market. "


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Similar attacks have grown more frequent in the northern and western region of the country.
Taliban militants set off a suicide car bomb and then engaged in a gunfight outside the United States consulate building in Herat, Afghanistan early Friday morning at around 6 a.m. In addition to the deaths of the five attackers, at least two security officers were killed, according to reports from the Associated Press. The BBC offers a conflicting report that three people were killed in the attack: two policemen and a consul guard. All American personnel are reportedly safe and accounted for.
Footage broadcast on Afghanistan's Tolo television network showed Afghan police dragging away a badly bloodied person from the scene, but it was unclear if he was dead or who he was. Rubble and twisted pieces of metal lay strewn in a seemingly wide area near the consulate, the footage showed.
A spokesman for the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the event. The AP notes that similar attacks have been occurring with greater frequency in the northern and western region of the country, whereas in past years, the southern and eastern areas have typically been more violent.


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FORT BENNING, Ga. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 22, 2013) – Something that every Ranger lives by, however when a Ranger is wounded in combat, a Ranger Combat Medic has the life of his fellow Ranger literally in his hands.
This year's U.S. Army Special Operations Command Medic of the Year takes this part of the Ranger Creed to a whole new level.
For his mentoring skills, tactical knowledge and casualty management proficiency, Staff Sgt. Christopher Hutchison, Company Senior Medic, Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment has been named U.S. Army Special Operations Command Medic of the Year.
This is the fourth year in a row that a Combat Medic from the 75th Ranger Regiment has been awarded this prestigious honor.
"It is so surreal. I don't think I did anything at all to deserve this award," said Hutchison. "It's humbling to even be considered for such a significant award."
Hutchison has provided medical coverage on more than 275 combat missions and has demonstrated excellence on every single one of them, according to his nomination letter.
"Hutch has always been assertive with training and his combat medic skills," said Cpt. Andrew Fisher, Battalion Physician Assistant, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. "He takes the extra time to ensure his subordinate medics are trained to the best of their ability."
During a recent combat deployment to Afghanistan, Hutchison was on the objective when an Afghan Soldier, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. Hutchison was the second medic to arrive and quickly took the lead.
"Staff Sgt. Hutchison directed the application of occlusive dressings and a saline lock; provided instructions to set up a litter and hypothermia prevention dressings, provided adequate pain management and turned over all required medical documentation before loading him onto a rotary wing casualty evacuation platform," said Fisher.
"I was just doing my job," said Hutchison. "I was on target with junior medics and they are so well trained that I didn't have to micro manage the care they were providing."
After evacuating the Afghan Soldier, Hutchison encountered one local national who was wounded and one was very seriously wounded with gunshot wounds to the chest and pelvis.
"After quickly assessing and treating the patient for life-threatening wounds, Staff Sgt. Hutchison recognized the need for additional treatment and resuscitation," said Fisher. "He recognized the patient was bleeding internally, and treated him with one dose of Traexamic Acid and the patient responded immediately to the lifesaving measure."
Hutchison was the first combat medic to administer TXA, which is a clotting agent that until recently had been authorized for use in the pre-hospital environment by special operation forces medics.
"The patient was evacuated to the nearest medical treatment facility, where he underwent multiple surgeries and made a complete recovery," said Fisher. "Staff Sgt. Hutchison received accolades from the medical providers for his assertive and accurate treatments."
Ranger combat medics are first and foremost, Rangers first as Hutchison demonstrated during a combat mission in Kandahar Providence, Afghanistan.
After a combat engagement which involved an aerial gun run with an AC-130 Gunship, a small element from the Ranger platoon was tasked with the clearance of the known enemy fighting position. Hutchison was traveling behind the lead team as they were engaged by multiple enemy combatants from fortified positions.
"We were surprised that after the gunship engagement, the enemy was still alive and maneuvering on us," said Hutchison. "We were pinned down for just a few minutes until we reengaged the enemy combatants."
Hutchison identified the lead team was fixed by enemy fire and ran, under fire, to the team's right flank. He was within 15 meters of an enemy machine gun position, and rounds were impacting all around him. Hutchison repeatedly exposed himself to machine gun fire in order to suppress the enemy position with small arms and fragmentation grenades.
"His decisive action allowed the remainder of the team to prepare for a flanking maneuver," said Fisher. "His clear and accurate reporting to the Squad Leader on the enemy positions, painted a concise picture on the composition and disposition of the enemy on the ridgeline."
When the decision was made to fall back to allow for another aerial gun run, Hutchison increased his fire suppression and maneuvered to cover the remainder of the squad's withdrawal. Throughout the movement down the mountain, Hutchison provided covering fire as the squad moved from position to position.
"You don't think," said Hutchison. "You react to the battle drill – the guy was shooting at us from 15 feet away and you absolutely rely on your training; straight up Infantry Ranger tactics."
Once out of small arms range, Hutchison moved throughout the Platoon's positions, ensuring no Rangers were wounded by enemy fire; for these actions, he was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for Valor.
"Staff Sgt. Hutchison is a devoted and extraordinary Ranger Medic," said Fisher. "He possesses all the moral qualities and maturity needed to excel both personally and professionally. He is an immeasurable asset to our organization and his moral compass and discipline are beyond reproach."
"He is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to bring better lifesaving measures to the battlefield," said Fisher. "His skills are second to none and his competence sets him apart from other medics as he was chosen as a junior NCO to become a company senior medic."
Hutchison was presented with an Army Commendation Medal at an awards ceremony held Jan. 18 at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
Hutchison's military training includes Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training—Combat Medic Course, Basic Airborne Course, Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, Special Operations Combat Medical Skills Course, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Warrior Leader Course, U.S. Army Ranger Course and the Jumpmaster Course.
The Combat Medic Course is taught at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and provided Hutchison with his Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Certification and qualified him as a combat medic.
Hutchison also attended the Special Operations Combat Medic Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The intensive six month course teaches extensive training in anatomy and physiology, kinetics of trauma, advanced trauma skills and procedures, Trauma Combat Casualty Care and combat trauma management. Hutchison completed a emergency room/EMT rotation at Tampa General Hospital and Tampa Fire and Rescue in Tampa, Fla. Upon graduation, he received a certification in Advanced Tactical Practitioner. He also completed two rotations at the Grady Trauma Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Hutchison has deployed five times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for a total of 19 months deployed.
His decorations include the Ranger Tab, Combat Medical Badge, and Parachutist Badge.
He has also been awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Joint Services Commendation medal for Valor (two awards), Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal (two awards), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Combat Star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, and the NATO Medal.
Hutchison, a native of Idaho Falls, Idaho, is married with two children. In his spare time, he enjoys snowboarding and spending time with his family. He graduated from Skyline High School High School in Idaho Falls.


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Passenger in critical condition after single-car crash
Charges pending against teen driver
Charges are pending against a 16-year-old driver who was involved in an injury crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Carroll County Sheriff's deputies and Taneytown police officers were called to the area of a Diehl and Seth Mill roads at about 1:58 a.m. on a report of a single-car accident.
A 17-year-old passenger was taken by a deputy to Shock Trauma in critical condition, deputies said. Several other juvenile passengers fled the scene and were located later at Carroll Hospital Center being treated for injuries.
Investigators said the driver lost control of a 1998 Chevy Cavalier and left the roadway and struck a tree. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, Deputy First Class Matthew Wilson at 410-386-2900.


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Andrew Slade-Spontaneous | Kinetic Kontraption Multi-Functional Table
At Design Interviews
Interview with Andrew Slade : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Andrew Slade : Finding a balance between 'simplicity' & 'contingency' .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Andrew Slade : I wanted to design a piece of furniture that could keep up with various changing environments. The main focus was to ensure that the process of altering the configurations of this multi-functional table was as simple as possible. Achieving minimal components and making an effort to visually communicate how the joints and mechanics work were characteristics of utmost importance right from the very beginning. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Andrew Slade : It is the first piece of furniture I have ever designed, assembled, and won an award for; I am open to suggestions. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Andrew Slade : The concept described briefly in the Foreword of the 'Spontaneous Custom Design' booklet that discusses ideas of 'future use' and 'product life-cycles' began almost two and half years ago, in 2010. To be more specific to the actual table design itself, it was conceived and constructed in the Winter of 2012 and finished by late Spring. I was completing my Master of Architectural at the time and my thesis was primarily process- and policy-driven research and analysis. The Kinetic Kontraption project served as a creative outlet for me that I could obsess on a bit more with in regards to its aesthetics and craft. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Andrew Slade : The inspiration for this design came from working at a Community Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was conceived out of a personal fascination (and challenge) to understand how 'multi-functional' and 'flexible' furniture must be designed to *truly* work for a changing public audience. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Andrew Slade : The design is not being produced or used by a company. I would like to sell or lease the production rights. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Andrew Slade : At large, it is a reaction to all the conventional 'throw-away' furniture and products we have in our world. However, I feel that most designer's probably share this ethical stance on some level. So to be a little more personal, I would say that it was designed in response to my terrible habit of always trying to do everything at once. This can sometimes lead to convoluted works, but when it comes together elegantly, it is a very satisfying reward. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Andrew Slade : There is no one 'design' I can recall having an influence on the detailing or creative decisions effecting the design; however I am very thankful for the discussions I had with various classmates and guidance I received from wood shop staff. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Andrew Slade : I would like to say it is for everyone, because all subjectivity aside I believe it can functionally have a place in anyone's home or office. Having said that, I have found it works quite nicely in smaller apartments. For example, if it is predominantly used in its coffee table configuration, it can be quickly (and effortlessly) changed into another configuration (like the display pieces) when one has guests over to provide more floor space for a group. Also, the simplicity of its design makes it easy to customize various parts; for instance, the natural wood boxes can be stained black, or painted in colour you like. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Andrew Slade : The removal of all 'tertiary' parts. In many transformable pieces of furniture there are often complicated joints that are either difficult to find and operate, use ugly mechanical pieces that are commonly meant to be hidden, and last but definitely not least, these other multi-functional furniture pieces are often limited in their configuration possibilities. The Kinetic Kontraption is still surprising me with new configurations. In fact, it is currently being used as Sofa Table in my apartment which is an unforeseen configuration that is not even documented in the Spontaneous Custom Design booklet. Visually, the design decision to remove the 'tertiary joint' helps emphasize the purity of both the wood boxes and metal frame materials, while at the same time, the way these materials are pragmatically clamped together devises a system that is user-friendly, adaptable, and therefore a long-lasting and environmentally sustainable for its purchasers. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Andrew Slade : Kinetic: relating to, characterized by, or caused by motion. (K)ontraption: variant of adaptation. To adjust to different conditions, environment, etc. to adapt easily to all circumstances. I am not quite sure where the name came from, but I knew it needed to be catchy if I wanted anyone to remember it, let alone hear anyone say it aloud. Hence the double 'K' used in the title. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Andrew Slade : A mixture of computer programs for tweaking and finalizing details for construction drawings; such as Cinema 4D, Revit, & AutoCAD. Not all were necessary by ant means, if any. The majority of the design was conceived by roughly drawn shop sketches which were drawn on a variety of scraps of paper and occasionally in my notebook when I was lucky. As for physical tool and machines, I used everything from table saws, planers, router tables, lathes, bisketing and splining techniques to welding, metal bending bars, grinders and drills. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Andrew Slade : The way it is put together. For instance, how the metal frame opens like a pair of scissors to accept the wooden boxes above. In addition, the fact that the weight of wooden boxes keeps the frame from moving adds to the product's success because it allows the frame to accept different sizes and orientations of wood boxes which invites the opportunity to create various configurations. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Andrew Slade : No official collaboration as it started as an experiment related to my Master's Thesis. Nevertheless, I designed this project while working as a Teaching Assistant in the Wood Shop at University and the head staff in charge of the wood shop here was a much appreciated resource of information and 'know-how'. Without his extensive knowledge of machining processes, many of the details I designed would have been difficult to achieve. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Andrew Slade : Minimal. Lo-fi perhaps. I had considered creating the profile of the wooden boxes with a CNC Milling machine (as I had been using it for other research at the time); however if I had decided to do this, I would have presumeably printed the profile out in a single day, laminated the pieces of wood on the following day, and be sanding and sealing the finished product on the third. Instead, I took on a more challenging detail that allowed me to practice with a range of machine and produce a different aesthetic all-together. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Andrew Slade : The research for this design runs in parallel with my Masters of Architecture Thesis, 'Reassessing Agency' (2012) which was being conducted at the same time. I was exploring the role that public-participation had in the architectural design process within community buildings. While most of my time with the thesis was spent exploring ways of discussing, disseminating, communicating, and generating collaborative designs processes, the Kinetic Kontraption, was a smaller, more manageable and tangible element that I could monitor and document as it experienced various users and environments. Since its construction completion, I have personally seen it used in three different ways than I imagined and am hopeful to see other configurations in the future as they naturally occur. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Andrew Slade : As simple as it may look, coming up with the idea for the 'scissor-like' metal frame was most likely toughest detail to theoretically conceive. As for the actual realization, the curved wooden corners proved to be quite an extensive process to construct; starting with laminating and paper gluing techniques and finishing off with a special jig used to pass the corner elements through router to get the 3/4" inner radius. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Andrew Slade : I was quite pleased with the final result of the product myself and wanted to see how others would react to it. I was quite pleased with the A'Design Awards competition guidelines. In fact, I wanted to document my design in a similar fashion anyway, so this seemed like a good opportunity at the time. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Andrew Slade : Technically? Tons of unforgettable wood working and welding experience. Intellectually? I like to think this process has proved something to me; that it is good to stick with my instincts and push my (sometimes overly-complicated) ideas until they reach a lucid state. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Andrew Slade : Thank you A'Design Awards .
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Responsibilities will include working under a professional engineer on roadway, traffic, site, and utility design to develop detailed construction plans. Tasks will include roadway alignment and geometric design, field survey operation, layout staking, topographic survey collection, field survey clean-up, drainage design (i.e. storm drainage system, detention/retention design, stormwater quality design), plan and profile sheet preparation, and engineers' estimates.
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Gypsy Bride : One Girl's True Story of Falling in Love with a Gypsy Boy, by Unknown
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From the star of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding comes a heartwarming memoir of an everyday girl who falls in love with and marries a gypsy boy "I felt like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and all the other fairy-tale princesses, and Pat was my Prince Charming." Sam Skye Lee had often thought about getting married, but never imagined that her dress would be bright pink with flashing lights and weigh a staggering 20-stone. But then she didn't count on having a gypsy wedding. It's rare for a "gorger," or non-traveler, to marry into the gypsy community, but after a shocking childhood tragedy, Sam found the comfort she needed from an unexpected sourcePatrick and his family of travelers. This is a true story of how an ordinary girl finds herself discovering an extraordinary world, one where "grabbing is a sign a boy fancies you, six-year-olds get spray tans, and christenings, weddings, and funerals are jaw-droppingly flamboyant. More than "boy meets girl," this love story is about a girl who falls in love with a whole race of people and their wonderful ways.


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Congratulations goes out to Sanborn's Roger Drake, who won the recent www.wnypapers.com "Best Fish Fry" contest and received a $25 gift certificate to an area restaurant. He entered by voting for the restaurant he considered "king of the sea-food."
In total, more than 20 local restaurants received votes during March's contest. The winning eatery will be featured in next week's newspaper.
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NORFOLK -- The last time Capt. Kirk got this close to the aircraft carrier Enterprise, it was only after traveling 300 years back in time.
But that was fiction. On Saturday, the man who played James T. Kirk in the original "Star Trek" television series is expected to see the iconic warship up close, the Daily Press is reporting.
A publicist for William Shatner told the newspaper the actor would attend the carrier Enterprise inactivation ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station. A Navy spokesman, speaking with a Virginian-Pilot reporter, said details of a possible Shatner appearance are up in the air, declining to comment further.
As Kirk, Shatner guided the fictional starship Enterprise through space and time.
Hollywood's relationship with the real-life Enterprise goes back a few years. In one incident now part of Trekkie lore, George Takei -- Sulu in the original series -- was riding the carrier into the San Francisco Bay after its deployment in 1983 when the ship ran aground on a sandbar.
In 1994, thousands of costumed "Star Trek" fanatics boarded the Enterprise in Norfolk for a fan convention.
In the 1986 film staring Shatner, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," the world's first nuclear-powered warship was the perfect fuel source to recharge a depleted starship after the crew traveled back in time three centuries in search of a living humpback whale off the coast of California. (The real Big E wasn't available for filming, so another aircraft carrier stood in.)
Shatner already planned to be in town this weekend. He performs Friday at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News.
Some 12,000 people are expected to attend Saturday's inactivation ceremony in Norfolk.


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A blog carnival is a special kind of blog community.
There are many kinds of blogs, and they contain articles on several different topics. Blog carnivals typically collect links pointing to blog articles on a particular topic. A blog carnival is like a special interest magazine. It has a title, a topic that flows through its postings, editors, contributors, and an focused audience. Editions of the carnival typically come out on a regular basis, like every Monday.
The Blogging Boomers Carnival is a collection of like-minded blogs cooperating to expose their best stories of interest to the Baby Boomer Generation. To our knowledge, the Blogging Boomers Carnival is the only oldest, now in its fifth year and best boomer-centric carnival.
Please come to the Blogging Boomer Carnival #260 that celebrates our fifth year of existence---hosted by the Midlife Crisis Queen, Laura Lee!
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Wait, I thought evolution was an interminably slow process requiring millions of years to make any noticeable difference? Apparently not if you're yeast. A research team has just announce that it's figured out how to evolve a single-celled organism into a multicellular animal just like a freakin' Pokemon.
The team, from the University of Minnesota, was able to artificially evolve a culture of brewer's yeast into it's multicellular form basically by overfeeding it. The culture was housed in flasks and bathed in an extremely nutrient-rich medium.
Once a day, researchers would shake the flasks, then harvested the fast-sinking yeast clumps to start new cultures — the equivalent of natural selection. After just a few weeks, the yeast clumped together and after two months, the clumps had merged into multicelled organisms. What's more, the new creatures showed cell specialisation, a juvenile stage, and multicellular offspring.
"Multicellularity is the ultimate in co-operation," said evolutionary biologist Michael Travisano, co-author of the study. "Multiple cells make make up an individual that co-operates for the benefit of the whole. Sometimes cells give up their ability to reproduce for the benefit of close kin."
So, there you have it. The evolutionary step that expanded Life beyond amoebas probably wasn't powered as much by some revolutionary genetic variation as it was by the bacterial equivalent of a Las Vegas buffet. [Wired]
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This paper mache letter E measures 12 inches tall and is 1.5 inches thick. Use paint, paper, glitter, decoupage, fabric, ribbon, photos and more to decorate these paper mache letters. The possibilities are endless!
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Im pretty much in the same boat as you without the prestige of Vice President and the commute. Thank God I work 3 blocks from where my son is watched - but its by my mom who drives me insane. I am a Legal Assistant in a Bankruptcy Law Office in Michigan so you can pretty much guess that we are super duper going out of our minds crazy busy. I am the attorneys only employee and I do everything except go to court and give out the legal advice. I do all the prep, paperwork, talking with other attorneys and their assistants, etc. Its taken me this long to get the respect and semi-understanding that the boss is giving me now although its still not what it should be for having worked steadily for the last 4 years for this guy. I feel crazy about wanting to quit too and my husband works for the Electrician's Union, which is very unsteady work with the economy like it is right now. He's been laid off way more than he's worked in the last year and a half. He thinks Im nuts for wanting to quit to be at home and he also thinks its cuz Im lazy and dont wanna work.... which part of it IS that Im sick of the rat race and could better spend my time at home getting things done there and spending time with our son instead of pawning him off on family members so I can make a buck. Im also trying to figure out how I can bring in income from home and if and when I can do that, Im just quitting the job I have now. Just message me whenever you want if you need to vent - I feel this every single day.
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Sorry, Thorwood is closed due to fire. Please contact by phone or email for information on purchasing the property With tax credits for restoration.
Welcome to Thorwood Rentals and Retreats
Thorwood, a National Register 1880 French Second Empire mansion, is tucked into a historic neighborhood just a block from the Mississippi bluff and five blocks up the hill from historic downtown Hastings.
Thorwood was built by a lumberman as a 10,000 square foot private home in 1880 and now is restored beautifully to three condos, two elegantly offered as a home away from home for vacationers, business travelers and retreat seekers.
Thorwood vacation condo rentals boast gourmet kitchens, an abundance of fireplaces and a private elevator in each. Either of these two condos, the Penthouse with its rooftop solarium or the Lumber Baron with its elegant parlors, provide the perfect Hastings MN lodging experience.
Historic Hastings, with its small town warmth coupled with an abundance of natural waterways (three rivers and two lakes), make the Inns and town seem like a far away oasis. Yet Hastings is only 30 minutes from St. Paul, Minneapolis, the International Airport, The Mall of America, Red Wing and Stillwater. The most spectacular geography here is the confluence of the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. Bluff views of the St. Croix can be enjoyed from Carpenter Nature Center with its 300 acres and 15 miles of trails and apple orchard or from Freedom Park, a Wisconsin State Park in Prescott just 5 miles from the inn. Then Schaar's Bluff, a Dakota County Park with amazing bluff views and trails is an amazing spot to catch the sunset and the perfect spot to pop THE question according to many of our guests. There is birding, boating and biking. The nature center's bird list is 180 strong with at least eight eagles nests counted in the area. The bike–hike trail in Hastings is 15 miles with 12 miles along waterway. Historic downtown Hastings hosts an antique car show every other Saturday through the summer and The LeDuc Estate, seasonally open for tours, is said to be the most romantic example of gothic architecture in the nation. Wineries and orchards abound and we are lucky to be surrounded by eight golf courses and two ski areas (Welch and Afton Alps).
So it is your choice - come and be inspired by the natural beauty and adventure in the area or come and snuggle in at your elegant home space and acknowledge the true beauty of doing nothing.
Best stay in this part of the state!My wife and I stayed here for over two weeks while doing business in Hastings. We stayed in the penthouse condo during our visit. The atrium allows sitting "outside" watching the thunderstorms and sunsets up among the oak trees. The owner/operators are quite pleasant and accommodating. We recommend staying here for extended visits. It beats anything for 50 miles around in comfort and value.
Stayed: June 2014
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6 a.m. UPDATE:
FORT WALTON BEACH � The identities of the two men involved in a fatal shooting Thursday afternoon have not been released. Officials with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department said notifications have been made and expect to release names later today.
The men were found around 3:15 p.m. in a Saturn pulled over at the intersection of West Audrey Drive and Sullivan Street, according to Sgt. Matt Holt with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department.
The passenger of the vehicle was pronounced dead when officials arrived. The driver was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital with what Holt said are not life-threatening injuries. The two men were described by Holt as young adults from Fort Walton Beach.
Calls for the shooting originally came from Spanish Villas Condominiums on Marshall Drive around 3 p.m. Holt said officials believe there are other people involved in the shooting and an investigation is under way.
�We�re going to find them, it�s just a matter of time,� Holt said.
Any one with any information on the incident is asked to call Det. Tracy Hart at 850-833-9537.
PHOTOS: View photos from the scene where the victims were found >>
VIDEO: View a video of the crime scenes >>
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�If anybody has other information or witnessed anything, any pertinent information into the investigation, we want them to call,� Holt said.
Chrisken Stone said she was about to turn left onto Sullivan from East Audrey Drive when she watched the Saturn drive by. The windows on the left side had been shot out and the driver was bleeding, she said.
She drove over to the car with her children in the back of her vehicle. She rolled down her window and asked the driver if he needed help.
�It was just instinct,� Stone said.
The driver asked her to call 911.
It was only when she approached the Saturn that she realized there was a passenger in the car. The passenger was already dead, Stone said.
The driver had been shot through the abdomen, Stone said. He also had been shot in the arm and the bullet was still in the wound.
She grabbed a white towel from her vehicle. He helped her apply pressure to the abdomen wound as she covered his arm.
�He wouldn�t have lived if I wasn�t there,� Stone said matter-of-factly. �There were massive amounts of blood.�
She said she kept him awake as they waited for emergency crews. He told her that he had been giving someone a ride and would never do that again.
The driver later told police he was 20 years old and the passenger was 18 years old, Stone said.
Stone quickly filled out a police report. As rescuers tended to the driver, she said a police officer walked to her car and asked her children if they knew what their mother had done.
�Yeah. She just saved a life,� Stone said her daughter replied.
The wounded driver was airlifted from the parking lot of Liza Jackson Preparatory School to Sacred Heart Hospital, according to Fort Walton Beach firefighters.
Residents gathered near the car on Sullivan Street and watched as investigation unfold.
The neighborhood is relatively quiet, with the exception of an occasional car accident or bear sighting, said Patrice Brown, who lives on Sullivan.
�It�s a little close to home,� Brown said. �You always hear about stuff and I always think about those people who say it�s a little close to home.
�I guess it�s another feeling when it�s close to your home. Makes you a little shaky.�


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All-City Big Gulp Jersey
All-City's official kit jersey in partnership Pactimo. It's got Quatro-Lite fabric in the body for its ultra-soft, CoolDry, lightweight properties, and a zero-weight, breathable, stretch mesh in the side panels to provide flexibility and reduce body heat. While you'll probably wear this jersey all year, you'll find that it especially excels in keeping you comfortable when it turns hot and muggy.
The design pays homage to the pioneering American race team of the 80's, who sported one of the all-time best looks ever seen in the pro peloton, the iconic 7-11 Team. The colors are standard All-City team livery, which means that either the jersey or bibs will often work well with other pieces of All-City kit that you may own.
- Material: Quattro-Lite fabric
- Features: Three back pockets, seam tape on neck, headphone port
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I have a spearmint plant. I'm wondering if I could put a few leaves in to infuse the water and how many would that be?njoylife10
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Twitter Hires Media Vet to Spearhead Canadian Office
Twitter announced on Monday that it hired Kirstine Stewart as the managing director (and, ha, the first hire) of Twitter Canada. Stewart comes from a background in media, previously serving as EVP at CBC Radio Services in Canada. She'll be looking to build a team, beginning in Toronto.