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Internal wikis and blogs, skills-based advancement, and weekly "Zuddles" to garner feedback from peers all figure prominently in Zappos' famously egalitarian, customer-oriented culture.
Can the way the workplace is constructed—physically, virtually, and managerially—affect employee performance? The Deloitte LLP Center for the Edge report Work environment redesign, based on a study of more than 75 organizations, argues that the work environment can have a critical impact on employee productivity, passion, and innovation. The study outlines nine design principles that can help employers gain more value from their people.
This case study explores ways that online retailer Zappos is applying these design principles to enhance its own corporate environment.
Figure 1. Work environment design principles used at Zappos
Zappos.com (Zappos), the top online shoe retailer,1 is ranked 31 on Fortune magazine's 2013 "Best companies to work for" list,2 on which it has been for five years. It has grown sales year over year since 1999. The company is known and routinely recognized for its excellent customer service. In 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos through an all-stock transaction, leaving the company independent with a promise to let Zappos retain its unique culture. Though Amazon does not separately report revenue for Zappos, Zappos' sales exceeded $1.2 billion in 2009.3
"Pursue growth and learning" is one of Zappos' core values, and the company actively seeks to help its employees build new skills and rewards them for it. For example, call center representatives in the customer loyalty team (CLT) can increase their wages from $11/hour to $16/hour within a year by learning the skills required to work at the resource desk (Rdesk), where complex calls get escalated. The main steps for this kind of raise are:
Most skills translate into an incremental $0.25 to $1/hour increase in hourly wage. For example, developing email or live chat skills translates to a $1/hour raise. However, if both of these skills are attained within a year, the wage increases from $11/hour to $13/hour. Even if a CLT member chooses to return from a new role (for example, at the Rdesk) to his or her original role, he or she keeps the pay raise, because he or she will continue to encounter new challenges in the original role that leverage his or her new skills. With this structure, no one receives pay raises simply because of tenure. Rather, raises are awarded for accomplishment, improving Zappos' margins and motivating people to continue to learn in order to improve their compensation.4
All Zappos employees have access to the "goals department," which is staffed by a "head coach," Augusta Scott. Employees can meet with Augusta to set goals, which are typically 30-day challenges. Augusta helps participants set both personal and professional goals, since Zappos believes that helping its employees accomplish their personal goals actually drives better customer service. For example, a CLT member with the goal of starting a career in marketing can shadow a colleague within marketing for a few months and continue to see a meaningful challenge ahead. Goal-setting, even within the personal realm, benefits the professional life of each participant because the accountability, confidence, and planning skills employees learn are also crucial to their professional development. Almost half of the participants coached between 2010 and 2011 attained promotion or progression toward a meaningful challenge. Their impact is recorded on the Goals Club wall and celebrated throughout the organization, encouraging new participants as well as continued goal-setting and attainment.5
Zappos is known as one of the few companies that has replaced annual performance evaluations with more frequent performance feedback. Managers are encouraged to sit with their team members on a more real-time basis, meeting at frequencies ranging from daily to monthly. They can choose to discuss specific areas of improvement and/or scores on four dimensions during a "culture review":
While most companies' reviews revolve around performance metrics, Zappos' culture reviews also emphasize adoption of the company's core values. These discussions focus on how the worker can improve: for example, on how well he or she exhibited a core value such as "embrace and drive change." Because pay raises are based on skills tests and not on tenure or annual performance ratings, cultural fit adds another important layer of context from which a worker can draw performance improvement ideas.6
Another way in which Zappos encourages real-time feedback is through the weekly team huddle meetings, or "Zuddles," to help individuals reflect on what went well or what went wrong. In addition to these meetings, groups of employees listen to their recent conversations with customers—as uncomfortable as that may be—to pinpoint specific areas of improvement for the next call. Within the Zuddles, team members also reflect on the core values, often testing each other for knowledge of the 10 values.7
Zappos has also developed a practice of soliciting real-time feedback from customers. For example, a buyer at Zappos recently asked a caller why he liked a particular shoe so much and what other shoes made sense to add to Zappos' inventory. From there, the buyer was able to increase Zappos' inventory of popular items. A marketing lead also asked a caller about factors that impact purchase decision, including recent advertisements. This meant that the marketing lead could quickly adjust marketing campaigns according to customer feedback. Because every employee is required to staff the call center at least once a year, every member of every department obtains valuable real-time feedback from the customer.8
Zappos uses internal wikis and blogs to help employees solve problems together. After Amazon acquired Zappos, the fulfillment center encountered issues as it began merging with Amazon's fulfillment organization. To highlight specific problems and solutions, employees used a simple wiki. Everyone could learn what was needed to solve the next problem. Similarly, quarterly all-hands meetings are filmed, live-streamed, and captured for future reference so that all employees can watch and refer back to them. During these meetings, teams come together to discuss lessons learned and share frequently encountered problems and common solutions.9
Zappos also records the strength of relationships and networks within the organization. As an employee logs on to his or her PC, a randomized series of photos of colleagues in other departments will flash by. The screen enables a worker to rate his or her familiarity with a colleague. The short exercise helps to capture the strength of interdepartmental relationships. Management uses this information to understand if silos are forming and/or deepening and to address the emergence of silos, if needed, through increased collaboration.10
Within the office, flyers, posters, LCDs, and even T-shirts are used to help employees focus on and share the most important announcements to help cut through email clutter. For example, crowdsourced tips for keeping orders from escalating (called "Top Hug" alerts), advertisements for veteran employees to sign up as mentors to junior members, and other pieces of information flash by in a commercial-like fashion. Without these important announcements, employees may not notice the need to take action in certain areas of office life.11
Process improvement at Zappos is almost entirely employee-driven, and Zappos has created an environment where employees feel comfortable participating in the process. The open acceptance of mistakes—even very costly ones, such as a pricing mistake that cost the company $1.6 million—increases the level of risk-taking and experimentation across the organization. Many projects, including Zappos' annual Culture Book (its core values bible), are made from information that is crowdsourced and then rapidly iterated. One employee emphasizes the improvements to be made in the 2011 Culture Book:
Ninety percent of the company is amazing, and 10 percent needs some work . . . What is important is that Zappos is such a work in progress that I truly believe the 10 percent is probably on the drawing boards of people here, to be tweaked and improved upon. I hope next year to be moving the 10 percent down, and the 90 percent higher. I'm prepared to roll up my sleeves and pitch in with the rest of the team to focus on our continued growth and improvement.12
In addition to connecting through all-hands meetings, employees can easily find one another through low-tech paper "license plates" hanging over each cubicle, with cubicles aligned to a grid of "city streets." Each license plate includes "registration stickers" showing the number of years a team member has spent at Zappos. For example, "13" is appended to the license plate of the CEO, Tony Hsieh, who founded the company 13 years ago. These highly visible plates help new team members make relevant connections and find veterans to query about resolving a customer issue or researching a new problem. All executives can be found quickly using the same license plates; consequently, employees frequently approach them with questions or suggestions to more thoroughly solve problems.13


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Press Release
Comet or Asteroid?
24 November 1997
When is a minor object in the solar system a comet? And when is it an asteroid? Until recently, there was little doubt. Any object that was found to display a tail or appeared diffuse was a comet of ice and dust grains, and any that didn't, was an asteroid of solid rock. Moreover, comets normally move in rather elongated orbits, while most asteroids follow near-circular orbits close to the main plane of the solar system in which the major planets move.
However, astronomers have recently discovered some 'intermediate' objects which seem to possess properties that are typical for both categories. For instance, a strange object (P/1996 N2 - Elst-Pizarro) was found last year at ESO which showed a cometary tail, while moving in a typical asteroidal orbit. At about the same time, American scientists found another (1996 PW) that moved in a very elongated comet-type orbit but was completely devoid of a tail.
Now, a group of European scientists, by means of observations carried out at the ESO La Silla observatory, have found yet another object that at first appeared to be one more comet/asteroid example. However, continued and more detailed observations aimed at revealing its true nature have shown that it is most probably a comet . Consequently, it has received the provisional cometary designation P/1997 T3 .
The Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
Some time ago, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala, Sweden), in collaboration with Gerhard Hahn, Stefano Mottola, Magnus Lundström and Uri Carsenty (DLR, Institute of Planetary Exploration, Berlin, Germany), started to study the distribution of asteroids near Jupiter. They were particularly interested in those that move in orbits similar to that of Jupiter and which are located `ahead' of Jupiter in the so-called 'Jovian L4 Lagrangian point'. Together with those 'behind' Jupiter, these asteroids have been given the names of Greek and Trojan Heroes who participated in the famous Trojan war. Thus such asteroids are known as the Trojans and the mentioned programme is referred to as theUppsala-DLR Trojan Survey.
In September and October/November 1996, the ESO Schmidt telescope was used to cover about 900 square degrees twice centered on the sky field in the direction of the Jovian L4 point. The observations were made by ESO night-assistants Guido and Oscar Pizarro . By inspection of those from September, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist found a total of about 400 Trojan asteroids, most of which were hitherto unknown. Their accurate positions were measured on a two-coordinate measuring machine at the ESO Headquarters in Garching (Germany). During the same period, the 0.6-m Bochum telescope at La Silla was used for additional observations of positions and magnitudes.
An asteroid with a tail?
A new object was found by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist on a film obtained with the ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope on October 1, 1997. The appearance was that of a point light source, i.e. it was presumably of asteroidal nature.
However, when Andreas Nathues (DLR, Institute of Planetary Exploration) soon thereafter obtained seven unfiltered CCD images on three consecutive nights with the 60-cm 'Bochum telescope' at La Silla, Uri Carsenty found a tail extending 15 arcseconds in the WSE direction from the point source. The (red) magnitude was about 19, or 150,000 times fainter than what is visible to the naked eye. More observations were obtained at La Silla during the following nights, confirming the persistent presence of this tail.
NTT observations confirm the cometary nature of P/1997 T3
In late October 1997, further images of the new object and its tail were taken with the ESO 3.5-m New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, cf. ESO Press Photo eso9729. On these, the narrow tail was seen to be at least 90 arcsec long and pointing roughly in the Sun direction. The steady appearance and the sunward orientation of the tail indicates that it consists of dust. Moreover, a preliminary image analysis shows the presence of a weak and very condensed coma of dust grains around the nucleus.
Interestingly, a series of images through several broadband filters with a total of almost 30 min exposure time did not show any trace of a normal, anti-sunward tail seen in most comets.
Still, these observations indicate that the object resembles a typical comet much more than originally thought. This is also supported by the fact that its orbit, calculated on the basis of positional observations during the past month, has been found to be moderately elongated (eccentricity 0.36). The mean distance to the Sun is 6.67 AU (1000 million kilometres), but it comes as close as 4.25 AU (635 million kilometres) at its perihelion. The orbital period is about 17 years.
More observations needed!
It will be interesting to follow this new object in coming years. Will it remain 'cometary' or will the unusual tail disappear after a while? Could it be that some `asteroids' in 'cometary' orbits, if observed in more detail with a larger telescope, as was done in this case with the NTT, will also turn out to have a faint coma and even a tail?
It is at this moment still unknown which implications the discovery of apparently 'intermediate' objects may have on our understanding of the origin and evolution of the solar system. In particular, it is not at all clear whether they represent a completely new class of objects with an internal structure (and composition?) that is significantly different from a `dirty-snowball' cometary nucleus or a rocky asteroid. It may also be that some asteroids have substantial deposits of icy material on or near the surface that may be set free under certain circumstances and mimic cometary activity. This might in theory happen by collisions with other, smaller objects or due to an internal heat source. Only further observations of such objects will allow to tell.
However, when Andreas Nathues (DLR, Institute of Planetary Exploration) soon thereafter obtained seven unfiltered CCD images on three consecutive nights with the 60-cm 'Bochum telescope' at La Silla, Uri Carsenty found a tail extending 15 arcseconds in the WSE direction from the point source. The (red) magnitude was about 19, or 150,000 times fainter than what is visible to the naked eye. More observations were obtained at La Silla during the following nights, confirming the persistent presence of this tail.
Here are some WWW-addresses where more useful information may be obtained about the comet/asteroid phenomenon:
- http://www.dlr.de/Berlin/ - Small Bodies Group at the DLR (Berlin, Germany)
- http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/asteroid - Asteroids' page of the Uppsala planetary system group (Sweden)
- Abstract of research article : Origin and Evolution of the Unusual Object 1996 PW: Asteroids from the Oort Cloud? by Paul R. Weissman and Harold F. Levison
- Abstract of research article : The Main Asteroid Belt - Comet Graveyard or Nursery? by Mark Hammergren
- Preprint of research article : The Lightcurve and Colours of Unusual Minor Planet 1996 PW by J.K. Davies et al.
About the Release
Release No.: | eso9729 |
Legacy ID: | PR 11/97 |
Name: | P/1997 T3 |
Type: | Solar System Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
Facility: | Bochum 0.61-metre telescope, ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope, New Technology Telescope |
Instruments: | EMMI |

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Street reconstruction and storm sewer improvements are being proposed, which includes partial curb and gutter replacement and utility repairs. Corrosion protection is proposed on the watermain facilities throughout the project. Download the project location map (PDF), which details the limits of the 2024 Street Reconstruction Project.
Construction is anticipated to take place between April-November 2024. Construction throughout the project area will be phased. More detailed schedule information will be made available to residents on the project webpage as the project moves through design and into construction.
This project is proposed to be funded by the City's Street Capital Improvement Funds and Special Assessments to benefiting properties. The City's assessment policy is to assess 40% of the street and storm sewer improvements to the benefiting property owners. Estimated assessment amounts will be mailed to all property owners in the project area in late October 2023 with the invitation to attend the public hearing for the project.
Residents will have access to their driveways for the majority of the construction project. However, if and when concrete curb and gutter is being replaced in front of your driveway, the City requires a 5-day minimum curing time with no disturbance to the concrete. There also may be short periods during the day you may not have access to your driveway due to roadway construction. Property owners will be provided as much advance notification as possible when access to driveways will be restricted. If you are planning to replace your entire driveway in 2024, it will be best to schedule that after construction on your street and driveway is completed.
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Recent discoveries at Mayo Clinic added two more cardiac genes to the list of potential links to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), increasing the possibility that genetic defects of the heart may cause up to 15 percent of SIDS cases. This research will be presented Friday at Heart Rhythm 2006, the 27th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society in Boston.
In the two recent separate studies, researchers examined caveolin-3 (CAV3) and the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) and found molecular and functional evidence in both to implicate them as SIDS-susceptibility genes. Researchers examined the tissue of 135 unrelated cases of SIDS — in infants with an average age of 3 months old — that had been referred to Mayo Clinic's Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory for molecular autopsy. In each study, two of the 135 cases possessed mutations in either CAV3 or RyR2.
SIDS — the sudden, unexplained death of an infant under 1 year old — is estimated to cause 2,500 infant deaths each year. "Combined with our previous discoveries, we now estimate that defects in genes that provide the blueprints for the critical controllers of the heart's electrical system might have played a key role in more than 300 of those tragedies," says Michael J. Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator of both studies and director of Mayo Clinic's Long QT Syndrome Clinic and Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory. "We are continuing to expose the causes of SIDS. So far, we have now added six genes to the SIDS most-wanted list."
In 2001, a team of investigators led by Dr. Ackerman identified the first cardiac gene, SCN5A, linked to SIDS. In 2005, a comprehensive search of the five channel genes that cause a potentially lethal heart rhythm syndrome known as long QT syndrome (LQTS) was found in 5 percent to 10 percent of SIDS cases.
In collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, Mayo's sudden death investigators chose to examine CAV3 following our recent discovery of CAV3 as a novel LQTS-causing gene. RyR2 was targeted because of its involvement in a distinct genetic heart rhythm disease known as catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).
"For a parent whose infant died suddenly and mysteriously even five years ago, we were essentially unable to provide them with a cause and would often have to tell them, 'We have no idea why your apparently healthy infant did not wake up this morning,' " Dr. Ackerman says. "Although so much of SIDS remains unexplained, these findings that point to the heart for 10 percent to 15 percent of SIDS provide one place to search for a possible explanation. For families that have lost an infant to SIDS, it would be reasonable for parents to talk with their physician to make sure there is no family history of other unexplained deaths, unexplained fainting episodes, unexplained seizures that might provide clues and prevent more deaths."
Other researchers involved in the CAV3 study were from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Researchers involved in the RyR2 study were from Columbia University, New York.
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WARREN, MI – DATE – The Brine brand, a division of New Balance, announced this month the launch of Hotshot, a new mobile lacrosse game. The company launches the app just one year after the successful launch of the Brine Shootout app, the first "flick" lacrosse game in existence and the number one lacrosse game in the app store.
Designed to simulate a lacrosse player's life, the game allows users to participate in target-shooting challenges across multiple environments. Players can also choose their gear (head, handle and gloves) and perform shots by swiping a finger from the bottom to the top of the screen.
"Brine was the first to launch a true mobile lacrosse game with Shootout," said Dave Dixon, chief marketing officer for Brine. "Based on the uncanny success of the game, we once again partnered with Young & Laramore to create a new product that got the Brine brand into the hands of our target when they weren't playing the sport on the field."
Users flick a finger on their phones and tablets to execute shots at targets as they appear in each environment. Points and time bonuses are scored by successfully hitting a target before it disappears and these bonuses are multiplied when players go on a streak of consecutive "hits."
"Hotshot was conceived in the same way that the original Shootout game was: create an captivating arcade-style game that could draw both LAX players and LAX enthusiasts in," said Carolyn Hadlock, executive creative director at Young & Laramore.
Hotshot players will have the opportunity to participate in the initial training level (Dorm) and in the two succeeding levels: Locker Room and Field. Targets appear and disappear at a faster rate, as well as at a further distance in the harder levels. Unlockable gear offers players with the ability to customize their gameplay: certain items increase time bonus for a target "hit," while others increase the score bonus and or the size of the targets themselves. The items are unlocked by completing challenges in each of the levels.
The Brine Shootout app initially launched on the iOS and Android platforms in April 2012. The game was an immediate success, totaling over a million plays during its first three weeks. To date, there have been over 6 million games played by nearly a quarter million unique visitors. The average time spent on the game is just under 14 minutes.
Similar to Shootout, Hotshot includes functionality that allows for advanced stat-tracking and high scores rankings. By entering a unique username, players are able to view wins, losses, and streaks across each of the three levels. Additionally, users can post scores and ranks to their Facebook and Twitter accounts directly from the app.
Brine Hotshot and Brine Shootout are now available on the App Store and Google Play for a free download. To do so, visit hotshot.brine.com or shootout.brine.com.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Anyone looking for the big play this weekend, the coast-to-coast catch and run, should turn on the NFC wild-card game with the Atlanta Falcons and New York Giants.
There's bound to be a few of them at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
Start with the Falcons (10-6) and Matt Ryan. While halfback Michael Turner and receiver Roddy White move the chains, Ryan has developed a big-play chemistry with rookie receiver Julio Jones. The two have combined on eight touchdowns. The shortest has been 17 yards and there are four over 48 yards.
The big combo for the Giants (9-7) is Eli Manning and rising second-year star Victor Cruz. The two have combined on five touchdowns of 68 yards or more, including a league record-tying 99-yarder against the Jets two weeks ago.
The big-play nature of the two offenses isn't surprising in an NFL that has been dominated this season by the quarterbacks and the offenses. A record 11,356 points were scored, with games averaging 44.4 points, the highest average in 46 seasons (46.1 in 1965).
"A lot of times, you do what you have to do," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "You make the adjustments and so-on and so-forth. I think we've had four or five games in a row where we've had pretty good balance and that's the way we like to play. In circumstances where it wasn't so obvious that we could run, we'd do whatever we had to do. The quarterback naturally has responded very well to that."
While Ryan and Manning have both had career seasons, the big-play nature of their play this season has been unexpected.
Much of the credit for that goes to Jones and Cruz.
Atlanta moved up to No. 6 in the NFL Draft this spring to grab Jones, a burner from Alabama. They haven't regretted it. His 54 catches for 959 yards and eight TDs led all NFL rookies.
Having Jones has forced opposing defenses to pick their poison. They can double any receiver, but they can't double everyone. That helps White, who had an NFC-high 100 catches, and Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez.
"When you have Julio on one side, Roddy on the other, Tony in the middle, and then you add another guy like Harry Douglas who has had a great season as well, somebody is going to have one-on-one matchups and I think it is primarily because we added Julio this year that defenses have played us this way," said Ryan, who finished the regular season with a career-best 29 touchdown passes.
Jones admits there was an adjustment period, including learning how to deal with injuries that forced him to miss three games.
"Once I got the hang of that, everything feels like it's coming naturally to me again," Jones said.
While concerned about Jones, Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said everything starts with slowing down Turner, who rushed for 1,340 yards. If New York can do that, then it can put pressure on run with a front four led by All Pro defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora.
"It's well documented that when he goes over 100 yards, they win," Fewell said. "It's going to be vitally important that we control him, that we have to come up with a body part on that guy. He's a big strong guy. When I say big, strong guy, he's like Maurice Jones-Drew in that he's very powerful. We've got to do a great job of wrap tackling."
The Falcons don't have to worry about the Giants' running game as much. New York finished last in the league in rushing, averaging less than 90 yards. That's forced Manning and the passing game to step up and he's had a spectacular season.
Manning threw for 4,933 yards, with Cruz catching 82 passes for a team-record 1,536 yards and nine touchdowns. The Giants set a team record, averaging 295.5 yards passing and they led the NFL with 18 completions of 40 or more yards this season.
"We always have that capability — to hit the big play," Manning said. "Now it's just being consistent, making those third downs, those third and shorts, intermediate plays that become big, keep drives going."
Cruz is fast but most of his big plays have come when he makes a defender miss a tackle and he gets into the open field. His 99-yard touchdown against the Jets came after he split two defenders after a 10-yard catch. His 74-yarder against Dallas last weekend was on a short square out where one player missed the tackle, and he outraced two defenders down the sideline.
"I think anytime I get a chance to get the ball, I want to make the big play," said Cruz, who was signed as a free agent in 2010. 'Whether it be a deep route or an intermediate route, I am just trying to do the most I can with that catch or route."
The Giants have as much depth at receiver at Atlanta. Hakeem Nicks also had a 1,000-yard season, catching 76 passes for 1,192 yards and seven touchdowns. There is also the forgotten man, Mario Manningham. He has been bothered by a knee injury in the final month, but finished with 39 catches for 523 yards, a 13.4 yard average. Tight end Jake Ballard (38 catches for a 15.9 yard average) returned to practice this week after missing two games with a knee injury and expects to play.
"I believe in our receiving corps and high-flying offense right now," said Nicks, who expects a breakout game from Manningham. "With Eli in charge, we can get the job done. Eli has been doing a great job of leading us so far this season, so our confidence is in him and we know we can get the job done. "
Falcons safety William Moore said it's going to be hard to confuse Manning.
"It's the playoffs. We're going to have to (force turnovers)," Moore said. "Turnovers are going to be key this weekend. I'm really comfortable with our game plan this week and what we've got going on. We know what to expect against a great offense like that."
Falcons, Giants: Big-play offenses
Teams ready for NFC wildcard game


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Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 6.30pm-8pm, FREE
Galway City Library
The Featured Readers are Art Stringer, Ron Houchin and Kernan Andrews. There will, as usual, be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. The evening will also see the announcement of the long list for this year's Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, which received a very healthy number of entries again this year.
Kernan Andrews is from Galway and is the arts editor and political correspondent of the Galway Advertiser. He writes short stories in his spare time and has been published in The Galway Review. He has read his work at Cúirt 2013; as part of the launch for NUI Galway's theatre events in the Galway Fringe Festival 2013; and at numerous Over The Edge open mics.
Art Stringer is the author of three collections of poems, Channel Markers (Wesleyan University Press), Human Costume (Salmon Poetry) and, most recently, Late Breaking, which was published in February by Salmon Poetry. His work has appeared in such journals as The Nation, Antaeus, The Ohio Review, Denver Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Poetry Northwest, and in Backcountry: Contemporary Writing in West Virginia. He also edited and introduced an edition of Louise McNeill's Paradox Hill (West Virginia University Press). For twenty-four years, he has taught writing and literature at Marshall University.
Ron Houchin was born in San Diego, California, and raised from the age of three in Huntington, West Virginia. He comes from a family of factory workers, coal miners, and farmers who have always lived in Appalachia. For thirty years he taught in an Ohio public school in the southernmost tip of Ohio. His most recent books are The Quiet Jars, a new and selected poetry collection, published last spring by Salmon Publishing and a short story collection, Tales Out Of School, published in December from Wind Publications of Kentucky. Louisiana State University Press will publish a new volume of his poems, The Man Who Saws Us In Half, this autumn in its Southern Messenger Series. Ron lives in a haunted house, built by the grandson of an ex-slave, on the banks of the Ohio River.
As usual there will be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars.
For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are unlikely to block Google Inc. from buying cellphone maker Motorola Mobility since the acquisition could help drive competition in the fast growing mobile device market.
But the deal comes as Google faces scrutiny in the U.S. and overseas from antitrust regulators concerned that the Web search giant may be abusing its clout as a major gateway to the Internet to muscle its way into new businesses and stifling competition in the process. In response to complaints by rivals, the Federal Trade Commission is ramping up a broad inquiry into possible anticompetitive behavior by Google. The European Commission, the Texas attorney general and the Senate Judiciary Committee are also investigating the company.
Google's plan to buy Motorola Mobility for roughly $12.5 billion marks the latest in a string of high-profile acquisitions as the company expands beyond its core online search business. Google is seeking to buy the device maker, which uses its Android operating system, at a time when more and more people are going online using mobile devices rather than desktop computers, and finding what they want online through apps rather than search engines.
Devices such as smartphones and tablet computers running Google's Android operating system are battling Apple's wildly popular iPhone and iPad, Research in Motion's BlackBerry and mobile devices using Microsoft operating systems for consumers' dollars. Android is considered to be "open" software, meaning that Google gives it to device makers free of charge and allows them to modify it for their products in whatever way they see fit.
The Motorola deal will be reviewed by the either the Justice Department or the FTC to determine whether the combined company could hurt competition in the mobile computing market. For antitrust regulators, the biggest concern is that once Google owns a device manufacturer, it will be in direct competition with other smartphone and tablet computer makers that also use the Android operating system, explained John Mayo, a professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.
Google has pledged to operate Motorola Mobility and Android as separate businesses. But Mayo said the acquisition could give Google an incentive to provide Motorola with exclusive access to its latest innovations and newest Android features, and even to withhold software upgrades from rival device makers.
Still, four other big device makers that also use Android — Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC Corp. and LG Electronics — have all said they support the deal. That's because the Motorola acquisition gives Google a portfolio of more than 17,000 patents on phone technology that can be used to defend Android device makers from patent infringement litigation.
That support signals that other device makers believe Google wants to protect and grow its Android business — and see Android used on as many mobile devices as possible — rather than restrict access to the platform, said Ed Black, president and chief executive of the Computer & Communications Industry Association.
If anything, antitrust regulators may see the deal as a boost to competition. Android is such a crucial competitor to the iPhone in particular, that allowing Google to buy Motorola Mobility will likely produce even more innovation in smartphones and other devices, said David Balto, a former FTC antitrust official who is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Perhaps the biggest question is whether the Motorola Mobility deal could affect the broader Google antitrust inquiry recently launched by the FTC. That probe will focus on whether Google, which handles two out of every three online searches in the U.S., abuses that control by placing links to its own content and services at the top of search results and burying links to rivals. Google's search results already highlight some of its own specialized services, including online mapping, video and finance.
Although search rankings raise a very different set of issues than the proposed Motorola Mobility acquisition, the FTC inquiry is still in its early stages and could yet delve into many other parts of Google's business, including Android. Among other things, the investigation could look at whether Google restricts the use of rival services on Android devices.
Against that backdrop, Google's decision to buy Motorola Mobility is a "gutsy move," said Melissa Maxman, an antitrust attorney with Cozen O'Connor. Google, she said, "is doubling down."
Still, Maxman said, the acquisition could reveal a different side of Google to the FTC. That's because the agency will focus on whether the company is leveraging existing monopolies in markets such as Internet search to extend its dominance into new businesses. The Motorola Mobility acquisition, she said, does not fit that pattern.
Given the dominant position of Apple and other device makers in the handset market, Maxman added, the Motorola deal serves as a reminder that "Google doesn't control everything."


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Facebook is set to launch a revolutionary new financial product out of Ireland once it obtains regulatory approval from the country's central bank.
The new financial service will offer remittances and electronic money and is only weeks away from approval.
Financial experts believe the move will see Facebook challenge traditional banks in the sector.
A report in the Irish Times says the service will allow Facebook users to store money on the social network and use it to pay and exchange money with others.
Authorization from Ireland's central bank to become an 'e-money' institution will allow Facebook to issue units of stored monetary value that represent a claim against the company.
The paper says this e-money will be valid throughout Europe via a process known as 'passporting.'
Under the terms of their agreement with the Irish central bank Facebook will be required to hold capital of $500,000 and segregate funds equivalent to the amount of money it has issued.
The move will strengthen Facebook's links with Ireland where 500 people are employed at its international headquarters.
The report adds that Facebook has also discussed potential partnerships with three London start-ups that offer international money transfer services online and via smartphones - TransferWise, Moni Technologies and Azimo.
However, a Facebook representative told the paper that the company did not comment on 'rumor and speculation.'
A source close to the financial services deal told the paper that a move into migrant remittances is part of Facebook's push to increase its presence in emerging markets.
The source said, "Facebook wants to become a utility in the developing world, and remittances are a gateway drug to financial inclusion."
The money transfer project is led by Seán Ryan, Facebook's vice-president of platform partnerships, and, according to the Irish Times, signals a strategic shift for the firm which makes most of its money from advertising.
Google has also reiterated its commitment to expanding its mobile payments and wallet products.
Facebook is already authorized for some forms of money transfer in the US, allowing it to process payments for developers who charge users for in-app purchases.


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How would one sort a list of objects that have more than one sortable element?
Suppose you have a simple object Car
and car is a defined as such:
class Car {
public String make;
public String model;
public int year;
public String color;
// ... No methods, just a structure / container
I designed a simple framework that would allow for multiple SortOption
s to be provided to a Sorter
that would then sort the list.
interface ISorter<T> {
List<T> sort(List<T> items);
void addSortOption(ISortOption<T> option);
ISortOption<T>[] getSortOptions();
void setSortOption(ISortOption<T> option);
interface ISortOption<T> {
String getLabel();
int compare(T t1, T t2);
Example use
class SimpleStringSorter extends MergeSorter<String> {
addSorter(new AlphaSorter());
private static final class AlphaSorter implements ISortOption<String> {
// ... implementation of alpha compare and get label
The issue with this solution is that it is not easily expandable. If car was to ever receive a new field, say, currentOwner. I would need to add the field, then track down the sorter class file, implement a new sort option class then recompile the application for redistribution.
Is there an easier more expandable/practical way to sort data like this?


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September 19, 2013
'Momorial' featuring Andrew Ripp and Quiet Corral tonight on Anderson Hall lawn
Submitted by Dominique Robinson
Join Delta Sigma Phi, Alpha Xi Delta and the Union Program Council tonight for an evening of great music for a great cause. Momorial 2013, featuring Andrew Ripp and Quiet Corral, begins at 8 p.m. on the lawn in front of Anderson Hall. While the concert is free, donations will be accepted and benefit the American Red Cross.
Delta Sigma Phi hosts the event each year in memory of our lost brother, Mo Meyer. For more details, check out the Facebook event. In case of rain, the concert will be in All Faiths Chapel.


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Liberal groups have hit TV and radio with ads praising the idea of a public health insurance plan, an option that President Obama and other Democrats support as part of changes to the health care system. But the ads lack context and could well mislead the public:
- A TV ad by Health Care for America Now asks, "What if we stripped away the 13 billion dollar insurance company profits?" Our answer: It wouldn't make much of a difference. The ad fails to mention that the figure represents six-tenths of 1 percent of all health care spending. And profits wouldn't necessarily be eliminated or reduced by the creation of a public insurance option.
- The HCAN ad features a graphic that shows a monthly premium bill rising to more than $600. But that's double the average monthly bill for a family with employer-sponsored coverage.
- The TV spot also claims that health insurance company CEOs received $119 million in "bonuses," which is false. That figure represents total compensation, including salary.
Separately, a radio ad from MoveOn.org Political Action attacks Democratic Sen. Landrieu for opposing a public plan. The radio ad implies that Landrieu is influenced by "$1.6 million in campaign contributions from the health care industry." But that figure is both inflated and misleading. It includes donations from insurance companies that have nothing to do with health care. And it lumps together donations from health care groups and professionals on both sides of the issue.
Health Care for America Now, a coalition that includes liberal and union groups, is on the airwaves with an ad that offers an idyllic look at what a public health insurance plan might mean. HCAN's ad started airing on June 19 and will run for 10 days in 10 states: Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon and Washington.
President Obama and Democrats in Congress have backed the idea of offering a public plan as a choice for some or all Americans. But HCAN's rosy picture lacks some important context, and in a few instances is misleading.
The ad starts off by highlighting the large profits and paychecks for health insurance companies and their CEOs. "What if we stripped away the 13 billion dollar insurance company profits? The 119 million dollar CEO bonuses?" an announcer asks.
Health Care for America Now Ad: "What If?"
Announcer: What if we stripped away the 13 billion dollar insurance company profits? The 119 million dollar CEO bonuses? The endless denials. The soaring co-pays and premiums?
You'd have health care between you and your doctor – that's the President's plan. Keep the coverage you have now. Or choose from a range of plans including a public health insurance option to lower costs and keep insurance companies honest. Tell your Senators – It's your health. It should be your choice. [/TET]
Those figures are for 10 of the largest publicly traded companies in 2007. HCAN lists the profit and pay numbers in a report, and we verified that the figures were correct by checking the companies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. But while the ad claims the "CEO bonuses" totaled $119 million, HCAN's own report says that amount was for "total compensation," not just bonuses (see page 8). Also, it's worth noting that while these figures sound like a lot of money — and few would dispute the fact that health insurance company CEOs make healthy salaries — these numbers represent a very small fraction of total health care spending in the U.S. In 2007, national health care expenditures totaled $2.2 trillion. Health insurance profits of nearly $13 billion make up 0.6 percent of that. CEO compensation is a mere 0.005 percent of total spending.
What if that was stripped away? Well, it wouldn't amount to a whole lot of savings for the health care system.
We asked the group how such profits could be taken away, and a spokeswoman said the ad refers to what life would be like for those who chose a public plan – such profits and generous pay wouldn't be a part of a public health plan. That doesn't mean, however, that health insurance company profits would completely disappear, as the ad suggests. That would be true only if a public plan displaced all private insurance. As we stated in an earlier article, when a group on the other side of the debate claimed that a public insurance plan would force 119 million Americans off of private insurance and leave "government in control of your health care," that's not likely to happen.
Furthermore, government-run programs are hardly without their own money issues. The Government Accountability Office reported that in 2008 half of improper payments made by the federal government came from Medicare and Medicaid. The Medicare fee-for-service program had an estimated $10.4 billion in improper payments, plus Medicare Advantage doled out $6.8 billion that it shouldn't have. Medicaid's improper payments totaled $18.6 billion for the year. Those figures surpass the profits reaped by insurance companies and the pay their CEOs took home.
High-Priced Premiums
The ad goes on to claim that "the endless denials" and "the soaring co-pays and premiums" would also vanish. But would they?
A June report by HCAN lists numerous investigations, court cases, settlements and personal anecdotes involving health insurance companies' denial of coverage. Top health insurance companies recently told Congress that they wouldn't stop canceling coverage for some sick customers, a practice criticized by both Democrats and Republicans. And certainly there are plenty of individual stories of medication and procedures being denied by insurance companies. HCAN's spokeswoman pointed out that Obama has called for rules that would forbid insurance companies from rejecting customers based on preexisting conditions. Still, it remains to be seen whether certain drugs or procedures wouldn't be denied to customers under a public plan as well. In fact, the criticism from conservatives has been that a public plan would be stingy in what it would cover in an effort to control costs. We can't predict the future, but we find it unlikely that at least some denials wouldn't take place no matter who is issuing insurance.
What about those "soaring" premiums? Health insurance premiums do continue to rise. The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that premiums for workers increased by 5 percent in 2008 and have doubled since 1999. In that same time period, they've outpaced the increase in wages (up 34 percent since 1999) and inflation (up 29 percent).
But a graphic on screen shows a monthly premium bill climbing to more than $600. It's certainly possible that some families pay that much each month — nongroup (or individually purchased) policies vary greatly but can run as high as $9,201 for the year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. But the average monthly payment for workers with employer-sponsored coverage is a more modest $280 for a family policy.
Democrat on Democrat Violence
The liberal MoveOn.org Political Action has more specifically focused its efforts. The group has released a radio ad attacking Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana for not supporting a health care bill that would include an "option to join a high quality public health insurance plan." Indeed, Landrieu recently said that she doesn't think a public option is the "right way to go." She left herself only a bit of wiggle room by saying she is "open to a compromise."
Moveon.Org Political Action Radio Ad
Narrator: Why is Mary Landrieu opposing the President's plan to provide health care choices for all Americans, including the option to join a high quality public health insurance plan? Is it:A. Because Americans trust the private insurance industry?
B. Because we don't want high-quality, lower cost care?
Or C. Because our health care system works just fine as it is?
Of course not. It's none of the above. But she did receive $1.6 million in campaign contributions from the health care industry – the same industry that's now spending millions to stop the president's plan.
Call Mary Landrieu at 202-224-5824 and tell her you want high quality, affordable health care choices. Tell her to support a public health insurance option. [/TET]
MoveOn implies that Landrieu's views are shaped by the "1.6 million in campaign contributions from the health care industry" she received. The support MoveOn sent us for the claim shows that the group took this figure from a Huffington Post article that refers to the Center for Responsive Politics' political contribution database.
We checked the CRP database ourselves and found that it credited Landrieu with receiving a smaller total, about $1.3 million in campaign contributions from the "health sector." The Huffington Post's calculations include slightly higher totals for various industries than CRP and also include the "insurance" industry, which CRP lists as part of the financial and real estate sector. Not all donations from the "insurance" industry would come from health insurance companies.
Additionally, some contributors in the "health" sector are in favor of the same health care changes as MoveOn. Part of Landrieu's haul comes from the American Nurses Association, a group that has expressed support for a public plan option.
MoveOn also neglects to mention that these contributions were made over the course of a 20-year period.
– by Lori Robertson and Justin Bank
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. NHE Fact Sheet. 11 Mar 2009, accessed 23 Jun 2009.
U.S. Government Accountability Office. "Improper Payments: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Estimating and Reducing Improper Payments." 22 Apr 2009.
Girion, Lisa. "Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage." The Los Angeles Times. 17 Jun 2009.
Kaiser Family Foundation. Press release. "Yearly Premiums for Family Health Coverage Rise to $12,680 in 2008." 24 Sep 2008.
Kaiser Family Foundation. "How Non-Group Health Coverage Varies with Income." 4 Feb 2008.
Health Care for America Now. "Premiums Soaring in Consolidated Health Insurance Market." May 2009.
Health Care for America Now. "Health Insurance Company Abuses : How the Relentless Drive For Profit Endangers Americans." June 2009.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Web site. SEC.gov. accessed 23 Jun 2009.


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It took them several obsessed years to formulate Hurraw! Balm and put it through all the rigors. We love it, use it, and hope you do too.
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With a project like this in the house, it almost makes you WANT to get the laundry done…
This is the built in laundry table / cabinet I made for our laundry room. The cabinet is 24″x74″ and is made from 3/4″ Birch plywood and red oak trim. The drawers are poplar with birch plywood bottoms and the drawer fronts are solid red oak strips laminated onto 1/2″ MDF, the base is 2×12 pine with a 1/4″ birch plywood skin, and the counter top is 25″x75″x2 black concrete backfilled with white Portland cement, polished and seal with food safe bees wax. The cabinet finish is 3 coats of satin General Finishes Arm-R-Seal. The entire unit weighs almost 400 lbs and had to be installed on site 1 piece at a time.
– Eric Ritschel; Jacksonville, FL
If you'd like some more inspiration for your laundry room, check out this other reader-submitted project.
Do you have a project you'd like to share? Click here to send it in!
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Mothers-to-be think their own mothers know better than the medical profession when it comes to health advice, researchers say.
A University of London team talked to women who gave birth in the 1970s, 1980s and the 2000s.
Modern women were more likely to take a mixture of advice – but were still more likely to follow family wisdom.
One baby charity said family tips were useful, but medical advice should be sought if mothers-to-be had worries.
The researchers talked about pregnancy and childbirth advice to seven women who gave birth in the 1970s and 12 of their daughters who had babies in the 2000s.
They then also analysed interviews on the same topic which had been carried out with 24 women in the 1980s.
The 1970s women were most likely to take advice from family members.
But researchers found that women who had babies between 2000 and 2010 had to evaluate a wide range of information from doctors, midwives, books, magazines and, latterly, the internet – as well as that from their families.
In these women, it tended to be family advice that won out – particularly if a mother-to-be was dealing with a specific symptom.
One woman, Hetty, from the 2000s generation, said she had tried to stop drinking tea because she had read on the internet that caffeine could cause miscarriages in the first few weeks of pregnancy.
But she then added she had taken her grandmother's advice that tea could help relieve morning sickness.
"She just used to stay in bed and have a cup of tea. And that did help actually."
'Strike a balance'
Professor Paula Nicolson from Royal Holloway, University of London, who led the study, said: "When it comes to the crunch – if women feel sick for example – they will take their mother's or their grandmother's advice.
"They wouldn't necessarily recognise how important it was to them, but it would override the science."
She added: "Taking all the guidelines too seriously leads to anxieties. Lack of self-confidence also can lead to worry about 'doing the wrong thing' which is potentially more harmful than taking the odd glass of wine or eating soft cheese."
Jane Brewin, chief executive of baby charity Tommy's, said women had to "strike a balance" about what advice they took.
"It's only natural to want to talk about the significant changes that happen to a woman's body and how she feels; mums and close friends often have first-hand experience and tips that are helpful.
"However we always stress that if any mum-to-be is worried about anything during their pregnancy they should seek medical advice without delay."
Source: BBC NEWS:May 14. 2010
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Suggested Further Reading: James 2:1-17
If you do not help the one that you see has the greatest need, I am afraid the love of God dwelleth not in you. It is a duty we owe to the poor of the Lord's flock, and we reap many advantages we should not have if we had not to remember the poor. Now, allow me to press home this obligation: why should we remember the poor? I shall not urge it upon the ground of common philanthropy and charity; that were a too mean and low way of addressing Christian men, although even they perhaps might be benefited by it. I shall urge it in another way. "Remember the poor," because they are your Lord's brethren. What! Do you not feel, like David, that you would do anything for Jonathan's sake? And if he hath some poor sick son, some Mephibosheth, lame in his feet, wilt thou not seat him at thy table, or give him a maintenance, if thou canst, seeing that Jonathan's blood is in his veins? Remember, beloved, the blood of Jesus runs in the veins of poor saints; they are his relatives, they are his friends; and if that move thee not, remember, they are thy friends too. They are thy brethren if thou art a child of God; they are allied to thee; if they are sons of God, so art thou, and they are brethren of thine. What! Let thy brother starve? If thou canst, wilt thou not relieve thy brother's necessity, not shield him from the cold, not ward off hunger, not provide for his needs? Oh! I know thou lovest Jesus; I know thou lovest the friends of Jesus, and I know thou lovest thine own family; and, therefore, thou wilt love thy poor brethren, wilt thou not? I know thou wilt; thou wilt relieve them.


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VMware VROPS V6
1 Introduction
The VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) Management Suite provides comprehensive visibility and insights into the performance, capacity and health of your infrastructure. vRealize Operations Manager collects performance data from each object at every level of your virtual environment, from individual virtual machines and disk drives to entire clusters and data centres. It stores and analyses the data, and uses that analysis to provide real-time information about problems, or potential problems, anywhere in your virtual environment.
The Kemp Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) operates within the vROps architecture. vROps can instantiate a LoadMaster, monitor it and provide detailed statistics and information regarding its health within the vROps architecture.
With vROps, information can be gathered from the LoadMaster to form aggregated dashboard views combining the resource consumption data that is already natively available, along with statistics relevant to how each VM is performing in the context of the applications that they serve. The LoadMaster's proximity to virtual application server instances, and its role as an intermediary connection point between clients and VMs, puts it in an ideal location to provide this data to vROps for dashboard and other information rendering.
1.1 Document Purpose
The purpose of this document is to describe the various features and functionality that can be used within the vROps Manager relating to the Kemp LoadMaster. For further information on vROps in general, refer to the VMware documentation.
This document relates to vROps version 6 and above.
1.2 Intended Audience
This document is intended to be read by anyone who is interested in finding out how to utilize the vROps Version 6 suite with the Kemp LoadMaster.
2 Using vROps with the LoadMaster
2.1 Installation
To make the LoadMaster work with vROps, follow the steps below:
1. Download the LoadMaster vROps installation (.pak) file from the Kemp website: www.kemptechnologies.com.
2. Log in to the vRealize Operations Manager.
3. Click the Administration icon (cog) in the top left section.
4. Select Solutions.
5. Click Add (plus icon).
6. Click Browse a solution.
7. Browse to and select the LoadMaster vROps installation .pak file.
8. Click Upload.
9. When the upload is finished, click Next.
10. To continue with the installation, select the I accept the terms of this agreement check box.
11. Click Next.
12. Wait for the update to complete. The progress bar will disappear when the update is complete.
The update can take several minutes to complete.
13. Click Finish.
2.2 Add a LoadMaster Adapter Instance
After installing the LoadMaster vROps .pak file, an instance of the adapter needs to be created for every Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) to be monitored. To add an instance, follow the steps below in the vRealize Operations Manager:
1. In the top left section, click Administration (cog icon).
2. Select Solutions on the left.
3. Select LoadMaster Adapter and click Configure (cogs icon).
4. Click Add (green plus icon).
5. Enter a recognizable Display name.
6. Enter a Description.
7. Expand the Advanced Settings section.
8. Ensure the Collector drop-down list is set to Automatically select collector.
9. In the Advanced Settings section there are two fields; Auto API Enable and Auto Discovery. These are both enabled by default.
In order for vROps to communicate with the LoadMaster, the RESTful API interface must be enabled on the LoadMaster. When the Auto API Enable option is set to true, the API interface will be enabled on the LoadMaster automatically when the instance is created.
If Auto Discovery is set to true, the Virtual Services and Real Servers are automatically added. If this is set to false, they will need to be manually added by following the steps in the Discovering Virtual Services and Real Servers section.
10. Click Add New (green plus icon) in the Basic Settings section to input the LoadMaster credentials.
11. Enter a name for the credentials.
The credentials can be reused.
12. Enter the IP Address of the LoadMaster that you want to collect statistics for.
13. Enter the Port used to communicate with the LoadMaster.
14. Enter the Username and Password of a LoadMaster user.
The default LoadMaster username is bal. However, any valid LoadMaster user details can be entered here.
15. Click OK.
16. Click Test Connection.
17. Click OK.
18. Click Save Settings.
19. Click OK.
20. Click Close.
2.3 LoadMaster Dashboards
Three LoadMaster dashboard are automatically created when a LoadMaster instance is added:
LoadMaster Health Snapshot: This provides an overview of the health of the LoadMaster, Virtual Services and Real Servers
LoadMaster Resource View: This provides details about each of the LoadMaster resources
LoadMaster Resource Metric Graphs: This provides metrics on each of the LoadMaster resources, such as the number of connections per second.
These are available in the Dashboard List on the Home page of vROps Manager.
2.4 Collection Interval
By default, the statistics get collected by vROps every five minutes.
The collection interval can be changed by following the steps below in the vROps Manager:
1. Select the Administration (cog) icon in the top left section.
2. Select Environment Overview on the left.
3. Expand Adapter Instances.
4. Expand LoadMaster Adapter Instance.
5. Select the relevant LoadMaster adapter instance.
6. Select the relevant adapter instance on the right panel.
7. Click the Edit Resource (pencil) icon.
8. Change the value of the Collection Interval.
Statistics in the LoadMaster are gathered in real time. The details shown in vROps are a snapshot of the statistics at the moment it polls the LoadMaster.
9. Click OK.
2.5 Discovering Virtual Services and Real Servers
When adding a LoadMaster adapter instance, there is a setting called Auto Discovery which is set to true by default.
If Auto Discovery was set to true when the instance was added, there is no need to follow the steps in this section because the Virtual Services and Real Servers will be added automatically.
If Auto Discovery was set to false when the instance was added, follow the steps below to manually add the Virtual Services and Real Servers:
1. Select Administration (cog icon) in the top left section.
2. Select Environment Overview on the left section.
3. Click the Discover Objects (binoculars) icon.
4. Select vRealize Operations Manager Collector-VROPS6 as the Collector.
5. Select LoadMaster Adapter in the Adapter Type drop-down list.
6. Select the Adapter Instance name, for example the one added in the Add a LoadMaster Adapter Instance section.
7. Select Discover in the Discovery Info drop-down list.
8. Disable the Only New Resources option.
Selecting the Only New Resources check box means that it only checks for new Virtual Services and Real Servers. For example, if the resources were already discovered/added initially, and then a new Virtual Service or Real Server is added - you can run a discovery again to detect the new resource. If the Virtual Services and Real Servers have been discovered before, there is no need to detect all resources again. So, selecting the Only New Resources check box speeds up the discovery.
9. Click OK.
10. The discovery results will be displayed.
VIPs are Virtual Services. RSs are Real Servers.
To get more information, double-click the VIP or RS line. Further information will be displayed in the Resources section underneath.
11. Select the Collect check box for whatever resources to collect statistics for.
When you select Collect, the Import check box also gets automatically ticked. Ensure that both of these check boxes are ticked.
12. Click OK.
13. Select the LoadMaster instance name on the left to display the Virtual Services and Real Servers for that instance.
2.6 Health Status
In the LoadMaster Resource Relationships screen, different colours can be displayed in the Container Overview section. A percentage health rating is also shown. The health rating score is dynamic (either 25, 50, 75 or 100%). For example, if there is a constant connection rate and the rate deviates to an unusual level, an alert will be generated and the health score will be affected.
The different coloured icons are described below.
A green icon means that the resource is up and the health is good.
Yellow and orange icons are also displayed for lower health scores.
A grey icon with a question mark means that the resource has not been detected yet. Wait for the collection interval to elapse and then refresh the page to see the new health status.
Red icons are displayed when a resource is down.
2.7 View the Health Tree
Statistics can be displayed at the VLM, Virtual Service and Real Server level. To view the health tree, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Home (house) icon in the top left.
2. Click Dashboard List and select LoadMaster Health Snapshot.
3. Double-click the relevant item.
4. Select the Troubleshooting tab.
5. Click All Metrics.
The health tree will be displayed. The above screenshot shows four Virtual Services sitting underneath the VLM.
Double-click a Virtual Service to view its health tree.
2.8 View Resource Metrics
LoadMaster-specific resource metrics exist for the LoadMaster, Virtual Services and Real Servers. There are no LoadMaster-specific resource metrics for SubVSs.
To view metrics on any of the resources, follow the steps below:
1. Select Home (house icon), in the top left.
2. Click Dashboard List and select LoadMaster Resource View.
3. Select the relevant resource.
4. Click Object Detail (graph icon).
5. Select the Troubleshooting tab.
6. Select All Metrics.
7. Expand LoadMaster metrics.
8. Expand the resource metrics.
If the LoadMaster is running firmware version 7.1-16 or below, some metrics will not be available.
9. Double-click any of the metrics to display the related graph.
You can zoom in on a specific part of the graph by dragging a box around the section to be magnified.
By default, the graphs show metrics for the last six hours.
2.9 View Alerts
To view alerts, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Home (house icon) in the top-left section.
2. Select Environment.
3. Select one of the LoadMaster filters, depending on what alerts you want to view.
The format of the resource names are as follows:
Virtual Service: <index>-<IPAddress>:<port>
Real Server:<index>-<IPAddress>:<port>
4. Expand the list as needed and select the relevant resource.
5. Select the Alerts tab. Double-click the alert to view more information.
Unless otherwise specified, the following documents can be found at http://www.kemptechnologies.com/documentation.
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Last Updated Date
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The Locarno Film Festival's Open Doors co-production mart will focus on films from Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan this year, Variety.com reports.
The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to international indie cinema has recruited Russian and Euro-Asian cinema expert Joel Chapron, who is also a Unifrance collaborator, as consultant in selecting a dozen participating projects from these countries in the South Caucasus.
Film industry in this area is growing. Countries participating at next year's Open doors have all submitted candidates for best foreign language at the 2013 Oscars.
Purpose of the mart/workshop, which will run Aug. 10-13, is to help selected projects connect with co-production partners, especially European producers.
Open Doors also assigns a prize worth 50,000 Swiss Francs ($54,000), and other smaller cash nods offered by Gaul's CNC and broadcaster ARTE.
The format is being modified with one-on-one meetings to be scheduled in the morning and panels and presentations in the afternoon.
Previous editions of Open Doors have focused on Central Asia, Greater China and, last year, Africa.
Locarno will have its 66th edition Aug. 7-17.


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Marella was conceived as a collection in 1976 and became an independent company in 1988. Italian clothing and accessory brand Marella offers glamorous, contemporary, female fashion for all occasions. Merging the latest trends with Italian style, products are designed with the dynamic and style-conscious woman in mind, offering a wide range of coats, jackets, blouses, dresses, footwear, handbags and much more.
Marella is always searching for innovative ways to cater to the dynamic and modern women who want to like themselves and be liked.
With 40 years of experience the Italian brand has consolidated its position on the market as a highly professional company based on the culture of the product and always careful to maintain a quality-price balance for its customers.
Marella Srl is part of the Max Mara Group.


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- Public Works & Utilities
- Stormwater & Soil Erosion
- Taking Action Around the Yard
Taking Action Around the Yard
Fertilize Sparingly
Unfortunately, lawn care chemicals often wind up washing right into local waters.
- If you must fertilize, September is the best month. And be sure to use slow-release fertilizer.
- If you want to fertilize more than once, don't fertilize in the spring until you have mowed the lawn three times.
- More is not always better! Skip the "step programs" offered by many lawn care companies, and be sure to apply fertilizers and pesticides only as directed. Using less will save you money, too! If you do use a lawn care company, ask them about their environmental options and certifications.
- Go natural: mow high and leave grass clippings on the lawn. It helps improve the lawn's health and quality, and you're less likely to need fertilizer.
- Avoid using fertilizers or pesticides near wellheads or within 75 feet of waterways.
- Check the weather forecast before applications, and don't apply fertilizers or pesticides when there is rain predicted.
- Avoid using combination fertilizer/pesticide products. Hand pick weeds when possible, and if you must treat weeds or insects with pesticides, spot treat them rather than dousing the entire lawn.
Sweep Spills Back Onto the Lawn
Anything that's lying on pavement is more easily washed by stormwater down stormdrains.
- If any chemicals or yard debris get on the sidewalk or driveway, sweep them back onto the lawn to prevent it from washing into stormdrains
- Don't hose the driveway or the sidewalk to get it clean.
Don't Dump Into Stormdrains
Everything that enters a stormdrain can go directly to local waters.
- Don't dump, wash, or rake anything directly into a stormdrain or into the path of stormdrain.
- Keep all lawn chemicals and yard debris out of stormdrains. Even grass clippings and excess leaves don't belong in our streams and rivers.
Recycle Rainwater
The water that runs off roofs often flows directly to the nearest stormdrain. There are several ways to deal with that water:
- Get a rain barrel. They are installed under a roof downspout or sometimes connected directly to the downspout. The water that's captured can be used for irrigation.
- If the runoff from your roof flows directly onto pavement, consider using downspout extenders to direct the water to a landscaped area instead.
- Install a rain garden, which is a natural or dug shallow depression designed to soak up water. Rain gardens are created with highly absorbent soil and the proper mix of shrubs and plants to facilitate collecting water.
- If you're thinking of re-paving your driveway, consider an alternative: a wide range of porous materials have become available that allow water to pass through their surface (in the case of porous asphalt or concrete) or through void spaces (in the case of concrete or grid pavers). Many times, these porous materials are the same price or cheaper than installing conventional asphalt or concrete.
Water Wisely
Conserving water when you're working outdoors can reduce the potential for contaminants to wind up in local waters.
- Established lawns are happy with one inch of water per week, including rainfall. And if you must water, water just once a week for a deep soaking.
- Adjust sprinklers so that they don't water paved surfaces. In the event that it's unavoidable, direct the flow of water toward your lawn or garden.
- Check the weather forecast, if you have automatic sprinklers, and be sure they aren't programmed to come on in the rain.
- Don't water in the heat of the day. Water early in the morning or in the evening minimizes the water lost to evaporation.
- Consider using slow-watering techniques such as drip irrigation or soaker hoses
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iOS 7 wants: Ability to mute alerts when on a call
Since the early days of the iPhone, we've received a steady stream of complaints about how alerts are handled when you're on a call. Namely, you can have the phone to your ear, chatting away, when suddenly a text message comes in and the tone and/or vibrate goes off full blast into your ear and rattles through your skull. Since push notifications launched for 3rd party apps, especially the trumpeting horror that is Game Center, it's only gotten worse. If you're not used it to and expecting it, it can make you want to drop your phone and start stomping. That's only mild hyperbole, mind you, as that's exactly what several significant others have told us, with rage-filled eyes, after it happened to them for the first time.
While some people may want to make absolutely sure they don't miss an important alert while on a phone call, and are willing to pay the price in low-yield skull trauma, others would pay a significant amount of money for the option to turn it off.
So how could Apple cater to both types of users? The new Do Not Disturb Settings panel is tempting. But Do Not Disturb is model or timer based. A persistent settings wouldn't make sense there.
But there are already several similar, persistent switches in Settings > Sounds. You can already choose to turn off "Vibrate on Ring" and "Vibrate on Silence", but you may want those on at all times when you don't literally have your iPhone pressed to your ear. Adding an extra toggle, for "Mute All Alerts When on a Call" would be grand. "Notification sounds and vibrations will be temporarily muted when you're on a call". (See the mock up at the top of this post.)
Apple could implement it using the same proximity sensor that currently tells iOS to turn off and disable multitouch when you've got your iPhone to your face.
It seems small, but it's the small things -- the buzzing flies and water droplets -- that drive us crazy in the end, and this seems like a rather simple one to fix.
Sure, adding "just another setting" is never the best answer. Except when it is.
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.


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Discussion with Bob Kauflin
Time markers:
01:04 — How did you come to Christ and become a worship leader?
04:21 — Tell us about how God brought you through a battle with hopelessness.
07:59 — How should we think about worship as an event and as all of life?
11:35 — What does it mean for worship leaders to be clear and specific?
14:30 — What should we do with songs that don't explicitly mention Jesus?
17:07 — How do we anticipate the new creation in our worship events?
19:45 — How might worship be different in the new creation?
22:06 — How should we consider the horizontal and vertical elements of worship?
24:55 — Why do humans sing?
30:32 — Should we give preference to our voices over the music?
32:27 — What does it mean to sing the gospel to ourselves?
37:57 — What encourages you most about worship in the church today?
38:46 — What adjustments would you make about worship in the church today?
41:58 — How does a church train new members for the worship team?
45:57 — How can we help our children to enjoy the worship event?
48:31 — How should we think about the cultural barriers at work in music?
52:24 — How should worship leaders handle criticism?
57:10 — What's your favorite song?


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On Tuesday the four remaining Republican presidential candidates will fan across 10 states, delivering stump speech after stump speech, reciting their core values, and hurling jabs at one another—not conservative enough, not organized enough; too rich, too pandering.
But despite the hopefuls' months of hammering away on their speeches, some Americans will cast their vote on Super Tuesday based solely on a candidate's image. There's Romney with his slicked-back hair and perfectly tailored suits, Santorum with his overt rolled-up shirt sleeves and Mr. Rogers sweater vests, and Gingrich with his dark suits straining at the buttons.
And then there's Ron Paul. In lopsided jackets many sizes too big, trousers so baggy they could pass as harem pants, and black orthopedic "referee" sneakers, Paul has distinguished himself during election season as the least sartorial of the bunch. He greeted Iowans last summer in a lime-green golf shirt with thick black stripes, tucked in a short-sleeved madras shirt for a television interview, and donned tan hiking boots with suit pants onstage for the Ames Straw Poll. As The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza noted in October, Paul's jacket at the Las Vegas debate was "at least two sizes too big," which made the candidate "look tiny, never a good image to project when you are running for president."
Even a post on a forum for Paul's supporters, Daily Paul, elicited debate. "He should spend a little money and get a fine, fitted suit," one commenter wrote. "His message will be the same, but he will look far better delivering it. A candidate's look is very important to some people, and we need all the votes we can get."
After the 2008 presidential campaign, filled with John McCain's $520 Ferragamo loafers and John Edwards's $400 haircuts, candidates have wisened to the perils of appearing too rich (well, maybe with one glaring exception). Outfits are calculated to a T—and, in the cases of Romney and Santorum, jeans and sweaters are paraded like badges of honor before the American working class. But Paul sets himself apart from the pack, noticeably flouting convention when it comes to appropriate dress—and surprisingly, style experts approve.
Paul's suits look as though they've been purchased off the rack at a men's store, and there's no evidence of a stylist or tailor on his campaign. According to G. Bruce Boyer, style expert and author of the recent Gary Cooper: Enduring Style, Paul exudes a very "homogenized" look. It's not, he says, "an Ivy League look, it's not a British look, it's not an Italian look. It's just nothing."
But what actually contributes to this unique sartorial nothingness? First of all, his jackets are too long. According to Washington tailor William Field, a suit coat should end anywhere between the base of a man's thumb and the first knuckle. (Several images show that more than one of Paul's jackets clear his thumb altogether.) Jackets should be flush around the collar of a shirt—but Paul's lapels hang off his neck, with a large gap between each of his shirts and the neck of the coat.
Recent trends dictate that pants be worn short and without pleats—especially for diminutive men—but Paul practically drowns in his pants, with large puddles of fabric collected at the ankles. "Dr. Paul has one suit that looks like it's about 15 years old and he's lost about 25 pounds and he's wearing it unaltered," Field says. "The shoulders look too large, the length too long, the trousers too full. The whole thing collapses."
But for all his missteps, multiple experts consulted by The Daily Beast extolled Paul's loyalty to his own sense of style. In an election season when candidates are masquerading as average Americans, they say, Paul's sense of self sets him apart.
"He dresses like a small-town guy, and I think it makes him seem more sincere," says Glenn O'Brien, the author of How to Be a Man: A Guide to Style and Behavior for the Modern Gentleman. "If someone dresses like they're looking in the mirror all the time, it does tend to undermine." O'Brien says he wouldn't change anything about Paul's appearance—except, maybe, the cut of his pants.
"Ron Paul is the most honest in his image," agrees Boyer. "He's the guy who's most comfortable in his own skin and his own clothes. He gets up there in his medium-priced, ill-fitting suits and says, 'This is what I've always worn. Take it or leave it.' And I admire him for that."
Maybe it's just this fashionlessness that will make Paul appeal to voters. "We want our presidents to look presidential; like our better selves," Boyer explains. "But we want them to be democratic rather than royal, and we want them to have a certain dignity." And for one supporter, Paul's appearance does just that: "His humanity is what makes him real," he writes. "I honestly wouldn't change a thing. I even like his beat up orthopedic shoes."


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The Department of Autonomy and Teleoperation works on the planning and execution of movements on multi-arm robotic systems with many degrees of freedom. The field of interest varies from simple motion primitives to the execution of complex manipulation tasks with robotic arms and hands.Fundamental techniques for programming and controlling robot motions on flexible, efficient and distributed computing platforms under hard real-time conditions are also investigated
Research topics include
To increase the autonomy of robotic systems we investigate techniques to generate robot control programs from logical task descriptions. The DLR Rollin Justin is one of the main demonstration platforms for these tasks. To reach this goal, classes of basic robot operation have to be identified on different levels of abstraction, which allow automatic task and situation dependent parameterisation. Weuse model based techniques as well as programming by demonstration on the real robot or in virtual reality to build up representations of the environment where reasoning and decisions on the next operation can be autonomously done by the robotic system.


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