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Google has been working on the SPDY protocol since 2009, with it being included in the HTTP/2.0 specifications in January 2012. Since then, several contributors have worked to release newer versions of the protocol with the latest being an experimental release dubbed SPDY/3. Google has also been testing the SPDY protocol on mobile as well. While the goal of the SPDY protocol is to speed up the web, it is up to websites and browsers to implement of the protocol.
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Manages database connection pools.
pgbouncer [OPTION ...] config.ini OPTION [ -d | --daemon ] [ -R | --restart ] [ -q | --quiet ] [ -v | --verbose ] [ {-u | --user}=username ] pgbouncer [ -V | --version ] | [ -h | --help ]
PgBouncer is a light-weight connection pool manager for Greenplum and PostgreSQL databases. Databases may be on different Greenplum Database clusters or PostgreSQL backends. PgBouncer creates a pool for each database user and database combination. A pooled connection can only be reused for another connection request for the same user and database. The client application connects to the connection pool's host and port instead of the Greenplum Database master host and port. PgBouncer either creates a new database connection for the client or reuses an existing connection. When the client disconnects, the connection is returned to the pool for re-use.
PgBouncer supports the standard connection interface that PostgreSQL and Greenplum Database share. A client requesting a database connection provides the host name and port where PgBouncer is running, as well as the database name, username, and password. PgBouncer looks up the requested database (which may be an alias for the actual database) in its configuration file to find the host name, port, and database name for the database connection. The configuration file entry also determines how to authenticate the user and what database role will be used for the connection—a "forced user" can override the username provided with the client's connection request.
PgBouncer requires an authentication file, a text file that contains a list of users and passwords. Passwords may be either clear text, MD5-encoded, or an LDAP/AD lookup string. You can also set up PgBouncer to query the pg_shadow table in the destination database for users that are not in the authentication file.
- Session pooling – When a client connects, a connection is assigned to it as long as it remains connected. When the client disconnects, the connection is placed back into the pool.
- Transaction pooling – A connection is assigned to a client for the duration of a transaction. When PgBouncer notices the transaction is done, the connection is placed back into the pool. This mode can be used only with applications that do not use features that depend upon a session.
- Statement pooling – Statement pooling is like transaction pooling, but multi-statement transactions are not allowed. This mode is intended to enforce autocommit mode on the client and is targeted for PL/Proxy on PostgreSQL.
A default pool mode can be set for the PgBouncer instance and the mode can be overridden for individual databases and users.
By connecting to a virtual pgbouncer database, you can monitor and manage PgBouncer using SQL-like commands. Configuration parameters can be changed without having to restart PgBouncer, and the configuration file can be reloaded to pick up changes.
PgBouncer does not yet support SSL connections. If you want to encrypt traffic between clients and PgBouncer, you can use stunnel, a free software utility that creates TLS-encrypted tunnels using the OpenSSL cryptography library. See "Securing PgBouncer Connections with stunnel" in the Greenplum Database Administrator Guide for directions.
See the PgBouncer FAQ for additional usage information.
- -d | --daemon
- Run PgBouncer as a daemon (a background process). The default is to run as a foreground process.
- PgBouncer displays start up messages when starting as a daemon. To disable the display of messages add the -q option.
- To shut down a PgBouncer daemon, log in to the administration console and issue the
SHUTDOWN command. Note: This option does not work on Windows servers.
- -R | --restart
- Restart PgBouncer using the specified command line arguments. Non-TLS connections to databases are maintained during restart; TLS connections are dropped.
- If you specify only the -R option, PgBouncer displays log
information on the command line after restart. To restart PgBouncer as a daemon
specify the options -Rd.Note: Works only if the operating system supports Unix sockets and the PgBouncer configuration has no unix_socket_dir. This option does not work on Windows servers.
- -q | --quiet
- Run quietly. Do not display messages on the command line (stdout).
- -v | --verbose
- Increase message verbosity. Display additional messages. Can be used multiple times.
- {-u | --user}=username
- The PgBouncer process assumes the identity of username.
- -V | --version
- Show version and exit.
- -h | --help
- Show help message and exit.
PgBouncer Configuration File
The PgBouncer configuration file (usually pgbouncer.ini) is in the "ini" format. Section names are enclosed in square braces ([ and ]). Lines beginning with ";" or "#" are comments and are ignored. The characters ";" and "#" are not recognized when they appear later in the line.
[databases] db = ... [pgbouncer] ... [users] ...
[databases] Section
The databases section contains key=value pairs, where the key is a database name and the value is a libpq connect-string list of key=value pairs.
- Enclose names in double quotes (")
- Represent a double-quote within an identifier with two consecutive double quote characters
The database name "*" is the fallback database. The value for this key is a connect string for the requested database. Automatically created database entries like these are cleaned up if they remain idle longer then the time specified in autodb_idle_timeout parameter.
%include filename
Location Parameters
The following parameters may be included in the value to specify the location of the database.
- dbname
- The destination database name.
Default: same as the client-side database name.
- host
- The name or IP address of the Greenplum master host. Host names are resolved at connect time. If DNS returns several results, they are used in a round-robin manner. The DNS result is cached and the dns_max_ttl parameter determines when the cache entry expires.
Default: not set, means the connection is made through a Unix socket.
- port
- The Greenplum Database master port. Default: 5432
- user, password
- If user= is set, all connections to the destination database
are made with the specified user. This means there will be just one pool for the
If the user= parameter is not set, PgBouncer attempts to log in to the destination database with the user name passed by the client. This means there will be one pool for each user who connects to the database.
- auth_user
- If auth_user is set, any user who is not specified in auth_file is authenticated by querying the pg_shadow table in the database as the auth_user. The auth_user password must be set in the auth_file.
Pool Configuration
- pool_size
- Set maximum size of pools for this database. If not set, the default_pool_size is used.
- connect_query
- Query to be executed after a connection is established, but before allowing the connection to be used by any clients. If the query raises errors, they are logged but ignored otherwise.
- pool_mode
- Set the pool mode for this database. If not set, the default pool_mode is used.
- max_db_connections
Set a database-wide maximum number of connections for this database. The total number of connections for all pools for this database will not exceed this value.
Extra Parameters
The following parameters allow setting default parameters on server connections.
Note that since version 1.1 PgBouncer tracks client changes for their values, so their use in pgbouncer.ini is deprecated now.
- client_encoding
- Ask specific client_encoding from server.
- datestyle
- Ask specific datestyle from server.
- timezone
- Ask specific timezone from server.
[pgbouncer] Section
- logfile
- Specifies the location of the log file. The log file is kept open. After log
rotation execute kill -HUP or run the RELOAD;
command in the PgBouncer Administrative Console.
Default: not set.Note: On Windows machines, the service must be stopped and started.
- pidfile
- The name of the pid file. Without a pidfile, PgBouncer cannot be run as a
background process (daemon).
Default: not set.
- listen_addr
- A list of interface addresses where PgBouncer listens for TCP connections. You
may also use *, which means to listen on all interfaces. If not
set, only Unix socket connections are allowed.
Addresses can be specified numerically (IPv4/IPv6) or by name.
Default: not set
- listen_port
- Which port to listen on. Applies to both TCP and Unix sockets.
Default: 6432
- unix_socket_dir
- Specifies location for Unix sockets. Applies to both listening socket and server
connections. If set to an empty string, Unix sockets are disabled. Required for
online reboot (-R option) to work. Note: Not supported on Windows machines.
Default: /tmp
- unix_socket_mode
- Filesystem mode for Unix socket.
Default: 0777
- unix_socket_group
- Group name to use for Unix socket.
Default: not set
- user
- If set, specifies the Unix user to change to after startup. This only works if
PgBouncer is started as root or if user is the same as the
current user. Note: Not supported on Windows machines.
Default: not set
- auth_file
- The name of the file containing the user names and passwords to load. The file
format is the same as the Greenplum Database pg_auth/pg_pwd
file, so this parameter can be set to one of those backend files. See Authentication File Format for
Default: not set.
- auth_type
- How to authenticate users.
- cert
- Clients must connect with TLS using a valid client certificate. The client's username is taken from CommonName field in the certificate.
- md5
- Use MD5-based password check. auth_file may contain both MD5-encrypted or plain-text passwords. This is the default authentication method.
- plain
- Clear-text password is sent over wire. Deprecated.
- trust
- No authentication is done. The username must still exist in the auth_file.
- any
- Like the trust method, but the username supplied is ignored. Requires that all databases are configured to log in with a specific user. Additionally, the console database allows any user to log in as admin.
- auth_query
- Query to load a user's password from database. If a user does not exist in the
auth_file and the database entry includes an
auth_user, this query is run in the database as
auth_user to lookup up the user.
Default: SELECT usename, passwd FROM pg_shadow WHERE usename=$1
- pool_mode
- Specifies when a server connection can be reused by other clients.
- session
- Connection is returned to the pool when the client disconnects. Default.
- transaction
- Connection is returned to the pool when the transaction finishes.
- statement
- Connection is returned to the pool when the current query finishes. Long transactions with multiple statements are disallowed in this mode.
- max_client_conn
- Maximum number of client connections allowed. When increased then the file
descriptor limits should also be increased. The actual number of file descriptors
used is more than max_client_conn. The theoretical maximum used,
when each user connects with its own username to the server
max_client_conn + (max_pool_size * total_databases * total_users)
If a database user is specified in the connect string, all users connect using the same username. Then the theoretical maximum connections is:
max_client_conn + (max_pool_size * total_databases)The theoretical maximum should be never reached, unless somone deliberately crafts a load for it. Still, it means you should set the number of file descriptors to a safely high number. Search for ulimit in your operating system documentation.Note: ulimit does not apply in a Windows environment.
Default: 100
- default_pool_size
- The number of server connections to allow per user/database pair. This can be
overridden in the per-database configuration.
Default: 20
- min_pool_size
- Add more server connections to the pool when it is lower than this number. This
improves behavior when the usual load drops and then returns suddenly after a
period of total inactivity.
Default: 0 (disabled)
- reserve_pool_size
- The number of additional connections to allow for a pool. 0 disables.
Default: 0 (disabled)
- reserve_pool_timeout
- If a client has not been serviced in this many seconds, PgBouncer enables use of
additional connections from reserve pool. 0 disables.
Default: 5.0
- max_db_connections
- The maximum number of connections per database. If you hit the limit, closing a
client connection to one pool does not immediately allow a server connection to be
established for another pool, because the server connection for the first pool is
still open. Once the server connection closes (due to idle timeout), a new server
connection will be opened for the waiting pool.
Default: unlimited
- max_user_connections
- The maximum number of connections per-user. When you hit the limit, closing a client connection to one pool does not immediately allow a connection to be established for another pool, because the connection for the first pool is still open. After the connection for the first pool has closed (due to idle timeout), a new server connection is opened for the waiting pool.
- server_round_robin
- By default, PgBouncer reuses server connections in LIFO (last-in, first-out)
order, so that a few connections get the most load. This provides the best
performance when a single server serves a database. But if there is TCP
round-robin behind a database IP, then it is better if PgBouncer also uses
connections in that manner to achieve uniform load.
Default: 0
- ignore_startup_parameters
- By default, PgBouncer allows only parameters it can keep track of in startup
packets: client_encoding, datestyle,
timezone, and
All others parameters raise an error. To allow other parameters, specify them here so that PgBouncer can ignore them.
Default: empty
- disable_pqexec
- Disable Simple Query protocol (PQexec). Unlike Extended Query protocol, Simple
Query protocol allows multiple queries in one packet, which allows some classes of
SQL-injection attacks. Disabling it can improve security. This means that only
clients that exclusively use Extended Query protocol will work.
Default: 0
- application_name_add_host
- Add the client host address and port to the application name setting set on
connection start. This helps in identifying the source of bad queries. The setting
is overwritten without detection if the application executes SET
APPLICATION_NAME after connecting.
Default: 1
Log Settings
- syslog
- Toggles syslog on and off. On Windows, eventlog is used instead.
Default: 0
- syslog_ident
- Under what name to send logs to syslog.
Default: pgbouncer
- syslog_facility
- Under what facility to send logs to syslog. Some possibilities are:
auth, authpriv, daemon,
user, local0-7
Default: daemon
- log_connections
- Log successful logins.
Default: 1
- log_disconnections
- Log disconnections, with reasons.
Default: 1
- log_pooler_errors
- Log error messages that the pooler sends to clients.
Default: 1
- stats_period
- How often to write aggregated statistics to the log.
Default: 60
Console Access Control
- admin_users
- Comma-separated list of database users that are allowed to connect and run all
commands on console. Ignored when auth_mode=any, in which case
any username is allowed in as admin.
Default: empty
- stats_users
- Comma-separated list of database users that are allowed to connect and run
read-only queries on console. Thats means all SHOW commands except SHOW
Default: empty.
Connection Sanity Checks, Timeouts
- server_reset_query
- Query sent to server on connection release, before making it available to other
clients. At that moment no transaction is in progress so it should not include
ABORT or ROLLBACK.
A good choice for Postgres 8.2 and below, and Greenplum Database, is:
server_reset_query = RESET ALL; SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION DEFAULT;
For Postgres 8.3 and above, the following is sufficient:
server_reset_query = DISCARD ALL;
When transaction pooling is used, the server_reset_query should be empty, as clients should not use any session features. If clients do use session features, they will be broken because transaction pooling does not guarantee that the next query will run on the same connection.
Default: RESET ALL; SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION DEFAULT;
- server_reset_query_always
Whether server_reset_query should be run in all pooling modes. When this setting is off (default), the server_reset_query will be run only in pools that are in sessions pooling mode. Connections in transaction pooling mode should not have any need for reset query.
Default: 0
- server_check_delay
- How long to keep released connections available for re-use without running
sanity-check queries on it. If 0 then the query is run always.
Default: 30.0
- server_check_query
- A simple do-nothing query to test the server connection.
If an empty string, then sanity checking is disabled.
Default: SELECT 1;
- server_lifetime
- The pooler tries to close server connections that have been connected longer
than this number of seconds. Setting it to 0 means the connection is to be used
only once, then closed.
Default: 3600.0
- server_idle_timeout
- If a server connection has been idle more than this many seconds it is dropped.
If this parameter is set to 0, timeout is disabled. [seconds]
Default: 600.0
- server_connect_timeout
- If connection and login will not finish in this number of seconds, the
connection will be closed.
Default: 15.0
- server_login_retry
- If a login fails due to failure from connect() or
authentication, the pooler waits this many seconds before retrying to connect.
Default: 15.0
- client_login_timeout
- If a client connects but does not manage to login in this number of seconds, it
is disconnected. This is needed to avoid dead connections stalling
SUSPEND and thus online restart.
Default: 60.0
- autodb_idle_timeout
- If database pools created automatically (via "*") have been unused this many
seconds, they are freed. Their statistics are also forgotten.
Default: 3600.0
- dns_max_ttl
- How long to cache DNS lookups, in seconds. If a DNS lookup returns several
answers, PgBouncer round-robins between them in the meantime. The actual DNS TTL
is ignored.
Default: 15.0
- dns_nxdomain_ttl
- How long error and NXDOMAIN DNS lookups can be cached, in seconds.
Default: 15.0
- dns_zone_check_period
- Period to check if zone serial numbers have changed.
PgBouncer can collect DNS zones from hostnames (everything after first dot) and then periodically check if the zone serial numbers change. If changes are detected, all hostnames in that zone are looked up again. If any host IP changes, its connections are invalidated.
Works only with UDNS backend (--with-udns to configure).
Default: 0.0 (disabled)
Dangerous Timeouts
Setting tje following timeouts can cause unexpected errors.
- query_timeout
- Queries running longer than this (seconds) are canceled. This parameter should
be used only with a slightly smaller server-side
statement_timeout, to trap queries with network problems.
Default: 0.0 (disabled)
- query_wait_timeout
- The maximum time, in seconds, queries are allowed to wait for execution. If the
query is not assigned a connection during that time, the client is disconnected.
This is used to prevent unresponsive servers from grabbing up
Default: 0.0 (disabled)
- client_idle_timeout
- Client connections idling longer than this many seconds are closed. This should
be larger than the client-side connection lifetime settings, and only used for
network problems.
Default: 0.0 (disabled)
- idle_transaction_timeout
- If client has been in "idle in transaction" state longer than this (seconds), it
is disconnected.
Default: 0.0 (disabled)
Low-level Network Settings
- pkt_buf
- Internal buffer size for packets. Affects the size of TCP packets sent and
general memory usage. Actual libpq packets can be larger than this so there is no
need to set it large.
Default: 2048
- max_packet_size
- Maximum size for packets that PgBouncer accepts. One packet is either one query
or one result set row. A full result set can be larger.
Default: 2147483647
- listen_backlog
- Backlog argument for the listen(2) system call. It how many new
unanswered connection attempts are kept in queue. When the queue is full, further
new connection attemps are dropped.
Default: 128
- sbuf_loopcnt
- How many times to process data on one connection, before proceeding. Without
this limit, one connection with a big result set can stall PgBouncer for a long
time. One loop processes one pkt_buf amount of data. 0 means no
Default: 5
- suspend_timeout
- How many seconds to wait for buffer flush during SUSPEND or
reboot (-R). Connection is dropped if flush does not
Default: 10
- tcp_defer_accept
- For details on this and other TCP options, please see the tcp(7) man
Default: 45 on Linux, otherwise 0
- tcp_socket_buffer
- Default: not set
- tcp_keepalive
- Turns on basic keepalive with OS defaults.
On Linux, the system defaults are tcp_keepidle=7200, tcp_keepintvl=75, tcp_keepcnt=9.
Default: 1
- tcp_keepcnt
- Default: not set
- tcp_keepidle
- Default: not set
- tcp_keepintvl
- Default: not set
[users] Section
This section contains key=value pairs, where the key is a user name and the value is a libpq connect-string list of key=value pairs.
Pool configuration
- pool_mode
- Set the pool mode to be used for all connections from this user. If not set, the database or default pool_mode is used.
Example Configuration Files
Minimal Configuration
[databases] postgres = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=postgres auth_user=gpadmin [pgbouncer] pool_mode = session listen_port = 6543 listen_addr = 127.0.0.1 auth_type = md5 auth_file = users.txt logfile = pgbouncer.log pidfile = pgbouncer.pid admin_users = someuser stats_users = stat_collector
Use connection parameters passed by the client:
[databases] * = [pgbouncer] listen_port = 65432 listen_addr = 0.0.0.0 auth_type = trust auth_file = bouncer/users.txt logfile = pgbouncer.log pidfile = pgbouncer.pid ignore_startup_parameters=options
Database Defaults
[databases] ; foodb over unix socket foodb = ; redirect bardb to bazdb on localhost bardb = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=bazdb ; access to destination database will go with single user forcedb = host=127.0.0.1 port=300 user=baz password=foo client_encoding=UNICODE datestyle=ISO
PgBouncer Authentication File Format
PgBouncer requires its own user database, a text file in following format:
"username1" "password" ... "username2" "md5abcdef012342345" ...
There is one line per user. Each line must have at least two fields. Fields are enclosed in double quotes ("). The first field is the user name and the second is either a plain-text or an MD5-encoded password. The remainder of the line is ignored.
This file format is similar to text files used by Greenplum Database for authentication information, and PgBouncer can work directly with the Greenplum Database authentication files.
To avoid plain-text passwords, encode user passwords with MD5. The format for an MD5 encoded password is:
"md5" + md5(password + username)
For example, the following command generates the MD5 string for the user admin with password 1234:
$ echo -n "1234admin" | md5sum $ 45f2603610af569b6155c45067268c6b
PgBouncer Administration Console Commands
The PgBouncer Administration Console is accessed by connecting to the database pgbouncer.
$ psql -p 6543 pgbouncer
Only users listed in configuration parameters admin_users or stats_users can log in to the console. However, when auth_mode=any, then any user may log in as a stats_user.
The user name pgbouncer may also log in without a password through a Unix socket if the client has the same Unix user UID as the running process.
Administration Console Command Syntax
pgbouncer=# show help; NOTICE: Console usage DETAIL: SHOW HELP|CONFIG|DATABASES|POOLS|CLIENTS|SERVERS|VERSION SHOW STATS|FDS|SOCKETS|ACTIVE_SOCKETS|LISTS|MEM SHOW DNS_HOSTS|DNS_ZONES SET key = arg RELOAD PAUSE [<db>] RESUME [<db>] DISABLE <db> ENABLE <db> KILL <db> SUSPEND SHUTDOWN
Administration Commands
From the PgBouncer Administrator console you can control connections between PgBouncer and Greenplum Database. You can also set PgBouncer configuration parameters.
The following PgBouncer administration commands control the PgBouncer process.
- PAUSE [database]
- If no database is specified, PgBouncer tries to disconnect from all servers, first waiting for all queries to complete. The command will not return before all queries are finished. This command is to be used to prepare to restart the database.
- If a database name is specified, only that database is paused.
- If you run a PAUSE database command, and then a PAUSE command to pause all databases, you must execute two RESUME commands, one for all databases, and one for the named database.
- All socket buffers are flushed and PgBouncer stops listening for data on them. The command will not return before all buffers are empty. To be used when rebooting PgBouncer online.
- RESUME [ database ]
- Resume work from a previous PAUSE or SUSPEND command.
- If a database was specified for the PAUSE command, the database must also be specified with the RESUME command.
- After pausing all databases with the PAUSE command, resuming a single database with RESUME database is not supported.
- DISABLE database
- Reject all new client connections on the database.
- ENABLE database
- Allow new client connections on the database.
- KILL database
- Immediately drop all client and server connections to the named database.
- Stop PgBouncer process. To exit from the psql command line session, enter \q.
- The PgBouncer process reloads the current configuration file and updates the changeable settings.
- SET key = value
- Override specified configuration setting. See the SHOW CONFIG; command.
SHOW Command
|S, for server, C for client.
|Username pgbouncer uses to connect to server.
|Database name.
|State of the server connection, one of active, used or idle.
|IP address of PostgreSQL server.
|Port of PostgreSQL server.
|Connection start address on local machine.
|Connection start port on local machine.
|When the connection was made.
|When last request was issued.
|Address of internal object for this connection. Used as unique ID.
|Address of client connection the server is paired with.
|Receive position in the I/O buffer.
|Parse position in the I/O buffer.
|Number of packets remaining on the socket.
|Send position in the packet.
|Total packet length remaining to send.
|Amount of I/O buffer left to parse.
|Amount of I/O buffer left to send.
|C, for client.
|Client connected user.
|Database name.
|State of the client connection, one of active, used, waiting or idle.
|IP address of client, or unix for a socket connection.
|Port client is connected to.
|Connection end address on local machine.
|Connection end port on local machine.
|Timestamp of connect time.
|Timestamp of latest client request.
|Address of internal object for this connection. Used as unique ID.
|Address of server connection the client is paired with.
|Process ID, if client connects with Unix socket and the OS supports getting it.
List of current PgBouncer parameter settings
|Configuration variable name
|Configuration value
|Either yes or no. Shows whether the variable can be changed while running. If no, the variable can be changed only at boot time.
|Name of configured database entry.
|Host pgbouncer connects to.
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|When user is part of the connection string, the connection between pgbouncer and the database server is forced to the given user, whatever the client user.
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When the connected user has username "pgbouncer", connects through a Unix socket, and has the same UID as the running process, the actual file descriptors are passed over the connection. Note: This does not work on Windows machines.
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|Database name.
|State of the pgbouncer server connection, one of active, used, or idle.
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Shows statistics.
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In the investing world, higher returns over the long term are usually associated with accepting higher risk. A similar rule works in home insurance. Assume more responsibility for risk in the form of a higher deductible, and you can save tens of thousands of dollars over the long term, even when you factor in the likelihood of paying the higher deductible amount after a loss.
Surprisingly, many wealthy families fail to take advantage of this savings opportunity. Based on an ACE survey of 600 agents, 78% said affluent families were likely paying too much in premiums by carrying a low deductible, such as $500 or $1,000. Ironically, when families are faced with a minor accident that slightly exceeds their low deductible, many refuse to file a claim. Fearing a rate increase, they decide to pay for the repairs entirely out of their own pocket, a relatively affordable expense for them. Instead, these families should first consider how much they can pay without significantly affecting their lifestyle. Then their agent can estimate the premium savings they could achieve with a range of deductibles up to their maximum amount, allowing the family to assess the trade-off between risk and savings.
The savings can be substantial. For instance, the annual savings in premium for insuring a $1 million home with a $2,500 deductible versus a $500 deductible could be about $900. On a $3 million home, increasing the deductible from $5,000 to $10,000 could save the family about $1,800 annually.
As the table below illustrates, these savings build up year after year and soon outweigh the risk of having to pay the difference between the low and high deductible. If the family goes only two years without a loss and is forced to pay an extra $5,000 due to the higher deductible in the third year, they will have already saved $5,400 in premium. They're ahead $400. Considering that the typical home ACE Private Risk Services insures experiences a claim only once every 21 years, the family has a reasonable chance of saving almost $33,000, or even more.
Some companies such as ACE also offer disappearing deductibles in which the deductible amount drops by a dollar or percentage amount for each year the client goes without a claim. In ACE's case, the effective deductible on a first loss after 10 claim-free years could be zero.
The family can further stack the odds in their favor by installing safety systems in the home to minimize the frequency and severity of loss. For example, water damage accounts for 24% of the cost of all homeowner property losses, according to 2007-2010 data from SNL and ISO. Yet water damage is very preventable. By installing an automatic water leak detection and shut-off system, affluent homeowners can prevent or minimize up to 93% of the cost of water damage, according to an ACE study. Water leak detection and other loss prevention systems also offer the benefit of additional savings. The combined credits for such systems can exceed 30% of the base homeowners policy premium on top of the savings from the higher deductible.
Insurance companies such as ACE that cater to wealthy families offer such deep discounts for a number of reasons. Families who assume more risk for small losses through a higher deductible are more likely to be careful and install safety systems throughout their homes. As a result, they usually suffer fewer losses, both large and small. It's a win-win situation for both the client and the insurance company.
What to do with all those savings? Insurance agents experienced at working with high-net-worth families will often advise using at least a portion to address areas where the families are typically underinsured, such as liability lawsuits or extensive jewelry, art, and wine collections. By absorbing more risk for easily affordable losses to fund better coverage against catastrophic losses, the family can enhance wealth protection often at no additional cost.
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Asian Bistro a bright spot at Harbor Point
The new "gastro" district of Stamford surely is Harbor Point with what seems to be a veritable explosion of new eateries. Handling the Asian fare in the neighborhood is Asian Bistro, a beautiful restaurant tucked into a storefront opposite Fairway Market. It has become oddly common now to lump together all sorts of Asian cuisines under a single roof, usually with uneven results. Asian Bistro, with some real talent in the kitchen, at the sushi bar and the hibachi grill, manages the meld better than most, with some standouts in each of the huge menu categories.
The rather ordinary exterior quickly gives rise to a wow factor upon entering. In warm weather the entrance becomes a tropical open-air tiki bar with all sorts of intriguing cocktails to sip while nibbling on a little sushi (super fresh and sparkling), a little heap of rock shrimp tempura (light and crisp with a spicy yuzu dipping sauce) or a delicate beef negimaki (perfectly cooked, thinly sliced filet wrapped around verdant asparagus).
If you can pass up this attractive dining area, go inside and settle in with comfortable seating at the bar, in booths or at table. Lighting and ambiance here is perfectly flattering as is the service that welcomes with a truly earnest smile and greeting. This excellent service continues throughout, with the staff truly delighting in offering advice.
Still, even with advice, the menu is huge and beautiful, but almost overwhelming. We sampled from each category and found some winners in each.
Sushi and sashimi are uniformly fresh and prettily presented. More than a few of the signature rolls, including the Paradise roll, an otherwise tasty combo of lobster salad, shrimp tempura and banana tempura, is turned almost into dessert with a sweet yuzu orange sauce coating each piece. Read the fine print and stay with sauce-less options, such as a Manhattan roll with tuna, salmon, yellowtail and avocado.
Tempura starters are perfectly cooked, though the crab Rangoon has way more cream cheese than crab and also suffers from an overly sweet sauce. A tempura sampler of veggies and shrimp is also crisply satisfying. Other appealing nibblers are light chicken and hoisin lettuce wraps or light tuna wasabi dumplings.
While it would be tempting and a fine idea to make a whole meal on Asian nibblers, many main courses are more than worthy. We especially liked the Thai classic from a highly credible pad Thai and a delicate Thai basil with chicken, beef or seafood. Especially notable from the Chinese part of the menu is richly glazed and aromatic crispy orange beef and chicken with heady garlic sauce. Hibachi surf and turf or grilled shrimp and scallops are well cooked and satisfying though not quite as memorable as some of the other classics.
Desserts here are definitely Western and high quality bakery sourced, but tempura ice cream is "homemade." While the concept of cold ice cream coated in crunchy hot tempura batter has great appeal, it almost never turns out well -- batter too thick and not crisp enough. Here, however, a really great chocolate sauce helps a lot.
Asian Bistro is a fine addition to the amazing amalgam of eateries that is brightening Harbor Point.
More InformationASIAN BISTRO
121 Towne St., Stamford, 203-998-7333, www.stamfordasianbistro.com
HOURS: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday noon-10 p.m.
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PRICES: Dinner appetizers $14-$3; main courses $30-$13; desserts $7
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Pilot programs in Indiana and Ohio will measure the effects of expanding access to prescription drug monitoring.
The U.S. government is using Indiana and Ohio as test beds to determine the usefulness of health IT in the battle against prescription drug abuse.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Thursday, June 21, announced a pair of pilot programs that will improve real-time access to prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) for health-care providers. PDMPs are statewide electronic databases that contain drug prescribing and dispensing data submitted by doctors and pharmacies.
"The overall goal of all our pilot tests is to give health-care providers the data that they need to make the best prescribing decisions that they can," said Kate Tipping, a policy analyst with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, in an email to Government Technology. "PDMP data is a valuable tool in combating prescription drug abuse, but it becomes even more valuable when it is integrated with providers' day-to-day workflows."
Both pilot programs are being funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is managing the overall project in conjunction with SAMHSA, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Indiana's pilot project will center on emergency department staff viewing a patient's controlled substance history through the Regenstrief Medical Record System, a care management platform. The platform is used by Wishard Health Services, a community health system in Indianapolis, and other hospitals.
Tipping said the Indiana project is meant to demonstrate a "deep technical integration" with the Indiana Scheduled Prescription Electronic Collection and Tracking Program (INSPECT), using the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy's Prescription Monitoring Program InterConnect, an interstate hub that allows transfer of prescription monitoring program data across state lines to authorized users.
"If we are successful there, others can follow, using our documentation as a guide," Tipping wrote, regarding Indiana. "Other hospitals can connect with the health information exchange (HIE), and other HIEs can connect with INSPECT to add PDMP access to their capabilities."
Ohio's pilot is a little different. The state will test the impact of having a drug risk indicator embedded in electronic health records. The idea is to evaluate how that function affects clinical decision-making.
The Springfield Center for Family Medicine, Eagle Software Corp., the state of Ohio and MITRE — a nonprofit that devotes its skill in IT and engineering to various sponsored projects — are partnering on the Ohio project.
Tipping added that while the Ohio pilot program is integrating the Springfield Center for Family Medicine's electronic health record system with the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, providers can still choose to access the prescription drug monitoring program using an existing Web user interface if they don't have an electronic health record.
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HCA Makes List of 100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology for Fifth Consecutive Year
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HCA (NYSE:HCA) today announced that for a fifth consecutive year the company has earned national recognition as one of the best workplaces for information technology professionals. The company ranked No. 42 on 's 2013 "Best Places to Work in Information Technology" list of 100 companies.
"We are proud to be listed among '100 Best Places to Work in IT' for the fifth year in a row," said Marty Paslick, HCA's Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. "This distinction is recognition that HCA is a great place to work, not only for nearly 4,000 IT professionals, but for all 204,000 HCA employees across the country."
HCA has several employee-focused programs that help make the company an attractive place to work. The company promotes employee health by providing a number of educational programs and incentives for participating in several wellness programs. In 2005, the company established the HCA Hope Fund, an employee-run, employee-supported 501(c)(3) charity that provides financial relief to thousands of HCA employees every year. In addition, HCA offers many professional development opportunities for its employees. More than 2,000 courses are offered across a variety of learning platforms to support professional development.
HCA's Information Technology & Services department (IT&S) employs nearly 4,000 employees across the U.S., operates four data centers and fourteen division support centers responsible for delivering IT services to HCA and its subsidiaries such as Parallon and Sarah Cannon Research Institute, as well as other customers around the country. The department's array of services includes business analysis, systems development, systems integration, information security, customer support, training and education, and infrastructure support.
IT&S offers a diversified development program and a number of recognition opportunities that exemplify the high priority given to providing employees the resources and support to realize professional and personal ambitions in their own unique ways. However, probably the most emotionally charged offering in its curriculum is the IT Healthcare Connection program, which immerses IT&S employees into the hospital environment to help them further understand and appreciate the effect of their work. Learn more about IT&S at .
Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT) list is an annual ranking of the top 100 work environments for technology professionals by IDG's . The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention. In addition, conducts extensive surveys of IT workers, and their responses factor heavily in determining the rankings.


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As Sequestration Looms, Cities Create Their Own Economic Fate
Whether sequestration happens or not, some local finance leaders are preparing for leaner times ahead when it comes to federal aid.
When it comes to localities and federal funding, it may be time to cut the cord.
Some local finance leaders say that whether or not sequestration happens, they are preparing for leaner times ahead when it comes to federal aid. And, along with this growing independence, is an increasing effort by cities for greater accountability and efficiency.
"Even if sequestration were not to happen, our sense here is that on a long-term basis whatever the federal government does, it will have to reduce its scope and it will have an impact on the District," Washington D.C.'s CFO Natwar Gandhi said Tuesday. With 60 percent of every $100 spent in the District coming from the federal government, "any cut at the federal level would have substantial impact," he added.
Gandhi's comments came during a panel discussion held at the Association of Government Accountants' National Leadership Conference in Washington. Joining Gandhi on the panel were Harry Black, Baltimore's director of finance, and Robert Tuccillo, CFO for the Federal Transit Administration.
With the new deadline of March 1 looming for sequestration's automatic, across-the-board cuts of about 10 percent, much uncertainty still remains. As Tuccillo, noted, "it's kind of like turning on The Weather Channel and knowing there's a hurricane in the Atlantic [Ocean] but you don't know which way it's going to go."
But this latest fiscal threat is not the first for state and local governments, which have been dealing with less aid from the federal government for years thanks to the recession. It has forced some municipalities to turn inward, identifying their own inefficiencies and making cuts where needed. Baltimore's CityStat program, which tracks agencies' ability to meet predetermined goals, and the city's recent transition into outcome-based budgeting, has helped Baltimore shift from being a reactionary government to a proactive one, Black said.
"So that helps us to be nimble in terms of really focusing on results," he said, adding that, "whatever might come down pike, we're able to deal with it."
The city's next step in keeping its financial house in order is the launch of a 10-year financial plan, which Black said he expects to be released within a few weeks.
"The new normal is, for most other state and local governments … we're going to be seeing budget shortfalls," Black said. "That's just a fact of life. The key is to accept that as the new normal and move on from finding ways to fill the shortfalls [to growing economically]."
The District has also launched a self-assessment system. Called Grade DC, agencies receive monthly grades based largely on customer service measurements and feedback from residents. Agency heads also report to the mayor and his staff for periodic performance reviews. Those assessments help city leaders find where they're getting the most bang for their buck -- a vital statistic when the District is expecting roughly $126 million less in revenue in 2014 thanks to reduced federal spending, according to Gandhi.
Both financial chiefs cautioned, however, that planning for a conservative economic future doesn't win any friends. Gandhi noted that the D.C. City Council "has accused him of being too conservative" and the mayor has also recently echoed the sentiment. It's times like that, he said, that his office's independent status helps him stay detached from the politics. Although the District of Columbia's CFO is appointed by the mayor, he can only be removed for cause and only by approval from council and Congress.
"You can disagree with the mayor in the morning and still be sitting in your office in the afternoon," said Gandhi, 72, who recently announced he would retire from his post in June after 13 years on the job. "Every other city you'd be sitting at home."
Black added that any change that seeks to streamline a city's structure and focuses on budgeting for results will take time. And there will "always" be resistance.
"What I've found that works is open communications, a lot of them. Over communicate," he said. "You've got to have a certain level of stick-to-itiveness. … The first year you might see some success, the second and third year, maybe some lean times there, but once you're in your fourth or fifth year, maybe you'll see some more impact."
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For some reason in healthcare IT we like to go through a series of buzzwords. They rotate through the years, but usually have a very similar meaning. The best example is EMR and EHR. You could nuance a difference between the two terms, but in practice they both are used interchangeably and we all know what it means.
With this in mind, I was intrigued by an excerpt from Cora Sharma's post on Financial Analytics Bleeding into Population Health Management:
It appears that "population health management" (PHM) just has a better ring to it than "accountable care" or "HMO 2.0". Increasingly, PHM is becoming an umbrella term for all of the operational and analytical HIT tools needed for the transition to value-based reimbursement (VBR), including EHR, HIE, Analytics, Care Management, revenue cycle management (RCM), Supply Chain, Cost Accounting, … .
On the other hand, HIT vendors continue to define PHM according to their core competencies: claims-based analytics vendors see PHM in terms of risk management; care management vendors are assuming that PHM is their next re-branded marketing term; clinical enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and business intelligence (BI) vendors argue that a single source of truth is needed for PHM; HIE and EHR vendors talk about PHM in the same breath as care coordination, leakage alerts and clinical quality measures (CQM); and so on.
Cora is right. Population Health Management does seem to be the latest buzzword and for some reason feels better to people than accountable care. I guess it makes sense. People don't want to be held accountable for anything. However, they love to help a population be healthy.
Coming out of 30+ meetings with vendors at HIMSS this year I was asking myself a similar question. What's the difference between an HIE, healthcare analytics, business intelligence, data warehouses (EDW) and even many of the financial RCM products? I see them all coming together into one platform. I guess it will be called population health management.
To Cora's broader point in the post, there is a real coming together that's happening between clinical and financial data in healthcare. All I can think is that it's about time. The division of the data never really made sense to me. The data should be one and available to whatever system needs the data. ACOs are going to drive this to become a reality.


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Combination of expression levels of miR-21 and miR-126 is associated with cancer-specific survival in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (2014)
Background Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is marked by high mortality rate. To date, no robust risk stratification by clinical or molecular prognosticators of cancer-specific survival (CSS) has been established for early stages. Transcriptional profiling of small non-coding RNA gene products (miRNAs) seems promising for prognostic stratification. The expression of miR-21 and miR-126 was analysed in a large cohort of RCC patients; a combined risk score (CRS)-model was constructed based on expression levels of both miRNAs. Methods Expression of miR-21 and miR-126 was evaluated by qRT-PCR in tumour and adjacent non-neoplastic tissue in n = 139 clear cell RCC patients. Relation of miR-21 and miR-126 expression with various clinical parameters was assessed. Parameters were analysed by uni- and multivariate COX regression. A factor derived from the z-score resulting from the COX model was determined for both miRs separately and a combined risk score (CRS) was calculated multiplying the relative expression of miR-21 and miR-126 by this factor. The best fitting COX model was selected by relative goodness-of-fit with the Akaike information criterion (AIC). Results RCC with and without miR-21 up- and miR-126 downregulation differed significantly in synchronous metastatic status and CSS. Upregulation of miR-21 and downregulation of miR-126 were independently prognostic. A combined risk score (CRS) based on the expression of both miRs showed high sensitivity and specificity in predicting CSS and prediction was independent from any other clinico-pathological parameter. Association of CRS with CSS was successfully validated in a testing cohort containing patients with high and low risk for progressive disease. Conclusions A combined expression level of miR-21 and miR-126 accurately predicted CSS in two independent RCC cohorts and seems feasible for clinical application in assessing prognosis.
Impact of miR-21, miR-126 and miR-221 as Prognostic Factors of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma with Tumor Thrombus of the Inferior Vena Cava (2014)
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) characterized by a tumor thrombus (TT) extending into the inferior vena cava (IVC) generally indicates poor prognosis. Nevertheless, the risk for tumor recurrence after nephrectomy and thrombectomy varies. An applicable and accurate prediction system to select ccRCC patients with TT of the IVC (ccRCC/TT) at high risk after nephrectomy is urgently needed, but has not been established up to now. To our knowledge, a possible role of microRNAs (miRs) for the development of ccRCC/TT or their impact as prognostic markers in ccRCC/TT has not been explored yet. Therefore, we analyzed the expression of the previously described onco-miRs miR-200c, miR-210, miR-126, miR-221, let-7b, miR-21, miR-143 and miR-141 in a study collective of 74 ccRCC patients. Using the expression profiles of these eight miRs we developed classification systems that accurately differentiate ccRCC from non-cancerous renal tissue and ccRCC/TT from tumors without TT. In the subgroup of 37 ccRCC/TT cases we found that miR-21, miR-126, and miR-221 predicted cancer related death (CRD) accurately and independently from other clinico-pathological features. Furthermore, a combined risk score based on the expression of miR-21, miR-126 and miR-221 was developed and showed high sensitivity and specificity to predict cancer specific survival (CSS) in ccRCC/TT. Using the combined risk score we were able to classify ccRCC/TT patients correctly into high and low risk cases. The risk stratification by the combined risk score (CRS) will benefit from further cohort validation and might have potential for clinical application as a molecular prediction system to identify high- risk ccRCC/TT patients.


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Pinterest and Flickr Make Photo Attribution Easier
Flickr announced on Tuesday that it's partnering with social networking site Pinterest to make sure images posted from the popular photo-sharing site are always properly attributed.
Pinterest's popularity has skyrocketed in the past few months as more users upload and post pictures to their virtual pin boards. However, not all pictures are properly attributed to their rightful owners.
To fix the problem, Flickr has launched a "Pinterest" button in the share menu of its site that automatically credits the image when it's shared. Other sites also getting automatic attribution with Pinterest today are YouTube, Behance and Vimeo.
For Flickr images, the share menu will be disabled if a photographer doesn't want their content shared.
"This will make it a lot easier for Flickr users to get the photo attribution on Pinterest," a Flickr spokesperson told Mashable. "All of the pictures shared from Flickr will be updated retroactively."
Because the attribution cannot be edited, pins and repins shared through Flickr will always be credited back to the original photographer.
"We want people to feel comfortable about photo-sharing and wanted to take the hard part of attribution out of the equation by making the process automatic."
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A new game in the Google Play Store
I've created yet another small game - just for fun - in the last few days. Its name is CavePacker. It's now available in the Google Play Store, the source is on github. Other supported platforms are Windows, Linux, MacOSX and NaCl.
It is a Sokoban game. I think everyone knows this (or at least should know) - for those who don't: Sokoban is a puzzle game, in which the player has to push boxes to storage locations to finish a map. The lesser moves you do to achieve this, the better the result.
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Let's play
Ildamos - the guy behind a 5,000-word UFO: AI review is back. This time he created a Let's Play for our beloved game.
Congratulations, it's an..... awesome game
At 12:53 MET UFO: Alien Invasion was reborn into a world without alien wars. We are proud to give it the name 2.5.
At the time we released 2.4 (2012-05) we planned to put out the next release a lot faster. So much for the theory. It took us more than two years to release the version 2.5. This version is the next big milestone for making the game feature complete. We took the time to balance and tweak a lot on the campaign to improve the fun and replayability for all of you.
As a sidenote we have replaced all our assets with Debian compatible licenses which will hopefully bring us a lot more players since we now can be part of the big Debian/Ubuntu universe. It only took us a few years to reach this goal. Thanks for everyone to support us.
Make sure to check out the Changelog and download the game. We hope to be able to provide some more binaries and installers in the next few days. Hopefully we will be available via apt-get install ufoai on Debian and Ubuntu very soon, too.
You should also make sure to not miss the next big thing we are working on since a few months now. The UI redesign. This is what we are going to call 2.6. The majority of this version will be about UI. Let's see how long it'll take to release that baby.
Please make sure to spread the word on facebook, twitter, blogs or whatever other social media channel you use. Reviews would be awesome, too - please let us know about them (so that we can link them). But most importantly - go and play the game!
We are also always looking for new contributors. If you know how to code c/c++ or want to learn it - or you know how to create models, textures or like to create maps, please please contact us.
Monthly update for May, 2014
Next licensing step
Our final goal for the licensing was reached today. We are now fully Debian compliant. This is true for both 2.6-dev and 2.5. You can find the list of licenses here.
We can now finally prepare the 2.5 release and we really hope that we are a part of the Debian world from that release on. We would reach a lot more users with that and hopefully would also get some new contributors.
Stay tuned for the monthly that is hopefully going to be posted soon.
The Ninex.info Server Team is once again in need of your help.
The server is currently hosting Two projects: "UFO: Alien Invasion," and "OpenXcom."
Monthly update for April, 2014
CaveExpress source code release
As promissed, the CaveExpress source code is now available on http://github.com/mgerhardy/caveexpress. The source is released under the GPL3 and the game data is released under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Monthly update for March, 2014
Monthly update for February, 2014
Monthly update for January, 2014
A lot of work was made in the UI conversion - ensure to check the latest dev build out.
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First Graduates Help Launch Campaign for Future
Scholarship Honors First 3 Students to Earn Diplomas at UT Dallas
As Ron Hawkins arrived at UT Dallas to take part in the launch celebration of the University's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, he surveyed the entrance to the campus – the tree-lined reflection pools, the glassy Visitor Center and the cranes towering over the construction site of the University's latest addition to its academic infrastructure.
"When I was here, there was only one building," he said.
Realize the Vision: University Launches Campaign
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Seen and Heard: Kickoff Event in Pictures and Words
Video: Leaders Explain UT Dallas Campaign Goals
Hawkins MS'73 was among UT Dallas' first graduating class. It consisted of three students: Hawkins, Susan Doe MS'73 and Wang Kong Lam MS'73. During the March 29 evening kick-off event, their early achievement was celebrated with the announcement of The First Graduates Scholarship, a permanent endowment created in honor of the class of 1973 by a $25,000 gift from Mrs. Rita Crocker Clements.
Doe received her master's degree in biology, Lam and Hawkins both in physics.
Doe was present at the campaign event as well. "I never imagined I would have a scholarship named after me," she said.
A native of Cooperstown, N.Y., Susan Doe is married to Frank Doe, a geneticist and college professor at the University of Dallas, and resides in Irving. She has two grown daughters. A former math teacher, she now enjoys spending time in the mountains and reading.
As UT Dallas President David E. Daniel introduced Doe, he explained that one of her daughters lives down the street from campus. "How cool is it to live next to a University where your mom was one of the first graduates?" he said.
Doe described the changes she saw as "incredible progress."
"The founders had a vision to build a scientific and intellectual community, a think tank, and it's clear that their vision is still being realized today," she said.
Hawkins hadn't seen the campus since graduation in 1973.
"When I was here, there was the Founders Building, and that was surrounded by cotton fields. I want to take a tour and see all the new buildings," he said.
Hawkins studied atmospheric physics and space science during his time at UT Dallas, but life took him down a different path than that of a physicist.
"I began to realize, due to the winding down of the Vietnam War, the end of the Apollo lunar landings, and the increase in social programs spending, that funds for paying guys in the field of physics were going to dry up," he said.
In addition to working on his master's thesis at UT Dallas, Hawkins took organic chemistry and microbiology courses at North Texas State University, now known as the University of North Texas, to prepare to apply to dental school.
Hawkins was accepted to Baylor College of Dentistry and went on to establish his own practice in Lubbock, where he has been for over 30 years.
"I was blessed enough to build a great practice that has allowed us to travel the world, build our dream home, raise two sons and send them to college," Hawkins said.
Above: First graduates Ron Hawkins and Susan Doe attended a campaign kickoff event.
Below: A snapshot memorializes the class of 1973 (from left): Wang-Kong Lam, who graduted in physics; Doe, who was then named Susan Seabury Mahlum, in biology; and Hawkins in physics.
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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Norman Rockwell Would Have Been Proud
Claire Williams was 29 when she posed for a Rockwell painting in Stockbridge.
Sept. 15, 2008 -- Success! "GMA" Makes History
I don't know if people said we couldn't pull this off, but if they did, they were dead wrong because we totally did. "Good Morning America" just became the first network television show ever to broadcast live from a moving train.
From the opening shot of Diane and Robin greeting the nation live from the back of the speeding Whistle-Stop '08 Tour train all the way to the closing shot once again from the back of the train, the whole thing went off without a hitch. The madness caused by the switching to live shots and the timing to make everything work just right while the train powered along came together in genius when it needed to.
Everyone stayed safe. Most people stayed happy. And a few people even stayed sane.
Unknown forces tried to conspire against the train as a tree branch fell in front of it, causing a minor delay but providing the train engineers an opportunity to show off their brawn by moving it for us.
Then we were back on schedule, making three stops at towns in Massachusetts, providing up-to-the-minute news and weather reports and even relaxing a little as we listened to James Taylor and Yo-Yo Ma play a concert live in Stockbridge, Mass., from the front porch of the famous Red Lion Inn.
From the antique buildings to the small shops with smiling patrons, Stockbridge is truly an American city. Even the lyrical white picket fences have a deep texture to them that exudes sturdiness with age.
It's no wonder the town looks as if it stepped out of a Norman Rockwell picture -- the famous artist had his first studio in Stockbridge, just a stone's throw from the Red Lion Inn.
I met one person there who knew that studio very well -- Claire Williams, who was 29 when she posed for a Rockwell drawing in 1959.
"Oh, he was very nice. And I look as good now as I did then," she said with a long laugh.
With an attitude like that, she, like the idyllic town she grew up in, seems to have only gotten better with age.


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Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
23rd President
Loyola University Chicago
Reverend Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., has served as the 23rd president of Loyola University Chicago since June 2001. A seasoned university administrator, tenured professor, author, and scholar, Father Garanzini has spent the majority of his career working in higher education.
In June 2011, Father Garanzini was appointed by Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., the superior general of the Society of Jesus, to serve as the secretary for higher education for the Society of Jesus. In this new role, which officially began on September 1, 2011 and is in addition to his continued service as president of Loyola, Father Garanzini assists the Father General on a part-time basis, coordinating and championing Jesuit higher-education issues around the world.
Father Garanzini's solid academic credentials combine with a rare blend of experience in teaching, research, service, and administrative leadership at some of the nation's leading Jesuit institutions of higher learning, including Georgetown, Fordham, Saint Louis, and Rockhurst universities, as well as Gregorian University in Rome.
Prior to becoming president of Loyola, Father Garanzini was a full professor of psychology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he had been special assistant to the president for two years. Before joining Georgetown, Father Garanzini was a visiting professor at Fordham University in New York.
Much of Father Garanzini's academic and administrative experience comes from his years at Saint Louis University, where he held several academic and administrative posts. A St. Louis native, Father Garanzini received his BA in psychology from Saint Louis University in 1971, the same year he entered the Society of Jesus. From 1984 to 1988, he divided his academic responsibilities between the University of San Francisco and Gregorian University in Rome. He received a doctorate in psychology and religion from the Graduate Theological Union/University of California, Berkeley, in 1986. In 1988, he returned to Saint Louis University as an associate professor of counseling and family therapy. He then served as assistant academic vice president from 1992 to 1994. He was appointed academic vice president in 1994, a post he held until 1998. In 2008, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of public service from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Father Garanzini serves on the following boards of trustees: the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU); the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities; the Archdiocese of Chicago, Board of Catholic Schools; the Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation; and LIFT-Chicago. He serves on investment committees for the ACCU, the Society of Jesus, and other organizations, and he is chairman of the Cuneo Scholarship Foundation.
Active in community service, Father Garanzini is known for his work on behalf of children and families. He is a frequent speaker and has published many books and articles on issues such as child and family therapy, moral development, and Catholic education.
Academic Experience
2001-Present — President, Loyola University Chicago
September 2011-Present — Secretary for Higher Education for the Society of Jesus
1999-01 — Special Assistant to the President and Acting Chair, Psychology Department, Georgetown University
1998-99 — Visiting Professor of Counseling, Fordham University
1994-98 — Academic Vice President, Saint Louis University
1993-94 — Acting Academic Vice President, Saint Louis University
1992-93 — Assistant Academic Vice President, Saint Louis University
1991-92 — Acting Vice President for Student Development, Saint Louis University
1988-98 — Associate Professor of Education, Saint Louis University, Graduate Program in Counseling and Undergraduate Psychology (tenure 1992)
1986 & 1988 — Visiting Professor in Psychology and Family Studies, Gregorian University, Graduate Division
1986-88 — Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and School of Education; Department of Educational Psychology, University of San Francisco
1984-86 — Part-Time Non-Tenured Faculty, University of San Francisco
- PhD, Graduate Theological Union University of California, Berkeley, 1986, Psychology and Religion
- STM, Jesuit School of Theology Berkeley, 1981, Moral Development
- MDiv, Weston School of Theology, 1980
- MA, New York University, 1978, American Civilization
- BA, Saint Louis University, 1971, Psychology
- Honorary Doctorate of Public Service, Carthage College, 2008
Selected Publications
- "The Narcissistic Family: Implications for Catholic School Leaders" chapter in Catholic School Educational Leadership, by Hunt, Oldenski and Wallace (1998)
- Child-Centered Schools: An Educator's Guide to Family Dysfunction (1995) NCEA Press
- "Matching the Inner World with Outer Reality: Moral Development Domains and the Role of the Media" In Mass Media and the Moral Imagination, pp. 85-100. Edited by Philip J. Rossi and Paul A. Soukup. Kansas City, MO: Sheed and Ward, (1994).
- "Meeting the Needs of Dysfunctional Families" Catechist, January, (1993).
- The Attachment Cycle: An Object Relations Approach to the Healing Ministries (1987) Paulist Press


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The local club (BMW-NEF) has stayed in this restored hotel, my wife and I stayed there in 07.
There are other chain motels on the outskirts also available or maybe a B+B.
I also made you a different route to get to the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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If you live near Decatur, Georgia, and want to make $10 a mile dangling bacon while jogging in front of someone aspiring to be "alternative school skinny," contact this Craigslist poster:
I am in need of someone who will cook (not microwave) and dangle bacon in front of my starving face while running to the YMCA. The objective is to trick my arse into working out.
Must be able to run a few miles without going horizontal
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Slovenia becomes sixth ESA European Cooperating State
Slovenia becomes the sixth European country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA.
ESA's Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Peter Hulsroj, and Slovenian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Gregor Golobic, signed the agreement at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 22 January.
This agreement strengthens Slovenia's relations with ESA and defines the legal basis for developing a Plan for European Cooperating State (PECS) Charter, describing activities, projects and budget for Slovenia's cooperation with ESA. Following the signing ceremony, Mr Golobic visited the ESTEC Test Centre, the Concurrent Design Facility and the Erasmus Centre.
Hungary was the first country to gain this status, in April 2003, with Romania, Poland and Estonia also becoming ECS countries. The Czech Republic, now a full Member State, was the second ECS. The first visit to ESA of a Slovenian delegation was in May 2006, led by Mr Alojz Peterle (former Slovenian Prime Minister and currently Member of European Parliament). Since then, several steps have been made in cooperation between Slovenia and ESA, and the first Cooperation Agreement was signed in May 2008.
ESA participated, through its Earth Observation Directorate, in the 'Bridging the Gap' conference in Portoroz, 14–16 May 2008. An ESA expert team visited Slovenian industrial and research organisations involved in space projects in May 2009, notably the Josef Stefan Institute ('bedrest' studies) and EMO Orodjarna, a supplier for the Ariane 5 programme.
During the coming months, Slovenia will define with ESA the specific areas and projects for cooperation, and the budget for the next five years. Its major participation will be in ESA's Science and Robotic Exploration programme.
Slovenia has a longstanding involvement in astronomy and space science. Herman Potocnik (1892–1929) was a Slovene rocket engineer and pioneer of astronautics. His book, Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums – der Raketen-Motor (The Problem of Space Travel – The Rocket Motor) was published in Berlin in 1928. Potocnik devoted himself to rocketry and space science, set out plans for a permanent human presence in space, with detailed plans for a space station and one of the first calculations of a geostationary orbit.
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According to scuttlebutt floating around the Detroit auto show, Sergio Marchionne has suggested that the Maserati Kubang won't remain the Kubang for much longer; it'll undergo some manner of name change before it comes to market. It will, however, remain an SUV built on the platform that underpins the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Dodge Durango and the Mercedes-Benz M-class.
Unveiled initially in Frankfurt, Maserati CEO Harald Wester on Tuesday announced one of the most poorly kept secrets of the Trident brand--that Maserati will put the luxury SUV into production.
Wester spent about a quarter of an hour attempting to convince the assembled press gang that Maserati was a natural to build a luxury ute, citing the original Quattroporte as precedent for the company's expansion into new segments. It remains, however, a Grand Cherokee with a GranTurismo nose grafted onto it, not much more elegant--and considerably less "I'm a casino magnate and I could give less than a titmouse's posterior what you think"--than Bill Harrah's famed Jerrari, which, as you may recall, was a demented mélange of Wagoneer and Ferrari 365, featuring the latter's majestic V12 engine.
Like the Jerrari, the Maser ute's engine will be built by Enzo's children in Maranello, while the chassis is to be constructed in the United States. They'll be mated at Chrysler's Jefferson North plant, home of the Grand Cherokee and the Durango. Unlike the Jerrari, the new Maserati ute will have an eight-speed automatic transmission. According to Wester, "All major system components will be 100 percent Maserati," and the vehicle will reach customers "fully maintaining the integrity of Maserati's DNA."
Which means, of course, that there's a little 250F in every one. Also, a little Biturbo. Take your pick.


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The Dorset Naga pepper was born in England in 2004 by a selection of chili from the Naga Morich from Bangladesh.From the scent of tropical fruit, slightly bitter, almost to warn of the danger, it has a level of spiciness that varies between 900,000 and 1,000,000 SHU. Before the advent of the Bhut Jolokia the Dorset Naga was right to hold the undisputed world record of spiciness.Cultivated in "La Casetta" collected and immediately cleaned, washed and dried.The drying takes place through dryer with air flow at 30/35 ° C. According to HACCP.No sun and no dust!Dried and crushed - bottle of g. 10Certified organic
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Machining Cell Helps Bolster Local Industry
A two-machine cell consisting of a turn-mill and surface grinder from Chevalier Machinery, both serviced by an industrial robot from ABB Robotics, play a key role in a San Antonio research and education institution's mission to strengthen the local manufacturing sector.
Frank Chen, Ph.D., believes he knows the right prescription for keeping U.S. manufacturing ahead in today's fast-changing global economy: innovation, education and investment. That might sound like a familiar tune, but for Dr. Chen, it isn't just talk—his work at a manufacturing education and research center in San Antonio, Texas, involves taking concrete steps toward advancing this idea on a daily basis. One of his most valuable resources in those efforts is a two-machine cell consisting of a turn-mill and surface grinder from Chevalier Machinery (Santa Fe Springs, California), both of which are serviced by an industrial robot from ABB Robotics (Auburn Hills, Michigan). Since installation, the cell has proven capable, flexible and precise enough to take on virtually any required project, he says.
Dr. Chen is director of the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA) Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems (CAMLS). CAMLS was founded in 2007 to provide education and training and to conduct research and development in support of a local manufacturing industry that has grown rapidly in recent years as companies like Caterpillar and Toyota joined the major aviation and defense suppliers, as well as hundreds of smaller shops that were already established in the region. Nonetheless, local employers often struggle to fill openings for mid- to high-paying jobs in critical manufacturing positions. These companies—especially the small- and medium-sized manufacturers—have urgent needs for training in advanced machining, lean manufacturing and integrated manufacturing systems, Dr. Chen says.
Enter the CAMLS, which relies on grant funding as well as support from members who pay an annual fee to pool assets or work alone with the organization's staff to tackle difficult challenges, ideally for less than the cost of meeting the same goals in-house.Much of the consortium's work is carried out in laboratories featuring a selection of computer-based modeling, simulation and analysis tools, various robots and precision measuring systems, and mostly table-top-scale machinery and equipment. While that is sufficient for educational purposes, organizers recognized early in the CAMLS' development that helping manufacturers develop new capabilities and proficient machinists would require more. "We needed to supplement the 'soft,' lean-system side of our center's strength with production-scale hardware that could provide industry training and small-lot experimental production capabilities," Dr. Chen explains.
Any machinery would require high accuracy to handle some of the high-tech parts that are common in the local manufacturing sector. Automated equipment would also be preferable, considering machine-tending robots are the norm in the mid-volume, mid-variety production environments that characterize local biomedical instrument and aerospace component manufacturers, Dr. Chen says. Additionally, a range of capabilities would be required to handle a variety of geometries and materials. Given the CAMLS' tight budget, typically low production quantities, and lack of access to an extensive machine shop, a multi-function turn-mill was considered the best option for meeting all of these goals. The organization determined it would also need a surface grinder for finishing operations, as well as an industrial robot for automated loading/unloading on both machines.
As a supplier of both types of machines that has the engineering capability required to integrate third-party robotics, Chevalier Machinery became the builder of choice. Working with ABB robotics specialists, the company took full responsibility for installation, integration and training for all of the new equipment: an FNY-250SY turn-mill, an Ultra H612 CNC surface grinder and an ABB irb 2400 industrial robot.
Although much of the center's work with industry partners is proprietary, Dr. Chen says applications of the machining cell tend to involve attempts to develop new machining processes and/or reduce setup time and total processing time. For that, the capabilities of the FNY-250SY turn-mill are invaluable, he says. Featuring a subspindle as well as C-axis functionality and a Y-axis turret that enable off-centerline milling, the machine can meet required tolerances on even the most complex-geometry parts in a single chucking.
As for the grinder, features such as a pyramid-shaped machine base, extra-long spindle-seat guideways, and a heat-treated, GB300 Meehanite cast iron structure provide the rigidity required for high-quality surface finishes. Likewise, various features promote accuracy, including cooling systems that reduce thermal distortion, Turcite-B coating on all guideways, and optical scales for pitch-error compensation.
"When local manufacturers visit us, we give them a tour of our facilities. If they're into machining, the last thing we show them is the Chevalier machining cell. That way they know we're serious when we talk high-performance manufacturing," Dr. Chen concludes.
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Man interrupts MVP Malcolm Smith's Super Bowl interview with odd 9/11 conspiracy claim
Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith was answering questions at his press conference when a man barged his way to the stage, grabbed the microphone and said:
"Investigate 9/11, 9/11 was perpetrated by people within our own government."
According to Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post, Matthew Mills was arrested from criminal trespass.
Per the NJ State Police, the 9/11 "truther" is Matthew Mills, 30, from Brooklyn (sigh). His media affiliation was listed as "unknown."
— Bart Hubbuch (@HubbuchNYP) February 3, 2014
Smith, clearly stunned by the intruder and his bizarre interruption, returned to the matter at hand.
"Somebody check his press pass," Smith joked.
But it's not funny. In fact, it's scary that with all of the security surrounding the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos for this Super Bowl event, someone could make his way into an official press conference.
UPDATE: NJ.com spoke with Matthew Mills and he explained how he got through multiple layers of security at Super Bowl XLVIII.
"I just said I was running late for work and I had to get in there. It was that simple," Mills said. "I didn't think that I'd get that far. I just kept getting closer and closer. Once I got past the final gate and into the stadium, I was dumbfounded."
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The Arcade Car Park Markets are held every Sunday and have a variety of stall, local fresh fruit and vegies, and good range of organic fruit and exotic fruits, locally made cakes and biscuits, chutneys and preserves, jewellery, bric-a-brac, ladies and children's fashions, collectable coins and notes, plants, timber craft and a recent addition to the markets is organic pork, beef and dairy products and for a relaxing change try our reflexology, there is also a Disney character appearance on a regular bases through out the year to entertain the children.
There is plenty of free parking covered and uncovered in and around the market, there is also to other floors above the markets to park free of charge. The Kern Arcade shops are also open for trading Every Sunday.
Access to the Markets is via Bolsover Street or East Street, Rockhampton.


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Here's just a few of the adventures and tours you can experience in the La Fortuna/Arenal area. There's many more and we'll be posting videos of those as we do them, but these are a few of the more POPULAR tours in the La Fortuna/Arenal area. And if you want to take it easy one day and do something a little different, check out the 4th video down which is a Costa Rica Cooking Class- informative and YUMMY!
And if by chance you'd like to do these of other adventure tours in the La Fortuna area, check out the last video, it will tell you how to book them.
Canopy Tour aka Zip line-
The Arenal Hanging Bridges-
Cultural Costa Rica Cooking Class-
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