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Kodi Veeran theatres bookings start for Diwali now
The shooting of Kodi Veeran has come to an end. Now the post-production works are going on in rapid pace. It was earlier decided to release the film for Ayutha Pooja festival. Since numerous films are being released for the Ayutha Pooja festival. it been decided to postpone the release of the film.
Since there five days holidays on the occasion of Deepavali it has been decided to release the film for Deepavali. Very soon the trailer and the songs are to be released. The promo works are also to begin soon.
The film directed by Muthaiah has Sasikumar, Mahima Nambiar, Sanusha, Viddarth, Bala Saravanan, Poorna and producer Indrakumar in the cast. Kathir is handling the camera while Raghunandan is composing the music. Sasikumar is producing the film under the banner Company Productions.


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Placements Manager, Health Psychology
- Recruiter
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
- Posted
- 14 Jun 2018
- End of advertisement period
- 28 Jun 2018
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- Academic Discipline
- Social Sciences, Psychology
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
The School of Psychology
The School of Psychology is seeking a Placements Manager to support its postgraduate professional training in the Health Psychology stream of the Master of Psychology.
The School of Psychology is one of the largest and most prestigious schools of psychology in Australia, and its strong reputation is built on excellence in both research and teaching.
The School offers the following postgraduate training programs leading to professional practice as a psychologist:
- Master of Psychology (Counselling Psychology, Health Psychology, Sport & Exercise Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology streams)
- Master of Organisational Psychology
- Master of Clinical Psychology
- Doctor of Psychology
Around 170 students are currently enrolled in postgraduate professional training programs in the School.
The role
The purpose of the Placements Manager (Health Psychology) position is to manage existing and develop new placements, with a particular focus on health placements, to ensure that students in the Master of Psychology achieve professional practice competence. This involves matching students to placement organisations, providing support to students and field supervisors to ensure that placement requirements are met, assisting in assessment of competencies, keeping accurate records, and developing new placement opportunities to meet increased demand. Assisting with the supervision of postgraduate students within placement settings may also be required.
The person
Applicants will be registered as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia and have a minimum of two years professional experience working as a psychologist, preferably within a health context. Applicants will have endorsement in Health Psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia, or be currently undertaking the registrar program for endorsement. The appointee will be familiar with a broad range of services and organisations providing relevant specialised psychological services, and will have high level communication and organisational skills. He or she will build effective working relationships with key personnel in relevant external organisations who can provide relevant professional supervision and placement opportunities for health psychology students.
The appointment will be made on a part-time (0.5 FTE), continuing basis at HEW Level 8. The remuneration package will be in the range $92,811 - $104,214 p.a. (full-time equivalent), plus employer superannuation contributions of up to 17% (total package will be in the range $108,588 - $121,930 p.a. full-time equivalent).
To discuss the Placements Manager (Health Psychology) role, please contact Ms Stacey Vogel, Acting School Manager, on +61 7 3365 7395 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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An interesting article in The Independent on 7 August 2017 put 'fake news' into a deeper historical context.
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It's the middle of summer. The Jesuits in Britain Archive holds material recording holidays taken by Jesuits over the last 160 years.
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Homily given by Fr Michael Beattie SJ at Farm St Church on the feast of St Ignatius.
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David Fernandez SJ, Rector of the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, gave this challenging speech to the graduating class of the School of Business Administration, on the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Degree Programme.
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René de los Reyes SJ, a British Jesuit currently studying philosophy at Regis College in Toronto, reflects on his participation in the Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage.
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Please help me out.In anticipation of the coming season, and to prompt smiles from little grandchildren, I pulled out this placemat. (No signature on the actual art, but the back says this placemat was made in the USA, and it's copyrighted by Greenbrier/Scentex .)
At first glance, I saw both boy and girl snowmen in the picture. But then I had to ask myself how I came to that conclusion? I try not to grab onto stereotypes, but I guess we all do now and then.
So I'm asking you all. I assumed the snowman on the front of the sled was a guy. To his right and back on that hill, that one seemed to be a younger snowperson, but again a male. The one behind him, higher on the hill, that's a girl. And back to the couple on the sled – the one in the back must be the girl. And no, I did not come to this conclusion because I have any ridiculous notion that women should always follow the men.
Anyway, I had to study the picture to figure out why my assumptions were so gender specific. I hoped that I didn't assume the couple on the sled were female on the left and male on the right (front) just because the front snowman is bigger. A walk through town would prove to anyone that size doesn't matter. So I looked closer.
The snowgal on the back of the sled definitely looks more girly in the face than the one on the front. After letting my gaze ping-pong between the two snow people, I realized that the eyes are closer together on the one I assumed to be a female, and that smile is narrower. The whole head is smaller, so the face has to be smaller. But in this situation, it gives this snowperson a dainty look, whereas the wider face, and the arrogance in the upturned nose, of the front snowy being makes it look more masculine.
The same differences can't account for the snow people on the back hill, because these are far enough apart in space and placement (on this placemat--hee!) that the one I assumed to be the girl would have to be smaller just to be correct perspective-wise. So size truly doesn't make a difference or tell me an answer here.
Yet I still think the back one on the hill looks more feminine and the front one more masculine.
Before I drive myself crazy analyzing this matter, can anyone tell me why, or whether I'm right or wrong in my assumptions, and how you justify your answer?
I'm sorry, but weird little things like this tend to bother me until I come to at least an understanding, if not a solid answer.
Hope to hear from you soon!


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Engagement & CGM Top 2007 Marketing Trends, Says Brand Keys
Rob Passikoff offers seven marketing predictions for 2007, and the first two caught my eye:
1) An ongoing emphasis on "engagement."
Continuing to insert itself between traditional marketing activities and an increasing demand for return-on-investment assessments, engagement will occupy a good deal of marketers' and advertisers' attentions. As we predicted last year, a joint task force from the Association of National Advertisers, the Advertising Research Foundation, and the American Association of Advertising Agencies offered up the following definition this year: "turning on a prospect to a brand idea enhanced by the surrounding context." While that's a passable (and all-inclusive) first-step definition, watch closely for more-precise, category- and brand-based definitions and metrics.
2) More reliance on consumer-generated content.
Accompanying the search for real consumer engagement will be increased reliance by marketers such as Nissan, JetBlue, Chevrolet, and MasterCard on consumer-generated content. Consumer-generated content will awaken marketers to certain values or trends--but it will carry its share of drawbacks as well. The first will be a sudden and disturbing recognition that there is no standard between paid and nonpaid consumption, and that there are no norms when it comes to the extent to which the content is wholly created by consumers or assisted by marketers. This will have repercussions in regard to agency-marketer relationships. The second will be a tacit acknowledgement that just because content is "consumer generated" doesn't mean that strategy, creativity, or engagement will be represented, let alone attained, which will add further import in creating authentic (and predictive) engagement metrics.
I've long argued that consumer-generated media is a huge deal, and that it should play a massive role in our understanding and modeling of engagement. While Rob didn't overtly declare that in his two predictions above, he at least juxtaposed the two concepts as the number one and two trends. That priority speaks for itself.
What are Rob's five remaining trends? You can read them right here.


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According to this morning's Guardian you are looking for an efficient experi¬enced secretary.
During the past 10 years I have served in that capacity to three prominent executives all three of whom will vouch for my efficiency and dependability. They are....
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I have just graduated form Hacettepe University department of Linguistics. I would like to do post-graduate studies in your faculty. Will you kindly send the requi¬red information and documents for the application for a master's degree?
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The Authority's annual HHW Waste Collection Program is conducted yearly on the first Saturday of May from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. There is no fee for York County residents to participate. Businesses and government entities are not eligible to participate.
Residents can safely manage HHW by bringing it to this free household hazardous waste collection program. The Authority provides this service as part of our integrated waste management system and through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. After collection, HHW is transported to hazardous waste facilities that safely recycle the materials collected.
Accepted items include: thermometers containing mercury; liquid mercury; auto fluids such as transmission fluid, brake fluids and antifreeze; car batteries; rechargeable batteries such as Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion), and Small Sealed Lead (Pb); driveway sealant; compact fluorescent light bulbs and fluorescent lamps; gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and butane; herbicides and pesticides; household cleaners; chemistry kits; photographic chemicals and pool chemicals.
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What do you listen to?
May 8, 2018
You're on a road trip. You're driving. You're in control of the radio. What station do you listen to? One that features political hate talk -- the choices, they are aplenty -- or a music format that features songs you hate?
Neither, right?
Then why do so many people torch precious hours tuned to negative frequencies from the office gossip, the online troll, the supposedly well-meaning family member who was always anything but? Maybe they don't realize it's a choice. What they ingest is a choice.
Many years ago, at a workshop, I was challenged to come up with a mission statement for my work. "I want to express myself so precisely," I decided, "a chord is struck in another soul." Buoyed by that little gem, I wrote a mission statement for my voice. I wanted people to associate it with "comfort, fun, and a good story."
It's difficult to dispense only sunshine. But it's easier when you're focused on that!


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2 more freaking weeks and I'm flying to Korea...
I'm so freaking excited add a little of stress plus a little bit of sadness!!
Of course I'm excited.. A country I have never been to and been wanting to go... Plus a free and easy trip is kinda excitement too,isn't it...
I have nothing to wear (girl first problem!!).. okay someone is going to kill mi for sure..(I'm referring to my Hubb in case u guys are wondering...!! :( )
Even though I went to Europe in winter time, but the weather in Korea doesn't require mi to wrap myself up like a dumpling.. And I'm scare the weather may change anytime...
So I'm stuck in nowhere...
Spend like 3 freaking hrs and I only managed to settle my first 3 days (still thinking wanna change it anot!!..) Helpppp!!!
Can't you feel my sadness after reading my stress... I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR..
U noe!!!!
That is really a disaster for a girl!!
Okay I'm not those famous bloggers that many ppl would like to see their ootd almost everyday and they have quite a pretty shoot!!
For mi.. Who cares!!
Well Just for my own pleasure!! Hahaha.. Korea lei.. Cannot wear too anyhow lah..
Okay I'm still stuck..
What if the weather isn't that cold then we expected? Will we overdress? How many sets of clothing should I bring? Should I bring 8 days of supply or juz 5 days? Should I bring some that I dun really like to wear and throw it away once I wear it in Korea? Should I bring nicer clothes for ootd? Should I...?????
Right now, my living room is in a mess and nothing is packed inside my luggage..
Oh well!
I'm still looking forward to Korea in 14 days...!


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Richard D. Steinke, executive director of the Port of Long Beach for the past 14 years and one of the most respected leaders in the maritime industry, announced on Tuesday his plans to retire from the Port, effective September 30, 2011."I have accomplished most of what I set out to do at the Port," said Steinke. "I'm pleased that I can move on knowing that I leave the Port a better place than when I came on board."Under Steinke's leadership, the Port redeveloped the massive, former Long Beach Naval Complex, creating one of the nation's largest container cargo terminals. He transitioned the Port, making it both a builder of modern cargo terminals and a leading environmental steward. Steinke implemented a pioneering Green Port Policy that included an extremely successful Clean Trucks Program developed with the rival Port of Los Angeles. Partnerships and collaboration are hallmarks of Steinke's leadership style, enabling him to steer the Port through the complex process of winning approval for the $1 billion Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project, which will create one of the most efficient and greenest terminals in the world, and the $950 million Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project, which will assure safe access in and out of the nation's leading port complex. Steinke's retirement comes as the Port is kicking off $4 billion in major improvements over the next decade to cement its position among the world's leading ports. "Dick has been instrumental in developing the Port of Long Beach into one of the top seaports in the world," said Nick Sramek, president of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, which governs the Port of Long Beach. "He led the Port out of the recent recession, keeping it strong financially, while guiding our major modernization and environmental projects."Sramek said the Board of Harbor Commissioners would begin the search for Steinke's successor shortly, and Steinke has agreed to assist the Board in both the selection process and the smooth transition to a new executive director. "Dick has helped us develop a great staff, a great team here at the Port, and we're confident that we can maintain Long Beach's world-class status," Sramek added. Steinke's leadership extended throughout the U.S. port industry. He has been the chief spokesman for the U.S. West Coast Collaboration, a partnership of West Coast ports and the major western railroads. He has been chairman of the American Association of Port Authorities and the California Association of Port Authorities. Steinke serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Joint Powers Authority, the Harbor Association of Industry and Commerce, Intermodal Transportation Institute and St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach and he is a member of the Red Cross CEO Advisory Committee.The Port of Long Beach is the second-busiest container cargo port in the United States, and part of the sixth-busiest port complex in the world. In 2010, more than $140 billion in trade moved through the Port of Long Beach, supporting 300,000 jobs throughout Southern California and 1.4 million across the country.


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Hart Swimming Club (Hart SC) began life as Fleet Swimming Club in 1969. It was founded by Lesley and Hilary Wigg in a pool in their back garden. The Club grew over the years and started training at various pools in and around Fleet. When the new pool opened at Hart Leisure Centre in May 1991 Hart SC took the decision to make it the Club's 'home pool'.
Hart SC has two 'Club nights' (Sunday and Thursday) at Hart Leisure Centre when the Club hires the whole pool from 6.30-10pm. Please come down and meet us. New swimmer trials are held on the first Sunday of every month. Hart SC achieved SwimMark accreditation at competitive development in 2009 and continues to development within this programme. Swim Mark is the SwimEngland's aquatic quality mark for the development of effective, ethical and sustainable ASA affiliated clubs.
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5 Things I Loved This Week
2. The Pope's Visit- I feel like all the Kim Davis hoopla is overshadowing that his visit in general was lovely, positive, and powerful. I really loved so much of what he said and how hopeful many people seemed around it. It bugs me when people try to negate everything someone does because their views don't 100% align. That's crazypants! I absolutely and completely disagree with him on the topic of gay marriage, but I think he did a lot of good this visit, so I wish people would focus on the positive. Not to mention, I am sick of hearing about this lady. If you refuse to do your job, you should just cut ties with that post and move on to something else.
5. My Baby Making Eyes at Me- He never loves me more than when The Boy is rocking him to sleep for the night. Anything to help that crazy insomniac stay awake. Also, 10 months is the best age so far. It's like payoff for months of dead stares and talking to furnniture, because he is just so himself now. I like that he waves with both hands. I do not love the refusal to sleep, but if he is going to do it, I enjoy the flirt anyway. (Side note, after writing this, we have been taking turns for 3+ hours trying to get this kid to stay asleep in his crib. Oy)
6. Skagit Valley Bacon- AMAZING. Best bacon ever? Maybe. I am starting to love the


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Msliberty asked me why I consider liberals the enemy. I will give a few reasons here, and keep in mind that it is not a complete list. I will also say this: Most democrats I know are great people in general. They believe the things they believe and honestly think that they have the best perspective for the country. During Desert Storm, there were democrats next to me squeezing triggers just like us republicans. Just as I distinguish Conservatives from Republicans, I distinguish to some degree liberals from democrats.
Then there are liberals. Liberals are the crowd that:
1) Hates capitalism. They think that because someone works their butts off and is enjoying the fruits of their labor, that they should "give" more and can "afford" to pay huge percentages of their income in taxes. Never mind the principle of free enterprise or property rights.
2) Hates religion. Kids have to fight to say prayers before football games. Any public mention of Christianity is abhorrent, but we should tolerate all other religions. When was the last time that the ACLU challenged Muslims praying in public?
3) Refuse personal responsibility. Look at the Foley scandal. Have the dems raised the roof in wanting a criminal investigation to hold Foley accountable for his actions? NO. But they are driving ethics investigations into Speaker Hastert's knowledge, if any, of the content of the emails. They don't really care about the details, they just want some election time bump from the story. Contrasted to the GOP drive to deal with a President who LIED under OATH...no one investigated the democratic party over that, jsut one person.
4) Knows little about patriotism. Freedom of speech is absolute. I love it. It is the most important of the rights endowed by our Creator. As my momma used to tell me, just because you can say something, doesn't mean that you need to. Read my previous post about Ted Turner. Then read the Pelosi, Howard Dean, et al., comments about the war in Iraq or the current dealings about North Korea. Tell me these people value America above all others.
5) Attempts the moral high ground over "reproductive rights." They advocate the killing of children. They value the use of birth control over the life of a child.
More another time, but this is enough to get you started.
You Are Among The Elite!
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Someone Asked, So I Will Answer
Msliberty asked me why I consider liberals the enemy. I will give a few reasons here, and keep in mind that it is not a complete list. I will also say this: Most democrats I know are great people in general. They believe the things they believe and honestly think that they have the best perspective for the country. During Desert Storm, there were democrats next to me squeezing triggers just like us republicans. Just as I distinguish Conservatives from Republicans, I distinguish to some degree liberals from democrats.
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- WomanHonorThyself said...
Amen Robert..but trust me you dont want to get me Started!..lol..:)
- October 18, 2006 10:03 AM
- Robert said...
Thanks for stopping by, Angel. I visited your site and linked you on my list. No reciprocation necessary, unless you just wish to. I am tough skinned, so no feelings will be hurt!
Please do get started...and bring your pees here to get started too!
- October 18, 2006 11:29 AM
- Brooke said...
Play dirty.
They want the entire GOP thrown into jail, but when they get busted for something, not only do they refuse to resign, they cling to their positions, spouting nonsense like "what the definition of is;is."
Dingy Harry is just the latest example.
- October 18, 2006 5:15 PM
- Robert said...
For those of you who are new, I have a problem with spellchecker. I forget to use it.
Angel, that should have been "Bring your PEEPS..."
My most humble apologies.
- October 18, 2006 6:22 PM
- FreeCyprus said...
What I love about my country Canada and about your country is the diversity of opinion.
Western civilization is so strong, than no amount of criticism, from the left or from the right, can destroy it.
In many Islamic countries, if you criticize enough, you die. They are NOT confident that their way of life can withstand any criticism.
Cool site. First time visitor but I shall return.
- October 18, 2006 7:54 PM
- Laurie said...
On the contrary, Robert. I've been visiting, just not commenting. I also went to your wife's MySpace page as you suggested and read more about your daughter. What an incredibly frustrating situation. (Your wife is beautiful, by the way.)
By the way, Pelosi, Howard Dean, et. al. value America above all others.
- October 18, 2006 9:26 PM
- The Beltway B@stard said...
It's 2:10, and I'm on the Blog circuit right now - thus my cranky-ness.
I must point out, with regards to #3 - Yes Clinton was investigated by one person, who spent millions approved by many to do it. Clinton was wrong for fibbin under oath, but then again it should have never gone far enough for him to want to lie under oath.
Then there was the whole impeachment part - I believe more than one Rep was in on that waste of time.
Apples and Oranges - two consenting adults v. several irresponsible ones failing to do the right thing under very different circumstances - oh and there is the matter of one party not being consenting adults.
Let's see - man cheating on wife or republicans ducking and weaving because of a pedophile in their ranks. Where should the real concern be! It should be on the here and now!
All of this coming at election time to boot. Simple trading of who gets to deliver a dose of ones own medicine this go around.
Did I really call you a moderate? Should have kept my effing mouth shut;)
- October 19, 2006 1:35 AM
- Laurie said...
Right there with you, Beltway.
- October 19, 2006 1:41 AM
- Robert said...
Hey now, be nice. I think I have said before (but if not will do so now) that I was embarassed by the GOP and their persecution of Clinton's affairs (double entendre there, no insult intended). It was a waste of time, money, media, good will, and whatever else you can think of. I was, and still am, a bit miffed that the GOP pursued this when we see now what was waiting for us around the corner.
I wasn't trying to drag Clinton or his issues into the ring, just making an observation about the ways in which the two stories were politically prosecuted.
Laurie, Pelosi, Dean, et al., couldn't give a hoot in hell about America. They care about a "vision" and for their own egos. It isn't exclusively a democratic thing, repubs do it too. But by and large, the dems don't like America and where we stand.
Freecyprus, thanks for dropping by, and please frequent this place often. BB is cranky most of the time, Laurie is my football enemy, but we get along jsut fabulously and have some interesting debates along the way.
My wife would thank you for the compliment, and I agree with your opinion :).
- October 19, 2006 5:56 AM
- Laurie said...
Oh, right, and Cheney and Bush, with their oil wars, have America's best interests at heart.
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Just another quick post as I took part in another Ludum Dare last weekend. I'd managed to miss the last few so I was happy to give it another ago and redeem myself after the last couple I took part in (I wasn't too happy with Kana Konjurer and I didn't even finish a game for LD33).
This time the theme was "Ancient Technology" so I made a game about operating a fax machine. It's heavily inspired by Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes but the main twist in this is the manuals you're having to look up and read are actual instruction manuals for real machines found on the internet.
I'm pretty happy with how this went this time. Full art and sound (no music this time though) and a mostly compete game. I would have liked to have fit lots more into it as it currently wears thin pretty quickly and there's only one real surprise where I would have liked there to be many, but the main ideas are all there.
Anyway after a few months of not really getting much done in my spare time, it's kicked my creative side back into gear and I'm now getting back into working on stuff. The full version of Gridception still trundles along in the background, and I'm also working on a new smaller thing which I'll post about in the future if it goes anywhere.


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Tapes have been the definite archive media for many years and will probably continue to be used for this purpose for many years to come. There are many reasons why you may want to use tapes versus cloud, like meeting compliance and security requirements, accommodating backup latency issues, or you are just not ready to move your data to the public Cloud.
For many companies, there is no interest in backing up the production data to an actual tape. The reason is that they only need the Grandfather-father-son rotation or granularity, tapes are also sensitive to magnetic fields and condensation and the transfer speed is slow. The same things can be accomplished using a virtual tape library, also known as VTL, which could be a hardware box or software that you install on your backup server.
StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is an appliance and can also be software-only (as part of StarWind VSAN functionality) that eliminates the need for physical tapes by emulating industrystandard tape hardware, keeping all data on inexpensive, fast and high-capacity spinning disks. It is designed for SMB and Enterprises, who either look to get rid of backup tapes completely, or are willing to accelerate backup process and add an extra level of protection. Even with explosive data growth, StarWind VTL fits the backup into backup window by accelerating it, so the process does not overlap with production time. Optionally, it creates additional copy of backup data on the intermediate HDD for better safety. As a result, tape backup becomes affordable, fast and
This guide is intended for experienced StarWind users and Windows system administrators and IT professionals who would like to configure StarWind Virtual SAN solution. It provides detailed instructions on how to create the Virtual Tape Library device that will run on top of the Windows Server 2016 and integrate with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2016.
A full set of up-to-date technical documentation can always be found here, or by pressing the Help button in the StarWind Management Console.
For any technical inquiries, please visit our online community, Frequently Asked Questions page, or use the support form to contact our technical support department.
What is a Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
A virtual tape library simulates a media changer and a number of tape drives. Instead of using physical tapes, the VTL software or hardware writes the backed-up data to individual files that represent a tape. Different vendors use different file setups and extensions.
The advantage of using VTL versus actual tape is to gain granularity of the tape while benefit the speed of a disk-based backup and restore. This also enables you to customize your storage for the VTL software or hardware. You can either choose to have a lot of storage but lack the speed or the opposite.
A VTL solution is installed and configured the same way as a physical tape library, and from a DPM perspective, you can manage it the same way regarding its short-term and long-term retention policy.
Introducing System Center Data Protection Manager 2016
System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 (SCDPM) is the latest release by Microsoft and with it comes a lot of improvements and new features. DPM is well recognized in the industry for protection of Microsoft workloads and environments. With DPM 2016, you can back up the most common workloads in a modern data center today. DPM can backup various business workloads
such as the following which might be running on physical machines, Hyper-V, VMware, or in Microsoft Azure:
• Exchange Server
• SQL Server
• SharePoint Server
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Windows Server
• Hyper-V VMs
• System States and Active Directory
• Windows clients
• Files and folders
• VMware VMs (Supported starting with DPM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 11 or later, DPM 2016 support is coming very soon).
In earlier article, we covered the latest features of System Center Data Protection Manager 2016, you can read all about it here.
The protected data by DPM can be backed-up to disks for short-term retention, to tapes for short-term and long-term retention, and to Microsoft Azure for long-term retention.
Pre-Configuring the Servers
Figure 1. shows the reference network diagram of the configuration described in this guide. StarWind server running VTL device and Hypervisor running VMs and DPM are connected directly, but it is possible to wire them through switches as optional.
Installing System Center Data Protection Manager 2016
You can install SCDPM in different ways. Please refer to below articles where we described in details how to install System Center Data Protection Manager 2016, you can choose the installation method that suits your needs:
• How to install SCDPM 2016 on Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016
• How to Automate the installation of SCDPM 2016 on Windows Server 2016
• How to Deploy SCDPM 2016 using SCVMM 2016 on Windows Server 2016
System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 can protect Windows Server 2016 private cloud deployments efficiently and seamlessly. In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft introduced Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) technology. RCT allows backup applications (such as DPM) to find out which blocks of a file have changed since an earlier point in time. DPM 2016 rely now on RCT technology to check the virtual hard disk file that have changed and only read the changed blocks instead of tracking the VM changes using the file system driver. However, when you deploy DPM 2016 agent on any Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V (host or cluster), DPM will still install the file system driver for you, which gives you the flexibility to migrate VMs from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016 and keep protecting those VMs for you seamlessly. Best of all, the RCT technology is transparent, and does not need any configuration or management from your side.
For more information about Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) in Windows Server 2016 including the backup architecture and the difference between different versions, I strongly recommend to check my recent published book about Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook – Second Edition.
In this guide, we will focus on the StarWind virtual tape library (VTL) management, and how System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 can leverage it.
Creating Virtual Tape Library
1. Launch StarWind Management Console and connect to the server. Right click on the server and select Add Device (advanced) from the pop-up menu.
2. The Add Device Wizard appears. Choose Tape Device item.
Click Next to continue.
3. Choose Virtual Tape item.
Click Next to continue.
4. Enter the path and the name to virtual Device Header File.
5. Select the Device Model to emulate a tape drive. Based on DPM compatible list of tape libraries, the HP MSL2024 and HP MSL8096 both are supported. For this example, we will select HP MSL8096 because it's more performant than HP MSL2024. Please note that ADIC is not supported by DPM.
Click Next to continue.
6. Specify the Target Alias. Target Name will be generated automatically.
Click Next to continue.
7. At Creation page click Create and view the creation progress.
8. After creation you will see Device Creation completed page.
Click OK.
9. The VTL loader is created successfully. Right click on the device and select Create Tape… from the pop-up menu.
10. Select the Tape Type (size) and click OK. In this example, we will select LTO-6 Ultrium 6/16T (2500GB) ~2.45TB. The recommended type to use is LTO-5 and LTO-6 tapes. You can also customize the Tape Capacity Size in case you don't have enough usable space (i.e. LTO-6 with 1000GB). You cannot customize with more than the maximum tape capacity (Less Than or Equal To 2500GB is supported). As a best practice, we would suggest creating more tapes with smaller sizes instead of larger sizes (more on that in Configuring tape optimization for DPM section).
11. StarWind VTL will not provision a 2.5TB fixed file on the host, instead it will create a thin empty header file with 2KB in size. The file will grow as soon as DPM start writing on the tape.
12. The Tape is created and placed into the first slot of VTL. The HP MSL8096 that we have in this example supports 4 drive slots and 96 storage slots, since we already created one tape with 2500GB, we can still create up to 95 more tapes. The Drive Slots means that data can be written and read from 4 tapes simultaneously. This will boost performance.
DPM-Side Configuration
1. Launch the Microsoft iSCSI initiator from the DPM Server. Switch to Discovery tab. Click Discover Portal and enter the IP address of StarWind server with VTL created.
2. Switch to Targets tab and connect the target. Make sure you select "Microsoft iSCSI Initiator" under Advanced Settings. It's recommended to put the iSCSI traffic on different network, so make sure to choose the Initiator IP and the Target IP accordingly.
3. Open Device Manager and see the Medium Changer devices is shown as "Unknown Medium Changer". The VTL that we created in the previous step supports 4 drive slots, for this reason we can see 4 Tape drives in Device Manager named "Hewlett Packard LTO Ultrium-5 drive".
4. It's recommended to install the latest update driver from HP. The driver for HP MSL8096 can be downloaded here HPE StoreEver Tape Drivers for Microsoft Windows. The current version that support Windows Server 2016 is 126.96.36.199.
5. Extract the driver downloaded in Step 4 and launch cpqsetup.exe
6. Select All and click Install.
7. Once the drivers are installed. You can see the Medium Changer devices is shown now as "Hewlett Packard MSL G3 Series library (x64 based)".
8. We are ready now to add tape(s) to DPM library.
Add tapes to DPM
1. DPM automatically detects tape devices that are attached to it and they are displayed in the Libraries workspace of the Management view.
2. If the tape isn't displayed, you can detect it manually with the Rescan button. This might take a few minutes.
3. After you rescan, check that the details displayed in Device Manager and in the tape library are the same. You will see one tape library with 4 drives and 96 available slots (tapes).
4. If you want to add more tapes, select the tape library in the Libraries workspace of the Management view, and then click Add+
5. The I/E port door named "Hewlett Packard MSL G3 Series library" will be open, so you can create more tapes using StarWind management console as described in the previous section. Do NOT press OK. See the next step.
6. Once the tapes are created using StarWind management console, press OK. DPM will detect the newly added tapes as shown in the next screenshot.
Press OK.
7. Before we start using the newly added tapes, we need to Identify the "Unknown" tapes so they become "Free" and ready to be used.
8. After short period, the tapes will be available and marked as "Free".
Configuring protection group for DPM
1. Assuming you have already deploy DPM agent on your servers. Open DPM Management Console in the Protection workspace of the Management view, and then click New+
2. Select the option desired for backup (Servers / Clients).
Click Next to continue.
3. Choose the data to protect.
Click Next to continue.
4. System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 will provide you two protection methods in Protection Group Wizard when modifying or creating a new protection group. These are:
• Short-term protection (Disk / Tape).
• Long-term protection (Tape).
Select your Protection Method. In this example, we will select tape for short-term protection as well as long-term protection.
Click Next to continue.
5. System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 will provide you three additional steps in Protection Group Wizard when modifying or creating a new protection group. These are:
• Specify short-term goals
• Specify long-term goals
• Select library and tape details
Specify your desired Short-Term Goals. In this example, we will specify the retention range 12 Weeks (3 months), this is the maximum short-term protection you can specify. We will choose the frequency of backup as Daily. You can specify Weekly and Biweekly as well. The backup mode is Only full backup. Because Microsoft is doing this by NOT using incremental technology when writing data to a tape; instead, the DPM server will allocate two tapes per Protection Group and write a full back up to the tape. This will result in a longer backup time, but you will gain speed when performing a restore as you
are not using the incremental restore chain of tapes.
Click Next to continue.
6. Specify your desired Long-Term Goals. In this example, we will specify the retention range 3 Years (maximum is 99 years). We will choose the frequency of backup as Quarterly. You can specify Daily, Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, Half yearly and Yearly. The short-term goal was set in the previous step to maximum 3 months, it makes sense to go with quarterly. In this case, we will have 1 recovery point every 3 months. You need to check your company policy and specify the retention range accordingly.
Click Next to continue.
7. Select the Library and Tape Details. In this example, we have only one tape library "Hewlett Packard MSL G3 Series library (x64 based)". Since this tape library support up to 4 slots, we will increase the allocated drives to 4. This means that data can be written and read from 4 tapes simultaneously to increase performance. Select the Compress data option for short-term and long-term protection, this feature is useful which basically allow to write sequential data on the tape, therefore the tape backup will be much more
Click Next to continue.
8. Review the Summary and click Create Group.
9. You can create a manual recovery point if you don't want to wait for the backup schedule. You can do this in the Protection workspace of the Management view, right click on the protected item and select Create recovery point… You can choose Short term tape protection or Long term tape protection.
If you choose Long term tape protection, the latest recovery point on short-term tape will be backed up to tape.
10. Open the Libraries workspace of the Management view, and see the protection group named "Tape Protection Group 01" is assigned to slot 5 and 6, the Data Written was around 15GB which match the actual data. In this example, we created two recovery points, hence the data was written twice on two different tapes respectively.
11. If you look at the StarWind VTL storage file system, you can see that the data was written to D0F80005.VTdat (Slot 5) and D0F80006.VTdat (Slot 6) respectively.
Restoring data from tape
This section will provide you with the steps to recover protected data from tape.
1. Make sure that your tape library is online and does not report any errors; this can be done by verifying the alerts in the Monitoring view of the DPM console or in the Libraries workspace of the Management view of the DPM console.
2. In the DPM console, go to Recovery and choose the data source you would like to recover.
3. Mark the data source and choose the data and time for the restore. Right-click on the data source and choose Recover… to start the Recovery wizard.
4. In the Review Recovery Selection wizard, review the data source that is chosen for recovery and click on Next > to continue.
5. In the Select Recovery Type wizard, you will choose how to recover your data. When you recover data from tape you can:
• Recover to original instance
• Recover as virtual machine to any host (Only available if you are restoring a VM)
• Copy to a network folder
• Copy to tape
6. If you select Copy to a network folder, you need to have a DPM agent deployed and a data source that is protected by the DPM server for the server to be listed as a recovery destination.
7. If you choose Copy to tape, see the next section for more information.
8. In this example, we will cover how to recover as virtual machine to any host. Select Recover as virtual machine to any host option and click on Next > to continue.
9. In the Specify Destination wizard, specify where you want to recover the virtual machine. Click on Next > to continue.
10. In the Specify Recovery Options wizard, you can configure specific options for the recovery. The first thing to verify is the Recovery library name. It is important to choose the library that hosts all the tapes that are needed for the recovery. In this example, we have only one tape drive named "Hewlett Packard MSL G3 Series library (x64 based)".
11. Click through to complete the wizard. In the Summary step, you can verify the recovery settings, click on Recover to start the process of recovering the virtual machine to a different host.
12. In the Recovery Status wizard, you can follow the progress of the job.
When you restore data from a tape, DPM uses a scratch before it gives the data to the selected data source. It is very important that your DPM %systemdrive% server has more than 10 GB of free disk space.
DPM supports item-level recovery (ILR), which allows you to perform a specific recovery of files, folders, volumes, and virtual hard disks from a host-level backup of Hyper-V virtual machines to a network share or a volume on a DPM protected server. However, ILR is not supported when you restore from tapes, you can only restore an entire VM or a single virtual hard disk.
Copying protected data to tape
This section will provide you with the steps to export backup data from disk to tape to archive, for portability, or other reasons.
1. In the DPM console, go to Recovery and choose the data source you would like to recover.
2. Mark the data source and choose the data and time for the recovery. Right-click on the data source and choose Recover… to start the Recovery wizard.
3. In the Review Recovery Selection wizard, review the data source that is chosen for recovery and click on Next > to continue.
4. In the Select Recovery Type wizard, choose Copy to tape and click on Next > to continue.
5. In the Specify Library wizard, you can define which tape library you should use for Primary library and Copy library if you have multiple libraries present in your DPM server. In the Tape options section, you can specify a custom Tape label that could provide an easier way to determine the actual contents of the tape. Choose the Compress option, so the data will be compressed that is written to the tape. Click Next to continue.
6. Click through to complete the wizard. In the Summary step, you can verify the recovery settings, click on Recover to start the process of copying it to tape.
7. In the Recovery Status wizard, you can follow the progress of the job.
8. If you want to restore the data that has being copied to the tape as described above. Open the Libraries workspace in the Management view and select the tape where the data was imported (copied). Right click and select View tape contents.
9. The View Tape Contents window will open. Select the desired content that you want to restore, and click Copy…
10. Specify the Alternate Recovery Destination, and then click OK to continue.
11. The selected data will be copied to the location specified. You can monitor the progress of the copy job(s) on the Jobs tab in the Monitoring view area.
Please note that the data will remain on the tape after the restore. If you want to erase the tape, please see Configuring DPM for the short erase tape feature section.
Configuring tape optimization for DPM
This section will cover how to set up tape colocation and optimization for DPM.
When Microsoft released System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, they introduced a new feature called co-location. By enabling this feature, DPM 2016 allows you to choose which protection groups can be co-located on the same tape regardless of retention goals. This have a large impact on how long a tape can used for backup jobs.
As a side note: If you don't optimize and co-locate your protection groups, you will not be able to continuously backup once all tapes in your tape library are used at least once. The collocation set is needed for Scheduled backups and for Ad-Hoc backups in order to use the same tapes.
To enable co-location for your protected workloads on tapes, there are some key points that you should be aware of. DPM uses protection group sets to optimize tape usage. A protection group set is a set of protection groups for which the backups will be co-located on tape. You use the tape optimization feature to allow multiple protection groups to share a tape to store their
backups. The first thing you need to configure is to create new sets of tape optimization by using DPM console and then associate protection groups to the set.
1. Open DPM console and click on Libraries workspace in the Management view. In the DPM console, you will now be able to click on the Optimize usage button in the top-left section of the DPM console.
2. The Tape Optimization Setup window will open; click on the Create button to create your Tape Optimization Set.
3. When you click on Create, a new window will appear, which will present you the choice to choose the desired Protection Group that could be chosen for tape optimization. Select the checkboxes next to the name of the Protection Groups field that you would like to colocate, and click on OK.
4. Uncheck Don't allow backups of different retention periods co-locate on the same tape.
If you select this feature, DPM will ensure that datasets of different retention ranges will not be backed up to the same tape. In our example in this guide, we have daily backups with retention range 12 weeks and quarterly backups with retention range 3 years. So, if you select this option, once a tape is used for a daily backup (whose retention range is 12 weeks), it will not be used for any quarterly backup (whose retention range is 3 years). Similarly, once a tape is used for a quarterly backup, it will not be used for a daily backup.
But since we are using StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL), you can decide if this is desired scenario in your case. Ideally for physical tapes, for each short-term tape full backup, a new tape will be used in DPM by design. And for each long-term tape full backup, a new tape will be used as well. The incremental backups will always go onto the same tape.
As mentioned earlier, for VTL scenarios, we would suggest creating more tapes with smaller sizes. Generally, the collocation feature is used to use same tapes for backing up data sources of different protection groups. Thus, we will leave "Don't allow backups of different retention periods to co-locate on same tape" unchecked.
5. You can also configure advanced configurations for the tape co-location options by clicking on the Advanced button in the Tape Optimization Setup window.
You can control two options:
• The Write period
You can configure Write period, that is, the number of days, weeks, months, or years for which the tape will be available for writing. When the period expires, the tape will be marked Offsite Ready.
If you give large value for write period, tape will not be marked offsite ready and will be used for the next backups for large period of time. This is our case with Virtual Tape Library, because, it is assumed that at some point, physical tapes are meant to be stored offline/offsite and kept.
As an example, if you give write period as 5 days, and Tape No.1 is used for first shortterm backup on Sunday, the same tape can be used for short-term backups on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. After Thursday write period of 5 days has elapsed and it will be marked offsite ready. In this case the first recovery point which is taken on Sunday, will be lying in tape even though it will be expired (Expiry tolerance 5 days) before latest recovery point taken on Thursday. DPM will not overwrite a full tape until all recovery points on that tape expire.
• The Expiry tolerance
The Expiry tolerance defines the maximum time a recovery point can lie expired on an active tape. This could also be set to any number of days, weeks, months, or years depending on your configuration.
If you give expiry tolerance a very large value you will be maintaining recovery points even when they are expired. In this case your daily backups and quarterly backups can go to same tape, and since in this example we have given large expiry tolerance (3 years), the expired daily backups would still be present along with quarterly backups.
When done, click OK and then click Close to continue
Configuring DPM for the short erase tape feature
By default, when you erase a tape by using System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM), it performs a long erase, this is always a time-consuming process, and it is a very common scenario regardless of the tape type you are using. A faster way is to perform a short erase.
1. Login to your DPM server and open registry editor.
2. Enter the DWORD UseShortErase in the registry and reboot the DPM server. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\Agent
3. Add the value of 00000000 in a DWORD.
4. Short erase is faster but it does NOT erase the data from the tape. If you have a policy in your company that dictates all data from the tape must be erased and unrecoverable, then you shouldn't use this option. To revert to long erases, please remove this registry key.
5. If you want to erase a tape. Open the Libraries workspace in the Management view and select the desired tape for erase. Right click and select Erase tape.
6. Click Yes to erase the selected tape.
7. After short period, the tape will be available to reuse and marked as Free. If the "UseShortErase" feature was not enabled, this process will take more time to complete.
Understanding tape reports in DPM
DPM provide you with the information that you will need to keep track of your tapes, so you can manage them more effectively.
In the DPM console, click on Reporting view. You have two different tape reports that are very useful:
• Tape Management
• Tape Utilization
The Tape Management report provides you information regarding how to manage tape rotation and lists all the libraries that are below the free tape threshold. It's important to know that data is collected per library and is aggregated for all libraries.
The Tape Utilization report will give you the data needed to find the trends that will help you in capacity planning.
Tape is here to stay, because it offers affordable capacity and outstanding long-term vaulting capabilities. Being better in terms of price and capacity than traditional physical tapes including modern high capacity SATA spindles and able to last for decades, it's often included into regulatory requirements for some companies.
StarWind VTL merges with existing infrastructure and fits the backup process into a much smaller backup window. Additionally, it creates a redundant snapshot copy and meets regulatory requirements with decreased backup cost and enhanced performance.
Backup and recovery have been a natural part of the business continuity plan for many years.
By combining StarWind virtual tape library and System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 gives you a unique opportunity to save on storage cost, and protect your critical data against malware, ransomware, and intrusion attacks.
We hope this guide gave you a solid foundation on how to protect your data using System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 and StarWind VTL.
We highly encourage you to deploy and evaluate the current release of DPM 2016 and StarWind VTL. We welcome your comments and feedback.


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*I attended a wedding as a guest of a close friend. It was held at one of the most grand and majestic churches in Los Angeles. I didn't know the bride or the groom.
But I sensed from the host of relatives and friends that were there to support the betrothed, that this young twenty something couple held a special place in the hearts of all who attended. And it was clear, no expense was spared to herald this hallowed day.
Anticipation filled the air as many tried to refrain from fidgeting in the church pews as they anxiously awaited the commencement of the wedding, which started a fashionably thirty minutes late. I fidgeted a little bit too.
So I started to watch and read the faces of those around me. You know, a little people watching to past the time. I've always believed that every face tells a story base on life's journey of triumph and travail.
Some folks were pretty easy to read. They were the ones who tilted their heads in wonder as they gazed adoringly at the altar – that sacred place where two lives ceremoniously become one. Sighs of delight were audible as these folks simply took it all in. They were clearly "living in the moment." They seemed to swirl in the ambiance of the church setting and they probably were dreaming about how their wedding day would if they could only find the right person. There's a certain pageantry and magic inherent in weddings and it can sweep you away – especially if you've never taken the march toward the altar before. For these folks, this day allowed them to live out their fantasies, vicariously.
Then there were the individuals who donned a stoic gaze. They seemed touched by the pageantry of the moment although they tried to mask it. They appeared reflective. Maybe they were thinking about the day they marched down the aisle and how their lives have changed since then.
These are the kinds of folks that recognize two lives become one in the trenches of marriage – and not by simply saying "I do." They've been there and they've done that, or they are still trying to get it right. If asked, they would tell you unequivocally that marriage is not always a bed of roses. It is sometimes a bed of rocks and boulders. I would guess that many of them are either still trying to make it work, or would consider giving it a second try if the circumstances were right. These are the ones who have not given up hope in the institution of marriage. They have just given up on the fantasy.
The cynics were a dead giveaway. Why? Because they fidgeted more than I did. They appeared to suffer in silence those thirty minutes before the wedding. Some got up and down a few times. They appeared visibly distracted and somewhat disinterested in the symbolism of the moment. They were clearly there to show their support for the beloved couple, and that was all. For them marriage was probably like a pair of ill-fitting shoes, snug and uncomfortable. They would never discourage this young couple from taking their vows. But if their faces could speak, and to me they did, they would say "don't join the institution, escape from it while you can!"
While it is heartening to see people make this life altering commitment, unfortunately the odds are against them staying married. According to recent U.S. Census data at least 43% percent of first marriages end in separation or divorce within 15 years. That's more than enough time to have a few kids, strap on a mortgage, and amass enough debt equaling the gross national product of a third world country. And divesting from a failed marriage can be sheer hell. No wonder the cynics are cynical.
So why get married? I am in no way an expert on marriage. But experts and researchers say there are some real benefits to being happily married, and note the operative word is "happily."
Married people were found to be healthier and have an increased level of nutrition. They tend to need less health care and recover better from illnesses. Married people tend to be more calm and less anxious about life. Marriage hones skills necessary for successful living such as sacrifice, humility, flexibility, empathy and the ability to delay gratification. And married people have more intimacy, have better sex and more of it (I'm sure you can find many who would dispute this finding).
But the real beneficiaries of marriage, according to researchers, are men. Studies have shown that married men are generally healthier and liver longer than their single counterparts. Married men also have a lower incidence of mental disorders. Conversely, that same study found that divorced men are more likely to smoke, drink excessively, eat poorly, develop Alzheimer's disease, commit suicide or die prematurely. Why would any man want to remain single in light of these findings?
Well, the ceremony was lovely. And I have to admit I got all misty eyed as the wedding commenced. In fact I cried three tears – one for the gazer, one for the stoic and one for the cynic. Because many of them brought more than gifts to the wedding – they brought their baggage from disillusioned and failed relationships. But they also brought something else. They brought hope. Hope that maybe this couple had the stuff to keep it all together. Maybe this couple will defy the odds and not end up aggregated in the next census divorce statistics. And maybe they can create what has eluded so many – a happy and successful marriage. I wish them well.
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My wife Manda and I moved to Tallahassee in January of 2015 and immediately fell in love with the capital city. We purchased a home in Midtown and have enjoyed watching the progress of Tallahassee, even in a short year. I am involved in the Rotary Club of Tallahassee and am on the Board of the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce and Career Source Capital Region. I personally look forward to helping the healthcare industry in our area continue to grow and the health and wellness of our population continue to improve.
I have been thoroughly impressed with the involvement of local government, the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, FSU, FAMU, TCC and many other organizations that focus on giving back to Leon County and the surrounding areas. I truly believe that the Mission of Capital Regional Medical Center is aligned with Tallahassee. "Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life."
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Alongside seeding the latest beta of iOS 10 Developer Preview to its registered testers, Apple has tonight also seeded the second betas of tvOS 10, macOS 10.12 and watchOS 3.
Each of the forthcoming software updates are set to add some major changes to Apple's TV, desktop and wrist-top platforms, and are expected to become available publicly – later this fall.
Just as with iOS 10 Developer Preview (Beta 2), the company's latest update to macOS Sierra can be downloaded over-the-air via the Mac App Store's "Updates" tab – for those that are already running a previous version of the software.
The same as also true for watchOS 3 (Beta 2), although you will require Apple's special provisioning profile – available from the Developer Center- to be installed, before the over-the-air update will show up within the official Apple Watch app, (Settings > General > Software Update).
Apple's latest beta update to the Apple TV requires a little more work, as the software can actually only be installed by first manually downloading the seeded beta software file from developer.apple.com, and then using a USB Type-C cable (and iTunes) to flash the device's firmware to tvOS 10 (Beta 2).
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Eleanor Ann (Weisler) Persons passed away peacefully on May 26, 2007, at Grandvue Medical Care Facility in East Jordan.
She was born on Jan. 20, 1933, the third child of Oscar and Eleanor Weisler in East Jordan.
After graduation in 1951, she married and moved to Flint where she later divorced and raised her six children.
In 1980 she moved back to the area having a daycare service for several years. Her last job was at Big C in Boyne City until her retirement.
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Since 1997, she has had ill health and was grateful for the company of her family and friends.
In May of 2006, she went to live at Grandvue, where she truly enjoyed the great care and love she received. She will be fondly remembered by many and for her humor and loving nature.
She leaves behind her children, James (Sherri) Persons, Tom (Joyce) Persons, William Persons, Steve (Carol) Persons, Gail (Clayton) Denny, Ron Persons; also her brother, James (Iva) Weisler; and sister-in-law, Kris (Dave) Weisler; as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.


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Fentanyl Patch Abuse
There are many different ways fentanyl can be administered. This is one of the most potent opioids available, often estimated to be tens or even hundreds of times stronger than morphine, and it's a Schedule II drug that requires a prescription.
Despite the fact that this incredibly powerful opioid is intended for the treatment of chronic pain from conditions like cancer, it's become one of the most commonly abused opioids in the U.S. leading to numerous overdoses and deaths.
The transdermal patch is for severe pain in people who are already receiving around the clock opioid pain treatment and have breakthrough pain. As with other opioids, the fentanyl patch alters the way the brain feels and responds to pain.
The transdermal patch goes directly on the skin, and it contains a gel-like substance that's medicated. It's applied once every 72 hours, and the fentanyl builds up in the skin before it's released. The objective of the fentanyl patch is to release the drug slowly into the body, and the patches can be left on the skin for up to three days before they need to be changed out.
The most widely known brand name of fentanyl patches is called Duragesic.
Due to the rise in the use and abuse of fentanyl there are a lot of questions people have, including about fentanyl patch abuse, are fentanyl patches addictive and are fentanyl patches dangerous. Below we'll cover some of these topics.
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There are many different ways fentanyl patch abuse is possible.
First one possibility of fentanyl patch abuse happens when someone changes the patch out more often than what's prescribed or wears multiple patches at the same time. These patches are specifically designed to release medicine into the system of the user in a controlled way over the period of around three days, but if someone wears multiple patches more of the drug is being absorbed into their bloodstream, and they may feel a euphoric high.
This shows one way how fentanyl patches are dangerous because it can take longer for the effects of the drug to wear off, leading to a higher likelihood of adverse side effects.
Another way fentanyl patch abuse is possible and fentanyl patches are dangerous are when someone removes the gel from the patch and injects it. The user will take the gel, heat it or mix it with water and then use a needle to inject it into their vein.
Are fentanyl patches dangerous? When someone abuses them in this way, they are incredibly dangerous. Fentanyl is extremely potent and injecting the gel can lead to a rapid overdose.
Fentanyl patch abuse can also occur when someone chews the patches and then the drug is absorbed by the mucous membranes, when they smoke the gel that's inside, or when they steep the fentanyl patches in hot water and drink the liquid as if it's tea.
All of these forms of fentanyl patch abuse are extremely dangerous or deadly.
Yes, they work slowly, but the person using the patches still experiences the effects of opioids flooding their body. If someone uses fentanyl patches exactly as directed, however, they are at a lower risk of abusing them or becoming addicted.
If fentanyl patch abuse occurs, they're incredibly dangerous and can result in respiratory depression and trouble breathing, extreme drowsiness, memory and cognition problems, dizziness, confusion and even coma. Fentanyl, since it is so powerful, can lead to a rapid overdose.
Fentanyl patches can also be dangerous to the people around you. For example, if children even touch the gel on a patch accidentally it can be not just dangerous but also deadly. This is why it's important for people who use fentanyl patches not just to be careful themselves, but also to make sure they're properly stored.
While there are benefits to these transdermal patches, fentanyl patch abuse is a very real possibility, and these patches are also addictive and potentially dangerous.
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Day 9
The adventuring party, now numbering three again, follow the trail across the plains. They reach the Oddy Peaks and follow the trail onto a small path that starts winding into the mountains. Camp is made that night without a fire to try and avoid unwanted guests.
Day 10
Not long into the day, the path leads to a small stronghold clearly guarded by some Orcs. The adventurers kill the Orc guards without too many problems but when they enter the stronghold they are confronted by an Orc wizard and his Ogre bodyguard. An intense combat ensues but the adventurers all survive and are victorious in defeating the villains. A search of the stronghold finds a prisoner called Burhkin who they set free. As they are leaving the stronghold Esselisse appears. Burhkin is clearly excited to see her and she thanks the adventurers for freeing him. The extended group heads back and makes camp at the edge of the mountains.