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At ITEXPO: Ingate CEO Talks Internet+, WebRTC and What's Next in UC
By Paula Bernier
Executive Editor, TMC
Karl Stahl, CEO of Ingate Systems AB, has been talking about his vision for Internet+ for some time now, and the more we hear about it, the more it seems to make sense.
Stahl touched on some of the themes of Internet+ earlier today during his 10 a.m. presentation, and he'll be speaking again today at 3 p.m. (PDT) as part of the keynote panel session "Service Providers: Smart Ecosystem Facilitators or Dumb Pipes?" There, Stahl will be sharing his insights on how real-time traffic, both SIP- and WebRTC-based, will require dump pipes to be a bit smarter, providing quality – prioritized traffic – over the Internet and OTT. "That is the Internet+ model," said Stahl, "which will allow users to finally get global multimedia communication with telepresence quality and allow service providers to earn on providing something more valuable than raw data bandwidth, when traffic over the separate telephone networks will vanish."
Stahl this morning offered some commentary about WebRTC, which he said (despite being seen by some as a new technology) has been going on for a few years. He explained that WebRTC sets up multimedia sessions between Web browsers, and has prescribed standards (ICE, STUN and TURN) for how to traverse NAT firewalls to get the job done. Nonetheless, he said, WebRTC is a bit confusing, will take time to impact real-time communications, and in the process will add more islands to the communications landscape.
But, he added, there is power behind WebRTC and it will happen. He pointed to the fact that Google acquired GIPS to implement WebRTC in Chrome, and that it's investing more to further WebRTC.
"Google recently released nearly $70 million worth of open source code to the world," he said, adding, "I'm pretty sure the free code will be the mandatory choice."
At the same time, he said, there has been intense work on standardization related to WebRTC.
But for all its promise, Stahl said, WebRTC won't be able to change the communications alone. WebRTC and UC will require better QoS than voice.
That brings us to the Internet+ discussion.
As Stahl said in the June 2012 cover story in Internet Telephony, Internet+ will enable real-time unified communications; introduces QoS and the ability for carriers to offer and bill for different levels of service; and allow for management and security, but in a way that separates those functions from the IP transport of a service. And with Internet+, service providers like the telcos will be able to move away from their flat-rate and all-you-can eat business models and introduce more premium-level connectivity so they can both deliver high levels of service to customers and continue to invest in their own networks.
"It's the only way forward if we're not going to be stuck in old-time telephony for the next 10 years," said Stahl.
Edited by Rory J. Thompson


Delray Beach, Florida: "Licensing ebooks inside a proprietary walled-garden is nothing like selling or buying them in a free market," said Publica CEO Josef Marc.
Publica's ereader apps for all common platforms will also do double-duty as wallets for buying and selling ebooks. Authors will sell READ tokens in their own Book ICO's. This gives authors direct access to wholesale and crowd sales, as well as retail sales on all online stores and sites. Authors can still license their books to traditional publishers to reach those proprietary ereader devices.
Publica doesn't take a percentage of book revenues. The platform will automate the ecommerce in READ tokens, charging for value-added services like storefronts and crowdsale sites. READ tokens go into the buyers' wallets and become their property.
Publica's API will feed all kinds of global ecommerce in books, including publishers and other retail channels. Search engines and digital marketing tools will have unrestricted access to the Publica data they need for all-access book discovery on a level playing field.
Publica's ICO opens for pre-sale on October 19 and continues to November 15 at the website.
Josef Marc, CEO leads the Publica team. He has helped for many multimillion companies to reach healthy success - his first technology job was in a startup that was acquired by Sony to form its broadcast systems integration company in what the media calls an acquihire today. Antons Sapirko, COO is responsible for operational management in Publica. His experience leading Scandiweb from a local agency to becoming the largest ecommerce services provider on the Magento platform will help Publica take care of business. Yuri Pimenov, CTO is a longtime contributor to the blockchain community with his blog and his Russian translation of the seminal book "Mastering Blockchain" by Andreas Antonopoulos. Before Publica, he was the CTO of a leading Bitcoin exchange.


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package gocbcore

import (
	"encoding/binary"
)

// Represents the state of a particular cluster snapshot.
type SnapshotState uint32

// Returns whether this snapshot is available in memory.
func (s SnapshotState) HasInMemory() bool {
	return uint32(s)&1 != 0
}

// Returns whether this snapshot is available on disk.
func (s SnapshotState) HasOnDisk() bool {
	return uint32(s)&2 != 0
}

// Represents a single entry in the server failover log.
type FailoverEntry struct {
	VbUuid VbUuid
	SeqNo  SeqNo
}

type StreamObserver interface {
	SnapshotMarker(startSeqNo, endSeqNo uint64, vbId uint16, snapshotType SnapshotState)
	Mutation(seqNo, revNo uint64, flags, expiry, lockTime uint32, cas uint64, datatype uint8, vbId uint16, key, value []byte)
	Deletion(seqNo, revNo, cas uint64, vbId uint16, key []byte)
	Expiration(seqNo, revNo, cas uint64, vbId uint16, key []byte)
	End(vbId uint16, err error)
}

type OpenStreamCallback func([]FailoverEntry, error)
type CloseStreamCallback func(error)
type GetFailoverLogCallback func([]FailoverEntry, error)
type GetVBucketSeqnosCallback func(uint16, SeqNo, error)

// **INTERNAL**
// Opens a DCP stream for a particular VBucket.
func (c *Agent) OpenStream(vbId uint16, vbUuid VbUuid, startSeqNo, endSeqNo, snapStartSeqNo, snapEndSeqNo SeqNo, evtHandler StreamObserver, cb OpenStreamCallback) (PendingOp, error) {
	var req *memdQRequest
	handler := func(resp *memdResponse, err error) {
		if err != nil {
			// All client errors are handled by the StreamObserver
			cb(nil, err)
			return
		}

		if resp.Magic == ResMagic {
			// This is the response to the open stream request.

			numEntries := len(resp.Value) / 16
			entries := make([]FailoverEntry, numEntries)
			for i := 0; i < numEntries; i++ {
				entries[i] = FailoverEntry{
					VbUuid: VbUuid(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Value[i*16+0:])),
					SeqNo:  SeqNo(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Value[i*16+8:])),
				}
			}

			cb(entries, nil)
			return
		}

		// This is one of the stream events
		switch resp.Opcode {
		case CmdDcpSnapshotMarker:
			vbId := uint16(resp.Status)
			newStartSeqNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[0:])
			newEndSeqNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[8:])
			snapshotType := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp.Extras[16:])
			evtHandler.SnapshotMarker(newStartSeqNo, newEndSeqNo, vbId, SnapshotState(snapshotType))
		case CmdDcpMutation:
			vbId := uint16(resp.Status)
			seqNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[0:])
			revNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[8:])
			flags := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp.Extras[16:])
			expiry := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp.Extras[20:])
			lockTime := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp.Extras[24:])
			evtHandler.Mutation(seqNo, revNo, flags, expiry, lockTime, resp.Cas, resp.Datatype, vbId, resp.Key, resp.Value)
		case CmdDcpDeletion:
			vbId := uint16(resp.Status)
			seqNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[0:])
			revNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[8:])
			evtHandler.Deletion(seqNo, revNo, resp.Cas, vbId, resp.Key)
		case CmdDcpExpiration:
			vbId := uint16(resp.Status)
			seqNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[0:])
			revNo := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Extras[8:])
			evtHandler.Expiration(seqNo, revNo, resp.Cas, vbId, resp.Key)
		case CmdDcpStreamEnd:
			vbId := uint16(resp.Status)
			code := StreamEndStatus(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp.Extras[0:]))
			evtHandler.End(vbId, getStreamEndError(code))
			req.Cancel()
		}
	}

	extraBuf := make([]byte, 48)
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(extraBuf[0:], 0)
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(extraBuf[4:], 0)
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(extraBuf[8:], uint64(startSeqNo))
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(extraBuf[16:], uint64(endSeqNo))
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(extraBuf[24:], uint64(vbUuid))
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(extraBuf[32:], uint64(snapStartSeqNo))
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(extraBuf[40:], uint64(snapEndSeqNo))

	req = &memdQRequest{
		memdRequest: memdRequest{
			Magic:    ReqMagic,
			Opcode:   CmdDcpStreamReq,
			Datatype: 0,
			Cas:      0,
			Extras:   extraBuf,
			Key:      nil,
			Value:    nil,
			Vbucket:  vbId,
		},
		Callback:   handler,
		ReplicaIdx: 0,
		Persistent: true,
	}
	return c.dispatchOp(req)
}

// **INTERNAL**
// Shuts down an open stream for the specified VBucket.
func (c *Agent) CloseStream(vbId uint16, cb CloseStreamCallback) (PendingOp, error) {
	handler := func(resp *memdResponse, err error) {
		cb(err)
	}

	req := &memdQRequest{
		memdRequest: memdRequest{
			Magic:    ReqMagic,
			Opcode:   CmdDcpCloseStream,
			Datatype: 0,
			Cas:      0,
			Extras:   nil,
			Key:      nil,
			Value:    nil,
			Vbucket:  vbId,
		},
		Callback:   handler,
		ReplicaIdx: 0,
		Persistent: false,
	}
	return c.dispatchOp(req)
}

// **INTERNAL**
// Retrieves the failover log for a particular VBucket.  This is used
// to resume an interrupted stream after a node failover has occured.
func (c *Agent) GetFailoverLog(vbId uint16, cb GetFailoverLogCallback) (PendingOp, error) {
	handler := func(resp *memdResponse, err error) {
		if err != nil {
			cb(nil, err)
			return
		}

		numEntries := len(resp.Value) / 16
		entries := make([]FailoverEntry, numEntries)
		for i := 0; i < numEntries; i++ {
			entries[i] = FailoverEntry{
				VbUuid: VbUuid(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Value[i*16+0:])),
				SeqNo:  SeqNo(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Value[i*16+8:])),
			}
		}
		cb(entries, nil)
	}

	req := &memdQRequest{
		memdRequest: memdRequest{
			Magic:    ReqMagic,
			Opcode:   CmdDcpGetFailoverLog,
			Datatype: 0,
			Cas:      0,
			Extras:   nil,
			Key:      nil,
			Value:    nil,
			Vbucket:  vbId,
		},
		Callback:   handler,
		ReplicaIdx: 0,
		Persistent: false,
	}
	return c.dispatchOp(req)
}

// **INTERNAL**
// Returns the last checkpoint for a particular VBucket.  This is useful
// for starting a DCP stream from wherever the server currently is.
func (c *Agent) GetVbucketSeqnos(serverIdx int, cb GetVBucketSeqnosCallback) (PendingOp, error) {
	handler := func(resp *memdResponse, err error) {
		if err != nil {
			cb(0, 0, err)
			return
		}

		vbs := len(resp.Value) / 10
		for i := 0; i < vbs; i++ {
			vbid := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(resp.Value[i*10:])
			seqNo := SeqNo(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Value[i*10+2:]))
			cb(vbid, seqNo, nil)
		}
	}

	extraBuf := make([]byte, 4)
	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(extraBuf[0:], uint32(VBucketStateActive))

	req := &memdQRequest{
		memdRequest: memdRequest{
			Magic:    ReqMagic,
			Opcode:   CmdGetAllVBSeqnos,
			Datatype: 0,
			Cas:      0,
			Extras:   extraBuf,
			Key:      nil,
			Value:    nil,
			Vbucket:  0,
		},
		Callback:   handler,
		ReplicaIdx: -serverIdx,
		Persistent: false,
	}

	return c.dispatchOp(req)
}

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You cannot buy the magazine 2016. 700 copies were distributed in 47 countries around the world. The magazine was most popular in Russia, Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Indonesia, Spain, Taiwan, Canada and Norway. Some of the copies were presented as a gift to participants and jury members of the international Biotope Aquarium Design Contest 2016 and 2017, as well as to aquarists who help popularizing biotope aquaria around the world.
You still have a unique opportunity to purchase the 2017 issue for just $10 including delivery by Russian Post. Very soon this magazine will also become history. All proceeds from sales will be used to develop biotope aquaristic around the world!


The year 2019 will be marked in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region by the 500th anniversary of RenaissanceS. On this occasion, the Association des Parcs et Jardins en Région Centre-Val de Loire is organising a conference on the theme of boxwood and the rebirth of gardens on Thursday 14 March 2019 at the Centre de Conférences d'Orléans.
An emblematic figure in many gardens, boxwood has been under attack from pests and diseases in recent years. The problem of boxwood diseases is nowadays a topical issue that worries both owners and managers of estates, professionals and garden lovers alike.
In order to address this subject, the Association des Parcs et Jardins en région Centre-Val de Loire is organising a one-day conference open to all on Thursday 14 March 2019 in the large auditorium of the Centre de Conférences d'Orléans.
The purpose of this conference is to report on the latest scientific advances in the fight against the decline of boxwood, but also to initiate a debate and avenues for reflection on the future of our gardens.
For the future, it will require boldness and creativity to redesign, recompose and reinvent gardens. A real challenge to be taken up and will be addressed during the conference.
Registration by mail possible: contact us.


Q. When can I move off campus?
Students who are married, responsible for a dependent child, living at home with a parent or legal guardian (within 40 miles of Angola), or are 21 years of age on or before the first day of fall classes may live off campus.
Students with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher and have completed 48 credit hours and lived on campus for four semesters, may be approved to move into a University recognized Sorority / Fraternity House or Christian Campus House.
There might be a few other conditions that apply, depending on your situation, so you are advised to contact the Director of Housing at 260-665-4646.


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In the following reports and awards, the Global Pathways Institute and/or Director, William Symonds were featured.
2018, William Symonds speaks at the Symposium on Multiple Pathways for Vocational Development of Youth on interventions happening in the United States.
The Global Pathways Institute was awarded $50,000 through the Alliance for the American Dream, a Schmidt Futures program.
The Global Pathways Institute was awarded $5,000 through the SVPAZ EdPitch competition.


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Established during the height of the Cold War, the Berghof Foundation draws on a history of success in creating space for conflict transformation and peace.
Our work spans many regions and societies, encompassing conflicts between and within states, whether new or entrenched. We also work to address underlying social grievances which, if ignored, only deepen divisions and inflame tensions. While each conflict is unique, our support for conflict transformation in each scenario remains rooted in our mission and foundational principles.
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On March 17 we had the pleasure of celebrating the 20th Birthday of Acutonics as well as St. Patrick's Day. Donna prepared a fabulous lunch. Shealan Anderson (who was here with us as a student intern) Sande McDaniel, Alicia Villamarin and Donna and I stopped to enjoy the warm sunny afternoon and shared a picnic lunch on the deck. Looking out over the snow-capped mountains, there were so many memories of past gatherings here on the land, laughter and sorrow, gratitude and so much grace. Whether you have been a part of Acutonics since its founding twenty years ago, or are a relatively new student, teacher or practitioner, what shines through daily is your dedication to making a difference for the planet. You are not just focused on the delivery of integrative health care but genuinely committed to supporting body, mind and spirit with grace as you foster hope, peace, light and harmony within your own communities. Thank you.


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Good article of Chris about NPIV and here Its as is.
In this article, I will share with you my experience in implementing NPIV on IBM Power Systems with AIX and the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS). There are several publications that already discuss the steps on how to configure NPIV using a VIOS, and I have provided links to some of these in the Resources section. Therefore, I will not step through the process of creating virtual Fibre Channel (FC) adapters or preparing your environment so that it is NPIV and virtual FC ready. I assume you already know about this and will ensure you have everything you need. Rather, I will impart information that I found interesting and perhaps undocumented during my own real-life experience of deploying this technology. Ultimately this system was to provide an infrastructure platform to host SAP applications running against a DB2 database.
NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) is an industry standard that allows a single physical Fibre Channel port to be shared among multiple systems. Using this technology you can connect multiple systems (in my case AIX LPARs) to one physical port of a physical fibre channel adapter. Each system (LPAR) has its own unique worldwide port name (WWPN) associated with its own virtual FC adapter. This means you can connect each LPAR to physical storage on a SAN natively.
This is advantageous for several reasons. First, you can save money. Having the ability to share a single fibre channel adapter among multiple LPARs could save you the cost of purchasing more adapters than you really need.
Another reason to use NPIV is the reduction in VIOS administration overhead. Unlike virtual SCSI (VSCSI), there is no need to assign the SAN disks to the VIOS first and then map them to the Virtual I/O client (VIOC) LPARs. Instead, the storage is zoned directly to the WWPNs of the virtual FC adapters on the clients. It also eliminates the need to keep your documentation up to date every time you map a new disk to an LPAR/VIOS or un-map a disk on the VIO server.
I/O performance is another reason you may choose NPIV over VSCSI. With NPIV all paths to a disk can be active with MPIO, thus increasing the overall bandwidth and availability to your SAN storage. The I/O load can be load-balanced across more than one VIO server at a time. There is no longer any need to modify a clients VSCSI hdisk path priority to send I/O to an alternate VIO server, as all I/O can be served by all the VIO servers if you wish.
One more reason is the use of disk "copy service" functions. Most modern storage devices provide customers with the capability to "flash copy" or "snap shot" their SAN LUNs for all sorts of purposes, like cloning of systems, taking backups, and so on. It can be a challenge to implement these types of functions when using VSCSI. It is possible, but automation of the processes can be tricky. Some products provide tools that can be run from the host level rather than on the storage subsystem. For this to work effectively, the client LPARs often need to "see" the disk as a native device. For example, it may be necessary for an AIX system to detect that its disk is a native NetApp disk for the NetApp "snapshot" tools to work. If it cannot find a native NetApp device, and instead finds only a VSCSI disk, and it is unable to communicate with the NetApp system directly, then the tool may fail to function or be supported.
The biggest disadvantage (that I can see) to using NPIV is the fact that you must install any necessary MPIO device drivers and/or host attachment kits on any and all of the client LPARs. This means that if you have 100 AIX LPARs that all use NPIV and connect to IBM DS8300 disk, you must install and maintain SDDPCM on all 100 LPARs. In contrast, when you implement VSCSI, the VIOS is the only place that you must install and maintain SDDPCM. And there's bound to be fewer VIOS than there are clients! There are commonly only two to four VIO servers on a given Power system.
Generally speaking, I'd recommend NPIV at most large enterprise sites since it is far more flexible, manageable, and scalable. However, there's still a place for VSCSI, even in the larger sites. In some cases, it may be better to use VSCSI for the rootvg disk(s) and use NPIV for all non-rootvg (data) volume groups. For example, if you boot from SAN using NPIV (rootvg resides on SAN disk) and you had to install MPIO device drivers to support the storage. It can often be difficult to update MPIO software when it is still in use, which in the case of SAN boot is all the time. There are procedures and methods to work around this, but if you can avoid it, then you should consider it!
For example, if you were a customer that had a large number of AIX LPARs that were all going to boot from HDS SAN storage, then I'd suggest that you use VSCSI for the rootvg disks. This means that HDLM (Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, HDS MPIO) software would need to be installed on the VIOS, the HDS LUNs for rootvg would be assigned to and mapped from the VIOS. All other LUNS for data (for databases or application files/code) would reside on storage presented via NPIV and virtual FC adapters. HDLM would also be installed on the LPARs but only for non-rootvg disks. Implementing it this way means that when it comes time to update the HDLM software on the AIX LPARs, you would not need to worry about moving rootvg to non-HDS storage so that you can update the software. Food for thought!
The environment I will describe for my NPIV implementation consists of a POWER7 750 and IBM XIV storage. The client LPARs are all running AIX 6.1 TL6 SP3. The VIO servers are running version 2.2.0.10 Fix Pack 24 Service Pack 1 (2.2.0.10-FP-24-SP-01). The 750 is configured with six 8GB fibre channel adapters (feature code 5735). Each 8GB FC adapter has 2 ports. The VIO servers were assigned 3 FC adapters each. The first two adapters in each VIOS would be used for disk and the last FC adapter in each VIOS would be for tape connectivity.
I made the conscious decision during the planning stage to provide each production LPAR with four virtual FC adapters. The first two virtual FC adapters would be mapped to the first two physical FC ports on the first VIOS and the last two virtual FC adapters would be mapped to first two physical FC ports on the second VIOS. As shown in the following diagram below.
I also decided to isolate other disk traffic (for example, non-critical production traffic) over different physical FC adapters/ports. In the previous diagram, the blue lines/LUNs indicate production traffic. This traffic is mapped from the virtual adapters, fcs0 and fcs1 in an LPAR, to the physical ports on the first FC adapters in vio1: fcs0 and fcs1. The virtual FC adapters, fcs2 and fcs3 in an LPAR, map to the physical ports on the first FC adapter in vio2: fcs0 and fcs1.
The red lines indicate all non-critical disk traffic. For example, the NIM and Tivoli Storage Manager LPARs use different FC adapters in each VIOS than the production LPARs. The virtual FC adapters, fcs0 and fcs1, map to the physical ports on the second FC adapter, fcs2 and fcs3 in vio1. The virtual FC adapters, fcs2 and fcs3, map to the physical ports on the second FC adapter, fcs2 and fcs3 in vio2.
Map LPAR4 vfchost0 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs0 on vio1.
Map LPAR4 vfchost1 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs1 on vio1.
Map LPAR4 vfchost0 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs0 on vio2.
Map LPAR4 vfchost1 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs1 on vio2.
Map NIM1 vfchost3 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs2 on vio1.
Map NIM1 vfchost4 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs3 on vio1.
Map NIM1 vfchost3 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs2 on vio2.
Map NIM1 vfchost4 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs3 on vio2.
I used the lsmap –all –npiv command on each of the VIO servers to confirm that the mapping of the vfchost adapters, to the physical FC ports, was correct (as shown below).
Fortunately, as we were using IBM XIV storage, we did not need to install additional MPIO devices drivers to support the disk. AIX supports XIV storage natively. We did, however, install some additional management utilities from the XIV host attachment package. This gave us handy tools such as xiv_devlist (output shown below).
If you are planning on implementing XIV storage with AIX, I highly recommend that you take a close look at Anthony Vandewert's blog on this topic.
You may have noticed in the diagram that the VIO servers themselves boot from internal SAS drives in the 750. Each VIO server was configured with two SAS drives and a mirrored rootvg. They did not boot from SAN.
During the build of the LPARs we noticed that if we booted a new LPAR with all four of its virtual FC adapters in place, the fcsX adapter name and slot id were not in order (fcs0=slot32, fcs1=slot33, fcs3=slot30, fcs4=slot31). To prevent this from happening, we created two profiles for each LPAR.
The first profile (known as normal) contained the information for all four of the virtual FC adapters. The second profile (known aswwpns) contained only the first two virtual FC adapters that mapped to the first two physical FC ports on vio1. Using this profile to perform the LPARs first boot and to install AIX allowed the adapters to be discovered in the correct order (fcs0=slot30, fcs1=slot31). After AIX was installed and the LPAR booted, we would then re-activate the LPAR using the normal profile and all four virtual FC adapters.
Two LPAR profiles exist for each AIX LPAR. An example is shown below.
The profile named normal contained all of the necessary Virtual I/O devices for an LPAR (shown below). This profile was used to activate an LPAR during standard operation.
The profile named wwpns contained only the first two virtual FC devices for an LPAR (shown below). This profile was only used to activate an LPAR in the event that the AIX operating system needed to be reinstalled. Once the AIX installation completed successfully, the LPAR was activated again using the normal profile. This configured the remaining virtual FC adapters.
Also during the build process, we needed to collect a list of WWPNs for the new AIX LPARs we were installing from scratch. There were two ways we could find the WWPN for a virtual Fibre Channel adapter on a new LPAR (for example, one that did not yet have an operating system installed). First, we started by checking the LPAR properties from the HMC (as shown below).
To speed things up we moved to the HMC command line tool, lssyscfg, to display the WWPNs (as shown below).
We now had a list of WWPNs for each LPAR.
We gave these WWPNS to the SAN administrator so that he could manually "zone in" the LPARs on the SAN switches and allocate storage to each. To speed things up even more, we used sed to insert colons into the WWPNs. This allowed the SAN administrator to simply cut and paste the WWPNs without needing to insert colons manually.
An important note here, if you plan on implementing Live Partition Mobility (LPM) with NPIV enabled systems, make sure you zone both of the WWPNs for each virtual FC adapter on the client LPAR. Remember that for each client virtual FC adapter that is created, a pair of WWPNs is generated (a primary and a secondary). Please refer to Live Partition Mobility with Virtual Fibre Channel in the Resources section for more information.
Tivoli Storage Manager was the backup software used to backup and recover the systems in this new environment. Tivoli Storage Manager would use a TS3310 tape library, as well as disk storage pools to backup client data. In this environment, we chose to use virtual FC adapters to connect the tape library to Tivoli Storage Manager. This also gave us the capability to assign the tape devices to any LPAR, without moving the physical adapters from one LPAR to another, should the need arise in the future. As I mentioned earlier, there were three 2-port 8GB FC adapters assigned to each VIOS. Two adapters were used for disk and the third would be used exclusively for tape.
The following diagram shows that physical FC ports, fcs4 and fcs5, in each VIOS would be used for tape connectivity. It also shows that each of the 4 tape drives would be zoned to a specific virtual FC adapter in the Tivoli Storage Manager LPAR.
The Tivoli Storage Manager LPAR was initially configured with virtual FC adapters for connectivity to XIV disk only. As shown in thelspath output below, fcs0 through fcs3 are used exclusively for access to disk only.
To connect to the tape drives, we configured four additional virtual FC adapters for the LPAR. First, we ensured that the physical adapters were available and had fabric connectivity. On both VIOS, we used the lsnports command to determine the state of the adapters and their NPIV capability. As shown in the following output, the physical adapter's fcs4 and fcs5 were both available and NPIV ready. There was a 1 in the fabric column. If it was zero then the adapter may not be connected to an NPIV capable SAN.
As you can see, only the fcs4 adapter was discovered; the fabric value for fcs4 was 0 and fcs5 was missing. Both of these issues were the result of physical connectivity issues to the SAN. The cables were unplugged and/or they had a loopback adapter plugged into the interface. The error report indicated link errors on fcs4 but not for fcs5.
Once the ports were physically connected to the SAN switches, I removed the entry for fcs4 from the ODM (as shown below) and then ran cfgmgr on the VIOS.
Then both fcs4 and fcs5 were discovered and configured correctly.
The Tivoli Storage Manager LPARs dedicated virtual FC adapters, for tape, appeared as fcs4, fcs5, fcs6 and fcs7. The plan was for fcs4 on tsm1 to map to fcs4 on vio1, fcs5 to map to fcs5 on vio1, fcs6 to map to fcs4 on vio2, and fcs7 to map to fcs5 on vio2.
We created two new virtual FC host (vfchost) adapters on vio1 and two new vfchost adapters on vio2. This was done by updating the profile for both VIOS (on the HMC) with the new adapters and then adding them with a DLPAR operation on each VIOS. Once we had run the cfgdev command on each VIOS to bring in the new vfchost adapters, we needed to map them to the physical FC ports.
Map tsm1 vfchost60 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs4 on vio1.
Map tsm1 vfchost61 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs5 on vio1.
Map tsm1 vfchost60 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs4 on vio2.
Map tsm1 vfchost61 adapter to physical FC adapter fcs5 on vio2.
Next we used DLPAR (using the following procedure) to update the client LPAR with four new virtual FC adapters. Please make sure you read the procedure on adding a virtual FC adapter to client LPAR. If care is not taken, the WWPNs for a client LPAR can be lost, which can result in loss of connectivity to your SAN storage. You may also want to review the HMC's chsyscfg command, as it is possible to use this command to modify WWPNs for an LPAR.
After running the cfgmgr command on the LPAR, we confirmed we had four new virtual FC adapters. We ensured that we saved the LPARs current configuration, as outlined in the procedure.
On both VIOS, we confirmed that the physical to virtual mapping on the FC adapters was correct using the lsmap –all –npivcommand. Also checking that client LPAR had successfully logged into the SAN by noting the Status: LOGGED_IN entry in thelsmap output for each adapter.
We were able to capture the WWPNs for the new adapters at this point. This information was required to zone the tape drives to the system.
The IBM Atape device drivers were installed prior to zoning in the TS3310 tape drives.
Then, once the drives had been zoned to the new WWPNs, we ran cfgmgr on the Tivoli Storage Manager LPAR to configure the tape drives.
Our new tape drives were now available to Tivoli Storage Manager.
Apparently the viostat command on the VIO server allows you to monitor I/O traffic on the vfchost adapters (as shown in the following example).
I must admit I had limited success using this tool to monitor I/O on these devices. I am yet to discover why this tool did not report any statistics for any of my vfchost adapters. Perhaps it was an issue with the level of VIOS code we were running?
Fortunately, nmon captures and reports on virtual FC adapter performance statistics on the client LPAR. This is nothing new, as nmon has always captured FC adapter information, but it is good to know that nmon can record the data for both virtual and physical FC adapters.
The fcstat command can be used on the client LPARs to monitor performance statistics relating to buffer usage and overflows on the adapters. For example, the following output indicated that we needed to tune some of the settings on our virtual FC adapters. In particular the following attributes were modified, num_cmd_elems and max_xfer_size.
We also found buffer issues (via the fcstat command) on the physical adapters on the VIO servers. We tuned the FC adapters on the VIO servers to match the settings on the client LPARs, such as max_xfer_size=0x200000 and num_cmd_elems=2048.
The fcstat command will report a value of UNKNOWN for some attributes of a virtual FC adapter. Because it is a virtual adapter, it does not contain any information relating to the physical adapter attributes, such as firmware level information or supported port speeds.
In all that describes my experience with NPIV, Power Systems, Virtual I/O and AIX. I hope you have enjoyed reading this article. Of course, as they say, "there's always more than one way to skin a cat"! So please feel free to contact me and share your experiences with this technology, I'd like to hear your thoughts and experiences.


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Freedom Sees Paul Pogba Shining Once Again At Man United
Jose Mourinho was making a huge statement when he dropped Paul Pogba from his starting line-up during his last few games in charge at Manchester United.
The Portuguese boss was basically saying that the World Cup winner was no longer part of his longterm plans.
Yet it was Jose and not Pogba that departed first, the club's board had clearly seen a rot set in at Old Trafford and needed to bring in a new gaffer to get the players back onside.
They've acted quickly in bringing in club legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the new interim manager and the Norwegian has had instant results. He's brought a positive attacking approach back into United's game-plan and they've won their first two Premier League games since his arrival, scoring eight times in the process.
I said, when Ole got the job, that he needed to bring out the best from his talented players and in particular Paul Pogba. The Frenchman has all the qualities needed to be a world class performer, dictate games and become a regular match winner.
Solskjaer put the creative central midfielder straight back into the team and Pogba has produced two swashbuckling performances.
I think a football manager should always play to a players strengths. Instead of giving Paul the freedom to be the club's chief creator, Mourinho would want him to be more defensive minded and to sit back. You can't demand that for the majority of the game, not from a player who is at his best when he has the ball in the opposition's half. By all means ask him to help out more, if needed, but don't try and totally change the player's mindset.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has come in and asked his United team to play attack minded football. This quote from The National shows you his ethos:
"The players have not said anything to me about any handbrake, but when we spoke in the team meeting I said that when we get one goal then we want to get two, and when we get two then we want to get three. That's the nature of this club: you always go an attack."
Pogba in particular seems to have taken that message to heart and is loving life back in the team and being an attacking maestro.
When you look at the player's heat-maps during Man United's wins over Cardiff City and Huddersfield Town, you'll notice that he's giving the team balance on the left and pushing forward when given the opportunity. He's also seeing plenty of the ball; 111 touches in the Cardiff game and 117 touches against the Terriers (stats from Whoscored).
Against Neil Warnock's Cardiff City side, the midfielder made more passes than anyone else on the park and importantly he created two assists for teammates.
Then in yesterday's win, the twenty-five year old was always looking to get on the ball and he produced two great goals to help secure the home victory.
His finishing against Huddersfield was sublime.
Pogba expertly found space inside the opposition's penalty area and when Ander Herrera fed him the ball, the French international kept his cool as he steered his shot home at the near post.
The former Juventus man's second was one right out of the Paul Scholes playbook. Jesse Lingard gave Paul the ball outside of the box and he took one touch to control the ball before drilling it beyond the goalkeeper!
Paul Pogba was playing with that swagger that shows us that he's enjoying his football. His manager said as much to the BBC after the game:
"I was very pleased for him and the whole team. He loves football and has a big smile,"
"That's the Paul I have known since he was in the reserves and youth team,"
"He's always been a happy boy, a big smile on his face and when you score two you're happy. It's a response and Paul loves playing for this club. He's a Manchester United boy through and through and knows what it means to play for the club."
The man himself showed his happiness via twitter:
So happy for 3 points and 2 goals at home with our supporters and family there. Have great blessed holidays everyone, loads of love 🌟 @ManUtd #mufc #heretocreate pic.twitter.com/R8gVwIxOzP
— Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) December 26, 2018
Don't get me wrong, the player still needs to work on defending set-pieces as he fell asleep twice during those situations yesterday. He can also, in my opinion, step up a few more gears. But it's great to see him smiling and happy on the pitch again.
Now some Red Devils faithful will question why he didn't give the same commitment whilst playing under Mourinho. Well there are two points here. Firstly, we've all had to work under difficult bosses and our performance is effected by the constant bickering. Secondly, he was still doing a decent job when given the opportunity to play in a more attacking role.
Pogba is currently United's third top league scorer this season with five goals and he leads the club's assists charts with his five assists.
If Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can continue to get the best out of Paul Pogba by playing attractive football then I fully expect them to challenge for a top four spot and for the fans to enjoy the remainder of the season.
Posted on December 27th, 2018 by scott
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Veterans, you may be eligible for commissary benefits
Mackenzie Wolf
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) headquartered in Fort Lee, Va., is responsible for delivering a vital benefit to servicemembers and eligible veterans all at home and abroad. DeCA provides eligible patrons with a service that enhances quality of life for them and their families by enabling them to purchase groceries and other household goods tax free, plus a 5% surcharge which covers the cost of modernizing and building new commissaries. This valuable benefit can save patrons thousands of dollars annually when compared to commercial prices.
With 236 stores in 13 countries, DeCA employs more than 13,000 employees, of which, more than 32% are military spouses. Nearly 65% of DeCA's total work force is affiliated with the military. One of the agency's efforts is to provide military families with a crucial pathway to eliminating food insecurity. Commissaries provide nearly a 24% savings compared to local market averages. For a struggling family, this savings could be the difference in knowing when they will have their next meal.
Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, who serves as the senior enlisted adviser to the agency's director, noted that another way DeCA supports its patrons is the more recent addition of health and wellness services. DeCA launched its dietitian-approved fueling station program at 174 commissaries in 2021. These provide on-the-go nutritious meals that offer an alternative to fast food. The agency also offers nutrition guides to help patrons make healthy choices.
A dietitian-approved dinner menu plan includes weekly shopping lists for an entire month of family meals, with links to recipes on the commissary website.
Many veterans eligible for this benefit are unaware it exists, and DeCA is working hard to fix this.
The Department of Defense (DoD) expanded eligibility for commissary shopping privileges as part of the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act that was passed as part of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. Now, all veterans with a service-connected disability, veterans who are Purple Heart recipients, veterans who are former prisoners of war, and individuals approved and designated as the primary family caregivers of eligible veterans under the Department of Veterans Affairs Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family caregivers.
Here are some basic questions and answers about the program:
Question: Which forms of ID are required for veteran with a service-connected disability to get installation access?
Answer: In January 2020, DoD announced the rules for newly eligible veterans and caregivers to gain base access to take advantage of the Commissary, Exchange, and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) facilities. Veterans with a service-connected disability will need a Veterans Health Identification Card (VHIC) to be able to gain access to the installation and use the commissary. The VHIC must state the veteran's eligibility. For example, the card must have a designation for Purple Heart, Former POW, or service-connected disability indicated on the card.
Question: How do veterans receive their VHIC card?
Answer: First, veterans will need to be enrolled in VA health care. Once a veteran receives their welcome call, they will need to contact their nearest VA medical center and ask to speak with the enrollment coordinator. The coordinator will help the veteran arrange to get their picture taken for their new VHIC card or the picture can be taken at their next scheduled VA health-care appointment. After the VA takes the veterans picture, the VHIC card will be processed and sent to the veteran by mail.
Question: What happens at the gate?
Answer: The newly eligible veteran will have to pass an initial basic, on-the-spot background check at the installation visitor control center during their first visit to gain access and then an automated check each subsequent visit. Depending on the type of installation, these VHIC-carrying veterans will be able to enroll in recurring access, which lets them bypass the visitor control center and enter through the gates. A spouse or anyone accompanying them might also be able to enroll in this recurring access if the guest has an identification that supports it. Veterans or caregivers with felony convictions, felony arrest warrants or derogatory information related to criminal history or terrorism will be prohibited from entering.
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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - On November 1 at 10:00am in the College Center, the James W. Palmer '90 Gallery will open its "Imprints" exhibit featuring new independent work by Luke Arsenault '19, Annie Duncan '19, Saski Plum Globig '19, Jonah Parker '19, Anja Zhao '19, and Diana Rose Smith '19 Exchange from Trinity College. The exhibit will include collage, painting, prints, and wood assemblage. The exhibition dates are November 1–15, and the reception will be held on Thursday, November 8, from 5:30 to 7:00pm.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun Hye on Friday granted pardons to 4,876 people ahead of next week's Liberation Day holiday, including the chairman of CJ Group, the country's 15th largest conglomerate by assets.
Lee Jay Hyun, the ailing 56-year-old chairman of the CJ Group, which has interests spanning food, entertainment and logistics, was sentenced last year to two and a half years in jail for tax evasion and embezzlement.
However, Lee was released from prison due to poor health and has been in hospital after undergoing a kidney transplant.
"In the case of businessmen, we selected a limited number of people ... after gathering diverse opinions to unite our people and overcome an economic crisis," the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
It is a tradition for the president to announce pardons ahead of Liberation Day on Aug 15 and there is a long history of convicted bosses of the family-run conglomerates, known as chaebol, being released or having their sentences suspended.
President Park last year pardoned the chairman of the country's third-largest conglomerate, SK Group, despite growing discontent among South Koreans over the conduct of the conglomerates, which dominate Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Over the years, the heads of the Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK and Hanwha chaebol have been convicted of crimes but received suspended sentences, and later, presidential pardons.
Lee, the CJ chairman, is a grandson of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull, and heads one of the two branches of the Lee family, South Korea's richest business dynasty.


What is Nutrigenomics and MTHFR?
Nutrigenomics is a system of utilizing genetic analysis to help identify genetic mutations and support the body with specific nutrition to counterbalance the ill effects of such mutations. For example, a common genetic mutation involves a gene called "MTHFR". When mutations occur the ability to convert folic acid into its active form called 5-methyltetrahydofolate (5-MTHF) may be compromised. Approximately 40% of the population has some MTHFR mutation, and the scientific literature related to the significance of this genetic mutation is extensive, yet still largely ignored by much of the healthcare community. The consequences of this mutation, unsupported with proper nutrition, can lead to or augment a number of health problems including the following: autism, allergies, depression, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, heart disease, cancer, and more.
What is entailed in a nutrigenomic analysis?
The first thing you need to do is get your genome mapped. The company 23andme.com can map your genome for $99, and involves a simple saliva sample. The turn around time for 23andme is approximately 6-8 weeks. Once you have been notified that you have your results back, then you will want to use livewello.com's $20 software to generate a variant report from the 23andme data. Dr. Buckley then interprets the variant report, and helps educate the individual on the results.
What is a variant report?
The livewello software generates a report of genes mapped from your 23andme raw genomic data paying specific attention to key genes involved in detoxification, methylation, immune function, blood clotting, mitochondrial function, and more.
If you can identify potential weaknesses in your genomic profile, you can find ways to help support your biochemistry so that you may be less prone to developing disease that you otherwise may be susceptible to. For example, if you have a specific type of MTHFR mutation you may at increased risk of overproducing the heart disease promoting homocysteine. If you know this, you can take some simple steps to properly support your biochemistry with specific forms of B-vitamins.
Dr. Buckley focuses on the genetic mutations as they relate to the process of "methylation"as this process has been aptly described as the biochemical backbone of our entire biochemistry, as this occurs in every cell of the body. It effects DNA repair, gene silencing, gene activation, detoxification, energy, neurotransmitter levels, immune function, and inflammation. Every biochemical activity which occurs in the body can be somehow related to methylation processes. Additional attention is placed on detoxification mutations in the cytochrome P450 enzyme, and glutathione genes. Understanding which detoxification genes have mutations in them can help you understand which medications you may have problems metabolizing, as well as environmental toxins you may have problems eliminating.
Do all mutations mean I will have a health problem?
No. Genetic mutations may exist in your body, but they may be silent and not active. Not all mutations are necessarily bad, either. Utilizing functional biochemistry testing through other lab work and/or through applied kinesiology we can help determine if key gene mutations such as MTHFR are active or not, as well as how best to support them.
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Pregnant fossil shows how early whales evolved
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fossils from two early whales -- a male and a rare pregnant female -- shed light on how these ancestors to modern whales made the leap from walking on land to ruling the sea.
An artist's conception of male Maiacetus inuus as it would have appeared in life. REUTERS/University of Michigan Museums of Natural History/John Klausmeyer
The fetal remains, found with the 47.5 million-year-old pregnant female, were positioned head down, suggesting these creatures gave birth on land, while spending much of the rest of their time in the water.
Initially, the tiny fetal teeth stumped University of Michigan paleontologist Philip Gingerich, whose team discovered the fossils in Pakistan in 2000 and 2004.
"When I first saw the small teeth in the field, I thought we were dealing with a small adult whale, but then we continued to expose the specimen and found ribs that seemed too large to go with those teeth," Gingerich, whose study appears in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE.
The fetal skeleton is the first specimen of the extinct whale group known as Archaeoceti, and the find represents a new species named Maiacetus inuus, a hybrid of the words for "mother whale" and Inuus, the name of a Roman fertility god.
The fetus was positioned head down like other land animals, allowing it to begin breathing right away. This suggests the group had not yet made the leap to giving birth in the water like modern whales, which are born tail first to allow them to start swimming right after birth.
The 8.5-foot (2.59-meter) male, which was collected in the same fossil beds as the female, is about 12 percent bigger and had fangs that were 20 percent larger than those of the female. Gingerich said these well developed choppers suggest the creatures spent a large portion of their time catching and eating fish.
Both fossils had four flipper-like legs that could have supported their weight on land, but only for short distances, suggesting these whales likely came on shore to mate, rest and give birth, Gingerich said.
"They clearly were tied to shore," Gingerich said. "They were living at the land-sea interface and going back and forth."
He said the Maiacetus fossils appear to represent an intermediate whale form, showing the evolution from land-dwelling to aquatic creatures.
The full study can be foundhere
Editing by Sandra Maler


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Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies at Age 80
Published August 24, 2021 at 11:06 AM PDT
Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock's greatest rhythm sections and used his "day job" to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 80.
Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts "passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family."
"Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation," Doherty said.
Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an undefined health issue.
The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the Stones rose from their scruffy beginnings to international superstardom. He joined the band early in 1963 and remained over the next 60 years, ranked just behind Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the group's longest-lasting and most essential member.
Watts stayed on, and largely held himself apart, through the drug abuse, creative clashes and ego wars that helped kill founding member Brian Jones, drove bassist Bill Wyman and Jones' replacement Mick Taylor to quit and otherwise made being in the Stones the most exhausting of jobs.
A classic Stones song like "Brown Sugar" and "Start Me Up" often began with a hard guitar riff from Richards, with Watts following closely behind, and Wyman, as the bassist liked to say, "fattening the sound." Watts' speed, power and time keeping were never better showcased than during the concert documentary, "Shine a Light," when director Martin Scorsese filmed "Jumpin' Jack Flash" from where he drummed toward the back of the stage.
The Stones began, Watts said, "as white blokes from England playing Black American music" but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound. Watts was a jazz drummer in his early years and never lost his affinity for the music he first loved, heading his own jazz band and taking on numerous other side projects.
He had his eccentricities—Watts liked to collect cars even though he didn't drive and would simply sit in them in his garage. But he was a steadying influence on stage and off as the Stones defied all expectations by rocking well into their 70s, decades longer than their old rivals the Beatles.
Watts didn't care for flashy solos or attention of any kind, but with Wyman and Richards forged some of rock's deepest grooves on "Honky Tonk Women," "Brown Sugar" and other songs. The drummer adapted well to everything from the disco of "Miss You" to the jazzy "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and the dreamy ballad "Moonlight Mile."
Jagger and Richards at times seemed to agree on little else besides their admiration of Watts, both as a man and a musician. Richards called Watts "the key" and often joked that their affinity was so strong that on stage he'd sometimes try to rattle Watts by suddenly changing the beat—only to have Watts change it right back.
Jagger and Richards could only envy his indifference to stardom and relative contentment in his private life, when he was as happy tending to the horses on his estate in rural Devon, England, as he ever was on stage at a sold-out stadium.
Watts did on occasion have an impact beyond drumming. He worked with Jagger on the ever more spectacular stage designs for the group's tours. He also provided illustrations for the back cover of the acclaimed 1967 album "Between the Buttons" and inadvertently gave the record its title. When he asked Stones manager Andrew Oldham what the album would be called, Oldham responded "Between the buttons," meaning undecided. Watts thought that "Between the Buttons" was the actual name and included it in his artwork.
To the world, he was a rock star. But Watts often said that the actual experience was draining and unpleasant, and even frightening. "Girls chasing you down the street, screaming…horrible!… I hated it," he told The Guardian newspaper in an interview. In another interview, he described the drumming life as a "cross between being an athlete and a total nervous wreck."
Author Philip Norman, who has written extensively about the Rolling Stones, said Watts lived "in constant hope of being allowed to catch the next plane home." On tour, he made a point of drawing each hotel room he stayed in, a way of marking time until he could return to his family. He said little about playing the same songs for more than 40 years as the Stones recycled their classics. But he did branch out far beyond "Satisfaction" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by assembling and performing with jazz bands in the second half of his career.
Charles Robert Watts, son of a lorry driver and a housewife, was born in Neasden, London, on June 2, 1941. From childhood, he was passionate about music—jazz in particular. He fell in love with the drums after hearing Chico Hamilton and taught himself to play by listening to records by Johnny Dodds, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and other jazz giants.
He worked for a London advertising firm after he attended Harrow Art College and played drums in his spare time. London was home to a blues and jazz revival in the early 1960s, with Jagger, Richards and Eric Clapton among the future superstars getting their start. Watts' career took off after he played with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, for whom Jagger also performed, and was encouraged by Korner to join the Stones.
Watts wasn't a rock music fan at first and remembered being guided by Richards and Brian Jones as he absorbed blues and rock records, notably the music of bluesman Jimmy Reed. He said the band could trace its roots to a brief period when he had lost his job and shared an apartment with Jagger and Richards because he could live there rent-free.
"Keith Richards taught me rock and roll," Watts said. "We'd have nothing to do all day and we'd play these records over and over again. I learned to love Muddy Waters. Keith turned me on to how good Elvis Presley was, and I'd always hated Elvis up 'til then."
Watts was the final man to join the Stones; the band had searched for months to find a permanent drummer and feared Watts was too accomplished for them. Richards would recall the band wanting him so badly to join that members cut down on expenses so they could afford to pay Watts a proper salary. Watts said he believed at first the band would be lucky to last a year.
"Every band I'd ever been in had lasted a week," he said. "I always thought the Stones would last a week, then a fortnight, and then suddenly, it's 30 years."
Former Associated Press writers Greg Katz and Janelle Stecklein compiled biographical material for this story. Copyright AP.
Copyright 2021 KQED


The summer tournament season for Stanford's golf team members started well for Sihwan Kim in particular. Sihwan led all qualifiers for the US Public Links championship as he competed at Chino Hills #1 finishing with a two round total of 139. He will move onto the championship played at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club from July 13-18.
In addition, Sihwan, David Chung and incoming freshman Andrew Yun competed in the Northeast Amateur played in Rhode Island and Sihwan finished in 5th place with rounds of 65-70-68-67.
David had a solid event finishing tied for 34th with rounds of 71-70-68-70, while Andrew finished 43rd with rounds of 70-67-73-71.
Steve Ziegler, Stanford's 2nd team All-American with a world amateur ranking of 19, advanced to the 4th round of 16 players at the British Amateur championship played at the Formby Golf Club and West Lancashire Golf Club in England June 15 - 20. Steve was the final US player competing and he lost on the last hole to the eventual runner-up Darren Renwick.
In the two-day qualifying to advance into the match play portion of the tournament Steve shot 72-73 to finish in a tie for the 44th position in the 64-player match play draw.
The Low Freshman Stroke Average goes to freshman David Chung with a 73.89 average - David was also selected to the All-Region team by the Golf Coaches of America.
Sophomore Graham Brockington was awarded the team's Most Improved Player award for the 2008-2009 season. Graham's stroke average dropped from 82 in 2007-8 to 74.6 in 2008-9.
The Most Valuable Player goes to sophomore golfer Steve Ziegler. Ziegler was also voted First Team All Pac-10 and named Second Team All-American (see the announcement below).
The Stanford Tradition award, an award given to the player exhibiting leadership, strong work ethic, academic excellence, and an overall appreciation of the traditions of Stanford and Stanford men's golf, has been given to senior Daniel Lim.
Lastly, The "Spooney" Award, which is given to the Stanford golfer displaying the most fight and tenacity while maintaining a never give up attitude, was also awarded to senior Daniel Lim.
The Stanford men's golf program is proud of these team members and looks to build on this leadership in the future.
Blayne Barber of UCF, Texas A&M's Bronson Burgoon, Bud Cauley of Alabama, UCLA's Erik Flores, Georgia's Brian Harman, Russell Henley and Hudson Swafford, Illinois Scott Langley, John Peterson of LSU and Stanford's Steve Ziegler comprise the second team.
Third-team honorees include Coastal Carolina's Zack Byrd, Harris English of Georgia, Wichita State's Dustin Garza, Andrew Landry of Arkansas, Washington's Richard Lee and Darren Wallace, Oklahoma State's Trent Leon, Steve Saunders of New Mexico and Virginia Tech's Drew Weaver.


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I tried opening it as both a text and xml file.
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Makes more cities on your planet wich improve your Population Growth.
Back up your PlanetImprovements.xml FIRST!
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I didn't see why everybody in heroic fantasy had to be white (and why all the leading women had "violet eyes").
Ooh, poor Daenerys.
I rarely think about the skin color of characters, mostly because I'm usually trying to come up with biological features to differentiate races. Lateral lines, glass instead of eyes, metallic spurs, that kind of thing. I only mention skin color when it serves to distinguish a particular species.
On the other hand, I don't think I ever went out of my way to make sure any characters were clearly black, or obviously Far Eastern (though that's partly because I don't use Earth as a setting). Even in The Mark of Vurth, which is set in an Africa-esque land, I didn't specify that anyone was black, although I had a blonde minor character.
There are probably several books where characters of color play supporting roles – Nenisi Conor in Suzy McKee Charnas's Motherlines is the wise and beautiful (but non-exclusive) lover of the heroine. But I'm finding it difficult to think of books where the main characters are clearly black, Native American, Asian, Far Eastern, etc. The only ones which came to mind right away are Octavia Butler's Wild Seed .
An old edition of the book has a beautiful cover painting which shows this. And the heroine of Kara Dalkey's Goa is Indian.
So here are a couple of questions.
1. Should we make an effort to include characters of color in our work?
Personally, I can't see myself doing this unless the story called for it. Partly because I believe we all pick what we want to show and promote in our work. Another writer may want to draw attention to the lack of minorities in fantasy and science fiction – and what better way than to write an excellent book where all the characters are people of color?*
But I'd rather portray science and technology in a positive way in my books. Even if I could do both, I know which issue I feel more strongly about, and if I included too many of the causes I support, the books would stop being fantasy stories and start being thinly veiled rhetoric.
It's also going to be difficult, at best, to write characters of color into historical fantasy. Especially in a setting where such people were just not that common, they're going to stand out. They'll be noticed. Even today, there are groups which believe in the superiority of one race over another, so there may be even stronger sentiments in the past.
"Even now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe."
-- Othello
2. Would you like to see more characters of color in speculative fiction?
I must be colorblind, because I usually don't even notice. Until I read a post which mentioned the lack of Chinese characters in the Chinese/American 'verse of Firefly, it didn't occur to me that there was such a deficiency, or that only one member of the cast was black. The show was just so good that I didn't notice.
Though maybe that's just me. Even though I'm an Asian who migrated to first the States and then Canada, the issue of skin color has never been an important one for me. My answer would be that I'd just like to see interesting and realistic characters – they can be green-skinned Orion slave girls as long as they have interesting personalities.
*I only realized the significance of this when I read The Tombs of Atuan . Towards the end, Ged tells Tenar that she will be known as the White Lady of Gont, and that's when it dawned on me why he was specifying the "white" part. Until then, I'd barely registered the characters' skin color.
Linda Maye Adams said...
This reminded of a writer on one of the message boards who was writing a space opera (her term) where she was trying to be like Star Trek. She had the Black officer, the Asian officer, the woman officer--it came across as if she was ticking off a political correctness list.
I think different races works better if you start with the typical makeup of the setting. For example, if you were writing a story about the army, you would have more characters who would be Black or Hispanic. Asian and Native American are rare. I only saw one Asian and one Native American in ten years I was in the Army. If I wrote a story set in Los Angeles, I would expect to see Hispanics, and I would expect Native Americans to be in Washington State. This is easy enough to research if you're basing any fantasy city on a real place--statistics are available online.
I liked how Tamora Pierce did in her books because she makes it a part of the setting. There's a Black character in one of the books (actually several), and their origins are a logical part of the story. Instead of feeling like a political correctness card being used, it has more of the flavor of entire world.
Maria Zannini said...
I never think of color when I'm reading, even when the author mentions it.
But nothing aggravates me more than when authors write to an agenda and spoon-feed racial awareness for some 'higher' purpose.
Such behavior is arrogant at best and reprehensible at worst.
Interesting. I agree that Tamra Pierce has done a fine job of creating characters of multiple skin tones.
The absolute definitive word on why this is important: http://www.infinitematrix.net/faq/essays/noles.html
(Marian already linked to the excellent rant she followed this essay up with.)
I like Linda's answer.
My generic, PC answer is that I think the most important thing a writer can do for their self is to get their version of whatever truth it is that they're trying to portray on the paper, regardless of anything.
For myself, because I've never lived in a racially homogeneous setting, writing about one has never occurred to me. Not to say that I wouldn't do it one day.
But for now, because the characters I create tend to be amalgamations of my real life experiences and tied to particular settings I find it impossible to omit race from the story.
I do agree that it's ridiculous to put in characters just to meet a self-determined quota.
As a kid, I can certainly say I always got a thrill to see people that looked like me on the television or in films in unconventional roles so I won't begrudge any writer for using their fiction for aspirational purposes as long as it's not heavy handed.
Aspirational can become condescending if not handled carefully. (See Stephen King and Magical Black People)
Deidra said...
I'm with you on this: I barely, if ever, notice race in books and movies. (Of course, sometimes I ignore the physical description of a book character entirely and give a blonde woman dark hair or somesuch. It always comes as a shock in re-reading to realize I've imagined them wrong the entire time...) It always comes as a surprise when one of the characters comments about race because I basically forget that there's any difference between them.
I think racial blindness is a good thing, though. :)
Linda - I really dislike the racial checklist. It reminds me of starting a fantasy novel by gathering a group of characters - one elf, one dwarf, one knight, one mage, one Token Tough Girl, etc.
It can still be pulled off, but only if the characters come off as three-dimensional people rather than representatives of their races, chosen on the basis of PC.
I like you analysis of racial distribution on a geographic level. That would work well for fantasies based on real-world places.
Maria - The authors usually have good intentions, but then again, those pave the road to somewhere hot.
I don't mind this agenda as much as others (e.g. promoting the author's religion), but the story takes precedence to the soapbox, always.
Bekah - I read Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series, but (as usual) don't recall anyone's race or skin color. One thing I do remember is that Keladry was raised in a Japan-esque country and learned to fight with Far Eastern weapons.
JH : Been wanting to write about this ever since you posted that link. It's a complex and controversial issue.
Addis, this part of your post sprang out at me.
"As a kid, I can certainly say I always got a thrill to see people that looked like me on the television or in films in unconventional roles "
I realized that I'd feel the same way if I saw a South Asian character (as long as they weren't hypereducated types with Apu-ish accents, which IMO are getting to be a stereotype).
It's not a necessary thing to do. I identify with personalities and flaws rather than with appearance or racial characteristics.
But it would give me that little thrill. I remember being pleased when I read a Wild Cards novel and realized that a minor character was called Jayawardene (i.e. he was Sri Lankan).
"Aspirational can become condescending if not handled carefully. (See Stephen King and Magical Black People)"
Oh yes. That could be a topic for another blog post.
"Of course, sometimes I ignore the physical description of a book character entirely and give a blonde woman dark hair or somesuch..."
Deirdra, that happens to me too! When I finished Ender's Game and read Orson Scott Card's description of the character development in that novel, I realized that he had never described Ender. So I'd imagined him as looking somewhat like me - relatively small, dark-haired, dark-eyed, etc.
Also kudos to whoever designed the cover for not including their version of the main character and allowing me to build up a vision of him. Some things are best left to the readers' imagination. :)


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Golden Age Article, Hercule Poirot, Telefilm Review
Telefilm Review: The Hollow
This is the final film in the ninth series of Poirot, originally broadcast in 2004.
In, "The Hollow" Poirot is staying at a cottage in the country. After being invited for a return visit, Poirot finds a doctor dead and his wife holding a gun. The doctor's secret mistress tells the wife to thrown the gun to the water which in the end doesn't matter as it's not the murder weapon.
Poirot seeks to untangle the truth of the very complicated relationships but runs into resistance and new suspects at every stage.
Overall, I thought this was a solid production and it rose above the typical mystery of its sort where the characters of wife and the other woman can be cardboard cutouts. The husband is really just a very selfish person in his private life with the only thing coloring that is his more noble professional efforts as a doctor. However, both the wife (played by Gerda Christo) and the mistress (played by Megan Dodds) were fully fleshed out as complex and fully developed characters. The interaction between the mistress and Poirot was particularly well done. It was also a thrill to see Edward Harwicke (Watson from the Grenada Sherlock Holmes series) in it.
I had two complaints about this. First was the ending which featured Poirot allowing the murderer to walk away and get something after their identity has been revealed based on their promise not to go anywhere and tragedy results. It really is out of character not that Christie's original ending would have worked but they had to come up with something better. Also they added in a sex scene that while not r-rated and not even showing actual flash was just unnecessarily gratuitous and titillating which doesn't suit this series at all.
Overall, despite these flaws, The Hollow is a great adaptation of a book that's not usually considered one of Christie's best.
Rating: 4.25 out of 5.0
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These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: a proud look, a lying tongue…. - Proverbs 6:16-17a.
Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. - Ephesians 4:25.
A Subway restaurant in North Platte, Nebraska did not know that they had a CIA operative working for them undercover. At least, that is what Joshua Shores, their 34-year-old employee told them after he was seen on a surveillance video putting $502.00 into his pocket. He should have been putting the money into the store's safe. He advised the police and a judge that there was no cause for worry because of his CIA status the agency would reimburse the money. He also said the reason he was working for Subway was that he had lost his CIA badge and was waiting for a new one to be sent from the agency.
At least Joshua had a somewhat original tale to tell even though it was rather tall. I have not heard what kind of trouble Joshua is in - probably the charge was "theft by employee" which would likely be a felony. Hopefully, Joshua will learn that telling tall tales will not get you out of legal trouble. He would have been much better served by having simply told the truth that he had stolen the money and by giving back what he had left of it with a sincere "I'm sorry" along with a promise of repaying the rest.
We tend in this modern world with all of the violence, sexual immorality and the rest to look at lying as a minor offense. However, it is in God's top seven of things that He hates which would appear to indicate that it is not a minor issue. Lying after all is still sin and God hates sin. God hates sin because He is holy and sin is evil. God is righteous and sin is a demonstration of unrighteousness.
It is sad but I know some people who are liars. They are liars because they continually lie. If they had a choice between telling the truth and telling a lie even when it made no difference they would still tell a lie. They have told lies for so long that they no longer remember what the truth is about the past. It is hard for me to be around them because I am always wondering whether what they are saying is true or whether it is just another lie. I would like to believe them but because of their continual lying, I have reached a point where I find it hard to believe anything they say.
The will of God is clear about this issue of lying. In Romans 12:19 we are told, "Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good." We must hate what God hates and love what God loves. We too must hate lying and love the truth. Jesus is the manifestation of truth. He is, "the way, the TRUTH, and the life (John 14:6)…."
The desire of our hearts in regard to lying and deceiving should be the same as that of the apostle Paul. Paul says in Acts 24:16, "…I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men." As another translation puts it, "So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man." It might sound more exciting to say that you are an undercover CIA operative who has lost his badge but do you really think anyone is going to believe you? We should always strive to keep a clear conscience before God and man by being truthful in all of our interactions with others.


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