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Hyperconvergence: Designing for failure
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By Dave Cartwright 28 Jul 2016 at 08:05
Hyperconvergence is one of those relatively new names for something that many of us having been doing for years: consolidating sprawling infrastructures into tight, largely virtualized setups that vastly reduce the number of devices one has to manage (not to mention the number of things to spend maintenance fees on, and the number of things that can go wrong).
But are all infrastructures suited to hyperconvergence? What size organisation should be looking to do it? And how do you design it to ensure it's as robust and resilient as you can achieve at an acceptable cost?
How big do I need to be?
The easy answer is that as long as you're not minuscule, you can probably benefit from hyperconvergence.
Why not the real minnows? Imagine you're a small company with a typical setup: a fileserver, a mail server and maybe an application/database server – all of which are individual physical boxes. If one of your three machines goes "pop" you lose one of your functions.
If you were to virtualize these functions onto a single, reasonably chunky physical host running your hypervisor of choice then a physical fault would cause all three machines to die. The only way to be resilient would be to have dual chunky servers and resilient storage arrays, and to buy the resilience option for the virtualization layer. This would have a price premium that almost certainly wouldn't hold water when compared to the cost of the original all-physical approach.
As long as you're big enough to be able reasonably to afford even an entry-level virtual setup with resilient storage, you're most definitely a candidate for a hyperconverged approach.
Are some infrastructures better suited than others?
In a word: yes. However the majority is pretty well suited, because the main criterion is commonality of platforms. A collection of Mac, PC, HPE, SPARC and Power kit is pretty tricky to bring under a single virtualized roof, after all, and in recent years I've come across a surprising number of heterogeneous infrastructures (particularly where Power and Intel come together with a modest scattering of SPARC).
This said, though, there's nothing preventing you from converging (say) all the Intel stuff into a common virtual platform. And regardless of the architecture you should be able pretty easily to consolidate on common storage (iSCSI is iSCSI, and Fibre Channel is Fibre Channel) and of course a common network (you can't tell me that there's much in the network that can't hang off a Gig port of a switch).
Designing for failure
So having established that it's a good thing to do, how do you construct it to maximise resilience? By following some fairly basic steps:
1. Glass half empty
I sometimes worry that my colleagues see me as a bit of a harbinger of doom. They'll show me some funky new technology or system and once I've spent the obligatory couple of minutes drooling over its flashing lights I'll immediately be asking them: "What happens if it blows a power supply?", or "Have you tested the failover?", or "Where's the power patch diagram – is everything independently dual-powered?". When you're designing an infrastructure you need to consider every conceivable failure condition, including the wacky ones, because it's the weird esoteric stuff that's hardest to figure out unless you've seen it before.
2. Don't have one of anything if you can help it
If you're hyperconverging your world, you must eliminate single points of failure. A single physical host for your virtual infrastructure is a non-starter, for instance, and why would you have a single firewall? (Hint: check out item 4, below). You may be able to justify a single storage array, but only if your single premises is suitably protected against disaster and it's dual-powered and has no single component that can cause a failure on its own.
3. Dual-connect everything you can
No server should ever be designed with a single LAN connection. Enterprise-class switches are competitively priced, so even if you can only afford modest brand name stackables there's no excuse for not having LACP-trunked multiple interconnects between the modules.
Augment your server's built-in Ethernet ports with a secondary card (there's no point dual-connecting a pair of motherboard-resident LAN ports if they share a controller) and connect them to different switches. If you can use LACP between the server and the switches then great, but at the very least you should use the NIC vendor's teaming software to provide resilience.
Sometimes you can't physically dual-connect every device: you might have a firewall that only has a single power supply, for example. In those cases, have dual devices in a cluster and connect each to a separate power supply. And you do have N+1 UPS connectivity to the power bars, don't you?
4. Establish the value of the risk
I qualified my last two headings: you shouldn't have just one of anything if you can help it and dual-connect everything you can. Unless you're very big you're not made of money, and so there is a line that must be drawn somewhere (and it's usually the bean-counters that very kindly draw it for you).
Where you have a single point of failure, calculate the risk – which may be financial in terms of inability to trade, but equally it may be reputational in terms of you looking stupid if your Web site were to be offline for days. Put the risk calculations to the board and the beancounters, and get them to take some grown-up decisions. Oh, and document the decisions they hand down: you may well need to remind them (=cover your backside) when one of the single devices dies.
5. Test it to death
Never, ever scrimp on testing. So if you want to test for the physical loss of a connection, physically break the connection instead of trying to simulate it (shutting down a port from the router's command line will sometimes cause different behaviour from a physical break). Write down what you see clearly and in a logical way so that you can easily look things up in the event of a problem.
Sometimes it may not be possible to carry out a physical test (I've had storage vendors advise me in the past against pulling a working disk from an array to validate the RAID setup, for instance, and you really don't want to be red-buttoning a big blade-based chassis server for test purposes) in which case you need to research thoroughly the likely effect and even asking the vendor for advice and/or to let you talk to other customers who've had failures.
Most installations lend themselves to hyperconvergence in some way. But whatever the size of the installation, the primary design rule is very simple:
Design the infrastructure end-to-end with at least two of everything, and at least two connections between each pair of everythings, except where the financial or reputational penalty of a single item failing is far outweighed by the cost of doubling it up.
Bless. It's VMware and Dell EMC's first jointly engineered hybrid cloud infrastructure solution
Cloud Foundation makes debut on Dell EMC VxRail systems
Veritas inhales cross-cloud infrastructure analyser Aptare
Makes a nice change from restructuring and layoffs
Canalys: You've gotten soft, swingbellied tech infrastructure vendors. Get used to WAY LESS growth
Tsk, tsk... look at you getting accustomed to double digits, chides analyst
Cisco and AWS hop into bed for steamy hybrid Kubernetes action
Mixing up on-premises and cloudy containers
Ready Stack repacked: Dell EMC unloads DIY converged infrastructure designs
Also upgrades VxBlock options
HPE's Hybrid IT group gets shiny new permanent head
Meanwhile, Pointnext chief Ana Pinczuk goes for a long walk
Using Microsoft's Hybrid MDM? Er, not for much longer
You will move to Intune on Azure. You have one year to comply
Why why why Di Data? Brit limb Advanced Infrastructure has date with administrators
Has loss-making UK arm plumbed its final network?


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Teresa LeGrair serves as president and CEO of the Akron Urban League where the mission is to improve the quality of life of the citizens of Summit County, particularly African Americans, by advocating and facilitating programs that are economically and educationally transformational, impacting their lives and lives of future generations.
"On a daily basis, Teresa exhibits the qualities of leadership and optimism that define this award. She has worked tirelessly for years — pulling people and organizations together around shared priorities and helping all of us to see greater possibilities through collaboration. We are thrilled to honor her for her contribution to our community," says Christine Amer Mayer, president of GAR Foundation.
Prior to her current role at the Akron Urban League, Teresa held positions with Akron Community Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve. Earlier in her career, she worked for the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, the Akron Urban League, and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. She also worked at Aetna Health Plans in various roles.
Teresa holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Malone University and is a graduate of Leadership Akron, Class XXIV. Her current board and committee involvement include Greater Akron Chamber's Opportunity & Inclusion Committee, Equity & Inclusion Committee, and Steering Committee, as a part of Elevate Greater Akron, member of the Summa Health Cancer Institute Leadership Advisory Council and the Summa Health Healing Arts Leadership Advisory Council, board member of The Fund for Our Economic Future, and board member of ConxusNEO. She was also appointed by City of Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan to serve on the Racial Equity and Social Justice Taskforce. Prior board and community involvement include Akron Art Museum, Heart to Heart Leadership Board of Directors, Junior Leadership Akron Co-Chair, N.E.X.T. Program Day Chair for Leadership Akron, UW Dorothy O. Jackson Leadership Society, Character Counts Board, United Way Basic Needs Council and Public Policy Committee, and the LeBron James King for Kids Bike-a-Thon. She was the prior award recipient of the Akron Black Women's Leadership Caucus Award, Akron Urban League's Woman of Power Award, Moving Beyond Hope Mover and Shaker Award, a finalist for the ATHENA International Leadership Award, and Summit County Historical Society's 2020 Woman of Year for Integrity Award. Teresa also received the 2021 Lady of Legacy Award from Limitless Ambition. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She has three adult sons, Durrell, Emmanuel, and Jaron, and one granddaughter, Timia.
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The Plague of Justinian (541–542 AD) was a pandemic that afflicted the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire and especially its capital, Constantinople, as well as the Sasanian Empire, and port cities around the entire Mediterranean Sea,[1][2] as merchant ships harbored rats that carried fleas infected with plague. One of the deadliest plagues in history, the devastating pandemic resulted in the deaths of an estimated 25–50 million people during two centuries of recurrence, a death toll equivalent to 13–26% of the world's population at the time of the first outbreak.[3][4] The plague's social and cultural impact has been compared to that of the similar Black Death that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages, 600 years after the last outbreak of Justinian's plague.[5]
In 2013, researchers confirmed earlier speculation that the cause of the Plague of Justinian was Yersinia pestis, the same bacterium responsible for Black Plague (1347–1351),[6][7] which was much shorter, but still killed an estimated one-third to one-half of Europeans. Ancient and modern Yersinia pestis strains closely related to the ancestor of the Justinian plague strain have been found in Tian Shan, a system of mountain ranges on the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and China, suggesting that the Justinian plague may have originated in or near that region.[8][9]
Procopius, a Greek who was the principal historian of the 6th century, described the pandemic as worldwide in scope,[2][10] and this first plague returned periodically until the eighth century.[2] The waves of disease had a major effect on the subsequent course of European history. Modern historians named this plague incident after Justinian I, who was emperor at the time of the initial outbreak. Justinian himself contracted the disease, but survived.
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An Archivist's Night at the Movies, Part V: Spooky Halloween Edition
October 29, 2020 · by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel	· in Archives in pop culture.	·
I have long maintained that the pervasive power of records as storytelling devices means that they show up in all manner of films, across all genres. To further develop this argument, I am going to turn an archival gaze on a range of films that often find their way onto our screens during the autumn / Halloween season, and explore how records are depicted and used therein when seeking to frighten and beguile.
For this post I am going to look at seven films: The Fog (2005 remake); The Others; Ghostbusters; The Mummy (1999 version); The Batman vs. Dracula; The Shining; and The Halloween Tree.
Across these movies an eclectic range of records make an appearance, including a handwritten journal, blueprints and technical drawings, spell books, photographs, a painting, stone tablets, a papyrus map, newspapers on microfiche, and advertising posters/broadsides.
I should caution that some of the imagery and themes in this post might be disturbing to some readers, and discretion is therefore advised. And as always, plot spoilers follow.
The Fog (2005) – directed by Rupert Wainwright
This version of The Fog is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name. While not a critical or commercial success, I have an odd soft spot for it because it was often on TBS Halloween movie marathons when I was younger. And interestingly, this movie relies on several different records to move the plot forward.
This film is essentially a supernatural revenge story. In 1871 a shipload of people suffering from leprosy attempted to purchase part of Antonio Island, off the Oregon coast, as their new home. Four of the leading citizens of the then faltering Antonio community (Patrick Malone, Norman Castle, Richard Wayne and David Williams) offered to sell William Blake half of the island to use as a leper colony. However, the men reneged at the last moment, robbed Blake and his people, and then set their clipper ship on fire, killing everyone on board. They then used the stolen money to rescue their faltering community, building a thriving settlement.
In 2005 the town decides to honour their four "noble founders" with a new statue, although most of the citizens are seemingly unaware of the town's dark origins. Things go downhill from there.
The main characters of the film, most of whom are descendants of the four founders, need to contend with a thick supernatural fog that rolls into the town on the eve of the celebrations, bringing the vengeful ghosts from the clipper ship with them as they seek to exact their revenge.
The person who does the most to unravel what is happening is Elizabeth Williams, recently returned to the island after spending six months in New York City. Upon her return she is approached by an odd beachcomber who shows her an old and encrusted pocket watch he found on the beach. The maker's mark on the watch somehow seems familiar to her (more on this later), and so she heads to the library.
There she locates the origin of the maker's mark, a community known as Prince William Island.
The helpful librarian/curator tells her that this community had been located north of Antonio Island, was overrun by leprosy in the 19th century, and was subsequently never heard from again.
Later on she realizes that Nick Castle's boathouse is actually the repurposed house of founder Patrick Malone (Nick and Elizabeth were a romantic item before she left for New York). And while waiting for Nick there she is dragged into the water and is almost drowned by unseen forces.
As she struggles to escape the water, she dislodges several rocks at one end of the dock, revealing a hidden journal.
Upon inspection, it is revealed to be the handwritten journal of Patrick Malone, hidden away in the dock by an unknown person (perhaps even Malone himself). She subsequently seeks out Father Robert Malone to talk to him about his ancestor's journal, and he is clearly agitated and aware that something very odd and dangerous is happening on the island.
He ends their exchange warning her that she should leave the island as soon as she can.
That night at a local bar she and Nick read more from the journal, learning that Patrick Malone regretted his role in some dark event that took place in 1871.
She then notices the old framed photographs on the wall next to their table, documenting the conditions of the Antonio Island settlement in 1867 and 1869 – mostly shacks.
But in 1871 suddenly the community is booming, which strikes both Elizabeth and Nick as very peculiar.
So, reading more, they learn of the attempted land purchase and of the horrendous actions of the town founders. After some adventures dodging furious ghosts, Nick and Elizabeth end up at the Town Hall, where Father Malone confirms their newfound understanding of the town's founding:
Elizabeth: "That our forefathers murdered every man, woman and child on the Elizabeth Dane? And this town was built on nothing but lies? And now they've come for their revenge…The land that Blake paid for…where is it?"
Father Malone: "We're on it. The whole town was built on it. The sins of the fathers are visited on the heads of the children."
The painting clearly depicts the actions of the founders on that fateful night. It does not appear to be signed, and I would be very interested in who painted it. One of the founders themselves, perhaps, knowing that the true story should be documented somewhere? Or maybe a wife or child, ashamed of their family's role in the tragedy? Perhaps someone else completely? Either way, this depiction when taken together with the testimony from the journal, and the timelines provided by the old photos in the bar, results in a compelling case for the guilt of the founders.
Eventually the ghosts corner the mayor outside in the fog, and in a rare "death by record" scenario, they execute him with a ghostly version of the contract that they had signed in good faith with his ancestor.
It is then revealed that Elizabeth is in fact the reincarnated soul of William Blake's wife (hence why she recognized the maker symbol on the watch), and she turns into a spirit and leaves with the rest of the ghosts. Archival records make one last poignant appearance when the viewer is shown the couple's sepia wedding photo from 1865.
In the end, Nick demonstrates that he has learned nothing from the ordeal; instead of attempting to come to terms with the haunting of the present by the past, he decides to avoid this truth, casting the only accurate first-hand account of the founding of his community into a watery grave.
Such a significant record should have been properly preserved, so as to stand as a testament to the evil found in the hearts of the town's founders.
The Others (2001) – directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Set in late 1945, this film centers on Grace Stewart and her two children, Anne and Nicholas, who live on Jersey, one of the English Channel Islands. Charles, Grace's husband, had gone off to fight in the Second World War, and the family has not heard from him in some time, even though the war has ended when this story starts.
One day the family's servants all disappear, and so Grace hires three new ones who happen to show up at the estate – Mrs. Bertha Mills, elderly gardener Edmund Tuttle, and a mute woman named Lydia.
Shortly thereafter the family notices odd things happening around the house, and Anne says that she has met several ghosts who claim that "the house is theirs."
While searching for evidence of what she assumes are intruders in her house, Grace comes upon a Victorian era photograph album containing assorted deathbed portraits of deceased people.
She asks Mrs. Mills about it, and the servant says that taking such photos was common in the past, especially in the mid-to-late 19th century when the community had been struck with outbreaks of tuberculosis.
Things are about to get very weird , because shortly thereafter the children discover that three headstones on the estate grounds mark the burial sites of Mills, Tuttle, and Lydia.
At the same time, Grace finds a photograph that had fallen out of the mourning album, showing the three servant's corpses, all of them having died in 1891.
As it turns out, the three ghosts, who had been peacefully co-existing with the assorted inhabitants of the estate, have been laying the groundwork to force Grace and the children to realize the truth: that they too are spirits, having all recently died tragically. The movie picks up shortly after their deaths, and the "ghosts" that Anne has seen and talked to are in fact the current house owners, trying to remove Grace and the children from the house that they are now haunting. A great twist!
In the end, Grace rejects Mrs. Mill's contention that they will need to learn to peacefully coexist with the new owners of the estate, thus implying that she will be a vengeful and dangerous poltergeist to whomever may chance their luck in the haunted estate.
That was fairly dark – now for something a bit lighter.
Ghostbusters (1984) – directed by Ivan Reitman
In this classic supernatural comedy, three eccentric former professors (Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, and Egon Spengler) start their own ghost capture and storage company in New York City, and hilarity naturally ensues. Along the way, their mission to rid the world of ghosts is aided by their cranky receptionist Janine Melnitz, and their new team member, Winston Zeddemore. This team must contend with an increasing number of ghosts, culminating in an epic battle against an ancient god of destruction named Gozer.
However, what some may not have noticed is the pivotal role that archival records play in the unfolding of the story!
The Ghostbuster's "Gozer case" starts when Dana Barrett, a professional cellist, comes home to find a minion of Gozer named Zuul trying to speak to her through her apartment's refrigerator. She is naturally terrified and seeks out the Ghostbusters for their help.
After determining that she is not lying, Ray suggests that her building itself might hold a clue: "Well, I could go down to the hall of records and check out the structural details in the building. Maybe the building itself has a history of psychic turbulence."
A while later, we see Ray looking over those plans while coming back into the city with Winston.
Ray: "…this roof cap is made of a magnesium-tungsten alloy…" Winston: "What are you so involved in there?" Ray: "These are the blueprints for the structural ironwork for Dana's apartment building, and they're very, very strange."
A few scenes later (while in jail – a long story) Ray and Egon explain to Peter and Winston just how strange the building is.
Here is an edited exchange:
Egon: "The structure of this roof cap is exactly like the kind of telemetry tracker that NASA uses to identify dead pulsars in deep space."
Ray: "Cold riveted girders with cores of pure selenium."
Peter: "…So what? I guess they just don't make them like they used to."
Ray: "No! Nobody ever made them like this! The architect was either a certified genius or an aesthetic wacko!…The whole building is a huge super-conductive antenna that was designed and built expressly for the purpose of pulling in and concentrating spiritual turbulence. Your girlfriend, Pete, lives in the corner penthouse of Spook Central."
To piece together the rest of the mystery, they turned to Tobin's Spirit Guide, a published reference work, which reveals details about the architect of the building, Ivo Shandor:
Egon: "The architect's name was Ivo Shandor. I found it in Tobin's Spirit Guide. He was also a doctor. Performed a lot of unnecessary surgery. And then in 1920 he founded a secret society."
Peter: "Let me guess. Gozer worshippers."
Egon: "Right…After the First World War, Shandor decided that society was too sick to survive. And he wasn't alone. He had close to a thousand followers when he died. They conducted rituals up on the roof, bizarre rituals intended to bring about the end of the world, and now it looks like it may actually happen!"
But all hope is not lost! Their diligent review of records and reference material has allowed them to discern the Shandor/Gozer plot, and as they say, forewarned is forearmed. With this knowledge they are able to convince the skeptical mayor of New York to support them in their efforts to defeat Gozer.
What follows is one of the most memorable scenes in movie history, with the team fighting a 34-metre-tall StayPuft Marshmallow Man created by Gozer.
Our ghost busting heroes manage to close the interdimensional door Shandor built into Dana's building, in the process vaporizing the marshmallow man and banishing Gozer from this dimension.
As a government archivist, this triumph is made all the sweeter for me by the fact that the scales were tipped in our hero's favour by esoteric details in an old blueprint deposited with a government office.
The Mummy (1999) – directed by Stephen Sommers
This is a loose remake of the earlier 1932 version and involves the accidental awakening and subsequent quest to kill a supernatural mummy named Imhotep. Different types of records play a part in their story, including a papyrus map, stone tablets, and two unique and terrifyingly powerful spell books.
In 1290 BCE, the then high priest Imhotep is cursed by the authorities for his role in the murder of the Pharaoh. The curse, while damning him for all time, also ensures that if he is to ever reawaken that he will possess extraordinary powers as "The Mummy" (which, in retrospect, seems like an extraordinarily bad idea). His body is left at Hamunaptra, coincidently the city where the pharaohs of Egypt were known to hide the riches of the kingdom.
In 1923 CE Richard "Rick" O'Connell happens to find himself in Hamunaptra, as part of an unofficial French Foreign Legion attempt to find some of the fabled treasure.
While there he pockets what appears to be a puzzle box, and he is subsequently lucky to escape with his life when the expeditionary force is attacked by Tuareg nomads.
Three years later a man named Jonathan Carnahan stealthily steals the box from O'Connell and shows it to his sister, Evelyn (Evie), who works as a librarian at the Cairo Museum of Antiquities.
It is his hope that she can sell it to the curator at the museum; however, upon examining it Evie cleverly deduces how to open it, revealing a folded papyrus map.
They excitedly take it to the curator, with Evie trying to convince him that it leads to the lost city of Hamunaptra, based in part on her diplomatic analysis of its attached seals.
The curator (who unbeknownst to everyone is part of a secret society sworn to protect the final resting place of the Mummy) intentionally burns off part of the map, horrifying Evie and Jonathan, as well as archivists everywhere.
Still, not all is lost, because Rick is willing and able to lead them to the city. Inevitably, they accidently awaken Imhotep by reading from a book found in one of the sacred statutes at Hamunaptra – "The Book of the Dead."
What follows is a mad dash to kill Imhotep before he can regain his full strength and take over the world. In this quest they are aided, of course, by ancient archival records!
Since the Book of the Dead reanimated Imhotep, Evie reasons that its sister book, the "Book of the Living" / the "Book of Amun-Ra," can kill him (Evie has previously revealed that these two books contain all of ancient Egypt's secret spells and incantations). But to even find where the book is hidden at Hamunaptra, Evie needs to decipher the resting place from an ancient stone tablet on display at the Cairo museum.
She succeeds brilliantly, and they are able to locate the Book of the Living. After a thrilling fight sequence, Evie manages to read the proper incantation from the book, sending Imhotep's soul back to the underworld.
Thankfully humanity learns its lesson and never again messes with ancient Egyptian spell books…wait…oh no.
The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) – directed by Michael Goguen
Early on in this film we learn that the body of Dracula was moved to Gotham City and left in a crypt in one of the city's cemeteries at some point after his first "death" in Transylvania. His body is left undisturbed until the Penguin and the Joker find it while searching the crypt for stolen money. Now awake, Dracula sets his sights on regaining his power and taking over the world.
He takes the name "Dr. Alucard" and begins to bite and infect hundreds of people, building himself an army. Early on Bruce Wayne / Batman suspects something is not quite right about the mysterious and creepy doctor suddenly moving in his social circle (and hitting on his would-be-girlfriend, Vicki Vale).
His discerning mind suspects that "Alucard" is perhaps an anagram for "Dracula," but he wants proof before making such an outlandish charge. Archival records to the rescue again!
The Batcomputer is an amazing resource, able to tap into databases and information assets across the globe (in fairness, this is fiction; no one beyond Batman would be able to do this). To solve this mystery, Batman uses his computer to access what appears to be a newspaper article on the history of Dracula.
The accompanying illustration is an exact match to Alucard's likeness, providing the proof Batman wants regarding the doctor's supernatural identity.
So now Batman knows what he is up against and prepares accordingly.
As an aside, this research scene harkens back to a classic 1992 episode of the Batman: The Animated Series entitled "Vendetta." In that episode Batman seeks to learn the backstory of a man named Killer Crock; he finds his answers in assorted newspapers stored on microfiche that he can access via the batcomputer (fiche at this time would not have been digitized, so it remains an open question as to how the computer could access and display them).
Even though these stories aren't (cough) realistic, the equally unrealistic idea that computer technology can automatically find specific archival records anywhere in the world is one that many people unfortunately find realistic. It isn't, for a number of reasons, including the fact that archivists will never be able to digitize everything in our holdings, and the fact the reference experience can often be very complicated.
For those who may be wondering, Batman is indeed able to defeat Dracula, using his wits, intelligence, and athletic skill to incinerate the vampire in a beam of solar energy.
If anyone can actually kill Dracula, it is, of course, Batman – he is by far the greatest comic book superhero. For more on Batman from an archival perspective, please check out our post on the use of archival records in comic books.
The Shining (1980) – directed by Stanley Kubrick
This film follows the story of Jack Torrence, his wife Wendy, and their son Danny, who have moved to an old, isolated hotel as its winter caretakers.
During the film we learn that the Overlook Hotel (built in 1909) has a dark history and is now inhabited by terrifying ghosts. Unlike his parents, Danny can sense them, as he possesses psychic abilities that one character refers to as "The Shining."
The dark supernatural influences and the isolation combine to slowly break down Jack's sanity, until he attempts to murder his family. Thankfully they escape and leave him lost in the hotel's maze, where he freezes to death.
At the very end of the movie the camera zooms in on a photograph found on one of the ballroom walls, seemingly showing Jack as a hotel employee in 1921.
I have always taken this to suggest that Jack is a reincarnated soul of someone who used to work at the hotel. But others have suggested that perhaps the hotel has now absorbed Jack's essence into itself. Either way, it is a brilliant and unsettling use of a record.
The Halloween Tree (1993) – directed by Mario Piluso
Finally, this animated classic is based on the book by Ray Bradbury (who also narrates the film). In this story four youth learn about the cultural roots of Halloween across the ages, all the while attempting to save another friend who has been spirited away by supernatural forces.
While looking for their friend they come across a creepy mansion inhabited by an entity claiming to be named Carapace Clavicle Moundshround (interestingly voiced by Leonard Nimoy, of Mr. Spock fame).
He offers to help them chase down their friend, while also seeking to teach them about the origins of Halloween. To that end, he tells them to pull numerous old circus advertising posters off of a nearby barn.
This done, he uses his magical skills to fashion a kite, which they use to travel to ancient Egypt via some sort of temporal vortex.
Interestingly, the book, originally published in 1972, reveals that the posters date back to at least the 1920s: "They leapt the fence running and stood by a barn frosted over with old circus posters, with banners tattered by wind pasted here thirty, forty, fifty years back. Circuses, passing through, had left patches and swatches of themselves ten inches thick."[1]
When the time travelers arrive in Egypt the kite seems to (mostly) disintegrate into the sand.
So, while I enjoy this film, as an archivist the re-use and mistreatment of such rare ephemera is upsetting. Not to mention the confusion that may result if/when modern day archeologists find venerated scraps of 20th century circus posters locked away in sealed Egyptian tombs…
In the end, the children save their friend and learn quite a bit about the historical and cultural roots of the modern-day celebration of Halloween.
Thus ends our exploration of the depiction and use of records in some creepy classics. While I don't have enough evidence to state this categorically, I get the sense that writers and directors working in the horror genre are particularly keen on using records as storytelling devices. I actually had numerous other candidates to consider for this post, but in the interests of brevity, I settled on the seven examples discussed above.
I suspect that the horror genre's possible affinity for records as narrative tools may stem from the fact that their stories often involve a long buried evil or darkness that needs to be combatted or dealt with in the present. The inclusion of relevant records therefore acts as a clever way to supply characters with whatever insight, information, and/or material that they may require.
In addition, one could argue that old records themselves can often conjure unsettling and ominous vibes to great effect, feeding into the overall ambience of the film. In the above productions, the Book of the Dead, the mourning album, and the 1921 party photograph certainly bear this observation out. As usual, there is much more that could be unpacked here, but I shall leave that for another time.
Happy Halloween – stay safe everyone.
For more on the topic of Halloween from an archival perspective please check out my blogpost on Halloween records.
For related autumnal archival musings please check out my post on the history of forests and other flora in Peel.
Kyle Neill, Senior Archivist
[1] Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree (London: Corgi Books, 1975), pg. 44
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Very informative. Good to know that the people doing movies are using archival information.
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MIAMI – However far the Miami Heat go in defending their championship and chasing down another one, they will take a piece of the Chicago Bulls with them.
Probably some blood spatter too.
If the Heat players don't look back at some point in the next month and appreciate, reflect and build upon what it was they got from that undermanned Chicago team, they won't just be ingrates. They'll be ingrates gone fishin'.
A niggling bad habit of the Heat at various times this season showed itself again in all its unnerving glory in the middle two quarters of Game 5 Wednesday at AmericanAirlines Arena.
What started out as a cool and stylish South Beach club party got spoiled by a bunch of Chicago guys hogging the bar stools and throwing peanut shells on the floor. The Bulls outscored Miami 56-39 in those middle 24 minutes and … wait, that doesn't quite capture what went on.
Try this instead: After digging themselves a 22-4 hole midway through the first quarter, the Bulls beat the Heat the rest of the night 87-72. Left for dead early, they sat up as surely as Michael Myers, spooking Miami with thoughts of what might have been.
Anything nearly happened in Game 5.
Let's face it, on talent and depth, the Bulls who ended this season would have been, over 82 games, a lottery team. No Derrick Rose, who went wire-to-wire in his knee surgery rehab, but no Luol Deng or Kirk Hinrich over the final two weeks, either. Chicago still had All-Star center Joakim Noah and forward Carlos Boozer, but the remaining collection of role players and reserves were asked to do a little too much.
And still it worked. Oh, not overall. But often enough through Game 1, for stretches in Game 3 and over the final 41 minutes of Game 5 to grab the Heat's attention.
"They made it to the second round – you have to be a good team to make it to this part of the season," Bosh said. "A lot of people were counting them out. They had extra motivation throughout the whole season because Derrick was out and they had been dealing with injuries all year.
Miami, headed to the East finals for the third time in as many years, had tried sporadically through this series to get there by staying "pretty and shiny," as Bosh calls it. The Heat played and lost that way in the opener and they clearly wanted to win Game 5 that way. They scored the first 10 points of the night and 18 of the first 20. They were hitting inside and out, putting up points with each possession, getting stops and in control of what figured to be all validation and congratulation.
At 22-4, the fans in the white-out shirts and the team in the white uniforms were ready to tell the Bulls, "Here's your hat. What's your hurry?" But Miami veteran James Jones, from his bench seat, knew not to believe the scoreboard at that point.
And so the Bulls began to grind away. You'd have sworn you could hear coach Tom Thibodeau exhorting them with each clawed-back point. Then Jimmy Butler hit his second 3-pointer in a span of two minutes in the second quarter and the gap was gone.
It got worse before it got better. Nate Robinson, after his oh-for Game 4, hit a pull-up from 25 feet for a 53-47 halftime lead. After three quarters, Chicago was up by eight.
Miami had to play harder, grittier and more completely — beyond Dwyane Wade's late heroics, bench guys scored 15 of the Heat's 25 points in the final quarter — than it had all night. It had to match and then surpass the Bulls.
No one got ejected. No one was whistled for a flagrant. But the resiliency of the team from Chicago touched a nerve in Miami that it will need soon enough.
Neither the season's end nor a first-round matchup with Milwaukee held drama for the Heat.
"You can't grow unless you compete," Jones said. "They challenged us in some areas where we needed improvement. They humbled us in Game 1, and then progressively through the series we started to make the adjustments and get better.
In time, the specifics of this series will fade. It will be remembered as taking only five games — wake-up call followed by a sweep. The cumulative score, 487-421, works out to an average spread of more than 13 points.
But the Bulls know better. The Heat know better, too, and they're the ones who still can do something about it.
"They definitely sharpened us," Battier said. "You look at the Nets and the Hawks, and how they were battling for the 4-5 spot. If the Nets or the Hawks had won that series, they wouldn't have been as beneficial to us as playing the Bulls. We needed to get our noses dirty. An Atlanta or Brooklyn series probably would have been a little more about basketball and a little more free-flowing, and not as physical.
The Bulls gave them physical but unnecessary fouls.They like to intimidate Lebron.Bulls fan your saying the heat won because Drose is not playing that BS. Wade is not 100% and mostly past the ball.
I think the bulls want to break miami which is good.But dont tell me they have a chance to win with derick rose.Again thats BS.cause we all know Derick rose will never be thesame again with an ACL injury.And for deng well that didn't stop miami from holding him scoreless in 2011 during the playoffs when james guarded him.
Miami will still win 3 or 4 more championship.And remember Norris cole is deadly in outside 3s and penetrating dunks now.
to all heat fans.shame on you if your miami heat beat by the pacers or knicks in the east finals. after jordan bulls era, the western powers like spurs and lakers are the team on top! and no eastern team can win back to back nba championship. LA and san antonio combine for 9 nba championship in 14 seasons FYI. thats why they call it "The Western Powers" ok!!!
Bull's need to get some exciting player that can be a combo for Derrick Rose when he gets back, one that can finish above the rim my type of player that has the same hype like Rose we need to get Doug Anderson- combined Jordan's Flight and Wilkin's Human Highlight!! I want a bulls to be a tough one, not with a team full of injuries!!
this author knows nothing about basketball, most biased writer that I can't even understand why the NBA still needs him here, he is just a hater not even near a true basketball fan.
When the game started, Lebron looked at Robinson like a nuisance. They stepped on his face, piled up on him and bullied him through the entire series. Then Nate the great, did a spectacular block of Lebron's attempted dunk that was unforgettable. That block goes down like sone of MJ's spectacular plays such that we can still envision him flying in the air. No one who watched this, and the Bulls serie,s will ever under estimate Nate again. At the end of the series the Heat doubled up on the shortest player of the league. He is not the "superstar" of the Bulls, but when the going got rough, guess who stepped up!!!!!
If Robinson doesn't come back next year, the Bulls front office needs to start thinking more. He did amazing and gave a lot of depth at point, which will definately help in 13-14 to make sure of less injuries. I really can't wait to see a healthy season for the Bulls because with a lineup like this along with Derrick being in the mix will be spectacular. Fingers crossed that they decide Robinson is worth a decent contract this summer.
Very impressive effort from Chicago. Butler is a star in the making. If healthy, the Bulls should be very good next season.
Who is Steve Aschburner going to root for now that the Bulls have been eliminated? We'll have to wait to find out whether he's biased against the Heat or just for the Bulls. Yes Steve, the Heat will send the Bulls a thankyou letter after winning the championship for all that they did to help them win. The Heat never show all their cards at the beginning. They strategically calibrate their game and adjust to the level of the other team. There was no wakeup call here. The Bulls played a really good series considering their injuries but they were never a true test of what's ahead for the Heat. Any team on any given day can play outstanding to beat the Heat. No question. To do it for a 7 game series takes alot more than what the Bulls could offer this year (even with Deng and Heirich).
You must like seeing animals in pain then.
A bunch of crying on here…take it like a man.
dont under estimate the western powers, just wait the spurs in the finals in God`s will. they are not losing in the finals FYI! 4 of 4 in the finals. even though they are old and not like your miami`s high flying and showtime team, spurs heart and team first attitude is always there. thats why i love my spurs eversince until now since timmy enter the league in 1997-98. just look at his carrer and stats. and the spurs history. im a diehard spurs and duncan fan. for me there will be no great teams like san antonio next to the bulls and tim duncan is the greatest player next to micheal jordan. so all of you miami heat fans and spurs haters just wait and we`ll see in june.
Watch at the replay of the game 5. Taking you back at the last seconds of the play, where butler attempted a 3-point shot. Look at Shane Battier battling for position against boozer and the refs are unaware that Boozer shove Battier to fall to the ground, This should have been a foul, but no one of the refs noticed. Bad officiating… Esp. when the 3-point of Butler went in. Credits to Battier!!! Salute you man! Sacrificing your body all these series. Just shows how good defender he is and a valuable piece for the miami heat repeat! Keep it up man!
Learning is a two-way street. The Bulls should take away from the Heat that the Heat have solid leadership on the court in LeBron James and DeWayne Wade. Further, Thibs should note that Coach Erik Spoelstra didn't let pride keep him from playing the right players at the right time. Hint: Rip should have played more. No excuses.
On another note, the synergy between Rose and Robinson will be something to watch for.. If Robinson stays and is humble, no problem.
Way 2 go Miami! Dwayne did a great job in the 4th quarter and inspired us to win! Moving forward, however, LeBron needs to stop deferring to his teammates so early in the game and just play–Just Play! I don't mean go one-on-five, like in Cleveland, but simply play within the flow of the offense! When LeBron is aggressive on both ends of the floor, Miami is better, more explosive and difficult to beat! And finally, Charmers needs to change his attitude or look to be traded in the near future. His attitude is painful to watch and is, detrimental to our repeat aspirations. Go Heat!
After reading these comments I've noticed a lot of sulking Bulls talking about what could have been.
I will gladly congratulate the heat on a well played series, without looking back. As much as I love physical play, Nazr's shove and some of our T's were unnecessary. We had a great season, but lets not take it away from the heat. They played extremely well games 2-4. Game 5 was a toss up and better teams win those.
Good luck to the Heat.
Congratulations to the Bulls on a well played season.
The Bulls simply have not enough talent, VERY WEAK OFFENSIVELY but i give them credit for putting all that effort on defence, its so obvous that Heat are such a better team on both ends, imagine Tom Thibidoe COACHING THE HEAT! The guy managed to get this battered Bulls team full of bench players to the second round, if he was coaching the Heat…oh boy this guy forces his players to play 110% the Heat would be INVISIBLE.
Kusse, so you are saying if Lebron and Dwade get injured and dont play the Heat will win?
chicago is the most physical team. But miami has to start shooting better( battier/ray/chalmers et all). They missed so many open looks this series. And that has to be addressed asap. Indiana are not as physical as chicago but more athletic which might well work in miamis favor, especially wade if he can get back some more energy in his knees!
Lebron also will pound the boards more this time. Hopefully the open looks start falling!
The Bulls really did Wake up the Heat. But Indiana is not a problem for Heat. We just need Wade to Get on fire like last year. But remember we didn't have Bosh, Haslem step his game up then. The Heat Should take every game from now on Serious.
There is one thing I have noticed watching Heat Ball the past three years, they adjust very well in playoffs. Point taken from last Season, after the first loss against OKC, they adjusted – the Chi vs Mi series, against the Bulls with their FULL loaded Team with Rose healthy and all the others they lost the first game too and then made the adjustments. They do that very often, its like they are always taken by surprise and need that reality check to wake up. They also needed the Celtics and the Pacers to take them to the brink for them to come back roaring. Its like a pattern, anyway my point is that all those who are saying the Heat won only becaue Rose, Deng & Heinrich were out is only partly true, even if they were there, the Heat would still have got a away to match the fire power, they ALWAYS do. And besides, if Rose, Deng and Heinrich were there, I have a feeling it would have been less chippy because the Bulls played like that because they knew they could ONLY win like that since they didnt have enough talent &, Nate & Bulter wouldnt have come out of their shells to show us how good they can be. So all in all, this play of the Bulls as afformentioned by the writer here did indeed prepare them for the Pacers, but between you and me, if you can get past the Bulls heartfull toughness, the Pacers wont be a problem. One only needs more of Talent with the pacers because they are a deeper team. The Grizzlies are like that too, if the match up vs Miami happens. I enjoyed the series, even if they were over in 5 games, but being a Heat fan, I cant complain.
The HEAT have been very fortunate for the last two seasons in that the teams that would normally be serious, deadly opponents (Bulls and Celtics specifically, perhaps NY this year) have been plagued with injuries. The Bulls showed some serious toughness and competitiveness to grind it out as long as they did. I have a lot more respect for Nate's game. Great job Bulls.
The beat the Bulls with a full lineup two years ago, but Celtics were injured with Rondo, then they beat the Celtics with a full roster last year (except Green), and Indiana. Give it up already.
when the bulls won over the nets, they were praised so much. now that they were beaten by the champs, they've got so many exuces. sorry bulls fans!!!
nice one steve… you pointed things out nicely!!
If deng or rose were playing??? gtfoh, the outcome was the same 2years ago when the bulls had a deeper bench and a healthy rose, still lost 4-1, so all that b.s. can stop, no one stopping the heat from repeating, period. indiana will suffer the same fate as last year, they can't score enough and when it's down to the wire, the heat have go to players. Heat vs. Grizz finals heat win 4-2. case closed you ho's.
Sam and Jack you two don't sound you ever play basketball or any sports in life…lol a team is a team someone gets injure next person steps up…too bad the next person was not good enough and your coach did not play all the players that were healthy enough to play…lack of confident might as well don't bother signing them to your roster…he knows rose was hurt he should had played other players during the season to prepare them for the playoffs…but he lack of confident and then playoff came and more injuries and got stuck…Sam and Jack you're welcome to watch the heat win again otherwise go do something useful to your lives til next season and just remember the heat will win again this year and next year….
I would like to congratulate the Miami Heat for advancing again to the Eastern Conference FInals.
good point there mr. Steve, i like the idea that we had just witnessed, they make the HEAT even more sharper, stronger by puting such big fight coming from the Bulls, physicality, defense oriented and very disciplined team, they brought out the best of Miami, they made Miami even tougher, and we Heat fans should be thankful for this, to Coach Spo, i know you will not stop there, continue to motivate each every player you have to continue what you had just learned in playing such team like the Bulls, salute to Chicago for a well job done, see you next season with healthier line up.
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ridicoulos it was a nice job from stern and the refs, why are u so blind too see it?thats the reason no one will put lebrick the same stage as mj:look at the series, how many fouls he get?how many fouls the refs didnt call against the heat and how many cheap calls they got?if this is the best team why they dont show it?all i see complaining after every foul call against same, and maybe the refs are bored to call fouls against same ,but this is not a great team, win without helb from the refs and without complaining and taunting. i play also bball and a situation like andersen on robinson, i had kicked him, he have to get away quickly , but there he just want to demonstrate i am bigger little boy, so noah was right how he reacts.
LOOOOOOOL your actually dumb go check back on how many free throws Lebron had Nate had more Wade had 4 freethrows in the entire series and bosh only had 8 and to add the Heat had 26 more fouls called on them then the bulls in game one your just a mad bulls fan.
Tony, your comment is a bit confusing. Perhaps you didn't get the memo. The Bulls lost last night. This means the Heat advance to the next round of the playoffs (not the Bulls). If you want to feel sorry for someone, try your 2nd grade English teacher.
in this series of game we all know that Chicago superstar Derick Rose was injured but still they are trying to play the game but playing tough against Miami is not uneasy task. Better luck next time Chicago and bring championship trophy again.. And congrats to the BIG 3…. D-WADE, KING JAMES & BOSH….
The Bulls were the only real obstacle on the way for chmpionship. I'm little worried by combined 3 treys for 11 by Shane and Ray, hope on betterment.
So what about the Pacers? they have kind of like a similar style to the Hawks and that's why they played each other in the playoffs. I don't see Indiana very physical but at some point in the series it might get that way. Indiana is a fast running team as well as Miami which will not be easy by any means but it should be fun. Forget about New York already, they're doomed.
Well Said….. Bravo Miami Heat… !!! 2 Stage down, 2 To go…….!!!
Great article Steve! I know that most, if not all, Heat fans agree with what you emphasized, the Heat will be thankful indeed. Conference finals will be against the Pacers and the Heat need every blood drop to carry on to that series, the Pacers were and still are the biggest threat to the Heat in the East! Heat against Grizzlies in the finals! Now that/s gonna be an even more grueling series than the Bulls and Pacers! I want to congratulate the Heat and all their fans and I hope DWade recovers smoothly and quickly, King James never seizes to amaze us as a whole player and reigning MVP, the coolest dude in the world, Chris Bosh, is playing better than ever and if he keeps going on like this, he's surely gonna be a huge Finals MVP prospect (when they finish the Pacers and meet with either Spurs or Grizzlies). Norris Cole and Ray Allen are the X factors in terms of scoring along the big 3 while Battier, UD and Birdman should hold the defensive pillars! Heat Nation all the way..
As under maned as the Bulls were, why couldn't such a great team as miami sweep them-because on paper miami should've. Now i'm not haten but miami should be ashamed that they didn't sweep Bulls. If the Bulls stayed consistent in this series, they could have pushed it to 7.
Bulls didn't have talent except Noah & Boozer? What about Butler? Was not he the best player in this series except James?
And what talent Miami has? Only LeBron is in his prime. Wade & Bosh both declined. Last 4 years their scoring & Bosh's rebounding decreased each & every year. Maybe Miami receive rings this year but it will be the last time they win. In 3 years they are lottery team.
Hats off to Thibs & the Bulls-what a hell of a season!!! Great comeback to make the game very competitive & if it wasn't for a couple last minute Bulls mistakes-the series would be headed back to Chitown for game 6. It wasn't heat talent that won this last game 5-like i said, a couple Bulls mistakes that cost the game. None the less Big-BigUps to the Bulls!!!
Bulls fan reporter? HE COVERS THE BULLS – of course he's going to be a bit bias. He is around the Bulls team the whole year.
Steve, LeBron was not acting. You are an idiot. I suppose when you see a hand about to hit you in the face you don't react and you just let it happen. Meanwhile, in the real world, people try to move their heads to avoid it. LeBron pulled his head back, and probably saved himself a poked eye or bloodied nose. That's just normal human reaction. Don't be a tool.
PERFECTLY SAID! We all knew the Bulls would not win, but no one expected them to come out and play that dirty and it's the only reason they took one game. Miami adjusted right after and their tactics never worked again. So pfft to Steve and his bias against Miami.
heat won the first round by sweeping the bucks and chicago got a 7 game win from nets that is why when they got to play the bulls, the heat was rusty thus the lost in game 1. chicago was physicall when the heat lost the winning streak and in this play off they know that the bulls will be more physicall. hence dwade retape his knee. impo i like to have the heat have a continous game rather than get a rest like what they are going to have now in waiting for the next round. it keeps them flame from burning, adrenalin going rather than resting. i see the heat like a diesel engine when it is at rest it is hard to start but when it goes it never stop.
Mr. Steve is such a sore loser… You're so bias old man..
the author just wanted to state that though the bulls lost, their physical play and discipline would be beneficial to the heat because they would encounter more of the same from indiana and grizz or spurs. if the heat battled the nets it would probably be a sweep. as much as the heat hate the bulls for being a tough and physical team, im sure theyre thankful they played the bulls.
I couldnt agree more….bulls gave heat some reality check….bulls made the heat realize that playoff series shouldnt be played softly…good job bulls and ofcourse..well done heat…you got tuf games coming your way so brace your selves….
can you imagine what would have happened to the heat if the bulls only had deng and henrich but also had rose they would have lost 4 straight no congrats in store the pacers will kill!!!!! they have also established themselves as goonies not basketball players especially james and his flops crying dirty play!!!!!!!! go mohammed great push he deserved it!!!
LeBron James, Shane Battier, Chris Bosh and other Heat players acknowledge what they have learned from playing the BULLS. They were thankful for this series…how can a Heat Fan not understand that.
Its true the author was stating the facts. And the Heat would be stupid not learn from it. But judging the way Steve wrote, one would think hes got personal issues with them. He doesn't need to point out the obvious. You can clearly see some underhanded insults, like his past article in this series. Can't he just congratulate the HEAT. I give credit to the Bulls players (not their coach), but its like this author can't stop romanticizing them, how undermanned the bulls are, how the Miami heat are better on papers yet are having a hard time winning, even when praising Cole he compares him to Robinson. Cant he just praise and leave it at that. Authors like him just adds to hate bandwagon the Miami doesn't deserve. They are a great team, they're a Championship team, and they dont need anyone telling them what to do, except for their Coach who have been doing such a tremendous job.
I agree. Steve is a sore loser just like the commenter said. I've been reading all his articles for this series and not one time does he give Miami it's dues without having some negative side remark.
Well you're quite the intelligent one. Even the Heat players themselves said that it was beneficial to them.
Congrats Heat.. Talents vs Toughness?that's the question before the ECSF begins.. but now, we had the answers, Talents win.. nice series for the Bulls and Heat,every fans enjoy it..even here in the PHILIPPINES:) but still the HEAT SURVIVED! congrats HEAT! Get well soon D-WADE,thanks to your very big and efficient effort.. also i would like to extend my congratulations to KING JAMES and BOSH the BOSS and to all the Heat players and Heat organization..
Let's Bring it On the Heat! YEAH!
Toughness always wins talents without toughness. The problem is that the HEAT just became as tough in games 2~5 and therefore their talent closed the Bulls out.
perhaps game 1 was just the heat being rusty . sure the bulls competed but lets not forget they were blown out twice by huge #s.
I think you're trying to say something like "hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard"? maybe you are, I don't know. but the heat worked hard in game one and there really wasn't anything really too physical with that as the other games. the heat were mostly rusty and unprepared for it than it was the bulls just played harder. the bulls did lose on an average of 20 I think.
Let's hope the Heat come out ready in ECF from game 1. They have to take advantage of the home court specially against Pacers, their most likely opponent, the pacers have won all their playoff games at home & defeated Miami there twice by double digit #s . It is one of the toughest series in their attempt to win a second title.[ GO HEAT] WINNING THE 1ST TWO AT HOME IS CRUCIAL .then the Pacers start getting a little nervous & next thing you know Heat will be back home for game 5 ,3-1 up. However if they split the 1st two games the pacers will become ever more treacherous.
Watched the game last night and I think the Heat got away with a HUGE mistake. I know rebounding is not the greatest on the Heat, however, when the Heat were up by 3 at 21 seconds to go, they didn't foul. Why? If you foul, the most the Bulls could get is 2 and then you have the ball. They were lucky that the Bulls missed the next two 3's and Hamilton was late in shooting the last three. Unless you are not confident in getting the defensive rebound why not foul and have free throws the rest of the way???
What if they did foul and the Bulls made 2 free throws, and then the Bulls fouled Miami back and they missed their free throws, and Chicago got the ball back and made a basket?
Clearly, you don't play basketball and you know nothing about the game. LOL.
Obviously kde019 you don't know anything about basketball. Try watching Charles Barkley talk all the time about fouling when you're up by three. Furthermore, the reason you foul is so that they CAN'T hit a three and tie the game. They have been doing this tactic for years. Besides, they have to hit 2 free throws just like Miami.
Clearly you are very ignorant in every sense of the word. I think you should think before you write. Ask people who know the game.
@ chalice, really?.. U listen to Charles Barkley?.. Bwahahahaaa. 21 sec still a lot of time, if under 10 sec and no timeout, those tactic can work…but really? Barkley?.. Wink!


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2021 – the year that was…
It might be a little early, in November to reflect on the some important events in 2021 and their impact.
2021 began in lockdown with the Government's less than oven-ready Brexit package finally being put in place at the end of January. There was much talk in the months before Brexit of the "war for talent". During the summer and beyond there has been much talk of the Great Resignation with, apparently 1 in 4 employees contemplating changing jobs in the next few months. The pandemic has forced us all to rethink and evaluate what is important to us as individuals and employees.
There is a greater focus not just on gender but on Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategies. How a business determines how to deal with ED&I will impact upon its success in attracting and retaining talent. For those considering a move significant numbers will want to know what a potential new employer's ED&I strategy is and how it has made progress. Simply paying lip service to it will not suffice. It is well recognised that greater diversity and inclusion helps drive better performance. It will also help avoid discrimination claims.
COP 26 increased focus on the impact business has on the planet. The need following the Government's announcement that by 2023 UK businesses must set out how they will be carbon neutral by 2050 will provide another touchstone for recruits to test a potential employer's credentials. Earlier adopters will not only put themselves at the front of the pack but will help themselves stand out from others who might be in the market for their employees.
We can expect that the twin pillars of ED&I and action in respect of climate change will impact on retention and recruitment.
The following months saw a focus making preparations for the implementation of the delayed IR35 reforms in April and on vaccinations in the hope that they would facilitate the world of work returning to some form of normality. Many businesses relied on HMRC's CEST tool in helping them determine whether arrangements with PSCs fell inside or outside IR35. The recent PGMOL decision has potentially thrown the applicability of CEST into doubt, depending on the outcome of the referred decision on whether there is sufficient mutuality if there was a contract or whether something more was required – an obligation to offer work and an obligation to accept it if offered. It also raised issues around the extent of control that was required. We can expect more developments around IR35 next year.
As the pandemic progresses business will have to determine how it is going to address the issue of vaccinations and return to work. The Government have remained silent on whether employees should be fully vaccinated to return to the office, leaving employers to make their own decisions. The Irish ICO has indicated that employees should not be asked their vaccine status. Employees who are currently working from home and not vaccinated are likely to feel excluded, there are, of course potential discrimination issues for those who are unable to have the vaccine due to disability or religious issues or arising from another protected characteristic. Some employers have pushed quickly to try to return to a normal work environment whilst others have been more circumspect returning to the office one or two days a week.
There has been much talk about resilience and the need for good mental health. Managers will need to ensure that they are staying in touch with their teams and supporting them, particularly through the winter months if there is only intermittent office working, to ensure that teams are not further isolated. For those who have not yet returned to the office they will have to consider how they will open the office up, carry out appropriate risk assessments and implement policies that will allow them to adapt to the evolving world of work.
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Q: How to properly install virtualenvwrapper to my Mac? I'm trying to follow the Mozilla Django guide:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django/development_environment
Following the steps in the guide, I've successfully installed Python3.7.3 and pip3. When I enter python3 -V and pip3 list I get the expected responses.
Step 1
The next step is to install virtualenvwrapper. I did this with the recommended command:
sudo pip3 install virtualenvwrapper

However when I hit enter I got the following warnings:
The directory '/Users/myusername/Library/Caches/pip/http' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo's -H flag.
The directory '/Users/myusername/Library/Caches/pip' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo's -H flag.
Collecting virtualenvwrapper
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c1/6b/2f05d73b2d2f2410b48b90d3783a0034c26afa534a4a95ad5f1178d61191/virtualenvwrapper-4.8.4.tar.gz (334kB)
    100% |████████████████████████████████| 337kB 9.9MB/s
Collecting virtualenv (from virtualenvwrapper)
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ca/ee/8375c01412abe6ff462ec80970e6bb1c4308724d4366d7519627c98691ab/virtualenv-16.6.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (2.0MB)
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Collecting virtualenv-clone (from virtualenvwrapper)
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ba/f8/50c2b7dbc99e05fce5e5b9d9a31f37c988c99acd4e8dedd720b7b8d4011d/virtualenv_clone-0.5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting stevedore (from virtualenvwrapper)
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c6/dc/6ee92bccfe3c0448786b30b693e6060d62ec8c4a3ec9a287bac1c1a8d8c9/stevedore-1.30.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (42kB)
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Collecting pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 (from stevedore->virtualenvwrapper)
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Collecting six>=1.10.0 (from stevedore->virtualenvwrapper)
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Installing collected packages: virtualenv, virtualenv-clone, pbr, six, stevedore, virtualenvwrapper
  Running setup.py install for virtualenvwrapper ... done
Successfully installed pbr-5.3.0 six-1.12.0 stevedore-1.30.1 virtualenv-16.6.0 virtualenv-clone-0.5.3 virtualenvwrapper-4.8.4

Step 2
The next step is to edit the file virtualenvwrapper.sh. I can find this in the directory Macintosh HD/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh.
However, when I try to edit the file virtualenvwrapper.sh I get a warning from Xcode saying virtualenvwrapper.sh is currently locked because you are not the owner of the file and do not have write permission.
Solutions
Doing some googling it seems I've got two options:

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*Install using the sudo -H command and use -H forever more. If so, do I need to uninstall my first installation of virtualenvwrapper + python3 + pip3?

*Somehow change the permissions on my machine so I can edit these files. I am the only user of this Mac, so it wouldn't be an issue.

What is the recommended solution?
Thanks in advance for your help.

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The government has dismissed the Channel 4 Sinhala version of the No Fire Zone – killing Field of Sri Lanka.
Deputy External Affairs Minister Ajith Perera told The Sunday Leader that the Channel 4 allegations will not seriously affect the country.
He added that the video clip has been there for a while and the only difference is that they have launched a Sinhala version now and it would not do any serious damage to the country.
"When the Sinhala version of the Killing Field of Sri Lanka was screened in Westminster there were only 9 parliamentarians to watch the video.
They will not get any positive or any additional publicity by showing this," he said.
According to him, the video has no credence and some believe it to be edited.
He added that the producer of the video Callum Macrea is being criticized and he clearly has "a hidden agenda".When questioned if the government would consider contacting Channel 4 to access the information on the video for proposed new domestic investigation into the war, Minister Perera added that the government has no such intentions of contacting Channel 4 on any matter of that nature.
At an event in the British parliament on Tuesday March 10, they launched the Sinhala version of the documentary No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka. This event coincided with President Maithripala Sirisena's visit to the United Kingdom and was seen as a negative publicity on Sri Lanka challenging the new government. However, the new government downplayed the video and said that it would not make any impact on the country at present.
Channel 4 released this controversial video exposing alleged war crimes and massacres committed by the military at the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka.