In previous blog posts we've discussed the challenges organizations face in choosing the right cloud instances, and how understanding workload patterns is critical to right-sizing public cloud instances for optimal CPU and memory efficiency. In this post, we'll look at a key aspect of instance selection that plays a critical role in optimizing AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud spend: modernizing your instances.
Modernizing public cloud instances is the act of moving from an existing type of instance to a newer version of that offering. Newer instance types are often hosted on newer hardware, which typically offer higher performance and better processing power. Just like on-prem virtual environments, more powerful hardware enables you to get more bang for your cloud resource buck. Our experience has shown that when you both modernize and right-size your instances, cost savings average 41% — approximately double the savings that right-sizing alone delivers.
So why are many companies spending 40% more than they have to?
It all comes down to the complexity of cloud offerings hindering the ability to make the right decision. All the big public cloud vendors offer a dizzying array of services and instance types to meet a variety of computing needs. None more so than Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to analysts AWS offers more one million configuration combinations within EC2 alone and has made more than 50 pricing changes in the last 10 years. Given this complexity, choosing the right instance is like finding a needle in a haystack.
And that haystack is constantly changing. Public cloud vendors are continually introducing new instance offerings with different CPU, memory and I/O combinations. And with the increases in power of the underlying hardware and pricing changes that often occur, one of these new offerings may satisfy your workload needs in a way that's more cost-efficient. But it's up to you to find that out. Just as your mobile phone service provider doesn't contact you to alert you to a plan that will save you money (and cost them revenue), the cloud vendors don't either.
With so many instance combinations and offerings, how do you identify the best choice for each of your current workload requirements? To seize that opportunity, you need analytics that can accurately compare apples to apples in the world of hardware platforms. To know how an AWS m3 large compares to an m4 large, or how an m4 extra large compares to an r4 large, requires analytics that use benchmarks to normalize the data and workloads between platforms. It's only by leveraging benchmarks that you can accurately compare different instance classes and types to truly make the right decisions.
These analytics must also factor in the cost of the various offerings so they can accurately calculate and optimize the financial impact as well as the performance side. And, as we discussed in the first blog of this series, you still need analytics that understand your workload patterns, to effectively match application requirements to the appropriate instances. This is no simple task, but with this insight, you can identify instances that deliver equal or greater application performance at a lower cost.
In the example below, benchmarking and workload pattern analysis has enabled us to identify four opportunities to modernize instances at a cost savings of 20% per instance—for total estimated monthly savings of more than $2,800, or more than $34,000 per year. Note that these savings are over and above the economies achieved by simply downsizing instances. Icing on the cake that can really add up.
Do you have cloud applications that were deployed several months ago and may be candidates to move to newer, more cost-efficient instances? Are you regularly including modernization in your right-sizing strategy?
In the next blog post, we'll look at another commonly overlooked issue that can lead to cloud overspending: "deadwood" instances.
Densify is a predictive analytics service used by leading organizations and service providers to reduce cost and performance risk for public cloud and on-premise, virtual infrastructure in real time. To learn more visit, www.densify.com.


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Beijing travel diary: Playing charades with strangers; visiting the Great Wall, tea houses
Living Pallavi Rebbapragada Jan 15, 2017 08:39:59 IST
"May I get a bowl, please?" I said.
"Ah…Shénme…?"
"Bowl, bowl," I circled my palms on the table and raised them up like a potter would, and then pretended to slurp out of my new imaginary creation.
"Yaah," said the waitress. She ran inward and returned with a glass of water. She was smiling like Florence Henderson; devastatingly motherly. I took it and said 'Xièxiè', in the tender tone of one of the Brady Bunch girls. In China, I played charades with strangers for food, transport and directions.
Beijing is not Shanghai. People don't speak English here, there are no trains magnetically gravitating as though toward other galaxies, and no necklace of sky-scrapers whose glossy gems seem stolen from the one around Hong Kong's neck.
The 9,999 rooms in the Forbidden City are contained within 980 magnificent wooden buildings
"I wish I could move to Hong Kong," sighed a lady sitting at a table next to mine. She was a tour guide and willingly revealed that Beijingers weren't kind to migrants like her, who have to live on the outskirts of the city and travel multiple hours to ride into downtown for work. "Rents are very high in Beijing and unless you belong to a government family or a political family, you cannot afford a house in the city," she ranted. Housing prices rose 18 percent last year but restrictions on non-residents buying houses until they have paid tax in Beijing for five years made renting the only option for many of the city's youngsters and migrant workers. In Beijing, prime real estate is reserved for central government and military-owned enterprises. "How will a school teacher or a bus driver pay rents that are nearly five times their monthly salaries?" she asks. The city's population has doubled since 1999 and handling an influx of 500,000 migrants from other cities in the country is putting pressure on resources.
After a tall glass of water in that restaurant in Wangfujing, the shopping street in Dongcheng District, right behind my hotel, I walked around on an empty stomach. As one would expect to see in China, there were food stalls with shiny (either honey-glazed or golden fried) seahorses, starfish and scorpions, stood with sticks pierced through their hearts. The area is believed to have been built in the middle of the Ming Dynasty (roughly in the 1500s). At night, there weren't any street lights. Large neon screens displaying ads for watch brands (Seiko, Mido and others) made light. Red gauze lamps were tied to wires and hung in a straight pattern over the Hutong (a narrow lane) I walked into. A little scared, I took out my phone and opened Facebook to return to familiarity. It showed me a photograph of Zuckerberg with Chinese warnings above and below. In China, Google is Baidu and has a paw-mark in the centre of its logo. It looks childish and ineffective. For the first time in very many years, I felt like I was alone in this large world, orphaned by the internet. Feeling hungry and foolish, I called it a night.
Effigy painter Zhang Zhenshi's painting was used as a model for this giant image of Mao that hangs on Tiananmen Square
The next day, I left for the Mutianyu Section of the Great Wall of China, which is a little over an hour away from Beijing city. For breakfast, I had enjoyed the dramatics of a hot-pot meal, in which steaming stew pots served braised tofu, sugar-fried water chestnut, and steamed Shui Zhu Yu dipped in chili oil. I paired it with a bowl of hand-pulled noodles that tasted like butter and pepper. The memory of my last meal vanished at the first sight of the Great Wall, rising, bending and falling like threads from a yarn ball. The chair lift that rose me toward it brought the densely forested mountains into clear view. On that sunny day, the 23 ziggurats at close intervals offered the walkers cool shade. I noticed deviant scrawls on bricks. Much to the defeat of my curiosity, those too were in Chinese. Mutianyu and Badaling are fully restored sections of the 8,851.8 km wall and are usually more crowded. I had been told by condescending adventure enthusiasts in India that serious trekkers must head to Jinshanling, Huanghuacheng and Jiankou. On the only manmade structure visible from the moon, I looked up and searched for a round white dot in a bright sunlit sky just to say hello. Throughout the three-hour long trek, a pair of locally bought gore-tex lined hiking boots made my feet feel like they'd been trapped in the pointy teeth of snappy little dogs. I took the tire slide and whooshed downhill.
In the evening, when the feet were breathing again, I limped along the Hou Hai lake side quaintness where tiny bars – scandalously violet, yellow, and smoky – stood facing a lake –and on its coal tar like face, the reflections of their cheer shone like rainbow rings. Designed as a ladies bar, Sex and da City houses a two-storeyed mural of Marilyn Monroe. Here, English-speaking Chinese women talk about how the one-child policy is harder on them because they are solely responsible for taking care of ageing parents and in-laws, and that interferes with their freedom and constricts career choices. They suddenly promised not to talk about their worries and introduced Absolut Astronaut Shooters and the Sex and da City Absolut Cosmopolitans into the night. Did they secretly envy a political climate where a Samantha or a Carrie could live the way she wanted to? They then talked about 20 May being the day of love because, in Chinese phonetics, '5.20' is 'I love you'. Data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs from 2012 shows that marriages in China are increasingly falling apart, with divorce rates in Beijing and Shanghai over 30 percent after having risen for seven consecutive years. Bang next to the girls at the bar, a bunch of boys born in the one child policy era were ruing the lack of women. Known as 'bare branches', they talked about the lack of girls to date and marry.
Hou Hai is a lakeside street that houses more than a 100 bars, tea houses and karaoke bars
China alone stands to have as many unmarried young men as the entire population of young men in America. At present, there are 40 million American men under 20. In 2020, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimates that there will be 40 million more Chinese men than women in that same age group. In fact, the Chinese government estimates that by 2020, there will be at least 30 million men of marriageable age who may be unable to find a spouse. Ask them if they want to use Facebook and they pull out iPhones with access to it; life hacks!
At Hou Hai, where these people were, pole dancers and violinists are a regular feature. That night, the music was part-Adele, part-Shunza; Sino-American harmony. There's a football-themed club with multiple screens and outdoor shisha dens. This is where I first sipped on Mao Tai, the classic Chinese alcohol made from distilled sorghum. It tasted like rusted iron nails boiled in black soy overnight.
My hotel was a two-minute walk from the Avenue of Everlasting Peace: the Chinese equivalent of Raj Path. On one side of it is Tiananmen Square, a large piece of open land charged with the haunting spirit of an anonymous Tank Man. Young blood that had once contracted the virus of democracy, had been washed out. On the other side of the road is a 6m x 4.6m portrait of Mao Zedong, the founder-father of the People's Republic of China and its most important communist revolutionary. But Mao was dead and the reforms of the '80s were bound to throw at the masses the perils of inflation, poor quality education and the lack of political participation. The colour of the east is red and the blood of its people is red. It is no longer possible to tell when and how much they stain each other. I stared at young men standing guard outside Forbidden City. When I tried to take a selfie with them in the backdrop, they objected. They weren't completely thoughtless.
(L-R) The Great Wall of Mutianyu is 65 km to the north of Beijing city proper and is less crowded compared to the most popular Badaling section; The watchtowers on the great wall are mainly 2 storeys tall. The first floor was used to station soldiers or store food and weapons. The second floor was for lookout; Live performances amid purple lights and theatre smoke make Beijing's Hou Hai district come alive
A mood swing after, I left for Silk Street in search of floral-printed tunics and skater dresses and then to Yashow Market, a cheaper garment market. Except the girls at tea houses and shops, I spotted nobody else in a cheongsam. Those Cobra, Hammer and Buddha buns rolled around chopsticks that are often showcased in glossy magazine spreads, weren't visible either. Girls had neon tints on collars and wore wasted denim hot pants and plenty of boys turned their American baseball caps backwards and looked aloof.
My last stop was a tea house in the Dongcheng District, where tea sommeliers stood around walls stamped with calligraphic messages. With pin-straight hair curling inwards upon their cheeks, two girls broke solid rings of Pu'er tea into a powder that released sour smells. Hurriedly, they explained it must be had an hour before a meal to flush out undigested fat and grease from the previous meal, as they moved from white to green to fruit to flower varieties. "Tea is not coffee, it is not unhealthy like coffee. You can have tea all day unlike Western drinks," said one, giving a side-eye to the German contingent that chuckled at her remark. They poured hot water over a 'pee boy' clay doll and announced that if the water sprinkled out, then it was a sign that it was boiled optimally. The Germans giggled more. The silken fans hung on walls looked Japanese, with cherry blossoms on their silk faces. One of the girls pointed to a fan and said it was made in Souzhou, a Chinese region famous for its craftsmanship. I sat by a corner with a cup of caramel tea, a sample they made for me after I purchased a box full of it for 100 RMB. The Pu'er tea I bought was priced at 150 RMB and it tasted like fermented tree bark.
Despite the fact that the country denied me the right to access what seems like my real life: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, I loved observing people in mainland China. Minutes before I stepped out to hail a cab toward the airport, I took out a notepad and scribbled:
Beneath red lanterns in the summer wind,
Close to white dumpling steam and russet flushes of tea,
I wait to hear tunes of an old song sung in Mandarin;
In a Cheongsam dress that staged a soft drama of silk and flower,
I feel the great wall between the meaning of your words and my ignorance of their purpose,
Yet I write with the belief that strange stories are waiting to be made in China.
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Tag: games: dragon age
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (Anime)
In Games: Dragon Age, Gaming, Movies: Animation
A gaming friend once gave me the Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker anime on DVD and I re-watched it last night. See the official trailer.
I've been in more of a Bethesda Softworks mood these past couple of years, though I do love Bioware games and got massively into the DA series years back with Dragon Age: Origins (OMG Alistair!) and then Awakening (OMG Nathaniel Howe!). Origins is still hard to top, even with current graphics and gaming hardware. (I'll post about DA:O sometime soon.)
So, Dawn of the Seeker. The animation style is different, but I ended up enjoying the tangle of traditional animation and CGI. At times it has a comic book feel which works well during action scenes, and the overall dreamy style lends to the fantastical element of the franchise. There were things they could have tweaked to make it more immersive, however, like characters getting dirty and scraped as they trek around engaging in battle. The creators said they used a lot of negative space so you focused on the characters. As a designer I get the effectiveness of negative space… but I don't know if it worked here. In the games there's a lot of detail and the world has real depth. But OK, this is an anime and a completely different medium.
The story focuses on Cassandra Pentaghast, who we first meet interrogating Varric in Dragon Age II. I never warmed to her as much as to the others in Dragon Age: Inquisition. I do like her design in Dawn of the Seeker, where she's a little younger and less war-scarred.
For me, the anime fell down slightly on story, with a handful of hackneyed moments that had me eye-rolling. There is also a fairly predictable character motivation: as a child one of Cassandra's family members was cut down by a mage, and she's grown up aloof and anti-mage. Cue having to work alongside a mage and find mutual understanding. I'm not saying this trope doesn't work, but I feel that the betrayals within the Chantry would have been enough motivation for her to rethink what she stands for, without the "You killed my brother, prepare to die!" element.
I've always liked the way Bioware writes the political aspect of their series. Overall Cassandra was fun and there were weak glimmers of Alistair in Galyan. Definitely worth a watch for fans of the game series, particularly those who love backstory and lore.
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But we don't all have DIY projects in us. Linseed oil and food coloring do not run through our veins. And that's why we're so thankful for DIY bloggers—the crafters in the trenches who not only think up and make the stuff we couldn't, but so generously share their how-tos and photos (and encouragement!) with us. These are the DIY pros we're following closely right now—and you should, too.
This blog collective's projects range from delicious (Super Sprinkle Double Stuffed Sugar Cookie Chocolate Cake … whew!) to practical (how to line drawers) to kooky (felt tacos for cats). What do they have in common? Big, bright photos and easy-to-follow directions. Keep up with the crew's latest work on Facebook.
Liz Fourez's style—a kind of lived-in modern, splashed with mint—looks too pretty to achieve, but then she goes and shows you how to get there! Her how-tos on projects like framed mirrors and lighted marquee lights are smart and succinct, but her method-specific tutorials on techniques like dry brushing are what make your finished product look like hers. Follow her work on Pinterest.
West Coaster-turned-Midwesterner Greta Brinkley delivers DIYs you'll end up using daily—think essential oil air fresheners, coffee body scrub and monogrammed earrings.
Lindsey Allen's before-and-after hub harnesses the shock value of DIY. There, she curates crafty transformations from around the Web—entire room revamps, furniture makeovers, Ikea hacks—with walk-throughs that get right down to business (but have plenty of pinworthy photos). She regularly posts new action on Facebook.
When you need a craft to occupy the kids, turn to Chrissy Taylor's blog. Your little ones will love making yogurt pops and making over their school notebooks; you'll love the chocolate-peppermint lip gloss and spiffed-up flip-flops. Stay plugged into her projects on Twitter @taylorhouseblog.
If keeping it all straight is your weak spot, meet Becky Barnfather; she's the epitome of organized without the preachiness that usually accompanies such a person. Tips are geared toward creating and managing schedules, spaces and meal plans that work for (rather than against) your family; her DIYs focus on room improvements and crafts that corral clutter. Her Facebook page will inspire you to get organized—and stay that way.
Maryann Caballero's project list is full of ideas you haven't already seen on Pinterest a zillion times, like cinnamon stick wreaths, painted rugs and this bamboo sunburst mirror we're obsessing over. Track her Pinterest universe for her latest how-tos and inspirations.
Rural French style with a side of vintage pervades Christy Little's gorgeous family farmhouse—plus pages upon pages of DIYs. Sure, you'll learn how to paint armchairs and whip up cute felted wreaths—but you should also take notes on Little's flea market shopping strategy! Watch for updates via Facebook.
Ashley Sears' blog documents her quest to live a "quirky, inspired life"—to her, that's a life loaded with passion, inspiration, friends, family and food. Between posts on relationship-building and making yourself feel good, she works in practical advice and tutorials on cooking, crafting and cleaning. Follow her on Twitter @quirkyinspired.
Blogger and brand-new podcaster Chelsea McDonnough takes advantage of the Midwest's weather extremes to dream up seasonal DIYs (springy flower planters, wintry wreaths) in addition to evergreen crafts (tissue-paper pom poms, gold-stripe vases). We're also big fans of her Instagram feed, which is somehow always blooming with crazy-vibrant floral shots.
All of Ashley Phipps' DIYs are cute and smart and just … simple! (Frozen limeade? Yes, please!) But we're head over heels for her printables; go straight to her greeting cards and chore charts. And she has one of the most well-organized, smartly curated accounts on Pinterest; keep tabs on her there.
You can hire designer-blogger Anissa Zajac to style your home, or you can follow her tutorials and room makeovers to do the work yourself. Stalk her picture-perfect existence on Instagram and ponder how someone with three small children can maintain such a clean, sparkling-white house!


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Of course, the team cannot officially sign the 6-11 Pistons center/forward until the free agent signing period opens July 8. In fact, teams cannot even begin negotiating with free agents until July 1; to do so before then invites charges of tampering.
Yet the New York Daily News reported Saturday that a league executive said Monroe to the Knicks is "about as close to a done deal as you can get."
It's been rumored that team president Phil Jackson has made Monroe his No. 1 free agent target, a desire the Daily News calls "maybe the worst-kept secret in the NBA." Jackson could be helped in his quest by his long-term relationship with Monroe's agent, David Falk.
The 24-year-old Monroe has posted 16.1 points and 10.5 rebounds per game this season, both career highs.
Whether the Knicks target Monroe or someone else, the team has plenty of salary cap room, more than $30 million. Any move is likely to be an improvement for a team that is currently 16-64, tied for the worst record in the NBA.


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Scattered thoughts on religion
Oh, look! Here are two hands. They are balled up into tight little fists. Each has a perspective in it and both are mine.
Hand one: I take comfort in those who criticize religion thoughtfully, because the criticism reflects the vibrancy and strength of a society of free (albeit well-trodden) thought. Indeed, I think religious claims to authority ought to be vigorously challenged in the public sphere to earn their keep. Moreover, I find the 'meaning of life' question more honestly answered by watching the Discovery Channel than by the Summa Theologica or the Tao Te Ching. In epistemology I observe a relatively thick distinction between reasons and evidence, and insist that putatively divine 'datum' (revelations, intuitions, insights) do not count as evidentiary.
Hand two: Still, if you call me 'atheist', there is some sense in which my introspective life makes you a liar. I pray, and have prayed, as a form of meditation. Increasingly, existentialism has seemed rather point-missing (with the exception of Paul Tillich, who was canny). I think that Alex Rosenberg's nihilism marks the low water mark of new atheist metaphysics. As far as the ethics of belief is concerned, I think William James had it over W.J. Clifford, owing to the histrionic bombast of the latter (despite some of the feeble arguments of the former). While I think people should generally assert what they know, uptake demands simplification, so knowledge is not a constitutive norm of rational assertion.
I can't pretend that I've always had these views. As a boy, I was pious in the way that boys are, being attracted to the idea of playing a role in a bigger story. But gradually, I realized that the impulse to pray in Western Protestantism is often toxic, based on wish-fulfillment instead of enlightenment — and that felt creepy. Once I realized that culturally fashionable forms of prayer provided me with no moral comfort whatsoever, religion lost most of its appeal. I stopped caring as a matter of principle. As a young man, I preferred the term 'apatheist', meaning, constitutively agnostic owing to not giving a shit about the God question. Later, after witnessing the growth of religious lunacy in the US, I preferred 'quietism', meaning that I think religious belief is not public business.
The times have pressed me into transcendentalism, which holds that natural cycles are valuable independently of autonomous or collective volition. Transcendentalism fits nicely with my general, uh, shtick. There is certainly quite a lot of virtue in collecting your thoughts away from social media, and in rooting your sense of value in what can be justified independently of pragmatic consequences. The transcendentalist asks the individual to think of nature as a source of value — and this seems to require us to look hard for patterns of behaviors and to revel in them. In this sense it is the philosophy of discovery, of empirical daring-do.
Transcendentalism also has a better account of absurdity than existentialism, in the sense that a lot of life's absurdity comes from the plain fact that quite a lot of nature is utterly, wonderfully, mechanistically bonkers. Not just because there is a conflict between the internal and external points of view (though there is), but because nature is weird in itself.
I guess this is all on my mind because, a few weeks ago, while enjoying my coffee, I overheard two Protestant evangelicals explain their feelings to each other in terms of apocalyptic death parables. They used code-phrases that were, apparently, quite significant to them; "keep the porch light on" being a favorite. That was followed up with rapturous references to Revelation theology, and the building of the third temple in Jersalem, and, etc. It does not take a master cryptographer to understand their meaning. It only takes an episode of Star Trek: "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra". For them, "keep the porch light on" implies, roughly, "let me have something to live for"; and the apocalyptic references imply, "Or else."
The thing that makes philosophy so difficult, and so valuable, is that it asks us to try to avoid errors in judgment that are associated with certain kinds of analogical conceptual processing. You see, the ways that we categorize our concepts have a direct effect on the ways that we ascribe and detect errors when we go about making inferences from one judgment to another, insofar as our inferences feature those concepts. Philosophy, at its best, asks us to raise our conversational game, to infer according to rules that are more theory-like and less story-like.
For the educated person, the dangers of losing oneself to the story-telling mind are all too clear. For it is possible, and all-too-easy, to find yourself reasoning exclusively by analogy or meme, operating from one dogwhistle to the next. Hearing people talk that way about how they think is absolutely, positively uncanny.
Oh, look! Here are two hands. They are balled up into tight little fists. In the one, I have the weird — Douglas Adams (of Last Chance to See), Ursula K. LeGuin, and China Mieville; in the other, the transcendentalists — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller.
BLS Nelson Insouciance, Life, Metaphysics, Philosophical musings 1 Comment 2 Dec 2018 10 Dec 2018 3 Minutes
On the connection between natural science & philosophy
On Tyson's recent comments on philosophy (taken from the Nerdist podcast around 20 minutes in).
Pigliucci's rebuttals are okay, but it's pretty much a cop-out to say "Philosophers contribute to science" without actually citing the relevant research. The whole point is that guys like Tyson don't believe that post-1920's philosophers make any contributions to the natural sciences, so telling them to Google it is not by itself going to help very much. They want specifics. Since for my part, I know for a fact that plenty of 20th/21st century philosophers contribute actively towards the clarification of methodological and epistemological disputes in the natural sciences, it is all the more frustrating that names go unnamed.
(That said, I also think that most philosophers in the profession do not celebrate philosophical colleagues that are actually doing work at the frontiers of science. If that is the case, then it would be both understandable and a strong indictment of the profession. But I also think it's a different kind of criticism.)
So I thought I would cobble together a collection of works in philosophy that do the opposite of what Tyson thinks is going on. What follows is a highly conservative bibliography which obeys the following criteria:
– Professional philosophers: it is co-authored by one or more faculty members who are either members of a department of Philosophy (or faculty members in cognate departments that teach some courses in philosophy), so long as they possess a doctorate in philosophy;
– Influential: it is a noted work, which I stipulate to mean 50+ citations according to Google Scholar;
– Discipline-specific: at least on the face of it, the work concerns itself with the theories and methods of a particular scientific discipline (i.e., not "philosophy of science" in general);
– Natural science: it concerns the natural sciences (e.g., physics, biology, or chemistry);
– Unique: individuals are only listed once so that one or two names do not hog the list with their CV. (That said, if you want to look at more of their work, click on their name and you will be directed to their home page);
– Theoretical philosophy: the works are in a theoretical and not an ethical, historical, or meta-philosophical vein;
– Non-bullshit: the works are not radically out of step with, or patently uninformed by, the relevant established science (e.g., Fodor/Piattelli-Palmarini on natural selection, McGinn on physics).
(There are regrettable gaps in the list if we follow these criteria. e.g., I don't get to mention David Bohm since he wasn't a professional philosopher, even though his mid-century work was rooted in metaphysics. Oh well.)
Feel free to offer corrections or suggestions in the comments area. This is not intended to be a comprehensive list. But it might serve as a launching off point for anyone who would like to offer a more serious critique of the connection between philosophy and natural science in our time.
Steven French (PhD Philosophy of Science, University of London) & Michael Redhead, (1988) "Quantum physics and the identity of indiscernables". British Journal of the Philosophy of Science.
Robin Le Poidevin (PhD *, Cambridge) & Murray MacBeath, (1993) "The Philosophy of Time" (Oxford University Press)
Ted Sider (PhD Philosophy, University of Massachusetts), (2003) "Four-dimensionalism: an ontology of persistence and time". (Oxford University Press); [see also] {Cited in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science}
Jeremy Butterfield (PhD Philosophy, Cambridge) (ed.), (1996) "Spacetime and the philosophical challenge of quantum gravity". (Dartmouth) {Cited in: General relativity and gravitation}
John Earman (PhD Philosophy, Princeton) & JD Norton (PhD History and Philosophy of Science, University of New South Wales), (1992) "Forever is a day: supertasks in Pitowsky and Malament-Hogarth spacetimes". Philosophy of Science. {Cited in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics}
Alexander Rueger (PhD *, University of Konstanz), (2000) "Physical emergence, diachronic and synchronic". Synthese.
Nick Bostrom (PhD Philosophy, LSE), (2002) "Anthropic bias". (Routledge) {Cited in: Physical Review D}
Harvey R. Brown (PhD History and Philosophy of Science, University of London), (2006) "Physical relativity" (Clarendon); [review] {Cited in: Physical Review D}
Simon Saunders (PhD History and Philosophy of Science, Kings College, London) , (1998) "Time, quantum mechanics, and probability". Synthese. {Cited in: Reviews of Modern Physics}
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Q: Interpreting standard deviation ratio (is std deviation ratio equal to coefficient of variation?) I am new in this area. I apologizes if my question is silly.
I need to include the homogeneity and heterogeneity of variance as one of the factor in my robustness study.Therefore, i saw this phrase. And after searching online for days, I seldom found its related information. Is "standard deviation ratio " means the compare of 2 sample's standard deviation ratio? For example, if I set the standard deviation ratio as 1.00, then it will be A:1 B:1 ..? or if i set the ratio as 2.5 then A=5 B=2? Is this concept correct?
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Now i am wondering do standard deviation ratio is actually EQUAL to coefficient of variation which is the ratio of 2 std deviation with different means.?
https://www.colby.edu/math/program/honorsprojects/2013-Cleveland-Honors.pdf
This is the article that i am referring.

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The village of Milton was originally a small cluster of buildings adjacent to the church of St Mary Magdalene. There was a post office on what is now the site of "The Wheatsheaf" car park. The Post office was the only one in the district and served in that location for 90 years. It was pulled down in the 1950 and the post office service moved across the road.
Next to the post office was "The Wheatsheaf" public house. This was half the size of the premises of today as can be seen from the photograph dated from 1904. The licensee in 1880s was a Mr E Turner. A Mr J Strutt took over in the 1890s and he in turn was succeeded by a Mr A. Oakley.
Next to "The Wheatsheaf" pub was a grocery store run by Mr E Chipperfield. This has now been developed and integrated into "The Wheatsheaf". The grocery store sold general goods and drapery.
Next door to the Grocers store was a blacksmiths forge and home. For many years this was run by a Mr Brownen. It was finally pulled down in 1954.
"The George" Public house was pulled down in 1904 and replaced with the magnificent red brick building still in situ today, although sadly no longer a pub. At the time of the 1904 photo the licensee was a Mr Charles Taylor.
To the east of "The George" was a butchers shop. This property was an old cob cottage. As well as being a butchers it was also a slaughter house and cattle would be herded here to be reduced to meat.
In the 1910 photo you can see in the background, at the junction of what is now Old Milton Road and the A337 Lymington Road was a School built on a triangle of land. This was opened in 1836. The playground was the road! On the opposite side of the road was a cobblers, a saddlers and a bakers.
It is interesting to note that the choir at St Mary Magdalene church were, for many years, not financially rewarded for their services. They were however paid in kind. They were entitled to visit either "The Wheatsheaf" or "The George" and take their payment in the form of a pint of beer.
The Milton of 1910 was a wonderful, self contained village.


BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Calcium is labeled as a "nutrient of concern" by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines since consumers do not get enough of this essential nutrient. Knowing that the general consumer is not meeting their calcium needs, Silk® has just announced that it has increased the calcium level in its natural refrigerated soymilk products to 50 percent more than typical dairy milk(1), which is consistent with its Pure Almond and Pure Coconut products. Silk soymilk products continue to be made from the highest-quality, non-GMO soybeans sourced from North American farmers, now with the added benefit of 50 percent more calcium in every glass.
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Packaging has been updated on Silk natural refrigerated soymilk cartons – which include vanilla, chocolate, very vanilla and original flavors – to show that they contain "50 percent more calcium than milk." While the Silk Organic products will not have increased calcium levels, one glass of Silk Organic soymilk will continue to provide as much calcium as typical dairy milk.
1) Silk refrigerated beverages, excluding organic soymilk, soymilk with DHA and aseptic soymilk, have 45% DV of calcium; dairy milk has 30% DV. Dairy data from USDA National Nutrient Database for Standards Reference. Release 23 (2010). Data consistent with typical 2% milk.
2) U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Food labeling: health claims; calcium and osteoporosis, and calcium, vitamin D, and osteoporosis. http://www.fda.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/LabelClaims/ HealthClaimsMeetingSignificantScientificAgreementSSA/default.htm, accessed September 12, 2011.
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Weather has a big impact on how you feel. Sunny days can lift your spirit, brisk winds can blow away those cobwebs (or send children hyper), and there's nothing like that smell of long-awaited rain after a heat wave. But what causes a depressing run of grey and gloomy skies? And when the sky does reappear, why is it blue?
Rain, sleet or snow?
Why is it so hard to forecast whether we'll get rain, sleet or snow? The problem is that just a few degrees difference in air temperature can determine whether you'll be throwing snowballs, splashing in puddles or skidding on dangerous black ice.
2021 has been a rather challenging year, with extreme weather events around the globe and numerous weather records broken. Kirsty McCabe takes a look back at some of the key events
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Snow in the UK is a (fairly) rare and wonderous thing. Forecasting snowfall is very important, but it is obvious when things go wrong! In the second part of this mini series, Frank Barrow introduces us to Polar lows.
Snow in the UK is a (fairly) rare and wonderous thing. Forecasting snowfall is very important; it is obvious when things go wrong! In the first part of this mini series, Frank Barrow explains how to identify snowy weather scenarios.
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WHEN it comes to grilling, Americans achieve flavor through a free-handed use of rubs, pastes and marinades. Asians take a more internal approach. They grill their kebabs on skewers made of flavorful grasses and herbs.
I first encountered this practice in Bali, where roadside cooks grill seafood mousse kebabs called sate lilit. An explosively flavorful mix of pureed fish and spices is molded onto stalks of fresh lemon grass, then grilled over coconut shell charcoal. The lemon grass perfumes the sate from the inside out, and you get a blast of flavor as you nibble the mousse off the skewer.
Likewise, the Vietnamese grill a delicately flavored shrimp mousse on broad, flat lengths of sugar cane. These kebabs, called chao tom, offer a stunning contrast of textures and flavors: the refreshing crunch of the sugar cane versus the soft succulence of the mousse, the briny tang of the seafood against the sweetness of the cane juice. As with the lemon grass in sate lilit, you don't really eat the sugar cane, but chew it a little to release the juice.
This dish made me think about other uses for sugar cane, specifically the sugar cane swizzle sticks that are sold at specialty shops. The thin, square-sided sticks make perfect skewers; all you need to do is cut off one end sharply on the diagonal to help ease the skewer through the food.
Taking my inspiration from chao tom, I created a sort of Caribbean dish by skewering whole shrimp on the cane and basting them with a rum-mustard glaze. These offbeat kebabs make great appetizers at a cookout, and assembling them is a snap. Just make a starter hole with a metal or bamboo skewer in the item being skewered.
Sprigs of fresh rosemary also make excellent skewers, with stems slender enough to pass through a small item like a scallop, yet stiff enough to hold chunks of chicken or seafood. The heat of the fire releases the rosemary oils, which infuse the kebab with flavor. You can use fresh rosemary sprigs from a greengrocer, but you'll get longer, stiffer skewers if you cut them from a rosemary plant, which will keep growing.
Once you start thinking about flavorful skewers, there's no limit to where your imagination will take you. Mine takes me to my spice rack. With fresh peaches in season, I reckoned that whole cinnamon sticks would be just the thing for skewering peaches or nectarines for grilling. For that matter, you could use sections of vanilla bean as a flavorful skewer for chunks of banana. Who ever said that you can't grill dessert?
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper.
1. Pull off and discard crescent-shaped muscle on side of each scallop that has one. Strip leaves off bottom 2 inches of rosemary sprigs (slide them off with your thumb and forefinger). Reserve leaves, and set sprigs aside. Cut prosciutto into strips just large enough to wrap around scallops (about 1 by 3 inches).
2. Lay a scallop flat on a work surface. Wrap a piece of prosciutto around it. Skewer a rosemary sprig through prosciutto and scallop to other side. Repeat with remaining scallops. Arrange scallops in a baking dish. Drizzle olive oil and lemon juice on both sides, sprinkle with rosemary leaves and season with salt and pepper. (Go easy on salt, as prosciutto is fairly salty.) Marinate for 15 minutes, while you light grill.
3. Set up grill for direct grilling, and preheat to high. Brush and oil grate. Arrange scallops on grate, and grill until just cooked, about 2 minutes a side. Serve at once.
Yield: 6 appetizer servings or 4 main course servings.
Peach or vanilla ice cream.
1. Cut peaches in half, and remove stone. Cut each peach half in half. Using a metal skewer, make a starter hole in center of each peach quarter. Skewer two peach quarters on each cinnamon stick, placing a mint leaf between each.
2. Prepare bourbon butter glaze. Combine butter, sugar, bourbon and lime juice in a saucepan, and boil until thick and syrupy, 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Set up grill for direct grilling, and preheat to high. Brush and oil grate. Grill peaches until nicely browned on both sides, 2 to 4 minutes a side, basting with glaze. Serve at once, with ice cream.
12 sugar cane swizzle sticks (see note).
1. Place shrimp in a mixing bowl and stir in oil, lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Marinate 15 minutes while you prepare glaze and skewers.
2. Place ingredients for glaze in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until thick and syrupy, 4 to 6 minutes.
3. Cut swizzle sticks in half widthwise, and cut one end off each piece sharply on diagonal. Resulting skewers should be about 5 inches long and 1/4 inch wide.
4. Set up grill for direct grilling, and preheat to high. Using a metal skewer, make two starter holes in each shrimp, one toward head end, one toward tail. Insert a sugar cane skewer through holes. Repeat with remaining shrimp.
5. Brush and oil grill grate. Grill shrimp kebabs until cooked, about 2 minutes a side, generously basting with glaze. Serve any remaining glaze as a sauce on the side.
Yield: 6 to 8 appetizer servings, 4 light main course servings.
Note: Sugar cane swizzle sticks are sold at Citarella stores for $3.99 for 10 to 12 sticks. Gourmet Garage stores also carry them, in packages of 8 to 10 sticks for $2.99.
24 stalks lemon grass, leaves and roots trimmed off, each about 7 inches long.
1. Prepare spice paste. In a food processor finely grind shallots, garlic, chilies, ginger, turmeric, macadamia nuts, coriander, pepper, shrimp or anchovy paste (if using fish sauce, add it in Step 2) and salt. Heat oil in a wok. Stir-fry mixture over medium heat until dark and fragrant, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, and let cool.
2. Prepare fish mousse. Puree fish and shrimp in food processor. Add spice paste, and puree. Work in coconut milk, lime juice, kaffir lime leaves and sugar. Taste mixture for seasoning, adding salt or lime juice to taste. It should be highly seasoned. Chill mixture for 2 hours.
3. Lightly wet your hands. Take about 3 tablespoons mousse mixture in one hand, and mold it onto bulbous part of lemon grass stalk about 3 inches long). Repeat with remaining stalks. Place finished sates on a plate lined with plastic wrap. Cover with more plastic wrap.
4. Preheat grill to high. Brush and oil grate. Grill sates until mousse is nicely browned and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes a side. If fish mixture sticks to grate, use a metal spatula to turn sates. Serve at once.
Yield: 6 to 8 appetizer servings, 2 to 3 main course servings.


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AFRICA/EGYPT - Even the Heads of Catholic Churches pay tribute to General al-Sisi
New Institutes of Coptic Studies are spreading in public universities
Coptic Archbishop Angaelos: martyrs are not "victims" but "witnesses"
Egyptian authorities: may the "Way of the Holy Family" be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Al Azhar scholars and exponents of the Churches united to face the new fragility of the family
Christians and Muslims on pilgrimage to the monastery in Smalut
Ramadan, Coptic businessman offers "fast break" meals to Muslims
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After messages of support from the Coptic Orthodox Church to General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, similar gestures of appreciation towards the strong man of the Egyptian army - and likely future candidate for the next presidential election – came from two Heads of the Catholic Churches in Egypt.
On Monday, January 27 The Supreme Council of the Egyptian armed forces promoted General al-Sisi from the rank of Colonel General to that of Field Marshal. A move interpreted by analysts as a green light to the presidential candidacy of the General, who currently also holds the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. According to Egyptian sources consulted by Fides Agency, both the Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak and the Eparch of Alexandria of the Armenian Catholics Kricor Okosdinos Coussa sent messages of congratulations to General al-Sisi. Patriarch Sidrak, in his message, invoked God's blessing on the "great responsibility" that waits the possible future President of Egypt. Bishop Coussa stressed that the promotion is a well-deserved recognition for the dedication shown by al-Sisi in his service to the Country, so that the Egyptian people will soon enjoy "the return of peace and security".
Meanwhile, on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 28th, a terrorist attack against a Coptic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the western suburbs of Cairo, caused the death of a member of the security forces. In the evening, police sources gave news of the arrest of two terrorists responsible for the attack. (GV) (Agenzia Fides 29/01/2014)
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St. Bede's Episcopal Church is hosting Author Greg Garrett for a public lecture on Saturday, October 20 at 10 am.
In recent years, declines in every Christian denomination and the rise of the so-called "Nones" (as in "None of the Above") have dominated conversations about religious life in America. What these statistics don't indicate, of course, is that those of us who have chosen the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement have tangible gifts to offer our culture and the larger world: liturgy and beauty, hospitality and welcome, a passion for peace and justice, and wonderful stories. Join Greg Garrett, author of My Church Is Not Dying: Episcopalians in the 21st Century, to hear some of those stories and engage in conversation about how God is moving and the Church is following.
Greg Garrett is, according to Barbara Brown Taylor, "one of the Episcopal Church's most engaging evangelists." The author of twenty-five books of fiction, theology, memoir, and cultural criticism, he is Professor of English at Baylor University, Theologian in Residence at the American Cathedral in Paris, and a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church. He lives with his wife Jeanie and their family in Austin, Texas.
This lecture is free and open to the public. No reservations are required. A light reception will follow.


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TORONTO SHOWS US HOW TO SAVE BRITAIN'S MUSIC VENUES
Toronto shows how we can save Britain's music venues – and build more housing at the same time
This article first appeared in CityMetric
Image: Dan Kitwood / Getty
Over the last few weeks, four more grassroots music venues in London have been threatened with closure. This is on top of the over 80 that have closed across the capital since 2007; across the country, another 15 to 20 are currently under threat, from The Fleece in Bristol to The Sunflower in Belfast.
The main reasons for this lie in the way our built environment is changing across the country, and our need – perceived and actual – for more homes. But while we do need more housing, we don't need it at all costs.
One venue in London, for example, is facing eviction because its freehold owner changed – and the new owner would rather sell up to housing developers than retain the venue. To some, this is understandable, but I find it difficult to stomach. It is happening too much and too often.
Whether it's the construction of new housing, or noise complaints resulting in a noise enforcement by the local authority, it is becoming a full-time job to respond to these threats on behalf of each threatened venue. The problem is that there is only so much that one can do to assuage the problem. Often, planning consent and permissions have been given long before the venue falls into trouble.
To give just one example, if land in a town centre has been given a certain use designation, an area action plan may prioritise housing over all other uses, even if it contains a historic venue. As a result, if the planning consent isn't actively geared towards the venue use, the focus on housing will inevitably gobble up vulnerable venues.
Some venues, as with all businesses, will inevitably fail. Nor should we treat every single situation with the same response. Some venues are cultural incubators, some provide significant economic benefit to the local area and some are of historical significance. But fighting each threat, one-by-one, feel much like spinning a hamster's wheel.
But being part of the Mayor's Music Venue Task Force, the team tasked with responding to these threats, I've wondered if there are other models we could explore that support both housing and our venues and galleries. And I have a solution. It's not one that will tackle the issues that those venues which already under threat are dealing with – but it is one that I hope will create a stronger, more collaborative atmosphere, that will hopefully reduce such issues five or ten years down the line.
My solution is at odds with the manner in which land and property is treated in the UK. At present, the value of the land is more important than what occurs inside the building. We must change this. Here's an example of how.
In Toronto, my hometown, an organisation called Artscape has constructed a theatre and music venue in a former industrial area in the west of the city. Above that venue, it has also constructed a number of housing units, available both at market rate and, for a select number of artists, a subsidised rate. The units are tenanted as normal and Artscape, in this business model, becomes a de-facto housing association. The arts organisation becomes the landlord: the housing and the venue business are interlinked.
With modern noise attenuation technologies and careful people flow and management strategies, this works. A non-profit organisation bought the land, built the venue and the flats above it, and earns profit from both. It assists in programming the venue as well as stewarding the site. Here, you're not sacrificing the venue for the sake of housing: both uses are treated equally.
This can happen here. A significant amount of land is owned across London and the UK by local councils and boroughs. Transport for London owns a substantial amount of land; so does Network Rail. Not all is suitable for our purposes, but enough is to experiment. We have already seen artist housing spring up in an old hotel in Haringey, for example. If a venue, or rehearsal space, or studio, or art gallery was bolted onto such a housing scheme, all sides could, in theory, benefit.
It may be difficult to envisage this working in large-scale, privately-owned developments, but elements of this idea could still be implemented. All developments need to abide by a variety of Section 106 obligations, and all benefit by providing a product geared towards the communities they are working with.
The problem as present is that, when it comes to how our built environment is constructed, we live in an either/or ecosystem: it is either profit or affordable housing, either commercial high footfall retail or leisure.
The government introduced an amendment in planning law called "permitted development", which allows offices or pubs to be changed into housing (or vice-versa) with minimal consent. But this has only exacerbated the problem: uses are changed more quickly, making them even more singularly focused. That office is now housing, and only housing.
So I am on the lookout for land and buildings – both public and privately owned – where we can explore such a project. And I need partners and allies, because we need more suitable, community focused housing as well as more venues. Why not have both in the same location? We can increase density. We can contribute to town centre development. And we can make our built environment more environmentally and culturally friendly.
Because there are only so many venues we can save, and there is only so much time to respond to threats one-by-one. These closures will continue to happen – but we need new venues, fit for all purposes, from live music to yoga, theatre to comedy, to replace them.
And if we think our cultural spaces are as beneficial to society as assuaging our housing crisis, we need to make alternative models less alternative.
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The RFID Measurement Cabinet is a convenient solution for reliable UHF tag measurements in small spaces. The cabinet provides an excellent and a cost efficient measurement setup especially in case the user has only limited access to an anechoic EMC chamber - it brings the advantages of much expensive anechoic room to your office space with a fraction of a cost.
Added functionality can be accomplished by using the optional automatic tag rotation mechanism, which seamlessly integrates with the Tagformance Software. This enables the user to plot the tag radiation patterns for UHF tags, tagged items and even tag populations with minimal effort. We have done our best in implementing all this functionality without compromising neither the shielding effectiveness of the cabinet nor the accuracy of the measurement results.
Voyantic provides RFID Measurement Cabinets in several different sizes. With these options, most of the labs can save significantly by not having to build a dedicated measurement chamber. The measurement cabinet probides a standardized measurement environment out-of-the-box - get controlled measurement with minimal cost!
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Tagged-Item Grading Systems are solutions for measuring tagged item performance. In the tests tagged item performance is measured with four antenna angles and several rotation table angles. Threshold power and backscatter signal strength are measured. There are three versions of the system for 50 cm (C50 Cabinet), 100 cm (C100 Chamber) and 150 cm (C150 Chamber) measurement distances.


Now I had the pleasure of talking PCI-DSS compliant XenApp enviroment for a customer. Now after working with it for the last couple of days there are lot of usefull information that I thought I would share.
Now instead of making this post a pure PCI-DSS post I decided to do a more "howto secure yout XenApp enviroment" and what kind of options we have and where a weakness might be.
Now a typical enviroment might looks like this.
So let's start by exploring the first part of the Citrix infrastructure which is the Netscaler, in a typical enviroment it might be located in the DMZ. Where the front-end firewall has statefull packet inspection to see what traffic goes back and forth. The best way to do a secure setup of Netscaler is one-armed mode and use routing to backend resources and then have another Firewall in between to do deep packet inspection.
Also important to remember th use TRUSTED third party certificates from known vendors, without any known history. Try to avoid SHA-1 based certificates, Citrix now supports SHA256.
Also define NONSECURE SSL renegotiation. Also we need to define some TCP parameters. Firstly make sure that TCP SYN Cookie is enabled, this allows for protection against SYN flood attacks and that SYN Spoof Protection is enabled to protect against spoofed SYN packets.
Double hop can also be an option if we have multiple DMZ sones or a private and internal zone.
Change the password for the nsuser!!!
Use an encrypted NTP source which allows for timestamping when logging. (Running at version 4 and above) and also verify that the timezones are running correctly.
Sett up a SNMP monitoring based solution or Command Center to get monitoring information from Netscaler, or use a Syslog as well to get more detailed information. Note that you should use SNMP v3 which gives both Authentication and encryption.
Use NetProfiles to control traffic flow from a particular SNIP to backend resources (This allows for easier management when setting up firewall rules for Access.
In most cases try to use the latest firmware, Citrix does release a new Netscaler firmware atleast one every three months which contains bug fixes and security patches as well.
Do not activate enhanced authentication feedback, this enabled hackers to learn more about lockout policies and or if the user is non existant or locked out, disabled and so on.
Set up STA communication using HTTPS (Which requires a valid certificate and that Netscaler trusts the root CA) You also need to setup Storefront using a valid certificate from a trusted Root CA. This should not be a internal PKI root CA since third party vendors have a much higher form a physical security.
If you for some reason cannot use SSL/TLS based communication with backend resources you can use MACSec which is a layer 2 feature which allows for encrypted traffic between nodes on ethernet.
Last paragraph: You wrote "you can use MACSec". But does NetScaler actually support this already?
2: I understand that this post was posted in to much of a hurry 🙂 and I will explain a bit more about macsec part and support for it.


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EvanG replied to inthisriver's topic in ANYTHING GOES
Yeah, not so much with GnR anymore, but the fact you can listen to almost everything within a minute while thirty years ago you had to go out and buy it or wait for it to come out, is pretty astonishing to me.
I have the same but I think that's normal once you're not a kid anymore. On the other hand, when I was a kid and I wanted to watch a GnR show, I had to go to my friend because he had a couple of concerts on VHS. Now I go to youtube and I can see any show I want immediately, or if I want to watch any movie ever made, I can download or stream it immediately, same with music. You don't even need a vhs recorder recorder anymore because you can watch any show you missed through your set-top box. If you had told me that this is how the future would look like when I was a kid, I probably wouldn't have believed you.
I'm a couple of years younger but from the 80's I only remember kids' stuff and then you don't really pay attention to pop culture or what is special about that era. In the early 90's I got into rock music and starting noticing what was going on in pop culture. At the time it's nothing special because that's all you know, but looking back on it now... the music of that decade shaped me and I'm glad I was a kid before mobile phones and internet took over.
That show I watched is about a bunch of high school kids in 1996 and I went to high school in the second half of the 90's too, so the music they play and clothes they wear are recognisable. Baggy pants, flannel shirts, shaggy haircuts, girls having bangs, bad europop music. In one scene they dail up to use the internet and then have to wait thirty seconds for the page to load... I mean, that's 90's nostalgia for you.
I watched this show on Netflix last week that was set in 1996. They tried real hard to make the show as nostalgic as possible by using only 90's music and references to that era. It made me miss the 90's too.
What Are You Watching On NETFLIX, Amazon Prime & Hulu? (All things Streaming)
EvanG replied to Kasanova King's topic in SEEN THAT MOVIE TOO
Everything Sucks! on Netflix. Bad title but it's a fun, little show about high school kids in 1996. Nostalgic for anyone who was a teen in the 90s. Great soundtrack too. Made me miss the 90s even more.
Impending US/UK war with Iran
EvanG replied to AtariLegend's topic in ANYTHING GOES
It has nothing to do with that. Uhm... how to say this in English.... begrijpend lezen? Had je daar vroeger een goed cijfer voor in school? Ik denk dat het daar meer mee te maken heeft want volgens mij ben ik niet de enige die hier wel eens tegenaan loopt tijdens een discussie met jou... of moet ik U zeggen? ; )
Hahahahahahahaha... that's funny coming from you of all people.
EvanG replied to Dean's topic in MY WORLD
Cherry Grove - Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair
A show can still be entertaining and not everything has to make sense, but season 2 has so many plot holes that it's hard to take it seriously and kinda ruined it for me. Oh well.
John Frusciante returns to RHCP
EvanG replied to vloors's topic in MY WORLD
You're right. Although I believe that for The Getaway they used half of the songs they had written before and the ones where Danger Mouse got a song credit were written in the studio after they started working with him. Also, I could be wrong, but I can't imagine John wanting to do songs he wasn't involved in, just like he never wanted to play anything off One Hot Minute (which is a shame).
Nope. But I am curious if they are going to scratch all the songs they have been writing/recording with Josh and completely start over with John. Probably.
Still looking forward to the record with Josh that is supposed to come out in 2019.
Greta Thunberg's Groupie
EvanG replied to Axl's Agony Aunt's topic in ANYTHING GOES
Huh? No, I wasn't. That is something completely different. Forget it...


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Home » News » Lake Baikal Foundation at Eastern Economic Forum
Lake Baikal Foundation at Eastern Economic Forum
September 11-13, 2018 Vladivostok hosted the fourth Eastern Economic Forum. NGO Laboratory unfolded its work at the Forum. On the one hand, discussions in the Lab were the continuation of search for synergism between business, government and «third» sector like it was in Sochi and St. Petersburg, on the other hand, this search was extended with thematic blocks which are urgent for the host region.
In particular, there took place a session devoted to the topic «Marine Reserves and Sea Protected Areas. How to Protect the Seas of Russian Far East and World Ocean from Human Interference» and which was moderated by CEO of Lake Baikal Foundation Anastasia Tsvetkova. The following experts in water resources area talked about the importance of saving the seas and the oceans as well as about establishing marine reserves: Elena Zharkova, representative of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition; Vladimir Oschenko, senior lecturer at Far East Federal University; Vladimir Rakov, marine biologist; Vasily Bigislovsky, CEO of International Environmental Foundation «Clean Seas»; Olga Kharkova, manager of World Economic Forum project group «Clean Seas».
Far East public initiatives were discussed from environmental perspective at the Forum. NGO with different organization structure shared their opinion on animal protection and eco-education projects. The discussion was also moderated by the Head of Lake Baikal Foundation and gathered at the round table representatives of Interregional Public Organization of the disabled «Pilgrim»; «Youth in Government of Primorsky Krai»; Sakhalin regional public organization – Club «Boomerang»; Association «Pharmaceutical Community» and others.
Beside the importance of building the dialogue between the public, government and business, Anastasia Tsvetkova emphasized the necessity of strengthening the ties between NGOs themselves. The participants of NGO Lab agreed to develop cooperation, particularly between environmentalists and scientists, and support their colleagues in the «third» sector.
In conclusion of NGO Laboratory's business program Anastasia Tsvetkova participated in discussion about the role of women in socio-economic development. During the session the speakers Anna Akparova, assistant to Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation – Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far East Federal District; Viktoria Panova, pro-rector for international relations at Far East Federal University; CEO of Lake Baikal Foundation Anastasia Tsvetkova; Marina Subbota, Deputy Head of the Government of Kamchatsky Krai, discussed women's contribution to the development of industries and charity, the priority of professionalism combined with high level of emotional intellect which should be the base of career building backed up with women's solidarity.
Apart from sharing experience during discussions, the Foundation held a series of meetings devoted to development of its projects' map. CEO of Lake Baikal Foundation negotiated with representatives of Russian Reserve Centre; with Fyodor Konyukhov's Foundation «Green Planet» and with potential sponsors of lake Baikal Foundation.
Photo: Roskongress. Streaming from the Forum is available here.


Klong Dao is the first beach at the north of Koh Lanta. Just go to Saladan town and ask for directions. There are a couple of surfshops around. Head to Koh Lanta Watersports on the beach, and you have Lanta Paddlesports@slowdown, just beside Time for lime.
English (Traducir este texto en Español): Klong Dao is the first beach at the north of Koh Lanta. Just go to Saladan town and ask for directions. There are a couple of surfshops around. Head to Koh Lanta Watersports on the beach, and you have Lanta Paddlesports@slowdown, just beside Time for lime.
A few peaks along the beach - just pick your spot.
English (Traducir este texto en Español): A few peaks along the beach - just pick your spot.
Thailand doesnt have epic waves but this spot is good by local standards. The lifestyle on Lanta is laid back and the waves good fun.The best waves are from April to November with the peak swell being June and July. There are a few spots still to be surfed and can be accessed by longtail. Nothing in Dec, Jan, Feb - unless you like a few inches.But good for SUP.
English (Traducir este texto en Español): Thailand doesnt have epic waves but this spot is good by local standards. The lifestyle on Lanta is laid back and the waves good fun.The best waves are from April to November with the peak swell being June and July. There are a few spots still to be surfed and can be accessed by longtail. Nothing in Dec, Jan, Feb - unless you like a few inches.But good for SUP.
Good fun waves in an uncrowded beautiful spot. Coming into the main season they are excellent for beginners and those who just like to cruise.
English (Traducir este texto en Español): Good fun waves in an uncrowded beautiful spot. Coming into the main season they are excellent for beginners and those who just like to cruise.
Loved it! - Some nice waves here at Koh Lanta - Klong Dao beach, it can get rough after a good storm, but generally fun for all levels. Indeed the waves aren't epic, but sooooo much fun =) With Koh Lanta Watersports surfshop you'll be able to rent a board for all conditions and if there's no waves you can wind/kite surf as well! The people there are really great, they'll help you out with anything you need! Recommended!!!
Surfing Koh Lanta - Klong Dao Beach - Hi!
I visited Koh Lanta this year, which suprisingly, is a perfect spot for beginners. There is a left and right beach-break and no untertow. Furthermore, the beach and the sea is almost empty during low season (April-September), which are the best months for surfing.


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Barcelona buy W Cup biter Suarez
BARCELONA, July 11- Barcelona announced Friday they had struck a deal to sign Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Liverpool, sealing the transfer despite the uproar over him biting a World Cup rival.
Despite the furore that saw him sent home from the World Cup, Barcelona pushed ahead to sign the 27-year-old goalscorer reportedly on condition he apologise for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
"FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Luis Suarez," the Spanish club said in a statement on Friday.
The two clubs gave no details of the fee.
The player said a sad farewell to fans of the English club, whom he helped fire to second place in the Premier League last season, sending them into the Champions League.
"It is with a heavy heart that I leave Liverpool for a new life and new challenges in Spain," he said in a statement published by Liverpool.
"This club did all they could to get me to stay, but playing and living in Spain, where my wife's family live, is a lifelong dream and ambition. I believe now the timing is right."
The Spanish side said Suarez "will be travelling to Barcelona next week for a medical, to sign his five-year contract and to be officially presented to the media and fans as an FC Barcelona player."
– Prolific scorer –
Barca's new coach Luis Enrique is overhauling the squad after a disappointing season in which they narrowly failed to defend their Spanish league title.
Barcelona were seduced by the goalscoring record of Suarez, who was the top scorer in England's Premier League last season with 31 goals.
"Luis Suarez is one of the most productive strikers in European football," the club said.
"The fifteenth Uruguayan to play for FC Barcelona is not just a prolific scorer, he also has a strong competitive spirit and a powerful figure, and he's coming to Barca in search of even more."
Suarez bit Chiellini on June 24 in a 1-0 win over Italy which took Uruguay into the World Cup last 16 before they were knocked out by Colombia.
He was handed a four-month ban from all football activities, suspended from nine international matches and fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000).
It was the third time in his career he had been found guilty of biting an opponent.
He apologised for the bite in a Twitter message on June 30.
FIFA on Thursday dismissed appeals by Uruguay and Suarez over the ban but said he could still appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
If FIFA's ban is upheld, Suarez will not play football again until late October, well after the Spanish league restarts.
Barcelona on Thursday completed the sale of Chile's World Cup star Alexis Sanchez to Arsenal.
Suarez's signing furnishes the Catalan club with one of the most formidable strike forces in the world as he joins two other superstar forwards — Argentina's Lionel Messi and Brazil's Neymar.
Barcelona have said goodbye to stalwarts such as Carles Puyol, goalkeeper Victor Valdes and midfielder Cesc Fabregas who has gone to Chelsea, and have made a series of new signings.
These include two new goalkeepers, Claudio Bravo and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, and Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic.


We all know that CLE programs are boring and a chore to watch. But we're breaking the rules – a CLE program that's intentionally funny and (gasp) entertaining, yet somehow still informative. Actor, writer, producer and recovering lawyer, Mark Wooster, presents a humorous take on what lawyers should – and should not – do when they find out their client isn't playing by the rules. Using clips from some famous films about lawyers, Mark will illustrate the ethics rules that apply to lawyers caught between a rock – and a hard case. Reserve your seat today and we'll waive the two-drink minimum!


media which dictate what's cool and not.
beach and saw all those "normal" people in one place at the sametime.
slaughter. Delicious mind less cows.
I personally think that normalcy is relative and that rarely does anybody truly fall outside the realm of "normality" and into "abnormality".
I wonder if they will show that down here in Mexico.


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Santos separates the player in Legila; They announced it after they hit the tigers
Editorial Mediotiempo
TSM Stadium, Torreon / 26.11.2021 00:10:35
What was expected was a press conference his most impressions of win over tigers In the first stage of the quarter-finals, Guillermo Almada already served to announce A footballer separated from Santos Laguna due to lack of discipline.
Who is the player who broke up Santos?
Participant in eight matches in Opening 2021 In the regular stage, with a total of 567 minutes, the Dutch played three goals Alessio da Cruz will no longer play for SantosWhere his coach spoke of several violations of internal regulations, although he did not mention other details.
"I won't start listing, but there were several things, for sure We will no longer count on him. Alessio has been dismissed from the team "Because of the lack of discipline, it will certainly be a board decision, but we won't count on it anymore," said the Uruguay strategist.
As far as the game against UANL is concerned, Almada explained that the most important thing was victory And The face shown in the first picture, although he is restless because he believes that in the complement they have given up every initiative instead of pursuing a greater advantage.
"The important thing is to win. The second half we have to abandon ourselves "That was not the idea," said the Uruguayan helmsman, who has recovered from some players who have had injuries all season.
What time is the Vuelta del Tegres vs Santos match?
date: Sunday 28 November
Table: 6:00 pm from central Mexico
LocationUniversity of San Nicolas de los Garza stadium
What does tigris need to move forward? win by any mark
What does Santos need to move forward? win or draw
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Dirty floor with half eaten cookie from previous occupant.
Soiled blanket in the window.
Dirty lines on an unmade bed.
Hello is your pool open ? I am coming down from Nc tomorrow and am hoping it is. Also is early check in available? Thankyou.
There is no pool at this facility. Early check in is dicey,based on how many people were there the night before.I got there one time about 3:00 PM,and the room wasn't ready until well after 4:00 PM.
Have a wedding to attend at the Duncan Estate at 840 union street. What is the distance/driving time to that location? Thank you!
Is hotel in a safe area of town?
Yes,and we have security cameras on premises.Hope to see you soon.
How close are you to downtown Spartanburg? Need to attend SC Baptist Convention on E. Main. How far are we to travel?


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Home Tech News AI Paper Summary Understanding the perception of COVID-19 policies by Multi-language Tweets Dataset
Understanding the perception of COVID-19 policies by Multi-language Tweets Dataset
Short research paper summary with important resources
Asif Razzaq
The goal of this project is to explore popular discourse about the COVID-19 pandemic and policies implemented to manage it. The author explains how identification of common responses to the pandemic was done using Natural Language Processing (NLP), Text Mining, and Network Analysis using corpus of tweets that relate to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The paper also explains how information and misinformation were transmitted via Twitter, starting at the early stages of this pandemic. Finally this project introduces a dataset of tweets collected from all over the world, in multiple languages, dating back to January 22nd, when the total cases of reported COVID-19 were below 600 worldwide
The insights presented in this project can be very useful for data analysts and decision makers in the face of future pandemics.
The dataset repository contains an ongoing collection of tweet-IDs associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Github Dataset: https://github.com/lopezbec/COVID19_Tweets_Dataset
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.10359.pdf
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Music in Familiar Spaces: Two Months In
November 24, 2015 April 7, 2016 / Music in Familiar Spaces
By Michelle and Steuart Pincombe
We are about two months into the Music in Familiar Spaces project and so far there have been moments of "what on earth are we doing?", "wow, we're really doing this!" and everything in between. We are spending one year traveling the country in a 1959 travel trailer bringing the classical music experience at its highest level to familiar spaces like homes, cafés, churches and meeting places, even the local brewery.
We first got the idea for Music in Familiar Spaces while living in Netherlands, where we lived the last four years. Steuart was constantly traveling as a freelance musician, having incredible opportunities as a soloist and chamber musician. But we were getting tired of the skype marriage and he was tired of living out of a suitcase. So we decided to move back to the U.S. and start something together, something we really care about: connecting with people through music. We spent about a year and a half thinking about and planning for Music in Familiar Spaces, and it's exciting (and a bit terrifying) to get started.
Our tour route was planned based on friends and family around the country who could connect us with their communities. With a non-existent publicity budget, no agents, no managers (except for Michelle), we are relying on grassroots support to build our audience. Steuart has designed programs specifically meant to engage and attract audiences of all backgrounds, and we're playing in places where community already exists. Most of the concerts so far have been a success with an eclectic and enthusiastic audience, supporting us with what they have (concerts are name-your-ticket-price), and committing to spread the word to their friends in other cities. We've also learned a lot about the types of venues to book, scheduling, and communicating with all sorts of people. We live in an amazingly diverse country, and it's been fun learning about how different communities engage with live music.
Just last week we played a Bach & Beer concert at brewery in Nashville, parked at a family farm and played in their barn in Knoxville, and then headed to South Carolina for concerts in a café and another in a brewery. From here we're off to Georgia, Alabama and Texas, and that's just the next month! We would love to connect with you while we're on this tour. From recommending venues, telling your friends about the concerts, suggesting good media contacts, to letting us park in your driveway, there are lots of ways for you to be involved! Please check out our website, plus where we're going, and an updated list on all the ways you can get involved!
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Curious as to whether the new environmental evaluation program announced by Catherine McKenna yesterday in any way addresses some of the points raised in this article from last year?
My understanding is that yes, it does, at least in principle. One of the new criteria announced yesterday was to assess if a project affects Canada's ability to meet our Paris climate agreement commitments. If this is done rigorously and transparently, it could address some of our concerns. However, I have not dug deep enough into the proposed new system to answer your question. And I suspect we may not be able to answer it completely until we see more details and perhaps examples of how the new system works.


I was so honored to be at Adeline's birth last December (click here to see her birth story), and then a couple of weeks later I got to see this sweet family again and capture their new life with a baby. It's incredible how much babies change in such a short amount of time!
I also got to meet furry big brother Toby, who absolutely loved my camera and was posing for me the whole time.
There was so much love and tenderness at this session, it just melts my heart.


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I would like to get the two volumes of Boucher reviews. I'm almost certain it was you who mentioned them and gave us a link. I searched the 2003 archives for Boucher, but didn't find it. Could you please give me the link for them?