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Artechno Growsystems newcomer to Hillenraad100
On Friday, Nov. 4, the Hillenraad100 was announced at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag. This year's list of the one hundred leading Dutch (greenhouse) horticulture companies is completed with Artechno Growsystems as a newcomer. Due to the sector's challenges, a content-based meeting was chosen for the announcement: the Hillenraad Horti Convention. The central theme was the dilemma between individuality and collectivity.
Artechno Growsystems as the newcomer
"Artechno Growsystems has the guts to take this step forward. The De Lier-based company shows great promise with its solutions for the relatively new field of Vertical Farming. The AVF+ Factory enables the grower to create the exact growing conditions needed for maximum growth, production, and harvest predictability. This technology is just on the market, and Hillenraad considered it important for a specialized player to be part of the leading Hillenraad100. The fact that Artechno is pushing forward is evident from multiple big orders being completed in 2023, nationally and internationally. The new and experienced CEO, Marco van der Velden, will focus on expanding the global position of the Artechno Group, the further standardization of products, and the realization of the move to an extra location in Maasdijk. We will follow this newcomer with interest." Says Anita Bassie of Hillenraad100.
Artechno Growsystems has gone through many different innovations this year. These include doubling the Artechno team, optimizing various products, launching a new website, and planning the relocation to larger premises next year. The first quotation in the Hillenraad100 is a recognition of the company and the steps Artechno Growsystems has taken this year. Artechno team is proud and will continue the strides in individuality and collectivity in the future.
Internationalizing Artechno
Internationalization is a clear trend among the Hillenraad top 100 companies. Artechno is happy to participate in this trend. The company is present at many different major international trade shows. In January 2022, it opened its doors to its second international branch, Dubai. Together with the United States office, it forms our focus points for the international target market.
Hillenraad100 companies
Companies in the Hillenraad top 100 are true innovators in sustainability, with a combined turnover of 12.43 billion euros. This is a 17.5% increase compared to 2019. This increase shows that there is still plenty of room in (greenhouse) horticulture to continue innovating, increasing sustainability, and digitizing.
Photo Courtesy of Artechno


Our three ScanPro 3000 microfilm readers have just received a major upgrade - with new software and better hardware. You can now easily produce scans of Archival Quality in ultra high definition with a massive increase in camera optical resolution – a jump from 6.6 megapixel to 26 megapixels – a four-fold increase!! And the new software can easily and rapidly produce searchable PDF plus it has tons of useful features. This useful video covers the new ScanPro 3000.
Microform Room - located on the ground floor of the Main Library. Take a right when you enter the library and it's on the right just after the book returns area.
Microform Room - Located on the Ground Floor.


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How to Convert a Percentage to a Fraction
Converting a Percentage to a Fraction
A percentage can be converted to a fraction.
Converting a percentage to a fraction is easy. Write the percentage as the top number of the fraction, 100 as the bottom number and then simplify the fraction.
What is 20% as a fraction?
Write the percentage (20) as the top number of a fraction (called the numerator).
Write 100 as the bottom number of the fraction (called the denominator).
Simplify the fraction if possible. The fraction in our example can be simplified by dividing both top and bottom by 20.
20% converted to a fraction is 1⁄5.
The slider below gives another example of converting a percentage to a fraction.
What is a percentage? What is a fraction? What is a numerator? What is a denominator? Simplifying fractions
Here's a second test on converting a percentage to a fraction
Here's a third test on converting a percentage to a fraction
What Is a Percentage?
A percentage expresses a part of a whole number as parts out of 100.
"Per cent" means "per 100" or "out of 100".
A percentage is shown by the symbol %.
What Is a Fraction?
Fractions consist of a numerator and a denominator.
The denominator tells you how many equal parts the whole is divided into, and the numerator tells you how many of these parts there are.

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Sunday specials will include $20 cocktail jugs to keep you and your mates satiated for the day/night. Easter Sunday at The Cauliflower Hotel will see a range of international acts, live bands and DJ's playing some soulful, dance beats. Think along the lines of Reggae, Riddim, Dub, Roots, Dancehall and Jamaican island vibes.
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CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES. CATHEDRAL OF ST STEPHEN. Christmas Eve: 6.00pm; 8.00pm; 12 midnight Cathedral of St Stephen Brisbane, 3324 3011 Mass times → Watch LIVE! Tune in and enjoy a live web cast of the 10am Sunday Mass, as well as other special events in the life of the church, from the Cathedral of St Stephen. Live web cast.
The Lions Club is also hosting their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 27th at 1pm at Lipman Middle School. Little kids (5 years and younger) will be on the soccer field and big kids (6 and older) will be behind Lipman.
Join in the biggest Easter egg hunt in Brisbane with over 6,000 eggs up for grabs at Easter Waterworld Sunday. This family friendly event also includes live music, children's rides and Water World Central – Australia's first mobile waterpark.
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ICYMI, Easter Sunday is falling on April 1st in 2018. Whatever higher power enforces the elusive and confusing date of Easter has decided to shock us all by making it extra early this year.
In the year 2038, Anzac Day will coincide with Easter Sunday. Australia Day. Nationally, Australia Day was originally celebrated on 30 July 1915 . Recorded celebrations of the 26 January date back to 1808 in Australia, and in 1818, Governor Lachlan Macquarie held the first official celebration of Australia Day.
Brisbane Hotels; Brisbane Airport Accommodation; Albert Street Church Easter Services . On Good Friday we will be commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ with a morning service. Easter Sunday will see the celebration of the resurrection of Christ with numerous services.
Easter Sunday Brunch Events Australia @ > Brisbane > 4/ 1 > Easter Sunday Brunch ⇒ Contacts, Hours, Map, Informations and details.
> April in Brisbane & Queensland. April in Brisbane & Queensland. School holidays, Easter and ANZAC Day. 1 April 2018 – Easter Sunday – Public Holiday; 2 April 2018 – Easter Monday These events are in the order that they have been posted - not in date order.
Easter Sunday – Day of the Lord's Rising Easter Sunday - Day of the Lord's Rising - Archdiocese of Brisbane The completion of the Easter Triduum – the celebration of Easter Day is reflected in the liturgy of Easter Sunday Mass.
When Is Divine Mercy Sunday In This and Other Years?
Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast instituted by Pope Saint John Paul II, is celebrated every year on the Octave of Easter. How Is the Date of Divine Mercy Sunday Determined? The Octave of Easter is the eighth day of Easter, or, in other words, the Sunday after Easter Sunday .
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Public Holidays: Queensland observed the following public holidays in the year 2018.
Easter egg hunts have long been a tradition on Easter Sunday morning and are arguably the most anticipated part of all Easter 10 Fun Things to do at Easter with Kids Easter doesn't just have to be about indulging in chocolate on Easter Sunday.
Lots of things to do in Brisbane including festivals, music, community events, attractions, walks, and picnic spots.
Sunday is a unique day of the week and holds a special place in the hearts of people. For over 100 years the Sunday Mail has been an integral part of the weekend leisure time and a trusted information source for the people of South Australia.
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is a holiday in some countries. Easter Monday in the Western Christian liturgical calendar is the second day of Eastertide and analogously in the Byzantine Rite is the second day of Bright Week.


The Transylvania County Solid Waste Department provides a means for the citizens of Transylvania County to properly dispose of the trash they generate in their daily lives. The department operates a comprehensive waste management program that provides areas for disposal and encourages recycling and waste reduction. The challenge is to provide low cost, efficient service while ensuring adequate capacity and environmental protection.
Solid Waste currently has 17 full time and 2 part time employees that operate four collection centers and one sanitary landfill. The equipment operators make sure that the materials brought to the landfill are properly disposed of and that the recyclable materials are transported to the proper locations. Our mechanic maintains the machines and trucks necessary for accomplishing these tasks. The site attendants and scale operators help citizens put their materials in the right place and collect the necessary fees. The office assistant keeps supplies ordered, pays the bills and answers numerous phone calls. Our litter pick up program utilizes community service workers in a never ending attempt to keep our roadsides clean.
The collection centers are located at Calvert, See Off Road, Pisgah Forest, and Woodruff Road.
The purpose of the collection centers is to provide homeowners a convenient place to drop off their household garbage and recyclables. Our pay-as-you-throw program encourages people to reduce the amount of waste they generate and increase the amount of waste they recycle. Customers are charged for the garbage they throw away but there is no charge for sorted recyclable materials.
On average, more than 800 customers use the collection centers daily. The Pisgah Forest center gets the most traffic and is open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday through Saturday. See Off Road and Woodruff Rd are open from 8:00 to 4:00 Monday through Saturday. Calvert Rd is open Tuesday,Thursday, and Saturday 8am-4pm . Commercial customers are asked to bring their loads to the landfill.
The landfill is located on Woodruff Road outside of Rosman. Its hours of operation are 8:00 to 4:00 Monday through Saturday. Homeowners with large, loose loads and commercial and construction customers can bring their loads across our drive thru scales. Most of these are large trucks. Loads coming to the landfill must be secured so no debris will blow out of the vehicle. Tarps are the best way to accomplish this. The Household Hazardous Waste collection center and the electronics recycling program are also located at the landfill.
The employees of the Transylvania County Solid Waste Department work hard to provide our citizens a safe, clean and efficient method to deal with their trash. We strive to be good stewards of the environment by protecting ground water and surface water. We aid in litter pick-up and control and work to stop illegal dumping.
Our county commissioners and planners have had the foresight to plan for the future disposal needs of the county. Many counties are having to ship garbage to large regional landfills at great expense. We have the property and equipment to continue operations for many years.
If there is inclement weather call 828-884-6830 for details on closings of collection centers or landfill.
HHW drop offs are accepted at the Woodruff Landfill, Monday-Saturday from 8:00 am-4:00 pm. HHW is only accepted at Landfill from residents of Transylvania County. NO BUSINESS WASTE will be accepted (this includes home-based businesses).
Materials that will be accepted include pesticides, weed killers, bug sprays, used motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, kerosene, motor and recyclable batteries. Materials that will not be accepted include liquid paint, regulated-medical wastes, industrial or business waste, explosives or unknowns. All containers must be labeled. If you have questions, please call (828) 884-6830.
TV's should be taken to the Woodruff Landfill. The charge for disposal is $15 per unit. Computers, printers, and monitors will be accepted for free.
Transylvania County accepts the following recyclable materials free of charge.
All items will be marketed so certain quality standards must be met. Items must be clean, free of contaminants and sorted properly at our collection centers.
B) Mixed paper-includes magazines, junk mail, cereal boxes (remove plastic liner), paperback books, phone books, office paper, Accepted at all locations. No paper towels, napkins, or coated paper.
C) Glass Bottles- green, brown and clear bottles are accepted at all locations. Please rinse. No pane glass, plates, drinking glasses or light bulbs.
D) Plastic Bottles- #1 PETE and #2 HDPE bottles (they must have a neck) are accepted at all locations. Please Rinse. No motor oil, pesticide, or antifreeze bottles. No butter tubs, yogurt or sour cream containers, no plastic cups or bowls. No cake or pastry containers. No flower pots.
E) Steel food cans-labels can be left on. Please rinse. Accepted at all locations.
F) Aluminum beverage cans- No foil or pie pans. Please rinse. Accepted at all locations.
G) Cardboard- dry, corrugated, flattened cardboard boxes. No pizza or wax coated food boxes because of contamination. All locations.
H) Tires- up to 5 car tires without rims accepted free at Woodruff Landfill.
I) Appliances- refrigerators, stove, hot water heaters, washer and dryers, dishwashers, freezers, and air conditioners are accepted free at Woodruff Landfill. There is no charge for microwaves, toaster ovens, dehumidifiers and other small kitchen appliances.
J) Batteries- Automotive batteries are accepted at no charge at Woodruff, Calvert and Pisgah Forest. Small rechargeable batteries are also accepted at all locations at no charge. Non-rechargeable alkaline batteries should be placed with household garbage.
K) Used motor oil, oil filters and antifreeze- accepted at Woodruff, Calvert and Pisgah Forest.
Liquid Paint- paint must be dried. Open lid and let dry or add kitty litter or sawdust and then dispose of dried paint in household garbage.
Aluminum Cans- Recycle them at our collection centers.
Plastic Beverage Containers- have been banned from landfilling and should be recycled.
Used Motor Oil- put in collection drums at Pisgah Forest, Calvert and Woodruff.
Leaves and yard waste- should be composted. The landfill accepts limbs and untreated wood debris but not leaves.
The landfill is located on Woodruff Road southwest of Rosman. The entrance is off Highway 64 just past the Mitchell-Bissel Plant. Loads must be moved in a manner that the contents will not leak or spill and shall be covered to keep contents dry and to prevent blowing of material. When you get to the main building pull onto the scales and the scale operator will ask to see your drivers license and will ask what type of materials you have. You will then be directed where to dispose of them. After unloading drive back on the scales to weigh out and pay, if necessary.
Transylvania County operates under a user fee program. Residents pay for the trash they generate. You can reduce your cost by recycling and reducing the amount of trash you generate. At the landfill, trash, scrap lumber and shingles cost $60 a ton to dispose of. Unpainted block, unpainted concrete and asphalt cost $20 a ton. Brush, untreated and unpainted lumber and yard waste costs $20 a ton. Stumps and dirt costs $20.00 a ton. There is a $5.00 minimum charge at the landfill. There is no charge for scrap metal recycling.
The collection centers at Connestee, Calvert and Pisgah Forest are designed to accommodate bagged household waste. Orange fee paid stickers are available at the centers for $1.50. Sheets of bag stickers (5/sheet) may be purchased in quantity of 4 sheets for $25.00 (a savings of $5.00!). One sticker is to be placed around the neck of each bag of trash. The weight limit for the bags is thirty pounds. There is no charge for recyclable materials. Cash or checks are the only acceptable forms of payment. No credit or debit cards are accepted.
Contractors, haulers and others who use the landfill frequently can apply to open a credit account at the landfill. Applications are available from the County Finance Office. Qualified applicants will be assigned a customer and vehicle identification number. Billing statements are mailed out at the end of each month.Fees for commercial solid waste haulers are additional.
1. Where is the landfill?
500 Howell Road, Brevard, NC 28712 WARNING: GPS is not always accurate.
Take Hwy 64 west out of Brevard. Go past the exits for Rosman and Balsam Grove. There is a manufacturing plant called Mitchell-Bissel on the left. The entrance to the landfill is just past the plant on the left. There are signs. The road is Woodruff Road.
2. When are you open?
The landfill is open from 8:00 to 4:00 Monday through Saturday.
The Pisgah Forest Collection Center is open 7:00 to 7:00 Monday through Saturday.
The Calvert Collection Center is open 8:00 to 4:00 Tuesday,Thursday, and Saturday.
The Connestee Collection Center is open 8:00 to 4:00 Monday through Saturday.
3. How much does it cost to take things to the landfill?
Regular trash or Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) costs $60.00 a ton. This includes garbage, roofing materials, treated or painted lumber, painted block and concrete, plywood, laminates, pressboard, carpets, furniture, wet cardboard and wet paper, dirty plastic bottles and cans, dried up paint, and drywall.
Small appliances including microwaves, toasters, blenders, vacuum cleaners, etc. along with scrap metal and other items such as wire will be handled at NO charge if separated from other trash bound for the landfill. These items will be deposited into the scrap metal box at Woodruff Landfill at the direction of scale operator.
Unpainted concrete, unpainted block and brick, asphalt and untreated lumber costs $20.00 a ton.
Tree limbs and stumps cost $20.00 a ton.
The first 5 tires are free. Any over 5 are $2.00 each. Tires on rims are $2.75 each. Truck tires without certification are $3.00 each. Tractor tires without certification are $100.00/ton. Call for quote on large tires. Tires with dirt that have been excavated are subject to rejection. All tires should be cleaned without water prior to arrival at Woodruff facility.
TV's are $15.00 each. No charge for any other electronics from households.
There is a $5.00 minimum at the landfill.
4. How much does it cost to take things to the collection centers?
Connestee, Calvert and Pisgah Forest accept bagged household garbage only. You must buy a sticker for $1.50 for each bag. Recyclable items are accepted free of charge. Anyone wanting to dispose of unbagged waste or desiring to pay by weight should come to the Woodruff Landfill. The scale attendant will direct customer after arrival.
5. What can be recycled?
B) Mixed paper-includes magazines, junk mail, cereal boxes (remove plastic liner), paperback books, phone books, office paper, and toothpaste and tissue boxes. Accepted at all locations. No paper towels, napkins, or coated paper.
D) Plastic Containers- Only food, beverage, personal care and household plastic bottles. (Exception: NO black microwavable trays and NO Styrofoam) Please Rinse. No motor oil, pesticide, or antifreeze containers.
H) Tires- up to 5 tires without rims accepted free at Woodruff Landfill.
Landfill. There is no charge for microwaves, toaster ovens, dehumidifiers and other small kitchen appliances.
J) Batteries- Automotive batteries are accepted at Woodruff, Calvert and Pisgah Forest. Small rechargeable batteries are accepted at all locations.
Non-rechargeable batteries should be placed with household garbage.
K) Used motor oil, oil filters and antifreeze accepted at Woodruff, Calvert and Pisgah Forest.
Plastics: Only food, beverage, personal care and household plastic containers. (Exception: NO black microwavable trays and NO Styrofoam). Any containers previously containing motor oil or pesticides should be directed to trash. These items cannot be recycled at this time.
Shredded paper (place in paper bag with top rolled down).
NO Styrofoam (even if it has a triangle on it).
NO dishes, cookware, drinking glasses, light bulbs, pane glass or mirror glass.


Golden Griffon Stringtet. An acoustic, instrumental, Square Dance and Contra Dance Band from southeast Michigan featuring the hammered dulcimer, fiddle, guitar and bass.
with back up from bass and rhythm guitar.
Ruffwater Stringband. Performance schedule of Music Concerts and Folk Dances performed throughout southeastern Michigan. 2003 marked their 25th Anniversary.
Picks N'Sticks Stringband. A complete acoustial entertainment package. A mixture of acoustical folk, swing, traditional, light pop, western, country, jazz, bluegrass, oldies, and ethnic tunes that captivates audiences of all genres.
The Ark. Ann Arbor's best-known Folk Concert Venue. 2005 marks the 40th Anniversary of The Ark.
Village Strings. An acoustic group from southeast Michigan featuring hammered dulcimers, guitars, fiddle, banjo, mountain dulcimer, mandolin, penny whistle, concentina. helftone base, bodhrán and harmonicas. They play traditional, Celtic, and Irish music.
Vintage Stringband. Vintage Strings of Michigan is an eclectic group of southeast Michigan musicians bound together mainly by their passion for playing music together and their desire to share their musical joy with others. They play old-time, Celtic (Irish, Scottish), and other types of tunes with an interesting blend of hammered dulcimers, fiddles, vocals, guitars, banjo, penny whistle, harmonicas and bass.


The first article in this two-part series, Understanding and Implementing the HC-12 Wireless Transceiver Module, uses the HC-12 to create long-distance data transmission between two Arduino Unos. This article uses a pair of HC-12 transceivers, a GPS module, an Arduino, and Google Maps to create a very simple tracking device.
Part one of this two-part series discussed the HC-12 transceiver module and described how to hook it up to an Arduino and a power source.
In this article, we will create a remote GPS receiver that can be used to track nearby items without using a cellular network.
For further information on the transceiver module, please see the HC-12 datasheet (PDF).
The Global Positioning System (GPS) allows users to accurately determine the location of objects on or above the surface of the Earth. Both of the GPS receivers listed at the top of this article transmit National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) sentences that provide information that includes latitude and longitude, altitude, time, bearing, speed, and a great many other variables at 9600 baud.
The HC-12s can transmit the information from a GPS receiver with no additional programming or circuitry.
You can transmit GPS coordinates to remote locations with as little as a GPS receiver, an HC-12 transceiver, and a battery. Remotely transmitted coordinates would have to be received by another HC-12 transceiver and then processed with a microcontroller or computer.
A simple setup such as the one above would allow you to create a small remote object tracker; it will alert you if the object leaves a predefined area, and then you will have a certain amount of time to track the object before the transmitter goes out of range. You could use this with a vehicle, a pet, or even—if you are concerned about theft—the giant pumpkin that you are growing for the state fair.
If you are in an area with clear line of sight, the transmitters will broadcast up to one kilometer, which is a 15-minute walk (or 5-minute run). The maximum range in urban areas will decrease but should remain adequate to alert you if your luggage is leaving the train station without you, or let you know where your dog ventures when he escapes from your yard.
We can refine this project by passing the GPS data to an Arduino instead of directly to the HC-12. Then, only selected strings can be transmitted to the HC-12. This is useful if you want to increase the range of the HC-12 communication by decreasing the over-the-air baud rate.
The $16 SparkFun GPS module has a default transmission rate of 9600 baud, and this corresponds to an over-the-air rate of 15000 baud. Sending the 9600 baud GPS data to the Arduino and then transmitting only selected information to the HC-12 at 2400 baud will reduce the over-the-air rate to 5000 baud. According to the datasheet, this improves receiver sensitivity by at most 5 dB, which provides a modest increase in range.
The SparkFun GPS receiver provides six sentences at 9600 baud: GPRMC, GPVTG, GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, and GPGLL.
The GPS shield from Adafruit, which is significantly more expensive, can be programmed to transmit select sentences at all standard baud rates.
This is an example data transmission from the receiver to an Arduino. You can decode your own strings with this online tool.
RMC (recommended minimum information), GGA (3D location and accuracy), and GLL (latitude and longitude) all include latitude, longitude, and time. GGA provides altitude, and GSA provides the dilution of precision of the reading (lower numbers indicate greater precision).
The following program is backward-compatible with the two programs presented in part one. It reads the NMEA sentences sent by the GPS to the Arduino, discards all but the selected sentence, and transmits the selected sentence to a remote Arduino when requested. It works with either the SparkFun GPS receiver or the Adafruit GPS logger shield, as shown below. This program allows users to remotely "ping" distant transceivers to determine their location.


Spondylus Lodge is a fresh, open space which to travel, work and play come together.
Commonly referred to as "heaven on earth", Ayampe´s seemingly endless stretch of soft sand, green jungle fauna and unique boytique boho designs serve as the perfect setting for surfers, beach-goers, yogis, adventurers, digital nomads and general lovers-of-life to assemble in pure tranquillity and bliss.
With our Spondylus Lodge in the mix, this setting seems even more surreal than ever! Located in Ayampe close to the beach, complete with an outdoor jacouzzi and water sports galore this jaw dropping setting is the perfect place to enjoy life in its be achy glory.
Here we go out of our way to help you experience all the awesome activities Ayampe has to offer. Whether you want to hike up the green hills or explore the colibri-hike we´ve got you covered. Enjoy local cuisine and a refreshing drink after a day of surfing or soaking in the sun.


Angela and John Hinchcliffe started making their signature contemporary chainmaille jewellery 11 years ago. They collaborate on the design and making of each piece drawing their inspiration from both traditional and decorative chainmaille weaves. Using these ancient techniques, they create precious and non-precious metal jewellery for men and women.
In 2016 they were commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, to create a range of chain maille jewellery inspired by their collection. They regularly take part and exhibit at some of the UK's top art and craft shows and have been featured in British Vogue magazine.


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Q: What is the best practice for accessing Bigtable from streaming dataflow I need to access the bigtable in one of the transformation from streaming dataflow job.As per my knowledge there are two ways :
1) we can create the conneciton to bigtable from startBundle method of DoFn and access data from bigtable in processElement method.In this approach  dataflow sdk create the new connection to Bigtable every time new element come in stream.
2) Create the bigtable connection at the time transformation obj creation and use that in processElement method, but dataflow sdk creates the obj, serialize it and recreate it in worker node, so Is the connection  still active in worker node? or  In streaming mode is it good to have open bigtable connection for longer period?
Or is there any another efficient way to achieve this.
Thanks.

A: AbstractCloudBigtableTableDoFn maintains the connection in the most optimal way we could think of, which is essentially a singleton per VM.  It has a getConnection() method which will allow you to access a Connection in a managed way.
FWIW, the class is in the bigtable-hbase-dataflow project and not the DataflowSDK.

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NBC Olympics
As a part of the millenial generation, I, like many of my peers do not watch traditional broadcast television. I am not merely a cord cutter, I am a cord never. At no point in my adult life have I had cable or satellite service. Hell, I haven't even had an antenna for the past 5 years.
I've long said that if content companies deliver the content I want via the medium I want that I would pay for it. HBO did exactly what I wanted with HBO Now. They delivered a rock-solid streaming-only platform on all the devices I wanted at the price I was willing to pay. Most companies have yet to figure out that the HBO Now model is precisely what we want.
It is unsurprising then that NBC didn't figure any of this out for the Olympics, as Brenton Harry noted on Medium yesterday.
On Friday of last week, Bloomberg wrote an insulting piece outlining the viewership stumbling blocks that NBC has faced with the 2016 Olympics in Rio, particularly with the coveted 18–49 age block which dropped 25%. Ok, so way more than Millennials, but I'll continue to read. The article goes on to loosely blame the regulars like Snapchat and Netflix, with very little (read: none) criticism at NBC's presentation of the Olympics themselves, from the actual coverage, to the user experience of the platforms.
Bloomberg is careful to note that NBC has made this Olympics a blowout, featuring more content than ever before. They even 'allowed' Buzzfeed to run NBC's Snapchat:
From Bloomberg:
NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus said the network has a plan to profit from its Olympics investment, by giving people more options. This year, for example, the network put more than 6,000 hours of coverage online and allowed BuzzFeed to run its Olympics Snapchat channel.
Sure, yeah, allowing a modern-day media company like Buzzfeed to integrate into your programming is a smart move to incline millenials to view your content, but they still fail to realize that the platforms themselves aren't up to my generation's standards.
In Harry's response to Bloomberg, he notes the various ways he attempted to view the opening ceremony in Rio: Apple TV (including the NBC Sports and NBC apps), the web, and finally over the air. With both internet-based platforms Harry was greeted with several layers of authentication, all requesting that he be tied to a cable company of some sort. When he was able to finally watch over the air, there were ads after ads after ads, all interrupting the ceremony. Whenever he could watch the ceremony it was filled with commentary appealing to only the lowest common denominator.
After sitting through the same Nationwide and Chevy spots as I had just 10 minutes ago, we come back to the ceremony, and even though we're watching the Mountain Standard Time delay feed, we've missed parts of the ceremony. We had just settled back into the rhythm of the presentation, when it's back to commercials. It's roughly the same ones we just saw, and again we return with time having passed in the ceremony, dropping us back in wherever NBC saw fit. It wasn't until NBC cut out of "The History of Brazil" piece for yet another commercial break that I finally just turned the TV off.
Even when he was able to reliably watch the games over the air the directing was awful.
[We] sat and watched the Swimming and Gymnastics primetime presentation. It opened with Simone Biles and Co., but then, despite being filmed earlier in the day, inexplicably goes from the earlier rounds of Gymnastics to Swimming. Hours pass before we finally get to see the resolution to those Gymnastics rounds, even though Simone Biles and Michael Phelps both easily served as headlines for Primetime.
In short, NBC is serving badly directed programming and refuses to acknowledge and fully server any of the methods my generation uses to consume content. One of the very first things any broadcast or journalism student will learn is that the medium is the message.
"If that happens, my prediction would be that millennials had been in a Facebook bubble or a Snapchat bubble and the Olympics have come, and they didn't know it."
We knew the Olympics were going on. Sure there's a bubble that we live in, but if you want us to view your content, you've got to bring it into the bubble. NBC serves a crap product using an archaic technology, then wonders why an entire generation fails to consume it. There's a reason why my content consumption is limited to HBO Now, Hulu, and Netflix: they are the only ones who get it.
Bloomberg and NBC want to blame the audience for not participating in their content the way they expected them to. But if the results were not what they expected, perhaps they should consider that maybe the problem is with the product.
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The goal of NEMES is to explore and improve the utility and modeling of vessel traffic as an indicator of noise to enable government, industry and individuals, make better decisions to mitigate marine noise impacts in Canadian waters. NEMES was funded by MEOPAR in April 2014 (Cycle I). In April 2017, MEOPAR granted NEMES two more years on funding until March 2019 (Cycle II).
1. The Amundsen Gulf (Cycle I and II), is a shipping route bottleneck in the Arctic where potential conflicts between shipping and marine mammals are expected to increase.
2. The Salish Sea (Cycle I and II), a heavily trafficked area in the south east of Canada's Pacific Ocean, which is facing increased vessel traffic due to Vancouver's port expansion.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A young member of California's only known gray wolf pack has left the state and ventured into Oregon, wildlife officials said.
The male wolf, dubbed LAS13M, traveled to Lake County, Oregon, in early October and has remained there, according to a July-through-September report from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The wolf was a member of the Lassen Pack first spotted in 2017. The wolves are only the second pack spotted in far Northern California since the species went extinct there in 1924.
A pack of seven wolves was seen in Shasta County in 2015 but vanished within a year.
Gray wolves were eradicated in California early in the last century because of their perceived threat to livestock. Their reappearance in the state has riled ranchers, who say wolves have preyed on their livestock on public or private land.
Wolves are protected under California's Endangered Species Act. The federal Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to delist gray wolves as an endangered species and is expected to finalize that rule this week, Amaroq Weiss, a senior West Coast wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement Wednesday.
"Ordinarily we'd be celebrating the news that California wolves are traveling into other states, because that helps expand a healthy gene pool," Weiss said. "But wolf recovery still has a long way to go in the Golden State, and the impending loss of federal protection will pose grave challenges to the future of wolves throughout the West."


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Since 2008 he became supervisor of the postgraduate clinical fellowship pediatric rheumatology and since 2009 head of pediatric immunology and rheumatology. In 2014, he was appointed as head of pediatric Rheumatology, Immunology, hematology and infectious diseases.
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Everything that has taken place thus far in the NFL preseason has got me more ready for this to get going than anything. From the Jets on Hard Knocks to Cowboys and a home Super Bowl looming. From the rookies impressing like New Englands Aaron Hernandez to San Diego's Ryan Mathews. From the return of legend Bret Favre to the emergence of Aaron Rodgers, this NFL season continues to get more and more promising and what better way than to give you our take on the championship possiblities. If you bet on sports it's that time.
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The Real Deal Group:
Baltimore Ravens It isn't just hype. Even with the injuries to the Ravens secondary, their defense still has bite and can get after the quarterback. Rookie defensive tackle Terrence Cody has made great strides through one preseason game. Recording five tackles, Cody controlled the middle of the defensive line and gave the Ravens reason to believe he's going to be an impact rookie in this league. However, for the first year in a long time it's the Ravens new high potent offense that should raise eyebrows. Bringing in a veteran playmaker in receiver Anquan Boldin gives the Ravens offense playoff experience and a huge target for 3rd year quarterback Joe Flacco to look for. After five seasons of 1,000+ yards receiving, Boldin is out of the shadow of top flight Arizona wideout Larry Fitzgerald. Throw in a little of 1,300 yard rusher Ray Rice and a splash of veterans Derek Mason and Todd Heap and the Ravens offense is off and running. The Real Deal. Yes I'm a betting man!
Indianapolis Colts Till Peyton Manning walks off into the sunset, the Indianapolis Colts are the real deal. At 33 Manning posted his best statistical year since his record setting season in 2004 en route to grabbing his fourth NFL MVP in 2009. Coming up short in the Super Bowl against the New Orleans Saints the Colts should be returning with an added incentive in 2010. Manning will get another weapon back in his high potent offense this coming season, receiver Anthony Gonzalez who missed all of 2009 due to injury after a productive first two seasons in the league. More important than Gonzalez, the Colts should expect to get the oft-injured, smash hitting safety Bob Sanders back. Sanders will try to return and stay healthy after missing a ton of games in the last couple seasons including 14 last year. Bottom line, the Colts have averaged 13-wins a season for each of the last five seasons, what else do we need to know? The Real Deal.
Green Bay Packers That's right, include The Pack. The NFL's second rated defense a season ago is back. Led by linebackers A.J. Hawk, Nick Barnett, and Clay Matthews the Packer defense is something to be reckoned with. With veterans Charles Woodson and Al Harris the Packer defense was tops amongst the league in takeaways a season ago. In his second year at the helm of the Green Bay defense, coordinator Dom Capers has a load of talent to work with including the previously mentioned and second year player nose tackle B.J. Raji. Then there is the offense, bulking up by drafting Iowa's Bryan Bulaga, the Packers will try to improve on the amount of times they let quarterback Aaron Rodgers end up on his back. Between Donald Driver, Greg Jennings and running back Ryan Grant, Rodgers should have plenty of options to turn to again the Packer offense. Last season Rodgers came into his own setting career highs in both touchdown passes and yards passed, all the while dropping his interceptions total nearly in half. Expect huge things from the Packers in 2010.
New Orleans Saints In my humble opinion, the Saints are a tough call. I didn't expect much from them last season and they won the Super Bowl. How do I keep them out of the front runners now? The Super bowl Champs were led by Pro-Bowl Safety Darren Sharper who picked off 9 passes last season and of course All-World quarterback Drew Brees. Brees was picked off only 11 times en route to a 4,388 yard passing season which included 34 touchdown passes. Nothing more impressive than his postseason numbers in which he recorded 8 touchdown passes, an average of 24 completions with nearly 250 yards per game, mistake free. Behind offensive guru and head coach Sean Payton, the Brees/Payton combination has taken flight and rarely looks back. After week 1 against Minnesota, the Saints don't see a 2009 playoff team till week 5 and thats against the new look Cardinals under the direction of Matt Leinart. After week 12 when the Saints square off against the Dallas Cowboys, the defending champs will have seen just two playoff quarterbacks, Favre and Romo. Can you spell repeat?
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New England Patriots Read this, the Patriots are sleeping giants. Go ahead, read it again. The Patriots are sleeping giants. With rookie tight end Aaron Hernandez, the Patriots have gone ahead and added another offensive weapon with tremendous hands to quarterback Tom Brady's arsenal, an arsenal which seems to be getting healthier and healthier every day. With Wes Welker, less than a year removed from knee surgery, and Randy Moss, Brady returns with weapons he is very familiar with and weapons that produce monster numbers when healthy. As for the defense, the Patriots are going to have to see bigger strides from linebacker Jerod Mayo who had a less than stellar sophomore season in 2009 and from second-year defensive lineman Ron Brace, who will have to make noise after the season ending injury to Ty Warren. When I look at the Patriots it comes down to three things; (1) Can Tom Brady stay healthy and show that 2007 form that came us those mind blowing stats. (2) Does the Belichick defense have bark and bite? (3) When the Patriots pass on players of superior talent, do they know what they are doing or are they just outsmarting the room? Can't sleep on the Patriots.
Dallas Cowboys The Cowboys have a ton of pressure on them in 2010. The possibility of a home-game Super Bowl is looming. They've added stud rookie wideout Dez Bryant, for all intents and purposes expects to be great after being handed the number worn by Hall Of Fame receiver Michael Irvin. In 2009 they removed the playoff win monkey from their back and also witnessed one of the greatest seasons of defense by a Cowboy, Demarcus Ware's pummeling season. Returning Jay Ratliff and a powerful Cowboy defensive line, the Cowboys are left with just one gaping hole, the offensive line and the hole left by Flozell Adams. The Cowboys opted not to address their offensive line needs through the draft but more so with Doug Free, the same Doug Free who played well in the absence of Flozell who was out with injuries some of last season. Given the stakes that are set forth in JerryWorld, Tony Romo and the Cowboys offense will be looked at to get better on the offensive side of the ball than what they've put out in the first couple preseason games. Expect the Cowboys to make a ton of noise early and often this season. Just put your questions around what kind of noise that will be.
Minnesota Vikings The Vikings are quickly slipping off my radar screen, especially with the emergence of how enthralled by the Packers I really am. Both the Bears and the Packers are supposed to cause problems for the Vikings in the NFC's Norris Division. As the Vikes look to duplicate their success, almost minutes from the Super Bowl, in 2009, the reality is that things around them are becoming more circus like by the minute, not a characteristic of a Super Bowl team. While they return a very good defense and many good offensive weapons, the recent problems with migraines and receiver Percy Harvin should be more than alarming. Then there is the questions around Brett Favre, head coach Brad Childress, and the Viking locker room. Rumours of coaches being asked to lie about the whereabouts of veterans who went to get Favre in Mississippi, Favre's lack of respect for the offense and head coach Brad Childress, and of course the injury to said quarterback. All that being said, they still retain the services of the NFL's most exciting running back, Adrian Peterson. Last season Peterson ripped off another 1,300 yard season breaking the endzone 18 times. If the Vikings have to rely on the legs of Peterson, they're in good hands errr legs.
San Diego Chargers The Chargers still pull top rank in my books in the AFC West, and my conviction that Philip Rivers is still one of the games most underrated passers even after finishing 3rd in QB rating just last season. The Chargers biggest problem is at left tackle, learning Saturday their insurance policy on holdout Marcus McNeil, (11-year vet Tra Thomas) has decided to retire rather than handle another tough NFL season, has left the Chargers with no blind spot coverage to Philip Rivers. Another problem for the Rivers offense is Vincent Jackson, who has yet to report to camp in the midst of yet another contract holdout. For the Chargers there remains a bright spot, Ryan Mathews. The rookie running back out of Fresno State has impressed very early. His performance from mini camps to the preseason games have left people nodding in agreement that he is the frontrunner in the NFL offensive ROY campaign. Furthermore, Mathews is replacing LaDainian Tomlinson, huge shoes for a rookie but seems to be the right guy to do just that. If the Chargers can get Jackson and McNeil back in camp, expect them to do more than just tread water.
The Slow Your Roll Group:
New York Jets No, no, no. I do not buy this. Rex Ryan is a fun coach, great interview, and fierce competitor, but does it translate? We'll see but I don't buy it yet. 2nd year quarterback Mark Sanchez is going to take a Sophomore dip, that happens, however for the toast of New York his rookie year wasn't all that impressive. Sanchez was sacked 26 times and threw 20 interceptions during the regular season, throwing just 12 touchdown passes. Even with the addition of a LaDainian Tomlinson, Sanchez is still going to have to pick up the pace after losing running back Thomas Jones who has flat out hustled in the past five seasons in the NFL. As the holdout of All-World cornerback Darrelle Revis continues, the Jets should be concerned that question mark Antonio Cromartie is their backup plan. Not all bad though for the Jets, some things I'm on board with. 1st round draft pick Kyle Wilson satisfies my Boise State love. Wilson would have been great under the directon of Revis but still has looked very good in the early goings. Can the Jets do everything they think? Or are they just writing a ton of checks they can't cash? You decide.
The Outside Chance Group:
Atlanta Falcons A playoff team two seasons ago. Two straight seasons of better than .500 ball for the first time in franchise history. Matt Ryan needs to have a bounce back year from his 14-interception performance in 2009. An offense that includes Ryan, Michael Turner, and Tony Gonzalez, they'll be solid, with the Atlanta Falcons it comes down to their defense. Last seasons first round draft pick, defensive tackle Peria Jerry, is healthy after missing his rookie season to injury. Veteran Falcon linebacker Mike Peterson is in his second season in Atlanta and 6th season in Mike Smith's defense. Both Peterson and Jerry will be looked at to improve a defense that ranked 21st in the league last season. Great coaching and good quarterback play combined with a good defensive performance this season, and they've got a chance.
Houston Texans Ask yourself how many times you've included the Texans in the pre-season discussions? Over the past three seasons the Texans finished 9-7(2009), 8-8(2008), and 8-8(2007). Got average anyone? As much as we want to include the high powered Texans passing game, with quarterback Matt Schaub and receiver Andre Johnson, and the bone crushing Texan defense, with Mario Williams, Brian Cushing, and DeMeco Ryans, can we? Till the Houston Texans learn how to close out games like their Week 12 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, a game which saw Indy score 21 in the fourth and come back to win, I don't think so. Till the Houston Texans learn how to beat teams they're supposed to beat, the Jacksonville Jaguars (7-9 in 2009), rather than dropping two to that very opponent, I don't think so. However with all those star players, they have a chance.
San Francisco 49ers Impact offensive weapon, (TE, Vernon Davis 78 catches, 965 yards, 13 touchdowns), power running game, (RB, Frank Gore 1,120 yards 10 TD's), dominating defensive player, (LB, Patrick Willis 152 total tackles). To go along with their performance demanding head coach, the legendary Mike Singletary, the 49ers seem to have all the key parts to make some noise. The NFC West is moving on without Kurt Warner in Arizona, a new head coach in Seattle, and the St. Louis Rams who are years away from relevance, all signs pointing to the 'Niners handling that division with ease. However, the only remaining question is the biggest one of all: QB Alex Smith. After winning his position back last year, the former top pick overall managed 18 touchdown passes and turned the ball over through the air only 12 times. If Alex Smith can turn it on this season and connect the only open link for the 49ers, a re-birth of football in the bay is very much alive. They have a chance.
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Washington Redskins I'd be remissed if I passed on mentioning the Washington Redskins. For the first time in recent memory, they've got a quarterback who still has bullets left in the chamber, including the passion he'll bring in those 'Skins v. Eagles games. Donovan McNabb brings a
ton to the 'Skins, mainly his leadership and big game preparation. Head coach Mike Shanahan, has made no bones about putting his foot down in Washington very, very early. With last years first round pick Brian Orakpo really coming into his own late last season he's steering into this season looking as the future captain of the 'Skins defense. Behind Shanahan, Orakpo, and of course Donovan McNabb, the Washington Redskins are going to play a major role in determining the winner of the toughest division in football, the NFC East.
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A blog by Catherine Leonard, INTO Secretary-General
This week, we launched our INTO Incubator! Originally planned for March 2020, we postponed first to September and then took the programme online.
So, on Monday we welcomed delegates from all over the world into our virtual learning lab! From Jamaica to Syria; Albania to Singapore; Nigeria to Haiti we have been connecting and inspiring people with the INTO approach.
Incubator programme moves online
The programme has been ably designed and led by Alex Lamont Bishop, INTO's Deputy Secretary-General. And this has been no mean feat, particularly when converting to a digital format. How to deliver site visits virtually? How to create a sense of community and network amongst our participants? And how to avoid endless webinars and make space for smaller group conversations?
Eighteen delegates have discussions about community engagement, volunteering and different membership models. We've talked about site management and conservation. And also about making heritage assets financially sustainable.
Seeking inspiration from INTO members
We've heard a lot about the 'mother' Trust of course. But we've also had presentations from other INTO members in Belgium, Canada and Spain. These have provided incredibly helpful perspectives on how the model can be adapted in different countries.
And this was indeed the goal of the Incubator programme. To work as a group to find answers to common questions. Which governance and business model is best for my country? How do we get our first property? How will we make money, involve volunteers and grow membership? What about relations with government? How will we communicate our cause?
It also aimed to connect participants to other people around the world who share their aspirations. We cannot do any of this alone and there is huge value in collaboration, connectivity and learning together.
Humbling and inspiring
For me, one of the most inspiring and moving parts of the programme was hearing everyone's elevator pitches.
We heard of heroic personal endeavours, protecting and preserving heritage under extremely difficult circumstances. Ambitious leaders shared their plans for reinventing their organisations, inspired by the national trust model. So much passion and determinations in the face of armed conflict, natural disasters and development pressures. And exciting plans to reengage the public, rediscover traditional skills and increase volunteering.
I found the workshop very inspiring and useful in going back to basics on where we are as a Trust and the opportunities to go forward.
- Claire Montado, Director, Gibraltar Heritage Trust
The next phase of the Incubator will be unguided, as our participants continue to connect to one another and other INTO members. We've already identified some younger Trusts like the Czech or Georgian National Trusts who have been through the process ore recently and can provide valuable insights.
It's been an intense experience, but one that we hope has been inspirational, enjoyable and the beginning of a successful transformation. We here at INTO HQ and our guest speakers have certainly really enjoyed the opportunity to learn and share in this way!
Thank you …
We remain deeply grateful to the Helen Hamlyn Trust and the 1772 Foundation for enabling and encouraging us to hold the Incubator programme. To Alex and Emma for organising everything so brilliantly. We thank all our speakers but particularly our delegates who have worked with the transition to a new format and engaged so brilliantly.
And it doesn't finish on Wednesday! These are conversations and connections which will live on as we continue to support one another. The global family of National Trusts sends a warm welcome to all theses new advocates for our common cause.
From Start Up to Sustainability: An INTO Handbook for Heritage Trusts
A manual showcasing the work, philosophy and organisational structures of heritage trusts around the world
Starting with Staff
A guide for the non-profit board, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, about hiring staff
Planning to succeed
A booklet, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, providing the information and guidance you need to create a sound, logical, comprehensive business plan for your non-profit historic preservation organisation
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Discover – What servers, services and applications do you have, how are people consuming them and what state are they in (what OS's are they running, what database backend do they require and what frontend applications are being used to consume them are just some of the examples of questions you should be asking. The discovery phase, actually working out what you have to move it critical to understand the scale and size of the project. You may find (and this isn't unusual) that you actually have a lot more than you realise and that many of these services are not native to cloud consumption or simply will not work in a cloud environment (yes I'm thinking of that Windows Server 2003 application you still have tucked away somewhere!).
You will have servers and services that do not lend themselves well to a cloud environment and there will be very few things that you can do to make this possible. Having a hybrid model with some infrastructure still being hosted within your on-premises or co-lo datacenter are to be expected especially in the short term. You will need to have a short term plan of how your customers will access these and a longer term plan of how you either upgrade older applications and services or migrate to newer SaaS or PaaS services to replace them.
You will make mistakes in setting up the core infrastructure needed to post your cloud environment unless you have taken the time to carefully plan and write a design. Storage, network, security, access & recharge (just to name a few) are things that need to be well planned and defined. This is especially true if your teams are working in silos and have an IT model with different and distinct teams responsible for different part of the IT landscape. It will be vital to make sure you have buy-in from everyone to prevent problems further down the line.
It's going to be expensive (controversial!) – you will hear mixed messages about how expensive moving to cloud, some people will say it will save you a small fortune while others will give you the scare stories of just how expensive it can be. As with all things IT "It depends" without good planning doing a lift-and-shift approach (simply moving your servers to the cloud and hosting them there instead of your datacenter) you will generally find this can be far, far more expensive. The key here is planning! Having spent the time in the first stage discovering the applications and services you're running you are in a good place to make decisions about how these will be hosted on your cloud environment, do we really need to have servers or can we start to use more cloud centric approaches such as PaaS or even SaaS (or can we get even racier and start to take advantage to containers and serverless). A good example here is do we really need to migrate those Exchange servers or can we look at SaaS services like Office365? Do we really need to migrate all of those SQL servers or can we take advantage of SQL PaaS Services like Azure SQL from Microsoft or Cloud Databases from AWS (your preferred cloud provider will have offerings to meet your needs)? Do we really need to migrate your big file servers or can we use OneDrive, Amazon Elastic File System or Azure Storage Accounts? Planning and using a more cloud centric mindset to how some of these services are delivered instead of traditional servers will help you realise many cost benefits.
The "why do we keep getting billed?!" question OPEX vs. CAPEX – consumption based billing is likely to be a big change for the organisation when it comes to IT spend within he Business. Planning ahead and making sure the business is ready for this shift will help with that all important buy-in. The mindset of buying a server and then it's "free" for the next 5 years are ones I have seen in pretty much every business I have seen. Although not easy as the mindset will be well engraved helping people to understand that buying a server on CAPEX is only the beginning – it will beed to be fed and watered, on-going hardware maintenance, data-centre maintenance, patching etc. are all real costs that need to be realised.
You will move components of services in the wrong order – you will have databases running in your on-premises environment while the frontend presentation layer is sitting happily up in Azure. This mayn't be an issue but if you have an application that is sensitive to latency you may get a bunch of unhappy people complaining about performance issues. The key here is planning, plan to ensure the complainants of a service are migrated at the same time.
Now that you have discovered what you have, planned how you need to move forward and designed the environment you will use it is time to jump in and start to deploy the services into your cloud environment of choice (and there are many!). Each provider will have their own toolset to help you with migration, build and testing along with services that you can use for monitoring and maintaining your shiny new cloud environment. It will be vital that the environment is stable and you can quickly respond to and resolve any issues to make sure the "cloud" doesn't become byword for instability and performance problems (you will find that group of people who "told you cloud wouldn't work". Become very vocal). Performance benchmarking can help here, understand the performance of an application of service on-premises so that when people come back with their complaints of "it now runs slow it's on the cloud" you can reel out the evidence (hopefully to the contrary!). Again planning it key!
So we're there! We have services running in the cloud – job done…. but no. There are many reasons to keep going with your cloud journey and optimising your environment. Your cloud rider of choice will have tools and services that can be used to have a good look into your environment – Can some of your servers we downsize? Can we turn some of them servers off over the evenings and weekends to save some cost? Can we now retire that huge SQL server and move it onto a PasS offering instead? The continues optimisation of your cloud offering will lead to greater cost savings and easy of ownership.
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Live, Work, and Play, Away
By Deborah Charnes
Costa Rica, ex pats, Mexico, Nicaragua, Travel
What is the purpose of travel? Rest and relaxation? Pampering? Shopping sprees or gambling binges? Adventure? For me, it's mostly about absorbing other cultures.
When I was 16, I spent a summer in Mexico as part of a cultural exchange program. In the 80s, I coordinated my own study abroad in Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. As a result, I earned a four-year degree, having spent only two years on my Big 10 campus. My love for independent learning never waned. For the last three years, I've been working and volunteering in Mexico and Central America for two to four months at a time.
At first, I thought it would be impossible to leave my responsibilities stateside for an extended period of time. Now, it's routine. For me, and others. Living abroad seems to be the norm among a growing crowd.
GIVE IT UP FOR SOMETHING BETTER
In the three small towns in Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, that I've adopted as second homes these last few years, I'm one of the shorter-term guests. There are many ex-pats, some of whom have been here for 20 years or more. Many are full-time residents. Others live here six months on/six months off, or for extended stays. The stories are endless. People fall in love — with someone, someplace, or something. Language isn't a roadblock. The common thread: they all morph into new lives in another country.
While a small number may be independently wealthy, it's more common to find the ex-pats are retired, or working from their newly established home bases.
In Costa Rica, the only corner grocery store in one town is owned by a Canadian. Her sons consider themselves Costa Rican. The surf instructor gave up a marketing career in Texas to ride the waves every day. His adopted kids have never been stateside. A group of eight from Colorado recently invested in a coastal town to launch a travel-related business. Another Canadian came here regularly before she made the big switch. She hops on a bus a few days a week to work as a realtor in a larger town half an hour away. An older Spaniard invested heavily in land here many years ago. Now, he's semi-retired.
In Nicaragua, one couple from the Bay Area coordinates retreats to their eco-friendly paradise. An Australian couple came to surf here 20 years ago. They now own a hostel and raise their three kids in a place with no stores or paved streets. A 30-something American returned to his place of birth to install an eco-lodge and health lodge on a beautiful island. His sister and wife help run the place while he commutes to a "day job" in Managua. Another mindful living resort just opened nearby. Its owner is a Spanish woman who traveled the world before settling here.
On a secluded beach, I meet a Canadian senior. He's one of only three guests at a hostel. He's booked for seven months. He returns to the same spot, year after year. A woman from Columbus, Ohio came to teach yoga for two months. That was more than a year ago. A Brit quit her IT job. Now, she's aerating compost and helping build a yurt alongside a European woman who worked as a nurse for 18 years. A Spanish veterinarian has no immediate plans to return to Spain, or the animals.
In Mexico, an American, and her mom, run a used book store. It's actually the only book store in town. This place seems to be teeming with Californians. Many, keep those CA license plates and drive back and forth 1,000 miles, periodically. One helps others to resettle and find property or homes to buy. There's a dancer, and a yogi, a lot of artists, some with galleries, and of course loads of California surfers.
KARMA AND DHARMA
Some let the pieces fall where they're meant to go. Two people from two different countries living in two other countries have similar stories.
A young boy begins meditating in Virginia at the age of four. By 24, he is meditating atop a mountain in India, nearly naked, for a month. Even when snowfalls. By some fluke, he made it to a remote part of Mexico. That was nearly 20 years back.
More recently, an American financial analyst gave up the big numbers and big bucks to make a difference in the world. After traveling to dozens of countries, he got to Nicaragua to set his stakes.
Each felt divine providence brought them to their respective off-the-grid lands. They each made investments, based on their guts, and hearts. Both lands were in the wilderness and required tremendous vision and patience.
The land in Mexico now has solar to power living quarters for up to 30 people, living modestly. The 80-acre property in Nicaragua is still in the infancy stage. They just built a compost toilet and a yurt. Both men created businesses in line with their values, and personal lives. The Mexican beachfront land is primarily used for yoga teacher training and the visionary's father and brother live and work on the complex. In Nicaragua, the acreage is part of a sustainable network that includes a popular hostel. The creator's dad visits frequently, oftentimes with his own brother, who is part of the enterprise as well.
These are the people that I hope to learn from. Wanderlusts. Taking life day by day. Borders and time zones are just arbitrary man-made lines.
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Severn woman gets 3 years in prison for falsifying pretrial reports
By Phil Davis
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A Severn woman was sentenced to 39 months in prison after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges for helping a released prisoner fake forms and reviews during probationary release.
Jennifer Hamersky, 33, was sentenced last month in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, where she was served two concurrent 39-month sentences for the two charges, federal court records show.
Hamersky was a contracted addictions counselor at Anne Arundel Counseling, prosecutors said, where she helped a released prisoner pass probationary reviews by falsifying forms and reviews sent to the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services office.
She worked alongside former bail bondsman Anthony Evans Owings Seen, 31, of Glen Burnie, who was sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to the same charges.
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William B. Purpura Jr., Hamersky's attorney, said he saw the sentence as a "high price" for someone who had never been convicted of a crime prior to her guilty plea.
"In this situation, for the first time in her life, she had a lapse of judgment," Purpura said, adding, "What we tried to present was that these two men took advantage of her."
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