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2013 Year in Review: Urban Development
Brent Warren
Whereas last year's Year in Review featured lots of project announcements and a number of developments just getting underway, 2013 has seen many of those either started in earnest or finished. This year also saw a whole new round of project announcements – many of them larger in scale than anything we've seen in recent years – as well as some exciting planning underway for the future.
Development Projects Completed in 2013
Phase Two of Lennox Flats was completed this summer, while NRI's Flats II building in the Arena District wrapped up in the fall. The 570 Lofts apartment conversion in the Brewery District was finished early in the year, as was the Tribeca apartment complex on Third Avenue. The first residents of the Highpoint Apartments on the Columbus Commons moved in in October, while the Harrison Park Apartments were completed in the spring. Construction wrapped this fall on the second of the Liberty Place apartments, while the final details on 600 Goodale are scheduled to be finished this month. The Franklin Station apartments were completed this fall in Franklinton, and the Witney Townhomes were completed on the Near East side.
The conversion of the former bakery into Wonder Bread Lofts was completed this summer. A public parking garage was the first portion of The Hub project to open, with apartment units and retail following soon after. Tenants also have moved into the Wood Companies Building above the Northstar Cafe. Construction is finished on the Yankee Trader building, which boasts eleven apartments across from the Convention Center. The apartments that are part of The Lane in Upper Arlington came online in November. The Burwell condos in the Short North were also completed this year, a the John Maloney Health and Wellness Center opened on the south side.
Development Under Construction in 2013
Construction has started on the Leafy Dale renovation project in Victorian Village, which now includes a new building next door. Down the street, theAston Row Apartmentsshould be completed early in 2014, while construction recently started on theAston Row Townhomes. Construction also began on the second phase of the Grandview Yard Apartments and on the Giant Eagle that will anchor the north end of that development.
Construction continues on the the new Columbia Gas headquarters in the Arena District. The first phases of the massiveJeffrey Parkproject in Italian Village have been approved and preliminary work has started. The Joseph, Pizzuti's much-anticipated hotel, office and retail project in the Short North, finally broke ground in August. Initial site work began on another major High Street project, theFireproof Building. Work continues on the Out of the Closet buildingat Fifth and High. A new single-story retail developmentbegan construction on High Street in Clintonville this month.
On campus, a large hole has been dug for the View on High, while the View on Fifth, by the same developer, is already going vertical. Also targeting the student market is Norwich Flats and a new apartment development at Neil & Tompkins.
OSU has been busy as usual, with an assortment of new university buildings going up on the main campus while exterior work has been completed on one of the largest projects anywhere in Columbus, the OSU Wexner Medical Center expansion.
Downtown, work continues on large-scale renovations of both the Leveque Tower and the Atlas Building. The Neighborhood Launch Apartments are nearly complete and the renovation of the Julian Building at Front and Main has begun. Although the first residents have started moving in, work continues on the Highpoint Apartments. Demolition work has started on the Trautman Building, which will be replaced by the eight-story LC River South.
In other neighborhoods, the three-story Village Pointe project began construction on Parsons Avenue, which will bring new retail space near Nationwide Children's Hospital. Work began in Weinland Park on new housing as well as the restoration of 24 historic row houses. Construction started on the newOrange Barrel Mediaoffices in Franklinton. Infrastructure and home construction in theAmerican Additionneighborhood also continued.
In river-reconstruction news, the Fifth Avenue dam was removed, although work will continue on the restoration project into 2014. Work has also begun on removing the Main Street dam downtown and shaping the 33 acres of new park space that will be created by the project.
Farther afield, construction started this fall on the Worthington Place Apartments and on the 500-unit Ravines at Westar project in Westerville. Apartment construction also continues around Tuttle Mall and in the Polaris area.
Development Projects Announced in 2013
A series of announcements related to Dublin's Bridge Street Corridor project made a big splash in October, including a proposal for Historic Dublin as well as an extensive new riverside park. The big news, though, was Crawford Hoying's plan to build a 25-acre mixed-use development with over 1,100 residential units. An apartmentprojectnext to the AMC theater in Dublin was also announced earlier in the year but construction hasn't started.
Some big projects were approved in Italian Village, including the Battery B apartments and the mixed-use Parkside on Pearl. The next phase of theGrandview Yarddevelopment was announced, and in Bexley an urban two-story Giant Eagle grocery storewill replace the existing City Hall building.
Elford Development announced plans to construct a new four-story apartment and retail building at Lane & High. Anew seven-story building was proposedin Victorian Village behind The Hubbard Grille; it would include a mix of apartments, offices and parking garage space. A small mixed-use project onPoplaris set to move forward. Homeport hopes to develop theBarrett Middle Schoolsite in Merion Village. The Columbus Convention Center is looking to build anew parking garageon Goodale that could include retail.
It's been a huge year for downtown development. Lifestyle Communities announced that they'd be constructing a second building as a part of their LC Riversouth development at the corner of High and Rich. Across the street, an impressive modern mixed-use building called 250 High was announced by Kaufman/Daimler. A five-storymixed-use buildingwas proposed for Spring Street and the city announced plans for their Front Street campus. TheBishop's Walktownhomes in the Neighborhood Launch development were approved, while big plans from the Edwards Companies for the corner of Gay and High were revealed. The Hawthorn Grove apartments on Rich Street were approved, and Verizon shared plans to add to their building on Naghten.
The Columbus Metropolitan Library had a busy year that included plans for a new building on Parsons and a mixed-use development at the site of the Northside branch.
Urban Planning for 2015 and Beyond
Columbus State unveiled their vision for a more dense, walkable campus, while downtown leaders foresee a similar transformation for a section of downtown that is currently 41% surface parking lots. The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation made one of the biggest announcements of the year with their plan for the Scioto Peninsula.
Westerville is looking to plan for the future of their historic town center, while OSU students produced a plan and some bold concepts that looked at the removal of five more dams along the Olentangy River. On the Near East Side, PACT revealed their plan for neighborhood revitalization, while another initiative was started to plan for the former Poindexter Village site.
The City of Columbus kicked off their planning process for the University District, while we also highlighted the Olentangy West area's first neighborhood plan as well as the Southern Gateway initiative.
As always, you can find more information in our Development News section and the Development Discussion area of our messageboard. You can also watch the work in progress with the regular installations of our Construction Roundup photo series. Also of note for those interested in development, architecture and planning is our ongoing Design Digest series.
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Aban Hawkins & the 1001 Spikes will have 18 playable characters, each with unique abilities that will affect how players approach the game's punishingly difficult levels, according to Nicalis founder Tyrone Rodriguez.
Speaking on Nintendo Minute, Rodriguez said when the developers at 8bits Fanatics and Nicalis were making the game's multiplayer mode, they decide to take it further and make every character different. This then fed back into the single-player mode, allowing players to choose a different character with each playthrough.
"It's not just a visual change [either]," Rodriguez said. "Some characters can climb onto walls, some can grab ledges, some can double jump, some can slide down walls.
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Mr Smale brings fifteen years of experience to Surval, having worked in the UK and internationally. Most recently he worked at Brighton College in Abu Dhabi as the Head of Sixth Form and has overseen the graduation of the College's first four cohorts of Year 13 A Level pupils. In this time, the Sixth Form has come to be known for its international vibrancy, academic success and university destinations, as well as for the number of opportunities available to the pupils. Prior to working in Abu Dhabi, Mr Smale worked at Dulwich College in Seoul, where he was the Head of Faculty for the Humanities.
Before moving to Seoul, Mr Smale worked at St Joan of Arc RC School, working as the Assistant Director of Sixth Form and the Head of History, supporting pupils with university applications and leading the History team to 'Outstanding' judgements. Finally, Mr Smale was also at Tring School where he was a teacher of History and the Literacy Coordinator.
Mr Smale has a Masters in Education, awarded with a Distinction, from St Mary's University College in Twickenham, and is a Law and History graduate from Keele University.
Of his new role, Mr Smale says, "I feel incredibly fortunate to be moving to Surval. Having met pupils and teachers alike, I am excited to be working in an innovative and committed community and would like to thank Mrs Woodhouse for this opportunity. I am incredibly passionate about education and helping others realise their own potential, something I will certainly bring with me to Surval."
Mr Smale's past experience and determination to develop a community built around the principle of collective efficacy has ensured that he is focused on teaching and learning as well as providing opportunities for pupils. "Having worked in some truly inspirational schools, I have always had the opportunity to work with staff to explore new areas within the field of education. This has developed my own practice, as I have learned a huge amount from pupils and staff alike. We should always see ourselves as learners to ensure that we can empathise with our pupils and continue developing what we do in the classroom."
Mr Smale is a proud husband and father and has a ten-month-old daughter, Zoe. He also loves rock climbing, having climbed regularly with the female world champion, Kim Ja-In in South Korea, paddle boarding (where sadly he can't make any claims of paddling with anyone famous) and keeping fit.
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In M. Haynes v. WCAB (City of Chester) The Claimant took his doctor's testimony in support of physical therapy his doctor prescribed. In opposition, the Employer presented the Utilization Reviewer, a physical therapist. The WCJ also requested a Peer Review and the Bureau assigned a physical therapist. The WCJ credited the physical therapists. The Commonwealth Court rejected the Claimant's argument that the physical therapists' opinions were not competent. The Bureau procedure provides for appointing physical therapists to review physical therapy, and there could be no issue of causal connection to the work injury, an issue that would require competent medical testimony.
The Claimant in Haynes also did not prevail on his argument that the physical therapy he received provided palliative care, because the physical therapists reasoned it was not reasonable and necessary on the basis that it was repetitive, did not require skilled care, and incomplete.
In C. Havenstrite v. WCAB (Tobyhanna State Park), The Commonwealth Court en banc held the provider does not need to be consulted when his notes are characterized by the reviewer as "sketchy". The Court held this goes to the weight to be given to the reviewer's opinions.
The dissent noted the requirement of 34 Pa. Code Section 127.469 that states the reviewer shall initiate discussion with the provider when such a discussion will assist the reviewer in reaching a determination. The dissent would have combined this with the requirement that the issue be resolved in the favor of the provider if the reviewer is unable to determine whether the treatment is reasonable and necessary to hold the reviewer's opinions were incompetent.
I was provided the .pdf of Gibson v. WCAB (Armco Stainless & Alloy Products), the unreported decision of the Commonwealth Court on which the Supreme Court granted the Employer's Petition for Allowance of Appeal and granted supersedeas.
In the case, the WCJ granted a fatal asbestosis claim, but the Board reversed, finding there was not substantial, competent evidence to support the finding that the Claimant was exposed to asbestos.
The evidence of exposure was a co-worker's testimony that he saw a dark grey, heavy-cotton type material that he believed was asbestos on pipes running in and out of the furnace. The witness indicated the stuff fell off, created dust, and the Claimant would have to sweep up the material as part of his job. The witness finally testified that one facility where he worked with the Claimant was shut down for several years, and it appeared new walls were installed and asbestos material was removed from the walls. The witness admitted, however, that he had no training in identifying asbestos and he could not state with certainty that what he saw was asbestos.
The Commonwealth Court en banc reversed the Board and found that the WCJ properly relied on the testimony of the lay witness under the clear Commonwealth Court precedent regarding the non-technical nature of a Claimant's burden of proof in establishing asbestos exposure. The Court cited Witco-Kendall Co. v. WCAB (Adams), 562 A.2d 397 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1989), petition for allowance of appeal denied, 525 Pa. 652, 581 A.2d 577 (1990) which held, inter alia, that the Claimant's failure to identify the dust to which he was exposed was not fatal to his petition.
The Court did not mention McMullen v. WCAB (City of Philadelphia) which extended this principle to the extent that where the Claimant testified his firehouse underwent asbestos removal, the rebuttable presumption of Section 301(e) arose.
The Dissent in Gibson would have affirmed the Board because the co-employee's testimony was equivocal. Interestingly the dissent distinguished Witco-Kendall on the basis that the Employer in that case did not contest asbestos exposure. This is consistent with application of McMullen which would always establish in the record whether the Employer contests exposure, and if so, what its evidence is to rebut the Claimant's exposure case.
An article in the Washington Post details the debate about reporting of repetitive stress injuries. The OSHA rule requiring reporting passed by the Clinton Administration was reversed by the Bush Administration.
In SWIF v. WCAB (Hering, et al.) the Claimant was found by the WCJ to be an employee of the Employer while working as a parcel delivery person. Upon SWIF's review of the policy, they found the Employer was charged a premium based on a nominal estimated payroll of $1,000.00 for parcel delivery persons, category 808, and SWIF resisted the claim arguing SWIF relied on an Employer representation to its detriment, therefore voiding the policy.
The evidence revealed there is a system of checks and balances through The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau and the Insurance Department that prevent a category being taken off the policy without reason. In this case, the procedure had been complied with. Based on information including the Employer's computerized payroll printouts, SWIF had received permission to leave category 808 off. SWIF nevertheless issued the policy with this category and assumed the risk of this claim.
Workers' Compensation Carrier Can Take Subrogation Against UIM Award From the Employer's Policy Under Act 44.
In C. Schwaab v. WCAB (Schmidt Baking Co., Inc.) the Commonwealth Court rejected the Claimant's arguments attempting to collect both workers' compensation benefits and uninsured motorist benefits under the employer's policy for his work-related automobile accident. The Court stated the Claimant has no defense to the workers' compensation carrier taking subrogation against the UIM award under Act 44.
In Dr. Lincow v. WCAB (Prudential Securities, Inc.) the WCJ found the doctor's treatment unreasonable and unnecessary but on appeal to the Board, the WCJ's decision was reversed. The Board ruled despite the fact they were on notice that the case was C&R'd. The Doctor filed a Penalty Petition due to non-payment. On appeal from the Board, the Court reinstated the WCJ's ruling.
The WCJ denied the Penalty Petition finding the provider's claim was moot. The Court affirmed on this basis and on the basis that since the claim was C&R'd no penalties could be awarded because they are payable to the Claimant. The Court stated there was no standing because the Claimant had released the Employer from all liability under the Act.
This reasoning would suggest that a Claimant who alleges a violation of the Act in the administration of the C&R agreement does not have standing to file a Penalties Petition.
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The last time I started drinking prosecco in the sun at a lunchtime barbecue, I ended up finding the host's 60-something mum asleep on the lawn at 6pm. She'd slipped off her deckchair, and with the rest of us too busy topping up our cups to a chorus of Justin Bieber (I refer you to the prosecco) decided to stay there for a nap.
Me? Well, as a result of 'civilised' daytime drinking I've led an afternoon conga, dusted half of my friend's flower bed off a dry-clean only dress and boarded a train to somewhere in west London that was very far from my home.
And it's not just drunkenness that sneaks up on us in summer. We're also likely to suffer a worse hangover too, thanks to being more dehydrated by the sun. Yet while we all know the downsides far too well it seems, we're unlikely to stop doing it any time soon. So unpredictable is the sun during the great British summer, that to not toast its appearance with a Pimm's would seem, frankly, churlish. It's virtually a national trait. Just look at Waitrose's dramatic spike in rosé sales on a hot May weekend this year, up 39% compared to the colder weekend of 2015.
So we asked top cocktail gurus for their best low-alcohol, high-flavour recipes to serve next time the sun's out. Browse the gallery below to discover their best suggestions then eat, drink and be merry indeed!
By Mike McGinty from The Blackbird bar and restaurant, Edinburgh.
Muddle the strawberries then mix in with the gin, vermouth, lemon and gomme syrup. Shake with ice and strain into a jug over cubed ice. Top with soda and garnish with strawberries and orange.
By James Manero from The Natural Philosopher bar, London.
Boil water in a pan with sugar and a handful of sage leaves, stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves and leave for 24 hours. Muddle the pineapple and a sage leaf before adding the other ingredients and shaking. Serve with pineapple slices.
By Ryan Chetiyawardana AKA Mr Lyan.
Heat the outer layers of the artichoke in a pan with the wine and a pinch of salt for 30 minutes. Set aside for two hours. Remove the artichoke and chill, then add all the other ingredients to a jug. Top with ice and garnish with watercress.
By Jamie Jones from The Social Company.
Mix the ingredients except the ginger beer. Pour into glasses, top with the ginger beer. Garnish with grapefruit, orange, strawberry and cinnamon.
By Frank Mcgivern, Chambord brand ambassador.
Add all the ingredients to your jug, except the soda water and raspberries. Give it a stir. Taste and add more lemon juice if you prefer it sour. Half fill the jug with ice and top with the soda water, fresh raspberries and lemon slices. Serve over ice and garnish with fresh basil leaves.


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We managed to get an in somehow and get Jim Zubkavich, creator of Skullkickers and editor/writer of a whole bunch of Street Fighter comics, to talk to us this week! We get Jim to explain what possessed him to allow Chris Sims to write a story in the latest issue of Skullkickers (#6, in stores now), to talk at length about Street Fighter and to answer the burning question of whether there'll ever be a boy born who can swim as fast as a shark. Plus, our pledge drive rolls on as we welcome the first member of the Ajax Hundo Club, Ryan Holliday, to our third chair!
Jim Zub is on Twitter. Follow him! Check out the his LiveJournal and the website for Udon Entertainment!
I don't know if you heard, but Chris has a story in Skullkickers #6.
In case you aren't familiar with Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight.
List your real-people team of heroes in the comments! All you need is a strong guy, an experienced guy, a sneaky guy, a guy with a boat and a girl!
Thanks again to Ryan for his donation and for coming on the show. Look for other members of the Hundo Club in the coming weeks!
Our bro blogger and Agreeable Comics writer Kevin Church stops by this week to talk about the abrupt ending to The Rack, his other comics, working with artists, Internet commenting vs. blogging, good '90s comics and much more! Plus, our pledge drive keeps rolling on and Chris and Matt discuss their recent travels. If that wasn't enough, we also take on someone who's been hating on the both of us!
You can find all of Kevin's various Agreeable Comics here. If for some reason you hate clicking more than one link, here they all are: The Rack, The Line, The Loneliest Astronauts, Lydia, She Died in Terrebonne and Fight! You can buy print and digital collected editions of the comics at his shop. And follow him on Twitter, why don't you?
As promised, here are my Vegas pictures, with commentary.
That's right. The Rock is back.
Thanks again to everyone who's donated to the WRA Pledge Drive! It's still going strong! To get this week's special incentive, feel free to use the Donate button on the right.
Love is in the air in this week's special Valentine's Day episode, as lucky bachelorette Jen Vaughn picks between Chris, Matt and third chair David Wolkin in our very own version of the Dating Game! Romance and awkwardness abound. We also graciously thank the surprisingly large group of donors from the first days of our War Rocket Ajax pledge drive, and beg for more money. Also: Find out the disaster that was Matt's Jeopardy! online test!
Follow David and Jen on Twitter. As you can tell from the episode, they're both hilarious people.
Hope you like the song "Spanish Flea," because you're about to hear it like nine times in a row.
Here's the hugely successful Kickstarter page for Jen's "Lies Grownups Told Me" anthology with Nomi Kane and Caitlin M.
In case you didn't think those He Said/She Said comics could be real, here they are.
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The ban has been lifted! That's right, Curt Franklin and Chris Haley of Let's Be Friends Again join us again for a show full of inappropriateness about Crocodile Dundee, Ernest, characters from '80s commercials, cinnamon, a challenge involving lasagna and a chest, Joel Schumacher and "the bush." Plus, we talk about today's big LBFA/Adam Warrock announcement! If that wasn't enough, Chris and I kick off our big pledge drive!
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Play the Episode 55 drinking game! Take a shot every time you hear an awkward pause (and I edited some out).
The donate button is right over there in the sidebar, if you're interested.
I apologize for the weird cut right at the beginning of the interview. Not sure how that happened, because when I listened to the rough cut of the interview it wasn't like that. Anyway, the question that is missing is about how Chris, Curt and Chris all met.
In case you were stumped by the whole discussion of Idris Elba.


The Huntington Beach City Council continued to address the alcohol problem in the downtown area by agreeing Monday to proceed with clamping down on liquor licenses in the area.
Council members voted 6 to 1, with Mayor Pro Tem Matthew Harper dissenting, to amend the zoning code to cap liquor licenses for businesses that sell alcohol in sealed containers, such as liquor and convenience stores.
New establishments would have to abide by the zoning rule should the item be approved by the California Coastal Commission, which could take anywhere from three to six months, associate planner Jennifer Villasenor said. The five businesses that currently have such a license would be grandfathered in.
The City Council in July passed a resolution recommending that police Chief Ken Small formally protest requests from new establishments seeking a so-called off-site liquor license from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Mayor Connie Boardman said those who oppose the cap would argue that grocery stores that want to sell alcohol wouldn't be able to set foot in the city, but she said they can establish themselves in the city, just not in the downtown area.
"I think it's really important that this council starts to send the message to landowners downtown and landlords downtown that we have enough alcohol-dependent businesses," Boardman said. "We need a diversity of businesses. You need to start leasing to businesses [where] their survival doesn't depend on alcohol. And I think one way to do that is to cap the number of licenses where they are now so we don't have an increase."
Downtown resident Richardson Gray said this was a win in his books and a start to resolving the alcohol-related problems in the area.
"This is the first item I've seen in the seven years I've lived here that has some real teeth, that we're actually going to say, 'No, this is enough,'" he said.
The council could have followed the Planning Commission's recommendation, which would require that businesses get a conditional use permit through the commission for any on- or off-site licenses.
Harper wasn't supportive of that choice because it implied an increase in the power of the commission.
"I think that this, like many of the proposed bans from this City Council, is ripe for potential unintended consequences," he said.
Another route that council members could have taken was a mixture of both proposals, where off-site licenses would be capped while on-site alcohol establishments, like restaurants and bars, would need to get a conditional use permit from the Planning Commission.
"It would limit pre-partying and increase sales inside [businesses]," said Councilwoman Jill Hardy, who brought up the hybrid motion.


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What Are Microservices?
To be clear, there is no one-size-fits-all architecture; there is no best and worst architecture as well, only the most suitable one for your business.
Introduction of Microservices
Microservices architecture is a flexible and scalable software architecture that aims to make large software systems easier to develop, deploy and maintain.
The fundamental idea behind microservices is to split a large software system into multiple, relatively independent services and each service focuses on a single functionality.
Services in a microservice architecture are often processes that communicate over a network to fulfill a goal using technology-agnostic protocols such as HTTP or gRPC, which makes it possible for different services to be combined on demand to meet various business needs.
Evolution of Software Architecture
Let's start with using the monolithic architecture as a startup architecture. See what problems are encountered with different architectures as the business grows over time.
Monolithic Architecture
Monolithic architecture is designed to be self-contained, wherein the application's components or functions are tightly coupled rather than loosely coupled, like in modular applications. There are many benefits to using monolithic architecture, which is why many applications are still created using this development paradigm.
Overview of a typical monolithic application's deployment. This design undoubtedly makes deployment simpler, but rolling updates are challenging, which might be disastrous if a module fails.
For instance, monolithic apps could perform better in terms of throughput than modular ones. Since each component and the related component's code must be present for the application to be executed or compiled, monolithic apps may be simpler to test and debug.
Monolithic applications have been successful in the past. However, in the cloud era, more and more people are frustrated with Monolithic architecture as more Monolithic applications are being deployed to the cloud base environment. Change cycles are tied together - a change made to a small part of the application requires the entire monolith to be rebuilt and deployed.
Developers must recompile the entire codebase and reinstall the entire monolithic application after each update, not just the altered portion. This makes continuous or routine deployments challenging, which in turn reduces the agility of the application and team.
It can be challenging to maintain a monolithic application modular in good structure over time, which makes it challenging to maintain modifications that should only affect one internal module. Scaling calls for scaling the complete application instead of only the portions that need more resources.
Service-Oriented Architecture
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a software architecture that refers to an application composed of discrete and loosely coupled software agents that perform a required function, defining a way to use service interfaces to make software components reusable. These interfaces make use of widespread communication protocols, so they can be quickly added to new applications without requiring significant integration.
Overview of a typical SOA deployment. The impact of a single service failure is effectively reduced with such an architecture and the iteration rate of a single service increases.
Such an architecture is better equipped to manage team expansion, allowing each team to focus on the specific service itself. Release the team from the heavy load of the past, so they may concentrate on one task and do it correctly.
The following benefits of SOA vs monolithic architecture:
Better maintainability: each service is a stand-alone entity, making rolling updates and maintaining them simple and risk-free for other services.
Higher reliability: large blocks of code, such as those used in the monolithic architecture, are more difficult to debug and test than services. Consequently, SOA-based products become more dependable.
Parallel development: a service-oriented architecture promotes parallelism in the development process since it has layers. It is possible to simultaneously create and complete independent services.
Microservice architecture is a form of SOA that focus on building a series of autonomous components that make up an application. Unlike monolithic applications built as a single indivisible entire, microservice apps consist of multiple independent components that are glued together with APIs.
The scope of the architecture is the key distinction between SOA and microservices. In contrast to a microservice architecture, which is based on discrete services that may operate independently, an SOA model allows services or modules to be shared and reused throughout the whole organization. In other words, whereas microservices are focused on applications, SOA has an enterprise scope.
Additional differences, are summarized in the chart below:
Architecture Services are reused and shared at the enterprise level Services are decoupled and operate independently
Granularity Relatively large, modular services Smaller, more flexible services that serve a specific purpose or function to the business
Communication ESB API
Coupling Resource sharing/loose coupling Bounded context
Interoperability Supports multiple message protocols such as Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Advanced Messaging Queuing Protocol (AMQP) and Microsoft Messaging Queuing (MMQ) Uses lightweight, language-agnostic messaging protocols such as HTTP, Representational State Transfers (REST) or Java Messaging Service (JMS)
Data governance Common data governance across the enterprise as a result of component sharing No consistent data governance among teams due to the independent nature of services
Storage Single data storage layer shared by all services within a given application Independent data server or database for data storage for each service, as required
Overview of a typical microservice's deployment
Scaling strategies for monolithic architecture and microservice architecture
To read more in detail https://martinfowler.com/articles/microservices.html
In comparison to monolithic architecture, microservices architecture is also more flexible to iterative development methodologies and Agile methods. Due to the loose interaction between the various components, they are also more scalable and capable to be tested separately. Additionally, modules have their own databases, communicate with one another, and speed up program starts.
Why Microservices Are Needed
Utilizing microservices may significantly boost the development delivery cycle's effectiveness and increase the process's agility. The combination of DevOps and microservices speed up the delivery of the change and new features. Microservices can be built faster than the typical large-scale software development project involving a monolithic application. It's easier and faster to manage changes.
The change in microservices will be more fluid and smooth than monolithic ones. There are no waterfalls in the microservices development process, as you have with a monolithic application. Each microservice is independent and can be developed with any programming language or construct.
Failures in microservices are also less severe than failures in larger systems. A monolithic application's failure in one area typically has a significant negative impact on the entire system. In a microservices design, problems can be resolved more quickly and easily. You recognize it, keep it apart, and make up for it. If your architecture uses microservices, you can grow the microservices to get around a performance barrier. A monolithic application's operational waterfall can be avoided by promptly creating a new version of the flawed microservices.
The Benefits of Microservices
The benefits of microservices over traditional architectures include the following.
Modularity: A large software system is split into several relatively independent services, each of which is responsible for accomplishing a specific function. This allows different services to be combined on demand to meet different business needs.
Scalability: An important advantage of microservices architecture is scalability. Because each service is relatively independent, it is possible to dynamically scale up or down each service according to actual needs. This makes it possible to better cope with fluctuations in business traffic.
Deployability: The microservices architecture allows each service to be deployed independently and in a flexible manner. This allows new features to be deployed more quickly and allows for rapid iteration without affecting the overall system.
Easy to expand: Microservices architecture endows every service with single responsibilities and functions. Under such architecture, microservices are easier to update and reconfigure than modules in traditional software architecture, and the explosion radius of a single service failure is manageable.
Easy to maintain: The microservices architecture makes each service smaller and responsible for performing only specific functions. This makes it easier to maintain and allows for faster fault repair.
Technical heterogeneity: Microservices architecture makes each service no longer restricted to a specific technology stack. The data interaction between services can be realized through standardized interfaces, and the most suitable technology stack for the current service scenario can be used for service development to achieve the optimal solution.
Software architectures have evolved to cope with changing requirements, often integrating new concerns. Microservices architecture is gradually becoming popular in the cloud-native era. To build better microservices architecture, please visit APISIX, the best API gateway, and API7.ai for more commercial support.
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Karl Saint Lucy and Andrew Maillet: Stories Are What You Asked For
Stories Are What You Asked For
Karl Saint Lucy and Andrew Maillet
with Zac Selissen
Piano-based singer-songwriters with a penchant for mercurial harmonies and prophesies about the end of the world, Karl Saint Lucy and Andrew Maillet are in the habit of making mountains out of mole hills and myths out of the mundane. In Stories Are What You Asked For, both go into their own ancient histories for tall tales and legends that must be shared. Zac Selissen joins on guitar.
Karl Saint Lucy is a composer, countertenor, and pianist based in New York. He wrote the music for the UCB hit musical, F***ing Identical Twins, with comedians Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, and the musical, Class, with playwright-lyricist Maria Alexandria Beech. He is a graduate of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Andrew Maillet is a songwriter, composer, and media artist. He has performed solo at venues across New York including Dixon Place and the Bitter End, and released the EP, Fragile Actor, in 2015. When not on stage, Andrew can be found giving tours of Lincoln Center and interning with the Wooster Group. Andrew attended the Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project and is a former Yale "Whiffenpoof." More at www.andrewmaillet.com.
Zac Selissen is a guitarist, composer, arranger and teacher whose performance of the guitar has earned him mastery of a wide range of music – from rock and avant-garde to classical and tango. Since his 2015 arrival in NYC, he has composed and performed the music for Macbeth (FoxWolf Productions/ThingsBadBegun) and modern dance pieces Skyfire and Emic Flux (Barkin/Selissen Project). He has also performed in off-Broadway productions of Death for Five Voices (Prospect Theater Company) Hair: A Tribal Love Rock Musical, Gilgamesh, and Kill Sister, Kill! (FringeNYC).
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Savor Sonoma County's arts scene your way. Sculpture gardens tucked into hills, intimate performance venues in charming small towns, and high-end galleries join major performing arts centers like the Green Music Center and Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in sharing the arts. Find just what you're looking for with our handy guide to current art exhibits and events in Sonoma County.
With thousands of artists and more than 20 performing arts companies in Sonoma County, you're sure to find something special where life opens up. Be sure to check out the Performing Arts and Music & Nightlife sections for more artistic offerings.
Art Walks in Sonoma County
Stroll through fascinating neighborhoods, view a wide variety of artwork, sip a little wine, nibble on an appetizer, and perhaps enjoy a bit of music during one of Sonoma County's multitude of art...
Following the Sculpture Trails in Northern Sonoma County
Walk around - and in some cases on, under, or through - unique and colorful artwork in northern Sonoma County, where the communities of Geyserville and Cloverdale both host sculpture trails. Stroll...
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Green Music Center at Sonoma State University
1801 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
The Green Music Center is the performing arts presenter at Sonoma State University. The mission of the Green Music Center to present the most compelling artists of our time, to investigate ideas, and…
Sonoma State University Theatre Arts and Dance
The School of Performing Arts coordinates the performance activities of the Music Department and Department of Theatre Arts & Dance, providing artistic administration, development, marketing and…
Call House Museum at Fort Ross State Historic Park
19005 Highway 1, Jenner, CA 95450
The Calls built this residence in 1878, as a headquarters for the ranch and shipping operations, and a home for their family, which eventually included nine children. They built the one and a half…
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SOMO Concerts pop up festival series ushers in an exciting new era of live music in Sonoma County. Our 3000-seat outdoor venue is the most unique and enjoyable live performance facility in the North…
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After thirty years of serving Sonoma State University, the North Bay, and its surrounding communities, the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University has come to be respected as a rich cultural…
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19005 Coast Highway 1, Jenner, CA 95450
Fort Ross, one of the main tourist attractions between Bodega Bay and Fort Bragg, is a California State Historic Park showcasing a historic Russian-era fort compound that has been designated National…
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5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
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Imagine your home's walls without insulation — there might be something between you and the elements, but it wouldn't be very effective at keeping what you don't want out, and what you do want in. That's how ineffective your chimney can be without a proper and functioning liner. And your chimney liner isn't just a barrier – it's protecting your home and its inhabitants from toxic gases and combustible byproducts.
There are a number of reasons why your chimney may need relining. Some historic homes have chimneys that were built without a liner — a dangerous circumstance that should be corrected as soon as possible. Clay tile liners, while cost-efficient and common in older homes and chimneys, are prone to cracks and splitting, which could lead to the need for a new lining. Adding a new appliance may also bring a need for a resized flue to reach maximum efficiency, and a new lining can provide that.
A CSIA-certified A-1 Chimney Specialist technician can help you figure out whether chimney relining is right for your home, and if so, what material and approach is the best option for your needs and circumstances.
Quality chimney liners are generally made of clay tile, stainless steel or cast-in-place masonry. Each can be effective, and each has its strengths.
Clay Tile Chimney Liners – Clay tile tends to be the most cost-effective liner material, so you'll see it in many chimneys, including lots of older homes. When annually swept and inspected, clay tile can be a good and effective product. But clay tile does need to be properly maintained, or the tiles can split and crack, inhibiting the lining's ability to do its job. Newer gas appliances aren't as compatible with clay tile liners either. These aren't right for every chimney, and damaged clay tiles lead to one of the more common relining circumstances.
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Cast-in-Place Liners – Cast-in-place masonry liners are another option for relining that can thoroughly seal existing cracks, gaps and other damage and strengthen your chimney. These are viewed by many as the most "permanent" relining option.
HeatShield® – HeatShield is a relining and resurfacing system that can be used to repair and restore damaged or deteriorating clay tile liners. This can be a great option for liners that have a few cracks and gaps here and there or liners that need to be completely resurfaced. Learn more here.
If you have a chimney that has no lining, or has a lining that's showing signs of damage, contact A-1 Chimney Specialist to have one of our CSIA-certified technicians take a look. We can tell you whether repair or relining makes the most sense for your chimney and take care of all the work, start to finish. Call to make an appointment with A-1 today, or use our online scheduling form!
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We were delighted this month to welcome Tanya & Maggie from 'Green House Collective Group' and their twice weekly lessons on planting. Looking after the plants has gone down a treat with the Children who are very enthusiastic little gardeners!
In the beginning, we learned how to mix different soils together to make a nurturing soil for our plants to grow.
Sun, Water and Lots of love; that's what our plants need!
We watched a great cartoon on how to make compost and talked about which elements on the ground are dead or alive and which are good for our soil and which are bad.
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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures
According to a five-year study of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten.
According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030. Among the enormous changes this will demand are new skills, attitudes, and behaviors. A five-year study of the global workforce at Rakuten, the Japan-based e-commerce powerhouse, offers a close-up look at what will drive success for this new type of global worker. Five attributes emerged: embracing positive indifference; seeking commonality between cultures; identifying with the global organization rather than your local office; seeking interactions with other, geographically distant subsidiaries; and aspiring to a global career.
According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030 — and yet there will still be a shortage of skilled workers. The result is likely to be intensified global competition for talent. Rather than assuming we'll work in one location, in our native culture, we will need new skills, attitudes, and behaviors that help us work across cultures. Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. My five-year study of the global workforce at Rakuten, the Japan-based e-commerce powerhouse, gave me a close-up look at what will drive success for this new type of global worker.
Prior to 2010, Rakuten had been a multilingual global company. The Japanese employees in the Tokyo headquarters communicated in Japanese, the Americans in the U.S. subsidiary spoke English, and the workers in Asia, Europe, and South America spoke a mixture of native languages. Translators were employed for cross-border communications. What's more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. But in 2010, Rakuten mandated an English-only policy for its workforce of over 10,000 employees.
The CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, realized that doing business in multiple languages prevented the organization from sharing valuable knowledge across the organization's existing global operations, as well as those that were being newly established. The company also aspired to raise the overseas portion of its revenue in response to the projected shrinking of the Japanese GDP as a portion of global GDP (from 12% in 2006 to 3% in 2050) and wanted to expand its global talent pool. Above all, the company aspired to become the number one internet services company in the world. The English language, Mikitani predicted, could revolutionize both how Rakuten employees worked and how they interacted with the rest of the world.
The English language mandate, however, set off all sorts of linguistic and cultural challenges. These challenges differed depending on people's backgrounds and location. Two groups had the steepest learning curve in particular. The Japanese employees, while already fluent with Japanese concepts such as kaizen (improvement) and omotenashi (hospitality), struggled to become proficient in English. The American employees, who were fluent in English, struggled to become comfortable with new work routines and expectations from Japan.
The employees who had to adjust to both a new language and a new culture — whom I've named dual expats in their own countries — had the easiest transition when it came to working under the new conditions of the company's English-only mandate. They hailed from countries as diverse as Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Thailand, and all demonstrated the characteristics of what I call global work orientation. This type of orientation can be incredibly valuable to cultivate for anyone working for multinationals or in other global careers, and can also be used by managers to develop employees. It consists of five key actions.
1. Embracing positive indifference. Positive indifference is the ability to overlook many cultural differences as being not especially important or worthy of attention, while remaining optimistic about the process of engaging the culture seen as foreign. It's about adapting to work practices that may at first seem culturally foreign — such as having to wear an identification badge or file frequent key performance indicator reports — without becoming unduly troubled.
Positive indifference is important for two reasons. One, because global work is by definition likely to bring employees into contact with cultural differences and culturally diverse practices, the ability to adapt smartly could be the difference between success and failure. And two, positive indifference makes work life that much easier in a global firm because employees are open to learning and exploring new terrains.
2. Seeking commonality between cultures. This enables you and your employees to draw closer to a foreign culture and become receptive to its differences, in line with characteristic number one. The commonalities you find may be different from anyone else's and not initially obvious. For example, a French employee at Rakuten found commonality with his Japanese coworkers by recognizing that both cultures are results-oriented and prone to analyzing processes for how they could be improved. An Indonesian engineer found commonality with Rakuten's requirement that employees spend five minutes per week cleaning their desks by comparing it to his practice of washing his feet and hands when entering a mosque. In his mind, both cleaning rituals demonstrated commitment and responsibility to a particular place. Seeking commonality is important to a global work orientation because it draws colleagues from diverse cultures closer, which in turn translates to more effective collaboration and teamwork.
3. Identifying with the global organization rather than your local office. If you feel a sense of belonging with the larger organization, you're more likely to share its values and goals. Organizational identification, the term for when an individual feels at one with the organization, is crucial for fostering job satisfaction, commitment, and performance. Here's how an Indonesian employee at Rakuten voiced this behavior: "From my perspective, if I'm doing my job, I'm becoming part of the globalization of the company." Identifying with the global organization, in his mind, was synonymous with the collective international company and its further expansion.
Explicit messaging from the top leaders about the company's global expansion also helped spread people's sense of belonging in the superordinate organization, as did instituting an internal social media site to promote cross-national interactions.
4. Seeking interactions with other, geographically distant subsidiaries. The dual expats, unlike employees from Japan and the United States, welcomed and sought out increased interactions with employees at other Rakuten locations. Brazil reported the largest extent of these self-reported voluntary interactions at nearly 52%. In comparison, the U.S., which had the lowest voluntary interactions with other subsidiaries, hovered around 2%.
This behavior is important to global work orientation because, my research finds, in general, when interactions are high, there is a greater ability to develop trust and shared vision among international coworkers. Interactions are also vital for sharing knowledge across sites. As such, tacit knowledge can become more explicit; sharing information or best practices can become advantageous; and learning from one another's common experiences can accelerate the spread of business efficiencies across the global organization. As a Thai employee pointed out in discussing the implications of the rapidly expanding internet business in his country: "Learning from other countries, especially other developing countries, is very, very key."
5. Aspiring to a global career. In some sectors, the global market demands for English-speaking workers makes a global career quite attractive. Travel, living in a new country, and the opportunities for career advancement that may come with working for a multinational firm were all reasons that dual expats gave for their global career aspirations. Some people I interviewed had entertained long-standing aspirations to work globally, while others had this dream kindled as they learned English. The desire to learn English and work abroad seemed to reinforce one another. "It'll be great for me to have the chance to go to another country, to work in another country. It's definitely something I want to do in the future — when my English is better," said a Taiwanese employee.
These five attitudes and behaviors are what make a successful global employee. Perhaps you have already adopted some, or all, in your current work role. Or maybe you're looking for ways to advance your career in a multinational. In either case, we can all learn from Rakuten's dual expats, who are a model for present and future global workers.
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Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean of faculty and research at Harvard Business School. She is the author of the book Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere and the online HarvardX course "Remote Work Revolution for Everyone."
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Eckert: Greek life in the world
Brian Eckert, Columnist|November 17, 2017
Greek Life has a major role on Case Western Reserve University's campus, as well as on many other campuses across the country and world. In the last year, there have been several deaths from hazing at fraternities which have garnered national attention. The most recent of these include events at Pennsylvania State University, Louisiana State University and Florida State University. A potential new member, or pledge, died of hazing at each of these schools in the last year.
This looks bad for Greek Life everywhere, and makes it increasingly difficult to defend the Greek system. However, Greek Life is rarely recognized in this same national spotlight for all of the positive effects Greek chapters have on their respective campuses and communities. All Greek students have to complete a community service requirement at CWRU, and many students go above and beyond the requirement. Most Greek organizations also support a certain charity or cause with a major event each year.
Specifically on CWRU's campus, we have Sigma Chi's Derby Days which raised over $8,000 to purchase winter hats for patients at the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center. Sigma Psi is putting on their Mr. CWRU event on Nov. 17 which will raise money for the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. Alpha Chi Omega organizes events to raise awareness about domestic violence. These include promoting and celebrating healthy relationships on campus and raising money for the Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center. These are just a few of the examples of the great things Greek Life is doing on our campus.
In addition to these fundraisers and informational events, some chapters have switched focus to direct community outreach. Phi Delta Theta recently switched from a philanthropy focus after discovering some of their donations were covering administrative costs instead of helping the causes the charities supported.
In light of these discoveries, the chapter got in contact with the ALS Association, who set them up with a local patient who wanted to have some work done in her backyard. The patient's mobility was limited but she still wanted to be active outside. Brothers spent an entire summer building a mobility walkway around her backyard and the patient has since regained mobility. The brothers still visit this patient from time to time and her activity level is higher than ever.
There are also several professional fraternities on campus that are devoted to the development of their members in the business world. These include Alpha Kappa Psi, the business fraternity, Phi Delta Epsilon, the medical fraternity, and Alpha Phi Omega, the service fraternity. APO is working with another chapter, Sigma Sigma Sigma, this weekend through a service mixer to help make donated toys more accessible to local children with disabilities through Reply for Kids. These groups focus on professional development and service through networking and leadership opportunities, having a positive impact on the campus community.
Greek Life has countless positive effects on our campus and the local community. There are still negative aspects of Greek Life, but it's not as overwhelmingly bad as the national spotlight presents it.
The best way to keep these stories out of circulation is to prevent them from happening in the first place. Greek Life needs to promote the values that are present in all chapters, like brotherhood, community and service, and holding each and every chapter accountable for actions that don't represent the entire community to prevent other chapters, or all of Greek Life, from being shut down.
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In the past two days, I've covered the arrival of over 30 bloggers, photographers, writers and outdoor adventure enthusiasts, otherwise known as the Columbia Sportswear #OmniTen, in Park City, Utah for the first #OmniGames.
After the first day of competition, which involved five fun and unique tests, teammate Joshua Riggins and I found ourselves near the bottom of the pack and seemingly out of reach of the grand prize, a trip to Jordan. Though yesterday's post only covered the first five events, Columbia's Daniel Green announced all ten events to us on the first day, and as soon as I heard what events six through eight involved, my heart started pounding.
Our sixth challenge was to complete the 25' high Canyon Adventure Course at Utah Olympic Park, an intermediate level ropes course with wire traverses and swinging elements that would test our balance and agility, among other things. Our seventh challenge was to complete the 55' high Summit Adventure Course, an advanced level course with tougher elements, and more of them. Finally, the eighth challenge, simply dubbed "Zipline to Drop Tower" by Utah Olympic Park, involved riding a 377' long zipline, finishing at the 65-foot high Drop Tower. From the Drop Tower, the only way down is a free fall. All three events were scored pass/fail; any fall on the ropes course equated to a failure.
I've been afraid of falling from heights and generally uncomfortable with any activity that causes my stomach to drop (roller coasters, bumpy flights, etc.) for as long as I can remember. In life, I generally don't have to confront those fears unless I choose to, and for a long time, I did just that. I learned how to lead sport routes at my local climbing gym, went on climbing trips, and devoted time to working on my ability to deal with the idea of falling so I could be a better climber. Enough time that the majority of my posts in the early days of Adventure-Inspired are related to climbing.
But at some point, roped climbing stopped being enjoyable. The stress of constantly forcing myself to push past my mental boundaries took the fun out of the sport. Bouldering has always been enjoyable; it's just me, no ropes, no worries about gear failing or my belayer not paying attention, no fear of dropping out of the sky without anything to stop me, just pure movement. Though I've bouldered recently, I haven't climbed on a rope or tested my fear of falling in over a year.
In the #OmniGames, we could to opt out of any event we weren't comfortable with; Columbia made that clear. I didn't see that as an option. When I first learned Joshua and I were partnered up, he whispered how badly he'd love to see Petra, to visit the Middle East, and to go on what could be a life-altering trip. The point values associated with all three ropes course events were great enough that if I opted out of one, I'd take a giant step toward sealing our fate at the bottom of the leaderboard.
What if I did both ropes courses, but opted out of the Drop Tower? What if I couldn't get control of my fear and fell on one of the ropes courses, losing points anyway? Would the #OmniTen members who knew I used to climb four days a week think I was ridiculous for not doing the Drop Tower because I was scared? Isn't being part of Columbia's #OmniTen about trying stuff?
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When we woke up on the second day of the #OmniGames, the weather had made part of the decision for me. Due to high winds, it wasn't safe to complete the Drop Tower event. We'd still test ourselves on both ropes courses, but rather than the Drop Tower, additional weight was added to the ninth event, dubbed Downhill Derby. Though some of the #OmniTen were disappointed, I was excited. I knew both ropes courses would be a significant mental challenge, but with help from my teammate and friends, I knew that fear was manageable.
When we arrived at Utah Olympic Park, my stomach dropped. The ropes courses, stacked on top of each other, loomed in the distance. The wires, ropes, and obstacles hanging in mid-air looked impossibly high, physically do-able if I could stay in control. When I started climbing, I quickly learned that the more desperate I became not to fall and the harder I held on, the more likely it was that my fears would materialize.
Joshua and I started on the 25' Canyon course after getting harnesses and helmets on. I took my time on each element and listened for his patient encouragement from behind me. Jon shouted kudos from his spot in front of me on the course.I knew I was physically capable of completing both courses, but if I let the fear take hold, I wouldn't just let myself down, I'd let my teammate down too. We both got through the Canyon course without falling, then had a long wait for our chance at the Summit course. I watched a number of my fellow #OmniTen fall on a few particularly challenging elements and when Joshua and I climbed the ladder up to 55' to start the course, I was terrified all over again.
Heather and her partner Caleb were directly in front of me for the entire course and Joshua followed me. Both Heather and Joshua shouted words of encouragement during my entire journey. I heard shouts from #OmniTen members standing safely on the ground, demonstrating that even though we're competitors, we're also a big outdoorsy family. The support was incredible. I took my time, focused on my breathing, on not over-gripping elements that required forearm strength, using my legs instead of relying on my arms, and remembered everything I learned from facing my fears in climbing. And I got through it without falling. Heidi and Jon both ran up for hugs when Joshua and I finished, telling my how proud they were. Though relatively insignificant in the great scheme of things, I knew I'd just done something for myself that I'd remember for a long time.
On the last element of the Summit course.
After all teams had their shots at the ropes courses, we headed back to the Hyatt Escala Lodge to prepare for our next challenge. The ninth event, Downhill Derby, involved accumulating as many vertical feet as we could on the slopes at the Canyons Resort. I normally ski at a controlled pace, but after dealing with fear that morning, bombing down the slopes didn't sound so bad.
down Doc's Run at Canyons.
Though all four #OmniTen seasons had strong skiers and snowboarders to contend with (we missed you on this one, Steve!), I knew Joshua and I could hold our own. After determining the shortest lift route we could get to the fastest from our starting point and the runs with the quickest manageable descents, Heather and I paired up for the full hour and a half to ski together. While riding the Orange Bubble, we talked about how interesting it was that we all had such differing perspectives on which #OmniGames events were scary. We skied Doc's Run a total of five times and the ungroomed Echo run for fun. Though I didn't see our Epic Pass results, by estimation, we accumulated around 10,000 vertical feet.
Though the Park City-based competition was complete after event nine, we still have one more event to compete in. The tenth event, Charles Dickens, allots additional points for telling our #OmniGames stories any way we choose. I've had a blast reflecting on my experience so far, but still have one more story to tell - the gear story. Stay tuned!
Overcoming your fears is never easy. Seriously so proud of you for rockin' those courses.
You crushed that high course! I love that first photo of you though-- your concern is written all over your face!
Yeaaah Katie! There is the girl who let me tag along with her up Algonquin in January :) I love your spirit my dear!


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Q: Printing a java scriptlet variable as if it is a JavaScript variable hello i need to output a java variable inside a javascript call inside a tag inside a jsp !
for example:
 <% String param = "hello";%>

<dmf:checkbox  name="checkbox"
  onclick = "selectAll(<%=param%>)"
/>

the javascript generated is:
selectAll(<%=param%>),this); but I actually want something like
selectAllCheckBoxes(Hello),this);

A: That's not escaping. That's just printing a scriptlet variable as if it is a JavaScript variable.
Besides, your examples are confusing, they doesn't match each other and the Javascript code is syntactically invalid. I can at least tell that JavaScript string variables are to be surrounded by quotes. If you want to end up with
selectAllCheckBoxes('Hello', this);

where Hello should be obtained as a value of the scriptlet local name variable (the param is a reserved variable name, you shouldn't use it yourself), then you need to do
selectAllCheckBoxes('<%= name %>', this);

In the same way, if you want to end up with
onclick="selectAll('Hello')"

you need to do
onclick="selectAll('<%= name %>')"

That said, I strongly recommend you to stop using the old fashioned scriptlets which are been discouraged since more than a decade. JSP programmers were been recommended to use taglibs and EL only to make the JSP code more clean and robust and better maintainable. You can use taglibs such as JSTL to control the flow in the JSP page and you can use EL to access the "back-end" data. Your example can be replaced by:
<c:set var="name" value="Hello" />

...

selectAllCheckBoxes('${name}', this);

A: Generate the whole attribute value with a scriptlet, like this:
<dmf:checkbox  name="checkbox"
   onclick = "<%= "selectAll(" + param + ")" %>" />

A: maybe you are trying to achieve this?
var myVar = '<%= (String)request.getParameter("tab") %>';
loadtabs(myVar);

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What's next for Salma Hayek, actress and creative director?
Seeking a comeback Perhaps Salma Hayek has already done a comeback. This fall, the actress took the stage at the world premiere of Gucci's new home in Milan, a blisteringly intelligent, era-defining space dripping…
Seeking a comeback
Perhaps Salma Hayek has already done a comeback. This fall, the actress took the stage at the world premiere of Gucci's new home in Milan, a blisteringly intelligent, era-defining space dripping with culture, art and culture. Hayek sat on the front row at the event, one of many nights since she hosted screenings of various Gucci fall couture creations, for which she was an ambassador. At the opening of the art exhibition in October, she rode the black Mercedes along with model and Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, her husband François-Henri Pinault and the new museum's trustees and friends, who organized the exhibition in partnership with the Venice Biennale. Just last week, she appeared at WWD's Women in Motion event for Women Who Run With the Wolves, a gender-equal story about a Mexican artist and a teenage girl who battle for inclusion in Mexico's elite art scene. She played the part of Trudi, an artist who travels to Los Angeles to explore fame and offers the woman who gives her a job at Art & Artist an alternative path to success.
Whatever comeback she has, it has given Hayek one of the most impressive resumes for a 41-year-old film star in Hollywood. Her next film, the Al Pacino and Alec Baldwin-starring comedy Why Him?, about a struggling actress and a venture capitalist husband who play lovable fools, opens Dec. 14. She's also playing Nancy Reagan in a film based on Life With Ronald Reagan.
The duality of Salma Hayek is part of what has made her a leading lady.
Her career stretches from her work with the Frida Kahlo Yarn Spinners Project and the Sierra Leone Initiative for Paraplegic Unexplained Illness (SUWAI) in 1999 to producing her own line of lingerie for Gucci. She wrote The Prophet, which became a bestselling book that was turned into a multi- Emmy-winning TV series. She has helmed several projects, including a series for TNT, Satisfaction and the popular web series Dear Salma. Her company Elefante Blanco has created content and production houses including Ensemble and Limitless. So they did.
She has also grown into a leading household name and has been walking the red carpet around the world with John Mayer. A tireless advocate for equal rights, she has gone on hunger strikes, including one for the cause of La Leche League for the Palestinian Codeine Cookery Card.
If you need a reminder of her success, just look at the fashion statement she wore to support the women of Gucci when they officially unveiled their brand on stage. It can be traced back to a catwalk that Hayek walked in Paris more than 20 years ago.
A perennial film buff, she thought it was only right that the Gucci logo incorporated the name of the film, so she wrote an elegant script to express herself and wore it across her silk cocktail dress. It reminded her of the day she last saw the Marrakech International Film Festival and the dream that lingerie had grown up.
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Wildfire safety blackouts in California by PG&E could leave homes without power till Friday
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., discusses federal funding for coronavirus relief and financial support to fight wildfires.
A return of bone-dry humidity and gusty winds Wednesday in Northern Calfornia during the peak of wildfire season is expected to result in power outages for tens of thousands of customers that could last until Friday.
The nation's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), warned it may begin power shutoffs by Wednesday evening to as many as 54,000 customers in 24 counties.
"We really view it as a last resort option," Mark Quinlan, the company's incident commander, said at a briefing on Tuesday.
POWER OUTAGES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MAY IMPACT 50,000 PG&E CUSTOMERS IN SAFETY SHUTOFFS
Wind gusts possibly hitting 55 mph have spurred the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue a red-flag warning from 5 a.m. Wednesday through Friday morning.
While PG&E said it will make a final decision sometime on Wednesday morning whether to implement the pre-emptive electricity cuts, it advised that it began its one-day advance notifications to customers.
Customers in portions of the following counties are being notified of potential shutoffs: Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba.
The Public Safety Power Shutoff is an effort by the utility to prevent fires from being started by damaged power lines fouled or knocked down in high winds. The utility also has deployed generators and other measures to keep electricity flowing in some areas that might otherwise have lost power during the outages, according to Quinlan.
If the forecast unfolds as planned, there will be two main waves of when customers lose electricity.
CALIFORNIA UTILITY USING 'SMARTER, SHORTER' TACTIC FOR BLACKOUTS TO PREVENT WILDFIRES
About 33,000 homes and
Potential blackouts could leave California homes without power until Friday
A dangerous combination of fast winds and low humidity at the height of fire season is expected to prompt power outages for tens of thousands of Northern California homes and businesses starting Wednesday and lasting potentially into Friday.
Manager Gormeet 'Monty' Singh shows off his generator at Calistoga Liquor in Calistoga, California, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Singh says he went days without power during the Glass Fire and 2017's Tubbs Fire. Many in the area area preparing for PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs in the area. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
A Community Resource Center sits ready for any PG&E shut-offs at St. Helena Catholic School in St. Helena, California, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Many in the area area preparing for PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs in the area.
A generator runs at Titus Vineyards off Silverado Trail North in St. Helena, California, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. The vineyards power has been out since the fires began more than two weeks ago.
A PG&E truck next to a vineyard off Silverado Trail North near Calistoga, California, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Ramin
Downed power lines off Silverado Trail North near Calistoga, California, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
PG&E trucks off Silverado Trail North in St. Helena, California, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
PG&E apprentice Oscar Rodulfo works
Strong wind storm reportedly kills one, knocks out power for thousands of Puget Sound homes
Strong wind gusts whipped through the Puget Sound area and down the coast Tuesday, snapping branches and taking down utility poles, and reportedly killing one person and wiping out power for thousands of homes.
Wind gusts ranged from 30 to 40 mph throughout most of the region, with peak gusts at 48 mph in Seattle, said meteorologist Matthew Cullen of the National Weather Service Seattle. The wind storm came from a very strong low-pressure system that moved into northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia earlier Tuesday, combined with a front that extended across the region, he said.
Friday Harbor also saw 48 mph winds, while Olympia and Quillayute hit 45 to 46 mph gusts.
"It was pretty consistent up and down the coast," Cullen said.
The person who died during the windstorm was clearing out a driveway on the Key Peninsula when a tree fell on them, Key Peninsula Fire spokeswoman Anne Nesbit told Q13 News Tuesday. No further information was immediately available.
Puget Sound Energy had responded to more than 77,000 outages by 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, caused primarily by tree branches blown into power lines, the utility service said. Seattle City Light reported more than 14,000 outages in southeast Seattle, northwest Seattle and Shoreline on Tuesday afternoon, though most had been restored by the evening.
State transportation officials also shut down several highways — including Highway 162 near Orting, Highway 121 in Tumwater and Highway 167 near Tacoma — Tuesday to clear away downed power lines and debris, the state Department of Transportation said on Twitter.
Cullen said the gusts were expected to continue to wind down as Tuesday night progressed and stay calmer on Wednesday.
Some showers are expected with a light breeze Wednesday, while Thursday should stay mostly dry with some morning clouds that are expected to
Potential PG&E blackouts could leave California homes without power until Friday
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PG&E apprentice Oscar Rodulfo works to restore power along Los Alamos Rd. in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Customers throughout the region could face power shutoffs later this week as red flag fire warnings take effect.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has warned that about 54,000 customers in portions of 24 counties, including most Bay Area counties, will likely face preemptive electricity cuts intended to prevent wildfires caused by wind-damaged power lines.
Generators and other measures deployed by PG&E should keep the lights on for about 12,000 customers that would have otherwise lost power, according to Mark Quinlan, the company's incident commander.
PG&E officials did not expect to make a final call about shutting off power lines until Wednesday morning. But if the forecast materializes as expected, electricity will go out mainly in two waves later that day, with a third possible on Thursday.
The shut-offs were expected to begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday for 33,000 homes and businesses, primarily in the North Bay and northern Sierra Nevada foothills. Two hours later, the outages would move further south into the Sierras as well as targeted spots in the East Bay, South Bay, Peninsula and Central Coast.
Limited areas of Humboldt and Trinity counties could lose power late Thursday afternoon as the second of two rounds of anticipated Diablo winds blow through, PG&E said.
Electric service should be restored for everyone no later than Friday at 10 p.m. But company officials said they would look for opportunities to turn some lines back
CMSC appoints Aggreko as power supply contractor for Colluli plant
Dual-listed Danakali has announced that Colluli Mining Share Company (CMSC) has appointed Aggreko as its preferred power supply contractor for a 12 MW heavy fuel oil (HFO) power plant at the Colluli sulphate of potash project in Eritrea.
A 12.36 MW thermal HFO solution was chosen as the most effective option for Module 1.
Aggreko will provide the funding for the power solution, which Danakali says provides certainty over the delivery of this preferred solution.
Aggreko will also provide the full scope of support services for the supply, commissioning and maintenance of the power plant and then transfer it to CMSC.
The costs of the power solution provided by Aggreko over the five-year contract period is lower than those set out in the front-end engineering design study, Danakali points out.
The agreement with Aggreko is subject to the conclusion of ongoing negotiations to optimise the scope of works, contract pricing and execution; and board approval of the final investment decision.
"We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Aggreko as our single power provider. With 55 years of experience in delivering high-quality, reliable service to a large number of projects we are confident they have the capabilities to provide our power needs for Colluli.
"At the early stages of the project development, the HFO solution will provide us with flexibility and reliability, and as confirmed by the Solar Energy Industries Association, Colluli will have a relatively small impact on the environment.
"Going forward, once project development is in more of a steady state, we will look to diversify our energy sources towards renewables available in the Danakil region, as per our commitment to sustainable and environment-friendly solutions," says Danakali CEO Niels Wage.