Tomorrow night brings the annual Mansion House (MH) speech, the most important of the year for the Governor of the BoE. While some MH speeches have been dull affairs, with the Chancellor taking the limelight, the Governor tends to use it to make significant policy statements or announcements. Indeed, I would say that it has been more important over the years (to UK policy and markets) than, say, Jackson Hole speeches have been for the US.
Up until this point, Governor Carney had positioned himself (and had tried, but failed to take the MPC with him) at the dovish end of the MPC spectrum. The preceding MPC folly around attempted forward guidance, combined with the one-sided nature of this comment (ie he could have chosen to say "sooner or later") was taken by markets as a clear signal that the Governor had changed tack, and that the MPC would soon be voting for a rate hike.
The chart below shows the impact on the sterling OIS curve of Carney's MH speech. It was worth around 20bp across the curve, a massive single-day move. It also shows what the MPC have done since then, and what the market currently prices for Bank Rate.
So while Carney was suggesting that the MPC could hike earlier than around May 2015 (and markets responded by bringing forward expectations to November 2014), the first rate hike is now not fully priced until August 2016! Perhaps even more striking, is the over 100bp difference in rate expectations at the end of 2016.
So how did the market (and Carney) get it so wrong?
Back in the May 2014 Inflation Report (IR), the Bank had been forecasting GDP growth to remain above trend through 2014, 2015 and 2016. Based on the latest growth data, that has so far broadly panned out, with growth disappointing only a little.
So far, not a lot to make you think that policy should have turned out to be so much looser than expected.
But that isn't really enough to get you there either, as the MPC have been keen to point out that from a policy perspective they are looking through the first round impact of lower food and energy prices on inflation. Unfortunately the MPC do not publish core inflation forecasts, but I suspect that it has come out around half a percentage point lower than expected. It is also worth noting that the latest inflation forecast is slightly higher than that from May 2014 over the relevant policy horizon. One may appeal to very different conditioning assumptions for market rates as a way of squaring the circle here, but even on the constant rate (0.5%) forecast, inflation is currently expected to be almost exactly the same in 2017 Q2 as what was expected a year ago.
In my opinion, the market read far too much into Carney's apparent about-face last year. I don't doubt that he wishes he had of been more balanced in his language (a kind way of saying I think he messed up his comms), but there was simply no chance that the MPC was going to be ready to hike in November last year. The domestic economy was performing well, but there was no sign of wage inflation and Europe was on the slide again.
Roll forward a year, and the situation is pretty similar. The domestic economy continues to perform well (notwithstanding a surprising dip in growth in Q1 and continued disappointment in productivity growth), wage inflation remains weak (although has started to show some sign of picking up) and the euro zone has finally got the policy stimulus it has needed for years from the latest QE programme. Of course the oil price shock has come at a time when core inflation was still below target (as slack is used up), sending headline inflation negative. That presents some risk of inflation expectations de-anchoring, and given the fragile nature of the recovery, is probably enough to have delayed hiking rates a bit (say 6 months later than what was priced pre-MH 2014).
So just as I think the market got into the wrong mindset a year ago by bringing rate hikes forward, I think it has swung too far in the other direction. While we are not at the extremes of a couple of months ago (when some probability of rate cuts were actually priced in the near-term), I still think that a rate hike this year is entirely plausible. And with almost nothing priced in for November, it seems to me like a great asymmetric bet to sell L Z5. Of course if the first hike was to happen in November, then we could see a material steepening in the curve (both for hikes and term premium). No doubt Fed policy will matter a lot for the UK curve as well.
If Carney sounds hawkish tomorrow night, will we see a 20bp sell-off? It's possible, but I doubt he will throw a curve-ball this time. The MPC seem content to stick with their version of "data dependence" and "gradual and limited hikes". I expect that market volatility will get a mention in his speech though. Central bankers are currently treading a fine line between where they were a year or so ago, when many were saying that volatility was abnormally low, and showing concern about too much volatility today. Draghi's comments last week, where he said that they would be looking through market volatility when setting policy, seemed to be interpreted as the catalyst for a further sharp sell-off in Bunds. I expect Carney would be of much the same view with his MPC hat on, but might have a slightly different take with his FPC hat on.


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Shameful as it is to admit, after living in Spain for almost 8 years I have never once made a trip to Valencia – the regional capital.
As a country bumpkin and redneck I have always been content bumming around the Coastal and Inland towns and villages and kept well away from anything resembling what a Brit would call 'normality'.
At about 100kms away – an hour in the car, or an hour on the train – I know from reading various blogs and guide books on the subject that the city has 'lots to offer'. Just if you are into that kind of thing, and as far as I'm concerned when you have seen one industrial Estate, jungle of office blocks and endless traffic, you have seen them all.
I'm actually not 100% certain if it is Cities in general that I don't like, or huge concentrations of people.
But, being the open-minded and non-judgemental kind of guy that I am, I decided to accompany the Mrs on her trip to the smoke to have her 'Ecographica' at the Hospital in the city centre of Valencia. Not only would she remove my manhood if I refused her kind offer, but it would be an opportunity for me to see what all the fuss was about.
1.) The Town of Denia is only around 25 mins from me, and they hold their own smaller version of the Fallas Fiesta each year, so I don't really feel as though I am missing too much here.
2.) I can only be amused by a certain number of 'Mascletas' every year. And, as far as I am concerned, when you have heard one loud bang and seen one gigantic papier mache statue set on fire, you have seen them all.
3.) Hospitals can be a bit a funny about moving appointments around your preferred sight-seeing schedule.
Although this is the year 2012, Man has walked on the moon for more than 40 years, and Spain has spent 930 Million Euros on developing 3 airports that have still not seen a solitary plane land, the train network in my area is woefully inadequate.
Another first for me : catching a train in Spain (which, ironically is where I am typing the first part of my blog as the Mrs is snoozing).
Even though it is one of the busiest and most popular areas of Spain, the Coastal strip of the Mediterranean Cities of Alicante and Valencia are not connected by train. There is about 25km of track which is 'missing' and has been promised to be completed for years now, with no sign of it being completed in the near future. As such to take the train into the city it is necessary to drive 30 mins up the road by car, park up and then catch the train into the city, which stops at every single village en-route.
That said, adding in the hassle of finding and paying for parking, together with the tolls, the train is probably on balance the better option. Parking at almost every (smaller) station is Free and the tickets are next to nothing - I paid 5Euro return for a 45 min journey.
So on arriving at Valencia-Nord we jumped on the Metro for 4 stops to the Hospital.
Now, I don't want to sound like one of those inbred yokels who only has one pair shoes (Which were handed down from his Mum) etc... but I have never been on a Metro in Spain either, so that was another first aswell.
I'm a great advocate of never planning anything in advance, so after the appointment we promised ourselves a few hours wandering aimlessly around the city centre and finding somewhere to get some lunch, to try and get a 'feel' for the city and for the Mrs to try and convince that it was worth coming back to visit at a later date when we had more time on our hands.
1.) The purchase of the Metro tickets : Machine asks 'How Many Journeys ' – we enter 2 x Journeys (to the Hospital and back) for 2 x People, which was not recognised on the return journey. Therefore needed to buy new tickets – not a happy event , as any tightfisted Yorksireman would be able to tell you.
2.) The age old problem of British logic (and assumption) over Spanish failed us once again : The 'Nou de Octubre' Hospital was not actually located on the Nou de Octubre road, however, there was as Hospital (not of that name) on that road. Enter mucho confusion and scratching of head and running from one end of the city to the other in order to make the appointment on time.
3.) My Phobia of loud and pointless bangs : I can kind of understand fireworks when you have the added visual stimulation of the experience, but 15 mins of endless firecrackers where (and I kid you not) the crowd cheers louder as the decibel-meter records more deafening bangs. I was trapped in throng of apathetic students (I thought it was a protest at first) as this went on for about 15 mins outside the Plaza de Ayuntamiento. It seems that the most indebted of all Spanish regions still knows how to waste money on gunpowder.
Would I come back again at a later date ? - Yes : More than likely.
*Oh, and just to ensure that I am fair to the City, you can read more about what Valencia has to offer, with reference to the 'Fallas' et al by clicking through to Hemmingway's blog, here.
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After 18 Months, possibly the least traveled man in Spain is preparing to visit Valencia once more. Lock up your Grandmas and try and get your Metro Stations and road maps in order !
If that's how you get on in Valencia don't ever come to Madrid !! The Metro here is ten times worse.
Fallas : People seem to either love it or hate it. I have some Valencian friends staying with me at the moment because they just had to get out of the city for a few days !
At least it would make a refreshing change to every street name seemingly being called after Doctor Bloody Flemming !
Now wait a minute! Who says it's Spanish logic? It's clearly an example of Valencian enthusiasm. They're "still" celebrating that 9th of October victory from so long ago. I'm impressed they don't name every street and building after it.
A Road, a Hospital and a Metro Station - all of the same name but in different locations.
Spanish logic : you can't beat it !
Thanks for the mention! Now I regret not thinking to warn you about the Nou d'Octubre fiasco. That is the #1 most common mistake to make for out-of-towners (and in-towners) when going to that Hospital. (Does it help that the "Nou d'Octubre" metro stop is also located on the opposite side of the river, about 30-minute walk away from the Hospital?) If I had a nickel for every friend whose told me a story about visiting a pregnant family member, only to get out at Nou D'Octubre and... I should have foreseen this problem and advised you. On the other hand, it sounds like you survived the city visit intact, despite the best efforts of mad falleros.
You should have said - I would have given you a little tour.


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Local Dialogue on Youth and the Future of Europe
08/09/2022 : 09:00 - 12:00 (CET) | Levoča, Slovakia | Future of Europe; Youth policy
On 8 September 2022, CoR Member Miloslav Repaský from European Alliance group organised a local dialogue on Youth and the Future of Europe.
The aim of this event was to discuss the outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe and, more specifically, to reflect on how to ensure young people's voices are heard within these discussions. It also opened the dialogue at local level with the youth from Presov Region.
Paricipants included:
Mr Karl Vanlouwe, EA Group President, Member of the CoR
Mr Dariusz Strugala, EA Vice-president
Mr Emil Draghici, EA Bureau Member
Ms Cosmina Pandele, EA Cor Alternate Member
Mr Krzysztof Iwaniuk, CoR Member
Mr Miroslaw Lech, CoR Alternate Member
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Ing Miroslav Vilkovský, mayor of Levoča
PhDr Milan Majerský, Chairman of the Prešov self-governing region
Mgr Ján Furman, Head of the education department in the Presov Region
The debate was followed by a networking lunch.
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Q: Siege - Why do I get all these responses? I'm confused about what Siege is doing under the hood. I use Siege every now and then to create some traffic for my web services. Today I noticed that Siege lists more responses than I would have I expected.
E.g. I use Siege as
siege -c 1 -t 5s http://www.github.com/index.html
I'd expect to see only one response with the 'index.html' HTML resource. But instead I get
** SIEGE 4.0.2
** Preparing 1 concurrent users for battle.
The server is now under siege...
HTTP/1.1 301     0.22 secs:       0 bytes ==> GET  /index.html
HTTP/1.1 301     0.74 secs:       0 bytes ==> GET  /index.html
HTTP/1.1 200     0.72 secs:   84938 bytes ==> GET  /index.html
HTTP/1.1 200     0.59 secs:   25628 bytes ==> GET  /
HTTP/1.1 200     0.14 secs:   97194 bytes ==> GET  /images/modules/site/org_example_nasa.png?sn
HTTP/1.1 200     0.06 secs:    8182 bytes ==> GET  /images/modules/site/home-ill-platform.png?sn
HTTP/1.1 200     0.06 secs:   10324 bytes ==> GET  /images/modules/site/home-ill-projects.png?sn
HTTP/1.1 200     0.07 secs:   11500 bytes ==> GET  /images/modules/site/home-ill-work.png?sn
HTTP/1.1 200     0.06 secs:    6137 bytes ==> GET  /images/modules/site/home-ill-build.png?sn
HTTP/1.1 200     0.12 secs:  152050 bytes ==> GET  /assets/github-1997dc5b96e7febe96e26200e8d35ecd91516cd11316d8bbff113b04ea81b23b.js
HTTP/1.1 200     0.09 secs:   88940 bytes ==> GET  /assets/frameworks-44ae517d6facdc7480be70913e6d4abb86971b42006cf0f0dd6597b480cc272f.js
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HTTP/1.1 200     0.60 secs:    2062 bytes ==> GET  /u/3777891?v=3&s=80
HTTP/1.1 200     0.15 secs:    6504 bytes ==> GET  /u/1739496?v=3&s=200
HTTP/1.1 200     0.06 secs:   12695 bytes ==> GET  /assets/site-a1797477c6773085524735a03e97c502b07acafa1b95efd6cda07775c7bb7105.css
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The first 2 are redirects, then comes the expected HTML. But why do I get all the other images, JS and CSS resources? I can't imagine that Siege actually parses the HTML and secondarily requests resources from there. I'm lost.

A: HTML parsing is a feature which has been added in Siege 4.0.0.
You can edit Siege configuration file and disable response parsing. Here is an extract from the configuration file:

# Parser
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# images, javascript, etc. and make additional requests for those
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LAS VEGAS -- Kevin Na won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, birdieing Nos. 15-17 to pull away for a two-stroke victory over Nick Watney.
The 28-year-old Na closed with a 6-under 65 for a tournament-record 23-under 261 total at TPC Summlerin in the Fall Series opener. Watney, a two-time winner this year, shot a 67.
Tied for the lead with Watney entering the round, Na sealed the breakthrough victory with a 42-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th. Na and Watney both parred the par-4 18th.
"I'm just very excited about my first win," said Na, who starting playing golf a year after his family moved to the United States from South Korea when he was 8. "It wasn't easy. Nick was coming right behind me. It looked like any time he was going to make a move, and I tried the best that I could to stay one step ahead of him. I think the putt on 17 basically sealed the deal for me."
The winner had five birdies and a bogey on the front nine to reach 21 under. He parred the first four holes on the back nine, then dropped a stroke on the par-3 14th to fall into a tie with Watney.
"I hit a terrible shot on 14," Na said. "I should have backed off. I always back off, but I felt, 'I'm going to hit this.' And I hit a terrible shot and made bogey.
"To bounce back after that bogey, to hit that chip to 3 feet -- I had a great chip from down there -- I was able to relax a little bit. Then I had a great two-putt for birdie on the next hole. It gave me a one-shot lead. I told myself par, par, you're going to win this golf tournament."
Na pulled ahead with his birdie on the par-4 15th and both players birdied the par-5 16th.
"Fifteen was definitely disappointing to not make birdie," Watney said. "I would love to have that bunker shot back. ... Sixteen, I played very nice. Seventeen, I hit a good shot then he made a 40-footer. That kind of stuff happens when you win. It's tough to beat.
"One thing I relearned this week was how serious I was taking it, how badly I wanted to play well the last couple of months. That doesn't always translate into good golf, so this week I came here with no expectations. I took it very easy and played pretty nice."
Tommy Gainey and Paul Goydos had 68s to tie for third at 18 under, and David Hearn (65), Carl Pettersson (68), Jhonattan Vegas (68), Tim Herron (69) and Spencer Levin (68) followed at 17 under.
"This golf course you have to get off to a good start," said Na, who earned $792,000. "The reason why is because like all the guys out here say, 'You have to go low, and if you're not making birdies, somebody else is.' So, if you're even par through six you feel like you're two shots behind everybody, and it puts more pressure into your back nine.
"I was able to get off to a great start and stay ahead of the game, and I think that was the key for me to be cruising through to the victory. The third hole, I made it off the fringe and I said, 'I'm 3 under through four; this is looking really good.' "


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I'm sure many of you that are fortunate enough to have access to your own IT test lab will agree that they can prove invaluable when studying for your IT accreditations such as VMware's VCP. For those of you looking at building your own VMware ESX test lab here's an informative article from TechHead guest contributor, James Pearce, that will help you on your way. James is a Kent based qualified accountant, currently working in information security and technical architecture with most of his time "being spent on virtualisation and business continuity at the moment".
The updated Install, Configure & Manage (ICM) course required to gain VCP for vSphere is still four days despite a lot of new content. To help get the most from the course, I decided to replicate the course test lab on the AMD Opteron based HP ML115G5 – here's how.
Using ESXi on one quad-core ML115G5 with 8GB of RAM, the class lab can be broadly emulated so that all class labs can be re-done later – the only function that won't work properly is Fault Tolerance.
Since I only have one server, my environment consists of the "physical" install of ESXi (pESXi) and six VMs – the four hosts above, an iSCSI storage VM, and a virtual router to link it all up. Getting ESXi itself on the ML115G5 is straightforward thanks to TechHead's reference guide on the subject (note that for this lab it's vital that AMD-V is enabled in the Proliant BIOS).
Spreading things over different physical disks will improve disk intensive tasks line cloning VMs, which can get tiresome thrashing a single drive.
The actual installation is covered below – first we need the virtual infrastructure running.
I then added a static route to 192.168.10.0/24 and 192.168.20.0/24 to my physical router, but alternatively static routes could be added to the management station.
Whatever storage you want to give it. I went for 2x 250GB thin provisioned volumes on different physical disks (to speed up cloning operations).
TechHead has an excellent article on getting OpenFiler up and running already as an iSCSI target. The NICs will need an IP address from each subnet accordingly – 192.168.10.15 and 192.168.20.15 in my lab.
A Windows DC isn't really needed, but I've added one as the course covers the Windows AD integration to provide access rights (roles). vCentreServer also can't be installed on a domain controller, so I needed two Windows Server VMs. Minimum spec is 1vCPU, 512MB RAM and 1 vNIC (on the vSphereLab LAN). I tend to use 16GB thin provisioned volumes for Server 2003 system volumes.
The DC can be used to provide DHCP and DNS services on the Lab LAN – my subnet configs are given above. Once DNS is running for the LAB domain (vspherelab.co.uk in my case), a forwarder can be added to DNS on the non-Lab LAN for the domain vspherelab.co.uk via 192.168.10.20 (the lab DC), and similarly the other way around, so everything can find and talk to everything else.
No DHCP is required on the iSCSI LAN as there will only be a few devices on it anyway.
A lot of effort can be spared by disabling the Windows Firewall and Internet Explorer's Enhanced Security Configuration (hidden in add/remove programs) on every Windows VM.
vmware don't seem to offer a 'student' license so getting vSphere means registering for the 60-day evaluation license and grabbing what you can. Annoyingly certain parts of the software covered in the course aren't available either, like the new Data Recovery Appliance.
The minimum spec for the Windows 2003 Server VM for vCentreServer is 1vCPU, 2GB RAM and 1 vNIC (on the vSphereLab LAN). The installation will include SQL Server Express, hence the additional RAM requirement.
Installation of vCentreServer itself is straightforward and wizard driven. The Guided Consolidation, Update Manager and Converter should also be installed.
This is straightforward – create the VM, make the setting adjustments, connect the ISO to the DVD drive and follow the instructions. I installed ESXi for simplicity and because it will run with 1 vCPU. Once installed add the IP address, DNS server (the Lab DC), and default gateway – that's it.
In case you were wondering, Jim Mattson has posted an excellent description of the restrict_backdoor function on the vmware community forums. Without this line, VMs within vESX (nested VMs) can't be started.
If configuring a 2 vCPU vESX, add a row so that the processor is detected a 1x dual core with name: cpuid.coresPerSocket and value: 2.
that the OpenFiler has an 'allow' Network Access Rule for the iSCSI subnet.
Performance of nested VMs is fine for test purposes, but naturally the box overall will start to struggle when pushed too far. My machine typically has 10 to 13 VMs running (three or four being nested) and the physical CPU load when all are idle is around 1.3GHz with 7GB RAM used. The biggest limitation is the RAM capacity – once into the last gigabyte, ESX will activate the balloon driver and performance dives, mainly due to the resulting disk contention.
Fortunately even the free ESXi provides resource pools which can help protect any more important VMs running on the pESXi from being bogged down by the weight of the test environment. Also, for important VMs a RAM reservation of 35% of the allocated RAM will avoid vswapping, which absolutely destroys performance (at least when using SATA disks).
Almost everything covered in the official ICM course can be replicated at home with one quad-core ML115G5, the only real exceptions being Fault Tolerance (which starts to work but continually re-starts the guests) and the components that vmware won't let you get without paying for them, like Data Recovery.
Performance of nested VMs is surprisingly good for lab purposes, each layer of ESX seemingly providing about 10% overhead in raw CPU performance terms, and running virtualised shared storage with OpenFiler enables a virtual high-availability (HA) cluster to be built.
In order to test HA with a reasonable number of slots, each vESX needs around 4GB of RAM. The weight of the overall test environment can be controlled in pESXi with a resource pool, but the 8GB capacity of the ML115G5 can be limiting. This does however result in some good heavy-stress performance analysis work being possible, which couldn't be demonstrated in the real course lab because the machines couldn't be loaded enough.
The VCP410 exam is available now, but delegates must have been on an accredited ICM course to be eligible to gain VCP status.
How to configure OpenFiler v2.3 iSCSI Storage for use with VMware ESX.
Install & Configure an HP Lights-Out 100c Remote Management Card for your HP Proliant ML110 or ML115.
VMware ESX(i) 4.0 (vSphere) -Connecting to an iSCSI Storage Target.
Reader Chris has spotted an error in the above with the listed OpenFiler network configuration – my apologies for this!
The diagram is incorrect, the OpenFiler in my test configuration is listening in 192.168.10.15 (management) and 192.168.20.10 (iSCSI). Sorry about this!
Very interesting guide! Just a question where did you get the cool icons you used in your network diagram?
Hi, thanks for the comments. The diagram was created with http://www.gliffy.com/.
What harddrives do you use, and are you using raid card at the HP ML115?
Hi, my lab server has 3x Western Digital RE2 500GB drives on a Dell Perc 5i with 512MB BBWC running in RAID-5, and a Western Digital Caviar-GP 1TB on the on-board SATA.
Performance is adequate, but not good enough to prevent a disk intensive VM from starving the rest of the system. Will add another disk to the RAID-5 volume at some point, which should increase the IOPS rate on the array by 50%.
Great article! After looking on the VMWare Compatibility Guide, I saw that Dell PowerEdge 1850 servers are listed, and they are very cheap on Ebay ($200-$300 US each). What do you think of using these servers, as opposed to the ProLiant ML115's?
The issue with the 1850 is that is uses super-expensive RAM and Ultra-320 SCSI hard drives, which are also super-expensive.
It would be a fine machine if you can pick one up with 8GB RAM and a pair of 300GB disks already (and the optional BBWC kit for the Perc-4 array controller), otherwise I'd stay stick with the ML115 to be honest.
Since I would use a shared NAS storage device (found one on the compatibility list for around $300), the onboard hard drives only need to be large enough to hold the ESXi install, correct?
If using a NAS device for your VM vmfs storage then yes the local hard disk to the ESX/ESXi host needs to only be large enough for the ESX/ESXi installation. As most hard disks these days are no smaller than 146GB (SCSI or SAS) or 160GB (SATA) many peopl use the extra local disk space for vmfs storage of the source ISO files.
If looking for a dedicated entry level NAS device then check-out the iomega (EMC) ix2 or if the budget strectches to it the ix4 – these aren't the fastest NAS appliances in the world though for a lab environment or perhaps even an SMB type set-up they'd be fine. I use an ix4 in my home lab.
Thanks Simon! It's the Iomega IX2-200 2TB NAS device that I was referring to. I'm following your equipment list very closely, except that I just bought two Dell PowerEdge 1850 servers instead of the ProLiant ML115's. These 1850s have dual 3.6GHz CPUs, 8Gb RAM, a 73Gb U320 HDD, and a PERC 4e controller with 256MB BBWC.
Besides the equipment, I had another question. I had planned on purchasing Ghost so that once I get the machines loaded with the trial software and working, I'll Ghost the drives and then simply reload the installations when the trial expires. Is this what most folks are doing for their home labs, since it's almost impossible to afford the software outright (and impractical, as well)?
Hi, nice post, I'm having the same problem with FT, the secondary machine keeps restarting over and over, is there any way to get this work properly ?
I haven't taken a vSphere 4.x course, but have taken previous versions and in both 2.x and 3.5 courses, the labs had, in addition to NFS and iSCSI, Fibre Channel (FC) storage to demonstrate multi-pathing through FC switches, etc. Did they remove FC storage labs from the course? If so, that's bad since many (most?) enterprise level installations still use FC for storage and most don't have that available in a lab environment so a classroom was one of the few places you can actually get hands on configuring various multi path policies, working with the effects of zoning, and the like.
EDIT: In case someone doesn't catch it, NFS and iSCSI labs were in the 3.5 classes-if memory serves me correctly, it was only parallel SCSI and FC for ESX 1.x and 2.x.
thank you very much. what about the vmTools on the nested VMs? how it can be installed?
thanks once a gain and keep posting such of these good stuff.


Excerpted from an article that originally appeared in Longreads.com. Reprinted with permission.
A couple of years ago I purchased a pair of 23andMe kits for myself and my husband, Tomer. I intended to scientifically prove that Tomer's most irritating behaviors were genetic destiny and therefore unchangeable. I'd grown tired of nagging him — oftentimes, I'd hear my own voice rattling inside my brain in the same way a popular song might get stuck in my head. I needed an out, something to push me toward unconditional acceptance of my husband.
My constant complaining yielded zero behavior modification on his part; on the other hand, it was changing me into a nasty micromanager. I briefly considered marital therapy, but that's an expensive undertaking, costing much more than the $398 one-time fee for both DNA kits. Plus, couples' therapy could take a long time, requiring detours through our shared history.
In much appealing contrast, 23andMe promised to launch us straight back to our prehistoric roots, and might provide Tomer with something akin to a formal pardon note, thereby permitting me to stop fighting against him, once and for all. I imagined we could help others by way of example too, for what long-married woman has not suffered her husband's most banal tendencies — the socks and underwear on the floor, the snoring? Not me, because my husband puts his used clothes in the hamper and I'm the snorer. Really, I'm probably blessed as far as masculine disgustingness goes. But my husband is flawed in one repulsive way: his barbaric table manners.
I have no doubt this is a genetic situation, for even back when we were first dating I'd shuddered upon seeing my future father-in-law poke through the serving bowls of a family-style meal with his bare hairy hands. My husband's father has also been caught eating ice cream directly from the carton (the thought of which I now appreciate for its built-in binge deterrent). Moreover, my father-in-law eats like a caveman-conqueror, reaching across dinner plates to pluck a taste of this or that from his mortified tablemates.
A family dinner looks like a scene straight out of Game of Thrones, minus any crowns. And so, when my husband first began to exhibit similar behaviors, I had to wonder: Had I suffered some rare form of blindness previously? Did some barrier of unconscious denial gently shield my eyes each day, year after year, but only at mealtimes? It was as if a blindfold suddenly fell from my face, or as if Tomer had finally removed a mask from his own. My gentleman turned into a beast, seemingly overnight.
Around the same time Tomer stopped liking forks, he'd adopted the Paleo diet (versions of which are known as the caveman diet). He'd cut all processed foods from his intake, eating nothing but meat, nuts, vegetables, and fruit.
"My stomach is no longer a quivering idiot," Tomer said, and he said it more than once, to countless friends and family members, until he'd worked up a complete narrative on how he'd triumphed over his very own stomach. And each time he told this story, he lifted his shirt, pounding his fists upon his midsection. His proud smile began to appear, well, wild and hungry, as if he'd tamed his digestive system but in doing so had activated a primitive gene and sacrificed his own civility.
Shortly thereafter, I came across an article pertaining to Neanderthal DNA. According to modern science, the Neanderthals and our prehistoric ancestors mated, leaving many of us with a small percentage of Neanderthal DNA. I did more Googling and learned that 23andMe can tell you how much Neanderthal DNA you carry. Although they do mean different things, in my mind's eye, the words "Neanderthal" and "caveman" summoned identical images: that of savage meat-eating maniacs ripping raw meat from bone with fat fingers and jagged teeth.
And this was it — the thing that sold me on 23andMe: the chance to determine one's degree of Neanderthal-ness. Without any consideration of all the possible consequences of submitting one's DNA to a global database, I ordered two kits, grinning and convinced that my husband's result would show a statistically significant and above-average number of Neanderthal variants in his genome. Since Father's Day was only a month away, I decided I'd gift wrap the kits upon arrival too. I'd kill two birds with one stone.
On Father's Day, Tomer unwrapped the kits with feigned enthusiasm, poor guy. I'm sure he would have preferred a drone or a new barbecue, but my selfish interests had interfered with those wishes. The kits ended up on the bottom shelf of a bedroom nightstand, collecting dust for a month until Tomer and I finally got around to collecting our spit.
We watched a YouTube video on the proper collection technique, and I started to spit first, and then one of our children screamed from the other room, something about spilled lemonade, pulling Tomer away from our mutual undertaking. By the time he returned to our bedroom, he'd "accidentally" eaten something and drunk a glass of water — the directions specifically state not to do this.
"Forget it," Tomer said. "I'm too tired. I'll do mine tomorrow."
I ended up packaging my DNA sample all by its lonely self for the outgoing mail. Tomer's kit went back on the nightstand, where it sat for another six months, at least.
My results arrived rather quickly. An email from the company announced that my reports were available online for viewing. I cannot lie — it all felt a bit like Santa had arrived, like I was a child once again, stumbling, half-awake, into a living room overflowing with sparkling ribbon-wrapped gifts. Who am I? Now I would know.
I calmed down soon enough. My ancestry, it turns out, was hardly surprising: mostly Italian and Polish framed by a mosaic of numerous other European countries. Exactly 1 percent of my DNA was attributed to Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, half a percent from each side, and I proudly posted this in a Facebook update for my Jewish husband's family to see. I was a real member of the tribe, if only by a mere drop.
It was later that night, after celebrating my newfound Jewishness, that I remembered to look for Neanderthal DNA. I quickly found the link and clicked it with the casual ease of someone who does not think of herself as a Neanderthal at all. The reality seeped in like a slow poison, because when I first viewed my number of Neanderthal variants — 297 — I had no context for knowing what significance this number held, if any. It took a moment to locate that information and when I did, I discovered, to my horror, that 297 Neanderthal variants placed me in the 81st percentile of all 23andMe users. I'm well above average for Neanderthal-ness; only 19 percent of other 23andMe customers can claim worse.
I almost kept this unfortunate fact to myself, but in search of immediate consolation, I told Tomer.
"I have terrible news," I said. "I'm highly Neanderthal. Which means you must be, like, ultimate-level Neanderthal." Tomer, I imagined, would be in the 99th percentile for Neanderthal variants.
"Who cares? I love you just the way you are," he said, referencing our wedding song with a wink.
I went online to read more about Neanderthal traits. Surprisingly, my idea of a super-hairy Neanderthal was all wrong. One of my Neanderthal variants, for instance, is associated with having a decreased amount of body hair on one's back. This was my consolation prize: a lower annual expense for body waxing.
Finally, and almost a full year after Father's Day, Tomer collected his spit because he couldn't take my nagging anymore. By the time his results came in, the passage of time had rendered me numb to my own degree of Neanderthal-ness, though I still looked forward to welcoming Tomer into the club. Tomer himself showed zero interest in his results.
"I don't care. You can log into it. Let me know what you find out," he told me.
I clicked onto his reports with the disappointment one feels after reading a lengthy novel that never delivers its climactic moment. I saw that Tomer is 82 percent Ashkenazi Jewish — no surprise there — and likely yawned. Then I clicked the link for Tomer's Neanderthal information and, in an unforeseen plot twist, to my great shock, learned that Tomer carries less Neanderthal DNA than 88 percent of all other users on the site. I quickly checked my own account — perhaps I'd previously misread my report.
But no — on my personal list of DNA relatives on the site, I'm in first place for Neanderthal-ness. Next to my name and No. 1 rank, 23andMe features an illustration too: a blue cartoon-like image of a caveman's profile alongside what appears to be a prehistoric tool of some kind, maybe a spear.
For Father's Day this year, I purchased Tomer a drone through Amazon. He practically tore open the box, then called his brother and father, who immediately drove over to help him assemble his new toy. I watched as he fit pieces together without the aid of the instruction manual, a task my own brain could never manage. My mother is quite good at this sort of thing, so I don't need 23andMe to tell me that my inferior gene for mechanical engineering is from the paternal side of the family — my father couldn't even change a light bulb. My husband, by contrast, put together a drone and flew it over our backyard, proving he is more than a meat-loving caveman, at least up until the moment the damn drone fell from the sky and refused to recharge itself, though we plugged it in numerous times.
"How much did you pay for this?" my husband asked.
He sighed. "I love this gift. It's really the best thing you could've thought to get me," Tomer said, kissing the top of my head. "But a decent drone, even a good beginner's drone, costs at least a thousand bucks."
I offered to return it and buy him a better one. "We'll definitely return it," Tomer said, "But I'll wait for science to advance and lower the cost."
It was another Father's Day gift fail; still, I marveled that for around the same price as a crappy drone, I had uploaded human DNA to a database that in turn sent me ancestral and medical reports.
Later that afternoon, Tomer's extended family assembled in our kitchen for dinner. I prepared a salad while Tomer grilled rib eyes and sausages. The drone was a bust, but we still had to eat. Our kids and nephews grew irritable with hunger.
My husband plopped a few steaks upon our kitchen island, and I watched him tear meat from bone, then dangle it over his upturned face, catching blood-tinged drops with his tongue before dropping it all into his mouth in one giant catch. He was still chewing when he said, "At the end of the day, nothing's better than a great piece of steak."
My father-in-law and brother-in-law hustled over toward the kitchen island, grabbing a slab of meat and some sausage for themselves, too.
My sister-in-law Joanne, who's married to my husband's brother, looked at me and sighed. "We're married to cavemen," she said, rolling her eyes. "My mom warned me, but I didn't listen."
Usually, I'd enjoy adding a snarky remark or two, but with unprecedented restraint, I kept my mouth shut and resisted any linguistic impulsivity. I don't know if my prehistoric ancestors were linguistic or impulsive or neither or both, but self-control, Neanderthal or not, felt like a new achievement. And it was Father's Day, after all. I let my husband enjoy his caveman meal in peace.


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Further analysis of Labor's negative gearing proposal from industry bodies suggests it is not compatible with the dynamics of the current market and its investors.
As published previously, independent research commissioned by Master Builders Australia has found that the financial impact of Labor's misguided policy could be a multibillion-dollar hit to a market that is already struggling in Sydney and Melbourne, the Property Investment Professionals of Australia and the Property Investors Council of Australia said in a joint statement.
PIPA chairman Peter Koulizos said that Labor's policy shows it fails to understand and appreciate the vital part investors play in the property sector.
"Property investors provide housing for 30 per cent of Australians at a time when spending on social housing is at an all-time low," the chairman said.
The 2018 PIPA Property Investment Sentiment Survey reinforced that negative gearing is not a strategy, but rather a moment in time because of the high transactional costs associated with real estate investment.
The survey found that about 60 per cent of investors say their portfolio will be positively geared within five years, and 71 per cent believe changing negative gearing and capital gains tax policy will not improve housing affordability.
Only 6 per cent said they were interested in buying a new property, which again shows that restricting negative gearing to brand-new dwellings would not increase supply.
"The PIPA survey found that long-term capital growth beat out cash flow, both long- and short-term, as the most important aspect when choosing an investment," Mr Koulizos said.
"In fact, short-term tax benefits were seen as the least important driver when choosing an investment."
Mr Koulizos also said that restricting negative gearing to new properties may see an increase in the numbers of spruikers hoping to make a quick buck in the market.
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PICA chairman Ben Kingsley said that the government should stop using investors as a never-ending cash cow.
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PIPA and PICA request that the federal government establish a working group of relevant industry bodies to better understand the important role of property investment for the Australian economy.


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Q: ASP.NET MVC 3 upload file maximum size I am trying to upload large files using ASP.NET Web API controller

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*I am able to upload until 2 GB.

*But for more than 2 GB I am unable to upload.

*Is this a limitation of the Web API controller and ASP.NET?

*Should I make any configuration changes?

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Otherwise, you might have to look at third-party (paid, open source) solutions for a more elegant approach of uploading the large files in chunks (with a progress bar indicator, etc.).


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package com.padepokan79.controller;

import org.json.JSONArray;

import com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement;
import com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSet;
import com.padepokan79.model.Convertor;
import com.padepokan79.model.ListQuery;
import com.padepokan79.util.DatabaseConnection;

public class UnitKerja extends DatabaseConnection implements ListQuery{
	public UnitKerja() {

	}

	public JSONArray simpleQuery(String query, int nextPage){
		try
		{
			PreparedStatement st = (PreparedStatement) conn.prepareStatement(query);
			st.setInt(1, nextPage);
			ResultSet rs = (ResultSet) st.executeQuery();
			return Convertor.convertToJSON(rs);
		}catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO: handle exception
		}
		return null;
	}

	public JSONArray simpleQuery(String query, String inputName, int nextPage){
		try
		{
			PreparedStatement st = (PreparedStatement) conn.prepareStatement(query);
			st.setString(1, inputName);
			st.setInt(2, nextPage);
			ResultSet rs = (ResultSet) st.executeQuery();
			return Convertor.convertToJSON(rs);
		}catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO: handle exception
		}
		return null;
	}

	public JSONArray getQueryNIPAtasanDanJabatanAtasanDanNamaAtasanTidakKosong(int nextPage){
		try
		{
			String query = queryNIPAtasanDanJabatanAtasanDanNamaAtasanTidakKosong;
			return simpleQuery(query, nextPage);
		}catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO: handle exception
		}
		return null;
	}

	public JSONArray getQueryMenampilkanBerdasarkanNamaJabatanAtasan(String inputName, int nextPage){
		try
		{
			String query = queryMenampilkanBerdasarkanNamaJabatanAtasan;
			return simpleQuery(query, inputName, nextPage);
		}catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO: handle exception
		}
		return null;
	}

	public JSONArray getQueryMenampilkanBerdasarkanNamaBendahara(String inputName, int nextPage){
		try
		{
			String query = queryMenampilkanBerdasarkanNamaBendahara;
			return simpleQuery(query, inputName, nextPage);
		}catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO: handle exception
		}
		return null;
	}

	public JSONArray getQueryMenampilkanBerdasarkanNamaOperator(String inputName, int nextPage){
		try
		{
			String query = queryMenampilkanBerdasarkanNamaOperator;
			return simpleQuery(query, inputName, nextPage);
		}catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO: handle exception
		}
		return null;
	}
}

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Q: Getting weighted average and standard deviation on several columns in Pandas I am trying to do weighted standard deviation on top of weighted average on my pandas dataframe. I have a pandas dataframe like:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({"Date": pd.date_range(start='2018-01-01', end='2018-01-03 18:00:00', freq='6H'),
               "Weight": np.random.uniform(3, 5, 12),
               "V1": np.random.uniform(10, 15, 12),
               "V2": np.random.uniform(10, 15, 12),
               "V3": np.random.uniform(10, 15, 12)})

Currently, to get the weighted mean, inspired by this post, I am doing the following:
def weighted_average_std(grp):
    return grp._get_numeric_data().multiply(grp['Weight'], axis=0).sum()/grp['Weight'].sum()
df.index = df["Date"]
df_agg = df.groupby(pd.Grouper(freq='1D')).apply(weighted_average_std).reset_index()
df_agg

Where I get the following:
    Date    V1  V2  V3  Weight
0   2018-01-01  11.421749   13.090178   11.639424   3.630196
1   2018-01-02  12.142917   11.605284   12.187473   4.056303
2   2018-01-03  12.034015   13.159132   11.658969   4.318753

I want to modify weighted_average_std so that it returns standard deviation for each column in addition to weighted average. The idea is to use the weighted average for each group in a vectorized fashion. The new column names for Weighted Standard Deviation can be something like V1_WSD, V2_WSD and V3_WSD.
PS1: This post goes through the theory of weighted standard deviation.
PS2: Column Weight in df_agg is meaningless.

A: You could use EOL's NumPy-based code
to calculate weighted averages and standard deviation. To use this in a Pandas groupby/apply operation, make weighted_average_std return a DataFrame:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

def weighted_average_std(grp):
    """
    Based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/2415343/190597 (EOL)
    """
    tmp = grp.select_dtypes(include=[np.number])
    weights = tmp['Weight']
    values = tmp.drop('Weight', axis=1)
    average = np.ma.average(values, weights=weights, axis=0)
    variance = np.dot(weights, (values - average) ** 2) / weights.sum()
    std = np.sqrt(variance)
    return pd.DataFrame({'mean':average, 'std':std}, index=values.columns)

np.random.seed(0)
df = pd.DataFrame({
    "Date": pd.date_range(start='2018-01-01', end='2018-01-03 18:00:00', freq='6H'),
    "Weight": np.random.uniform(3, 5, 12),
    "V1": np.random.uniform(10, 15, 12),
    "V2": np.random.uniform(10, 15, 12),
    "V3": np.random.uniform(10, 15, 12)})

df.index = df["Date"]
df_agg = df.groupby(pd.Grouper(freq='1D')).apply(weighted_average_std).unstack(-1)
print(df_agg)

yields
                 mean                             std
                   V1         V2         V3        V1        V2        V3
Date
2018-01-01  12.105253  12.314079  13.566136  1.803014  1.725761  0.679279
2018-01-02  13.223172  12.534893  11.860456  1.709583  0.950338  1.153895
2018-01-03  13.782625  12.013557  12.105231  0.969099  1.189149  1.249064


But suppose you don't want to reserve an upgrade to Windows 10 at this time? Here are two ways to get rid of the app.
1. Remove the app icon from the taskbar – Open the "Customize" dialog by clicking the small up-arrow at the left of the notification area and choose "Hide icon and notifications" for the icon labelled "GWX'. This does not actually remove the upgrade app but just hides it.
2. To actually remove the upgrade app, uninstall the Windows update KB3035583. This can be done in the Installed Updates section of Control Panel. I have tried this on a Windows 7 system and it worked fine. However, Windows updates can be problematic and the responsibility for the results of uninstalling rests with the user.You will still have the option to download and reinstall this Windows update. Once you have removed update KB3035583, Windows will continue to try to reinstall it unless you mark it as hidden.
Added later: Ghacks has a list of additional Windows updates to be removed but there are comments there about problems caused by some of these removals. To repeat, choosing whether to remove any updates is the responsibility of the user. Always back up first.
MS has apparently disabled the 'Uninstall' button for the Win10 update.
I've never had a Windows upgrade forced on me before. I prefer the classic desktop. I know nothing about Windows 10 figuring I'd wait and see what others thought about it first before even considering upgrading. Is there a classic desktop option available in Windows 10 or must we learn how to use the computer all over again. Thank goodness for "Classic Shell" or I'd be lost.
Selecting Hide... in the customise notification area window only has effect until the computer is restarted, it reappears with "show icon and notifications" enabled after a shutdown/restart. Even selecting "only show notificatios" resets after a restart.
Even though I have reserved the upgrade the icon is still there and a message about it now shows in Control Panel/Windows Update instead of the normal "No Updates/Updates available" dialogue.
It was heard that those with 'Pirated Versions' of Win_7 or Win_8 or 8.1, are also going to have an option for a free upgrade ?
Are we going to have an option to burn an 'ISO image' of the new OS ???
I unknowingly installed some earlier Windows Updates to my Win7 pc preparing for Win10. they *** my PC display on Chrome in a variety of ways when I tried System Restore it had become disabled (I read elsewhere about a similar effect) does anyone know a workaround to restore SysRestore so I can dump this 10 Trash and restore my beautiful desktop to Win 7 ?
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According to this article, KB3035583 was issued 3 times: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2922604/microsoft-windows/microsoft-re-re-re-issues-controversial-windows-10-advertising-patch-kb-3035583.html On my own W8.1 x64 system it was installed twice, and that is only because I reinstalled Windows in April. Another strange thing is I can't find KB3035583 when searching from Explorer. Is this happening to anyone else?
What happens when you upgrade to Windows 10? Will it wipe out your whole hard drive, or the Windows 7 or 8 partition with all your data, or just upgrade the operating system?
I have several PCs, all of which dual (or triple) boot Linux, along with (usually seldom used) Windows 7 . Would the upgrade wipe out my Linux partitions, along with my data? If that happened, it would take me an hour or two to reinstall Linux and my data, and get it back to the way I like it. And it sounds like the best action would be to keep 7 until it dies in 2020 (or the PC dies).
A typical upgrade has the option for a clean install or for retaining personal files. I do not personally know what happens to a dual boot system but this link says Windows 10 upgrade keeps the Linux partition but removes grub.
BTW check this link for some old Windows features that get removed when you upgrade.
Thanks. I'll probably just reach for my SuperGrubDisk if the time comes to restore grub; it's pulled my dupa out of the fire a few times already.
No DVD playback on Win 10? Yet another reason to run Linux.
That's a really silly reason to run Linux. You can easily install VLC or PotPlayer to run DVDs, which most of the people running Windows do anyways.. they are much better than WMP.
That's a subset of the "Linux includes a whole lot of applications that you don't have to install or update separately" reason to install Linux, at http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/.
Let's not make it a debate about Windows or Linux, here on a Windows article. Better keep it for forum.


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Green season
Broken branches and animal troughs fill Marilee Johnson's house this holiday season. It's a bare contrast to the bewildering flurry of other Christmas decorations.
Johnson's West Fargo house is part of this year's Homes for the Holidays tour. Six businesses have decorated area homes - each set of decorations with a theme - on display noon to 5 p.m. today and Sunday.
Kriss LeCocq arranged Johnson's home with the theme "Green Christmas." The materials LeCocq uses reflect her sustainable sentiment, though the look is utterly modern.
"This is what we're trying to focus on for Christmas: trying to do simple things that create a whole look for the season, not just the day, and using nature to do what it does best," says LeCocq, owner of Funky Junque in Fargo.
LeCocq suggests foraging backyards ands flowerbed for creative decorations. She pulled a broken bough from her backyard and set it in one of Johnson's corners, and then sparsely set in antique ornaments.
A former surveyor's stand is fashioned into a lamp, paper packaging circles an artificial Christmas tree and an old animal trough holds upright twigs in a line.
In another trough, LeCocq put rocks, nuts, pinecones, twigs and sand. It works as a base for candles to avoid electric bulbs - "a great natural setting," LeCocq says.
Johnson says, "This economy, the way it is, people are thinking you need to buy all these Christmas decorations that you have up for a month." Yet LeCocq's cost-effective work stands as naked as winter.
An old door rests against one of Johnson's walls for a rustic, yet sophisticated, appeal. For LeCocq, such a makeover is art.
"I've always been about lines," LeCocq says. "You just look at these (decorations), and it's about the shape of (them)."
Much of the feel comes from LeCocq's giving the space some air, Johnson says.
"We think, 'Oh, there's a space there; you have to fill it up,' " Johnson says. "She's teaching us decluttering."
"It's so simple, it's almost elementary," LeCocq says.
Other sights
Homes for the Holidays tickets are $15 and can be bought at area businesses or the Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2001 44th St. S., Fargo. A portion of the tour's profits go to the Emergency Food Pantry.
- Funky Junque decorated Marilee and Randy Johnson's Home, 534 18th Ave.
E., West Fargo.
- Red River Coffee Co. and local artists decorated the
Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2001 44th St. S., Fargo.
- Completely Home Design Center decorated its model home at 3485 Loberg Lane, West Fargo.
- Shotwell Floral and Stabo Scandinavian Imports decorated the home of Heidi and Jeff Haaven, 4435 58th St. S., Fargo.
- Meadowbrook Home Furnishings & Gifts decorated the home of Emily and Louis Maresca, 4712 43rd St. S., Fargo.
- Scheels Design Studio decorated the home of Deann and Mike Holm, 412 Allyson Circle, Moorhead.
Readers can reach Forum reporter Lee Morris at (701) 241-5523


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Philip E. Nelson (born 1934) is an American food scientist who is best known for his work in bulk aseptic processing and packaging of food and the use of chlorine dioxide gas and hydrogen peroxide liquid to commercially sterilize food products and food contact surfaces.
He was the Scholle Chair and Professor in Food Processing at the Department of Food Science at Purdue University. Aseptic processing and packaging would be involved in the relief efforts following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

He received the World Food Prize in 2007 for his work on aseptic food storage.

Nelson was president of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) for  2001-2. He has earned four awards from IFT for his efforts: the Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award in 1976, a fellow in 1980, the Nicholas Appert Award in 1995, and the Carl R. Fellers Award in 2005.

In his early life, Nelson worked at his family's tomato cannery on their farm near Morristown, Indiana, developing an interest in horticulture. This led him to a 4-H award when he was 15 at the Indiana State Fair, earning him lunch with the Indiana governor, a gold watch, and a drive around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Nelson would return to his family farm as a canning plant manager of his family farm in the late 1950s. After the plant closed in 1960, he returned to Purdue and earned his PhD on flavor volatility in canned tomatoes.

Nelson retired from teaching at Purdue in 2010. The Food Science Building at Purdue which he helped design that opened in 1998 was renamed in his honor as the Philip E. Nelson Hall of Food Science.

References

"Carl R. Fellers Award: Philip E. Nelson". (2005). In 2005 IFT Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO Program & Exhibit Directory. Chicago: Institute of Food Technologists. p. 34.
Higgins, Kevin T. "The aseptic king". Food Engineering. October 2007. pp. 119–20.
IFT Staff. "Food Scientist wins World Food Prize". Food Technology. July 2007. pp. 59–60.
Inside Indiana Business, June 18, 2007 –  Purdue Professor Wins World Food Prize

External links
Institute of Food Technologists Award Winners
Institute of Food Technologists Fellows
Purdue University, Food Science – Dr. Philip E. Nelson
World Food Prize Biography and Laureate Achievement Story Archived copy

1935 births
Fellows of the Institute of Food Technologists
Living people
American food scientists
Purdue University faculty
Purdue University College of Agriculture alumni
People from Lafayette, Indiana
Agriculture and food award winners


Sun and clouds, milder, a few evening showers. Highs near 60. Overnight Thursday: Breezy, showers to clearing. Lows in the 40s. Friday: Variable clouds, mild. Highs around 70, 50s north.
A few raindrops overnight, mixed with snowflakes in the mountains, marked the leading edge of the warmest weather we've seen in New England in weeks.
We dry out and clear up for a time today with temperatures jumping into the 50s to near 60 degrees as a breeze picks up from the southwest. Clouds race back in as another warm front comes in late in the day, with a chance of rain or showers developing west before dinner time.
Rain, perhaps mixed with snow in northern Maine, will continue off and on overnight with a low temperature in the 30s and 40s.
A weak cold front goes by tomorrow, but it will not make it very far, allowing the temperatures to get to near 70 degrees in parts of southern New England even as we hold in the 40s and 50s north under mostly cloudy skies.
The weekend features an incredible thermal gradient over New England.
We may be close to 80 degrees in Connecticut by noon Saturday, even as the rest of New England sees the temperatures fall through the 50s into the 40s and 30s with a lot of clouds and even some light rain or snow possible north.
A mighty cold, high-pressure system in southeastern Canada is going to make for chilly raw Sunday. High temperatures will reach only in the 20s north and 30s south with clouds and a chance of light freezing rain or rain, and snow and freezing rain north. There will also be patchy dense fog.
For Patriots Day on Monday, the marathon might run in downpours with temperatures climbing back out of the 40s into the 50s. Wind from the south may gust past 40 mph.
More seasonable air with a few mountain flurries is expected to come in for Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in southern New England in the 50s with more sunshine than clouds.


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Q: "if elsif end if" versus two "if end if" concatenated in VHDL. Which syntax makes the most optimized circuit logic?

*

*Let's assume an entity has an input signal called i_x: std_logic

*Let's assume this i_x can take just 2 possible values: '0' or '1'.

*Let's say the entity has an output signal called o_x: std_logic

*Let's say o_x must be the opposite of i_x:

Code A)
    if (i_x='0') then
      o_x <='1';
    elsif (i_x='1') then
      o_x<='0'

    end if;

Code B)
(edited)
if (i_x='1') then
o_x<='0';
end if;

if (i_x='0') then
o_x<='1';
end if;

Is either of the aforementioned structures better than the other for synthesis, implementation purposes, and the generation of an eventual bitstream for an FPGA?
I would say the alternative B) is better because no priorities are involved compared to the elsif structure and therefore code B makes the circuit logic smaller than code A. Anyway I am not sure whether I am right or not. Can anyone confirm it?
Which syntax makes the most optimized circuit logic?

A: To the tools, it makes no difference which way you write it.   To the humans it certainly does as people regularly misunderstand what the multiple, separate if statements actually do.
First consider your case, corrected so that both match.
Code A:  Inverter with If then else
if (i_x='0') then
  o_x <='1';
elsif (i_x='1') then
  o_x<='0'
end if;

From a hardware perspective, this code is equivalent to:
if (i_x='0') then
  o_x <='1';
else
  o_x<='0'
end if;

Code B:  Inverter with If then end if
I am updating your segments of code so they are not the same and ordering them to be consistent with my follow on code:
CodeB : process (i_x)
begin
  if (i_x='1') then
    o_x<='0';
  end if;

  if (i_x='0') then
    o_x<='1';
  end if;
end process CodeB ;

Code C:  Inverter done directly
At the end of the day, the tools should see your
code as follows:
o_x <= not i_x ;

Modifying the problem statement to see the differences
To illustrate the subtle difference between if then elsif and separate if then end if, lets add more signals to the equation.   Lets consider some priority select logic:
Code A:  Priority select logic with If then else
The following logic selects A, B, or C, when the appropriate
enable is selected.   Note it it is not and-or logic, but instead
often implemented by a cascade of multiplexors.  As the number of
Sel signals increases the quality of hardware decreases - but
for this number it is generally not an issue (in a LUT based FPGA).
CodeAPrioritySel : process (SelA, A, SelB, B, SelC, C) is
begin
  if    (SelA = '1') then
    Y <= A ;
  elsif (SelB = '1') then
    Y <= B ;
  elsif (SelC = '1') then
    Y <= C ;
  else
    Y <= "XX" ;
  end if;
end process CodeAPrioritySel ;

Code B:  Priority select logic with If then end if
CodeBPrioritySel : process (SelA, A, SelB, B, SelC, C) is
begin
  Y <= "XX" ;
  if (SelC = '1') then
    Y <= C ;
  end if;
  if (SelB = '1') then
    Y <= B ;
  end if;
  if (SelA = '1') then
    Y <= A ;
  end if;
end process CodeBPrioritySel ;

Note, to get the equivalent circuit to CodeAPrioritySel I wrote
the if statements in the opposite order.
Don't trust my word on this?  Ok, try this,
mentally (or in your favorite simulator)
run the both sets of code with SelA = 1, SelB = 0,
and SelC = 1 and initialize A, B, C to different values.
Note that is why I implied that they are array values
rather than bit values (ie: std_logic_vector(1 downto 0)).
In either case you get Y = A.   Remember the
rule for signal assignments in a process when time is not
passing is that the last executed assignment wins - which
is true for everything that creates RTL hardware.

A: There are actually three canonical ways to represent what you're doing:
Code A
if (i_x='0') then
    o_x <='1';
elsif (i_x='1') then
    o_x<='0'
end if;

Code B (corrected)
if (i_x='1') then
    o_x<='0';
end if;

if (i_x='0') then
    o_x<='1';
end if;

Code C
o_x<='0';
if (i_x='0') then
    o_x<='1';
end if;

In a VHDL process, order is important, even with a signal: the last value assigned to a signal is given priority.  (Things are different with variables)
So, in Code A, the priority is explicitly given to the first if statement and there's nothing else to worry about.
In Code B, priority is given to the second if statement (because it comes later in the code); if the second 'if' statement is true o_x will be assigned '1', no matter what happened before that point.
In Code C, the same is true: priority is given to the if statement because it follows the always assignment. Should the if statement trigger, o_x will be assigned '1'.


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Josep Duran i Sors (Sabadell, 25 de febrer de 1793 - 11 d'agost de 1871) fou un industrial tèxtil de Sabadell.

Biografia
Duran i Sors s'inicià en el món de la indústria tèxtil treballant com a abaixador. L'any 1825 s'establí de fabricant formant companyia amb Miarons i Dòria en la societat J. Duran y Cñía, empresa que el 1843 va construir un dels primers vapors de Sabadell, a la zona sud de la ciutat, conegut popularment com el Vapor de Cal Pissit. L'empresa, que va ser la primera a confeccionar mostraris per als viatjants, continuà molts anys fins que Duran va desfer la companyia per associar-se amb el seu fill, Calassanç Duran.

Josep Duran va ser president del Gremi de Fabricants i un dels fundadors de la Casa de la Caritat, al manteniment de la qual sempre va contribuir.

El 25 d'abril de 1874, l'ajuntament presidit per Joan Sallarès i Gorina, a petició del Centre Industrial de Sabadell, va acordar donar el nom de Duran i Sors a un carrer de la ciutat que anava des del capdavall de la Rambla fins a la carretera de Barcelona.

Referències

Empresaris catalans del sud contemporanis
Alcaldes de Sabadell
Empresaris sabadellencs
Empresaris tèxtils catalans
Industrials catalans
Naixements del 1793
Morts el 1871


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Randy Sanders
Mike Rader, Ed.D.
Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
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Outside Linebackers
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Assistant Athletic Director for Football Performance
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Dwight Evans
RAM Coach
Hunter Parker
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Garrett Curtis
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CJ Bates
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Caitlyn Harter, MS, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer
Jordan Anderson
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Mike Rader will begin his eighth season with the Bucs' receiving core in the fall of 2022 as Coach Quarles retains him on staff to handle wide receivers.
Rader concluded his seventh season with the Bucs following the fall 2021 season, including his fourth season as the Offensive Coordinator in 2021. Rader held the role of OC from 2018-2021. Prior to becoming the Bucs' Offensive Coordinator, Rader was ETSU's Recruiting Coordinator from 2015-18.
The 2021 season was one for the record books as ETSU tallied a program record 11 wins, thanks in large part to a potent offense. The Bucs put together their best offensive production since the return of football in 2021, recording a program-record 5,319 yards of total offense, 32 rushing touchdowns, 425 points, 32.7 points per game and 53 total touchdowns in the fall season. Not to mention, ETSU saw the second-most yards per play (6.1) in a single season and second-most yards per game (409.2) in a single season, all under the watch of Rader.
Rader's offense enabled the Bucs to claim their first outright SoCon title and the second title since 2018. The Bucs also earned a spot in the FCS Playoffs, claiming the No. 7 overall seed and opening the event with a second-round win over Kennesaw State.
Under the direction of Rader, the Bucs have spread the wealth at the receiver position in the seven-year span. Rader has seen 26 different wide receivers reign in at least one catch during their careers, while 15 different receivers have accounted for the 47 touchdowns by a receiver in seven seasons. In the Rader era, the Bucs' receivers have accounted for a total of 806 receptions, 10,164 receiving yards and 47 touchdowns in 76 games played.
In the spring season, Will Huzzie and Malik Murray paced the Bucs with a combined 96 receptions, 1,179 yards and 10 touchdowns. Murray, a transfer from Georgia Southern, left his mark on the Bucs, while Huzzie continued his dominance that began in 2019. Huzzie now ranks 8th all-time in receptions (106) and 10th in receiving yards with 1,438. In the 2021 fall campaign, Rader oversaw Huzzie haul in the 6th-most receptions in a single season with 58 and the 10th-most receiving yards with 798. Both of those marks are the highest total by a receiver since football resumed in 2015. Huzzie now leads Rader's receivers in career touchdowns with 10.
Rader has also coached the likes of Dalton Ponchillia (59 rec., 863 yards, 5 TD) as well as Drake Powell (86 rec., 1,090 yards, 4 TD) and Kobe Kelley (77 rec., 1,002 yards, 2 TD).
Rader has coached 27 All-SoCon honorees in the last four seasons as the offensive coordinator for the Bucs. Rader also coached Huzzie to the 2019 All-SoCon Freshman Team, the first wide receiver to receive a conference postseason honor since Cecil Moore in 2001.
Prior to coming back home to Johnson City, Rader spent three seasons as head coach at Maryville College. During his inaugural season with the Scots, Maryville posted a 6-2 record and 5-1 mark within the USA South Athletic Conference giving Maryville its highest finish in the USAC after eight seasons within the league and the school's first football title since MC's Highlanders took back-to-back Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference titles in 1930 and 1931.
His 2012 USA South Co-Champions produced 12 All-USA South performers and 14 league All-Academic honorees. Rader's squad won their final three games with a defense that paced the league in four categories. Their offense boasted the league's top rusher while averaging 211 yards per game on the ground. His creative offense finished the season averaging over 366 yards per challenge.
Under his leadership, the Fighting Scots accomplished additional historic accolades in 2013. MC earned its first eight-win season since the 1978 campaign and only the fourth eight-win season in school history. That 8-2 overall mark and 6-1 league record earned back-to-back USA South Co-Championships, allowing Maryville's first-ever trip to the NCAA Division III post-season championship as the league's automatic bid.
Rader's 2014 squad finished the year with a 7-3 mark, while going 6-2 within the USA South. Rader led a team that posted 408.2 yards per contest, while averaging 271.5 rushing yards per game — a mark that ranked 10th nationally. The Scots led the USA South in four different rushing categories behind a stout, senior-laden offensive line that ranked 23rd nationally with only one sack per outing. That line led the way for Maryville's third-largest individual rushing effort in school history, as Trenton Shuler had 1,046 yards on 182 carries for 12 touchdowns. Shuler's touchdowns ranked him 36th in the nation.
Prior to his Maryville stop, Rader was a former assistant football coach at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala. He coordinated the recruiting efforts and assisted the offense for eight seasons at the Division III, church-related, liberal arts school.
In 2004, Rader was selected by Huntingdon Coach Mike Turk to improve results and bring stability to a second-year start up NCAA Division III program. Rader helped the Hawks earn a 52-20 record while receiving "Top 25" votes in five different seasons.
Rader displayed significant experience in building a successful NCAA Division III program. While at Huntingdon, his Hawks developed one of the most prolific offenses in college football. In 2009, Huntingdon was the only offense in the nation (Divisions I, II, or III) to average over 300 yards of passing and 200 yards of rushing per game. As the Hawks' recruiting coordinator for two seasons, Rader's staff brought in more than 170 student-athletes to campus after developing strategies for student-athlete searches, visits and on-campus presentations.
Rader, who is a Johnson City native and played his prep football at Science Hill High School, was a three-year starter at ETSU during a career that spanned from 1998 to 2002. He served as a graduate assistant at ETSU during the 2003 campaign.
Rader received his Bachelor of Arts degree from East Tennessee State University in 2002. A three-year starter on the Buccaneer football squad as a student, he earned a football scholarship after an All-State career as a quarterback and receiver at Science Hill High School in Johnson City.
Following graduation, Rader attained his Master of Arts degree in sports management from ETSU while serving as a graduate assistant for his alma mater. In May of 2018, Rader was in ETSU's inaugural class to receive his Doctorate in Global Sport Leadership. He then worked for one season at Troy University in Troy, Ala., under head coach Larry Blakeney.
Mike, his wife Lindsey, have four sons Max, Eli, Ellis and Jaxon.