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PenBay Media Hires New Director of Finance, Accounting & Compliance
December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Penobscot Bay Media, LLC (PenBay Media) is pleased to announce our new Director of Finance, Accounting & Compliance, Jason Korn. Jason has over 16 years of professional and industry experience in the areas of management, systems consulting, technical accounting, system optimization and accounting operations, supporting both Federal Government contracting-focused and commercial companies. Jason will be leading PenBay Media's efforts to ensure that all finances and accounting are, and will remain, in compliance with Federal Government contracting requirements, positioning the company for continued growth.... Read more...
PenBay Media part of two winning teams on $12B Army ITES3S contract
November 28, 2018PenBay Media is pleased to be on two winning teams for the $12B Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Services (ITES 3S) IDIQ contract. We are on SAIC's team in the unrestricted track and Apogee team in the small business track.... Read more...
Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) team selected for 5-year U.S. Joint Staff contract
November 21, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, November 20, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC is a subcontractor teamed with one of the five companies selected for the new Joint Force Development Services (JS MAC) contract. PenBay Media will be working with SAIC to compete for task orders on this multiple-award contract commencing May 1, 2019. The contract provides joint force development services, including IT services, to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-7. "PenBay Media and SAIC have been developing and supporting web-based software for the Joint Staff for over ten years, and we hope to continue this work under the new contract," said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media's President. "Our innovative software creates efficiencies for the government and is currently used across various U.S. military services."... Read more...
Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) wins General Services Administration (GSA) Enterprise Web Conferencing Contract
September 26, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, Sep. 25, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC has been awarded a 5-year task order contract to provide Enterprise Web Conferencing Services to the General Services Administration (GSA), headquartered in Washington, DC. Valued at approximately $9.5 million, this task order award was made under the GSA VETS 2 contract awarded to PenBay Media earlier this year. VETS 2 is GSA's $5 billion IT services contract vehicle reserved only for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses. There are 70 awardees of the GSA VETS 2 contract. Effective November 1, 2018, PenBay Media will be providing a Cloud Computing-based Enterprise Web Conferencing solution, to include support services required to transition, deploy, operate, maintain, and safeguard GSA's enterprise-wide Web Conferencing environment. "PenBay Media is very pleased that GSA has selected us to provide our solution for their Enterprise Web Conferencing needs," said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media's President. "Along with our teaming partners, we are looking forward to providing GSA with a cost-effective, yet innovative platform that will be used by the many thousands of personnel that will be accessing this Enterprise Web Conferencing platform annually." To learn more about GSA please visit http://www.gsa.gov/. To learn more about PenBay Media please visit http://www.penbaymedia.com/. Further information about the VETS 2 contract can be found on PenBay Media's website at http://www.penbaymedia.com/government-contracting/vets2/.... Read more...
Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) awarded five year contract for GIS support to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
September 16, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, September 15, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC has been awarded a five-year follow-on contract to provide GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping and analysis services to the U.S. National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics (NCVAS), part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This contract award was made as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business set aside. PenBay Media, with subcontractor Altarum, Inc., has been providing GIS support to NCVAS for the past five years and will continue this work under the new contract commencing September 16, 2018. NCVAS provides data and statistics on the Veteran population to support VA leadership on operational and policy issues including delivery of benefits and services to Veterans. "PenBay Media is pleased to have the opportunity to continue our GIS work for NCVAS," said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media's President. To learn more about NCVAS please visit https://www.va.gov/vetdata/. To learn more about PenBay Media please visit http://www.penbaymedia.com/.... Read more...
PenBay Media wins U.S. Army Cadet Command Information Technology Support Services contract
August 14, 2018ROCKLAND, ME, Aug. 14, 2018 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media LLC has been awarded a 3-year task order contract to provide Information Technology (IT) support services to the U.S. Army Cadet Command (USACC), headquartered at Fort Knox, KY. Valued at approximately $20 million, this task order award was made under the General Services Administration's (GSA) VETS 2 contract awarded to PenBay Media earlier this year. VETS 2 is GSA's $5 billion IT services contract vehicle reserved only for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses. There are 70 awardees of the GSA VETS 2 contract. The USACC is responsible for oversight of all U.S. Army Senior and Junior Level Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Under this contract PenBay Media will ensure the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Information Management (C4IM) needs of the USACC are met. "PenBay Media is thrilled to be able to bring our federal government IT support services expertise to the U.S. Army Cadet Command," said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media's President. "We are looking forward to providing the Cadet Command the IT personnel necessary to assist them in successfully accomplishing their mission of developing future leaders of our military." To learn more about the U.S. Army Cadet Command please visit http://www.cadetcommand.army.mil/. To learn more about PenBay Media please visit http://www.penbaymedia.com/. Further information about the VETS 2 contract can be found on PenBay Media's website at http://www.penbaymedia.com/government-contracting/vets2/.... Read more...
PenBay Media to Participate on $5B Federal IT Contract Vehicle for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
November 16, 2017ROCKLAND, ME, Nov. 16, 2017 – Maine-based technology contractor Penobscot Bay Media is an awardee on the General Services Administration's new $5 billion IT services contract vehicle reserved only for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses. GSA announced 70 awards for the Veterans Technology Services 2 (VETS 2) contract out of a pool of 187 proposals. Awardees will have the opportunity to bid on federal government task orders in the areas of data management, information and communications technology, IT operations and maintenance, software development, systems design, and new and emerging technologies. PenBay Media was also an awardee on the previous VETS contract vehicle in 2006. "Penobscot Bay Media is pleased to be part of the VETS 2 program," said Ann Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media's President. "As a small business, we are proud of our track record in federal contracting. This award further demonstrates our capabilities to support federal government IT initiatives, and provides an opportunity for company growth." Further information about the VETS 2 contract can be found on PenBay Media's website at http://www.penbaymedia.com/government-contracting/vets2/. ... Read more...
NSF Awards 31-Month Extension to PenBay Media for Web Support
February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 – PenBay Media has been awarded a 31-month contract extension to continue our work at the National Science Foundation, National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics (NCSES) through April 2020. PenBay Media has been providing web support to the NCSES since October 2012. Our team develops and maintains the public NCSES website and related web applications, including user interface design, information architecture, data visualizations, graphic design, web application development, quality assurance, and technical guidance. PenBay Media has supported the operation and enhancement of the NCSES public website since 2012 by providing effective project management, technical expertise, recommendations that are both innovative and reflective of best practices, and high quality implementations. In 2013, we deployed a responsive, mobile-friendly design on the NCSES website that became a model for NSF. In 2015, we successfully implemented a web content archiving process and system, interfacing with a third-party archiving site, that reduced the number of site files by 69% and facilitates the upkeep of pages and site security. PenBay Media helped NCSES transform its 2016 bi-annual report to Congress, Science and Engineering Indicators from a primarily printed publication into a digital-first publication (read our case study at http://www.penbaymedia.com/experience/project-science-engineering-indicators-2016-website/). Using an agile scrum approach, PenBay Media is developing a custom web content management system for authoring, review, editing, tracking, and publishing of all NCSES publications including handling of tabular scientific data, interactive data visualizations, templating, and complex workflows.... Read more...
Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media) Wins Information Assurance Contract Supporting the U.S. Air Force
October 17, 2016October 17, 2016 – Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay Media), a Maine-based service-disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business (EDWOSB) recently won a contract to provide Information Assurance (IA) services to the 6th Civil Engineering Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. Under this contract, which is for a 12-month base period and a 5-month option period, PenBay Media will be working closely with the U.S. Air Force Designated Approval Authority (DAA) in obtaining Authority to Operate (ATO) Certification & Accreditation (C&A) using the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) for key Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) located on MacDill Air Force Base.... Read more...
New VP of Business Development & Capture Management
October 1, 2016PenBay Media is pleased to announce our new Vice President of Business Development and Capture Management, Robert (Bob) Santmyer. After working with PenBay Media part time for several years in a business development role, Bob is now joining the company full time. Bob is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of hands-on executive-level experience in delivering high-quality IT services and solutions to federal, state and local, and commercial customers. Bob's experience includes growing revenue for both small and large businesses while leading efforts to deliver new technologies, such as MAXM Systems' Enterprise Systems Management platform, or developing new markets, such as ChoicePoint's Fusion Center initiative where Bob integrated 5 distinct business units to deliver a holistic information sharing approach for regionally-based counter-terrorism centers. Bob is also an Air Force veteran, where he served for 5 years as a Telecommunications Specialist. He can be reached by email at rsantmyer@penbaymedia.com and on Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertvsantmyer.... Read more...
PenBay Media Assists in Successful Digital Transformation of National Science Foundation's Biennial Report to Congress
January 29, 2016Jan 29, 2016– Maine-based technology company Penobscot Bay Media is proud to have played a significant role in the first fully digital Science & Engineering Indicators report to Congress, publicly released by the National Science Board on January 29, 2016 at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2016/nsb20161. PenBay Media designed and developed the new website and the content management system behind it, as a contractor to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) in the National Science Foundation. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) prepares the Science & Engineering Indicators report every two years in compliance with a congressional mandate. In the past, the report was primarily distributed as a printed publication with an accompanying website added in recent years. For 2016, the agency decided to change to a fully digital report. Previously, the printed report and PDF were available first, followed a few weeks later by the online version of the report; this year, for the first time, the entire report was released at one time as an online publication, with PDF download and printing options. No printed copies were distributed. With the goal of fully transforming the publication to a digital experience, PenBay Media worked with NCSES to design and develop a new, responsive website and a custom content management system to handle the complex requirements for managing and displaying text and data in multiple formats on the website. The website offers users the option to save parts of the report or the entire report as a PDF for printing on their own. The website also includes hundreds of data tables and dynamic data visualizations that can be viewed online, downloaded, or shared. A new "related topics" feature helps users to find information across the report related to a specific topic such as "comparisons by age" or "distance education". "Without the dedicated work and flexibility of [PenBay Media], we would never have been able to launch Indicators as a primarily digital product," praised Robin Pentola, the Web Manager overseeing the website contract at NCSES. "I appreciate the enormous efforts put forth by the team throughout the past 12 months." Initial public feedback about the new report website has been very positive. PenBay Media will continue working with NCSES over the coming year to plan enhancements for the next version of the Science & Indicators publication to be released in January 2018, as well as to extend the capabilities of the web content management system to other publications produced by NCSES.... Read more...
PenBay Media in the News: PenBay Media to double employees under FAA training contract
September 29, 2015Maine business publication MaineBiz interviewed PenBay Media President Ann Yahner about the company's part in a new contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. The multi-million dollar contract, which the FAA awarded to Science Applications International Corp., is for providing training and support services under the FAA Controller Training Contract in the United States. Penobscot Bay Media, also known PenBay Media, is a subcontractor on the SAIC team for the project. Read the full article: PenBay Media to double employees under FAA training contract... Read more...
Praise for Our GIS Work at EPA in ESRI's ArcWatch
June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 – Read about our GIS work at the Environmental Protection Agency in Philadelphia in the June 15 issue of ESRI's ArcWatch: "The services provided by PenBay Media and GISi continue to help EPA scientists make better, more educated decisions by using the ArcGIS platform. These companies have improved the way project managers coordinate staff assignments. Moreover, PenBay Media and GISi serve the EPA by providing the agency with spatial insights and helping it get the most out of its GIS at the program level." Read the full article: http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0615/epa-keeps-it-clean... Read more...
PenBay Media and SAIC selected as GSA Mentor-Protege of the Year
May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 – PenBay Media announced today that it received the General Services Administration (GSA) Mentor-Protégé of the Year Award during the 2015 GSA Mentor Protégé Awards Ceremony held on May 13 in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes outstanding mentor-protege teams formed under the GSA's Mentor-Protege program. "Penobscot Bay Media has benefited greatly from the high-level expertise and guidance from our mentor, SAIC," said PenBay Media President Ann Yahner. "Their generosity and in-depth mentoring has proven critical in our ability to grow and pursue more opportunities in the Federal arena, especially as a prime contractor." "During our mentor-protege relationship we have doubled the revenue of the company and added numerous highly skilled employees both in Maine and several other states." "We are pleased to see PenBay Media grow, win business, and perform effectively," said SAIC Sector President Nazzic Keene. "We are proud to help our Protégés develop their business and technical capabilities to successfully compete for prime and subcontract awards. It's a win for us, for PenBay Media, and the U.S. government." The Mentor-Protégé Program, sponsored by GSA's Office of Small Business Utilization, encourages the pairing of GSA prime contractors with smaller companies, including disadvantaged, women-owned, historically underutilized business zoned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. In so doing, GSA promotes the business development of small businesses and enhances their capability to compete more successfully for federal government contracts and gain access to economic opportunities.... Read more...
Penobscot Bay Media to Participate in FAA Controller Training Contract
May 12, 2015May 12, 2015– Maine-based technology company Penobscot Bay Media announced that it is a subcontractor on the team selected for a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controller training contract. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide all training and training program support services under the FAA Controller Training Contract (CTC). The single-award, firm-fixed-price and time and materials contract has a three-year period of performance, and two one-year options. Penobscot Bay Media will participate on the contract as a subcontractor with responsibility for instructional support at several sites in the six states that make up New England. "Penobscot Bay Media is pleased to be on the SAIC team to support the FAA's training program and critical mission in aviation safety," said Frank Yahner, Penobscot Bay Media's Director of Operations. "As a Maine small business, we are proud of our track record in federal contracting and our successful partnership with SAIC. This contract further demonstrates our capabilities to support large-scale Federal government initiatives, and provides a significant opportunity for company growth." During the period of performance, the FAA expects to hire as many as 6,000 new air traffic controllers to replace a retiring workforce. Under the contract, SAIC and its partners, including Penobscot Bay Media, will provide support services to the FAA Academy and Air Traffic Control (ATC) Facilities to help FAA fulfill controller training requirements. These services include program management support; classroom training; simulation and laboratory training; monitoring of student progress; training development, maintenance and revision; air traffic training program support; administrative support; and innovation support.... Read more...
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Bobal: Where it all began and the London Tasting, VÍ Vid reports from London and Utiel-Requena!
By vividvinos on October 9, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )
A week is no time in the life of a wine-growing area especially when its history can be traced back to 2700 years before Christ! But DO Utiel-Requena has just celebrated a momentous week in that story and VÍ Vid was pleased to be able to attend both events.
The week began in London on a fresh sunny Monday morning at 67 Pall Mall, home to the Wine Club with a very special tasting of Bobals organised by Sarah Jane Evans MW who had selected 52 wines from the DO which she considered to be a good representation of the different styles which can be produced from the variety. There were some other varietals as well including Pasiego´s astonishing botrytis Sauvignon Blanc but more of this later!
The DO´s council had also invited the press for a `day out´ in the Vineyards and a visit to the archeological attractions to reinforce this long history and set the background.
A dozen or so of us gathered in Valencia on a sunny but decidedly warmer morning for the bus ride up to the plateau 70kms West of the City where the vineyards are to be found.
We started our visit with a nice stroll down an ancient trackway in the Hoces de Cabriel Natural park, the slabs of stone underfoot marked with ancient cart-wheel marks, to the site of the first commercial bodega on the Iberian peninsular at Las Pillilas. The site's history is slowly unravelling as more of it has been exposed since our first visit some seven years ago. As a result the site is currently listed for election to World Heritage Status of UNESCO. Here several amphorae have been discovered with markings identifying them from the different trading places around the Mediterranean giving strength to the evidence of the importance of this site to the Iberic people.
As is traditional we commenced with a typical almuerzo, `Bollo´de Requena, a coca, several of the wines which the DO have chosen to represent them at official events and then 'dulces´- pastissets of sweet potato and anis and butter rings.
Almuerzo in the Hoces de Cabriel.
Carmina Carcel welcomed the group on behalf of the DO and we were given a fuller presentation on the developments in the archeological dig, interpretation and progress on the UNESCO before clambering up to the site to explore its magnificent `lagar´, or pressing area from which the juice ran through channels to the amphorae below to be turned into the contemporary (probably spiced) wine of the day.
Then we moved on to the second stage of the day, harvesting some ripe Bobal grapes in a plot belonging the Pardo family on the edge of Los Duques. Armed with secateurs, gloves and the DO´s new caps we filled a trailer full of the juicy big black bunches.
Picking near Los Duques.
From here we went on to El Carro restaurant on the edge of Utiel for a tasting of around thirty wines, (some of which had been present in London as well). Amongst these were several wines which were new to us ( or which we had encountered for the first time in London). The others were new vintages of favourite and representative wines from the DO´s producers.
The Utiel Tasting.
Lunch followed, El Carro having a reputation for its modern interpretations of classic traditional regional cookery, we were not disappointed by the selection of embutidos, ajo arriero, mortuerolo, gazpacho manchego and more dulces (Alaju and garrapinas) accompanied by the wines we had tasted earlier.
Lunch at El Carro.
Finally we moved into the centre of Utiel. Here the mayor took us on a tour of two underground bodegas (of some 400 believed to exist still) which have been restored as tourist and interpretation centres) with their ancient terracotta tinajas and the first known trullo (stone fermentation tank) . Here you could see intact and broken 'staple repaired' tinajas of different designs and sizes and ages, some inscribed with graffito of the date or makers.
These caves are a must for visitors to Utiel and are relatively newly opened with a clear difference between them and those in Requena although for sure there will be some interconnected systems with defensive tunnels to be discovered yet.
So, with the history firmly in mind its time to go back to London to consider 'The London Wine, Bobal and Beyond' , the title by which the tasting went. Sarah Jane Evans is Decanter´s Spain expert with a wide expertise in Rioja in particular and a deepening love of the wines of Utiel-Requena. In converstaion with VÍ Vid she confirmed Bobal had been known to few experts in the UK and mainly as a secret supply of superb rosado wines which had a particularly good quality to price ratio. Introducing the event she said that the selection was the 'first tasting of wines from the entire area of Utiel-Requena, and the most important new to those who attended amongst them wine-buyers, specialist shops, writers and journalists. They were surprised that Utiel-Requena had Bobal but also other varieties, white wines, sparkling wines and sweet wines'.
The London Tasting at 67 Pall Mall
28 bodegas had provided a truly representative sample of young, crianza, reserva and alta expresión wines from Bobal. From talking to some of those present they were also surprised by the quality of the largely unknown variety, often without long ageing in oak which demonstrated the characteristics of the grape- wines which will suit the English taste and be popular especially in London.
One particular point of interest was to be able to taste wines which had some oak ageing against wines ( Toro Loco Memoria-a collaboration involving Bodegas Toro Loco and Diego Morcillo of Coviñas) and Vera de Estenas Bobal and which have ageing in tinajas- something which is proving particularly fashionable in the UK because it allows the taster to appreciate the real flavours of the variety.
All in all the tasting was much appreciated and in our view a great success. The wines of Utiel-Requena and Bobal in particular have been exposed to a new market in which they should be particularly successful.
VÍ Vid was pleased to be there to see it get 'off the ground' .
Categories: Gastronomy, Restaurants, Wine
Tagged as: #bobalandbeyond, #TerritorioBobal, Amphorae, Bobal, DO Utiel-Requena, El Carro Restaurant, Las Pillilas, Subterranean bodegas, Tinajas, Utiel
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transfer in the forward direction is called "forward transfer".
reverse path through the IP network.
acknowledgement (ACK), but no data.
should be sent for each data packet [RFC1122, RFC2581].
implementation bugs [All97b, RFC2525], or due to ACK loss [RFC2760].
by the ratio of the packet sizes used in the two directions [LMS97].
asymmetry of the network paths often makes this challenging.
(disproportionately to their size), even when capacity is symmetric.
connections in ATM over ADSL [ITU02, ANS01]).
3. How does Asymmetry Degrade TCP Performance?
FSS01, Sam99] for more details and experimental results.
buffer.  Each is considered in turn.
ratio of the packet sizes is 25.  This implies that k is 200/25 = 8.
spacing of the reverse path, and hence that observed at the sender.
(RTT) [RFC2998] observed by all end hosts using the bottleneck link.
false time out (underestimation of the path RTT by the sending host).
large, because routers do not handle large bursts of packets well.
cwnd, which degrades performance over long-delay connections.
variable communication latencies in packet-radio networks.
systems often employed on shared satellite channels.
data packets, increasing the traffic load of the system.
schemes is a function of both the number and size of packets.
number of packets (e.g., ACKs) transmitted rather than their size.
increasing the level of congestion.
make rapid progress and build up its cwnd.
3.1), resulting in ACK dilation.
connection and the ACKs of a forward direction connection.
Slow Start [RFC2581].  This results in poor forward path throughput.
Section 5.3 describes some mitigations to counter this.
adverse impact of infrequent ACKs.
case and is currently not recommended for use within the Internet.
number of ACKs generated per transmitted byte of data.
fragmentation of normal data packets.
efficiency, and potentially aggravating network congestion [Ken87].
that share a network path.
Path MTU discovery [RFC1191] is therefore recommended.
response to such an indication.
other than RED to decide when to set the ECN bit.
bit and are thus candidates for being marked with an ECN bit.
manner in which it sends ACKs.
timer triggers an ACK to be sent.
is not recommended for use within the Internet in its current form.
unnecessary retransmissions resulting from losses due to link errors.
Internet in its current form.
4.5 Acknowledgement based on Cwnd Estimation.
prediction of a suitable cwnd.
versions of TCP may evolve to include this or similar techniques.
for use within the Internet in its current form.
network congestion.  This may also lead to ACK Compression [ZSC91].
employs an adapted TCP sender to alleviating transmission burstiness.
data packets get broken up into smaller bursts spread over time.
shaping is performed (section 5.3.3).
trade-offs between end host cost and network performance.
direction, so the number of ACKs is immaterial.
network paths that perform some amount of packet reordering.
TCP data packets, particularly when Stretch ACKs are received.
safeguards, before they can be recommended for use in the Internet.
desirable and can benefit bidirectional traffic for hosts.
use within the Internet in its current form.
the point at which they are introduced.
use of IPSec with payload encryption [RFC2406]).
processing of packets with unknown formats.
number, or an explicit flow-id).
and the risks associated with using PEPs are described in [RFC3135].
variations can often be predicted.
that the state of the compressor and decompressor are synchronized).
of bidirectional traffic (section 3.3).
RTTM [RFC1323], TCP SACK [RFC2018], etc.).
low level of packet loss [RFC3150].
will result in discard of all packets for one RTT [RFC1144].
medium bandwidth asymmetry (e.g., k<10).
and may be robust to packet loss.
networks with a high asymmetry and/or bidirectional traffic.
transmission on the bottleneck upstream link.
queue.  This relies on the cumulative nature of ACKs (section 4.1).
Two approaches are described which employ this type of mitigation.
from the queue, reducing the number of ACKs.
causing problems to TCP's data-driven loss recovery mechanisms.
ECN feedback (carried in the TCP header) [RFC3168].
take into consideration the semantics of the items in the queue).
reconstructed from the contents of the queue.
which may otherwise result from excessive queuing of DupACKs.
own, it is not recommended for use in the general Internet.
authentication, SACK, and ECN remain areas of ongoing research.
the performance of the TCP session observing the loss.
Filtering should be used in preference to ACK Decimation.
ACKs or control burstiness is therefore strongly recommended.
(e.g., those not implementing the techniques in sections 4.6, 4.7).
packets.  The sender is also constrained by the current cwnd.
Received ACKs also serve to increase cwnd (by at most one MSS).
probability of ACK Compression [ZSC91].
Service (DoS) attack (e.g., to verify the originator of the ACK).
addressed by appropriate security techniques.
upstream link and on the presence of other traffic sharing the link.
the IP packet ECN field [RFC3168] or the TCP RTTM option [RFC1323]).
within the Internet in its current form.
5.2.1) and regenerate filtered ACKs, restoring the ACK stream.
subsequently be used by an expander at the remote end of the tunnel.
ACKs may also be encoded.
expander may be co-located with the feed router).
be compatible with schemes such as DAASS [RFC2760]).
since they are unable to regenerate appropriate security information.
otherwise increase when TYPE 1 schemes are used alone.
supporting Generic Traffic Shaping (GTS) on the forward path [Seg00].
capacity is needed to queue packets being shaped.
5.2.1) and ACK Decimation (section 5.2.2).
additional benefit when used with one of the above techniques.
the performance of both upstream and downstream flows [KVR98].
the forward direction to improve TCP throughput.
transfers with multiple ACK streams such as http [Seg00].
packets and ACKs could impact the performance of forward transfers.
an ACK, the ACKs would be delayed by even more [RFC3150].
identify or maintain state for individual TCP connections.
protocol, or applications using TCP.
Reconstruction, and the ACK Compaction.
also work with IPSec AH.
high asymmetry, raises a set of TCP performance issues.
A set of techniques providing performance improvement is surveyed.
items of on-going research and experimentation.
The following table summarizes the current recommendations.
which receives these data packets).
Table 1: Recommendations concerning host modifications.
internal design of the protocol stack in end hosts.
following the upstream bottleneck link).
Table 2: Recommendations concerning transparent modifications.
are not considered harmful to the Internet.
*5 Performed at a point along the forward path.
concerning operation of their packet data network.
[RFC3135] Border, J., Kojo, M., Griner, J., Montenegro, G. and Z.
Washington, D.C., February 25-29, 1996, pp.476-482.
Aviv, Israel, V.3, March 2000, pp. 1157-1165.
University of California at Berkeley, USA, August 1998.
Networks and Applications (MONET), Vol.4, No.3, 1999, pp.
219-241. An expanded version of a paper published at Proc.
ACM/IEEE Mobile Communications Conference (MOBICOM), 1997.
Protocols", ACM Computer Communications Review (CCR), Vol.
18, Issue 4, 1988, pp.106-114.
Vol. 37, Issue. 6, 1999, pp.146-151.
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., November 1999.
series) EN 301 192, 1997.
on Networking, Vol.1, No.4, 1993, pp.397-413.
Subscriber Line (ADSL) Transceivers", July 1999.
(CCR), Vol.18, No.4, 1988, pp.314-329.
Communications Review (CCR), Vol.27, No.4, 1997, pp.78-89.
INFOCOM, Vol.3, Kobe, Japan, 1997, pp.1199-1209.
Computer Communications Review (CCR), Vol.30, No.3, 2000.
[RFC2525] Paxson, V., Allman, M., Dawson, S., Heavens, I. and B.
Related to Satellites", RFC 2760, February 2000.
[RFC3077] Duros, E., Dabbous, W., Izumiyama, H., Fujii, N. and Y.
links", RFC 3077, March 2001.
Communications Review (CCR), Vol.29, No.3, 1999, pp.4-19.
NATO Technical Note 810, August 2000, pp.32-37.
There are no IANA considerations associated with this document.
-  IP service over some wide area and local area wireless networks.
dial-up modem, line of sight microwave, cellular radio) [CLC99].
upstream link capacity is allocated.
may assign multiple upstream channels per downstream channel.
to a CM for the upstream transmission.  The CM may "piggyback"
over the Unsolicited Grant service) [ITU01].


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News Rail trenches for Cheltenham and Mentone, hundreds of new units in the development pipeline to benefit
Rail trenches for Cheltenham and Mentone, hundreds of new units in the development pipeline to benefit
Alastair Taylor | Feb 20,2017
The Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan, this morning announced the preferred design option for removing level crossings in Cheltenham and Mentone would include sinking the rail lines under existing road grades and rebuilding both stations in respective trenches.
The level crossings on Frankston line to go are Park Road and Charman Road in Cheltenham and Balcombe Road in Mentone.
According to the Minister, "lowering the rail line at Cheltenham will require the acquisition of 32 properties - 25 hours and 7 businesses. There are no acquisitions required at Mentone".
Initially, only Charman Road was included in the scope of the level crossing removal project in Cheltenham, however Park Road - which along with the railway line and Charman Road form a distinct triangle in Cheltenham's activities district - was added during the community consultation period.
LXRA diagram from community consultation phase in Cheltenham
The image above was used during the early consultation phase for the entire Frankston line suite of level crossing removals. The quite substantial property acquisitions for this station precinct appear to be related to Cheltenham station needing extra space below ground to fit three platforms and three tracks (and respective connections).
At present, Cheltenham's third platform is only connected to the main running tracks for the Frankston line on the 'up' (City) side of the station - in a video released by the Level Crossing Removal Authority, the three platforms and tracks appear to be connected at both ends.
"The project will also re-instate the third track at Cheltenham Station and extend it to connect with the mainline, creating space for more trains, more often on [the] Frankston Line".
Cheltenham received a mention in the Melbourne Metro Tunnel's business case as one of the mid-points on key rail lines that were likely to receive extra rail infrastructure to support shorter train runs - Essendon on the Craigieburn line and Gowrie on the Upfield line were the other two explicit mentions. (Click the image below to see a larger version - Cheltenham, Essendon and Gowrie are listed under the 'Wider Network Enhancements - Other Corridor Works' section).
The 'plan on a page' from the Melbourne Metro Tunnel business case - the link between multiple current rail transport projects underway in Melbourne
And judging by the development pipeline in Cheltenham, coupled with the new station nearing completion at Southland, this area is going to need a new tier of service.
Upwards of 650 units are currently in the pipeline in Cheltenham alone - 200 of which are under construction.
The project listed below are all within a 500m radius of the existing station entry.
This article has been amended to include new Cheltenham Station details.
Alastair Taylor
Alastair Taylor is a co-founder of Urban.com.au. Now a freelance writer, Alastair focuses on the intersection of public transport, public policy and related impacts on medium and high-density development.
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11-19 Hall Street, Cheltenham VIC 3192
Ilixir
2 Railway Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192
7-21 Station Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192
44-46 Station Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192
1261-1263 Nepean Highway, Cheltenham VIC 3192
Barker Maude
15 Maude Street, Cheltenham VIC 3192
3 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192
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The Village Cheltenham
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johnproctor 2 years ago
^ and thats just considering it from an economic/infrastructure perspective (for which I would consider myself an SME) - the things the Liberals are supposed to be good at!!
What would you like to respond to this comment?
^ while I disagree with you on the merits of the current government Chris (and am diametrically opposed to your position on getting the Liberals back in power and giving Matthew Guy and Michael O'Brien the keys to the wheel) I really am starting to think Andrews might lose. I personally think this would be a disaster for the state and think it would be grossly unfair. But in actually doings things (the first premier in this state to 'do stuff' since Kennett) Andrews has pissed people off. Andrews already only holds power on a knife edge so it won't take much to swing the vote against him. So far he has anti-skyrail people, 'CFA' people, law and order people and 'no youth prison' in Werribee people against him. probably a few people who voted for him but didn't expect him to cancel East West Link as well. people in the La Trobe valley who'll vote against him for Hazelwood closing etc. So thats why I wouldn't be surprised if he loses. On the flip side here's why sensible people shouldn't mark him down on those issues. 1. the CFA issue is basically a mess of Liberals making for not doing anything to resolve firefighters pay dispute in their 4 years in power. Its also common sense to give more responsibility to the professional (CFA) firefighters at stations where they exist. This 'responsibility' is being demonised as giving power to a union. 2. SkyRail is a good outcome for a modern railway in an area that had been passed over as too hard by successive governments for 20 years. It will see more level crossings removed in 1 project than had been done in the past 10 years. Unfortunately the whole world is now NIMBY and that may play against Andrews. 3. Youth Justice. Again a report into youth justice failings was handed down about 1 month before Bailleu took office. What did the Liberals do about it? Nothing. They left a steaming turd in labors lap and are now getting political credit for it. The Werribee situation - Liberals were calling for it to be fixed - where would they build it??? 4. despite what most right wingers think The Age is not a lefty paper. They have a consistent anti Labor/Andrews agenda in Victoria which stems back to the 'tape gate' issue where some labor supporter stole an age reporters recording device and leaked a Liberal conversation. So Labor in this state has to put up with the Herald Sun basically being a liberal party mouthpiece and The Age being very anti-Labor. Liberals get a free ride from Hun and some scrutiny from Labor. I can't think of anything worse than the Liberals getting back in and doing what they did last itme. Fucking around, 'reviewing' everything, making populist promises they don't intend to keep, and spending bad money after bad on those things (eg. EWL 0.8 BCR, add South Yarra STation to Metro Tunnel 0.2 BCR, rail under road at all times for no good reason etc).
pdoff 2 years ago
Amen. Andrews is the best thing to happen to this city in a long time but unfortunately our political / media establishment doesn't reward the proactive. Too many actions.. just like too many words.. provide too tempting an opportunity for criticism and click-bait.
George D 2 years ago
Not only are these going ahead, but they're ahead of schedule and under budget. Apart from the SkyRail mob, who deserve to have their level crossings kept there indefinitely as a monument to stupidity, most Melbournians are tremendously grateful for this ambitious project.
theboynoodle 2 years ago
Come on Chris Lucas, do it.. call it "Fake News".. I know you want to! Every post reads like a Trump tweet.. don't hold back on us here! Seriously, though. What's the point? If you want to join the discussion then that's great.. all political perspectives are welcome as far as I'm concerned.. but you're just trolling. Badly. And it's a waste of your time and everyone elses. I wouldn't have said anything, but sadly this site doesn't have a mute button so I'm going out on a limb and hoping there might be a reasonably intelligent person there who'll realize that there are better places for his particular approach to internet discussion.


Montanari And Derieuw Square Off For WBF International Crown!
In her most recent outing, last December, Marion Montanari lost a razor-thin split decision to Isabelle Pare in a hotly contested battle for the French national title. Just before that, she had come up short in another split decision to the talented and unbeaten Pare.
So its safe to say the 32-year-old from Bourgoin Jallieu has her back against the wall when she takes on compatriot Oshin Derieuw for the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens International Light Welterweight title on Saturday May 27 in Louvroil, France.
Three straight defeats could provide her with a long road to get back on track. But being a high-level kick-boxer before switching to professional boxing in 2015, Montanari, a deceiving 2-2 (0), has been thrown in at the deep end from the start. And Deriew will be her fourth undefeated opponent in only five fights.
Oshin Derieuw (30), from Henin-Beumont, turned pro a year later than Montanari, and has compiled a spotless 5-0 (3) record against decent opposition. But there is no doubt that this will be her toughest challenge to date, in what is her first championship opportunity.
With plenty of local pride at stake, besides the WBF International title, the fight will be promoted by Boxing Club de Louvroil, and is the main event of a show at the Salle Marcel Dufour that includes four professional bouts and three amateur bouts.
On Friday 19 May, the AIBA HeadsUp Truck arrives in Togo for the first stop on its tour of the continent as part of AIBA's flagship 'Year Of…' boxing legacy project. The leg began on Thursday with 96 participants occupying the first of the 4,835 course places set to be offered across 2017, before Friday's agenda includes activities for 120 youths. The year-long project is targeting a 250% increase in Africa's pool of certified coaches, R&Js and technical staff and will see US$100,000 of equipment donated in gyms and schools, bringing more than 750,000 people to boxing for the first time.
"The HeadsUp Truck arrival in Togo represents a symbolic moment for the Year of Africa, but a lot of the hard work is already well underway, the positive results of which are clear to see. The continent's 54 National Federations have been working closely together to ensure that each leg of this journey has the collective input of all the neighbouring NFs and the first courses have been filled with enthusiastic and talented coaches and officials who are ready to lead African boxing into a new era of success," said AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu.
The Togo leg began with courses for Coaches, ITOs and R&Js as well as a WADA conference for 112 attendees during its inaugural day on 18 May, with the truck's presence, complete with portable boxing ring and gym, bringing the local population even closer to the action, inspiring a new audience to take up the sport, as well as providing the coaches with an opportunity for some practical tuition. All course participants will take part in an extensive Q&A session at the end of the final day on Saturday, before Sunday's closing ceremony and a final coaches session on Monday.
The Year of Africa initiative is a far-reaching programme focused on the development of boxing on the continent, with the goal of harnessing the huge potential in African boxing and delivering improved performances and results from the 54 National Federations in the run-up to, and during, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. At its core are educational programmes for the extended AIBA Family, and those looking to join it, based in 12 regional hubs, and a HeadsUp Truck which will bring the excitement of the sport alive thanks to its portable boxing ring and gym.
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