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Just this spring, a number of diplomatic initiatives and conflict-settlement discussions are taking place without the United States, raising questions about the reach and strength of American global power.
The world may be simply witnessing a lull in US diplomatic results until voters pick a replacement for George W. Bush – a particularly unpopular American president on the international stage. But another reason could be at work: Is this the waning of American primacy and the dawn of an era of diffused power?
Consider these developments:
•Fierce fighting that threatened to engulf Lebanon in a new civil war last month was quelled when factions reached a political accord with the help of Qatar – though with the US nowhere in sight.
•Israel and Syria have begun talks aimed at reaching a peace treaty – with Turkey as the go-between.
•Brazil, looking for partners with which to expand its diplomatic reach, suddenly finds China eclipsing the US – particularly in food trade.
In these and other examples, both the US election and the dawn of a new era – one with diffused power – are probably both factors, many analysts say.
"There's an enormous amount of diplomatic activity and geopolitical movement taking place without US participation. Much of this is new, and it's striking," says Charles Kupchan, an international-relations expert at Georgetown University in Washington. "Part of it is the world taking steps on its own as the US focuses on its changing of the guard. But certainly a crucial factor is the world's changing balance of power."
This "changing balance" is causing a shift to new words to describe how the world will work in the post-Iraq-war, globalized era. Gone is the first Bush term's vision of unipolarity. And while some experts speak of an emerging multipolarity, Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass goes so far as to envision an era of "nonpolarity" where no power will dominate.
For some experts, focus on the US presidential campaign and a half-decade preoccupation with Iraq are two factors pulling the US away from broader involvement in the world – while also obscuring the larger changes in global power distribution.
"We are seeing a diffusion of power to other actors," says Thomas Henriksen, an American foreign-policy expert at the Hoover Institution in Stanford, Calif. "But there are other things going on that make it hard to know if it's a major trend."
President Bush's unpopularity in the Middle East may be one explanation for diplomatic efforts such as those in Lebanon and between Israel and Syria moving ahead without the US, he says. A US overstretch in Iraq is another reason that others list.
Mr. Kupchan of Georgetown cites what he calls "mutually reinforcing explanations" for a world stage where the US is not playing the lead role.
First, "The clock is running out on the Bush administration," he says. That encourages others to try to solve problems without the US, especially in a regional context.
Second, a global shift in the distribution of power has de-emphasized American primacy. "The US is still No. 1," Kupchan says, "but globalization, the price of oil, a tanking US economy, all have joined to accelerate a dramatic shift of power towards China, the world's energy producers, and certain regional powers."
Third, he says, the post-cold-war assumption that the West's democracies "led the pack" is being challenged by the rising influence of countries such as China, Russia, and even Iran, which have a different vision for the exercise of global power. "Countries that are performing well economically or that hold a key to global prosperity are able to hold sway the way they couldn't before," Kupchan says.
This vision of the waning primacy of Western democratic ideals is developed by international-relations expert Robert Kagan in his recent book, "The Return of History and the End of Dreams." In it, he foresees a return to an era of competition for spheres of influence.
But that vision paints too dark a picture of the future, some experts say.
Mr. Henriksen of the Hoover Institution notes, for example, that China has played a crucial role in the US-led effort to shut down North Korea's nuclear program.
"Nonproliferation is on everyone's list of the top international challenges that lie ahead," he says. "And this is a case where we couldn't have got where we have without the Chinese."
That example is one leading some experts to suggest a dawning "era of opportunity" for the US to join a more equal and like-minded world in addressing what they see as key challenges: terrorism and nonproliferation, the threat of pandemic disease, and global warming.
"When it comes to the two or three issues that really matter, we actually have much more in common than we ever have" with other world powers, says Nina Hachigian, a visiting scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation.
China and Russia are working closely with the US on proliferation and other security issues in ways that suggest how the US can benefit from an era of more equal world powers, says Ms. Hachigian, coauthor with Mona Sutphen of "The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise."
She notes that the current "hand-wringing" over China's rise is reminiscent of similar consternation over Japan in the 1980s. "Now, as then, we can get worked up about other countries having power," she says, "or we can focus on the opportunities this new era presents."
Another example is Russia, she says: With Russia a key player in international weapons security efforts and in negotiations with Iran, "it doesn't make sense to talk in terms of minimizing engagement with the Russians, as in kicking them out of the G-8."
But it will take two changes for the US to take advantage of this "new era," she says: first, a US that no longer sees global power in the "zero-sum" terms of the cold-war era and second, an America that remains strong economically and diplomatically by investing more in education, infrastructure, and sciences at home.


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It's just another Monday at the office, except that I have a Skype date with a special someone shooting a movie about 8,000 miles from Manhattan. "Video call from Bella Thorne!" my computer alerts me.
"Look at my hair!" she says, pulling her recently chopped scarlet locks toward the camera. "I've never had short hair." Bella cut it for her new role in Blended, a comedy due out next spring, in which she stars as Adam Sandler's daughter. What's cooler than being cast opposite Adam Sandler? Filming the movie on location an hour outside Johannesburg, South Africa.
"The culture, it's just beautiful," Bella, fifteen, says. Her 5:45 a.m. call times "can be exhausting" (along with going to school on set), but, Bella insists, "This is one of the best opportunities I'll ever have." She reveals in our chat that her character is a basketball player with her sights set on the varsity squad: "I worked my butt off." Bella grabs a basketball and waves it in front of the camera. "I've got it right here next to me. It haunts me!" she laughs. "There's a sports scene in almost every movie Adam does, and in this movie, it's basketball with me!" Along with her on-the-court skills, Bella says she's learning from her on-screen dad: "Anytime a fan stops him, he'll take a picture with them." Also in the movie is Drew Barrymore, who just sent her flowers. "She has this beautiful energy when she walks into the room and gives everyone a hug," Bella says.
On a recent day off, Bella visited the Cape of Good Hope with her boyfriend, Tristan Klier, and went on safari at Ukutula, a nearby game farm, with her mom. "Going on safari was my mom's dream," she says. "The elephants came right in front of our car, and we couldn't speak, because they could charge us!"
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It's 11 p.m. -- do you know what your Web stack is doing? Or not doing? If you're working for any serious firm, you have to know what's going wrong because the website is the front door, your mall presence, your receptionist, and your permanent booth in the big trade show called the Internet, all rolled into one. Even if the business is officially closed, insomniacs and people on the other side of the globe are going to come knocking.
The job of monitoring this public face is undergoing a transformation that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. At the beginning, programmers started writing their own scripts that would ping a few pages, then send a text message if something wasn't right. After that, companies started selling monitoring tools you would install in your data center. Now a number of companies are popping up to offer monitoring as a service. These solutions sit out on the Internet, watching your site and setting off alarms if something doesn't work.
[ Also on InfoWorld: Read Paul Venezia's post on remote monitoring and control systems, "Stay connected when disaster strikes." | Stay up on the cloud with InfoWorld's Cloud Computing Report newsletter. | Get the latest practical info and news with InfoWorld's Data Center newsletter. ]
In the past, companies simply didn't outsource monitoring. Oh sure, it might be worthwhile to have some agents ping your websites from around the world if you had a global presence. Otherwise, most enterprise managers wanted everything running in their own servers in their own racks safely behind their own locked doors.
The cloud has changed this. If your website is going to be knit together from a bunch of machines that may be anywhere, there's no real reason to insist on doing all of the monitoring from the same rack. Or if your Web application is going to live in the cloud, reacting to the traffic and load by growing and shrinking, it makes sense to consume monitoring services that can also grow and shrink with demand.
It's worth noting that watching your website to make sure it's up can also be accomplished with more traditional tools like New Relic and AppDynamics, which offer sophisticated agents that watch the entire Java stack. If you want to know which method is misfiring, the agents are tracking everything that's happening in the Java VM. Programmers often find it much easier to fix the problem when they can see what's going on in excruciating detail. But while that data is useful for the programmers, the rest of us often don't need it.
To get a feel for how the market is changing, I dug into four new monitoring packages -- Boundary, Circonus, and Librato's Metrics and Silverline -- that are delivered as a service. I set up a cloud of servers, installed some agents, and watched the pretty colored lines go up and down. While they all share a cloud-based delivery model, each takes a different approach to detecting problems.
Boundary doesn't drill down into your application, but watches the network traffic as it flows in and out of your servers. Just keeping track of these comings and goings can be surprisingly useful. A big, fat zero for some flows is a red flag that something is wrong.
Circonus offers a surprisingly large collection of "checks" that can probe your system and track its performance. You can deploy all sorts of metrics and standards to watch all of the most important parts of a Web app's performance.
Librato provides a highly automated pair of tools. Metrics sucks up data from your server stack and turns it into graphics. Silverline acts as a powerful sandbox that limits the resources your application stack can consume. Use Metrics to track your resource consumption and Silverline to put limits on the servers that try to gobble up too much.
Some of these options require embedding local agents, while others watch from afar. Once their collectors gather the information, they send it to a central server in the cloud where it's dressed up and presented on a Web-based dashboard. You get the information you need to track what your website is doing, but none of the hassles of running your own monitoring server.
Boundary: Follow the network flows Boundary is a monitoring tool based on the idea that sometimes you don't need to capture so much information. In the United States, for instance, the police need to convince a judge to issue a warrant before they can eavesdrop on a phone conversation, but they don't need one to get a list of the phone numbers a person called. While the list of numbers sounds boring, it can be surprisingly revealing despite not holding any information about the content of the calls. The list is simple, efficient, and free of all the small talk and gossip that fill up real phone coversations.
Boundary takes a similar approach to monitoring your server stack. While Circonus and Librato Silverline will poke and prod, looking for information about the OS and its applications, Boundary installs itself in the networking corner of the OS and quietly keeps track of all of the traffic between all of the machines. These flows are distilled into a concise illustration that explains where the data is going and who is doing the talking.
It's not exactly true that Boundary works like the "pen recorders," the name the police gave to the machines they used to capture the numbers dialed on phones. Boundary will also dig into the header of each packet and classify it according to the type of traffic. It's not doing deep packet inspection, so it won't tell you what lies beyond the header, but it can tell you something about the packet type and size.
This is surprisingly useful. One of Boundary's smarter features lets you group your machines into tiers. Boundary automatically starts watching the traffic between the groups, which lets you isolate the performance. Is there an abnormally large amount of traffic going to the database? Perhaps some of the queries are misfiring.
You end up with a general feel for the Web stack -- a pulse, you might call it. The graphs of traffic start falling into a pattern that indicates everything is healthy. Boundary also lets you write rules that will trigger alerts, but I'm not so sure this is an easy thing to do. It's much easier to write a simple rule for trouble when you are looking at the content of the packets and noticing that a database query is returning no lines when it should be finding a pile of information. It's bound to be harder when you're working with just some basic information about the flow.
There are other advantages to just skimming. Packet headers don't hold personal information about you or your customers, so it's safer to export to a distant Web service owned by a third party.
I found the Boundary tool to be fascinating. Watching the flow of data move around the network is a bit counterintuitive because our instincts lead us to ask for as much data as possible. But the sizes of data moving around any significant network is so large that we almost need to start thinking at such a high level.
The Boundary service is priced by the hour. However, the company isn't sharing the rates publicly yet.
Boundary's input and output graphs show which protocols are used to carry the data in the cloud.
Circonus: Monitoring from the ground upWhereas Boundary paints the big picture with one brush, Circonus has a different brush for every color in the rainbow. The core of the system is your collection of "checks"-- that is, a query executed to test the system. The simplest may be loading a URL and tracking how long it takes for the data to arrive. The most complex may be elaborate queries on the database to track back-end performance.
There are a surprisingly large number of checks -- more than several dozen. Some dig into remote processes like databases, and others gather information from third-party sources like Google Analytics. There are even some generic ones that fetch JSON blobs from URLs. The tools typically provide a wizardlike progression of forms that culminate in testing the check before saving it.
Circonus takes the data from these checks and turns them into metrics. My request for a URL, for instance, generated six values ranging from the time it takes for the first byte to arrive to the total number of bytes delivered. The price of your Circonus package will depend upon the number of metrics you store. Some checks deliver more metrics, and you can configure how they store the data.
The checks aren't the only way to get data into Circonus. The Beacon feature lets you POST your own data using a nice JavaScript library. Just add a bit of JavaScript to your Web page; the page will load a JavaScript library directly from Circonus and start uploading any metric data you want. It's a very nice, clean interface, and I was able to start watching the hits appear on my dashboard in only a few minutes.
Once the data is in Circonus, you can start graphing the information and putting it on dashboards. Circonus has a great collection of graphing widgets, but they range in complexity and capability. The basic gauge, for instance, wanted me to specify a minimum and maximum value, a task it should do on its own. Ideally, it should be easy to configure the meter to start flashing when a value moves out of a historical range.
The map widget, on the other hand, will plot out locations on a global map. But it's not just any view of the world. You can choose a map based on the old Mercator projection that has distorted our view of the world since grade school, or you can pick among seven other options, including the Gall-Peters, an "equal area" view that will save you from overestimating the amount of land in Greenland. If only my website had readers in Greenland.
Circonus pricing is tiered. The lowest level, called Copper, covers two servers for $50 per month. The price per server falls as you add servers, running up to $750 per month to watch 50 servers. Each package includes a set number of metrics.
Circonus will install its monitoring solution inside your data center for a negotiated price, an option that might be more attractive than a hosted service to large enterprises and governments.
Circonus maintains a collection of agents around the world that can be summoned to ping your site.
Librato: Simple metrics or resource control The Librato world comes in two parts. The first part, called Metrics, is an online database for whatever you measure. It's connected to graphing and alerting engines. The second, Silverline, offers the instrumentation tools that dig up the numbers you might want to watch on your server. You can use one without the other or use them both, but they're relatively independent tools that don't use each other. If you log into one, you won't automatically be logged into the second.
The Metrics system is a Web-based graphing package for any kind of data you want to collect. You gather together your information in a JSON package and POST it to the Metrics URL. The next thing you know, your graphs are changing as the new data arrives.
Metrics is a flexible system because most software has the ability to send off an HTTP message today. JSON-based logging is becoming common, even for C-level programming. It took me only a few seconds to start sending messages via the Curl command line. The biggest glitch seemed to be caused by the fact that I wasn't including decimal points in my integers.
The Metrics look is quite pretty and very simple by design. There are few buttons and few options, echoing the design style of companies like 37signals. Much of the complexity is hidden beneath the surface, and the Metrics folks clearly want to build something that "just works." If you POST a new measurement in your JSON package, Metrics lists it with the others. There's no need for updating schema or adding another line to a configuration file -- whew! If the data shows up, Metrics assumes you want to track it.
This approach is ideal if all you want to do is keep track of basic statistics and watch them scroll across your screen. You get two types of data: gauges and counters. The graphs have a few basic date ranges. This confused me at first because I was starting with sample scripts with old dates that weren't appearing. While Metrics is smart enough to recognize new data fields, it loses data with timestamps outside of the current window.
In addition to JSON/Curl and a number of open source collection agents, Librato points to several more libraries and packages for assisting in reporting. The collection is heavily skewed toward modern, trendy stacks such as Node.js, Clojure, and Erlang. But in a tip of the hat to those who graduated more than 10 minutes ago, Python and PHP are also supported. Java? You can be the first to contribute this code, but there's some for handling JMX.
The Silverline half of Librato is aimed at managing servers at the OS level. It burrows into the OS and sets itself up to watch over the applications. While other tools focus on the system as a whole, Silverline wants to drill down into the application.
The simplest thing that Silverline does is report information about resources to their central server. It tracks basic numbers such as CPU load, network bandwidth, and disk bandwidth to help you get a handle on what the machines in your cluster are doing.
This is just the beginning -- Silverline also sneaks its way into the scheduling algorithms controlling the server. Once you put an application in a Silverline "container," Silverline can limit the resources it can consume, a process Librato calls "workload virtualization." Background tasks such as disk defragmentation can be given minimal headroom. High-computation tasks like converting photos or videos can also be limited so that a burst of uploads won't swamp your machines. You can control these spikes more easily at the OS level.
Librato Silverline monitors the essential metrics of the system. This graph shows the rise in network write.
This is, I think, a great idea. For a number of years, people have punted on all of the trouble with the OS configuration, instead setting up another virtual server running another copy of the OS. Every application was pushed off into its own virtual server even if this isolation wasn't required. This is largely a waste of OS copies, and it creates as many problems as it solves. Perhaps we can go back to one layer of the OS running directly on the iron without any virtualization sucking up CPU cycles.
The pricing of the Metrics service is set up like a taxi meter: You pay for every data item you store. Sending 50 measurements every minute costs $4.46 per month, for example. Librato provides an HTML5 calculator so that you can come up with your own measurements, but the rates seem to be entirely linear. Silverline is priced at $0.006 per CPU core hour. Librato's online calculator indicates that a month of virtual control over a single-core server would cost $4.38.
Deploying monitoring as a service is also quite useful for navigating corporate politics. There are no data center czars citing every possible reason against setting up the new server. You just start paying by the hour; everything else is not your responsibility.
Of course there are worries too. Data about your site and its performance will be flowing into someone else's computers, and you'll probably never know where that data may end up. The monitoring service itself may not even know. This may be problematic if some of your customer data ends up in the log files being monitored. In most cases, the tools only capture information about speed and latency, but in other cases they even snarf SQL queries and the responses. The latest craze of embedding more and more parameters in URLs means that even lowly log files can hold sensitive info. These dangers can usually be avoided with care, but the potential for trouble remains.
Aside from these issues, the cloud-based monitoring tools are quite similar to the monitoring tools that we used to buy as software packages. They watch the network, ping the servers, download Web pages, and track the performance of URLs. If something seems wrong, they start sending emails or text messages. That's about it, but it may be all you need at 11 p.m.
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In my understanding the well-known experiment of the glass full of water in equilibrium with a piece of paper, the atmospheric pressure acts on a small layer inside the glass (on the top) and under the paper (outside the glass), the hydrostatic pressure (basically the weight of the water) acts downward, so in term of forces I initially have a net force $$ \boldsymbol F = (p_A -p_A+\rho g h)A\hat z$$ where $A$ is the section of the glass, $\hat z$ is the vertical direction, and $h$ the height of the layer of water.
Now, when the paper bends under the weight of the water, and the air layer on the top increases in volume, so I can apply (with good approximation) $$pV=nRT,\ V\ \uparrow\ \Rightarrow\ p\downarrow\ \Rightarrow\ p'<p_A $$
So we have: $$\boldsymbol F = A(p'-p_A+\rho g h)\hat z$$ and since $p'-p_A<0$, it is possible to have $\boldsymbol F$ upward (clearly, depending on $h$ and $\rho$)
Now, I made the experiment with water, and the bending of the paper was upward. Can I say that the only reason is the presence of the surface tension of water? Or my reasoning is lacking somewhere else too?
Moreover, if instead of the paper I put a strongly stiff material, I can't have the same effect, no matter the weight, the geometry, etc?


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The bike should be of 125cc engine And up to the cost of 1 lakhMaintainance cost should be low Style is not must be required
Bike is awesome at this prize range... I have purchased that time bs4 and bs6 issues... At only 45000. At this prize range no other bike is available with this quality. Very stylish and very comfortable in riding because of it gives the full length feel at the seat and very easy handling like swimming. Mileage is more than 70 after 2 years nearly is not bad. Maintenance cost is not any extra amount for without wear and tear. Build quality and silencer burst should। be improved by TVs. Overall I am fully satisfied.
it has been 5th year Pros:-low maintenance, Milege is just ok not bad, doom light is good, Stylish 7/10, Comfort 5/10, Performance:-5/10, Cons:-No road grip, Engine noise, Low mileage from 2nd year onwards, 45-50. No Resale Value, Shaky when cross the 70Km/h, took bike for comfort and milege. But i'm totally disappointed with this change in mileage from 2nd year onwards. Totally i have done 30 servicing in tvs showroom and done 14 servicing outside tvs showroom but no use totally i understood that mileage of this bike is 50.
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In a month i go for long drive 150 km from Patna to Gopalganj (bihar). Right thumb skin gets out duet to accelerate. Hand and ash gets pain. Seat is not not comfortable after 40 km. Maximum speed 90 achieved. Getting mileage of 60.Its horn is not good.Now i have problems in CDI ( starting problems).
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HELLO THERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THANKS for coming to our press conference. Today I'm happy to announce the biggest, most exciting new event in the history of marathoning. It's called "The Blast From The Past" Boston Marathon Challenge, and it will take place on Monday, April 21, within the 112th running of the Boston Marathon.
The Blast-Past Marathon is open to anyone who can prove they finished a Boston Marathon in the 1960s (or before), and is returning to run again this year. Enter quickly. The field is limited to the first 10 runners who sign up, and spots are going fast. Five positions have already been taken.
The fabulous first-place prize has yet to be determined, but that matters little. The pain is temporary and the pride forever, right? And who wouldn't want to call himself or herself the winner of the first Blast From The Past Boston Marathon?
I plan to be one of the Blast From The Past runners myself, as this April will mark the 40th anniversary of my Boston Marathon win in 1968. But I don't expect to win this time. As you might imagine, the Blast-Past competitors are a fierce lot. And none is tougher than Dr. Paul Thompson, 60, the overwhelming favorite. He'll have to have a good day, nonetheless, if he hopes to beat Ben Beach, 58, Neil Weygandt, 61, and Keizo Yamada, 80. Beach has run 40 straight Bostons since 1968, Weygandt begin his 41-year-streak a year earlier than that, and Yamada, won the whole pot o' beans in 1953.
Unlike the Boston Marathons of the 1960s, the Blast From The Past competition is definitely open to women runners. Hello Bobbi. Hello Kathrine. Where are you? Hope to hear from you soon.
Thompson gets the nod as the Blast Past favorite, based on his 3:22:03 last April at Boston. Beach ran 4:11:08 in that race, Weygandt 4:09:22, and Yamada 4:24:07. I haven't run a Boston since 2003 when I finished in 4:03:37. It should be a close competition for second place.
Thompson ran his first Boston Marathons in 1968 (34th, 2:49:37) and 1969 (25th, 2:33:22), and he's been going strong ever since. He ran his marathon PR, 2:28:25, at Boston when he was a third-year medical student at Tufts in 1972, and four years later placed 16th, due to his smart pacing in the 100-degree "Run for the hoses" that year. He ran every Boston from 1968 through 1981, when the combination of medicine and parenthood (4 children) briefly got the better of him. But Thompson has started up his streak again with Boston finishes the last eight years, and somehow manages to squeeze about 35 miles a week into his hectic schedule. "I don't run for my health, and never have," he says. "I like the discipline of running long distances, and just don't feel complete for the day if I don't get to run."
Thompson is just as competitive and successful in the medical profession as he is over Heartbreak Hill, today holding the positions of director of cardiology at Hartford Hospital and professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut. He's a past president of the American College of Sports Medicine, the author of more than 200 academic papers, and a worldwide expert on the relationship of exercise to heart health. He's particularly well known for a 1982 study of joggers' deaths while exercising. The paper, published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that the joggers were 7 times more likely to die while running than during the rest of the day. Still, the risk of dying was just one for every 396,000 hours of jogging, demonstrating "that the risk of exercise is small."
A few years later, I joined one of Thompson's Rhode Island studies--he was then at Brown University--because it sounded too good to be true. He wanted a group of serious, 10-miles-a-day runners to eat a diet of 90 percent saturated fat for two weeks. As soon as I stopped drooling, I showed up at the test kitchen, where I was given an aluminum plate full of, basically, Crisco pudding. My enthusiastic waned after about the fifth spoonful. I'm not sure how the subjects managed to keep eating this stuff for two weeks, but the results were quite astonishing. The diet seemed to have no deleterious effects on the runners' cholesterol levels. In fact, it raised their "good" HDL cholesterol and lowered their triglycerides.
This and many other studies have proven the heart-healthy profile that accompanies regular exercise like running, and Thompson has been an enthusiastic co-author of several landmark position papers. He was one of 10 authors of the 2007 joint recommendations on physical activity and public health from the American Heart Association and American College of Sports Medicine. That paper concluded that, "to promote and maintain health," adult Americans should do 30 minutes of "moderate-intensity aerobic (endurance) physical activity" for at least 30 minutes on at least 5 days of the week.
Thompson has a longstanding family association with the Boston Marathon. His father, a Baptist minister, long admired 7-time Boston winner Clarence DeMar, and often told stories about the day, when he was youngster himself, that DeMar visited his church. In 1960, when Thompson was just 13, his dad took him from their home in Danvers, MA., to see the Boston Marathon finish.
In a month, Thompson aims to get himself the full 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square for yet another Boston finish. I'm betting he makes it, and that he'll win the Blast From The Past competition. But if he falters, I know a few old guys who'll be happy to wish him well as we go stumbling past.
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Snapshots from Austria: Steep Vineyards, Schnitzel, Ruins, and Riesling
Snapshots from where wine comes from.
Editor's Note: A few weeks ago, I traveled to Austrian wine country with a group of restaurant wine directors and trade folks, hosted by Michael Skurnik Wines, who bring in the selections from Terry Theise (you've seen that guy around these pages before.) Here, a few snapshots and wine recommendations from my journey.
You may have noticed a moment when Gruner Veltliner was as trendy as wine can be, showing up suddenly on wine lists and t-shirts (ok, maybe only I hang out with the wine-shirt-wearing crowd.) And riesling has never been hotter—especially when the weather is warm and Paul Grieco's merry band of acid-lovers has taken over every restaurant in town. But Austria—where you'll find both of these grapes—is not a new wine region. Vines were planted during the Roman Empire and even before...there's deep history here.
A journey to Austria isn't complete without a monster schnitzel (daily), and at least one stop at Vienna's käsekrainer stands—nothing caps off a festive evening better than a few cheese-stuffed sausages enjoyed outdoors. But I went to Austria to explore the drinks, and while there were more than a few crisp, refreshing beers, I was focused on Riesling and Gruner Veltliner, plus a few other types of wine.
At the most affordable level, wines made from gruner veltliner are peppery and bright, with flavors that hint at canary melon and lettuce, with a spritz of lemony mineral water. But older-vine gruner, harvested a bit later and given a little time to mature, can also be rich and creamy, more like Chardonnay than you might expect, with the fennely, sagey side bulked out with apricot and sweet corn flavors. It's sometimes matured in huge acacia-wood casks, sourced from local forests.
The gruner tends to grow in richer soils toward the bottom of the hills (which retain water better), but up on the terraces as you gain elevation, there's more primary rock, mica, and gravel, and you'll see riesling. 2011 was a sunnier, warmer year than the previous vintage, yielding lusher riesling with a bit more yellow-fruit flavor (ripe pears and juicy peaches) and richness (like thyme and bay leaves soaked in gingery chicken broth) along with its stony mineral side. But there's tartness, too, don't worry: think white grapefruit, lemon, and lime piercing through.
As long as you're not afraid to pronounce the names wrong (and who cares? Go for it!) there's more to Austrian wine than those two. One of my favorites is Gelber Muskateller, an aromatic, refreshing wine with a floral side that might remind you of St. Germain liqueur. It's lovely stuff, perfect for afternoon drinking. (Ahem...not that we did any of that.) As we traveled away from Vienna toward the Hungarian border, we encountered some lovely red wines as well, including mineral-rich Blaufränkish and easy-drinking Zweigelt.
Check out the slideshow for snapshots from Austria, snippets of winemaker-conversation, and a peek at some of the food we tried.
Getting thirsty? Here are my wine recommendations—the most impressive bottles we sampled during our winery visits.
Gruner Veltliner to Seek Out
Hofer Gruner Veltliner Freiberg 2010: This winery is organic and all the grapes are harvested by hand. The wine is rich and pretty, thick in your mouth, with hints of fresh green pea shoots and apricots (with the pits.) (around $21)
Hiedler Gruner Veltliner Thal 2011 A lovely creamy and fresh easy-drinking wine, full of preserved lemons and Asian pear. Made from 60-year old vines. (around $24)
Ecker Gruner Veltliner Mordthal 2011: this deliciously rich wine made from 50-year old vines matures after fermentation in 1700 liter neutral acacia casks. Hints of zucchini and fennel make it super food-friendly. (around $32)
Hirsch Gruner Veltliner Lamm 2010: Here's the wine I'd pour for Thanksgiving this year. It's a deep straw color, elegant, nearly salty and savory, like spiced apples served along side a homemade chicken broth. (around $50)
Ott Gruner Veltliner Rosenberg 2011: We tasted a series of stunning wines from this winery—you really can't go wrong here, but this one stood out, very mineral and almost chewy, with a little apricot and cream of wheat flavor. The acidity leaves your mouth tingling. (around $60)
Really Delicious Riesling
Bründlmayer Riesling 'Kamptaler Terrassen' 2011: A bright and zingy riesling—it'll wake you up. Fresh, crisp, and delicious. It sells for around $24. (Those with bigger budgets should investigate the lush, full-fruited Bründlmayer Riesling Zöbinger Heiligenstein 'Lyra'.)
Nigl Riesling Dornleiten 2011 This wine has a mouthwatering peachy scent and great acidity swirling throughout. Lively, herbal, detailed, and thirst-quenching for around $28. I also absolutely loved the 2011 Riesling 'Privat', which practically glowed with minerals.
Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Tradition 2010: A personal favorite. The 'Tradition' series (there's an excellent Gruner Veltliner as well) came out of an interest in how wines used to be made before the advent of modern winemaking practices, without temperature-controlled fermentation and with frequent racking from cask to cask. The wine is rich with flavors of Golden Delicious apple, ginger, and cinnamon, with a mouthwatering lemony acidity and glistening minerals that wash over the finish. It sells around $51—if you're looking for something more affordable, the Gobelsburger riesling is delicious, too, and about $19.
Alzinger Riesling Steinertal Smaragd 2011: Leo Alzinger's bottles aren't easy to find, his rieslings are all gorgeous. The Höhereck has amazing clarity with a film of rich ginger and cornbread over the top, while the Loibenberg is even spicier, balancing freshness and richness. Both are more powerful than this wine, from a cool, shaded vineyard, which has more acid and mineral, like apricots echoed in spring water. (Around $66)
Stellar Gelber Muskateller and Blaufränkish
Schwarzböck Gelber Muskateller 2011: these grapes were planted in a field blend (mixed among other grapes such as Roter Veltliner and Gruner Veltliner) and they decided to separate them to make a varietal wine—good thing, since this stuff is delicious. Both fragrant and refreshing, full of elderflower and tart starfruit flavors. (Around $21)
Heidi Schröck Gelber Muskateller 2011: I loved this wine in 2009, and then found the 2010 tauter and tighter and tarter. This one makes me happy again, intensely aromatic, gorgeous and supple, with a beautiful floral side. Heidi recommends serving it with asparagus. She also makes glorious dessert wine, Rüster Ausbruch. Seek out the 'Turner' made with 100% Furmint. It's tart and fresh and complex, perfect for serving with cheese or even roast chicken or turkey. (Around $25)
Prieler Blaufränkish Leithaberg 2009: My favorite red wines of the trip were from Famille Prieler. This Blaufrankish is very mineral, peppery, and minty—balanced beautifully. "We believe that great wines around the world don't have alcohol too high," said Georg Prieler during the tasting. "When you have acidity and you pick before the alcohol is too high, you also get freshness in the wine." It sells for around $29. I also liked their lean-and-fresh Blaufrankish Johanneshöhe. ($22)
Want to see where these wines come from and the people who make them? Check out the slideshow above.
About the Author: Maggie Hoffman is the editor of Serious Eats: Drinks. You can follow her on Twitter @maggiejane.
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Flexible Spending Accounts
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Sourcebook 2019-20
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Sourcebook 2018-19
What is it?
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) are an IRS approved, employer sponsored benefit that allows you to pay for eligible medical and/or dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis. You authorize per pay period deposits to your FSA from your salary before taxes. As you incur eligible expenses, you request tax-free withdrawals from your accounts to reimburse yourself. There are two kinds of FSAs:
- Medical expense FSA
- Dependent care FSA
For a list of eligible expenses, please go to PayFlex.com
Why do I need it? TO SAVE MONEY! An FSA saves you money by reducing your taxable income. Your contribution to
your FSA is deducted from your salary on a pre-tax basis. Over a year's time, you will most
likely spend some of your salary on medical or dependent care expenses. You can save money
on taxes by contributing that amount directly into your Flexible Spending Account.
Unless your itemized medical expenses exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income, you cannot claim them on your IRS Form 1040. But you can save taxes by paying for your out-of-pocket medical expenses not covered by your health benefits plan through a tax-free Medical Expense FSA.
What is it at Mason?
Medical Spending Accounts may be used to pay for expenses that are not covered under your medical, dental, vision and prescription plans. Items such as co-payments, deductibles, some over-the-counter medications that you would otherwise pay for out of your pocket with after-tax dollars can be paid for with your medical reimbursement account. This will not only save you money, but will give you access to your entire reimbursement account on the first day of the fiscal year. The maximum annual amount which may be put in a medical reimbursement account is $2,750. You will receive an Elite Visa Benefit Card, which may be used to pay for eligible health expenses. Please note that you may be asked to provide supporting documentation even when you use your Elite Visa Benefit Card.
The maximum deduction per pay period for 12-month employees is $112 and $150 for 9-month faculty.
NOTE: For COVA HealthAware participants, please remember that your Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) pays first and then your FSA.
Dependent Care Spending Accounts may be used to reimburse yourself for expenses incurred in the care of your child (age 12 years or under), disabled spouse, elderly parent, or other dependents who are physically and/or mentally incapable of self-care so that you (and your spouse) can work or actively seek work. The maximum annual amounts which may be put in a dependent care flexible reimbursement account are:
- $2,500 for an employee who is married and is filing a separate tax return.
- $5,000 for an employee who is married and is filing a joint return or who is single with dependents.
The maximum deduction per pay period for 12-month employees is $208 and $277 for 9-month faculty.
For both medical and dependent care spending accounts:
- The minimum payroll deduction is $10 per pay period.
- A monthly administrative fee of $2.10 ($2.80 for 9-month faculty) will be deducted from your salary on a pre-tax basis for one or both accounts (Medical and/or Dependent Care). Whether you have one account or both, the fee will be $2.10 (or $2.80) per month.
- Enrollment is not automatic and is only for the current plan year. If you wish to participate next plan year, you must re-enroll during the annual open enrollment period.
- Employees may enroll within 30 days of their hire date or within 60 days of a life event change.
- "Use It or Lose It" Rule - Any money contributed to these accounts during the plan year must be used during the plan year -- any balances remaining are forfeited. Employees may file reimbursement claims until 90 days after the end of the plan year.
How to submit a claim?
You may file a claim to request reimbursement of your eligible expenses by completing a claim form and submitting it along with supporting documentation to PayFlex. The easiest way to do this is to log into your account on the PayFlex website. You may also submit a claim by filling out the claim form found on our Forms Page. Please contact PayFlex at 855-516-8595 for assistance.
Note: for eligible expenses incurred during the 2018-19 plan year, please submit the claims to Anthem. Claim forms are found on our Forms Page For assistance, please call Anthem FSA at 877-451-7244.
For Separating Faculty and Staff
You may be reimbursed for eligible FSA expenses incurred through the end of the month in which you separate. You have a three-month run-out period from the end of your coverage period (end of the month in which you separate) to apply for reimbursement.
Insurance is a way to mitigate some of the risks faced in every day life and helps provide financial security and protection for you and your family. Benefitted employees (50% appointment time or greater) have access to a range of insurance products including:
Leave permits faculty and staff to take approved time off from their positions. It includes annual leave, sick leave, family & personal leave (VSDP participants only) and holidays, as well as a range of other topics such as the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), military issues, Short and long term disability, and leave without pay.
A negative leave balance will stop any additional leave accrual and payment back to the University will be required before any changes in employment status. Leave can recommence once payment is received.
For more information on leave topics, move your mouse over the "Topics" list above and select the topic you would like to know more about from the drop-down menu.
Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan
What is the Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan?
Governor Ralph Northam approved the George Mason University Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan (IRP) on October 27, 2020. The Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan is a one-time, voluntary, early retirement offering for eligible tenured faculty members.
Who is Eligible for this Plan?
The IRP will be available to eligible, tenured faculty planning to retire effective June 1, 2021 or February 1, 2022.
Eligible tenured faculty members will receive notification of their eligibility for the Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan.
Eligible tenured faculty members will also receive a link to the Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan application dynamic form in a separate email.
Plan Details
- The Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan document (pdf) includes details about the IRP, including application deadlines.
- The Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan FAQs (pdf) includes common questions and answers.
- The Road to Retirement documents offer a visual timeline June 1, 2021 or February 1, 2022 retirement dates.
- If interested in the June 1, 2021 retirement date, view the IRP Road to Retirement for June 2021 Retirement Date (pdf).
- If interested in the February 1, 2021 retirement date, view the IRP Road to Retirement for February 1, 2022 Retirement Date (pdf).
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Eligible, tenured faculty members will receive login details for the virtual information sessions.
If you have questions about the Faculty Incentive Retirement Plan after reviewing the information and documents on this page, please email us at email@example.com if you are eligible to participate in the plan.
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Workers' Compensation
I'm injured at work. What should I do?
If you are seriously injured, seek medical treatment immediately.
Next steps:
- Inform your supervisor immediately
- Complete the First Report of Accident form
- Complete the Panel Physician Selection form
- Contact the Benefits office at 703.993.2600
- See your selected panel doctor if necessary and provide Benefits with all notes
- Notify your doctor that this is a possible workers' compensation claim. Provide them with the name and contact information for the state's workers' compensation (WC) vendor:
MC Innovation
P.O Box 1140
Richmond, VA 23218
(804) 649-2288
- Provide your supervisor and Benefits with a copy of doctor's notes
- Report all medical appointments and physical therapy visits to your Benefits Administrator in advance
- Follow your doctor's recommendations
- Get well
- Keep in contact with your supervisor, Benefits and your doctor
- Forward any bills related to your workers' comp injury to Benefits
• Fax: 703.993.2601
• Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Click here for more information on Workers' Compensation.
What to do first:
- Arrange for any needed medical care for the employee
- Complete the supervisor portion of the First Report of Accident
During the claim:
- Maintain contact with the injured worker and the Benefits Administrator
- Forward all doctor's notes to the Benefits office
- Support the injured employee
- Think creatively if the employee requires modified or light duty to assist him or her in returning to work
- To avoid future accidents, schedule any training or make workplace corrects as needed
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Benefits FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Some questions often asked by Mason faculty and staff are listed below with answer links. Just scroll through the topics and click on the link to find the information you need.
Not able to find the answer to your question? We are here to help, so please contact Human Resources & Payroll at 703.993.2600, Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 5:00, or email your question to firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit our website at hr.gmu.edu.
I recently started contributing to the 403(b) account and elected TIAA. How do I set up my TIAA account and elect my investment funds?
How do I contact my retirement vendor?
I recently started contributing to the 403(b) account and elected Fidelity. How do I set up my Fidelity account and elect my investment funds?
How do I know what I am contributing to my 403b or 457?
How do I increase/decrease/stop my contributions to my 457 plan?
Can I increase what I am putting toward my ORP retirement account?
Can I increase what I am putting toward my VRS retirement account?
How do I increase/decrease/stop my contribution to my 403b?
Why is my 403(b) account not being matched by the employer even though I am making my voluntary contributions to my hybrid plan?
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Please fax your forms to 703.993.2601 or scan and email them to email@example.com. Contact the HR & Payroll office and ask to speak with a member of the Benefits Team for further assistance.


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Masterpiece Bonsai Driftwood for Aquarium
-Size : 30x40cm ( HxL) / From 2 - 4 ( kg )
-Branches and twigs have been treated therefore, these Special Bonsai Driftwoods can instantly place into your aquarium after a good rinse, unlike the traditional bonsai driftwoods, which have to be boil or soak for a few days, sometimes weeks.
*Moss is not included
Bonsai driftwoods are handcrafted by our skilled artists. Created from treated driftwood native to South East Asia, then sculpted and treated driftwood make a beautiful accessory for aquascaping, terrariums and paludariums. These unique decorations elevate regular fish/shrimps/plants tanks, making them more than just homes for your fish/shrimps. The tanks become statement pieces; beautiful miniaturized underwater forests to add an ethereal touch to your home. Fish tanks and terrariums are attention-grabbing items – why not make these objects as beautiful as possible? Each Bonsai driftwood from Exoaquaristic is unique, designed to last underwater and a great starting point to begin creating fairytale aquascapes.
The benefit of Bonsai Driftwood:
-100% Natural Wood
-No Chemical
-Create beautiful centre-piece for your tank
-These all-natural ornaments are not only safe for the water environment for your fish and underwater flora, bonsai driftwood actually improves the quality of your water. Each item contains tannic acid, which will soften the water and lower the pH level.
How to Treat Bonsai Driftwood
- Rinse and can be placed into the aquarium instantly
- Soak with warm water / prime water for 3-4 days, this will help to reduce tannings.
What moss would I put on my Bonsai Driftwood to create green foliage
- Mini Taiwan Moss (looks best paired with bonsai driftwood).
- Christmas Moss
- Peacock Moss
- Weeping Moss
- Taiwan moss
- Java Moss
How to tied Moss to my Bonsai Driftwood and which material?
Push moss into twigs or branches, these will be enough to hold the moss from floating away
Placement of Bonsai Driftwood
Once the driftwood has been properly prepared, clean, and tied with your favorite moss. Carefully place the bonsai driftwood in your aquarium just as you designed.
Image from Aquascaping-Symphony
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is it a real tree? What is it made of?
2. Is Bonsai driftwood safe for fishes and shrimps? How to treat bonsai driftwood?
3. How long will it last under water?
Our quality bonsai Driftwoods are specially designed to last underwater for many many years.
Returns Policy
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the 'Complete Orders' link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.
We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.
Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.
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