This Week I Learned - Week #180
This Week I Learned -
* ARM or Azure Resource Manager templates can be integrated with existing provisioning and configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and PowerShell DSC. This feature makes ARM play well with existing DevOps tools
* The open source tool Azure Resource Manager Explorer shows you all your resources in a tree view.
* AWS CloudFormation & Azure Resource Manager make it possible to manage infrastructure as code.
* Azure Portal Service availability chart shows which of the Azure services and applications are supported on either of the 2 portals (Current & Classic). Unfortunately like most articles in the Azure documentation the page doesn't show the date on which it was created or last edited thereby making it unclear if it reflects the latest info.
* When deploying resources, you typically need to specify a region for the resources. Resource Manager is supported in all regions, but the resources you deploy might not be supported in all regions. It is possible to determine the regions for a particular resource type that your subscription supports through Azure Powershell
* Some facts about the US in the 6-part BBC series Stephen Fry in America covering the 50 states -
- California has the 7th largest economy in the world
- The world's largest natural bridge in San Juan County, Navajo Reservation, Page, Arizona is nearly as high as the Statue of Liberty, spans 275 feet across the water.
- America bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars
- Alaskan in Barrow - "(in the winter when it's all dark) we find our way with the help of the stars ...or GPS"
* Roughly one-third of adult Americans are now obese; two-thirds are overweight; and diabetes afflicts some 29 million. Another 86 million Americans have a condition called pre-diabetes. Bariatric surgery, until now seen as a last resort, is becoming a standard option for diabetes treatment. The procedure involves stapling, binding or removing part of the stomach to help people shed weight. It costs $11,500 to $26,000 - NY Times
* When someone has diabetes, he can no longer produce sufficient insulin to process glucose (sugar) in the blood. To lower glucose levels, diabetics need to increase insulin, either by taking medication that increases their own endogenous production or by injecting insulin directly.
* A diet low in carbohydrates is more effective than one low in fat for reducing both blood sugar and most cardiovascular risk factors.
* The term fibre optics was coined by Narinder Singh Kapany in 1956. Narinder Singh Kapany is also known as "Father of Fiber Optics"
* IEEE named Jagdish Chandra Bose one of the fathers of radio science. He is also considered the father of Bengali science fiction.
* The 98-sq km Serilingampally constituency, home to IT giants, pays the highest property tax among all Assembly constituencies in Telangana — Rs 400 crore as property tax and another Rs 200 crore towards trade licence and registration fees. But not even 50 per cent of that money is being used to upgrade civic conditions in the constituency. The 10 divisions of the GHMC in Serilingampally have no drainage system; the old pipelines were installed by the gram panchayat decades ago and about 40 per cent of the area has no roads. Traffic officials say Serilingampally has 60 km of damaged roads and for over 40 km there are no roads at all. Cyberabad traffic police is understaffed, with a total of just 600 personnel - Deccan Chronicle
* ARM or Azure Resource Manager templates can be integrated with existing provisioning and configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and PowerShell DSC. This feature makes ARM play well with existing DevOps tools
* The open source tool Azure Resource Manager Explorer shows you all your resources in a tree view.
* AWS CloudFormation & Azure Resource Manager make it possible to manage infrastructure as code.
* Azure Portal Service availability chart shows which of the Azure services and applications are supported on either of the 2 portals (Current & Classic). Unfortunately like most articles in the Azure documentation the page doesn't show the date on which it was created or last edited thereby making it unclear if it reflects the latest info.
* When deploying resources, you typically need to specify a region for the resources. Resource Manager is supported in all regions, but the resources you deploy might not be supported in all regions. It is possible to determine the regions for a particular resource type that your subscription supports through Azure Powershell
* Some facts about the US in the 6-part BBC series Stephen Fry in America covering the 50 states -
- California has the 7th largest economy in the world
- The world's largest natural bridge in San Juan County, Navajo Reservation, Page, Arizona is nearly as high as the Statue of Liberty, spans 275 feet across the water.
- America bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars
- Alaskan in Barrow - "(in the winter when it's all dark) we find our way with the help of the stars ...or GPS"
* Roughly one-third of adult Americans are now obese; two-thirds are overweight; and diabetes afflicts some 29 million. Another 86 million Americans have a condition called pre-diabetes. Bariatric surgery, until now seen as a last resort, is becoming a standard option for diabetes treatment. The procedure involves stapling, binding or removing part of the stomach to help people shed weight. It costs $11,500 to $26,000 - NY Times
* When someone has diabetes, he can no longer produce sufficient insulin to process glucose (sugar) in the blood. To lower glucose levels, diabetics need to increase insulin, either by taking medication that increases their own endogenous production or by injecting insulin directly.
* A diet low in carbohydrates is more effective than one low in fat for reducing both blood sugar and most cardiovascular risk factors.
* The term fibre optics was coined by Narinder Singh Kapany in 1956. Narinder Singh Kapany is also known as "Father of Fiber Optics"
* IEEE named Jagdish Chandra Bose one of the fathers of radio science. He is also considered the father of Bengali science fiction.
* The 98-sq km Serilingampally constituency, home to IT giants, pays the highest property tax among all Assembly constituencies in Telangana — Rs 400 crore as property tax and another Rs 200 crore towards trade licence and registration fees. But not even 50 per cent of that money is being used to upgrade civic conditions in the constituency. The 10 divisions of the GHMC in Serilingampally have no drainage system; the old pipelines were installed by the gram panchayat decades ago and about 40 per cent of the area has no roads. Traffic officials say Serilingampally has 60 km of damaged roads and for over 40 km there are no roads at all. Cyberabad traffic police is understaffed, with a total of just 600 personnel - Deccan Chronicle
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