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HELECO 2003 International Exhibition and Conference on Environmental Technology
Thank you for inviting me to open this forum.
In our quest for sustainable development, and the alleviation of the poverty and environmental degradation suffered by so many in the developing world, the development and transfer of innovative environmental technologies will play a crucial role.
So too will the participation and cooperation of the private sector, so often the source of innovative technological solutions.
The theme for a sustainable future is partnerships:
• between the private sector, civil society, governments, and organisations such as the United Nations Environment Programme
• between the developed world and the developing world.
Everyone here today comes from the developed world. Specifically, from Europe.
The success of the economies of the developed world rests to a large extent on the historical—and current—use of dirty technologies and a general disregard for the environmental impacts of progress.
To the credit of many developed countries, they have significantly cleaned up their act in recent decades. Emissions of pollutants to air, land, rivers and the sea have been significantly reduced by many industries, and increasingly we are seeing the introduction of environmentally sound technologies.
• Lead in petrol has been phased out of almost all the developed world and much of the developing world;
• many countries have made their electricity generation cleaner and improved the quality of discharges from industry;
• urban sanitation and planning has improved.
As technology improves, more options become available:
• renewable energy,
• fuel efficient vehicles…..
However, in large parts of the world, poverty reigns. Development is desperately needed.
There are many people—from the powerless to the most wealthy—who are ready to cut their forests, destroy their wildlife, and pollute their environment for development.
For some it is because they don't care.
For others it is because they have little choice. It is simply a matter of survival, even if they are mortgaging their future.
What do we have to offer these people? It is not sufficient to say: "conserve, don't destroy" and "don't repeat the mistakes we made."
We have to be able to offer alternatives.
We have to be able to say: "This is how you can you can develop cleanly and sustainably, but at a pace that suits your society's needs."
Fortunately, this is becoming more and more possible. Technological solutions to many of the issues of sustainable development are available. And new ones are being developed all the time.
One of the functions of the United Nations Environment Programme—which has a mandate to provide leadership and encourage partnership for sustainable development—is to act as a clearing-house for anyone looking for technical and policy solutions to sustainable development issues.
This function is served in various ways by many UNEP entities and partners. For instance the UNEP OzonAction branch is helping the phase out of ozone depleting substances, while the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Sources of Pollution is a growing catalyst for solutions to marine and coastal problems.
Another major UNEP source of information about environmentally sound technologies is the International Environment Technology Centre, (which is represented here today). IETC focuses especially on two of the most pressing environmental issues that will have to be faced in coming years: the increasing pressure being put on freshwater resources, and the rapid growth in urbanisation. IETC has a number of available Internet-based information products and services—such as the environmentally sound technology database MAESTRO II and others—which I recommend you explore via the UNEP IETC website www.unep.or.jp.
(Alternatively speak to my colleagues Mr Halls and Mr Bisset.)
UNEP also has a growing programme on sport and the environment, both to educate people through the medium of sport, and to address the environmental implications of sport. That is something which will be very much on this meeting's agenda as you look at ways of ensuring that the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens will be an advert for environmental sensitivity.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I think you are all familiar with the challenges of sustainable development, and the potential technological and policy solutions for addressing them. That is why you are here. And I am sure you will be even more informed when you leave here than when you came.
So, I won't into the details now.
Instead, I would like to raise a couple of issues which I hope will guide some of your deliberations over the next three days.
First: the issue of developing innovative environmentally sound technology.
While end-of-pipe solutions can provide an invaluable remedy for some of the worst environmental ills, the focus must increasingly but put on cleaner production technologies and the life-cycle approach to goods and services. The root causes of environmental damage must be proactively addressed by industry and consumers, as well as by governments. It is much better to anticipate and avert a problem than to have to remedy it once it has happened.
I believe the business opportunities for developing and distributing such solutions are immense, both in the developed and the developing world. Demand is growing throughout society—from governments and consumers—as well as from industry itself, to follow a cleaner, more sustainable path. The industries that are in the vanguard of this movement will, I believe be the ones who profit most in the long-term.
Secondly, a word of caution. The need for the transfer of environmentally sound technologies—especially from the developing world to the developed world and to countries such those as in the former Soviet Union whose economies are in transition—is immense.
So too, therefore are the business opportunities.
There is no doubt that environmentally sound technologies are a good idea.
But I would like to add an extra word to the EST acronym.
In the field of development aid, there are too many examples of donors providing what appears to be a logical sensible solution only to find that they are unworkable. Examples include:
• communities rejecting solar ovens because the women who would use them are otherwise occupied during daylight hours;
• water pumps that break down due to the unavailability of spares; or
• the recent example of African countries rejecting genetically modified grain because they don't want to jeopardise the GM-free status of their own crops.
In short, what is needed when one offers to transfer a potentially environmentally sound technological solution is sensitivity and the full participation of everyone involved—especially the end user.
Finally, there are the questions of the terms of transfer.
• What will be the impact of technology transfer on local businesses and communities.
• How will traditional technologies and economies be affected?
• What will the impact be on cultures, practices and traditions?
There is a saying: never look a gift horse in the mouth (even if it is not a gift, but a proposed business partnership!)
However, I believe it is only reasonable, when looking at the transfer of environmentally sound technology to accept the need for rigorous assessment of the environmental and cultural impacts of applying that technology.
There are no one-size-fits-all solutions.
Approached from that angle, I see enormous potential for partnerships that will be truly sustainable, that will benefit everyone involved, and provide the win-win solutions that we all need.
I applaud your commitment to sustainable development, and wish you every success in your endeavours to develop and transfer appropriate, environmentally sound technologies that will help create a cleaner, safer, and more prosperous world for all.


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Elder Travis Dean Guymon has returned from two years of service in the Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will be speaking on Jan. 9 at 9 a.m. in the Huntington Fourth Ward, 215 North Main, Huntington.
Elder Guymon is the son of Ray and Marian Guymon of Huntington. His grandparents are Alene and the late Dean M. McDonald of Genola and the late Lynn and Zola Guymon of Huntington.
Elder Steven Daley has returned to the area from the Texas Lubbock Mission. He will be speaking in church on Jan. 9 at 11 a.m. at the Huntington 1/5 building, 115 South 400 East, Huntington.
Elder Daley's parents are Larry and Linda Daley. His grandparents are Myrtle Ree Slaugh of Price and Bob and Flora Kenworthy of Huntington.


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Analyst after analyst has reaffirmed the iPad mini's status as a cannibal over the past few months, but according to Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) full-size iPad will survive on strong enterprise sales.
Munster wrote in a note to investors on Monday that his survey of 59 chief information officers across 12 industries had led him to conclude that the 9.7-inch iPad was better suited for business operations than its smaller version and continued to be embraced by organizations.
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Of those surveyed, 57 percent of the organizations planned to give out the larger Apple tablet to employees this year, compared to 46 percent in 2012. Of those who planned on iPad rollouts, 15 percent were thinking of "broad deployments", up almost four times from last year's 4 percent. And Munster expected these broad deployments to grow even faster in the next 3-5 years.
"We view the greater deployment of tablets as a positive for Apple given that we believe the iPad has over 60 percent global tablet share and likely a higher share among enterprises," Munster wrote, according to Apple Insider. "We believe continued growth in enterprise tablet deployment will help drive continued growth in the full-sized iPad segment given the larger iPads are better for content creation."
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By comparison, 34 percent of those surveyed expected to increase investments in Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows PCs. About 5 percent of respondents expected to decrease spending on tablets, while 20 percent planned to make funding cuts for PCs. Jaffray also found that storage and security remained the top two items of concern, with 64 percent and 63 percent of respondents expecting to increase spending in those two areas, respectively.
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Virgin Australia welcomes Surfers Paradise Beach to the Gold Coast11/07/2012
Virgin Australia has today celebrated one of its newest Boeing 737-800 aircraft, Surfers Paradise Beach on its first commercial service to the Gold Coast as DJ509 from Sydney.
Group Executive – Alliances, Network and Yield, Merren McArthur said the airline had an established program of naming aircraft after iconic Australian beaches.
"We have named this aircraft after the iconic Gold Coast beach "Surfers Paradise" to represent our commitment to the region. The beach is an important attraction for leisure travellers and will be promoted across our domestic network."
Ms. McArthur said that Surfers Paradise Beach featured Virgin Australia's new Business Class product that includes:
- Luxury leather seating with 38" seat pitch on the Boeing 737
- Comfort packs with plush blankets, pillows, and International style amenity kits with Australian organic cosmetics by GROWN for flights over three hours
- Coat check in service with complimentary coat bag
- Newspapers until noon daily
- Exclusive Luke Mangan gourmet full service dining experience, including Luke's Australian Mocktail on boarding
- Premium Australian wines, beers, and spirit selection
- Gourmet tea selection from Madame Flavour
- Priority baggage service where available
In May Virgin Australia opened its lounge at Gold Coast airport, enhancing travel to this important destination for both leisure and corporate guests.
Located at the southern end of the Gold Coast domestic terminal, the Virgin Australia lounge features an entry level reception area with a mezzanine level revealing sweeping views of the tarmac and Gold Coast hinterland. The space stretches over 680m2, offering distinct areas to relax, refuel and work, including business facilities, entertainment options and a Luke Mangan designed buffet.
"Virgin Australia has been operating flights to the Gold Coast for more than 10 years, and is the only airline to offer domestic Business Class to the Gold Coast with more than 150 domestic and international return flights to the region each week," Ms. McArthur said.
Virgin Australia has competitive Business Class fares from as low as $369 one way from Sydney to the Gold Coast. Select travel periods apply from July 2012 until March 2013.


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This building is a great study in physics as well as history. It was designed to withstand strong winds and capture light throughout the day.
This museum has a large collection of post cards from the 1904 World's Fair, a drum from the civil war, Native American artifacts, old uniforms, and school artifacts.
Dr. Poos Home - Heritage House Museum
Built in 1888, this home was occupied by Dr. Robert Poos, a local practitioner and druggist. Dr. Poos was also the staff physician at the Springs Hotel and Bath House, later known as the Okawville Original Springs Hotel.
Three properties -- Dr. Poos Home & Medical Museum; the Frank Schlosser Home, which includes a turn-of-the-century house, barn, harness shop, and commercial laundry; and the Joseph Schlosser Home -- make up the Museum complex.
Washington County Historical Museum
Built in 1871 as a private residence, this building now holds hundreds of artifacts from the country including a display of period wedding dresses.
The log house gives a glimpse into local life in the 1800s. While at the park, visit the refurbished caboose and passenger train.
The museum focuses on the businesses that helped the city grow, particularly milling.
Marissa Academy Museum and Coal Miners Monument
Memorabilia celebrating the city's growth from a coal mining town to the present makes this an interesting stop.
This turn-of-the-century Victorian house was ordered through the Sears Roebuck catalog and assembled for only several hundred dollars.
Marissa Academy Museum & Coal Miners Monument
Memorabilia celebrating the city's growth from a coal-mining town to the present makes this a fascinating touchstone of local history.
Hundreds of interesting items amassed over a lifetime are housed in this unique gallery that was formally a working farm barn.
Visit an exact replica of a Civil War Fort complete with a jail, one-room home, livery, and log cabins.
Tucked away in the rolling hills of Germantown is a Civil War Fort. There is a jail, civil war cannons, a stage coach, a livery, log cabins, and much more.
Centralia Area Historical Museum
Artifacts, pictures of coal mining, railroading, business, farming in and around Centralia. A work in progress by the Centralia Area Historical Society to preserve the past of Marion County.
Centralia Historical Society Museum
Centerpieces of the collection are newspapers and memorabilia from the coal mining days with tributes to railroad history.
Centralia's resident carilloneur performs on the town's 65-bell carillon, one of the few in the country. The surrounding park also features a museum and tours of the 165-foot-tall tower.
General Dean Suspension Bridge
Located just outside the city of Carlyle, this historic 130-year-old bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the area. The original bridge served as a crossing over the Kaskaskia River.
Clinton County Historical Museum
This building was the former home of Judge Sidney Breese, who came to Illinois from New York. He studied law here and became Assistant Secretary of the State of Illinois.
The original wooden cross was erected in 1850 by a farmer in thanksgiving for his family being spared during a cholera epidemic. Subsequent owners of the property have repaired and replaced it.
Joseph Koch, who along with eight other local miners died in a mine explosion in 1947, is depicted here.
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Tumble Tots is the UK's leading physical play programme for children from 6 months to seven years. Since 1979 we have been helping to develop children's essential life skills through our highly respected physical activity programme. Taking part in our fun-filled regular weekly sessions, using our colourful, specifically designed wooden and foam equipment, children are encouraged to build and develop their:
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Of chasing life's dream and it comes true.
Sharing our property with those marking the milestones in the journey of their lives and travels
Has given us memories and friends to cherish for a lifetime.
Thank you to the wonderful guests who have
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Cocobelle Aphrodite Gladiator Sandal
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Cocobelle is all about luxurious simplicity and timeless styling. Inspired by travel and natures beauty, Cocobelle provides handcrafted styles that radiate uniqueness and versatility. The Aphrodite Sandal is no exception to the Cocobelle standard.
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Author of Ed Engoron's Choclatique, Running Press, 2011
Are you someone who craves sweet nibbles or salty snacks? Or, do you prefer spicy or sour munchies? I must confess I'm a serial snacker. Even though I am a trained chef, my snack repertoire is not all that sophisticated. That's not surprising among chefs who work long shifts and eat anything in sight when their hard day's work is at an end. I'm a sucker for salted-in-the-shell peanuts—my trigger food—and I occasionally indulge on traditional sourdough pretzels. I like plain popcorn—I don't like the artificial butter flavors—and I've never turned down a bag of Fritos. When it comes to sweets, I'm a chocoholic. I prefer dark, but a good milk chocolate is also fantastic when I'm in the mood and it's usually Choclatique Prestige Milk Chocolate. At times like this I can even bring together some of my favorite flavors with our Chocolate Covered Peanut Brittle Bites.
With the excuse that I need more experience, I cranked my expertise in snacking up a notch. This week, I am insanely excited because I got to explore my snacking inner-child at Chicago's Annual Sweets and Snacks Expo at McCormick Place. This is an annual "snackin'" trade show hosed by National Confectioners Association where over 14,000 buyers and 500 manufactures come to see what's new. The expo offers everything from jelly beans to popcorn companies that put movie caliber snacks to shame (hello Popcornopolis) and chocolatiers who even challenge Willy Wonka's magic. This is the largest confectionery, cookie and snack show in the Americas. The EXPO features companies showcasing their newest, sweetest, most sour, most crunchy confectionery and snack products in one place making it one of the most valuable, time-effective events in the industry. In fact, more than 130 new companies exhibited and more buyers than ever attended the event. The EXPO attracts all of the major US distribution channels and featurestop-notch experts in some of the educational keynote sessions, making it easier than ever to discover the latest trends and discover what's new in the world of snacking.
As I walked the EXPO floor with more than 14,000 qualified confectionery and snack professionals, including nearly 1,000 international visitors traveling from more than 60 countries. We all munched the hall from one end to the other leaving trails of crunchy crumbs.
We snacked on lentil and hummus chips with unusual and exotic flavors like black pepper, dill, chili and mint, and sweets snacks that claimed to be fortified with vitamins slated to offer consumers greater snack options when the three o'clock munchies hit.
Consumers can expect to see more snack foods and sweets that layer multiple, complex, and sometimes unexpected flavors. Combinations like habanera and lemongrass-flavored sweets, dual-filled truffles, and gourmet, artisanal flavors like cracked pepper and Asiago cheese-flavored chips.
I found wine-flavored chocolates by a New York company that are very similar to our Napa Valley Wine Chocolates that we introduced over 2 years ago. There was even a wine-flavored caramel—Cabernet to be exact—with a hint of sea salt. I discovered flower, troll and monster-shaped gummies, chocolate-coated jelly beans, straws filled with flavor beads like cookies and cream, strawberry, or vanilla that instantly transform a regular glass of milk to a snacking dessert, and crisp rice puffs dipped in dark chocolate, infused with vitamin D3 and sealed in a chocolate candy coating.
Despite a lagging economy, the snack and sweet markets experienced growth in 2010, as they're considered affordable indulgences.
This month we are releasing our own "holey" indulgences—Choclatique Designer Donuts. Now you can enjoy the flavors of a chocolatiers' dozen (15 different, wonderful flavors), including Almond Coconut Flake, Carrot-Cream Cheese, Chocolate Caramel, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Sprinkles, Cinnamon Spice, Dark Chocolate Devil's Food Cake, Fluff-a-Nutter, Jelly Donut, Johnny Appleseed's Apple, Marshmallow Mint Chip, Mocha Kreme, Vanilla Kreme, Vermont Maple Crunch, and Wicked Red Cherry.
Shameless Plug: I know for many it's too early to think about the end of the year holidays, but here's a thought for some great gift giving—Choclatique (the book). And guess what? You don't even have to wait for the end of the year. It's the perfect gift for brides, grooms, grandchildren's birthday, anniversaries… actually Choclatique (the book) is perfect for just about any occasion. Signed copies will be available after October 1st.


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Again the Japanese have something to celebrate and thus we get no WSJ this week.
Again the Japanese have something to celebrate and thus we get no WSJ this week.
It's more than just WSJ numbnuts.
Btw they're celebrating the Obon Festival.
And to help stem the tide of questions I present you this explanation:
why would someone like having no wsj in a week? besides the mangaka and staff.. :-p
Double issue is when you get 2x more pages than one week, cept it takes 2 weeks.. right?
i had too.. XD Damn void weeks.. >.< dont even really get extra pages either.. :-/
im sure the double issue is going to be far less than double the pages.
but hopefully they have epic chapters
Spoiler!Mangas i read/have read (in no particular order)
Hunter x Hunter
One Piece
666 Satan
D. Gray-Man
Death Note
Deadman Wonderland
Highschool of the Dead
Vagabond (just starting)
and i think 2 or 3 others ive forgotten about
Japs are gay.
What is an "OBON".....(Obviously I am not Japanese, and yeah I'm Lazy)
I checked, and Obon is a festival where they believe the spirits of their departed ancestors/relatives return to visit them for a few days.
Guess I still don't fully get it, and yeah Rukongai in Bleach obviously isn't based on Japanese traditions..I guess.
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
Helll noooo!!!
"With a thrust it's a Spear; with a sweep it's a Naginata, when you hold it, it's a Longsword; a Cane can become each of those things!"-
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George Clinton is one of the greatest innovators of urban based soul, rock and funk over the last forty years. Now George has created his own label, The C Kunspyruhzy that will release George's first studio album in ten years, followed by solo recordings by individual members of the P-Funk empire. Clinton also plans to release a collection of Parliament-Funkadelic, and P-Funk All Stars live recordings gleaned from board tapes. Called the Uncut Funk Series, the live CD's will incorporate some of the best shows over the past thirty years and will be augmented with superior graphics and extensive liner notes. "We got four generations of fans out there who keep bugging me to get these live shows out there, and now's the time," George says. "I've seen what the Grateful Dead have been doing with their archives, as well as bands like Pearl Jam, and I figured it was time to show the world what the funk is all about."
Clinton has been showing the world what the funk is for fifty years and his career mirrors musical trends from doo wop to hip hop. While growing up in New Jersey, George was a teenage fan of Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers. After seeing them perform at a talent show, he decided it was time to get up and do his thing. First as the founding member of the Parliaments, Clinton started recording doo wop sides in the 1950's, followed by a move to Detroit where the group finally hit pay dirt with their Number One R&B hit "(I Just Wanna) Testify" in 1967. In 1968, George formed Funkadelic in 1968, a visionary band that combined acid rock with primal funk. Funkadelic carried the torch for George's creative output until 1972 when, in a stroke of genius, George renamed the band Parliament and signed them to Casablanca Records, while Funkadelic signed with Warner Brothers in 1976. Clinton now had two powerhouse bands signed to two different labels even though each band consisted of the same members. As George breaks it down, "Parliament was more orchestrated with horns and complicated vocal arrangements while Funkadelic was more a straight up rock band with a heavy rhythm section."
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Huntington Mayor Jackie Wilson welcomed Huntington Elementary students and dignitaries to the dedication ceremony for the new Lions Park in Huntington. She said, " I want to welcome everyone to this dedication of this beautiful park. I also want to tell you students that this is your park and it is a special place. I want all of you to help keep it clean and take care of it. Thanks to the Lions Club, the Huntington City Council and all of the residents for this great park."
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Oct. 1, the true story. Don't allow yourself to be fooled by the Mainstream Media (MSM) concerning what has gone on today; what has gone on is not about funding the government, nor about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), nor about whether or not the President and Congress can exempt themselves, their staffs, or special interests from the negative effects of laws they pass, nor is it even about Republican and Democrat partisanship; what it is about is whether Pres. Obama and left-wing, liberal/socialist Demoncrats can turn this republic into a kleptocratic dictatorship that rules the people through absolute power or if we shall remain a Republic in which the governors govern under the direction of the people. I truly believe this is not an overstatement of what the crisis really is about but, if anything, is an understatement of the extent of the danger we are facing.
Today this nation is the battle ground between two great factions. On one side are the forces of light; Republicans and Democrats who believe in our democratic Republic and its Constitution and, on the other, the forces of darkness; left wing-liberal/socialist Demoncrats and their turncoat Rino allies who despise the constitution and seek to raise a socialist paradise on the ashes of the Republic.
At the stroke of midnight Oct. 1, 2013 Pres. Obama, Sen. Reid, and the Demoncrats shutdown the government to save Pres. Obama's ego and legacy and further our decent away from a democratic Republic and closer to a kleptocratic dictatorship. I say good, these Republicans and Democrats need to stick to their guns.
It is long past time this pompous would be dictator and his minions are put in their place. He is not (yet) a dictator and Congress is not above the people, both he and they are our employees not our rulers.
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If this shut down continues and the markets react negatively it's probably going to cost those of us invested in the markets a lot of money but I, for one, am willing to take the hit if it will help put the relationship between the people and the federal government back in its proper perspective. They are our servants and we dictate to them.
On the first day of this crisis Pres. Obama and his Demoncrats asserted that it was caused by the partisan intransigency of Republicans and their Democrat allies while carefully avoiding mention of their own intransigency in flatly refusing to negotiate on any point, digging in the heels of their jack boots with the specious argument that the Affordable Care Act is the law. I would remind them that according to Volume 16 of American Jurisprudence second edition, Section 177 (in the later edition you will find this information in section 256):
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A void act cannot be legally consistent with a valid one. An unconstitutional law cannot operate to supersede any existing valid law. Indeed, insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the land, it is superseded thereby.
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Do you buy fireworks?
I make my ownReplyCancel
No technically they are illegal here but you can buy them as long as you dont shoot them off for a crowd (dumbass laws). There's a big tent in the WalMart parking lot selling them. 🙁ReplyCancel
What, like crazy strippers and hookers?ReplyCancel
I do, Violet. I have tooling for sky rockets, stingers, fountains, aerial shells, etc.ReplyCancel
yes. I run around the streets with those hand held sparklers singing baby your a firework.ReplyCancel
naked. it is all very demure…ReplyCancel
yeah but mine was broken this year. I should have known better than to put it through the washing machine—stupid dry clean only….ReplyCancel
@Gator—yeah they actually scare me a little as well….ReplyCancel
I did when my kids were little. Add a can of Aqua Net and it's a party! The neighbors had sky rockets from Mexicali one year and we had fun with the cops that night.ReplyCancel
if I was going to be spending time making my own explosives I would save my energy for something more practical…like a meth lab…ReplyCancel
Whenever I hear "fireworks," I think about this epic lawsuit 🙂ReplyCancel
Yes but the good ones are illegal here in NC. We get the puny onesReplyCancel
@VIP what a catchy little ditty that is ; )ReplyCancel
It's a bit of a grey area, Violet. They must be for personal use; no selling. Storage of finished product needs to meet certain BATF requirements. Blah, blah, blah. It's just like cooking, but with dangerous chemicals.
I also make my own black powder for my cannon.ReplyCancel
Also, Mr. Bedinbacher wants his remains in fireworks. He wants them set off at his funeral!ReplyCancel
Baby — I am the fireworks 🙂ReplyCancel
They're illegal hereReplyCancel
Ex fiancé & now my adult nephew are both Pyros with elite taste in fireworks. I'm always hooked us up well.
The 4th here sounds like a war zone, but looks pretty. Love the smell of that sulfer and BBQ!
No. There are shops a short jaunt into PA, but I don't need any cops following me out of the parking lot and back over the bridge.ReplyCancel
When you're the Opster made a potato cannon and kept firing off at midnight. It wasn't too long after that that some neighbors screamed shut up! That was the end of that.
My nephew is taking the girls to Carowinds or whatever the hell they call that theme park on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. I am more than certain that he will bring back some sort of pyrotechnic devices.ReplyCancel
A s Sandybrook said, they are illegal in Florida but that doesnt mean you cant buy them everywhere, its weird. I just took a picture of a large display of fireworks for sale inside Winn Dixie. Apparently you are made to sign some waiver saying you will only use them for agricultural purposes here in St Johns County (for scaring birds away from your crops) but that sure isnt how they are marketed. LOL
All that being said, I bought some sparklers last year and decided not to waste my money this year.
Yeah, I put on a huge show every July 4. It looks like KISS decided to celebrate their 40th anniversary and use all the pyro from all their concerts in one night. As for buying them, technically, no. I get them for free by talking to the owners of the stands ad letting them know I do it for people that normally wouldn't get to see them and then invite them to the BBQ Bash/Fireworks display.
9 times out of 10 I end up with at least 3 or 4 of those huge family packs from them (the ones that cost about $150-$200 each), so I get about 2 or 3 dozen all told and we blow shit up real good. One of the perks of having multiple acres of land and living on the city/country border.ReplyCancel
Used to. In Washington you can go to the indian reservations and get the good stuff. I had many close calls playing with fireworks as a kid. I inadvertently fashioned a glass shrapnel bomb once, for example. That was definitely an oops moment.
Yeah, you can get into trouble with explosives. Knew a guy who blew off most of a quadriceps with a pipe bomb.ReplyCancel
Now that I think about it, letting your child have free access to fireworks, guns and explosives is not a good idea. I really didn't have good parental supervision as a child. I had many close calls.ReplyCancel
Oh, and apparently I was almost killed as a baby by a skyrocket. So I have been told. I was sitting on my aunt's lap and one went awry, whooshing past my head. Man, I bet that scared the hell out of my mother. To my father's family, of course, that kind of thing was normal. Hell, I've got a distant relation on that side of the family who literally ripped out a guy's throat with a broken beer bottle in a bar fight.
Alcohol and fireworks…not a good combination.ReplyCancel
I live in So Cal, which is one idiot away from burning down to the ground because of this drought. I am completely over fireworks. If I owned a pet, I would probably be murderous about it. They are banned in my city, but a few idiots in my neighborhood are busting them out anyway.ReplyCancel
Charlie… Does any of this explain how you got your nickname?ReplyCancel
Actually, in a macabre way, I kind of like to hear stories about fireworks and explosives accidents. I guess it's because I've had so many close calls of my own.
Pyrotechnics, properly employed, are lovely things. They're just chemicals, manufactured so as to deflagrate in a colorful manner.
Now guns, real explosives and high-powered cars…those are really dangerous. And serious tools. Set my head on fire with a welding torch once. You have to be careful with tools.ReplyCancel
Only if Tyrion's in charge.ReplyCancel
man i love fireworks!!!
someone was setting off some on fathers day around here.ReplyCancel
We always buy fireworks. Not just for the 4th either, but every time we're in SC. We have a huge pile of them in a closet somewhere, better dig them out. USA! USA! WOOOOOO!ReplyCancel
No. When I was a kid, a friend of the family blew his hand off with fireworks.ReplyCancel
Sorry, no, TNC. It would make for a far more interesting tale if it were. Either that, or that I got in a bar fight with some Panamanian Merchant Marine men in a bar on Bali. Now that would be a cool story. Alas…ReplyCancel
Did you actually do that? I've been in some bar fights. Y'know, they happen. But it's always some candy-ass dumping his beer on you that you can't whale on because you outsize the guy and it would be cruel.
Bar fights, experimentation with explosives, very seriously dangerous things behind the wheel and the intake of a whole huge load of hallucinogens, some of which you'd have to look up in a text book.
It's funny…I used to read the works of Hunter S. Thompson religiously, and then I look back and realize that I am Hunter Thompson. He exaggerated a lot. Me, it's all true.ReplyCancel
I demand video evidence of that!
Nothing anyone can get mad at me about with this post (so it won't be as fun, I know) but for dogs that get spooked by fireworks or really any loud noises, give them a Dramamine or some other motion sickness pill (maybe two depending on size). It's the same thing the vets give to calm dogs down. it can also be used anytime you feel nausea and think you might throw up. (Insert NBC's old "The More You Know!" Rainbow here)ReplyCancel


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By SYLVIA NELSONHuntington
It is exciting to hear that the Emery County Relay for Life/Cancer Walk at EHS was a record breaking success again this year. I am happy to be part of it; even for a few short hours and a few laps around the track with dear friends.
But I have a concern. Why does Carbon County and Emery County put their "Walk" on the very same night? I was not the only one asking "Why?" I have a dear cousin who lives in Price who is not only a survivor, but also has just lost her husband to cancer, and I wanted to be at the Carbon County Walk to support her, but had already commited to help at the RSVP booth for Emery County. Many more said that they, too, would have walked for both had they not been on the very same night.
Our two counties are so close in so many ways. Why can't "we" remember when planning these events to call and ask and try not to have things on the same night or weekend? I have heard many grandparents lament that they have had a hard time knowing what to do because they had to choose between two parades, our Fair activities and International Days, and even other events as well, and have not been able to see little grandchildren performing because of this.
This is problem. It has been for years. It seems to me that it not only shouldn't be a problem, but doesn't need to continue to be. Is it that hard to make a call or an e-mail to say, "When is yours? Ok. We will have ours another time."
It would be good for each county.Emery County sometimes seems to have to take second place but, hey, the road runs both ways. And so will a lot more people if they have the opportunity and don't have to make a choice.
I appreciate the opportunity to "say my piece." Peace can come with cooperation. Let's just do it.


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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Blocker
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: Installation
Environment:Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
Intel Xeon CPU 5120 @ 1.86GHz 512MB RAM
IIS 6.0.3790.4735 (C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.4053.00 (Intel X86) Standard Edition
FastCGI Handler x86 126.96.36.199
Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0.1802.200
Microsoft Windows Cache Extension for PHP 1.1.630.0
PHP date.timezone = "Africa/Johannesburg"
Moodle config:
$CFG->dbtype = 'sqlsrv';
$CFG->dblibrary = 'native';
Number of users on Moodle: 10000
Courses on the site: 150Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (Build 3790: Service Pack 2) Intel Xeon CPU 5120 @ 1.86GHz 512MB RAM IIS 6.0.3790.4735 (C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.4053.00 (Intel X86) Standard Edition PHP 5.3.3 NTS VC9 FastCGI Handler x86 188.8.131.52 Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0.1802.200 Microsoft Windows Cache Extension for PHP 1.1.630.0 PHP date.timezone = "Africa/Johannesburg" Moodle config: $CFG->dbtype = 'sqlsrv'; $CFG->dblibrary = 'native'; Number of users on Moodle: 10000 Courses on the site: 150
Database:Microsoft SQL
Affected Branches:MOODLE_20_STABLE
I'm running into a timeout problem when I upgrade a Moodle 1.9.10+ site to Moodle 2.0.2+ (Build: 20110221). The site is running under IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003 and MSSQL 2005. I started the Moodle upgrade and everything seemed to go ok. Then after about 25 minutes the Moodle upgrade screen displayed a message saying "Migrated course files" and "Migrated user icons". Each showed 100% as the result. Then the upgrade seemed to halt with no other messages.
After about an hour I looked in the PHP Error log file (I've configured php.ini to write all errors to a log file: error_log = "C:\PHP\PHPErrors.log") and I saw the following error:
[23-Feb-2011 07:50:11] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in D:\Moodle\lib\dml\sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php on line 356
Some research indicated that this is a PHP timeout problem so I increased the following PHP configuration settings to very high values:
max_execution_time = 1800
max_input_time = 1800
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1800
I also increased the following FastCGI configuration settings to very high values:
Then I edited the IIS metabase and increased the IIS CGITimeout value to a high value: CGITimeout="1800"
After restarting the web server and restoring my 1.9.10 site I tried to run the Moodle 2.0.2+ upgrade again. Once again I got the "Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in D:\Moodle\lib\dml\sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php on line 356" error.
Despite making all the above PHP and IIS configuration changes the upgrade still crashing after 300 seconds. All the googling that I was able to do indicated that this timeout can be adjusted by increasing the PHP max_execution_time and max_input_time values, but this obviously hasn't worked for me.
Line 356 in \lib\dml\sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php contains the do_query() function with:
$result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
So, it looks like sqlsrv_query() is taking too long to complete and IIS (or PHP??) is timing out after 300 seconds instead of obeying the new ActivityTimeout and RequestTimeout PHP values that I've set.
Is there someway that I can alter the do_query() function so that it can "ping" the web server to let it know that the script is still running and thus prevent the timeout?
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The output of PHPInfo() shows the following values:
max_execution_time : 1800
max_input_time : 1800
so the correct php.ini file is being loaded. And I'm quite sure that there is only one php.ini file on the web server.
Will putting something like a flush(); somewhere in that do_query() function help?
From the information that Stephen Lambert posted in http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170310 it seems that the Moodle database gets corrupted if the Moodle 1.9 to 2.0 upgrade does not complete fully the first time that it is run - in other words, if you get the "Maximum execution time of 300 seconds" problem like the one I reported above and you have to restart the upgrade you are then left with a whole lot of broken links to resource files, i.e. the "This legacy resource type (file) was not yet migrated" messages.
I have been wondering why I'm getting all those "This legacy resource type (file) was not yet migrated" messages in my courses and now it seems that these "Maximum execution time of 300 seconds" timeouts are the cause of the database corruption!
So, how do we fix this?
1) Is there a problem here to fix in code or is it the environment?
2) Can upgrade be any more tolerant of failure?
Martin, the way I see it is that if the Moodle upgrade fails for any reason, such as the timeout error I reported, and it results in database corruption like the "This legacy resource type (file) was not yet migrated" problem that I also mentioned then perhaps it is something that needs to be fixed in the code.
It's a known fact that, depending on the amount of content on the site and database, a Moodle upgrade can take a long time so it needs to ensure that the connection with the web server is maintained while those long database conversion scripts are busy doing their thing.
If an upgrade can't be "more tolerant of failure" then how are we supposed to upgrade?
I will continue to try and 'fix' my environment to see if I can get past this.
IIS has a CGI timeout function which defaults to 300 seconds. Have you tried to set it to bigger value?
Thanks for that and yes, I did increase the CGITimeout value in the IIS 6 metabase to 7200 (2 hours).
I also set the ActivityTimeout, RequestTimeout and IdleTimeout settings in the FastCGI config file to very high values. And I've played around with various values for the max_execution_time and max_input_time fields in php.ini, including max_execution_time = 0 and max_input_time = 0
None have given me the result that I want: an uninterrupted upgrade to Moodle 2.0.2.
On several occasions I have restarted the Moodle upgrade after encountering the maximum execution time problem and it seems to resume from where it crashed, but then I'm left with a corrupt database, i.e. most of the links to resources in my courses are broken and replaced with the "This legacy resource type (file) was not yet migrated" messages.
The "Maximum execution time" problem seems to occur around about the time when the Moodle upgrade script shows the "Migrated course files - course 151/151 and Migrated user icons 97/97" feedback message.
Thanks for the IIS Admin Blog link - I have already gone through that one...
Hi Luis,
just two ideas that could help detect this better:
1) Your timeout always happen in the sqlsrv->do_query() line. This can be caused because a real problem in the driver/DB or, also be simply something caused because 99% of the time in upgrade is spent doing DB operations. So, instead of getting "simple" error lines in your web server logs it would be really interesting to get complete stack traces. That would allow to check if the "caller" where the process ends is always the same or no. To do so, I think that you need to install the xdebug extension and with it, you will get complete traces instead of simple errors. If we get the exact point of problem, we can perform some checks in your DB to see if something is wrong of we should give more time to some upgrade step. That's the correct way to go.
2) The second idea is one quick hack to see if that causes any modification in your upgrade. Just edit lib/moodlelib.php, look for "function upgrade_set_timeout" and make this change (2 lines to add):
function upgrade_set_timeout($max_execution_time=300) {
global $CFG;
+ $max_execution_time = (!empty($max_execution_time) && $max_execution_time < 3600) ? 3600 : $max_execution_time;
if (!isset($CFG->upgraderunning) or $CFG->upgraderunning < time()) {
$upgraderunning = get_config(null, 'upgraderunning');
} else {
That will cause any timeout < 3600 (like the 300 one you are getting) to be increased to 3600 (1 hour). Then run the upgrade again and let's see what happens. If by giving 1hour you are able to complete it, then we need to detect the exact point of failure, as commented at 1) above, because we should increase it for sure to avoid problems.
Thanks. I'll try the upgrade again and then I'll provide some feedback.
Thanks. I installed XDebug and tried profiling the 1.9 to 2 upgrade. XDebug created a 2.96 gigabyte output file! Is there an optimal way to configure XDebug for this kind of testing?
My currrent setup:
xdebug.profiler_output_name = "xdebug.%t%R.txt"
I enabled XDebug and applied the above patch to function upgrade_set_timeout. Then I started the upgrade from 1.9 to 2.0 again. It ran for 5 hours before I stopped it! But perhaps that was a bad XDebug config getting in the way.
While I was waiting the following did occur to me:
What if I change the value of the $max_execution_time parameter that is passed to upgrade_set_timeout() to something higher:
-function upgrade_set_timeout($max_execution_time=300) {
+function upgrade_set_timeout($max_execution_time=3600) {
Will this cause any problems? I'm going to try it in the morning to see what happens!
In the meantime, I decided to try the 1.9.10+ to 2.0.2+ upgrade via the CLI (admin\cli\upgrade.php). It ran for 58 minutes and completed successfully without any errors or crashes - even though several pages in MoodleDocs say that the CLI upgrade isn't supported on Windows!
I have a similar problem.
I am trying to upgrade from Moodle 1.9.11 to Moodle 2.0.2
Windows 2008 R2, SQL 2008, IIS 7.5 , PHP 5.3.5
We have a 8gb Moodle database, 1311 courses to convert, 68gb in moodledata in 99,545 files;
I have done a test upgrade converting a smaller amount of data successfully but when I try to convert the entire moodledata directory it timesout.
When I tied to do all data the upgrade failed with error below.
Upgrading to new version You are not logged in. (Login)System
Increasing size of user idnumber field, this may take a while...
Migrated course files - course 430/1311.
3129.01 sec
32.8% complete
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in S:\inetpub\wwwroot\moodle\lib\filestorage\file_storage.php on line 1021
Everytime this happens it requires deleting and restoring the database and restoring the moodledata directory which is at least an 8hr process. As the upgrade converts the files it actually deletes them from moodledata and puts the upgraded version to filedir. If it could leave the files in moodledata at least you would have a easier rollback if the upgrade fails for sites with large data directories. I guess a HD space check would be required for this to happen.
I have reset the values below to 3600, still failed, 7200 still failed and finally up to 14400. the values below seemed to get over the file conversion part. Although the upgrade then failed on the Alter Table Backuptype see http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=165479 . Will add this to another tracker ticket.
After I am able to restore eveything yet again I will try and see if I get right through the full upgrade.
max_execution_time : 14400
max_input_time : 14400
session.gc_maxlifetime 14400
memory_limit = 2048M
$timeout = isset($options['timeout']) ? $options['timeout'] : 14400; (changed from 300)
function upgrade_set_timeout($max_execution_time=14400) {
global $CFG;
+ $max_execution_time = (!empty($max_execution_time) && $max_execution_time < 14400) ? 14400 : $max_execution_time;
if (!isset($CFG->upgraderunning) or $CFG->upgraderunning < time())
else {
I successfully managed to upgrade a 1.9.10+ (Build: 20110112) instance of Moodle on my test box to version 2.0.2+ (Build: 20110316).
The only code modification that I made was to increase the $max_execution_time value in /lib/moodlelib.php from 300 to 14400:
@@ +7740,7 -7740,7 @@
- @global object
- @param int $max_execution_time in seconds (can not be less than 60 s)
+ function upgrade_set_timeout($max_execution_time=14400) {
- function upgrade_set_timeout($max_execution_time=300) {
global $CFG;
if (!isset($CFG->upgraderunning) or $CFG->upgraderunning < time()) {
So then what is a reasonable value for $max_execution_time?
Also, before trying the upgrade I set the following environment options:
1. Set the ActivityTimeout, RequestTimeout and IdleTimeout settings to 10800 in the FastCGI .ini file.
2. Set max_input_time and max_execution_time settings to 0 in the php.ini file.
3. Set the CGITimeout value in the IIS metabase to 7200.
But you shouldn't have to do that on a production server.
To really be certain that it's not an "environment" issue I will restore the FastCGI, PHP and IIS metabase settings to the original values and try the upgrade again using $max_execution_time=14400. If the upgrade is successful then it will suggest that the problem is the $max_execution_time=300 value in the upgrade_set_timeout function.
Can someone please make sure that this is longer for normal upgrades.
As mentioned, I can do an upgrade with a smaller amount of data (in moodledata directory) the problem occurs when I try to upgrade the entire db and moodledata directory.
should i just increase the default in upgrade_set_timeout() and file_storage.php to 14400?
it seems to me that the delay is due to data retrieval and could possibly be further optimized if we could just debug the real issue.
correct me if i'm wrong but the change to file_storage.php seems to be in
create_file_from_url() which seem to be called only in ./mod/scorm/locallib.php:159:function scorm_parse()
it could be that there are large scorm files present. if so, we should really add a sensible(calculated based on file size?) timeout to scorm_parse().
Perhaps..., but I don't use any scorm in any of my courses so that's not what was causing the timeouts on my site.
thanks Luis,
yes your specific case didn't need the file_storage.php timeout value increased. I should have addressed the my comment to Fred.
I'm still searching in the dark with the upgrade_set_timeout() issue. it would really help if you can provide some possible form of trace, even a sensible tailend of the large xdebug file could help. Actually, any form of info that can be used to trace back what was going on would be useful.
Fred, you did need to increase the timeout in file_storage.php, do you have large scorm files?
In any case, heres the branch i'm working on for this:
I've enabled XDebug on the test server but it's producing a 3 gigabyte file, which I won't try to attach here! Does anybody have a "optimal" XDebug configuration that I can use that will produce a smaller file?
Just in case you did not know it, execution of all upgrade logs is logged in the "upgrade_log" table, it is also possible to print out all SQL queries (this may produce very long output though - see config-dist.php $CFG->upgradeshowsql = true;
In this case once the execution times out you could inspect the last record in the upgrade_log or verify the sql output.
Hmm, we could also add --no-timeouts options to the cli upgrade script, the web interface needs some timeouts though imo.
i'm not too sure about XDebug configurations but i think its difficult to try to get a detailed log as well as cut the log short by configuration (without triggers). How about attaching the last hundred lines or so?
created PULL-586 for the improvement to file_storage.php but this issue isn't over yet :-/
I'm confused as to why having a timeout in the web interface is preferable to having a corrupted database that would be arduous to recover from. More frequent updates during the upgrade might remove the need for the timeouts being so short, as they would at least let the user know it's continuing. Needless to say, I'm also experiencing this issue. Here is the output I get during the upgrade from XDebug:
( ! ) Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in /var/www/eschool/lms/lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php on line 1001
Call Stack
- Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0025 873656 {main}
( ) ../index.php:0{ public $id = '291725'; public $question = '88267'; public $answer = '
by charged particles in motion.
'; public $answerformat = '0'; public $fraction = '1.0000000'; public $feedback = '
Great!!
\n
Read more about electromagnetic waves in chapter 13 section 1 which starts on page 374.
'; public $feedbackformat = '0'; public $qtype = 'multichoice' }
2 0.1408 26614560 upgrade_core( $version = 2011022100, $verbose = TRUE ) ../index.php:252
3 0.2484 36497536 xmldb_main_upgrade( $oldversion = '2007101591.02' ) ../upgradelib.php:1383
4 649.7135 47034136 mysqli_native_moodle_database->update_record( $table = 'question_answers', $dataobject = class stdClass
, $bulk = ??? ) ../upgrade.php:5098
5 649.7135 47035184 mysqli_native_moodle_database->get_columns( $table = 'question_answers', $usecache = ??? ) ../mysqli_native_moodle_database.php:1001
Just for the record, I still get the timeout when running using the CLI upgrade mode. More XDebug goodness:
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in /var/www/eschool/lms/lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php on line 0
Call Stack:
0.0005 667328 1.
() /var/www/eschool/lms/admin/cli/upgrade.php:0
7.8606 30303664 2. upgrade_core($version = 2011022100, $verbose = TRUE) /var/www/eschool/lms/admin/cli/upgrade.php:106
7.9667 37069568 3. xmldb_main_upgrade($oldversion = '2007101591.02') /var/www/eschool/lms/lib/upgradelib.php:1383
671.1045 44834408 4. mysqli_native_moodle_database->update_record($table = 'question_answers', $dataobject = class stdClass
, $bulk = ???) /var/www/eschool/lms/lib/db/upgrade.php:5098
I should note that I am running Fedora 14, 64-bit, and not Windows, unlike the original reporter of this bug.
Aparup: please add some upgrade_set_timeout() calls to 2010080901 upgrade block around 5098, the comments above indicate that it runs out of time in those loops.
Thanks for the trace Basil Gohar, its really helped!
The issue is a timeout in the php execution itself, not the web page interface.
Petr, thats done!
PULL-586 and PULL-587 code updated.
I've also added to PULL-586 and PULL-587 some precautionary timeouts to upgrade where they may possibly time out in some cases.
Thanks all for the reports. This should be resolved now. Please reopen if it isn't for you.
reopening, see the PULL for details, in short:
1/ there is a potential pref trouble in upgrade_set_timeout()
2/ we do not need to set timeout in CLI mode at all because there is no browser to timeout
Also we need a bit more help with testing, anyway thanks everybody!
Hi Luis,
Could you download and test the patch at
HEAD > https://github.com/nebgor/moodle/tree/MDL-26580
MOODLE_20_STABLE > https://github.com/nebgor/moodle/tree/MDL-26580_m20
then try and run the upgrade to see if the patch fixes the timeout issue?
i confirm this bug is avoided for me when using Build: 20110406 and the cli method
Sorry, I've had some problems getting the version from Git thanks to big-daddy internet access policies here at the office. I'm busy testing the upgrade now.
I restored an instance of my 1.9.10+ (Build: 20110112) production site on the dev server. Then I downloaded and unpacked the https://github.com/nebgor/moodle/archives/MDL-26580 codebase.
I reset the IIS CGITimeout value in the IIS Metabase to the default setting (300) as per my production server (and the IIS defaults).
I reset the timeout settings in the php.ini file to their default/production values:
max_execution_time = 180
max_input_time = 60
I ran the MSSQL "SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT ON" command as per the SQL Server Driver for PHP instructions.
I did not apply any changes to the upgrade_set_timeout($max_execution_time=300) function in lib/moodlelib.php and I did not increase the value of $max_execution_time, so the default (300) was used. In other words, the code I used is the code that I downloaded from Git.
I then upgraded the 1.9.10+ site to this test build from git. The upgrade ran for one hour and six minutes and completed without any errors. I did not experience the "Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded" problem at all! I haven't yet tested the whole site thoroughly, but it looks like the "Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded" problem has been resolved. The changes you have made seem to have solved the problem.
thanks for the test and good news!
i've created pull requests : PULL-651 and PULL-652
Petr, my patch doesn't touch the areas of concern so i've created
MDL-27147 to address the below issues (with an excerpt from our chat)
1/ there is a potential pref trouble in upgrade_set_timeout()
2/ we do not need to set timeout in CLI mode at all because there is no browser to timeout
CLI mode may not have a browser to timeout, but I tried upgrading 1.9.10+ (Build: 20110112) to 2.0.2+ (Build: 20110406) via the command line (\admin\cli\upgrade.php) and still I got the following timeout error in the PHP error log:
[13-Apr-2011 13:05:51] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in D:\Moodle2\lib\dml\sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php on line 358
php.ini was set to: max_execution_time = 180 and max_input_time = 60 so maybe it was a PHP timeout??? Or a SQL Server Driver for PHP timeout? The CGITimeout value in the IIS metabase was set to the default 300.
But that test wasn't done against the https://github.com/nebgor/moodle/archives/MDL-26580 codebase, so I'm not worried. And the timeouts seem to be fixed by PULL-651 and PULL-652 so I'll leave this alone now! I'll test again when those pull requests have been integrated.
alright, i've created a link to
MDL-27251 to resolve the files fetching timeout issue separately. see Pull-651 for details about whats been integrated.
closed this. code has been integrated. the bit of code that wasn't integrated here has moved on into
MDL-27251 to be worked on there.


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