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You may have seen the press release that Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1 (a.k.a. LDoms) has just been released (you can find the download links here). There is a considerable list of new features (including Dynamic Resource Management, Virtual Device Service Validation and many more) but the key feature for me is Live Migration which allows for the migration of an active domain without any impact on applications and users shouldn't even notice that the guest domain is running on a new machine (OK so I would say that since I'm one of the migration developers...)
It has been possible to migrate an active domain since LDoms 1.1 (released in 2008) however up until now, the domain was suspended while the runtime state was copied from the source machine to the target which could result in an outage in the order of minutes if the domain had a large amount of memory (the suspend time was pretty much linearly proportional to the guest domain memory size). With Live Migration we transfer the memory contents as the domain keeps running while at the same time keeping track of the memory that is being modified. We iterate through the memory, transferring modified pages to the target system, until the amount of memory being modified is minimal. Then at the end we momentarily suspend the domain and copy the remaining memory and resume the domain on the target. This suspension can take less than a second but depending on the workload can take longer than this if the domain is rapidly modifying a lot of the memory pages.
One other migration performance enhancement in this release is that multiple network connections between the source and target machines are utilised (based on the number of virtual cpus in the control domains) which improves the throughput of the memory transfer and reduces the overall migration time.
I've found from running experiments that having 16 vcpus in the control domains makes a significant improvement over 8 vcpus (and up to 32 vpus will help more, beyond which there's no noticeable difference). The other best practice is to ensure that cryptographic units (a.k.a MAUs) are assigned to the control domains also as the memory contents are protected by SSL when being transferred over the network and offloading these operations to the T-series hardware makes a big difference.
The migration chapter in the Admin Guide has been revamped to discuss the enhancements.
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- Sheila Malory's old friends Charlie and Jo Hamilton run a popular riding school in the quiet English town of Taviscombe. When Charlie is found dead in his stables from a blow to the head-with only his horses as witnesses to his final moments- the entire community is shaken. Especially since Charlie's is just the first in a series of shocking and suspicious deaths. Mrs. Malory is on the case, but the trail of clues, from an unlucky horseshoe to a lethal electric fence, proves to be anything but a smooth ride.
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The Douglas County Sheriff's Office recently upgraded its resources with the addition of a Dragon Runner bomb robot.
The robot, pack and remote included, weighs just 75 pounds, much smaller than its 500-pound predecessor, allowing it to get into harder-to-reach places as it keeps officers out of harm's way while the bomb squad is deployed.
Purchased for $110,397, the robot — designed by the Marine Corps for use in Afghanistan and Iraq — was fully funded by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The appropriation of the grant money was approved by the county commissioners July 30 and the robot arrived in Castle Rock in early August.
So far, officers have been thrilled at its capabilities.
"It's lightweight and portable and hooks right on the backpack," said Lt. Tommy Barrella. "We needed a small platform robot that we could deploy quickly. We can carry it with us into a school or neighborhood. You can't do that with the big robot."
The big robot, which the department is keeping to conduct heavier, more time-consuming work, is used mainly for bomb disposal, Barrella said. However, it is clumsy and can't climb steep terrain or stairs, and if something breaks on it, it takes at least a half a day just to take the robot apart.
The new robot requires just five minutes to take apart, but perhaps more importantly in a SWAT situation, can approach a house within minutes while the officers keep their distance and can be stationed in their command van.
"It goes over everything that is put in its way," Barrella said. "It's a good set of eyes for us, and instead of climbing a hill with the van and entering plain sight with the big robot, this one can climb the hill itself or in a backpack with an officer."
With the ability to operate remotely from up to a mile away, the robot transmits images back to its operators on a display screen located on the remote and can detect motion from up to 30 feet away. It also has the ability to detect and disrupt suspicious devices or disable them with wire cutters.
"The ultimate (purpose) is taking the human element out of a dangerous situation," Barrella said, adding that he expects the county to use it on 50 to 75 calls a year.
Because the county obtained the robot through a federal grant, it must be shared with neighboring law eonforcement agencies, said Sheriff David A. Weaver.
The jurisdictions that will benefit directly from Douglas County's new Dragon Runner include Elbert and Lincoln counties, while it will serve as a backup for Arapahoe and Jefferson counties as well as Colorado Springs if they need a robot on call.


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News about Iraqi Interpreters, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Feb. 24, 2013
Anthony Tommasini notes when operas, like Metropolitan Opera's current version of Rigoletto, are moved to contemporary settings, translated lyrics on seat-back screens sometimes introduce vernacular, to mixed effect. MORE
Jan. 20, 2013
Major League Baseball is expected to adopt rule that will allow interpreters to join mound conferences with foreign-born pitchers; new rule is one of many expected to be ratified by players assn before 2013 regular season. MORE
Nov. 30, 2012
Editorial welcomes executive order signed by Steve Bellone, Suffolk County executive, requiring county agencies to translate essential public documents and forms into six languages; contends it is step in right direction, and stands in stark contrast to policies of Bellone's predecessor, Steve Levy, who made the county a bastion of anti-immigrant resentment. MORE
Oct. 21, 2012
Jascha Hoffman essay on the annual meeting of the American Literary Translators Association, which focused on the challenges of translating humor into other languages. MORE
Jul. 22, 2012
Lila Azam Zanganeh essay on Dmitri Nabokov, the only child of the novelist Vladimir Nabokov; Dmitri, who died in February, was viewed by his father as his best translator and he had devoted the last two decades of his life to translating his father's earlier work from Russian to English and Italian. MORE
May. 24, 2012
Editorial criticizes Supreme Court ruling that cements a narrow definition of the Court Interpreters Act of 1978; notes under new definition, prevailing parties in federal lawsuits who do not speak English will only be reimbursed for oral translators, limiting their ability to make use of important court documents that they cannot read or understand. MORE
May. 22, 2012
Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging a 2008 federal law that broadened the government's power to monitor international communications; court also issues decision denying Social Security benefits to children conceived using their dead father's sperm; also decides that length of immigrant parents' lawful residence in the US should not be considered in determining whether their children may be deported; finally, rules that federal law requiring lawsuit winners to pay for interpreters does not cover cost of translating documents. MORE
Mar. 11, 2012
David Orr On Poetry essay notes that three different translations of works by Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer have been released or reissued since he won the Nobel Prize in 2011; The Deleted World: Poems, translated by Robin Robertson, Tomas Transtromer: Selected Poems, edited by Robert Hass and For the Living and the Dead: Poems and a Memoir, edited by Daniel Halperin, join two major collections already in print. MORE
Jan. 9, 2012
Interpreters play a vital role in boxing, letting viewers know what foreign fighters, and their cornermen, are saying; they work at news conferences and in meetings with broadcasters, but are most visible during the one-minute breaks between rounds and in postmatch interviews; despite an interpreter's best efforts, 100 percent accuracy is not possible, and sometimes a boxer's rambling answer is considerably condensed. MORE
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Officers Battle Visa Hurdles for Iraq Aides
Veterans have rallied to help Iraqi interpreters through the difficulty of obtaining visas to immigrate to the U.S.May 14, 2008 worldNews
Before Killing James Foley, ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S.
The militants had pressed the United States to provide several million dollars for the release of James Foley, an American journalist killed in retaliation for recent airstrikes in Iraq.
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Two freelancers, who were kidnapped and held for 15 months, went to Somalia with fewer resources than their counterparts from major news organizations.
November 30, 2009, Monday
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September 30, 2009, Wednesday
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For Military, Slow Progress in Foreign Language Push
Three years after the Defense Department set out to increase its speakers of strategically important languages, the military has not determined how to reach its goal — or what exactly that goal is.
September 22, 2008, Monday
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Military Role Overseeing Contractors Tested in Iraq
The lawyer for a contractor charged with assault in Iraq said what came out of a dispute between interpreters entered a legal area created to prevent abuses.
April 6, 2008, Sunday
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A Reporter Finds Drama in Iraqis' Heartbreak
"Betrayed," a new play by George Packer, features translators who believe in the U.S. mission in Iraq and wind up paying for it.
February 3, 2008, Sunday
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November 3, 2007, Saturday
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July 29, 2007, Sunday
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Baby Be'el FTW! \o/
Let's get this party started.
This manga is one of funniest mangas i have ever read.
"Furuichi:if you die what are we suppose to do?"
"Oga: yeah, He's absolutely right.Don't die. If you die,I'LL KILL YOU! "
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I have to agree with you on that one. This manga, although new, is one of my favorites(top five). Plus Furuichi is one of my favorite characters in any manga. It only has one small draw back though.
By the way, do you think Alain's daughter will just like him?
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Nice chap. I have to say I'm amazed at Furuichi's vibe of manliness. When there's a damzel in distress, not even the most ferocious of demons or thieves can touch his indestructible desire to score a date with a hottie.
The man's got some good priorities.
Alain's daughter is quite a looker, but I don't see ANY way she can be normal with a dad like that.
Interested to see if she's as demure as that picture lets on, or if an out-of-control, demon, spitfire personality is more her forte. With Tamura's history with demons I'm more inclined to believe the latter.
*goes to order the first three volumes from a store in Hong Kong*
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Skip to comments.Detroit stares down bankruptcy
Posted on 12/07/2012 8:56:56 AM PST by taildragger
DETROIT, MI - Bankruptcy may be inevitable for Michigan's largest city.
State leaders, including Gov. Rick Snyder, are working on a plan to guide the city through a "managed bankruptcy," according to Daniel Howes at The Detroit News. An emergency fiscal manager likely would take over the city, supplanting a mayor and City Council that have been unable to implement meaningful reforms.
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"The goal of a managed bankruptcy is to streamline the protracted process by minimizing the chaos, uncertainty, delay and steep costs associated with Chapter 9. It would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation's history, an unambiguous symbol of the city's epic failure and a chance for a fresh start."
The opinion column is getting national attention.
The Drudge Report is leading with the story today, the second time this week the leading conservative website has placed the Motor City in its highly read top spot.
Also I find the timing of right to work possibly rapped up before Detroit goes in and potentially emerges from Chapter 9. In that RTW Enviroment and a new Balance Sheet for Detroit, they will no longer be beholden to disolved "Contracts" and free to pursue free-market vendors internally for city functions as well...
Oops, should read: "emerges from Chapter 9 very interesting".
BTTT.... CrippleCreek please post to all Michiganders...
Detroit is merely the tip of tip of the bankruptcy spear. Watch for concentrated Democrat parasite nests ("cities") from coast to coast follow suit, one by one. It will get even more interesting when the state of California enters the "managed bankruptcy" stage.
If the GOP fails to maintain a majority ("firewall") in the House against more rat "stimulus" packages and other municipal union welfare binges, working, taxpaying, traditional American families ("Republicans") will get to watch half of what remains of their paychecks go to bail out the corrupt Democrat scum.
Anything less will have them loosing the House in 14' and then Obama will crank up the presses and bail all these failed institutions out at the futher expense of the currency.
I see Obama doing something very corrupt here.
How? As screwed up as Boehner is I can't see him giving him money for Detwaa, ditto any other sceme to funnel money w/ out Congress. My gnomes tell me at this point Detwaa doesn't matter to the Anointed one, he used them, and he has Hawaii and more on his plate...
I would BUY HIM a carton of smokes and a bottle of vodka if it would make him fight the democrat party.
Use the Obamamotors framework for a reference.
Bailout by EO and screwing taxpayers by sticking the billions onto the national debt and ignoring 200 years of bankrupty laws. And of course rewarding the unions which is the biggest reason Detroit is broken in the first place.
Wouldn't be a hoot if it became a states rights issue if Synder said No.
They are parasites who want something for nothing. The Detroit City Council recently demanded Obama "bring home the bacon". That means take money from honest taxpayers and give it to the thieves and parasites of Detroit.
Like all liberals and socialists they have "run out of other peoples money". The only practical solution is to cut of all government handouts and get the current parasites to leave. Then bring in honest people, throw out the current politicians and start over from scratch.
Didn't one of the Detroit city council members ask for some 0bama bucks from his stash?
Exactamundo CC... Schadenfruede moment for Snyder, what a checkmate this was, The Nerd was 3 moves ahead. ( See Post No. 2)
Why again it is the fed's fault? This is city issue and Boehner has nothing to do with it.
Tell the city to double sales taxes to save their spending issues.
Detroit will be getting some bacon but its going to be Canadian bacon and there will be little local control of it. The more I look at this whole big picture, I'm amazed at how masterfully the democrats got their legs kicked out from under them.
The bridge deal seriously diminishes Matty Maroun's influence in Detroit and now the union influence is fixing to evaporate as well. The bridge will bring a considerable number of jobs to Detroit in freight handling and warehousing without having to fight the unions.
............The money came from TARP if my memory is correct,.................
It's not about where the money came from. TARP was only providing bridge funding. The real issue is Bloom/Obama pushing aside of all bond investors and non-union employees, so the unions could take over Gov't Motors, thus, all investors got screwed while the unions walked away almost whole.
Never before happened in the normal pecking order of creditors in bankruptcy law.
When you can't require union membership you couldn't require union contractors.
Obama visiting Metro Detroit auto plant on Monday
updated December 07, 2012
DETROIT, MI - President Barack Obama's first trip to Metro Detroit since being re-elected will take place at an auto plant in Redford Township.
Obama will visit the Daimler Diesel Plant "for an event on the economy," according to a White House statement. Further details on the visit have yet to be released.
Michael Moore calling for revolt against republican serial killers.
Interesting simultaneous events. A socialist union-infested city crashes and burns, having to submit to an external manager. At the very same time, the state presents the solution, a right-to-work emancipation.
This will be fun to watch. And instructive.
And the leftist media will in general ignore this story.
I also hope the Governor doesn't go.
I knew he was coming, my pilot buddies got the 411 out on the TFR...
Last Month I had to run back home to Michigan to see my sick mother. I took a day off from that and visited friends in Traverse City.
If I remember correctly, the Fat One has a home there and I was wondering if he was home. I would have liked to drive by his place and flip him off.
Tub -O- Turds lives at Torch lake.
His tweets.
Still enraged by actions of Republican shock troops in the lame duck MI legislature yesterday. Revolt, anyone?
Obama won Michigan by TEN points. So why are Repubs running the show in Lansing? Cause WE failed to run the right candidates to defeat them.
Repubs gerrymandered our state like political serial killers. Their goal was 2 snuff out the will of the people. Did the Dems sue 2 stop it?
Let's be clear: You do NOT have the right to enjoy the great pay & benefits the union fought for unless u join the friggin' union.
You want the "right" not to join the union? Fine. Then I want u to cancel your health ins, work every wknd and reduce your pay to $5 an hour
My production co is repped by 4 unions. I don't give a damn what illegal shit the Repubs do in Lansing - I will not obey this law.
If you write, direct, edit, shoot, or do sound for me on my next movie, you will not work for me unless you belong to the union.
Unable? They don't want to. They still waiting for their Obama money, from his stash. They want Obama to pay for their electricity and their gas bill....
The only practical solution is to cut of all government handouts and get the current parasites to leave.
Agree somewhat but "get the current parasites to leave" is cause for concern. Where do you propose? How about Chicago? or maybe review the old East German plan and consider walls?
He has a home down the shore from me on Torch Lake. It's 10,000 sq ft.
While he is there he should drive two miles east and one mile north and check with his peeps in Brightmoor hood. I am sure he would get a nice reception.
"Obama won Michigan by TEN points." - Actually a margin of five points fatso.
Obama won Michigan because of federal PIE, along with all the other so-called swing states.
Does Fatso know how bad his Lansing union punk buddy Virg Bernero got his ass kicked by a political neophyte, venture capitalist, corporate CEO?
Stuff it Moore. By the way Michael, I heard Debbie Stabenow was single...heard there was a lot of money in fat farms!
Thanks for the post. BTTT.
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Skip to comments.Arizona Border Sheriff: Obama Should Visit Grave of Murdered Rancher
Posted on 10/11/2010 5:09:08 PM PDT by Nachum
Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., which sits on the U.S.-Mexico border, says if President Barack Obama were to come and visit that county he would like to take him to visit the grave of rancher Robert Krentz who was shot and killed on his own property in March by an attacker who fled south on foot into Mexico. The attacker shot both Krentz and his dog after Krentz had radioed his brother to tell him he saw an immigrant who appeared to be in trouble and that his brother should notify the Border Patrol.
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Amen. Those fallen in service providing security at our borders deserve that level of respect.
DIABLO McCain the POS should too.
Doncha know we stole this land and the rightful owners deserve to have it back?
All those Aztec airports and power plants we took too...
Is there a golf course within sight of the gravesite?
I suggest a thorough tour of the border, including an inspection of Falcon lake.
Yeah, he should, but when the POS talks about how the US can "absorb another terrorist attack", he's sure not going to be concerned about one murdered rancher on the border. Just another casualty in his push to "transform America".
POS ain't going near Az or any RED state. He will stay with the northern unionized states and the universities. His ego needs the adoring crowds does not matter if he does any good - he just needs the crowds.
...rancher Robert Krentz who was shot and killed on his own property in March by an attacker who fled south on foot into Mexico.Obama is a POS. Thanks Nachum.
This is border war and the Commander in Chief is derelict in the performance of his duties.
I dont want Dumbo to visit the grave. Im afraid the rancher might get up from his grave and strangle this POS pResident.
Obama would piss on it and shout racist anti-white insults.
Obama is busy presiding over the collapse of the United States, I'm pretty certain that he doesn't give a rats ass about one dead rancher.
"Obama would piss on it and shout racist anti-white insults."
He probably wanted to do that when he visited Arlington Cemetery, but he could only walk on the graves due to all the cameras there.
He should, but like so much else that he should do, he will not attend to this duty, either.
An Obama visitation would be a desecration to the memory of a murdered American citizen. He should stay as far away as possible.
Obama is too busy looting america and loading it up with debt to bother with a whistle stop like this on his rainbow unicorn campaign to change our decadent capitalist way of life
Sow's ear obammy? Forget it. Don't try to teach him to be president. He's a phony and don't deserve the respect or consideration. Don't give the sucker a reason for thinking he's a legitimate president.
How's the job situation in Arizona? Sounds like I should move there more every time I read about the state.
If only I had the cash on hand, a place and a job already lined up...
Pfft, he can't even show up at Ground Zero on 9/11.
Some enterprising reporter should ask him if that absorbtion also includes his family as well.
About 10% of Arizonans will agree with you.
As a former resident of Cochise County (military) I came to love the high desert and after a life of military service including being raised as an Army Brat, I claimed it as the first place that I really felt at Home. But as life and family would have it, I am now an ex-patriot of the Grand Canyon State, for now.
Now see...I would pay extra to see that.
May his soul rest in peace with God.
Gunboats on Falcon and Amistad.
...maybe if he could squeeze it in between golf and campaigning, or vacations...
You are talking about Arizona's pride and joy.
From what I can deduce, people give two reasons why he continues to be re-elected:
1. He is the only person who can defeat the Democrat.
2. Democrats cross Party lines and vote for him.
My take:
1. He is a Democrat. He masquerades as a Republican, and , on minor matters, he votes with the Republicans. But , on matters that really hurt us, he votes with Democrats.
2. Why would Democrats vote for someone who can defeat their candidate?
Why? I wouldn't want him anywhere near my grave, the creep.
Now there's a thought. Maybe the navy SEALs need a place to cavort and waste some pirates?
SEALs could, but I am sure they are better suited for other missions than this kind of interdiction and would need the support of the larger navy fleet that makes their specialized tactics and measures more effective.
Big gunboats with big guns...Coasties could do it...and yep, a few SEALs could be there for the appropriate missions.
Actually, I am sure that there is room for many of our special and clandestine forces to fight the Cartels and to defend our border.
I wouldn't mind seeing Green Beret's organizing a counter-Cartel revolution, a para-military army that not only resists the Cartel's, but enforces Law and Order until or in lieu of the official Mexican government. They might be needed to be called upon in the case of a potential Mexican Government collapse.
Gov Jan Brewer has begged NObama to come to Arizona & see up close & personal what is happening there.
NObama has REFUSED!!!
Well, as has been pointed out, the presence of the Kenyan Interloper might be all the impetus required for that departed rancher to come clawing his way up through the Arizona clay and throttle the SOB once and for all.
You're right ... this would be a good time for the Zombies to strike.
I have no doubt that Obama joked about Krentz's death to his wife and cohorts. Obama is pure evil. He belongs in prison.
All the more reason for THE 1 to pay a visit.
Even if some future administration takes real action to stop this illegal invasion, without it being nothing more than the typical attempt to give the impression they care, it will be even worse than it is now. It's getting to the point that things can't be reversed.
Bush and Obama(as well as most other presidents) have made small gestures that fool many into believing they are actually trying to help, but is obvious to those who look closely that it will have no significant impact on the problem whatsoever. It is just a waste of money that could be going to things that would really work. Sending small amounts of troops who basically aren't allowed to do anything very helpful to cover a huge area is just a waste.
Obama needs to be impeached, tried for treason and brought to justice.
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Canadian women's volleyball team ready to take on the Netherlands in 4 match Ontario series
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The National Women's Volleyball Team is excited to be hosting the Netherlands National Team for a four game series in three Ontario cities (Oshawa, Hamilton & Waterloo) this week between August 16-21. These will be the first matches for the Canadian squad since finishing in 7th place at the Pan Am Cup in Mexico in early July.
This series will offer fans in Ontario an opportunity to see Team Canada's top line up face the Netherlands as both teams prepare for the Olympic Qualification process that will begin the following month. Both the Canadian (ranked 20th in the world) and Netherlands (ranked 12th) national teams will be showing off their top squads as these matches will be instrumental in their preparations and lead up to their respective zone championships the following month.
These matches will also be the first time that Canada's offensive star, Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, will wear her countries uniform in her home province and home town for the first time.
"The team is really looking forward to these matches after a tough training period," stated Head Coach Arnd Ludwig. "We saw last year at the World Championship that we need to play more matches against top teams and the Netherlands have one of the top teams in the world. We practiced hard in the past few weeks and we see this series as a great preparation for our upcoming major tournaments, the NORCECA Championship next month in Puerto Rico and the Olympic Qualifier in January in Mexico."
"We are also happy that we are playing some matches in Ontario as it is important for us that people all over Canada see us play and see how hard the athletes work to compete at the highest level. We hope to have big support from the local communities in these matches."
Match Schedule:
Tuesday, August 16, 7:30 p.m: Oshawa, ON General Motors Centre
Thursday, August 18, 7:30 p.m: Hamilton, ON McMaster University Burridge Gymnasium
Saturday, August 20, 7:30 p.m.: Waterloo, ON University of Waterloo Physical Activities Complex
Sunday, August 21, 3 p.m: Waterloo, ON University of Waterloo Physical Activities Complex
For ticket sales for the match in Oshawa please visit http://www.generalmotorscentre.com/ and for tickets to the Hamilton and Waterloo matches visit http://maraudertickets.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event_listings.asp. School and group rates are also available for all the matches.
The matches in Oshawa and Hamilton will also be webcast on www.sportscanada.tv.
Canada's roster includes:
Julie Young, Red Deer, AB
Tammy Mahon, Holland, MB
Claire Hanna, Calgary, AB
Tonya Mokelki, Weyburn, SK
Carla Bradstock, Richmond, BC
Sarah Pavan, Kitchener, ON
Marisa Field, Kelowna, BC
Nadine Alphonse, Montreal, QC
Tasha Holness, Calgary, AB
Marie-Pier Methot, Baie-Comeau, QC
Elizabeth Cordonier, Vancouver, BC
Jennifer Hinze, Vancouver, BC
Brittney Page, Vernon, BC
Kyla Richey, Roberts Creek, BC
Lauren O'Reilly, Langley, BC
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It was a light day for us at Canucks Army. Jeff broke down the club's secondary scoring need and some possible ways to address it this offseason, and that's all we wrote. So pretty much the hockey blogging equivalent of counting "fifteen two, fifteen four and there is no more" in a game of cribbage.
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Scott Cullen dropped his annual "Canucks Offseason Gameplan" column for TSN.ca today, and it is remarkably readable, thorough and accurate. In addition to pointing out some pretty interesting facts - did you know, Dan Hamhuis is second among NHL defenceman in +/- over the past three years to only Zdeno Chara? - Cullen advocates that the Canucks pursue Grant Clitsome this summer (sign me up) and that they give Brendan Gaunce a shot at third-line centre (I'm skeptical that he's ready). We've booked Scott as a guest for the podcast tomorrow, so check back on Wednesday afternoon to hear more about what Scott sees as the Canucks needs this summer. [TSN]
Capgeek has confirmed that the Canucks have signed depth puckmover Patrick Mullen, the son of legendary Pittsburgh Penguins winger Joe Mullen, to a two-way deal worth 600k at the NHL level. Mullen played two games for the Wolves last season before being injured, and we're left to wonder whether or not the Canucks would've subjected us to the Cam Barker experience had Mullen been healthy in January of 2013. [Capgeek]
Harrison Mooney wonders if the Utica Comets branding is too "Canucks centric" and opines about the branding necessity that is explicitly linking an AHL club to their locale, rather than to their parent organization. [Pass it to Bulis]
Tony Gallagher is on "Hat Trick" duties today, describing Mike Gillis as a guy who can take a lesson from sci-fi author Douglas Adams (Don't Panic!) and throwing some well deserved kudos in the direction of Boston defenceman Dennis Seidenberg. [The Province]
Blake Murphy recaps Tom Sestito's first partial season with the Canucks. [Nucksmisconduct]
Finally, I missed this yesterday but the Wild re-signed 23 year old defenceman Marco Scandella (who is secretly pretty good, I might tell you) for two years, 2.05 million dollars. Why is that relevant for the Canucks? Scandella has played 89 games over the past three seasons in Minnesota, putting up four goals and fifteen points while often playing top-four minutes. Chris Tanev? He's played 92 games over the past three seasons, scoring two goals and adding eight assists while playing mostly third-pairing minutes. Counting stats aside, I'd narrowly prefer to employ Chris Tanev, but that Scandella is a comparable player is undeniable... [PHT]
I dunno if it is news as I only saw a few tweets about it today, but I saw that Lapierre might re-sign with the Canucks for 3-4 years, they are just waiting till a new coach is selected.
Scandella is an interesting comparable.
He is a former 2nd round pick, has played in the World Juniors and averaged over 21 minutes a game in 2011-2012 on a bad team.
He only played 6 NHL games this past season and would need to clear waivers if he doesn't make the NHL roster next season.
A couple of other 23 year old defenseman (Josi, Voynov) have been signed to long term deals with $4 mill cap hits.
I would think Tanev is certainly closer to Scandella than Josi or Voynov.
But Tanev trended up this year and Scandella trended down.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Josi and Voynov have displayed much more offensive upside. Tanev's deal shouldn't be in the same ballpark.
I would be OK with a deal similar to Scandella's (watch MG add a NTC to this ... you know it's gonna happen).
All of us would be okay with a deal similar to the one Scandella signed.
But he is coming off a very poor year.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, Tanev can't get a NTC until his UFA years kick in.
"Also, if I'm not mistaken, Tanev can't get a NTC until his UFA years kick in."
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September 2008, Phil Askey and Richard Butler
So here is the 5D Mark II, which punches high in terms of both resolution and features, headlining: 21 megapixels, 1080p video, 3.0" VGA LCD, Live view, higher capacity battery. In other words, a camera that aims to leapfrog both its direct rivals, either in terms of resolution (in the case of the D700) or features (in the case of the DSLR-A900). Full detail below.
Key features / improvements
- 21 megapixel CMOS sensor (very similar to the sensor in the EOS-1Ds Mark III)
- Sensor dust reduction by vibration of filter
- ISO 100 - 6400 calibrated range, ISO 50 - 25600 expansion (1Ds Mark III & 5D max ISO 3200)
- Auto ISO (100 - 3200) in all modes except manual
- 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
- DIGIC 4 processor, new menus / interface as per the EOS 50D
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- Auto lighting optimizer (4 levels)
- High ISO noise reduction (4 levels)
- Lens peripheral illumination correction (vignetting correction)
- RAW and SRAW1 (10 MP) / SRAW2 (5 MP)
- RAW / JPEG selection made separately
- Permanent display of ISO on both top plate and viewfinder displays
- AF microadjustment (up to 20 lenses individually)
- Three custom modes on command dial, Creative Auto mode
- Image copyright metadata support
- 98% coverage viewfinder (0.71x magnification)
- 3.0" 920,000 dot LCD monitor with 'Clear View' cover / coatings, 170° viewing angle
- Automatic LCD brightness adjustment (ambient light sensor)
- Live view with three mode auto-focus (including face detection)
- No mirror-flip for exposures in Live View if contrast detect AF selected
- Movie recording in live view (1080p H.264 up to 12 minutes, VGA H.264 up to 24 mins per clip)
- Two mode silent shooting (in live view)
- New jump options in play mode
- HDMI and standard composite (AV) video out
- Full audio support: built-in mic and speaker, mic-in socket, audio-out over AV (although not HDMI)
- IrPort (supports IR remote shutter release using optional RC1 / RC5 controllers)
- UDMA CompactFlash support
- New 1800 mAh battery with improved battery information / logging
- New optional WFT-E4 WiFi / LAN / USB vertical grip
- Water resistance: 10 mm rain in 3 minutes
What's this baby go for?
2700$ US retail price, body only.
Now i'm thinking about selling my 5D to get this gem!
what excites me the most are the video capabilities!!!
Imagine being able to use your lense and ISO settings!!
Check those clips out (scroll down)
Je ne m'y connais pas trop en caméras mais est-ce que les caméras de 60 mégapixels et cie genre la Phase One sont vraiment bonnes ?
40,000 $ !!!!!
c'est pas dans la même catégorie de caméras, ce que t'as mis c'est du medium format, peu ou pas transportable, fait pour le studio avant tout.
Elles sont tellement lourdes et franchement chères, que les sortir d'un studio serait de la folie.
Mais bref, c'est une catégorie à part utilisé pour de l'impression très grand format.
On s'entend que 60 mégapixels, pour 99% du monde ça sera complètement inutile.
C'est sure, mais la 5D est 22MP.
Canon 5D Mk2 high ISO pictures
September 20th, 2008
This shot was taken at ISO 1600 in the corridor at Canon. Click on the picture for the full resolution file. The EXIF data is intact in the full size images.Here they are. These are a selection of the 50 or so frames I shot on a 'beta' version of the Canon 5D Mk2 camera at Canon's headquarters in the UK. Canon supplied a model, Lisa, and I took pictures while demonstrating the camera's capability to the hundred or so press and distributors who attended throughout the day. I only shot Jpegs as we had no way of processing the RAW files. So these pictures are only 8 bit and not 14 bit RAWs. I downloaded them into Lightroom and made a few tweaks before using Photoshop to do a bit of spot removal as per a normal jpeg workflow. I was careful to preserve the histogram where possible although some pulling about of the files was inevitable.
ISO 1600 too, and in another corridor just outside my demonstration room. The lighting was from low wattage downlighters.
ISO 1600 - I like the look that Lisa and I came up with for this shot.
ISO 6400 with the exposure compensation maxed out at +2 stops
A little tighter still at ISO 6400
This frame is a little more normal with predominately neutral tones and no heavy backlight. It is the first of 3 frames to compare high ISO perfomances at different settings. ISO 6400
This frame is ISO 1600.
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Hey y'all! How's everybody doing? It's only Tuesday but I'm already wiped out. Has anyone every figured out a way to make the weekends last just a teeniney bit longer? Sheesh!
I haven't participated in a True Story Tuesday in a while but today I remembered one I could share. She recently turned 23 years old but today I'm going to tell y'all about the time Katiebug almost made my sister and I require the Heimlich maneuver.
Katiebug is two years older than my sister's son, David. When the kids were really young, like 4 and 2, we went to lunch at the local Mexican restaurant near the mall.
While we were nibbling on chips & hot sauce, David got a tad squirmy so Katie said she wanted to tell him the story of the Three Little Pigs.
The story began like we all learned it: three pigs, three different houses and them trying their best to avoid the Big, Bad Wolf.
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You know how the last house the Big, Bad Wolf goes to is the one made of bricks, right? Well, as Katie's story goes the Wolf huffed and puffed and huffed and puffed and puffed and huffed but couldn't blow that house down. Then she proceeded to tell wide-eyed David that the Big Bad Wolf got mad and climbed up on the roof to slide down the chimney and get those little piggies. David got a little worried here but she told him it was OK, the little piggies were smart and they had a big pot of water boiling on the fire in the fireplace.
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Revealed: government plans for police privatisation | UK news | The Guardian
this isnt just any arrest ...this is a marks and sparks arrest
we clamp any car .com
we clamp any car . com
Perhaps fit and healthy police officers will no longer be able to 'retire' aged 45 on a full pension ! (as at present...)
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It's interesting that this comes out a few days after the press revealed that every one pound in seven given to the police goes on their pensions. Privatisation is a back door way of dealing with that and therefore saving money, and what one county do today the rest might follow.
As for privatisation overall, everyday we put our lives in the hands of privatised companies, bus drivers, train drivers, pilots etc. so I've no qualms about parts of the police force being privatised so long as it's done well and under regular scrutiny.
When I worked in forensic psychiatry most of the court security, secure transport etc was handled by private companies and they were very professional and very efficient.
i found it extremely worrying when i first read it
then i remembered that the police are simply meant to be citizens in uniform
decades of political interference has put paid to that
listening to a radio 4 series a few weeks ago about what the police think they are there for was staggering .
more concerned with diversity and box ticking than rat catching they were
the inquest into fiona pilkington and her daughters death saddened me as well
a senior leicestershire ploiceman said he didnt think it was his job to protect a woman and her vulnerable daughter from thugs .
well what the hell are you there wearing that uniform for then ?
perhaps some burly security gaurds in a policing role who live in the area might have took more interest
rather than a coward in a policemans uniform in an office miles away who considers the whole thing beneath him
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Something I've only recently learned is that if you are stopped by a Litter Patrol Warden for dropping litter (whether deliberately or not, last week a woman was stopped and issued with a penalty because cotton had fallen from her coat) you're not obliged to give them your details, I always thought you were, so you could just walk on and there's absolutely nothing the Warden can do to stop you, has anyone been in this sort of situation?..............I assume I would have to give my details to a Policeperson if requested?
There are some things I think should be in the hands of the government, and the police force is one of them. Also the army. If you don't believe that the police force should be answerable only to the government, then you have to ask yourself what you think the government is for, and whether you actually believe a government is necessary.
If the disappointing reality doesn't match the hopeful theory, then we should try to change the reality back towards the theory, not give in to the disappointment.
Me again. Sorry. I've been thinking about this a lot, because I find it very depressing. The police should be public servants. If they are privatised, they cannot be public servants - it is, to me, as simple as that.
I have no plans to be arrested, but God I'd feel impotent of I were arrested by someone working for a private security company - if a private security firm were finally actually given that power.
As I said before, any argument in favour of this move would have to begin with an attitude of "Well, look how badly it's all handled now!" - and that problem is simply not addressed by this 'solution'.
Is it really a case, as the papers seem to say, that the police service has been cut back so badly, that they basically can no longer afford to run a protective service? Does anyone really think that the answer to that problem is to bring in a private security firm to do the job? Terrifying.
A private police force will no longer be Her Majesty's constabulary and will have no right to wear the royal badge. It will be a for-profit outfit in keeping with the Tory notion of reducing the role of a democratically government and replacing it with a "Big Society".
On the way out...
The new Bobby...cheaper by the dozen
Before too many high horses are mounted ...
Nobody is suggesting a private or even a privatised police force
These will be people hired to deal with things like back office work, typing reports, filing reports and evidence, collecting results from the forensics lab or from the mortuary. These people won't have any police powers at all
in my post I did say "if a private security firm were finally actually given that power", I didn't say that it was the case; it's more a 'thin end of the wedge' idea. But pessimism and concern about a possible scenario isn't necessarily a "high horse" - I wasn't, I hope, saying that I had some moral or intellectual superiority to what was being proposed (although, now that I think about it ...).
Anyway 2:
The article I was referring to is this one: Police Federation vice-chairman says privatisation could destroy service | UK news | guardian.co.uk, which includes the lines:
"West Midlands and Surrey have invited bids from G4S and other large security companies on behalf of all forces across England and Wales to take over the delivery of a wide range of services previously carried out by the police.
The list of policing activities up for grabs includes investigating crimes, detaining suspects, developing cases, responding to and investigating incidents, supporting victims and witnesses, managing high-risk individuals, patrolling neighbourhoods, managing intelligence, managing engagement with the public, as well as more traditional back-office functions, such as managing forensics, providing legal services, managing the vehicle fleet, finance and human resources."
Which is where my confusion arose ... particularly when I read further down the same article:
"A 26-page "commercial in confidence" contract note seen by the Guardian has been sent to potential bidders to run all services that "can be legally delegated to the private sector". They do not include those that involve the power of arrest and the other duties of a sworn constable."
So there you go. But I admit that if there is a high horse or similar animal passing when the Tories do something, then yes, I saddle up - I have a tendency to fly off the handle a bit when Conservatives bring in a seemingly radical idea, and have a wait-and-see approach when a Labour government does the same thing. Experience has shown me that far from trying to be more patient with the Conservatives, my mistake has been not to apply the 'fly off the handle and assume they're wrong' approach to both parties.
Goodnight all.
I agree with the Crook............
It's been said for years that it is crazy to have Hendon recruits spending all their time running an office. I know someone who rose to a senior rank in the police and retired at a young age on a high pension, and hadn't arrested anyone in twenty years. He was a computer specialist. I don't begrudge him anything and maybe he could have earned more employing his expertise in Silcon Valley, but the fact remains he wasn't really a copper. The same thing is endemic in the Army. Navy and Air Force I am sure. Everyone knows that the navy has more Admirals than it has ships.
I long ago felt that we should have a separated Traffic Force, to deal with errant motorists and this would also help to keep the great British public mood in unquestioned favour of the Plod, rather than detesting them at times, as they also do with Traffic Wardens.
Like Ronseal, the police should only be doing what it says on the tin. Dealing with crime and catching criminals.
As an addendum, this subject has just cropped up on the BBC World Service and someone said, "What about if I was beaten up by security men and then sued them, if they had a contract with the Police there would be a clash of interests!!" The commentator (Lis Dusett) at the World Service must be a bit reactionary (for the Beeb) because she replied, "and what is the difference now?" ...........
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September 2010, there were 222 substantive Captains serving in the Royal
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So far as I can make out, aided only by wiki, the British Navy currently can muster 79 ships, but only about 30 are proper warships. So you are probably right Heinrich.
The last British *battleship* was scrapped in about 1960 I believe, so on that strict criterion one can only hope to crikey you are right..........
"seems to" yes. But if you look at what was actually said rather than what was reported as being said ...Mr. Sloane's quote seems to indicate that they would have some investigative powers
Yes, they will have the power to detain people - people who have been arrested or detained by police. But that's a job done by private companies already when they transport detainees to and from court


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