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THIS STORYOracle, IBM in War Over Sparc-Claim Hyperbole
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By Jennifer LeClaire. Updated March 28, 2013 2:09PM
Tech titans Oracle and IBM are going at it over Oracle's claims that its new Sparc servers use the world's fastest microprocessor. IBM has taken public exception to the claims and the word battle is heating up.
Oracle's says its new Sparc T5 servers have set 17 world records and are the best platforms for enterprise computing at any scale, delivering the best value for database and enterprise applications. Many of its claims take aim directly at IBM.
Other claims include: Oracle's Sparc T5-8 is the fastest single server for Oracle Database; Oracle's Sparc T5-8 is also the fastest single server for Oracle Middleware with a 12 times cost-performance advantage over the IBM Power 780; Oracle's Sparc T5-8 server has a 2.5 times price-performance advantage over the IBM P780 3-node cluster, when including hardware and software cost; and Oracle's Sparc T5-8 server has a 7 times price advantage over a similar IBM Power 780 configuration for database on a server-to-server basis.
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"Against IBM's best published results, using independently confirmed industry-standard public benchmarks, Oracle delivered 5x, 7x, even 12x better cost performance," said John Fowler, Oracle's executive vice president for hardware, in a statement. "Oracle's Sparc T5 performance and cost-performance advantages are so huge that subtle changes in IBM configuration specifics don't make up that gap. IBM customers are being wildly over-charged for the performance they're getting."
Colin Parris, general manager of the Power line of IBM systems, said he was "surprised" and "pleased" and "astonished" by what Ellison said, according to The Wall Street Journal. IBM could not immediately be reached for comment, but Parris was quoted as saying, "This was a frozen-in-time discussion. It was like 2002 -- not at all in tune with the market today."
So who's right and who's hyping it up? We asked Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, for his take on the drama. He told us the new Oracle Sparc T5 looks like a significant upgrade based on the results of tests. That said, he has questions about some of the head-to-head comparisons that Oracle claims around system performance. That's because some of the tests were conducted internally.
Sifting the Rhetoric
"There were some results they submitted to TPC but if you take a look at systems where they are claiming system supremacy, many of the other systems that are on the top 10 list are in some cases 3 and 5 years old," King said.
"In the server world, anything over 6 to 9 months old is extremely old news. So claiming that your system beats systems that are 2 or 3 years old is like a senior in high school beating up on a sixth grader."
King said the rhetoric in Oracle's announcement was very much aimed at IBM, which is understandable considering Big Blue is the leading vendor in the server space today. But Oracle has lost some credibility with such rhetoric.
"Oracle was cited three times last year for making false claims about the performance of its products compared to IBM by the National Advertising Review board," King said. "Given that and the competitive landscape and the unit space right now, I'd be cautious about taking anything from the announcement too literally."
Posted: 2013-08-28 @ 4:02am PT
Talking about Oracle beating 3 year old IBM servers, what is the deal? IBM does so all the time. IBM compares all the time to older servers in benchmarks.
Also, here is another example: IBM said the biggest Mainframe can replace 1.500 of the x86 servers. It turned out that all those ancient x86 servers idle at 1-2% and the Mainframe is 100% loaded! Why would IBM compare the newest Mainframe with 24 cpus, to an old Pentium3 server at 1GHz and 256MB RAM? That is too silly and unrealistic. Fact is, one of the newest 10-core Intel x86 Xeon cpus are faster than the newest quad core Mainframe cpu. No way can 24 Mainframe cpus replace 1.500 x86 cpus, unless the x86 cpus are really old and all idles.
Also, IBM claims that POWER7 can replace 100s of x86 servers, but all x86 servers are old and idle too. So it is silly to say that Oracle compares against 3 year old IBM servers. IBM does that all the time.
IBM has stopped publishing benchmarks, because they cant beat Oracle. That is why there are no benchmarks
Posted: 2013-04-03 @ 7:20am PT
Bold statements, lots of FUD and references to history. But - as everybody knows - history is not always an indicator for the future, so lets stick with the facts and see where we are ...
Yes, IBM is currently #1 in UNIX revenue, but Oracle has the largest UNIX installed base by far. Yes, some of the IBM benchmarks are older, but (as Mr. Ellison rightly mentions) they are the only ones available.
As a matter of fact IBM seems to be so sure about owning the UNIX market that they drastically reduced investments in UNIX technology, leaving their customers with more and more delays of new products and a rapidly growing gap to state-of-the-art technologies.
BTW - lack of updated benchmarks can never be the fault of a competitor - its simply an indicator that a platform is not competitive. Maybe IBM knows very well that their results in complex, business relevant benchmarks would be underwhelming today (technically savvy readers simply can compare the platform specs).
With the new products it seems Oracle is back in the UNIX game, offering faster boxes with the undoubtedly far superior OS at significantly lower prices than IBM. Seems Oracle has invested a ton of man and brainpower to get ahead of the UNIX game.
Suggest we let the market decide who is now leading the UNIX space, thats definitely more reliable than trusting in biased articles influenced by one-man-analyst-companies contracted by ... whoever knows ;-)
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Posted: 2013-03-30 @ 11:50am PT
Phil certainly offers a lengthy, spirited defense of Oracle but cherry-picks his facts and studiously avoids unpleasant subjects along the way. Unfortunately, that's a pattern we've seen from Oracle time and again.
Why do I say that? Well, Phil chooses some selective stats from recent IBM earnings calls to bolster his statement that the company is "stuck in the headlights and is about to get steamrolled!" What he fails to mention is that 2012 was miserable in general for Unix system sales, especially Oracle's.
In fact, IDC's year-end recap showed the company's 2012 server system factory revenues at $2.66B or 17.4% less than the $3.22B it earned in 2011. Overall, Oracle's 2012 server revenues growth rate was the poorest of the six major vendors IDC regularly tracks.
That's a pretty big deal given Oracle's dependence on sales of Solaris (Unix)-based servers. But sad, downward-trending server returns have been a common theme since Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010.
That may also be the reason Phil entirely avoids a subject quite germane to what he calls "the TRUTHFULNESS of IBM's claims": That during 2012, Oracle was cited three times by the National Advertising Division (NAD), the watchdog for the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), for falsely claiming its products performed better than IBM's Power Systems solutions.
How did Oracle react? By hotly denying the NAD's claims initially and then quietly caving and withdrawing the contested ad campaigns a while later. To paraphrase Phil: Search Oracle and NARB/NAD and you'll see. Or you can also read my colleague Rob Enderle's recent, insightful take on the subject of "Oracle's Delusional Hardware Marketing" at CIO.com.
This is not to meant to knock the new SPARC T5 servers. In fact, in Ms. LeClaire's story I was quoted as saying the T5, "Looks like a significant upgrade based on the results of tests." But given Oracle's performance as a server vendor and its history of bogus claims against IBM's Power Systems, I believe close questions and skepticism are the most appropriate responses to the company's T5 product announcement.
Posted: 2013-03-29 @ 7:53am PT
Can't you tell that IBM has been severely impacted by the launch of these new SPARC servers and that a majority of their responses and claims are out of pure desperation and clearly don't hold any truth? They've even paid their "one person company analysts" to say bad things about Oracle!! Ask a real analyst like Gartner, IDC or Forrester for their analysis & comments!
From where I am standing, IBM is reacting as if its stuck in the headlights and is about to get steamrolled! Get Oracle to comment on IBM's claims for a valid article otherwise its seen as you are being one sided and funded by IBM!
Heres some responses to IBM's claims with questions & facts you can easily look up to question IBM's TRUTHFULLNESS:
"Most Oracle benchmark claims are not audited or published, although they do have some industry benchmarks, including TPC-C (Transaction Processing Performance Council),"
Actually, 12 of the 17 benchmarks that Oracle published are in fact, industry standard benchmarks where there are results from many vendors, although many of them IBM chose not to publish, probably because their Power7 systems don't perform well. These are all audited by independent companies and so are usually considered proper and controlled configurations and testing environments.
Details on all the Oracle benchmarks are fully disclosed with full transparency for Oracles customers.
"I believe some of the systems they cited aren't shipping until September."
Actually, Oracle stated during the launch that *all* systems from the smallest SPARC T5-1B to the largest SPARC M5-32 are shipping by end of April. Why would IBM say September? Probably from some of the benchmarks we're Oracle posted September as availability date which is the 6-month limit you can claim in benchmark results so if anything changes regarding benchmark like configuration, pricing, firmware, etc to run benchmark, can be updated instead of retracted.
Have you actually asked IBM how long it took them to launch the entire Power7 or Power7+ systems? Between 6-months to a year to actually release all models! Clearly, its not easy to launch an entire new range of systems from top to bottom. Oracle has. IBM has not.
"Regarding the TPC-C benchmark as quoted "The IBM Power 780 Model 9179-MHB coming in second. Oracle's T5-8 server, which is scheduled to ship in September, came in third"
Actually, there are two basic types of configurations for TPC-C. Clustered and Non-Clustered. Non-Clustered means single system, clustered means many systems (to get additional performance beyond a single system).
SPARC T3-4 is #1 on TPC-C for "Clustered Systems" and SPARC T5-8 is now #1 for "Non-Clustered" Systems. There are only two benchmarks on IBM's Power7/Power7+ systems and neither are or were world records. IBM's latest/newest/fastest Power7 result is almost 3- years old!
What you should ask IBM is why did they not publish a Power7+ TPC-C result to show performance improvement over Power7?
Why didn't IBM try to beat Oracle in the 3 years since IBM published the #1 TPC-C result? And now of course, its up to IBM to prove they can beat the SPARC T5-8. They just introduced brand new Power7+ systems, and surely if they have so many comments on Oracles TPC-C results, why not just prove their points by publishing?
My guess is IBM can't because their systems are clearly *slower* and more importantly, much worse on *Price/Performance*
"...said Charles King, principal at Pund-IT. "General purpose systems are often purchased to support other vendors' solutions [but] there was little if any mention of other vendors supporting the new T5 servers."
Charles King I believe is a part of IBM PR as he'll only say nice things about IBM. Check his quotes! Check his paychecks!
No mention on other vendors? Solaris was clearly mentioned several times during launch and the latest #'s show over 500 3rd party applications are qualified and supported on the new Solaris/SPARC systems. Sure Oracle focuses on its own software first (just like IBM) but Solaris still has the largest share of 3rd party ISV support for UNIX.
And actually, Oracle announced 2 world record results -for both SPARC T5 *AND* SPARC M5 on the SAP SD 2-Tier benchmark, where clearly, SAP and Oracle are not best of friends, yet Oracle published results because many customers run SAP on SPARC.
Oracle also published SPEC CPU2006, SPECjbb2013, SPECjEnterprise2010 and even STREAM benchmark.
Ask IBM why they did not publish any Power results on the new SPECjbb2013 benchmark or even Power7+ on STREAM proving I/O superiority!
"Oracle sometimes stacked the deck in its tests, using servers with up to twice as many CPU core -- hence more raw processing power -- than the IBM systems it used."
Well, its actually because only Oracle now has a 16-core SPARC T5 CPU and so of course, there will be more cores. If IBM runs a benchmark with a higher GHZ, does that mean that IBM has stacked the deck in their favor because theire CPUs run at a higher GHZ?
The bottom line for servers regardless of # of cores, # of CPUs, # of threads, GHZ, etc is how much does it cost and how well does it run my software and Oracle just announced 17 world record benchmarks on SPARC T5 and SPARC M5 and 12 of them are independent benchmarks, many of which include full price/performance disclosures so nothing can be hidden and systems can be compared.
"However, "Oracle is not the fastest as it claims," said Joe Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics. IBM's System z12 is the fastest microprocessor in the industry, operating at 5.5 GHz; and IBM's Power 7+ processor operates at 4.4 GHz."
Again, Clabby is on IBM's payroll so cannot be trusted as independent. Search Clabby and IBM and you'll see.
Fastest does not equal highest GHZ anymore! Otherwise why would IBM ship 5GHz with Power6 and then come out with 3GHz Power7 and claim Power7 is faster? Even Intel is struggling to go beyond 3GHz with its latest multi-core CPUs.
SPARC T5 is the industry leader with 16-cores @ 3.6GHz and 8 threads/core! A full 128 threads per CPU! Power7+ maxes out at 8 x cores with only 4 threads/core and 3.7GHz. Half the cores and half the threads means 4x fewer threads/CPU means MUCH lower Throughput necessary for todays most demanding enterprise workloads.
Why is Intel working on 15-core CPUs for Ivybridge-EX? because throughput matters. IBM has fallen behind.
"Oracle's benchmark tests were made against three-to-five-year-old IBM servers, not more recent models."
You must be kidding! That's because that is the *LAST time* IBM published a result on Power7 or Power7+! Since Oracle published the SPARC T3 world record, IBM has stopped publishing the benchmark because they can't beat Oracle yet other vendors like Cisco, Dell, etc continue to publish results for transparency on OLTP workload performance.
"IBM contends that Oracle's pricing doesn't include software and storage while its own does"
"Plus, IBM's servers help save enterprises money on software licenses, he says. That's because IBM servers will run more apps on a single server, he says. For enterprise software that's priced per server, companies can pay less for software licenses."
IBM is clearly full of it as many of the benchmarks like TPC-C, TPC-H, SPECjEnterprise2010, SPECjbb2013 require full disclosure of configuration including HW and SW and some even requiring pricing to calculate price/performance. If you do your research, you'll see that SPARC T5 has surpassed IBM and most other vendors on price/performance calculations which includes full OS, Virtualization and SW licensing.
With SPARC having a 0.5 multiplier on Oracle SW for per core based licensing, versus Power7 being a 1.0 multiplier, I can see why IBM is MAD!
Power7/Power7+ requires a minimum of 2x more Oracle SW licenses for the same per core performance as SPARC, clearly making SPARC *SIGNIFICANTLY* lower cost. Oracle wants to sell Oracle SW on OracleHW. Even IBM requires fewer IBM SW PVU's on SPARC than on its own Power7. 100 PVUs vs 120PVUs
Sparc "has been a losing proposition for Oracle for some time," Cross said. "Last year, we had over 350 competitive takeouts worth over $335 million, half of which were from Oracle and half from HP."
These competitive takeout numbers are pure marketing nonsense and don't have any substantiation. Ask IBM to prove which customers have left SPARC for Power7? Call the customers and see if they don't run SPARC anymore. How is that possible when SPARC/Solaris continues to hold #1 (UNIX/RISC) Unit marketshare according to IDC or Gartner.
And clearly IBM isn't doing so well with Power this past year. Maybe its due to SPARC T4 being launched last year (along with Oracles Engineered systems)?
IBM reports 2012 first-quarter results
"Revenue: $24.7 billion, flat"
"Revenues from Power Systems were flat compared with the 2011 period"
IBM reports 2012 second-quarter results
"Revenue: $25.8 billion, down 3 percent"
"Revenues from Power Systems were down 7 percent compared with the 2011 period"
IBM reports 2012 third-quarter results
IBM total revenues for 3rd Qtr of 2012 of $24.7 billion were down 5%
"Revenues from Power Systems were down 2 percent compared with the 2011 period"
"Revenue of $29.3 billion, down 1 percent"
"Revenues from Power Systems decreased 19 percent compared with the 2011 period"
My comments are my own and may not represent those of Oracle.
Intel Announces 20 Gbps Version of Thunderbolt
By Barry Levine / CIO Today. Updated April 09, 2013.
Intel may have to come up with a name that sounds faster than a Thunderbolt for its next generation controller. The new technology, which currently has a working code name of Falcon Ridge, will be able to handle as much as 20 Gbps transfer rates, or double the current Thunderbolt speed.
The announcements were made Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, currently taking place in Las Vegas. In addition to the new speed, the company noted that its DSL4519/4410 Thunderbolt controllers support DisplayPort 1.2 displays, improve power management, and reduce the costs of PC platform materials.
Intel showed previews of early prototype silicon of Falcon Ridge, whose speed allows transfers of high-end 4K video files at the same time as the video is displayed. Production of the new controllers is expected by the end of 2013, and ramp up in volume manufacturing is planned for next year. The new Falcon Ridge will be backwards-compatible with existing cables and connectors.
Light Peak
Intel initially developed Thunderbolt in a joint effort with Apple, under the original name of Light Peak. The technology merges PCI Express (PCIe) and DisplayPort signal on a bi-directional line that also includes DC power. Up to seven peripherals can be supported through daisy chaining, and initial speeds had a ceiling of 10 Gpbs.
Thunderbolt made its first appearance in Apple's MacBook Pro laptops in 2011. Last summer, Intel pushed the idea that Thunderbolt could extend the capability of its lightweight, powerful Ultrabook computer models. In fact, Intel described it as an "ultrabook amplifier."
By comparison, the upcoming, revised USB 3.0 spec will provide transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps, which is twice the current rate for USB 3.0. The new USB standard will require new chipsets, but will work with existing ports and cables. Fireware 800 handles 800 Mbps, and USB 2.0 does 480 Mbps.
4K Macs?
Most computer users would not need 20 Gbps transfer rates, even for their media content. This headroom is designed to accommodate media professionals who are engaged in what Intel describes as "a 4K workflow." This involves transfers of 4K, very high-resolution video files, and display of those files, all through a single cable.
4K imaging is used in professional digital TV and digital cinematography, and the term refers to 4000 pixels across. The display resolution is 3840 x 2160 pixels, has twice the horizontal and vertical resolution of what consumers know as high-definition TV, and has four times the total pixels as HD. 4K, which needs about 11 Gbps transfer speeds, is also used in digital film projection found in some movie theaters.
There is some speculation that the newest Thunderbolt technology could lead to new Mac screens with 4K display. 4K TVs have been shown recently in trade shows, usually wowing the viewers. Other applications include faster storage devices, such as RAID drives.
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Interesting. Up here it is pretty much the exact opposite. I don't want to think about how many birds my hunting partners and I would've lost over the years had we not had dogs that could get into the cattails and find downed game (not to mention all the roosters we'd have never seen and shot had the dogs not ventured into those same cattails).
Back to the original intention of this thread, I just think that for someone to come up to the line knowing they are only going to waste the club's resources and everyone's time by watching the birds fall and then walking off is very poor sportsmanship. I have no issue with someone deciding not to run a test, for various reasons, but to demonstrate that level of character, walking off, is pretty lowly in my opinion.


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Craig Hawkeye and Juro Sorry but the pictures I took somehow did not end up on my cameras memory card. This happened to me before, "pilot error" no doubt! I promise that I will someday soon go through the old photo albums and scan some of the rebuild photos and post them they are much more interesting to look at. Kind of dissappointed in that I wanted to show my wife a picture of the new owner. I will be back in Sitka mid month for a short fishing venture and if the boat and skipper are still around town I will try again.
I do have a beautiful watercolor by a young artist, Amy Zildoka which is framed in a shadow box with a hand tied Harry Lemire classic Dee Strip Salmon Fly "Moonlight" that Harry tied for me after a week long trip on the Moonlight around Sitka for Coho in the Salt back in the early 90's. The fly and the water color go together (as Forrest would say) "like peas and carrots".
So if you are ever in Port Angeles and want to see a real picture of the "Moonlight" my entry hall would be the best place . I really will try to get the old photo album scanned into the cyber world and send it along soon.
Headed to Neah Bay Sunday!
Can't wait to see the Pic's
Looking forward to seeing the Boat.
I'll do it!
I will be traveling to Sitka Friday to remove a few personal items and "Close the deal" I will take a few Digital Images at that time and post them on my return. Although the ones of the boat looking like a bird cage in the Boat Yard at Port Townsend are more interesting. Maybe I will have my computre person scan some of the old photo album stuff of the various rebuilding steps.
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Two happiest days Re. Boating...
The first is when you purchase your new boat the second is when you sell the boat after having used it for as long as you wanted.
I have just sold my 47' wooden trawler to a young fellow in Sitka Alaska. So now I wonder if I should change my name as I no longer am the proud owner of the vessel MOONLIGHT.
The affair lasted for 26 years and took several hundred thousand dollars to maintain and pay for during that time. The old adage that a boat is a hole in the water into which you pour money is most true when the hole is made of wood.
Its a good thing I enjoyed having the Moonlight all those years because the market for old wood boats is incredibly poor I was able to get $30,000 for about ten cents on the dollar invested. While not overjoyed at the financial reality I am happy to report that the young couple who have purchased the boat are as happy as I was when I bought her. So I kept her safe for all those years and now I have found her a good home right in the Port she was built in back in 1918. l
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So much is being said these days about the over all health and physical nature of our youth. National statistics tell us that 15% of Americas youth are obese. The problem is that this 15% will become obese adults. This is a serious health concern. Obesity is the number two cause of preventable death in America.
The Boy Scouts of America have an answer. In its Aims, the Boy Scouts want to attack this with physical fitness.
Which brings me to developing an appreciation for the outdoors. It is through the outdoor program that we really encourage physical fitness. This encompasses the bulk of the BSA program and flows into the daily lives of our Scouts.
We encourage our boys to be active in sports in school and other sport outlets (the YMCA, Pop Warner, Little league etc).
But it is through Scouting that we can tackle multiple issues.
Scouting gave me opportunities to get out and see the wonders of the woods. I remember my very first camp out as Boy Scout. We were camped at Manassas Virginia. It was a chilly fall weekend and we were camped in a wood stand next to a big meadow. I woke up in the early hours of the morning and watched the sun rise over the meadow. The dew and fog made for a quiet, soft feeling. I thought this is awesome.
Flash forward 30 years, last month we camped at Camp Cooper. We woke up to a fine dusting of the white stuff. A chilly November morning in Oregon. Looking westward into a beautiful draw filled with Old growth forest, I thought to myself… This is awesome!
My appreciation for the outdoors was sparked. fed, and encouraged to grow through Scouting… and it still is today.
Throwing a Backpack on and trekking into the wilderness, trying to find the path with least amount of footprints is the classroom for this development.
Challenging yourself and being with your friends when you reach an incredible vista can be life changing and the most memorable of experiences.
All of this and it allows the opportunity to breath clean fresh air, eat hearty meals without the guilt of laying around afterwards, exercising not only your body, but your mind as you challenge yourself and each other.
Self esteem and confidence and physical fitness are born out of the outdoor program. There is no better feeling than that of success. Success that you did your best, your met the challenge and completed it, you were part of a team, you were able to see something that most folks may never.
There is a waterfall on Camp Cooper. It is one of the most spectacular things you will ever see. To get to it you have to hike two miles down a switchback laden trail. At the bottom is a small bridge were you are cooled by the mist of the waterfall. To get back you have to climb the two mile trail up. It is a demanding hike, but for those that rise to the challenge the day is one that leaves an indelible mark in your memory. 95% of Oregonians will never see this waterfall. And for most of them it is only 2 hours away from home. Scouting will bring you to it and allow you to appreciate this wonderful part of our land.
Camping, hiking, and being in the outdoors opens those doors to new worlds. This is what sparks explorers and adventurers.
I was talking with my sons the other day while we were watching a show about Mt. Everest. I told them I have no desire to climb Mt. Everest, but I would love to climb to the base camp and hang out there for a week or two. I think the experience would be amazing. Those that have no appreciation for the outdoors would not understand.
Those of us that love the outdoors and consider ourselves outdoors men, campers, Scouts have that appreciation. The appreciation of being in pristine areas surrounded by trees and majestic peaks. Clean air and stillness. Quiet mornings and undisturbed meadows leaves a peaceful healthy calm. Blood pressure goes down, you can think better, your lungs clear and you can enjoy all that God has given us.
A help in the fight of obesity in youth, a way to see the majestic beauty of our world, and a way to stay healthy and fit. The outdoor program of the BSA. It makes us better all around. I can not imagine my life without Scouting and the deep appreciation it developed in me for the outdoors.
Happy Scouting!
Be clean in my outdoor manners.
I will treat the outdoors as a heritage. I will take care of it for myself and others I will keep my trash and garbage out of lakes, streams, fields, woods, and roadways.
Be careful with fire.
I will prevent wildfire. I will build my fires only where they are appropriate. When I have finished using a fire, I will make sure it is cold out. I will leave a clean fire ring, or remove all evidence of my fire.
Be considerate in the outdoors.
I will treat public and private property with respect. I will use low-impact methods of hiking and camping.
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"Then and Now: Celebrating 60 Years of Integration in New Jersey Public Schools" will be hosted by Gov. Jon Corzine and Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells, who will offer introductory remarks. The event will mark the New Jersey constitutional mandate adopted in 1947, which prohibited segregation in the public schools and the state militia.
The celebration is co-sponsored by the Center for African American Studies, the Fields Center, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Teacher Preparation. Nearly 400 students from high schools across the state have been selected by their teachers to attend the celebration.
The keynote address will be given by Bernard Freamon, professor of law at Seton Hall University and author of "The Origins of the Anti-Segregation Clause in the New Jersey Constitution."
The address will be followed by a panel featuring: Angel Harris, Princeton assistant professor of sociology and African American studies; Shirley Satterfield, a former student at the once-segregated Witherspoon School in Princeton; and a group of New Jersey high school students who will discuss race relations in schools today. The panel will be moderated by Penelope Lattimer, assistant director of the Rutgers University Institute for Improving Student Achievement and former assistant commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 7:33 PM GMT on August 17, 2007
Hurricane Dean, now a major Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph winds, continues to intensify and grow larger in size. Dean pounded Martinique and St. Lucia this morning, and claimed its first victim when a 62-year old man died on St. Lucia while trying to save his cow from raging flood waters.
Dean's eye is now visible on long range radar out of Puerto Rico. Buoy 42059 is in Dean's path, and should be interesting to watch.
We're fairly confident of the 1-2 day forecast, which has Dean headed west to west-northwest over the Central Caribbean, very close to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, then into the Western Caribbean. After that, things become murkier. The latest 12Z runs of the NOGAPS, UKMET, GFS, and HWRF computer models all show Dean hitting the Yucatan Peninsula, and continuing on into the Gulf of Mexico towards a second landfall near or south of the Texas border. The HWRF run is slower, and does not take Dean to the coast at the end of its forecast period. The big outlier is the GFDL model, which now takes Dean northwest into central Louisiana. Which model is correct? The problem is that each model has a different solution for the behavior of an upper-level low pressure system expected to be over the Gulf of Mexico early next week. Which model should we trust?
In 2006, the official NHC forecast performed better than any of the individual computer forecast models. However, several "consensus" forecasts made using an average of the "big four" computer models (GFDL, GFS, UKMET, and NOGAPS), slightly outperformed the official forecast at some time periods (Figure 1). The Florida State Super-Ensemble (FSSE), for example, combines the "big four" models on the basis of past performance in an attempt to correct for biases in those models. (The FSSE is owned by a private company, which makes it available to NHC but not the general public). The Florida State Super Ensemble slightly out-performed the official NHC forecast at most forecast times.
The "big four" models are plotted on wunderground.com's computer model page for Dean, (along with the inferior BAMM model, which is plotted since it is always available quickly, and has done well at longer range forecasts in the past). We do not get tracking points for the ECMWF or HWRF models at this point, so you'll have to go the raw plots to see those forecasts. Note that three of the "big four" models performed well in 2006, with the GFDL and GFS performing the best. The UKMET had a very poor showing in the Atlantic in 2006. However, the UKMET was the best-performing model in the Eastern Pacific in 2006, along with the GFDL and BAMM models.
The European Center's model (ECMWF) outperformed the "big four" consensus models for 72, 96, and 120 hours forecasts in the Atlantic. However, the ECMWF model was generally not available in time to be used by forecasters. Efforts are being made to make the ECMWF available in a more timely fashion for the 2007 season, which would be a big help. We also have the new HWRF (Hurricane Weather Research Forecast) model this year. In tests done on a number of hurricanes for past years, the HWRF performed about as well as the GFDL (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Track forecast skill in 2006 of the official forecast and the various models, compared to a "zero skill" forecast using NHC's CLIPER5 model. The CLIPER model (short for CLImatology and PERsistence) is a model that makes a forecast based on historical paths hurricane have taken, along with the fact that hurricanes tend to keep moving in the direction they are going (i.e., their current motion persists). Note that many models had a negative skill for their 120 hour (5 day) forecast. The official NHC forecast had about 10% skill at 5 days. Image credit: NHC.
Figure 2. Track errors for 48-hour forecasts from the 2006 version of the GFDL model (black) and the new HWRF model (red). The HWRF model performed better on some hurricane than the GFDL, and worse on others. Overall, the two models had about the same performance on the cases tested. Image credit: Naomi Surgi, NOAA Environmental Modeling Center.
In conclusion, the official NHC forecast outperforms all the individual models, particularly at long ranges. Looking at the individual model plots can be helpful to determine the uncertainty in the forecast, but it's tough to beat the NHC. In the case of Dean, where one model is an outlier from the rest, it is usually better to believe the consensus of the other models.
If you want to look at plots of the individual models, I've written a description of the various models and where to find these plots on our tropical weather page.
Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low
The National Snow and Ice Data Center announced today that Arctic sea ice has just surpassed the previous single-day (absolute minimum) record for the lowest extent ever measured by satellite. Satellite measurements began in 1979. Sea ice extent has fallen below the 2005 record low absolute minimum and is still melting. Sea ice extent is currently tracking at 5.26 million square kilometers (2.02 million square miles), just below the 2005 record absolute minimum of 5.32 million square kilometers (2.05 million square miles). This new record was set a full five weeks before the usual late September minima in ice extent, so truly unprecedented melting is occurring in the Arctic. The most recent images from the North Pole webcam show plenty of melt water and rainy conditions near the Pole.
Figure 2. Current extent of the polar sea ice, compared to the normal for this time in August (pink line). Image credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
I'll have an update Saturday morning.
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Monday night at after our Troop meeting a young Scout came to me with a very concerned look on his face. He asked if I had a minute and of course I said "sure".
He hummed and hawed for a second and then said "I know this sounds silly, but… what do we do if the world does end on Friday?"
I didn't really have a great answer for this, I mean, I am not one that believes the world is coming to a crashing halt on Friday, so I told him that he would be fine.
He needed to be prepared.
"What does that mean in this case" he asked.
"Well" I said.. We don't know what's going to happen, so we need to do as Baden Powell instructed us to do.. Be prepared for any old thing.
We need to pray and be ready to be received in heaven.. if that's the case.
We need to make sure that we can take care of each other if we are here in a state of ruin.
We need to look after our families and just ride out what ever may happen.
He looked at me and said "You really don't think anything is going to happen.. do you?"
Nope, I said.. the only thing I know for sure is that the Troop is having a Lock in on Friday night and we are going to have fun.
I think that the media has done a great job of getting people to "Prep". I think that those that can make money off of this have and I think that come Saturday I will be getting ready to wrap Christmas gifts for my family.. yeah.. I'm not done yet.
He thanked me and told me that he would see me on Friday. I told him that he was right.. no matter what happened.. he would always see me. Then he made my day.
As he walked away he turned and said, "If we go to heaven I am sure I'll see you there.. you are a Scoutmaster and they will let you in."
A smile on my face and a great way to end the night.
What else can you say.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
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"Ask not what your country can do for you, but you can do for your country" JFK
What is your sacred cow and would you give it up if it would get your country out of financial trouble?
I am a real estate agent and one of the sacred cows of the real estate industry is the mortgage interest deduction. I live in a rural area so my real estate earnings have always been modest. I have never sold a home to someone that was buying a home for the mortgage interest deduction. Most of my buyers are buying to have a home for their families. What this tells me is that the mortgage interest deduction is only useful for those with higher incomes than the average family in America. Don't get me wrong I am not a "tax the rich" person I am a "tax everyone equally" person. I personally have never used the mortgage interest deduction because the standard deduction has generally covered what my itemized deductions would be. I also hate itemizing though I do both to see which has the best outcome.
I am fast approaching retirement age and I would be willing to give up my social security if it meant that my children and grandchildren would not be spent into oblivion before they had a chance to make a life for themselves. That being said when I first got out of the Air Force in the early 80's the top marginal tax rate was around 70% compared to about 40% now. The reason things seem tougher now is not the tax rates but the purchasing power of the dollar you earn when compared to 30 years ago. In that last statement is a whole other blog on why pre-tax 401k deductions are not the best move you can make. Stay tuned.
Too many want too much from those who run the printing presses and whose livelihood depends upon getting re-elected. What would you do if you were in that position? Do you have the character required to say no to all the hands that are out wanting this favor or that? How strong are your ethics? I believe it was D.L. Moody that said something like this "Do right do right till the stars fall from the sky do right" good character is shown when you do what it is right even when no one is looking. Is that the nature of your character? If not then I'd venture a guess that you would crank up the presses just like the current wielders of the printing press switch are instead of making the tough choices required to get America out of this current financial mess.
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When it comes to outdoor experiences and getting into position for a successful day, nothing beats most recent information, boots-on-the-ground knowledge of what's happening and where, and no one's more likely to be better prepared with that than an area's professional guides.
Beyond the idea of a charter fishing trip on vacation or a dream hunt far away, many outdoor enthusiasts rarely think of guided excursions as something they'd like to do, but it's a great chance to learn new ways to explore familiar places. From a price standpoint, it's a drop in the bucket compared to funds already invested in gear, and from an time concern, there may be no more productive hours afield than those spent listening and learning.
Roger Stegall, of Iuka, has been making his living on the water for the past three dozen years. After his success on the tournament trail led a steady stream of prospective clients to ask him to take them fishing, he added guiding to his resume.
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"For me, the ideal client is one who wants to learn," Stegall said. "They may want to learn new techniques or learn new ways to catch fish on Pickwick. There are lots of techniques I take for granted that other people may not know about, or may not know how to actually use. The Carolina rig, for example – everyone's heard of it, but it's not uncommon for me to have someone say they've never caught a fish on it and would like to learn how to.
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I reread Lardy's RJ article on Guidelines for Poison Birds. Some highlights:
Start out using bumpers
The blind should be known (pattern blind) and outside the mark
Bring the dog to the line, say "no bird"
Step back and heel dog on opposite side
Say "dead bird"
Send dog for blind
Don't call back for a poor line
No collar pressure, just attrition
Don't pick up the poison bird if the blind is a struggle
If the dog does good then pick up the poison bird
Say "mark" when lining up for the poison bird
No factors
Today the wind was very light blowing right to left a bit. The Bumper Boy with a white stickman was at 175 yds throwing left to right. The blind was 200 yds.
So here's Rowdy
Rowdy had done this blind earlier in the week. He had a hook but I was letting him roll as long as he wasn't sucking to the poison bird.


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The following is a Global Exchange exclusive guest blog post written by Inder Comar, Esq.who practices law in San Francisco, California. He is in Jordan right now taking interviews with Iraqi refugees, you can watch two of these interviews here.
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I never cared about Africa. I never wanted to join the Peace Corps, raft the Zambezi, haggle in Fez or climb Kilimanjaro. My favorite Ernest Hemingway stories were set not in the blistering Serengeti but in familiar and temperate locations like Italy, France, and Michigan — places where insects are merely an annoyance and steaks are well marbled. I have no interest in a yam-based cuisine. It would never occur to me to attend a benefit concert for Africa. Except for a brief period as a boy after seeing the Howard Hawks film Hatari! I never even wanted to go on safari. Tanzania? I once interviewed Chuck Norris at his home in Tarzana, which sounded close enough.
But my brother Whit was starting this business in Ghana called Burro, renting batteries to people who earn a dollar a day, in a country with annual inflation exceeding 20 percent and a long history of military coups followed by firing squads. It sounded like an exceedingly bad business idea — in the pantheon of turkeys, I pictured it right up there next to the Edsel and New Coke — which intrigued me.
As a young man Whit had lived in Western Africa for several years, first as a student and then working on various aid projects, and he always believed that while many worthy charities are making huge differences for Africans, ultimately the marketplace — not government handouts or benefit concerts — would create lasting solutions to African poverty. Recently that's become a timely, even trendy, idea. From Davis to Seattle, in Zambia and New York, academics and business titans have been talking a lot about how to help poor people by giving them useful stuff to buy, and in the process creating enterprises that are sustainable, thus generating employment.
But talking about bringing business to Africa is not much different than attending a benefit concert — it makes you feel good and requires no sacrifice. Saying good-bye to your family and touching down on an African tarmac with a business visa is quite another matter.
The touchdown is what intrigued me.
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The figures all look quite nice, but there seemed to be a disproportionate number of variants. Everyone except Beta Ray Bill has at least one variant (Wasp has two), and in two cases (Iron Man/Destroyer and Spider-Woman I/Spider-Woman II), the variants are different characters.
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Industry-academia meet focuses on innovation in India
New Delhi: India's department of biotechnology (DBT) and biotechnology industry research assistance council (BIRAC) have for the first time ever held a meeting called 'Innovation for Affordable Product Development' from October 15-16, 2012, at Manesar, Haryana. The event saw bigwigs of biotech industry and academia mingling with each other on a government sponsored platform. The event's focus was on innovators, who interacted, networked and discussed successful case studies, challenges and opportunities for strengthening the biotech enterprise.
In his opening remarks, Dr G Padmanabhan, NASI-Chairman and former director, Indian Institute of Science, talked about the relevance of sharing information. He exhorted the persons in the sector to come out of their shells and be more proactive. "In earlier times, industry used to be after academia but now we see that it is vice versa. SBIRI and BIPP have been instrumental in bringing about that change," said Dr Padmanabhan. Speaking further on the current status of projects in diverse verticals of the biotech sector, he said that, "In biopharma, there are various products that are still in pipeline and the development is still not complete. We hope to see more and more of them seeing the light of the day soon. Also I feel the focus should be more on vaccines. In agri-biotechnolgy, while we have only Bt cotton as a successful product, others that could have made impact have been lost in between efforts."
Sounding highly enthusiastic, Dr M K Bhan, secretary, DBT, in his address to the gathering, said that, "Lets keep working towards the future and see ourselves as architects of the same step-by-step. In the next 30 years, we must be known as global leaders. For that we require to work towards building a strong system of innovation. Empowerment of young innovators in various areas is one of the strategic keys to achieve that. Also we must understand the supply and demand or push and pull thoroughly."
Dr Bhan also asked public institutes to be more forthcoming. "Public sector science must produce knowledge that can empower the industry. However, the question to be asked is whether we as academia are doing enough for pushing the innovation?," he asked.
Dr Renu Swarup, managing director, BIRAC, while welcoming the delegates said, "I hope this forum helps you all in identifying the opportunities to collaborate and work together for laying down a road map for the future." BIRAC, a recently established public sector organization of the DBT, ministry of science and technology, aims at empowering and enabling the biotech innovation ecosystem for affordable product development. One of the key strategies of BIRAC is fostering innovating capabilities in all places of research and with a focus on startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
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District judge defends high bond in Pittsburgh police dog killing
K-9 stabbing suspect is considered a flight riskFebruary 3, 2014 11:52 PM
The district judge who set a $1 million bond for the man accused of killing a Pittsburgh police dog last week said that he set the amount that high -- at least in part -- because he considers the victim, Rocco, a German shepherd, to be a police officer.
Whether that amount will stand is in question, as President Judge Jeffrey A. Manning of Allegheny County Common Pleas Court has scheduled a bond hearing for John L. Rush today.
District Judge James Motznik, who presided over Rush's arraignment, said on Monday that several factors went into his decision.
"In this case, he ended up killing a police officer, which was a K-9," Judge Motznik said. "To me, it's a member of the public safety department -- whether it's a firefighter, a paramedic or a police officer."
Among other considerations, Judge Motznik said, was the defendant's background.
Rush, 21, was wanted on several outstanding warrants, including for his alleged participation in a violent home invasion and his failure to register as a sex offender.
Bond should be high, Judge Motznik said, if the defendant is a threat to himself or others.
Judge Motznik also questioned what Rush might have done to an average citizen if he behaved the way he did toward Rocco and several police officers involved in his arrest.
An Allegheny County sheriff's deputy spotted Rush last Tuesday night walking on Butler Street in Lawrenceville and attempted to stop him, recognizing that he was wanted on outstanding warrants.
Rush lunged at the deputy and was able to get away.
But 40 minutes later, Pittsburgh Officer Phil Lerza and his K-9, Rocco, responded to a call for a suspicious man in the basement of a home in the 3700 block of Butler Street.
After the man failed to respond to repeated warnings, Rocco was sent in for him.
According to the complaint, Rush "lunged out from near a pillar and attacked K-9 Rocco," swinging the knife wildly.
Rush then punched Officer Daniel Nowak and hit Officer John Baker in the head several times, police said.
Officer Lerza also sustained a puncture wound to the back.
Rocco died on Thursday as a result of his injuries.
Judge Motznik noted that Rush has had repeated trouble with the law and multiple occasions where he failed to appear in court.
Bond in a criminal case is designed to ensure that a defendant is not a flight risk or a danger to the community.
Realistically, a bond set at $1 million, said John Burkoff, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, is the same as denying bond.
Bruce Antkowiak, who teaches at Saint Vincent College, said that the amount of bond set for Rush is irrelevant because the man is already being held on a number of detainers.
"It doesn't matter. He could set it at $10,000, $100,000 or $1 million; everyone understands the number is meaningless," Mr. Antkowiak said.
In the event that Rush cleared up all the other existing arrest warrants and charges, then, Mr. Antokowiak continued, bond can be revisited.
Bond hearings -- and reductions -- are common. In Rush's case, his hearing today was requested by pretrial services.
But bonds in Allegheny County set at $1 million are not common.
In recent history, Judge Motznik set bail for Dante Bonner, accused of shooting Pittsburgh police Officer Christopher Kertis in March 2013, at $250,000.
And in another case, an initial bail of $1 million was set for Therman Smith, accused of dragging a Pittsburgh police officer with a car
But Judge Motznik said you can't compare any of those cases.
"Every case is different. Histories are different. Failures to appear," he said. "You can't compare."
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4.21: Newton's First Law
There's no doubt from Corey's face that he loves skateboarding! Corey and his friends visit Newton's Skate Park every chance they get. They may not know it, but while they're having fun on their skateboards, they're actually applying science concepts such as forces and motion.
Starting and Stopping
Did you ever ride a skateboard? Even if you didn't, you probably know that to start a skateboard rolling over a level surface, you need to push off with one foot against the ground. That's what Corey's friend Nina is doing in this picture below.
Do you know how to stop a skateboard once it starts rolling? Look how Nina's friend Laura does it in the Figure above. She steps down on the back of the skateboard so it scrapes on the pavement. This creates friction, which stops the skateboard.
Even if Laura didn't try to stop the skateboard, it would stop sooner or later. That's because there's also friction between the wheels and the pavement. Friction is a force that counters all kinds of motion. It occurs whenever two surfaces come into contact.
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Laura learned how to use forces to start and stop her skateboard by watching the videos below. Watch the video to see how the forces are applied. You can pick up some skateboarding tips at the same time!
Starting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpZIVjbMAOU&feature=relmfu
Stopping: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fuOwhx91zM&feature=relmfu
Laws of the Park: Newton's First Law
If you understand how a skateboard starts and stops, then you already know something about Newton's first law of motion. This law was developed by English scientist Isaac Newton around 1700. Newton was one of the greatest scientists of all time. He developed three laws of motion and the law of gravity, among many other contributions.
Newton's first law of motion states that an object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion unless it is acted on by an unbalanced force. Without an unbalanced force, a moving object will not only keep moving, but its speed and direction will also remain the same. Newton's first law of motion is often called the law of inertia because inertia is the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion. If an object is already at rest, inertia will keep it at rest. If an object is already in motion, inertia will keep it moving.
Do You Get It?
Q: How does Nina use Newton's first law to start her skateboard rolling?
A: The skateboard won't move unless Nina pushes off from the pavement with one foot. The force she applies when she pushes off is stronger than the force of friction that opposes the skateboard's motion. As a result, the force on the skateboard is unbalanced, and the skateboard moves forward.
Q: How does Nina use Newton's first law to stop her skateboard?
A: Once the skateboard starts moving, it would keep moving at the same speed and in the same direction if not for another unbalanced force. That force is friction between the skateboard and the pavement. The force of friction is unbalanced because Nina is no longer pushing with her foot to keep the skateboard moving. That's why the skateboard stops.
Changing Direction
Corey's friend Jerod likes to skate on the flat banks at Newton's Skate Park. That's Jerod in the picture above. As he reaches the top of a bank, he turns his skateboard to go back down. To change direction, he presses down with his heels on one edge of the skateboard. This causes the skateboard to turn in the opposite direction.
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Can you turn a skateboard like Jerod? To see how to apply forces to change the direction of a skateboard, watch this video:
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Q: How does Jerod use Newton's first law of motion to change the direction of his skateboard?
A: Pressing down on just one side of a skateboard creates an unbalanced force. The unbalanced force causes the skateboard to turn toward the other side. In the picture, Jerod is pressing down with his heels, so the skateboard turns toward his toes.
- Newton's first law of motion states that an object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion unless it is acted on by an unbalanced force.
- Using unbalanced forces to control the motion of a skateboard demonstrates Newton's first law of motion.
- Newton's first law of motion: Law stating that an object's motion will not change unless an unbalanced force acts on the object.
Do you think you understand Newton's first law? Go to the URL below to find out. Review Newton's law and watch what happens to the skateboarder in the animation. Then answer the questions at the bottom of the Web page.
- State Newton's first law of motion.
- You don't need to push off with a foot against the ground to start a skateboard rolling down a bank. Does this violate Newton's first law of motion? Why or why not?
- Nina ran into a rough patch of pavement, but she thought she could ride right over it. Instead, the skateboard stopped suddenly and Nina ended up on the ground (See Figure above. Explain what happened.
- Now that you know about Newton's first law of motion, how might you use it to ride a skateboard more safely?
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Start the year right with a new kind of workoutJanuary 15, 2014 Updated: January 16, 2014 9:37am
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It's a new year of new fitness resolutions. So how about actually trying something new this year? Here's a roundup of some of the new classes I have tried recently. Use one of them to get back on track, or even to rev up your current regimen.
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